Keep walking down for about two or three minutes, and you will see a wooden door. Pushing open the door, you will see a large basement filled with countless bones of all sizes. In the middle of the bones there is an iron cage with a person lying inside it.

Feng Ce was standing in front of the cage. He turned around and looked over when he heard the sound. "Just step over here."

Wen Qi looked down and saw that his skeleton was broken into pieces, most of them were severely fractured, the kind that could not be healed without a full body cast.

Without hesitation, she stepped on it. The touch was a bit strange, like stepping on unstable gravel, shaky and wobbly.

Wen Qi could only use her strength to maintain her balance. She didn't know whether the bones had lost their spiritual energy or she was using too much strength, but with every step she took, there was a "crackling" sound under her feet. Combined with the current situation, there was a feeling of inexplicable cruelty.

After finally reaching the cage, Wen Qi's brows were furrowed, "Why are there so many bones in the village?"

"It was the villagers." Feng Ce said calmly: "When I came in, they were planning to transform Mingren into bones as well, but I interrupted them. The villagers turned into bones and tried to catch me, and I resisted a little."

Wen Qi gave a thumbs up, "I see!" She looked down at the bones on the ground again and wondered, "If their bodies are bones, how did they become flesh?"

Feng Ce took the Fengdu stick from her hand, dug around in the pile of bones on the ground, and picked up a layer of colorful paper. "It's made of paste."

Wen Qi suddenly realized, "Paper Man Technique! It has the same origin as Paper Man Puppet Technique. No wonder they wanted to keep Mingren here."

"There should be no living people in this village. The souls of the dead are imprisoned in their bones. They pretend to be human beings by constantly changing the cardboard." Feng Ce said: "The commission Mingren accepted also brought back a living skeleton."

Wen Qi understood, and looked at the bones scattered all over the ground with some worry, "What should we do now? Can we still save the souls?"

Feng Ce shook his head, "It has turned into a monster. When we get out, we will burn down the ancestral temple along with it."

Wen Qi thought of the elder sister's accent and guessed that she was probably a tourist from another place and was left here permanently. It would be better to get rid of this kind of harmful village as soon as possible.

Feng Ce casually swung the Fengdu stick and knocked off the lock on the cage. He went in, grabbed Mingren by the belt and lifted him up, then put him on Taotie's back and said, "You can go now."

Taotie carried Mingren steadily and walked forward. Then came Feng Ce and Wen Qi, who entered the passage one after the other.

No one noticed that the broken bones on the ground suddenly moved and gathered together in various ways, and soon a mountain of bones appeared in the basement.

After coming out, Wen Qi found that the bones beside the ancestral hall were gone. She looked around, but it was still pitch black. "One is missing. Could it have escaped?"

Feng Ce: "It doesn't matter. The bones rely on the power of the ancestral temple to survive. If you burn down the ancestral temple, it will naturally turn into the most ordinary bones."

Wen Qi sighed, "The world is so big that there are so many strange things. I have never seen the White Bone Demon before, but I didn't expect that a whole village would see it once I saw it."

The two of them were talking as they followed Taotie and soon left the ancestral temple.

Let Taotie take Mingren away, Wen Qi and Feng Ce used fire-attribute spells at the same time, and suddenly, fireballs fell from the sky and all landed on the ancestral temple.

The ancestral temple exuded an evil and smelly mist, which transformed into a half-bodied evil spirit in the shape of a human, which bared its fangs and claws and slammed all the fireballs away.

Wen Qi formed seals with his hands and set up an inward barrier around the ancestral temple, intercepting all the fireballs that were about to fly out. In the end, they piled up around the ancestral temple. Soon, the wooden doors and windows of the ancestral temple were ignited first.

At this moment, there was a violent tremor in the ancestral temple, and the whole village shook as if something was about to break out of the ground.

Feng Ce's eyes flickered with whirlpools, and he saw directly underground through layers of barriers. He said in a deep voice: "The bones have merged together."

Hearing this, Wen Qi took out the Fengdu Stick again, ready for a big battle, but the Secret Book of Metaphysics squeezed out, and he excitedly fanned the pages to express his expectations.

Wen Qi's expression suddenly became strange.

Feng Ce looked over with confusion in his eyes, "What's wrong?"

Wen Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "The Secret Book of Metaphysics said that if you want to eat, you will find the White Bone Demon."

Feng Ce was also surprised, but after thinking about it, he understood, "The bones of a spirit can also be used as materials for refining."

The Metaphysical Secret Book flew around him in a circle, as if agreeing with what he said.

