I am cautiously cultivating immortals in a strange world

Chapter 2115 Ancient Witch Remains
The sea area 500 miles away from Mount Damo.

The three figures of Chen Lin landed on the beach, all looking disheveled and covered in injuries.

"The entrance is on the seabed."

With a flicker, Long Xingzhou transformed into his true form as a silver dragon.

He said urgently to Chen Lin and Hu Sanniang, "Get on my body. The entrance is very hidden and requires the bloodline of our Silver Dragon Clan to open. I will take you in."

Without hesitation, Chen Lin was the first to fly onto the dragon's back.

Hu San Niang followed suit.

A silver light emanated from Long Xingzhou, enveloping Chen Lin and his companion, before he plunged into the sea.

Not even a cup of tea.

Several figures shot over, all dressed in white with red patterns.

"It's gone out to sea, let's go!"

The leading man sensed the surroundings and flew straight into the place where the dragon boat had entered, and the others followed suit.

However, about half an hour later...

These red-striped gods all flew out of the water and landed on the shore with grim faces.

In the dim passage.

Three figures moved slowly forward, stopping to observe every so often, appearing very cautious.

It was Chen Lin and his group.

Long Xingzhou had transformed back into human form and was leading the way.

"what is that?"

Hu Sanniang, who had been looking around, pointed straight ahead.

Chen Lin also looked over.

But there stood a figure in a black cloak, taller than a normal person, but there was no sign of life.

"That was an ancient wizard."

Long Xingzhou kept walking and spoke calmly, as if he were very familiar with the place.

He walked up to the cloaked figure, tiptoed, and gently lifted the cloak covering the figure's head, revealing a head that gleamed with metallic luster.

Seeing this, Chen Lin also went over.

He circled the figure once, then reached out and fully opened his cloak.

Then it was discovered that all parts of this body were made of metal, except for the brain, which was empty, as if something had once been placed there.

"Mechanical life?"

Chen Lin asked in confusion.

Long Xingzhou's expression shifted, and he praised, "The term 'mechanical life' is excellent. Ancient wizards' records do indeed mention machinery many times, but unfortunately, this tradition has not been passed down."

There was a pause.

He added, "Ancient wizards were most skilled at modification. They not only modified external objects, but also themselves. Perhaps it was for the sake of longevity, or perhaps it was to enhance their strength. None of the ancient wizard remains that have been discovered are normal."

"However, these are just records of my Silver Dragon Clan, and there may be discrepancies. The specific situation still needs to be verified."

Hu Sanniang stepped forward.

He observed while speaking.

"It's said that the Silver Dragon Clan knows the most about ancient wizards, and it certainly lives up to its reputation. Seeing how familiar you are with this place, you must have been here before. Why didn't you take this... mechanical life form with you?"

"Because it's a curse."

Long Xingzhou spoke in a solemn tone.

"This ruin is vast and contains many treasures, but all the humanoid objects are cursed. Whoever takes them will be plagued by misfortune. Our clan paid the price for this with the lives of more than a dozen powerful warriors."

"curse?"

Chen Lin raised an eyebrow.

I studied it carefully again for a while, but I couldn't sense the presence of the curse.

He couldn't help but shake his head.

This body is too weak, lacks a soul and divine sense, and its ability to sense invisible energy is extremely weak.

It's really inconvenient.

During their pursuit and interception, they killed more than a dozen black-striped celestials and one red-striped one, but their cultivation did not increase dramatically after absorbing the divine essence.

The divinity of more than a dozen gods only increased their cultivation by one minor realm. Although this was still rapid, it was far from what he had expected.

It is impossible to reach the King level in the short term.

and so.

To accomplish one's life's mission, one can only rely on external forces.

"How long does it typically take for the curse you mentioned to manifest?"

Chen Lin asked a question.

Long Xingzhou glanced at the metal body.

He immediately warned, "It will take effect as soon as you move it. Brother Yuan, please don't try it. The curse of the ancient witch is very powerful. Even the gods cannot break it."

Chen Lin nodded.

But he was still unwilling to give up. After thinking for a moment, he activated the ancient witch's eye in his palm and once again sensed the mechanical body under the cloak.

Then his expression changed.

When the eyes looked at the body, a blurry image was returned. Indistinctly, there seemed to be something inside the hollow of the mechanical head.

soul?

Or is it the source of the curse?

Chen Lin increased the intensity of his eyeball stimulation, but he still couldn't see anything more clearly; he could only confirm that something existed.

"what have you found?"

Hu San Niang asked curiously.

Chen Lin pondered for a moment and explained the situation: "There is an invisible mass in this thing's head. We can't determine whether it's a soul or a curse. It's best not to act rashly."

"It's definitely a curse!"

