Legendary Son-in-Law: The Man with Poison Talismans

He handed the skill book to the skeleton, which extended its bony hand and took the book. The light points in Lin Mu's mind were flashing intensely, even faster than when he was learning the offensive sword technique.

But the skeleton tried to turn the pages, but they wouldn't budge. It tried again, but still couldn't turn them.

The light spots gradually calmed down, as if they had deflated.

Lin Mu sighed. It seemed that it was much harder for skeletons to learn skills than for humans. He would probably have to find a teacher and watch others use the skills in person before he could learn them through sudden enlightenment.

But the basic swordsmanship is just horizontal slashing, and he didn't know how to learn it. However, he was already very satisfied with the offensive swordsmanship he had learned.

"Take your time, don't be discouraged. You're already quite powerful after learning the offensive sword technique," Lin Mu comforted the skeleton by patting its shoulder blade.

The skeleton tilted its head, and the flames in its eye sockets flickered, as if it understood.

At this moment, the zombie body lying on the ground got up again, breaking the brief peace.

Lin Mu and the skeleton quickly dealt with the zombies that had gotten up and continued on their way.

The passage was completely blocked by newly spawned zombies, so the only option was to hack your way through.

As Lin Mu watched, he calculated that with his own medicinal powder and the assistance of basic attacks, he could gain at least 500 experience points per minute.

You get 30000 experience points in an hour, and even if you take a break occasionally, you won't lose much in an hour.

I kept grinding, mostly encountering regular zombies with very few electric zombies. But I still managed to collect quite a few low-level skill books and copper and silver coins.

Lin Mu calculated in his mind that at this rate, he would reach level 21 in no time.

As he walked, he took out a sesame seed cake, took a bite, and drank a few mouthfuls of water before continuing on his way with renewed vigor.

Half an hour later, Lin Mu saw a flickering fire behind the pile of monsters on the other side, as if someone was rushing towards the mining area.

The group was quite large and fought fiercely, using lightning spells, fire talismans, and fire walls in turn, illuminating the passage brightly. Lin Mu could feel the heat waves from the fire walls even from a distance, and the heat made his face burn.

Furthermore, the section of road behind them had been cleared away; there wasn't a single monster left, and the ground was littered with the still-smoking corpses of zombies and the still-burning walls of fire.

A few minutes later, the area between Lin Mu and that group of people was completely cleared away.

The group of thirty or forty people walked out from behind the pile of monsters. They were all dressed in neat professional attire. The warriors carried Purgatory, the mages held magic wands, and the Taoists held Silver Snakes. The skeletons following behind them were as white as jade and looked well-maintained. Their bones were smooth and shiny, and they gleamed with a warm luster in the torchlight.

Of course, it's still far inferior to the skeleton wearing a robe and a bamboo hat behind Lin Mu.

A female warrior, dressed in holy war armor, walked over, her chest armor bulging, revealing an incredibly beautiful figure.

As soon as she arrived, she gave Lin Mu's arm a hearty pat, so hard that Lin Mu swayed slightly. Then she laughed and said, "Brother, you're something else. You two dared to come to the Demon Sealing Cave. This place is teeming with monsters, so you should find some reliable teammates."

Lin Mu wanted to take a closer look at that curvaceous figure, but a strong smell of sweat hit him, masking the stench of the zombie and almost making him faint.

He thought to himself, "I wonder how long these people have been practicing inside without taking a shower. The smell is a bit overpowering."

He held his breath, nodded politely, and pulled his straw hat down further, the brim almost completely obscuring his face.

The female soldier didn't blame him for not speaking; she just laughed even more heartily.

Looking at the long, empty passage cleared behind Lin Mu, he exchanged a glance with his companion. It seemed these two had some skill.

After the group left, Lin Mu quickened his pace and hurried in. He didn't bother fighting the scattered zombies he encountered along the way, since they didn't drop anything good and gave little experience.

Besides, who knows if these monsters are water zombies that have been resurrected later? Defeating them will only give you a pitiful amount of experience.

He simply went around it to save time.

During this time, he also caught up with the warrior master who had unintentionally taught the skeleton sword technique. The warrior was walking forward with a torch in his hand, and the firelight cast a long shadow of him.

The soldier heard footsteps behind him and turned around to look.

Lin Mu nodded to him. The soldier paused for a moment, then nodded back, not understanding why. He turned back and quickened his pace to follow his teammates.

Lin Mu didn't stop and continued to hurry in.

Many of the people Lin Mu encountered on the road were either heading towards the connecting passage like him, or heading back to the mining area in the opposite direction. They all looked tired, walked hurriedly, and some even dragged their injured legs, limping along.

The road was littered with zombie corpses, lying haphazardly, some still emitting wisps of smoke, others trampled to a pulp. He also saw two zombie kings and many electric zombie corpses lying by the roadside, gradually sinking into the ground under the influence of some kind of rule.

