Dark Sea Heavenly Dao

Chen Shi looked far across at the Qing Palace on the opposite side, comparing it with the Qing Palace in the painting left by Master. The Qing Palace across the lake was significantly different.

The Qing Palace in the painting was built on a mountain, and under the cover of the mountain and trees, only a corner of it could be seen.

Yet the Qing Palace across the lake had no obstructions, allowing a full view of its entirety.

It was just that the Qing Palace across the lake looked much smaller in scale than the dark sea Qing Palace, resembling merely a single carved pavilion extracted from the Qing Palace.

Chen Shi pondered, and was just about to walk over the top of the subterranean lake when a skeleton amidst the collapsed mountain rocks caught his eye.

This skeleton was embedded within the stone wall, as though growing together with the stone, which was very strange.

Its flesh and blood had already petrified, turning into stone, while the bones still retained their original state.

Within the stone wall, it was still in a posture of raising its hand. Chen Shi carefully observed its arm, where there were traces of ropes wound around the wrist.

The bell Senior Brother Bian found should be hanging on the skeleton's wrist, Chen Shi deduced.

He closely observed this petrified skeleton. The owner of the skeleton should have been a male, humanoid or perhaps even human.

It seems as though while rushing out, a sudden accident occurred, causing the body to petrify, and it was buried in this vein of immortal gold, dying right here.

Chen Shi tried to find more clues from the skeleton's petrified clothing. This person's garments had also turned to stone, and he could barely make out the textures.

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