Long Xingzhou was worried that Hu Sanniang would act rashly, so he quickly spoke up to express his opinion.

He then added, "We must never touch any of the wizard-shaped items here. If we are cursed, we will have no chance of survival."

"Don't worry, I'm a fox, I'm not that stupid."

Hu San Niang rolled her eyes.

After exchanging a few words, the three walked deeper into the passage.

"Wow."

They had only taken a few steps when the mechanical body behind them shattered with a crash and instantly weathered away, as if tens of thousands of years had passed in that instant.

"How could this be?"

Long Xingzhou looked surprised and hurriedly ran back to check.

Hu San Niang also returned.

Chen Lin was a step too slow.

He subconsciously touched his heart; it felt like a breeze had just blown by, whether it was natural wind or some kind of energy fluctuation, he couldn't tell.

Or perhaps he sensed something wrong.

"impossible."

Long Xingzhou muttered to himself, looking puzzled, as he circled the weathered metal.

“Our Silver Dragon Clan has mastered this passage for tens of thousands of years. According to the clan’s secret records, this metal body was there from the beginning and has never changed for more than ten thousand years. How could it suddenly shatter?”

"Could something have happened outside?"

Hu San Niang spoke up.

"Can't tell."

Long Xingzhou shook his head, not daring to touch the scattered metal, and retreated a long distance away.

Chen Lin didn't mention the unusual feeling he had just sensed, because he himself wasn't sure, and there was no need to create panic at this time.

The three of them stared at each other.

After a short while, they did not linger and continued deeper into the area.

The passageway is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, and sometimes high and sometimes low.

Sometimes it is also crooked and uneven.

However, the lack of pursuers put the three of them at ease.

Long Xingzhou always walked in front, explaining the situation to Chen Lin and Hu Sanniang without reservation, allowing Chen Lin to learn a lot about the ancient wizards.

More than ten hours passed.

Chen Lin estimated that he had walked at least one or two hundred miles.

We didn't encounter any abnormalities.

But not surprising either.

According to Long Xingzhou, this passage has been explored by the Silver Dragon Clan many times, and the outer perimeter has been basically cleared out, with almost everything that could be taken away being taken.

At this time.

The dragon boat stopped.

He looked at Chen Lin and said, "There are two stone chambers ahead. One of them contains the body of an ancient witch that has been modified. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

"have a look."

Chen Lin pondered for a moment before answering.

soon.

The three arrived at an open area, with two closed, ancient stone gates on the left and right.

"In the stone chamber on the left, there is nothing on the right."

The dragon boat points to the left.

Chen Lin's eyes flickered, and he walked over first. He arrived at the stone gate.

He placed his hand on the door and gently pushed it, opening the stone door a crack.

Sensing carefully.

But no cool breeze appeared.

Chen Lin entered a state of internal vision.

I examined the body inside and out, and paid special attention to the heart.

Found nothing.

suddenly.

He remembered something.

He reached out and gently pressed his hand against his chest.

Besides the heart, there was another thing here, a square, dark red scale. But the scale hadn't changed at all; there wasn't the slightest fluctuation on it, just like before.

After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't be sure.

Suppressing his doubts, Chen Lin forcefully pushed open the stone door.

"what?"

The dragon boat behind exclaimed in surprise.

He flashed into the room and looked at the broken pieces of wood on the ground with surprise and doubt.

"That's not right. I came here decades ago. Back then, I was a man wearing a wizard's robe with some wood grain on my body. How did I turn into a pile of wood?"

Chen Lin frowned.

In this situation, he couldn't determine whether the ancient shaman was originally withered or whether it was caused by him absorbing the energy above after pushing open the stone door.

It shouldn't be my problem.

After thinking about it for a moment, Chen Lin felt that it had nothing to do with him.

First of all, it was definitely not absorbed by his body. The indomitable spirit is mainly a manifestation of willpower and does not have the characteristic of devouring. And the cold air that appeared in his chest was definitely not caused by the eyeball in his palm.

As for the four-sided scales.

He secretly glanced at it while he was on his way, and there was no change on the surface, nor any unusual fluctuation, so it didn't seem like there was a problem.

And there's nothing to devour.

It's impossible for it to be the remnant soul of a wizard.

Chen Lin was absolutely certain of this.

Although his body had changed, he was still a seasoned Soul Dao expert who was very familiar with the fluctuations of the soul. If it were a remnant soul, he could not have been completely unaware of it.

Moreover, he didn't believe that the remnant soul of the ancient witch could still be alive today.

If they could have survived on a large scale, they wouldn't have been wiped out back then, and there wouldn't have been no resurrection for tens of thousands of years.

It would really be swallowed by the scales.