However, having more people is good. The monsters in the passage have all been cleared out, so there's no need to worry about being blocked. Occasionally, you can even see people stopping to rest, leaning against the wall to drink water, eat dry food, and bandage their wounds. It seems that there are quite a few teams that regularly train in the crossroads.

After walking for several more hours, the passageway finally became much wider, especially at the bends where the space suddenly increased and there were even more lines of people resting there.

After following the path of the passage and making several turns, Lin Mu finally saw the entrance leading to the connecting passage.

Although it is called a connecting passage, it is actually a spacious underground hall connecting the crossroads and the Gale Palace, with a relatively open space.

Back then in the game, this place was always frequented by people who would camp out to fight the Corpse King. A group of people would squat at the spawn point, staring intently without blinking, and swarm in as soon as it spawned.

Upon entering the connecting passage, the first thing you see is a number of people resting, some sitting, some standing, some chatting, some eating, and some closing their eyes to relax.

The ground was littered with the corpses of zombies, and the bodies of several zombie kings lay scattered about. Chains were strewn all over the ground, and the air was thick with the stench of blood and decay.

Dozens of people were resting when someone looked up and warily glanced at Lin Mu, their eyes filled with hostility and suspicion.

Lin Mu understood what they meant. Skill books were so expensive that no one wanted to lose their spot in the treasure hunt. However, he hadn't planned to stay anyway, and besides, they had just defeated the Corpse King here, so it wouldn't respawn anytime soon.

Lin Mu also noticed that in the corner of the connecting passage, there were several people using pickaxes to chisel rough stone walls, clanging and banging as they collected the chiseled stones into their Qiankun bags, with stone chips flying everywhere.

The space connecting the passage is much larger than it is shown on the map, probably due to long-term excavation.

Lin Mu just didn't understand. Why would you need to dig so deep in here to mine? Besides, could you even find any ore here? He shook his head and didn't think much of it.

Instead, he opened the "Complete Map Collection" and looked at the description of the map deep within Fengmo Valley.

Chapter 99 The Monster That Sealed the Demon

Currently, the Fengmo Valley map only supports up to the Zongheng Path; subsequent maps are still under development.

The monsters sealed within are ferocious and numerous, offering virtually no hiding places or safe havens for rest or recuperation; the margin for error is extremely low. Few dare to venture deeper. The fewer who venture in, the weaker the demonic energy suppression becomes, and the looser the seal.

[The seal was broken a thousand years ago at the Path of Thunder, a hundred years ago at the Hall of the Overlord, nearly forty years ago at the opening of the Netherworld Corridor after the Overlord, and ten years ago at the opening of the Path of Crossing.]

After understanding the information, Lin Mu opened the "Monster Atlas" and looked at the monster data for the next few levels.

[Black Evil Maggot, HP 3200, Attack 16-40, Defense 8-20, Magic Defense 8-15. Note: The Black Evil Maggot rolls along the ground like a wheel, moving extremely fast on flat surfaces. Please be cautious.]

【Red Wild Boar, HP 5500, Attack 20-50, Defense 10-25, Magic Defense 6-20】

Black Boar, HP 5500, Attack 20-50, Defense 6-20, Magic Defense 10-25

[Hornfly, HP 1500, Attack 0-0, Defense 4-10, Magic Defense 2-8. Note: Hornflies begin to appear in the Corridor of Light. Hornflies themselves do not have offensive capabilities, but once you enter their sensing range, they will spit out bats, one bat every three seconds.]

[Bat, HP 50, Attack 5-20, Defense 0-0, Magic Defense 0-0]

[White Boar, HP 100000, Attack 0-120, Defense 12-40, Magic Defense 8-25. Note: White Boars begin appearing in the Flame Palace. They are very powerful and spawn in large numbers; challengers should proceed with caution.]

[Evil Serpent, HP 300000, Attack 60-150, Defense 30-50, Magic Defense 15-35. Note: The Evil Serpent begins to appear in the Netherworld Corridor. The Evil Serpent is extremely powerful; its scales make its actual defense even higher than the stats suggest. Teams attempting to challenge it should proceed with caution.]

[Wedge Moth, HP 2200, Attack 12-35, Defense 0-0, Magic Defense 0-0. Note: Wedge Moths begin appearing in the Netherworld Corridor and become increasingly dense as you progress. Wedge Moths can see through a Taoist's invisibility spell; attacks have a chance to remove the Taoist's invisibility and a chance to petrify the target.]

He closed the book, somewhat puzzled. In the game, the Path of Horizontal and Vertical had already started spawning Rainbow Demon Scorpion Guards, so why wasn't there any data provided above?

However, he didn't think much of it. Instead, he put on two evasion bracelets, bringing his agility to 30. He felt a lightness under his feet, as if he had been unloaded. Then, he continued towards the Gale Palace with the skeleton.

