Chapter 142 – Treasure Body
Wang Lin flew low near the seabed, holding a flag in his hand. The flag was a soul flag, sealed within which were over 100 souls, including the former Sang Muya’s. The soul flag once belonged to Sang Muya, and he had no idea it was his own grave.
After speaking with Sang Muya, Wang Lin learned that everything within a radius of one million kilometers was considered the outer edge of the Sea of Devils. There were many sects large and small in this area, and the Evil Fighting Sect was one of them.
The sect’s highest-ranking cultivator is the sect head, Liu Sen, who is Sang Muya’s ancestor. He is at the peak of the mid-stage Core Formation Realm and is quite renowned in the area.
The outer edges of the Demon Sea are extremely resource-poor, with very few spirit veins. There are very few Nascent Soul cultivators here, as many are unwilling to live in this area. Most of them live in the central part of the Demon Sea.
Besides all this, Wang Lin also learned that there were no spirit beast bones on the outer edge of the Sea of Devils. Those powerful spirit beasts all lived in the central part, and even if one wandered here, it wouldn’t be something the demonic cultivators living here could kill.
However, Wang Lin still managed to obtain some useful information. On the outer edge of the Sea of Devils, there were three danger zones. One of the three danger zones, Corpse Valley, had many demon beast bones. If the nearby sects needed such materials, they would go there.
Strangely, every now and then, new corpses of recently deceased spirit beasts would appear in the Valley of the Dead. Some of these spirit beasts were incredibly powerful when alive. There’s actually no explanation as to how they appeared there, let alone how they died in the Valley of the Dead.
Although the Valley of the Corpses is mysterious, as long as one does not enter the center of the valley, generally nothing dangerous will happen.
As for the bone Sang Muya used to deal with his senior apprentice brother, it came from Corpse Valley. It was made from the bone of a mysterious crow beast. After studying it for a long time, Wang Lin discovered that this poison only worked on Foundation Establishment cultivators. Its effects were much weaker against stronger cultivators.
Wang Lin’s current destination was the Valley of Corpses. He immediately flew in the direction Sang Muya pointed.
What he saw when he arrived outside the Valley of the Corpses was countless mountain ranges. There were high mountains and low mountains, and where the mountains met, there were large and small valleys.
That is the Valley of the Dead.
The fog here was very thin and didn’t affect visibility at all. However, as soon as Wang Lin entered, he sensed a Yin energy that was very different in quality from the energy outside.
Wang Lin immediately formed a seal and began chanting, and fragments of light gathered before him. Eventually, they formed a ball of white light, but just as it appeared, its color began to change until it finally stopped and turned blue.
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. This was a technique for determining the type of Yin energy in an area. Based on the color of the ball, it would tell him which of the four Yin energies was present. There were four colors: purple, blue, silver, and red, representing the Yin of heaven, earth, mysterious, and death.
Because the light is blue, this place contains very rare earth Yin energy.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and pointed forward. The ball of light immediately flew forward. Wang Lin slowly followed behind the ball of light and observed its color while searching for the bones of the beast.
Wang Lin’s divine sense found several cultivators within the Valley of the Corpses, but they were all focused on searching for animal bones. Even if they met, all they would do was nod to each other as they passed.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment. There wasn’t just one Corpse Valley, but many Corpse Valleys of varying sizes. There were fewer cultivators within the valleys, which meant there was a greater chance of finding beast bones there.
After passing through nine valleys, there were still many more remains of wild animals. Some of them were so large that they filled most of the valleys.
Wang Lin stood over the corpse of a giant beast, but after examining it for a while, he decided against taking it away. Although the corpse was large, there was no spiritual energy in its bones, which meant it wasn’t a spirit beast. It simply had a large body.
As he got closer to the center of the Corpse Valley, the light ball grew darker. After passing the ninth valley, he no longer saw a single cultivator, and the number of corpses grew even greater.
Wang Lin paused for a moment in the ninth valley. He was extremely cautious and spread out his divine sense. For some reason, after he arrived at the ninth valley, he felt that it was different from the previous eight valleys. He couldn’t pinpoint exactly what was different, but he felt as if countless pairs of eyes were on him as he entered.
Wang Lin sneered in his heart as he scanned his surroundings with his Ji Realm Divine Sense. The gaze that was on him soon disappeared, and the valley became silent once more.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment, then casually collected the beast bones before moving on to the tenth valley. When he arrived at the thirteenth valley, the ball of light split in two.
