"Were all these corpses martial artists? Had they been dead for a long time?"
Lin Taichu crouched down and examined them carefully. The more he looked, the tighter his brow furrowed!
These corpses had been dead for many days; some had even dried out completely!
Every one of these corpses had reached the Innate Realm!
"Innate Martial Disciples, Qi Refining Stage... Foundation Establishment Stage...!"
The deeper Lin Taichu investigated, the heavier his heart became.
Judging by the clothes they wore and their backgrounds, they had all been geniuses from the major sects!
The garments on several of the corpses in particular made Lin Taichu's expression turn grave!
"These are... prodigies from five great sects, including the Tianluo Sect, Xuanqing Sect, and Wan Jian Sect...!"
"These people were actually sealed in here—and died here..."
Lin Taichu was dumbfounded as he looked at the remains.
He never could have imagined that these people were all prodigies of the five great sects!
Their strength had been terrifying. Any one of them could have dominated an entire region.
There had even been figures on the level of Holy Sons from third-rank sects among them.
And now, these terrifying experts had all died...!
Lin Taichu was deeply shaken.
He guessed that only a legendary Martial King could have easily slaughtered these prodigies!
"It seems finding the secret treasure won't be easy...!"
Lin Taichu sighed, his expression shifting uncertainly as though he had encountered a difficult problem.
"Forget it. I should look for the mechanisms first!"
"Only by finding the secret treasure can I break the Formation. Otherwise, I'll never be able to obtain it..."
Lin Taichu shook his head, unwilling to waste any more time.
He knew how precious the secret treasure was. It was no ordinary treasure!
If he found it, he could step