The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3141 The Isolated Island Beneath the Lake
As Chen Mo descended, he saw that the walls of the entire deep cave were etched with energy patterns, and these patterns were now shimmering with light.

This also means that the entire cave wall is composed of arrays, and since these energy circuits are still lit up, it naturally means that the arrays can be activated at any time.

He frowned and sent a urging thought to the mythical beast beneath his feet. What if the two-toned skeleton triggered the formation during his descent?
Of course, based on previous observations, this skeleton probably can't use true energy, but in any case, caution is still necessary.

Chen Mo kept sensing the etched energy patterns with his divine sense, but didn't detect anything, which put his mind at ease for the time being.

The mythical beast climbed rapidly, and he stood on its back, as steady as a mountain, without swaying at all.
The cave was very deep, probably several thousand meters deep, and the entire formation was uniform in size and covered with energy circuits. This showed that the array in the deep cave was an enormous project, not something that could be easily created by just anyone.

Just like if Chen Mo were to make it himself, he absolutely could not create such a magnificent and huge cave, especially the etched patterns that stretch for thousands of meters. How many resources would it take to complete such a project?

They continued walking down, marveling at the experience.

Finally, he saw the shimmering water.

Below the black hole is a circular island, roughly the same size as the black hole, but several tens of meters wide. Surrounding the island is an underground lake, extremely large, likely the same size as the lake overhead.

Now that he didn't know where the lake water had gone, but seeing the underground lake, Chen Mo roughly understood where the water in the lake above his head was.

However, he had a question: how could the water in the underground lake return to the lake above?

Although I'm very curious, now is not the time to discuss this issue. Instead, we should see what the two-tone skull is up to.

The mythical beast lies on the edge of the black hole; to descend, one must leap dozens of meters to reach the isolated island.

At the center of the isolated island, there is a relatively high place, resembling an altar, with a square space at the top that is only about two meters high, exactly level with the bottom of the black hole.

Besides the altar, there are some houses and household items around the center of the island, which suggests that this is the habitat of the two-tone skeletons.

However, why would this skeleton stay in such an environment and be able to live there for so many years? If it were him, he would have quit long ago.

At that moment, Chen Mo followed the gaze and saw the skeleton standing at the doorway of the room, holding something in its hand, while the strange beast that had accompanied him back stood to the side.

Seeing that there was no danger around and that there was no sign of the formation being activated on the island, Chen Mo released various protective talismans on himself, then stomped his foot again, and the king-level beast jumped onto it.

Chen Mo even held the somewhat damaged array plate in his hand. Although the array plate was damaged, it could still release an array. As long as it could block some obstacles, it would be enough for him to escape.

In any case, it's best to be cautious in everything.

Upon landing on the isolated island, they discovered that the entire island was made from a single piece of rock, and they had no idea how it was made. It was astonishing to find such a large rock in this underground lake, and to have it positioned opposite the black hole overhead.

Furthermore, there are energy circuits constantly running on the ground of the isolated island, and this rock also has an array.

Looking at the energy circuits of the entire formation, and the energy circuits on the dark walls above him, he couldn't figure out how these formations worked or what their functions were.

Could it be that the black hole is at the bottom of the lake, and these formations are like closed valves that control the exchange between the underground lake water and the surface lake water?
Even so, the array here was truly beyond his comprehension, and he couldn't discern anything from it. It was from this that he realized the application of arrays was actually very, very extensive. The commotion Chen Mo caused made the black and white skeletons turn their heads to look at him.

But this time, the skull's eyes seemed calm, as if nothing could attract its attention anymore.

"You've come?!" Although the skeleton couldn't make a sound, it could still convey its meaning to Chen Mo through its thoughts.

"Yes!" Chen Mo replied, but instead of using telepathy, he spoke directly.

Although the skeleton transmitted its thoughts to Chen Mo's sea of ​​consciousness, Chen Mo's sea of ​​consciousness had defenses, so it wasn't afraid of the transmission. If the skeleton had used its thoughts to attack, it would definitely have given Chen Mo a hard time.

However, if Chen Mo were to use his mind to transmit his thoughts to the skeleton, who knows what traps might be hidden in the skeleton's sea of ​​consciousness? Transmitting thoughts and transmitting voice are two completely different things.

Therefore, it's never too much to be careful. He should just open his mouth and speak; it'll save him trouble.

The skeleton looked at Chen Mo, slowly raised its hand, which had no flesh or blood, in front of it, and said after looking at it, "I have completely recovered and disappeared. I originally wanted to fight you for hundreds more rounds, but now I am powerless."

Chen Mo carefully sensed the other party and felt that the skeleton really didn't have any spiritual power.

"I never imagined my end would be like this!" the skeleton said, gently stroking a silk book back and forth with his hand.

Chen Mo was somewhat surprised to see the silk scroll in the skeleton's hand. After all, the existence of a silk scroll in this underground lake was truly unexpected. The humidity in underground lakes is extremely high, making the preservation of a silk scroll a challenge.

Furthermore, although silk books can be preserved for a relatively long time, they wouldn't be hundreds or thousands of years old. Judging from the silk book in the skeleton's hand, it shouldn't be recent.

However, considering we're both cultivators, preserving silk scrolls for a longer period shouldn't be a problem. In fact, if it were me, I could probably preserve them for several thousand years without any issues.

After all, using formations or other methods, it's not a problem to preserve some items for tens of thousands of years.

"So, what do you think the ending will be like?" Chen Mo asked directly, also somewhat curious.

He could see the deathly intent in the skeleton's eyes, and the skeleton also exuded a somber aura. From these two points, it seemed the skeleton's life was nearing its end.

Although I don't know if it was my fault, I don't regret it. In any case, saving myself is the top priority, and everything else is not a consideration.

Especially when dealing with enemies, one must not only be careful and cautious, but also be careful not to be deceived by them.

Therefore, when Chen Mo asked the question, he was even more careful to observe his surroundings. He even took out his token, ready to summon the other eight king-level beasts at any time. When danger occurred, he could let the king-level beasts hold the line to buy himself some time.

"Hoo!" The skeleton sighed deeply, then spoke through thought, "Come on, sit here, let's have a good talk, shall we?"

The skeleton pointed to a stone stool nearby and sat down on it. With a wave of his hand, he conjured a stone platform. He wanted to take out other things, but when he saw that his hands had turned into skeletons, he sighed again.

Seeing the skeleton's expression, Chen Mo felt it didn't seem to want to harm him, so he walked over and sat down on the stone stool.