Chapter 114: Sea of Corpses (1/2)

Opening the door carefully, Elder Jing was surprised to see a massive area when compared to the narrow passage that brought them here.

”Is there really a treasure vault here?” Elder Jing said softly.

Normally, an area this big and has an underground passage means there are many valuables stored here. Otherwise, why would someone waste their money and effort in constructing one, to begin with?

However, Elder Jing's deduction soon changed when she sniffed a very foul smell.

”Corpse's smell,” Elder Jing said as she turned solemn.

”The corpse smell seems to be very old, Elder Jing.” Yang Wei smelled it as well and was sure the corpse had been dead for a long time already.

It wasn't a recent death at all and Elder Jing feared that the corpses deep inside could be the resident of this mini-house.

”Yang Wei,” Elder Jing glanced at Yang Wei softly and he understood her meaning.

With their hand holding their weapon tightly, Yang Wei put up a barrier as he dashed inside in case there were some magical beasts lurking.

BAM!

Yang Wei glanced around the surroundings and saw no living being but his nose was soon hit with an extremely sickly-sweet smell that was disgusting to the point of making him nauseous.

Yang Wei quickly covered his nose with his sleeve and Elder Jing hurriedly retrieved some pills in her spatial ring before consuming them.

”Yang Wei, catch it,” Elder Jing said as she threw the pill for Yang Wei to consume.

Yang Wei caught it and consumed it immediately. Afterward, Yang Wei could smell better and the corpses that were emitting a foul smell could barely affect him now.

”What kind of miraculous pill is this, Elder Jing?” Yang Wei then asked.

”It's a Breath Concealing Pill, used on occasion when an environment has an unbearable smell for a cultivator.” Elder Jing said and continued.

”As cultivators, we must be prepared for all types of situations because one mishap and our life is gone. No one would be a fool to venture into the outside world without any preparation even if you have nine lives.”

Yang Wei agreed with Elder Jing wholeheartedly. The cultivation world is too ruthless where you can die anytime.

Elder Jing smiled briefly before walking over to the sea of corpses and started to kneel down to investigate their death.

'Their death is not caused by magical beasts since there are no claw or scratch marks in the bones.' Elder Jing said inwardly as she narrowed her gaze on a particular wound.

'Those wounds are unusual and I can't tell if they're done by a martial technique or something else.'

While Elder Jing pondered over what kind of things could cause those kinds of injuries in the corpse, Yang Wei was walking around to check if there's something else.

”These corpses seemed to be stuck here for a long time…” Yang Wei mumbled softly as he witnessed many corpses have around 2-4 people grouped together, almost like they were a family.