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He knew that this meant the quality of the Yin energy had surpassed the normal rank 10 quality and entered the good rank 1 quality. A wave of Yin energy came from the 14th valley. Wang Lin felt his body stiffen.
Wang Lin looked around and sighed. In truth, this was the best place for him to cultivate in seclusion. However, although this place seemed peaceful, for it to be considered one of the three danger zones, there must be danger. Wang Lin didn’t dare to cultivate in seclusion for too long, no matter how good his conditions were. Before he truly understood this place, he wouldn’t stay here for long unless absolutely necessary.
He hesitated for a moment. He had already collected some animal bones. Although they weren’t of particularly high quality, they could at least slightly enhance the power of the nine-skeleton formation.
However, he was somewhat reluctant to leave now. From his current position, he could see how enormous the fourteenth valley was. This fourteenth valley was clearly different from the previous thirteen valleys. Its size was almost the same as the previous thirteen combined.
Beyond all this, the strangest thing about the 14th valley is that there are no bodies in sight. The entire ground is covered in a shimmering blue frost that looks very mysterious.
From a distance, Wang Lin could see that the fourteenth valley was not the center of the Corpse Valley; it could only be considered the midpoint. Wang Lin shook his head and decided to turn back.
Just as he was about to leave, a roar was heard from a distance and a giant dragon over 1,000 feet long emerged from the mist.
Wang Lin’s expression changed as he took a few steps back and entered the ground. His divine sense spread out and locked onto the giant dragon.
The dragon’s body was enormous. As it moved, it created a huge gust of wind. In one leap, it crossed 13 valleys and entered the fourteenth.
As the giant dragon passed Wang Lin, a large amount of fresh blood fell from the sky. Wang Lin looked up and saw a large wound on the dragon’s abdomen. The wound covered half the dragon’s body.
Wang Lin looked in the direction the dragon was coming from and saw a trail of blood. It seemed like the dragon kept bleeding on its way here.
The dragon stopped above the fourteenth valley and seemed indifferent to the amount of blood it had shed as it let out one final roar. As this roar rang out, the air around the dragon rippled and spread like waves on an ocean.
The bones in the other valleys turned to dust and were pushed out by the air waves.
Wang Lin could feel three inches of the ground peeling away. He was extremely shocked. This dragon was probably even stronger than a Nascent Soul cultivator.
The roar lasted for an hour before the dragon’s eyes dimmed. It used its remaining strength to smash into the blue ice on the ground and dig into it.
At this moment, Wang Lin jumped out of the ground and attacked the dragon without hesitation. In the blink of an eye, he had entered the fourteenth valley. As he floated in the air, he grabbed the tail of the sinking dragon and pulled it with all his might.
He only heard a crunching sound as the dragon’s body was pulled out by him. His heart pounded as he carried the heavy body and flew out of the Valley of the Corpses.
The dragon was too heavy. Even with all the spiritual energy in his body, he could barely carry it. He could hear his own bones cracking under the pressure, but as he thought about regaining the body of the recently deceased dragon, Wang Lin completely ignored the pain.
After tremblingly flying out of the Corpse Valley, Wang Lin saw the cultivators collecting bones on the outer edge. They had all activated their defensive treasures as they stared at him. They were stunned.
These cultivators were used to such occurrences, so when the dragon appeared, they all scattered, opened their defensive treasures, and found a sturdy place to hide. Even so, some people were still crushed by the roar.
To survive, they not only need a certain level of cultivation but also a quick mind. These people are here year-round because they rely on selling bones from the Valley of the Corpses for a living.
Since they were here all year round, they sometimes saw dead spirit beasts in the valley, but this was the first time they had seen someone carrying out the body of a recently deceased spirit beast.
They had never even heard of it, let alone seen it. Yet, this person not only did it, but also brought back an intact dragon corpse.
An intact, undecomposed body! At this moment, most of the cultivators had lost their minds and displayed expressions of greed.
Wang Lin could feel countless eyes staring at him. He let out a cold snort as he stomped on the ground and went underground using the Earth Escape Technique with his entire dragon body.
As he sank, his Ji Realm divine sense shot out. All the cultivators here were below the Core Formation stage, so they were all dead.
The dragon’s body was too large. Even though it was constantly drinking spiritual fluid, it couldn’t move quickly. It could only slowly move toward the cave, carrying the dragon.