Chapter 164

Although I want to sell this news, it is impossible to sell it so easily.

To give the simplest example, how can they make others believe that the information they are selling is valuable?

Cheng Hui and Lin Qingyang discussed it and decided that it would be better to go to the underground palace to get some "evidence".

Cheng Hui thought the skeleton soldiers that blocked Old Huai outside were pretty good. Skeleton soldiers like that were rare in the underworld. He thought it would be a good idea to get a few more as specimens...

etc!

Cheng Hui suddenly felt that he had discovered a new business opportunity.

He quickly shook the bracelet vigorously and called out Uncle Gui.

"What are you doing, what are you doing!" Uncle Gui looked at him sleepily.

"Uncle Ghost, why are there no skeletons in the underworld?"

That’s right, Cheng Hui has been in the underworld for quite some time and has seen many monsters and demons, but he has never seen a skeleton.

"Skeleton?" Uncle Ghost was stunned for a moment, then yawned nonchalantly. "The skeleton you're talking about is a corpse, right? The corpse of a ghost cultivator is his vital point, so naturally they wouldn't leave it out in the open. Either they refine it directly into their body, or... why are you asking this?"

"Then why don't the skeletons become spirits?" Cheng Hui asked.

Uncle Gui shook his head and said that he was not quite sure. He did guess and thought that it was probably because the essence in the human body had flowed away with the disappearance of the body, and naturally no real monster could be brewed in the remaining bones.

"So... a skeleton transformed into a spirit is a rare thing, right?" Cheng Hui's eyes suddenly lit up.

If Skeletons are rare, then wouldn't it be possible to just sell them?

However, Cheng Hui rejected this idea as soon as it appeared.

People should not be too greedy. Although he is already a Jindan cultivator, he is only in the early stage of Jindan. What's more, most of these ghosts in the underworld have some very strange abilities. If he is too reckless, he may end up in trouble.

Skeleton soldiers are rare, but they are also of high value. What if someone thinks they are in possession of a treasure and attacks them... wouldn't that be unfair?

However, you can't sell it, but using it as evidence is a good option.

The news about the underground palace guarded by skeleton soldiers must be able to sell for a good price, right?

He also asked Uncle Gui if he knew about the underground palace. Uncle Gui was very surprised to learn about the existence of the underground palace, but he agreed with Cheng Hui's approach.

It is better to let those high-level ghost cultivators deal with this obviously complicated situation.

The underworld is quite special. It is connected to countless worlds, and you would never imagine what might be hidden somewhere.

It would be fine if there really is a treasure, but if you work hard to dig a grave and end up digging out an immortal, that would be a lot of fun.

Just do it.

With the support of Uncle Gui and Lin Qingyang, Cheng Hui decided to go down to the underground palace immediately to take a look, and it would be best if he could capture his two skeleton soldiers by the way.

Old Huai has always behaved very peacefully, and Cheng Hui didn't want to doubt his intentions. Anyway, there would be many monks coming by then, so he didn't have to worry about Old Huai causing any trouble.

It would be fine if he behaved himself, but if he really wanted to do something wrong, there would be other ghost cultivators who would teach him a lesson.

The secret room is right under Huai Lao's tree, but it is not under Huai Lao's control. Huai Lao had told him a lot of information in bits and pieces when he was playing chess with him before.

Cheng Hui didn't want to care whether he did it intentionally or not. Anyway, it was not difficult to extract the method to open the secret room from the content of those words.

After greeting Mr. Huai, he decided to go down and take a look.

Old Huai also reminded him that the underground palace might be very dangerous. He told Old Huai that he was just testing the waters and had no intention of exploring in depth.

After entering the secret room, Cheng Hui discovered that this was a place similar to a laboratory. There were many complex patterns engraved on the long jade table. Cheng Hui looked at it for a while and found that the formation on the table was something he had never seen before. He immediately put the jade table into the storage ring with great interest.

After this discovery, he became more interested in the owner of the secret room.

That jade table top was very unusual. He was not sure what the specific function of the magic array engraved on it was yet, but it was not difficult to see that the owner of the secret room had a high level of attainment in magic arrays, and there was a lot he could learn from him.

Cheng Hui walked around the secret room several times and collected all the things he could find that were engraved with magic arrays. He was also lucky enough to find two notebooks, which recorded some experimental magic arrays. It was obvious that the owner of the secret room had many unique ideas about magic arrays.

Having collected a lot of information bit by bit, Cheng Hui was in a very happy mood. Even if the underground palace could not bring him any gains, this trip would not be a loss.

"Let's go and take a look at the underground palace." Cheng Hui said excitedly.

Lin Qingyang had already found the entrance to the underground palace. When he opened the entrance, there was a deep passage.

It can be seen that this passage has obvious traces of being artificially excavated. As soon as the entrance is opened, a thick cloud of dust flies up and hits the face.

"Be careful!" Lin Qingyang grabbed Cheng Hui and waved his sleeves to disperse the dust.

"Puh, puh, puh! Such a big cloud of dust." Cheng Hui spat several times. Although he was not hit, he could still smell the rotten smell in the air.

"Let's go!"

Both of them have the ability to see the night market, and can see every detail of the passage clearly without lighting.

Under their feet was a very flat metal plate. Cheng Hui tried to punch it, and the metal plate dented. When he took his fist away, the dent began to slowly recover.

Click, click!

There were faint sounds coming from the distance.

Cheng Hui looked up and saw several staggering skeletons, dragging rusty weapons slowly towards them.

