Chapter 88

He was none other than Shi Jian, who had previously sought out Liu Ming, and his dual-cultivation partner, the woman named Lüyun, was also present. The other two were a robustly dressed man and a young man with seven or eight blood-colored arm rings on his arms.

"If we go to the Ten Thousand Bone Cave, there will definitely be a senior master leading the team. Even if we know this kid is among them, we won't be able to do anything. This kid is really quite daring. To avoid us, he actually dared to go to a place like the Ten Thousand Bone Cave, not afraid of never returning. Senior Brother Wu, you have seen much and know a lot, do you have any good ideas?" The young man with the arm rings raised an eyebrow and turned to ask the robustly dressed man.

"Since he has gone to the Ten Thousand Bone Cave, he doesn't plan to return to the sect for at least three to four months. If we want to cause him trouble, we can only send someone to participate in the Ten Thousand Bone Cave suppression mission to have a chance." The robustly dressed man said slowly.

"Senior Brother Wu, don't joke around. Although the Ten Thousand Bone Cave rewards contribution points for each bone ghost killed, it is too dangerous. Apart from the madmen within the sect who pursue the path of slaughter and are happy to stay there, who else is not forced by the senior masters to take on this mission?" The young man's face changed as he said this.

"If that's the case, then we can only put this matter on hold for now. I don't want to go to the Ten Thousand Bone Cave either. Fortunately, Senior Brother Gao is still in seclusion. This kid and Mu Mingzhu's marriage contract issue, he doesn't know about it yet. Once this kid returns, we can help him solve this trouble." The robustly dressed man spread his hands and said.

These words made the young man with the arm rings frown and remain silent.

"Going to the Ten Thousand Bone Cave just to teach this kid a lesson is indeed a bit difficult, but if we let those already participating in the suppression mission handle it, it's not too hard." Shi Jian said.

"What do you mean, Senior Brother Shi?" The young man's expression changed upon hearing this.

"I know a junior brother named Sima from the Yinsha Sect. He seems to have been selected for the Ten Thousand Bone Cave suppression mission this time. If he is willing to act, dealing with a mere new disciple will be a piece of cake. However, Sima is one of the top twenty core disciples on the Taiyin Stele, so the price for his help won't be light." Shi Jian said slowly.

"No problem, we don't really want to kill the kid. Just a few harsh lessons to make him agree to break the marriage contract. The amount of spirit stones needed, I will cover. Senior Brother Wu, do you have any objections?" The young man with the arm rings laughed lightly.

"Since Junior Brother Xin has said so, there's no problem." The robustly dressed man's eyes flickered a few times before he nodded.

"Good, Senior Brother Shi, contact Senior Brother Sima these two days." The young man said without hesitation.

Shi Jian naturally agreed without hesitation.

Thus, after discussing some details, they each left the pavilion.

Three days later, near a huge archway at the entrance to the Man Gui Sect's mountain, some inner disciples of the Man Gui Sect began to appear.

Most were around thirty to forty years old, with only a few in their twenties.

These people all had gloomy expressions, looking deeply troubled.

However, a few were still chatting and laughing, looking very different from the others.

After a while, more than thirty male and female disciples had gathered under the archway, and a graceful figure approached from a distance, seemingly slow but actually fast.

It turned out to be a beautiful woman with a peach-like face, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, wearing a purple long robe, with a cold expression.

"Oh, it's actually Senior Aunt Lin from Guiwu Mountain!"

"Greetings, Senior Aunt Lin."

"Greetings, Senior Aunt Lin."

These Man Gui Sect disciples, upon seeing the purple-robed woman's face clearly, mostly drew in a cold breath and hurriedly came forward to greet her.

This woman was the current mountain master of the ghost lineage, and it was said she was one of the few powerful spirit masters in the Man Gui Sect who had cultivated to the middle stage of the spirit master realm.

"Hmm, stand up. The time is almost here. Are all the people here?" The woman surnamed Lin waved her hand, letting the disciples stand up, and then scanned the area with her eyes, frowning.

"Reporting to Senior Aunt Lin, it seems two people are still missing." A disciple in his thirties, who looked very steady, hurriedly stepped forward to report.

"Then let's wait a bit longer. If they don't show up in half an hour, we'll cancel their spots!" The woman surnamed Lin said without hesitation.

The male disciple naturally respectfully agreed.

Thus, everyone continued to wait.

However, because the woman surnamed Lin was present, no one dared to speak or move around, all standing still in their places.

After a while, two gray clouds appeared from the sect and flew towards the archway from different directions.

Seeing this, the others couldn't help but look.

The two gray clouds landed almost simultaneously under the archway, and after dispersing, two figures appeared.