Chen Lin felt that the coolness was most likely something like the divine nature of a celestial being, belonging to a special kind of high-level energy.

This needs to be verified again.

Long Xingzhou and Hu Sanniang bent down to observe, while Chen Lin also made a show of it, but continued to ponder in his mind.

If it is indeed due to the scales, then the square scales are very likely a high-level magical artifact.

Because it only absorbs the wizard's energy, but does not react to the divinity in the flower's imprint.

"Strange, strange."

Long Xingzhou frowned.

He straightened up and said, "Something's not right. Let's hurry to the next place and see if the ancient shaman's corpse there is broken."

"Let's go."

Chen Lin also wanted to continue the experiment.

He wouldn't be sure until he figured it out.

The next location is a hundred miles away.

Although they were anxious, they remained vigilant and walked relatively slowly.

halfway.

Chen Lin approached Hu San Niang and asked, "Where did you obtain your ancient witchcraft heritage? Was it from this ruin?"

"No."

Hu Sanniang shook her head.

"I received my inheritance in the Ghost Realm. I was originally there to find materials to refine my soul's supernatural powers, but I accidentally discovered a river with a small boat on it. I found everything on the boat."

"Oh."

Chen Lin feigned an "I see" expression, but inwardly he didn't quite believe the explanation.

The fox demon's words were a mix of truth and falsehood, and he harbored many secrets. He even suspected that the other party might have had some ulterior motive in giving him the four scales.

Thought for a moment.

Chen Lin did not voice his suspicions about the scales.

Once the scales have absorbed enough energy, there will definitely be changes, and then we will know whether the other party has any ulterior motives.

It's not certain yet that it's made of scales; saying that would sound like doubting the other party.

Three figures moved quickly through the passage.

Their cultivation levels were all quite high, and although their speed wasn't fast, they didn't feel tired.

Another dozen or so hours passed.

We finally arrived at the place Long Xingzhou had mentioned.

We went around a sharp bend.

The field of vision widens.

Another open space appeared, this time without stone chambers on either side, but with a stone chair in the middle.

An ugly old woman sat on the stone chair.

The old woman was also wearing a large cloak, but her head was not covered. However, only her face was human-shaped; the rest of her head was made up of small, colorful balls, which looked quite distressing.

"This one isn't broken."

Seeing this, Long Xingzhou breathed a sigh of relief.

But his expression immediately froze.

As soon as they got close, the old woman's body shattered with a crash, and the beads on her head rolled everywhere.

Chen Lin remained focused on sensing.

However, no cold air appeared this time, so it can be basically confirmed that it was not his fault.

to be frank.

This result left Chen Lin somewhat disappointed.

He truly hoped that the mutation of the ancient witch's body was related to him, whether it was the devouring of the indomitable heart or the work of the four scales, it could change the seemingly hopeless situation.

He is not afraid of change.

There is only hope if change occurs; otherwise, facing the overwhelmingly powerful Heavenly Palace, the mission has no chance of completion.

"That's definitely not right."

Long Xingzhou retreated to a distance, his expression changing for a moment, and then he opened his mouth and exhaled a breath of dragon's breath.

A silver light enveloped the shattered old woman, and it took several breaths before the dragon's breath light dissipated.

No abnormalities were found.

"I can't figure it out, you two try."

Long Xingzhou frowned and spoke.

He then added, "After the body is shattered, it seems the curse will lose its effect, but don't be careless. It's best not to touch it directly."

"I'll try."

Hu Sanniang also retreated to the edge of the cliff.

He touched his brow with his finger, and a dazzling arrow appeared, but this time it was only a faint phantom.

"go with!"

She pointed at the old woman's face on the ground, and an arrow, in a flash, landed on it.

A plume of black smoke rose up.

The dough actually burned to ashes.

The arrow phantom did not dissipate, and Hu Sanniang pointed again, hitting another bead.

The bead immediately turned into powder.

See this.

Hu Sanniang flicked her fingers repeatedly, and the arrows flashed continuously, attacking all the blocky objects on the ground. Only after they were all turned into powder did she disperse the arrow phantoms.

“There is nothing unusual. This body has weathered away and there is no energy left.”

After making a comment, Hu San Niang looked at Chen Lin.

Although she has a high level of cultivation, based on Chen Lin's behavior all along, she has already accepted Chen Lin as the leader.

"Let's explore further down."

Chen Lin couldn't see anything either, and planned to find another body for verification.

He can determine the cause by observing whether the body still shatters without getting close.

But at this moment.

The entire passage suddenly trembled, and a huge crack appeared from above.

"not good!"

Long Xingzhou exclaimed in surprise.

"Those gods have found our location! Run forward quickly and get into the Great Mo Mountain area as fast as you can!"