As the distance got closer, the skeletons' movements became noticeably more flexible, as if someone had applied some lubricant to their dry joints.

"Be careful." Lin Qingyang reminded and was about to step forward.

"Wait, let me try first." Cheng Hui stopped him.

He is now truly thick-skinned and tough, and has a clear advantage over this skeleton that does not rely on flexibility.

Lin Qingyang thought about it and agreed. He also wanted to see how Cheng Hui performed. Since he woke up, he had not seen Cheng Hui take action. This was a good opportunity for him to see how strong Cheng Hui had become.

Cheng Hui didn't take any weapons, fearing that with one strike, these skeletons would turn into ashes.

The skeleton soldiers' movements quickened, and the long blades rubbed against the ground, creating sparks.

Cheng Hui stepped forward, and two flames suddenly ignited in the empty eye sockets of the leading skeleton soldier. He suddenly leaped up, and the big knife in his hand drew an arc and slashed towards Cheng Hui.

The skeleton soldiers were very agile, but that was relative to ordinary people. In the eyes of Cheng Hui, who was in the Jindan stage, their movements seemed like slow motion.

Cheng Hui slightly turned sideways and dodged the attack with the slightest movement, then lightly punched the skeleton soldier on the head with his backhand.

These skeleton soldiers all wore helmets on their heads. Although they were not wearing armor, they were fully equipped with weapons and shields.

Judging from the action, the skeleton soldier seemed to want to protect his head with the shield, but unfortunately he was too slow. Cheng Hui's light punch hit him, and the skeleton soldier's entire head slammed into his chest with a bang, breaking several ribs.

Cheng Hui: ...

He swore he hadn't meant to be that cruel.

This was not over yet. The skeleton soldier was hit hard and his whole body shrank half a meter with a bang.

Cheng Hui looked down and found that his leg bones were also broken, leaving only his headless upper body. He was groping on the ground with his two arms, as if trying to get up.

In the blink of an eye, several other skeleton soldiers rushed over and pointed their weapons at Cheng Hui.

Based on the punch just now, Cheng Hui roughly analyzed the strength of these skeleton soldiers. He restrained the strength of his fist and knocked them all down one by one.

Occasionally there are a few broken bones, which obviously indicate that they had osteoporosis before they died. In any case, Cheng Hui will definitely not take the blame for this.

There are only nine people in this skeleton team. Except for the unlucky first one who had half of his body broken, the rest remained basically intact.

Cheng Hui didn't bother to care about the feelings of these skeleton soldiers. He just found a large piece of cloth, stuffed all the skeleton soldiers into it, made a big bundle, and then returned to Lin Qingyang with the bundle.

"Okay, this should be enough evidence."

Lin Qingyang was amused: "A group of skeleton soldiers can't prove anything, they are still so weak."

Cheng Hui shrugged his shoulders to indicate that it didn't matter. He didn't expect to make a lot of money anyway. It was something he got for free, so he would make as much as he could.

Since they do not bear any risks, they naturally cannot demand too much benefit.

There are masters in the underworld. The two of them are satisfied that they can successfully sell the news without being killed. They can't ask for more.

If they were not about to leave and there were no subsequent risks, Cheng Hui might have pretended not to know the existence of the underground palace at all.

The two were about to walk out when they suddenly heard a lot of tiny noises coming from the end of the passage.

Cheng Hui stopped and looked over there, and saw a large group of densely packed skeleton soldiers.

Compared to the previous skeleton soldiers whose weapons were rusted, these new skeleton soldiers were fully equipped. Not only were they wearing full body armor, but many of them even carried bows and arrows, pointing them in the direction of Cheng Hui.

Cheng Hui felt a slight pain between his eyebrows, and suddenly his heart trembled. These skeleton soldiers were no ordinary troops. If the previous skeleton soldiers were just some scattered soldiers, then these were definitely the most elite troops.

"Walk!"

Cheng Hui had previously thought that although Old Huai’s strength was weak, he was not so weak that he could not even deal with these skeleton soldiers. But after seeing these later, he understood that these skeleton soldiers definitely had the strength to kill Old Huai. Even he could feel the threat posed by these skeleton soldiers.

He is a real Jindan cultivator, and also a thick-skinned and tough zombie. Among ordinary cultivators, he is definitely at the top level. Even he can feel the danger. The strength of these skeleton soldiers cannot be underestimated.

Cheng Hui took Lin Qingyang away decisively. The skeleton soldiers watched them from afar but did not chase them.

Cheng Hui looked at them from a distance. There were blue flames burning in the eye sockets of those skeleton soldiers. They were just a pair of empty eyes, but Cheng Hui inexplicably felt a sense of scrutiny.

It’s as if... the other party is evaluating something.

He pursed his lips, feeling more and more that the danger of this underground palace was even higher than he had imagined. He really didn't know how the owner of the secret room came out of it the second time.

Those skeleton soldiers did not chase after him. Cheng Hui didn't know whether it was because they had some kind of restrictions on them.

He closed the opening again, and for safety reasons, he sealed it again and set up a magic circle.

He didn't dare to say that this magic circle could stop everyone, but it should have no problem stopping most people.

"Let's go to Baiweilou and try to sell the news today. After we sell it, we won't come back. Let's go upstairs to pack up and take all our things with us." Cheng Hui walked out of the secret room slowly with his bag on his back.

After they left, Huai Lao's figure suddenly appeared. He looked at the sealed entrance with a conflicted expression on his face.

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