Chapter 90

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"Who could have taken the box of spirit-gathering pills that I placed here back then?" The cultivator with the surname Feng muttered to himself, looking at the empty and damaged hall.

He frowned, his face showing a look of deep thought: "Could it be those few people who entered this mechanism passage... I remember, the few people who entered the passage were... ."

"When I built the underground palace, I set up several times more mechanisms in the passage connecting to this place than in other passages. Could it really be that someone managed to pass through all the mechanisms and enter here! Moreover, what about this damaged hall?" The cultivator with the surname Feng's face showed a look of great confusion.

"I originally planned to go directly to that place after taking the spirit-gathering pills placed here. But now, it seems I need to make a trip to the meeting place to retrieve the box of spirit-gathering pills that someone has taken."

"However, before that, I need to thoroughly refine the medicinal power in my body and stabilize my cultivation realm. Although I have refined the Golden Breath Pill I swallowed, it is not yet thorough, and my cultivation realm also needs some time to stabilize." He muttered to himself.

This cultivator with the surname Feng now seemed to have refined the medicinal power of the Golden Breath Pill, but it was not stable. He needed to spend some time to stabilize his cultivation realm to prevent his hard-earned improvement from falling back.

...

When the cultivator with the surname Feng learned that his bottle of spirit-gathering pills had been taken, Sha Yi, who knew a little about the secrets of this underground palace, was being carried through a mechanism trap by a small flying insect, heading towards the gathering place of the Qingyun Sect.

This flying insect, though only the size of a thumb, had immense strength, easily lifting the tall and muscular Deputy Sect Leader Sha Yi without any effort.

The mechanisms in the passage he was in were clearly more numerous than those in other passages of the Qingyun Sect, making it take him a considerable amount of time to pass through this passage. He had not yet reached the meeting hall even now.

...

In the strange hall where the Qingyun Sect members were, the atmosphere was already extremely eerie.

Since the Qingyun Sect members entered this strange hall, a considerable amount of time had passed. After discovering that among the terrifying skeletons in the hall were the remains of their predecessors from two hundred years ago, the atmosphere among the Qingyun Sect members became even more peculiar.

They were all unclear about what had happened to these Qingyun Sect predecessors two hundred years ago, leading to their tragic deaths here.

The Qingyun Sect members also investigated the condition of these skeletons but found no clues.

Layer upon layer of doubt enveloped the hearts of the Qingyun Sect members, casting a shadow over their minds.

In the strange atmosphere, after investigating the hall, the stone door leading to the next place was opened. After searching through the numerous skeletons in the hall and finding no useful clues, no one in the Qingyun Sect was willing to stay in that eerie place any longer.

In the end, everyone passed through the stone door and entered the area behind it.

However, no one noticed that when the Qingyun Sect members could not find any clues about what had happened to these skeletons, Ding Qi's face showed a thoughtful expression.

These eerily dead skeletons, after he had inspected them, suddenly reminded Ding Qi of the numerous ghostly shadows he had encountered in the forest.

"Could it be that the incident back then has some connection to these skeletons?" Ding Qi thought, somewhat uncertain.

Before leaving the hall, Ding Qi turned back and squinted to take one last look at the eerie and terrifying skeletons.

Then, he entered the area behind the hall.

...

"Who would have thought that behind this, there is a vast maze." Ding Qi looked at the Qingyun Sect members, who were sitting on the ground, and felt somewhat speechless.

It had been an hour since they left the strange hall.

During this time, Ding Qi had already learned about the situation in this area.

The area behind the strange hall was somewhat special, not like the connecting passages or halls he had previously experienced.

Behind the hall, there was actually a very complex and vast maze. In this hour, the Qingyun Sect members had investigated the maze.

At first, the investigation was relatively simple. However, the deeper they went, the more complex the maze became. If they did not conduct a detailed investigation, they would surely get lost in the maze and be unable to come out.

The Qingyun Sect members quickly realized this after a short investigation and gathered everyone back.

The Qingyun Sect members had experienced many strange and dangerous situations after entering the underground palace, and it had already been a full day. They were already extremely tired.

Now, they were too exhausted to explore the vast maze.

Zuo Yang and others, realizing the complexity of the maze, decided to let the Qingyun Sect members, who were already exhausted, rest for the night. They would concentrate on exploring the maze area the next day.

Now, the Qingyun Sect members were resting. After experiencing many dangers throughout the day, even though they knew that the place they were in was full of strange and eerie elements, most of the Qingyun Sect disciples could no longer hold on and eventually fell into a deep sleep.

Even the few high-ranking members of the Qingyun Sect were the same.

Seeing this, Ding Qi could only smile bitterly.

However, he would not waste a night's time accompanying these Qingyun Sect members to explore the underground palace the next day.

This encounter with the Qingyun Sect members at the meeting point was unexpected. He originally planned to explore the underground palace alone.

However, Ding Qi also knew that the maze ahead looked quite complex. Exploring the entire maze alone would take a very long time. Now, with these Qingyun Sect members exploring, it would save him a lot of time.

Before that, he planned to explore for a night.

Looking at these deeply sleeping Qingyun Sect members, Ding Qi shook his head and stood up alone.

However, Ding Qi did not go in the direction of the maze as he had planned. Instead, he moved in the opposite direction, towards the strange hall.

Ding Qi opened the stone door leading to the hall and stepped inside.

Not long after, Ding Qi came out of the hall. This time, he truly took a step forward, heading towards the maze, and his figure quickly disappeared into the depths of the maze.

"Although it might be me being overly cautious, to be on the safe side, I have to destroy all those eerie skeletons." As he walked through the maze, Ding Qi thought.

Ding Qi had returned to the strange hall earlier to destroy all the skeletons that he found eerie.

He still vividly remembered the strange mental invasions by the ghostly shadows he had encountered in the secret realm. Now that he suspected that these skeletons might be related to those strange ghostly shadows, given his cautious nature, he would not leave such an obvious隐患 behind.