Qin Xin, Wen Lan, Shui Qingxi, and Xia Yue followed the map inside the tomb of the Old Man of the Fire and headed towards the location of the coffin.
This map was recorded by martial artists who had entered this place before, after leaving the tomb of the Old Man of the Fire.
Many of these locations have been marked, including places containing rare and precious materials, as well as some particularly dangerous areas.
Qin Xin and his group of four chose not to enter the areas marked as dangerous. Those places seemed to possess a power that did not belong to this world, giving them a sense of dread.
Moreover, there are still many skeletons of human martial artists in those places, and there are special golden threads on the bones, but due to the long years, they have been completely weathered away.
For a time, Qin Xin also developed a great interest in the life and death of this Old Man of the Fire of the Snake.
Along the way, through the introductions of Wen Lan and others, Qin Xin learned that the Old Man of Si Huo was born in Tianxuan Continent. After leaving for a period of time, he returned to Yunxi Domain and built a palace on Chiling Peak in the Chiling Mountains as his base.
At its peak, this place had nearly ten thousand disciples, making it one of the top forces on the entire Tianxuan Continent.
When Qin Xin heard this, he also recalled the weathered remains of his disciples that he had seen in a palace in the tomb of the Old Man of Si Huo. The deaths of these people were very peaceful, without any resistance, as if they had lost their life force in an instant.
While the four were chatting, they finally found some buildings inside the tomb. According to the map, this was the location of the coffin of the Old Man of the Fire.
Upon seeing these buildings, Danqing, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke, her tense voice echoing in Qin Xin's mind, "Qin Xin, this is bad, we'd better leave here quickly."
Hearing Danqing's anxious expression, Qin Xin asked in his mind with some confusion, "What's wrong, teacher? Has something happened?"
"Logically speaking, this immortal abode shouldn't exist in this lower realm!" Danqing's words had barely fallen when the surrounding spiritual energy suddenly stagnated, as if he would be punished if he said another word, forcing him to quickly shut his mouth.
However, Danqing immediately added, "This is something you can't possibly know about now."
Qin Xin was completely bewildered and asked in his mind, "Through my spiritual sense, apart from those places with mysterious energy that I can't enter, there's no danger anywhere else here."
After hearing Qin Xin's words, Danqing didn't know how to refute them. After all, he had been investigating the inner chamber of the tomb and found no danger. However, the unease in his heart made him feel uncomfortable.
"Perhaps I was overthinking it! But if anything seems amiss, we must leave immediately." Danqing paused before leaving those words behind.
"Teacher, don't worry, everything will be fine," Qin Xin said to himself, trying to reassure himself.
Qin Xin then stepped directly into the complex of buildings with Wen Lan, Shui Qingxi, and Xia Yue.
Qin Xin looked around at the architectural styles, the carvings and decorations on the buildings, the various patterns reflecting each other, and the exquisite layout of the pavilions and towers, which gave people a very full feeling.
Qin Xin was seeing these buildings for the first time, and he was very curious about them. To avoid the presence of any formations on these buildings, he dared not touch them.
"What a pity, we arrived too late!"
Before arriving at a building surrounded by pavilions and towers, Wen Lan remarked with a sigh.
Qin Xin also noticed that it seemed that others had already been here. After all, they had wasted a lot of time on their journey, and most of the good stuff here had been looted by other forces.
The four of them, too lazy to scavenge the leftovers, flew directly towards the very center of the buildings, where the coffin of the Old Man of the Fire was located.
"ah!"
"Ding! Clang!"
"boom!"
Just as they were about to reach the center of the complex, the sounds of fighting began to emanate from the buildings.
Just as the four were wondering what was going on, a martial artist with a look of terror on his face was fleeing quickly.
Qin Xin also glanced at the martial artist, who was a disciple from one of the other two major families within the territory of the Tianxuan Sect.
This person's strength had reached the third level of the Void Core Realm. Now, he looked terrified and quickly fled outside, as if he had encountered something extremely frightening.
"What is this thing?" Just as Qin Xin turned his gaze back, Shui Qingxi suddenly asked in a soft voice, her tone seemingly tinged with fear.
Qin Xin then looked behind the martial artist. There, a skeleton was chasing after the enemy on foot. The collision of the bones during the chase made a series of strange noises.
"This martial artist was probably corrupted by death energy before his death, so his bones turned into this shape after he died. Although his strength is not as good as it was in life, this thing has the ability to regenerate. Even if you shatter all his bones, after a period of time, he can be restored to his original state," Danqing told Qin Xinxu.
Because there has never been any record of martial artists who are still able to move even when they are just bones in the Tianxuan Continent, Qin Xin and the others were unaware of them.
"Be careful, don't let those bones attach to your body, otherwise you might have your physical body taken away by this thing!" The skeletal warrior seemed to have sensed the presence of Qin Xin and the other two, and immediately abandoned the pursuit of the fleeing warrior, instead charging towards them.
Upon hearing that his physical body was about to be taken away, Qin Xin broke out in a cold sweat and warned the three women beside him, "Everyone be careful, don't let this thing get close."
After Qin Xin spoke, the three women did not hesitate at all. They quickly activated their martial spirits and began to defend themselves back to back.
Qin Xin felt somewhat embarrassed as he looked at the three women's wary expressions, because their defensive perimeter did not include him.
Wen Lan, the strongest of the four, seemed to have forgotten her true strength, leading the three women to retreat continuously, while also urging Qin Xin to retreat as well.
Qin Xin was momentarily helpless. This martial artist, reduced to nothing but bones and clothes, though his running was somewhat eerie with its clattering sound, was easily dealt with by a mere Yuanfu Realm cultivator.
The Void Core Realm martial artist who escaped from here didn't seem to have fled because of the pursuit by the skeleton; he must have encountered something even more terrifying in the coffin.
Just as the skeleton was about to approach, Qin Xin's Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword appeared in his hand, with Azure Rock Flames flowing across it.
The skeleton, devoid of any consciousness, paused slightly upon sensing the aura of the strange fire released by Qin Xin, seemingly somewhat frightened.
He then turned and fled swiftly.
This sudden scene left Wen Lan and the other two women looking on in astonishment. They stared at Qin Xin with confusion, wondering how he had managed to drive the thing away.
Qin Xin, who was involved, was also completely confused. He wanted to rush up and stop the skeleton warrior, but he lost sight of him before he could give chase.
Since this skeletal warrior had no aura, even Qin Xin was unable to detect him using his spiritual sense.
However, the sounds of fighting continued to emanate from the location of the coffin, as if they were trying to repel something.
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