Tomb raiding: It all started with the kidnapping of Yin Xinyue

"Click!..."

"Click! ...867...."

Suddenly, a series of sounds came from the six-winged centipede.

Li Xiaohu got up and stepped back.

Chen Yulou made a surprising discovery.

The six-winged centipede's originally glossy black, sturdy iron bones were rapidly shrinking and wrinkling!

It turned into wrinkled, yellowed, brittle shells!

It's like an insect or snake shedding its skin!

The strong, powerful muscles inside the body withered and even rotted at a visible rate, eventually turning into a pool of yellow dust scattered on the ground.

The six-winged centipede seems to experience thousands of years in an instant!

In an instant, it turned to dust! Returned to the earth!

"What's going on?" Chen Yulou asked curiously.

Li Xiaohu sighed and explained, "Perhaps because without the support of the demonic power of the Golden Core, this body, which has survived against the laws of nature for hundreds of years, has returned to its original form."

Chen Yulou nodded thoughtfully.

"Cough cough!" Partridge Whistle suddenly coughed twice.

The two then realized what was happening and quickly went to him, asking with concern, "Brother Partridge Whistle, are you alright?"

Partridge Whistle struggled to his feet, shook his head, and replied, "My arm is a little numb, but otherwise it's nothing serious."

He laboriously raised his arms to show that he wasn't crippled yet.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Partridge Whistle." Li Xiaohu nodded gratefully.

If it weren't for Partridge Whistle buying him those last few seconds, it's hard to say whether he would have been able to extract the golden elixir from the six-winged centipede.

"Where's the Golden Core?" Partridge Whistle asked curiously.

Li Xiaohu unfolded the clothes in his hand, revealing a round, vermilion pill the size of a walnut, with wisps of red mist emanating from its surface.

After separating from the original body.

The temperature of the Golden Elixir dropped rapidly, and now it can be picked up directly by hand.

Upon seeing it, Partridge Whistle's face lit up with joy, and he exclaimed, "This is a golden core that has been cultivated for hundreds of years! What a treasure!"

But there was no greed in his eyes, and he seemed to have no other thoughts about the inner core.

Seeing this, Chen Yulou sighed regretfully.

Since Partridge Whistle didn't even want it, how could he possibly ask for it?

Furthermore.

Li Xiaohu played a major role in this battle.

Logically and emotionally, the golden elixir should belong to him.

He forced a smile and said, "Congratulations, Brother Xiaohu."

"To be the first to obtain a supreme treasure!"

Li Xiaohu glanced at the two of them, somewhat surprised that neither of them was vying for the Golden Core.

But he was happy to accept it.

He personally went to great lengths to kill the six-winged centipede, all for this golden elixir!

With this golden elixir!

His Golden Jade Slave, Round-Tailed Tiger, and even Long-Faced Arhat can all receive considerable assistance in their growth!

This is not.

Two round-tailed tigers had already started pawing at his heels, their two tiger eyes fixed expectantly on the golden pill in his hand.

Li Xiaohu temporarily put away the golden pill and said, "We'll talk about it when we get back."

Although Erhu and Yaohu were reluctant, they could only agree and let out two regretful cries.

Chen Yulou and Partridge Whistle couldn't help but laugh when they saw the cat so anthropomorphized.

"But then again."

Chen Yulou looked around and asked,

"What kind of place is this?"

Only then did the group have time to carefully examine the place.

They were in a small cave.

It has a small diameter but is exceptionally tall, and its overall shape resembles a well.

Besides the coffins piled up all around, there were also many corpses.

Looking at the still-burning flames, Chen Yulou said calmly, "The bottom of this alchemy furnace is covered with corpse oil."

"The surrounding area was piled high with corpses."

Looking up at the alchemy furnace again, one could vaguely see several corpses inside through the openwork carvings.

Suddenly, a chill ran through me, and I asked in confusion:

"Could this be a pill well where corpses are used to refine pills?!"

Li Xiaohu nodded and replied, "Chief Chen guessed correctly."

"This is where they use corpse oil and wax to refine the elixir!"

"Damn it!" Partridge Whistle frowned upon hearing this and cursed, "I never imagined that such a dark corner would be hidden beneath the Royal Pill Palace of this mortal world's reflection and the illusory realm!"

Li Xiaohu chuckled and said, "Emperors only care about immortality, but they don't care about how to achieve it."

“However,” Li Xiaohu said, looking around the well again, “since this place is a well, there must also be a pill room, a medicine pavilion, a fire chamber, and a dark chamber for refining corpse oil.”

Chen Yulou nodded upon hearing this and said, "I will go and call them here."

Just as he was about to turn around and go out through the crack in the stone.

Suddenly, a series of strange noises came from above my head.

The three of them looked up.

Suddenly, streaks of light appeared from the darkness above.

It's as if someone outside has lifted the cover of the Dan Well!

then.

The girl in red poked her head out from above and looked down. She immediately saw the burning alchemy furnace and the three people standing next to it.

He shouted excitedly, "Little Tiger! Boss!"

"Are you okay?!"

Chen Yulou waved his hand, signaling them to come down along the Danjing Well.

Now that another passage has been found outside, there's no need for him to crawl through the crack in the rock again.

"Meow!"

Li Xiaohu's Jin Yunu and the Long-faced Arhat jumped in from outside, repeatedly leaping along the well wall, and in a few moments they reached the bottom of the well and came to his side, interacting with him affectionately.

The three of them simply found a clean spot to sit down and rest.

The bandits from the Unloading Ridge gang overhead were setting up centipede-shaped mountain ladders, and then descending one by one down the ladders into the Danjing well.

Not long after.

Luo Laowai, Hong Guniang, Yin Xinyue, and the two Mountain Moving Taoists all came down.

As soon as Hong Guniang and Yin Xinyue came down, they rushed to Li Xiaohu and asked with concern:

"You scoundrel! How are you?"

"Little Tiger! How are you?"

The two women spoke in unison, causing Chen Yulou and Partridge Whistle, who were standing nearby, to reveal a hint of ambiguity in their smiles.

Li Xiaohu smiled and waved his hand, replying, "I'm fine, don't worry."

Because the place was small, only a dozen or so of the Xieling brothers came down.

As soon as they came down, they saw the nearly extinct corpse of the six-winged centipede and were all shocked.

It's hard for them to imagine.

How did Li Xiaohu and his two companions kill this monster here?

Chen Yulou said he was too tired now and would tell them about it later.

Then he gave the order:

"Look around here and see if there are any secret rooms or hidden passages."