Chapter 574: Chapter 241: Moon Wheel · Burial Abyss Fiend · Witchcraft Artifact

TAP. TAP. TAP.

Xiao Chen walked slowly along the passage. The vast, empty corridor was completely silent, and he could clearly hear the echo of his own footsteps.

As he advanced, the murals on the ceiling above him gradually grew more diverse.

In addition to numerous sacrificial scenes, there were also depictions of the Moon Witch Race’s daily life and battles.

After nearly a thousand zhang, a screen wall appeared before him, carved with numerous pictographs.

It looked like some kind of explanation.

But judging from the faint red paint visible among the weathered markings...

’It’s probably a warning to intruders.’

"Uh..."

Of course, Xiao Chen couldn’t read the Witchcraft Language, so he had no idea what it said.

But even if he could understand it, he wasn’t about to turn back just because of a few simple sentences.

Only children get scared off by a few words. Adults ignore the risks and press on!

So, Xiao Chen decisively walked around the screen wall and continued forward.

After three turns, the passage suddenly opened up, and a strange structure appeared before his eyes.

It was a spiral tower that exuded a bizarre aura. A closer look revealed it to be a Tower of White Bones, constructed from thousands of leg bones.

Under the light of the nearby crystals, the entire tower refracted a ghastly white glow.

As Xiao Chen drew closer, a pungent, rotten stench instantly enveloped him.

Up close, he could clearly see that the exposed part of every leg bone had been meticulously treated.

However, perhaps because so much time had passed, most of the markings had faded to the point of being completely indecipherable.

Only on a few of them were there still some relatively clear scratches.

CRACK!

The sound was like a dry twig snapping. Xiao Chen looked down to see a leg bone that must have fallen on the ground at some point.

Already weathered and fragile, it shattered into a pile of dust the moment he stepped on it.

...

Carefully making his way around the Spiral Bone Tower, he found the passage ahead narrowed abruptly.

The number of glowing crystals dwindled, replaced by strange graffiti on the walls.

He had only taken a few steps when a ghostly figure suddenly floated out from a dark corner ahead.

It emanated an eerie green glow, completely blocking the narrow passage.

With his Divine Sense, he knew without turning around that an identical scene was unfolding behind him.

"Jade Platform Fire Lotus!"

’When in doubt, cast some Defense Magic and see what happens.’

BOOM—!

The instant it made contact with the Fire Lotus, the eerie green figure exploded, bursting into a great ball of light green, fiercely burning flames.

Yet even though the passage was now a sea of fire, Xiao Chen only felt a bone-chilling cold that pierced through the Fire Lotus and threatened to bore into his very body.

POP!

CRACK!

Under the influence of this strange green fire, layer after layer of the Fire Lotus was frozen solid and fell to the ground, shattering with a series of crisp cracks.

"Snow Surge Spirit Armor, rise!"

Just in case, Xiao Chen immediately cast another Defense Magic, materializing a spectral suit of Ice Armor around his body.

Only then did he press deeper, alternating between the two Defense Magics as he went.

BOOM—!

Two more spectral figures lunged at him, but they were held firmly at bay.

After about half an hour of this, new figures finally stopped appearing.

But this short stretch of the journey alone had consumed a full half of Xiao Chen’s True Essence.

If it had been any other Golden Core Cultivator, they would have likely ended up as either an ice sculpture or a pile of ash by now.

At the end of the passage was another screen wall.

Xiao Chen noticed many similar characters on it, which seemed to repeat the earlier warning.

The difference was that this time, an additional set of stone carvings had been added below the wall.

The first carving clearly depicted the passage he had just come through, with two small figures running inside it.

The second showed the two small figures standing before a screen wall, which had to be this very spot.

The third showed one of the small figures returning to the passage and then swimming into the water.

The fourth showed the other figure continuing forward, entering a palace, and ultimately collapsing beneath a giant Moon Wheel.

It was as if the creators knew an intruder like Xiao Chen wouldn’t be able to read the Witchcraft Language, so there were no words on the stone carvings.

Instead, they had chosen to convey their warning through the different actions—and different fates—of the two small figures.

’This is a rather interesting form of persuasion.’

An ordinary Cultivator, having experienced the surging green fire, would have certainly consumed a great deal of True Essence and come to understand the dangers of Wu Ling, even if they managed to make it this far.

Upon seeing the warning again, they would very likely recognize the danger and choose to retreat.

But Xiao Chen was an exception. He simply sat down cross-legged on the spot and began to recover his True Essence, completely ignoring the warning in the stone carving.

’Whether there’s danger ahead is another question entirely. They expect me to leave before I’ve even caught a glimpse of the Evil Qi?’

’Not a chance!’

The Spiritual Qi in Wu Ling was actually rather thin, posing a minor obstacle to recovering True Essence.

But it didn’t matter. Xiao Chen casually took out a Tier Three Spirit Fruit and swallowed it.

He had picked over a hundred Tier Three Spirit Fruits in the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm, and he still had more than ninety of them left.

There was no need to be frugal; he had more than he could ever eat.

Thanks to his hundred-fold multiplier effect, it only took half an hour for Xiao Chen to completely restore his depleted True Essence with the help of the Spirit Fruit.

Bypassing the stone carving, Xiao Chen walked on for some distance.

Just as the carving had shown, he arrived inside a magnificent palace.

The hall was a regular dodecagon, aside from the passages connecting to its front and back.

Four moon phase diagrams were painted on the walls to the left and right, each depicting the waxing and waning of the bright moon through its different phases.

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