thump!
The imagined burning pain did not come.
If you ignore the crackling sounds around you, Yuan Jing feels more like she has fallen into a hot spring.
She opened her eyes cautiously, only to see a corpse floating in front of her. Its face was extremely hideous, as if it had suffered great pain in its lifetime.
"ah!"
She screamed in fear and almost couldn't maintain the "Yuan" rune. She hurriedly paddled back on the lava. She hadn't retreated more than two feet when her back hit another cold corpse.
Yuan Jing immediately got goose bumps all over her body and didn't dare to retreat.
She looked up stiffly, and only then saw countless corpses floating densely on the surrounding magma. A rough count showed that there were no less than a thousand of them.
"hiss……"
Yuan Jing gasped and her face turned pale, but she was not panicked.
Throughout this journey, her mind had grown considerably. Although this scene was terrifying, it was still not as shocking as the moment Su Lian was swallowed by the dragon monster.
She quickly glanced around and saw Xiang Sheng not far in front of her on the left, looking down and flipping through something. She quickly pushed aside the corpse in front of her and moved closer.
As the distance got closer, Yuan Jing saw clearly that what was piled in front of Xiang Sheng was not volcanic rocks as she had thought, but a pile of corpses.
She gritted her teeth, climbed out of the lava, and walked to Xiang Sheng. She glanced at a corpse nearby and her expression changed slightly. "Sun Jingwen?"
Xiang Sheng paused and glanced at the corpse on the ground, "Do you recognize it?"
Yuan Jing bit her lip and nodded gently. "The Sun family is a small cultivation family in Xitian City, not well-known. I have only met them twice at the City Lord's banquet before."
Xiang Sheng nodded slightly and continued to turn over the pile of corpses in silence.
There were so many corpses in the lava. After checking them one by one, she saw many familiar faces but she couldn't remember their names.
At least two thousand Dongzhou monks who came from Xitian City died here.
Among these two thousand people, how many came for the inheritance of the Tianlong Emperor's Tomb? And how many came to save her?
She didn't know and didn't want to know.
She didn't owe Dongzhou anything, and it wasn't her who killed these people, but the mastermind behind controlling the Tianlong Emperor's Tomb.
However, this feeling of being used and forced to bear the consequences is really frustrating.
Is it the resurrected ancient god behind this?
Did he attract tens of thousands of monks here just to kill them? Or... to obtain something useful from them?
However, the qi and blood of these corpses were intact, and their souls were naturally destroyed, so they did not lose anything.
There is one more mystery in my mind.
Xiang Sheng became increasingly silent, and the speed at which he turned over the corpses increased significantly.
Yuan Jing noticed that Xiang Sheng's expression was a little strange, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Although Sister Li has many secrets, she has a kind heart. Seeing so many people die here, she must be sad for them.
When she thought of this, she looked at the corpses in front of her and no longer felt scared. She stood up and walked forward.
"Sister Li, let me help you."
…
It took two hours to finish examining all the bodies.
Xiang Sheng sat down on a volcanic rock floating on the lava, and reached out to touch the "Yuan" rune on his chest.
The slightly dim character "Yuan" immediately became bright again.
Yuan Jing followed suit and sat down next to Xiang Sheng.
She carefully observed Xiang Sheng, and when she saw that her tense expression had relaxed, she asked, "Sister Li, why are you turning over these bodies?"
Xiang Sheng was silent for a moment, then said softly, "I'm checking to see if there are any old friends among these bodies. If so, I'll collect their bodies for them."
Yuan Jing's expression was moved, and she said guiltily, "I am so presumptuous..."
Xiang Sheng shook his head, "I didn't find it."
Yuan Jing was stunned, and then she remembered that she had not taken away any of her sister's bodies before.
Jiang Yi and others are not here.
When she turned half of Xiang Sheng's body over, she actually had the answer in her mind.
Those who died here were all below the Out-of-Body Stage, and they all died in the same way.
The soul is destroyed, but the body is intact.
Xiang Sheng looked up at the corpse floating on the lava, his eyes flickering.
The Yuanzi test level in the memory fragment is the easiest of the eight test levels.
If the members of the Abyss Snake Clan who are undergoing the assessment fall into this place and fail to reach the crater in time to activate the "Yuan" rune, they will be submerged by the magma erupting from the volcano.
The magma is transformed from the ashes in the incense burner. It seems to be so hot that it can destroy the body, but in fact the temperature is not high. It can only affect the soul and five senses, and train the minds of the people who are trying to pass the level.
However, after being eroded by the illusion, the burning sensation brought by the incense ash became extremely real, so real that even the soul could not bear it. The treasure that tempered the mind became a deadly weapon.
These two thousand people had low cultivation bases and were already weak in spirit. They would probably have been crushed and killed instantly the moment the lava came over them.
After deducing the cause and effect, Xiang Sheng's gaze grew even more serious.
Although 60% of those who came to Xitian City from all over Xizhou to participate in the auction were Nascent Soul cultivators, there were also quite a few in the Out-of-Body stage.
If a cultivator in the out-of-body stage falls into this place, let alone escaping, with their souls in the process of transformation, they can at least withstand the magma for three days.
However, among the more than 2,000 people who died here, not a single one was in the out-of-body stage.
Is it a coincidence?
Or... the person who controls everything behind the scenes has some means to influence the allocation of assessment levels.
But this impact will not be significant.
Otherwise, it would not be two thousand people who would die here, but all the cultivators below the Out-of-Body Stage who entered this place!
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