Lin Mu entered the Gale Palace by passing through a narrow, downward-facing opening.

The Hall of Gale is a spacious and well-organized underground hall that connects to the Corridor of Light.

The ground was flat and free of debris, and the space was open. The torchlight cast large, bright shadows on the walls, making it much brighter than the narrow and cramped passageways we had passed before.

Upon entering, to ensure safety, he immediately cast an invisibility spell on himself, making him semi-transparent before beginning to survey his surroundings.

Lin Mu felt that the demonic energy here was even stronger than outside. The smell of sulfur and rot in the air made his chest feel suffocated, as if a large stone was pressing on his chest, making it difficult to breathe.

There were far fewer people inside the hall than in the connecting passageway. Only a few small teams of elite adventurers, dressed in various kinds of equipment, were staying in the four corners and along some walls.

The center of the hall was filled with monsters, standing upright and holding spiked clubs. Red and black wild boars swayed around in groups of three or five, their heavy breathing echoing in the empty hall. The sound of their breathing was like an old ox panting or a bellows being pulled, and it was particularly clear in the silent hall.

Occasionally, a few black maggots, as big as wheels, would dart through the pigs at an astonishing speed, like black cannonballs, leaving a trail of foul stench.

Lin Mu recalled that in the game, this was the perfect place for mages to team up, cast Fire Wall, and burn pigs to level up.

Mage, once you cast the fire wall, the wild boars will charge over with howls. Every step they take will burn them, and the faster they go, the faster they lose health. Before they even get close, they'll be roasted into suckling pigs.

But in this world, sending a squishy mage with an incredibly slow mana regeneration rate to gang up on a boar with 5,500 HP is suicide.

Moreover, there were also incredibly fast black maggots that would get right up to the mage's face before the mage could even cast a few spells.

Lin Mu noticed that the fighting style of those teams was something he had never seen before.

They were surrounded by piles of stones, the same rough, gray-black stones as the stone walls connecting the passage, stacked one by one to form a low wall about half a person's height, enclosing themselves in a corner.

Where there aren't enough stone walls, use invisible summons or warriors to block the gaps, then lure the monsters in one by one to kill them.

They coordinated fairly well, with the lurers drawing monsters, the DPS dealing damage, and the healers healing; the roles were clearly defined.

But the monsters didn't seem to care. The boars ignored the stones and kept trying to push forward, as if the waist-high wall was just a line drawn on the ground. Their snouts rubbed against the stones, making a harsh scraping sound.

The invisible people and their summoned creatures could barely withstand the pressure, but occasionally a large rock would be pushed off and hit the people hiding inside. The people inside would frantically pick up the rock, cursing and swearing, with shouts of "Ouch!" and "Damn it!" coming from time to time.

At this moment, Lin Mu sensed something was wrong. He reached out and touched his straw hat, and found that the brim had softened, as if it had been corroded by something. His fingers sank into it when he pinched it.

With the slightest movement, the straw hat, face mask, and even the robe on the skeleton's body became brittle, like withered leaves left to dry in the sun, and fell off with a whoosh, shattering into pieces on the ground.

The book "Basic Swordsmanship" that was tucked between the skull bones was now exposed.

Lin Mu took the skill book out from between the skeleton's bones, and then looked at his equipment. Nothing was wrong with it.

He glanced at the stones beside the groups of people; they were also shedding stone dust, albeit much more slowly, which accumulated into a thin layer on the ground. It seemed the demonic energy here was too intense; ordinary things simply couldn't withstand it, and even the stones connecting the passageways were severely corroded by the demonic energy.

Only the original floor, stone pillars, and walls here, made of some unknown material, have withstood the erosion of demonic energy for countless years, their surfaces remaining smooth as ever, without even a scratch.

Lin Mu simply tore off the tattered disguise and threw it away, not intending to wear it again.

The good spots in the Gale Hall were all taken by those groups, so there was no need for him to level up here. Besides, there were no white boars here, and the drop rate of monsters was average. He wouldn't get anything good even after fighting for a long time.

Lin Mu planned to leave the skeleton in place and pass through it himself, then summon the skeleton to his side.

Without hesitation, he used an invisibility spell, becoming semi-transparent, and then, with the aid of his high agility, took a quick step forward.

As he moved, his invisibility was immediately broken. He stopped abruptly, cast another invisibility spell, and became semi-transparent again, leaving the monsters who had just turned around stunned. The pig-headed creatures swayed left and right, as if searching for something.

Lin Ze took another step forward, broke through again, and then disappeared again.

Chapter 100 Saving the Master Again

With each step he took, Lin Mu slowly slipped through the gaps between the monsters, passing through a small door at the end of the Gale Hall, and arriving at the Corridor of Light.

During this time, a black maggot rolled so fast that Lin Mu almost got stuck to it. The dark shape made a gust of wind, which startled him.