The two followed the route on the sketch, feeling their way through the mine tunnels. The deeper they went, the colder the air became, and the Killing Intent grew as dense as ink that would not dissolve.
Su Lueying walked ahead, her breathing growing heavier. Every so often, she had to stop and catch her breath.
Li Tui, following behind her, felt entirely different.
Once that bone-piercing chill entered his body, it was like hungry wolves spotting meat, surging toward his dantian in a mad rush. His dantian devoured the Killing Intent just as greedily, converting it into pure true qi.
The deeper they went, the more pronounced the sensation became. Li Tui could even sense that his final primary meridian had begun to loosen beneath the force's constant scouring.
Almost there... His heart stirred, but his face revealed nothing.
After crawling through another stretch of low stone crevice, they saw a dim crimson glow ahead.
Su Lueying stopped at the corner, pressed herself close to the rock wall, and cautiously peeked out. She immediately pulled back, her face drained white. She made a gesture to Li Tui.
Li Tui leaned over to look.
The stone cavern was small. In its center stood a pool built from piled stones, half-filled with dark red, viscous liquid.
That strange glow seeped from the liquid. Several miners' skeletons lay scattered beside the pool, their bones all ash-black. Shredded talismans and scraps of Yin-sealing stone littered the ground. Several rusted iron chains were embedded in the rock walls, hanging all the way down to the pool's edge.
Li Tui had only taken one look when the true qi within him began circulating faster of its own accord, several degrees swifter than before.
"This is it." Su Lueying's voice tightened. "This place has been dealt