When it comes to cultivating immortality, it naturally starts with upgrading the herb garden.

Helpless, Song Chen leaped into the rushing stream.

Three quarters of an hour later.

Song Chen stood on the shore, soaking wet, before the bear demon who had long since lost consciousness.

A wisp of spiritual energy entered the bear demon's chest cavity from its mouth.

Then, it coughed up a few mouthfuls of stream water mixed with blood and slowly woke up.

"Is this the Demon Realm?"

"It seems that I, Xiong Tian, ​​have had a pretty good life as a demon, at least I haven't descended to the demon realm."

Xiong Tian consoled himself.

"What a pity you didn't die, and remain in this inhumane world. Tell me! What's behind the cave?"

Song Chen's leisurely voice reached Xiong Tian's ears, and the ice blade in his hand pointed directly at the bear demon's neck.

It turned its head and saw Song Chen, and was immediately terrified, its tail between its legs. In its panic, it remembered what he had just said and screamed:

"What! I'm not dead?"

Xiong Tian quickly checked his body and found that he was unharmed, except for being a little wet.

"Really! It's true! I'm still alive! Thank you! I'll take you there right away!"

Xiong Tian seemed not to see the ice blade on his neck and chuckled foolishly.

"You go ahead of me."

"Of course! You saved my life, how could I let you go first!"

Xiong Tian looked serious, his eyes shining brightly in the moonlight.

Upon seeing this, Song Chen's heart stirred slightly. He removed the ice blade from Xiong Tian's body, but instead of putting it away, he held it in his hand.

Xiong Tian walked in one direction and waved to Song Chen to follow.

There are many exits leading to the outside world in the stone cave, and everywhere you look is a pitch-black cave.

Xiong Tian and Song Chen walked around the stream, one after the other.

Xiong Tian walked ahead and entered a cave with a relatively large entrance.

Song Chen stood at the cave entrance, not going in immediately. He took out a night-illuminating talisman, lit it, and then slowly followed the huge black shadow in front of him.

As Xiong Tian walked, he exclaimed in his wild voice, "When I fell into the water, I thought you wouldn't save me!"

"I didn't expect you humans to be so kind."

Song Chen remained silent, his gaze fixed on the surrounding rock walls.

The further you go in, the drier it gets, and the ground is no longer as damp as before; instead, it feels solid.

The space narrowed, and Xiong Tian could not turn around, so he changed from walking on two limbs to crawling on all fours.

Xiong Tian recalled, as if talking to himself, yet also as if addressing Song Chen, saying:

"My mom told me that when you encounter humans, you must show your strength so that you can scare them all away. If any of them don't run away, I should run away quickly, otherwise they will kill me."

Mama Bear is absolutely right.

"My mom was right, you didn't run away, I knew I couldn't beat you... But Mom was also wrong, you didn't kill me either."

Song Chen urged, "How much further?"

"It'll be soon," Xiong Tian said with a smile.

"What are you laughing at?"

Song Chen became alert, tightening his grip on the blade.

If anything goes wrong, the cold air will immediately rush towards Xiong Tian.

"Even though you reek of a terrible odor, I don't think you'll actually make a move."

"You are a good person."

Song Chen was stunned for a moment.

Is he a good person...?

A large, dark space appeared ahead, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

"We're here. There's a skeleton inside. I've already triggered all the mechanisms, so don't be scared."

Xiong Tian kindly reminded him, and then went inside.

Song Chen followed closely behind, and the Night-Illuminating Talisman illuminated the entire room.

In the center is a chair made of bones, on which sits a skeleton tightly bound by chains. Beside the chair are scattered spirit stone powders, which have long since dissipated their spiritual energy, probably because they have been there for too long.

The skeleton was quite majestic; even as a corpse, it exuded arrogance, and its aura was terrifying. Song Chen felt a chill run down his spine upon seeing it.

Foundation Establishment corpses, no, Golden Core, or even higher.

Thinking of this, he became even more excited. What the predecessors of this level left behind must be something good!

Xiong Tian had seen this skeleton many times before, and without fear, he walked straight toward it, forcefully burrowing his head into the ground behind it, which opened a hidden compartment.

It was a map and a spellbook.

The map was centered on this island and included all the surrounding islands, with appropriate detail. The most eye-catching detail was a small red cross drawn on a small island in the corner of the map.

Xiong Tian pouted and said in a haughty tone:

"This must be treasure! I was planning to go see it myself, but I'm giving it to you!"

Song Chen stared at the strangely shaped, square island in the corner, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.

Isn't this Cliff Island?

What kind of traditions are there in that small place?

Moreover, Song Chen felt that the location of that red cross was somewhat familiar.

He paused for a moment, then took a map out of his storage bag.

This map doesn't cover as many islands as Xiong Tian's; it only shows Cliff Island, which has a red cross on it.

This was left behind by Zhou Ming after he was killed by Song Chen. He said he hid the treasure there and sent his family to retrieve it.

"The location of the red cross on your map looks similar to the one above!"

Xiong Tian exclaimed in surprise.

Song Chen didn't say anything, but carefully compared the red crosses on the two maps and found that they were nine-tenths similar!

Almost the same position!

"So this is the location? Your map is so detailed, it makes finding the treasure much easier."

The naive Xiong Tian felt that the difficulty of finding the treasure had dropped dramatically.

"What about that spellbook?"

Song Chen asked.

"I don't understand it, you can read it."

Xiong Tian tossed the book with his mouth toward Song Chen, and the book flew through the air in an arc before landing right in his arms.

The spell is called "Door Spell," a self-created spell that is simple to learn; you can learn it after watching it once. It is a key specifically designed to open certain things.

Song Chen memorized the spell, then tossed it to Xiong Tian and asked, "Besides you and me, has anyone else seen this?"

Xiong Tian felt puzzled, but he also began to think about it seriously and said:

"The first time I came here was five years ago. Back then, it was covered in a thick layer of dust, and nobody would come here."

coincidence?

Did Zhou Ming just happen to leave the things in that spot for his family?

Song Chen collected his thoughts and turned his gaze to the skeleton.

"This skeleton is just a dead body, there's nothing interesting about it."

Xiong Tian saw that Song Chen had put his mind on skulls.

Song Chen, however, did not think so. Despite the palpitation, he stepped forward to examine the skeleton.

There was nothing inside or outside the skull, except for a horrifying crack on the right side of its head, which was probably a fatal wound left before it died.

"Stop looking, there's nothing there, let's go!"

Xiong Tian was about to emerge from the cave from the other side.

Song Chen didn't leave; he was still staring at the skeleton.

Skulls aren't anything special, so he focused his attention on the chair.

All the chains grew out of the chair, as if the skeleton was bound to it.

What would happen if it were untied?

A single thought can ignite a prairie fire.

As if possessed, Song Chen reached out towards the chain, trying to pull it off.

It is extremely secure and there is absolutely no way to untie it.

Song Chen had no choice but to give up and turn around to follow Xiong Tian away from the place.

After the man and the bear left the place, a fleeting sound of chains clanging echoed from the cave.

Whoosh!