Thunder rumbled without pause as thick black bolts of lightning plunged from the sky. The moment they came within thirty zhang of the group, a yellowish hurricane shredded them to pieces.
After a dozen breaths, they passed through the gorge. A towering black peak pierced the clouds before them, its slopes steep and rugged. Halfway up the mountainside was a massive cave.
"The Qilin bones should be inside, but powerful restrictions fill the cave," the Young Woman in Green Skirt said, pointing to the cave halfway up the mountainside.
Shi Yue nodded, put away the Green Flying Boat, and the three of them headed up the mountain.
The ground was soaking wet. Their feet sank into the mud as soon as they stepped down, but a dazzling yellow light surged from Xiaoyaozi. Before their eyes, the ground turned yellow and became as hard as stone.
Centered on Xiaoyaozi, the area within a hundred zhang turned into hard Yellow Rock. As he moved, the area continued to expand. This way, they could walk directly on solid stone, and if any demonic beast attacked them, they would notice it right away.
A little under a quarter of an hour later, they stopped outside the cave entrance. Even there, they could feel the abundant moisture in the air, and the stone walls were slick with water.
Shi Yue and Xiaoyaozi released their divine sense almost simultaneously and carefully swept the area, but discovered nothing unusual.
The cave was dim and damp, with several small pools of water on the ground.
Before long, they arrived in a vast Stone Cave spanning over a hundred mu. The stone walls were slick with water, and a massive pool lay in the center. Its clear water revealed the faint outline of a skeleton shaped like a Qilin.