At dusk, Bai Yujun appeared at Barren Stone Beach.
Fat Cat was striving away in the Paper Umbrella Secret Realm, while Bai traveled alone at great speed.
Thick smoke and heat rose from the distant cooking stoves. The laborers stood far off in a circle, pointing and discussing what sort of monster the black skull dug from underground might have been, and whether it would bring calamity and summon evil spirits. They worried that some dreadful monster might devour them in their sleep that night.
The male and female cultivators of the Tu family were much calmer. They had confirmed that it was merely an exceptionally sturdy bone. They had hammered at it for half the day without seeing any change, and besides, a Great Cultivator of profound cultivation was present.
Tu Yue stood to one side with a Lotus Lantern in her hands, recounting how the black bone had been discovered.
"The black bone is extraordinarily hard. Spells and magic treasures cannot damage it in the slightest, and the sound of striking it unsettles the mind. Its evil aura is thin and weak, yet over countless years it has eroded Barren Stone Beach, leaving the vegetation sparse. This junior feels it is far from simple. It is very old and may well be connected to the Stone Tablet Fragments, which is why this junior dared ask Senior to inspect it personally."
She suspected the Mysterious Girl knew something, which was why she had sent over the Lotus Lantern, but she could not bring herself to say it aloud.
Bai had not expected them to dig up such a thing. Too lazy to care what Tu Yue was thinking, she tilted her head and curiously studied the enormous black skull.
"It is an inauspicious thing. Fortunately, its evil aura dissipated