Wen Qi smacked his lips, "Okay, do you need help?"

The Metaphysical Secret Book flew over and rubbed Wen Qi's shoulder like a spoiled child. The latter understood, "You don't know how many bones you need, right? You want me to help you split them? No problem!"

Wen Qi jumped back a few steps to avoid the rubble that rolled down from above, and exclaimed: "How many meters high is this? It's as high as a building!"

Feng Ce also shook his head and looked at the bones, his expression still indifferent, "It's too conspicuous, don't hold back."

Wen Qi nodded and threw the Fengdu Stick into the sky. It flew directly into the sky. At the same time, the formations on both sides of the stick were activated. The phantom of Fengdu Mountain appeared in an instant and pressed down on the huge white bones.

Bai Gu sensed the danger and tried to escape, but its calves and feet were buried in the ground, and before it could be pulled out, Fengdu Mountain had already fallen.

Bai Gu subconsciously raised his hand to block it, but Fengdu Mountain continued to fall at a constant speed. There were continuous cracking sounds, and the white jade-like bones broke into pieces and fell from the sky.

The Secret Book of Metaphysics shook its pages excitedly, rushed straight forward, and collected all the fallen bones into one page.

Wen Qi was grinning, "What kind of scene is this? A book actually likes to eat bones. Even gluttons find the bones unpalatable."

Only when only the bones below the knees were left did the metaphysical secret book close its pages and float quietly in the air.

Wen Qi caught the falling Fengdu Stick, stared at the Metaphysics Secret Book and asked in surprise: "Is it time to advance?"

Feng Ce, who is good at refining equipment, said: "It should be an initial promotion, the change will not be too big."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Book of Metaphysics suddenly burst into a strong light, and bands of light grew from the spine of the book, fastening the entire book like ropes or padlocks.

When the light faded, Wen Qi discovered that it was not a rope or a lock, but a row of white jade-like ribs, fastened together tightly to form a new book cover.

After the brief change, the Secret Book of Metaphysics flew back and showed its new changes in front of Wen Qi from top to bottom, left to right, front to back.

Wen Qi groaned and said, "It does look cool, but... I have an inexplicable evil feeling. Will you eventually evolve into an evil creature? If so, I will definitely burn you to death."

The Secret Book of Metaphysics shook in the air in anger, then turned into a streak of light and penetrated deep into Wen Qi's soul. Before leaving, it did not forget to take Taotie with it, completely disregarding the latter's wishes.

Mingren fell to the ground with a plop and frowned subconsciously. But in just two seconds, he sat up suddenly and the paper man in his hand flew out and blocked himself.

"Oh, you woke up at the right time." Wen Qi raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Hurry up and call Sister Ran, she's going to be so worried."

Mingren stared at them blankly for two seconds, then suddenly relaxed, "Fuck, I thought I was dead this time." He searched his body but couldn't find his phone, then he realized, "My phone was taken away, can you lend me yours?"

Wen Qi unlocked his phone and threw it over. "What's wrong with you? It's too easy to get caught."

Mingren smiled bitterly, "Who would have thought that a corpse sealed in a body bag and without any resentment would suddenly attack?" He dialed the phone and reflected on himself, "I was not vigilant enough. I will pay more attention next time."

When the call was connected, Mingren immediately said, "Sister Ran, it's me..."

Wen Qi walked a little further away. The young couple was talking on the phone, and it was not good for her to stand beside them, as she might be forced to feed them dog food.

Feng Ce was checking the remaining bone fragments.

Wen Qi walked over and asked, "Any other questions?"

Feng Ce shook his head and said, "I plan to collect them. Maybe I can use them to refine magical instruments in the future." He opened the gate and simply made a gesture. A vortex appeared inside the gate and sucked all the bones in.

"Let the local Tianshi Association handle the rest. It's time for us to leave."

Mingren had a cut on the back of his head from a sneak attack by Bai Gu, but he had already bandaged it with a paper man, and the wound wasn't infected, so he didn't need to go to the hospital.

After leaving the village, they drove back to the city together. They first returned the car to the rental company, then took Mingren's car to the hotel, checked in, washed up, and went to bed. It was not until after six in the evening that the three of them had a meal together on the first floor of the hotel, which was considered a small gathering.

After that, there was no conversation that night. Mingren drove back to Yunhai early the next morning. Wen Qi and Feng Ce finally set out again, heading to their next destination.

"Where is the next stop?" Feng Ce asked.

"Southern Xinjiang!" Wen Qi said with a smile: "We won't go into the mountains this time, we'll just have fun in the surrounding cities!" (End of this chapter)