One was a man in his late twenties with a gloomy expression, wearing a black robe with a skull head imprinted on each sleeve.

The other was a teenager who looked about sixteen or seventeen, wearing green inner disciple clothing, and was quite tall.

"Greetings, Senior Aunt Lin."

The gloomy man, upon seeing the woman surnamed Lin's face clearly, seemed surprised and hurriedly came forward to greet her.

The teenager, who was about seventeen or eighteen, then silently bowed.

"Junior nephew Sima, why is it you? The grand competition is about to start. Why aren't you cultivating in the sect, but going to the Ten Thousand Bone Cave?" The woman surnamed Lin seemed to know the gloomy-faced man and asked with a flicker in her eyes.

"Senior Aunt Lin, you know. Although I don't cultivate the pure path of slaughter, if I want to increase my strength, I can only do so through combat." The gloomy man replied calmly.

"I heard you once entered the fourth level of the Ten Thousand Bone Cave alone. This time, are you going to the same level? If so, you may not have the same luck to return unscathed. Has Senior Brother Chu not told you similar things?" The woman surnamed Lin asked indifferently.

"Junior nephew is determined to be among the top ten core disciples this time. I hope Senior Aunt Lin won't stop me." The gloomy man raised his head and replied without hesitation.

"Fine, since you won't listen to Senior Brother Chu, I, an outsider, won't meddle. If you want to go, go ahead! As for you... you look familiar. Which lineage are you from, and what's your name?" The woman surnamed Lin frowned slightly and then looked at the other side, a hint of confusion flashing across her face.

"Junior is Bai Congtian, a disciple of the Nine-Headed Serpent, greeting Senior Aunt Lin!" The teenager bowed, and it was Liu Ming.

"Bai Congtian, Nine-Headed Serpent? So it's you, little guy!" The woman surnamed Lin seemed to recall something and remembered the last spirit opening ceremony where she almost took a three-meridian youth as a disciple.

"Senior Aunt Lin, you recognize me!" Liu Ming was slightly surprised.

"Of course, I recognize you. However, for a mere new disciple to dare to go to the Ten Thousand Bone Cave, you have quite a bit of courage. But this is your choice, and I won't stop you. Now that everyone is here, let's set off." The woman surnamed Lin smiled and said a few words, then flipped her palm, and a small white jade gourd suddenly appeared.

She threw the gourd into the air and chanted a spell with one hand.

In an instant, the gourd swelled and then flipped over, spewing out thick white mist from its mouth, which quickly formed a white mist python about thirty to forty meters long.

The python, like a living creature, moved its body, instantly releasing a shocking aura. The nearby Man Gui Sect disciples felt a white misty wind, and involuntarily took a few steps back.

Most of them showed a look of shock.

The woman surnamed Lin's figure flickered, and she appeared at the head of the mist python, then said indifferently:

"What are you waiting for? Get on.

The Man Gui Sect disciples finally realized and all flew up to the mist python.

In the next moment, a strong wind rose under the mist python, carrying more than thirty people into the air, heading in a certain direction.

"You are Bai Congtian?"

Liu Ming had just found a place to sit cross-legged on the mist python when a figure flickered in front of him, and the gloomy man who had just arrived with him appeared.

"Yes, it's me. Do you have something to say?" Liu Ming looked up at the other person, sensing a hint of hostility, and said bluntly.

"My name is Sima Tian. Remember it well." The gloomy man also looked Liu Ming up and down, expressionless.

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Ming narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Because once we get to the Ten Thousand Bone Cave, we might see each other often." Sima Tian said coldly, then left and found another place to sit cross-legged.

Liu Ming, hearing these vague words, just frowned slightly and closed his eyes to rest, as if he hadn't heard the gloomy man's words at all.

Half a month later, in the sky above a small basin surrounded by dozens of hills.

A white mist python came roaring from the distance and soon arrived above a stone fort about a mile in size in the center of the basin, slowly landing on the empty ground below.

Under the lead of the woman surnamed Lin, Liu Ming and the other Man Gui Sect disciples got off the mist python and looked around curiously.

The stone fort was extremely simple, with only a few dozen feet high green stone walls around it. Inside, there were not many buildings, and most were very simple small stone houses.

Moreover, there were almost no people in sight in the fort, only a few larger buildings in the distance where people could be seen talking outside.

"Listen carefully. Although the Ten Thousand Bone Cave is mainly for our Man Gui Sect disciples, disciples from other sects occasionally come here for training. So don't be surprised if you encounter disciples from other sects. Also, for the first time in the Ten Thousand Bone Cave, go and read the various rules over there, and don't violate them. Now, you can move freely." The woman surnamed Lin pointed to a stone stele in the center of the fort, covered in silver text, and after saying a few words, walked towards a large building in the distance.

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