Reunion with Ding-97 Black Coffin
Several months have passed in the blink of an eye.
That day.
As Song Wen stepped out of the Alchemy room, he encountered Zhou Siyi coming towards him.
"Junior Brother Wu, I've secured a good job for you."
Zhou Siyi said with a smug look on her face.
Ever since that mission to the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop of the Great Yan Kingdom.
Zhou Siyi's attitude towards Song Wen became much more friendly, as if she truly regarded Song Wen as a fellow disciple.
Recently, Zhou Siyi has rarely come to the Alchemy Chamber room, except for the occasional visit to the Alchemy room to practice new Pill Formula.
"Then I thank Senior Sister Zhou in advance. May I ask what kind of good job it is?" Song Wen replied with a smile and cupped his hands.
Zhou Siyi glanced at the other Alchemist in the main hall of the Alchemy Chamber and waved her hand, saying...
"It's not convenient to talk here. Come with me; it's a good job that will earn you Spirit Stone and contribution points."
Without waiting for Song Wen's reply, she strode out of the main hall and took flight on her sword.
Song Wen shook his head helplessly and followed behind him on his sword.
The two flew on their swords, heading deeper into the Beast Taming Sect.
A moment later, the two arrived above a valley surrounded by mountains.
The valley was shrouded in mist, obscuring the view within.
This is because an array was set up in the valley, isolating it from sight and Divine Sense.
This place is the heart of the Beast Taming Sect, and an array has been set up to prevent outsiders from spying on it.
It is obvious that there is a sect hiding in the valley, and this place is a forbidden area of the Beast Taming Sect.
"Senior Sister Zhou, why did you bring me here? This should be a forbidden area of the sect. We should leave as soon as possible," Song Wen said.
Zhou Siyi smiled slightly, "With me here, what are you afraid of? Come on, come down with me."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Siyi lowered the light of her sword and landed at the edge of the valley.
Without her making any further movement, the mist in front of her suddenly began to swell.
A moment later, a narrow bluestone path suddenly appeared.
"Junior Brother Wu, hurry up and catch up!"
Zhou Siyi urged Song Wen, who was still suspended in mid-air.
Song Wen remained unmoved and asked the question.
"Senior Sister Zhou, could you please tell me where this place is? If it's truly a forbidden area of the sect, I dare not enter rashly."
Zhou Siyi pouted and rolled her eyes.
"Look at how cautious you are, as if I would harm you."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a figure appeared from the horizon, arriving beside Song Wen a few breaths later.
"Elder Wu, it's been several years. How have you been?"
The visitor was none other than Liu Jiang.
He first greeted Song Wen politely. Then, he nodded to Zhou Siyi, appearing quite familiar with Zhou Siyi.
"Greetings, Elder Liu," Song Wen said, clasping his hands in greeting. "When did Elder Liu return to the sect?"
Liu Jiang said, "I've been back at the sect for three years now."
Song Wen silently calculated in his heart.
It was more than three years ago that he and Zhou Siyi went to the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop of the Great Yan Kingdom.
In other words, not long after he and Zhou Siyi left the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop, Liu Jiang was transferred back to the sect.
"Elder Liu is now the sect's most important elder," Zhou Siyi suddenly interjected.
Song Wen stared at Liu Jiang, a look of shock on his face.
"Really? Then congratulations, Elder Liu."
Liu Jiang smiled and said, "This is all thanks to Elder Zhou, who helped me successfully cultivate the Man-Snake."
Upon hearing this, Song Wen turned his head and glanced at Zhou Siyi.
The fact that they cultivated the Man-Snake led to Liu Jiang being promoted to the position of Elder of the Pavilion and Zhou Siyi to the position of Elder of the Offering. It seems that the Man-Snake hybrid is extremely important to the Beast Taming Sect.
"What are you two doing guarding the entrance to the valley? Why don't you go in?" Liu Jiang asked.
Zhou Siyi said, "Elder Rong is short-handed lately, so I was thinking of letting Junior Brother Wu give it a try. If he could gain Elder Rong's favor, he could earn a lot of Spirit Stone. But alas, my good intentions have been misunderstood. Junior Brother Wu is afraid this is a forbidden area of the sect and dares not go in."
Liu Jiang smiled and said, "Elder Wu, don't worry, with Elder Zhou and I here, you'll be An Ran."
After the two men repeatedly persuaded him, Song Wen had no choice but to follow them into the valley.
Sometimes, excessive caution can easily arouse suspicion.
The three of them walked along the bluestone path for more than a hundred meters.
A small lake, several miles in size, came into view.
Half of the lake's surface has been transformed into a network of floating swivels.
It is exactly the same as the snake enclosure in the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop of the Great Yan Kingdom.
"How come there's a lake here?" Song Wen asked in surprise.
There are no rivers within the Beast Taming Sect, so logically there shouldn't be any lakes either.
Liu Jiang said, "This lake was not formed naturally; it was created by humans diverting underground rivers."
Soon, the three arrived at an underground entrance by the lake.
The entrance is about three zhang wide, with a plaque hanging above it bearing the three large characters "Human-Snake Cavern".
Song Wen stopped abruptly in front of the entrance.
The 'Human-Snake Cavern' constantly emitted corpse energy.
The Beast Taming Sect is a righteous and powerful sect; how could such a sinister place exist within its walls?
"Junior Brother Wu, what's wrong with you again?"
Seeing that Song Wen had stopped, Zhou Siyi turned around and asked.
"Why is there a corpse aura here?" Song Wen asked somewhat nervously.
Although the unease on his face was feigned, he genuinely didn't want to step into this 'Human-Snake Cavern'.
This Human-Snake Cavern must be involved in the secrets of the Beast Taming Sect.
Based on the principle that the less you know, the safer you are, Song Wen did not want to get involved in the secrets of the Beast Taming Sect.
Zhou Siyi said with a sour face, "Junior Brother Wu, you're too suspicious. We're already here, what difference does it make whether we go into the Human-Snake Cavern or not?"
"Hurry up and let's go, Elder Rong is still waiting," Zhou Siyi urged.
After a moment of silence, Song Wen finally followed Zhou Siyi into the Human-Snake Cavern.
There was no formation in the Human-Snake Cavern, or the formation was not activated.
Without any array to conceal it, cultivators can use their Divine Sense to perceive everything inside, even without entering.
As Zhou Siyi said, they had already reached the Human-Snake Cavern. Whether they went in or not, it was as if Song Wen already knew the secret.
After walking several dozen meters, a vast underground hall came into view.
The underground hall was clearly carved out by human hands; the floor and walls were meticulously finished and extremely smooth.
The hall is divided into north and south sections.
The south side is slightly smaller, with numerous pools scattered across the ground.
In the pool, groups of Man-Snake hybrids were constantly swimming. These Man-Snake all had stable physical bodies, and there were more than a hundred of them in total.
However, most of them are newly born Tier 1 Man-Snake, and the number of Tier 2 Man-Snake is not large.
On the north side of the hall, there were rows of coffins, numbering over a thousand.
Each coffin was marked with a number.
Among the many Corpse Coffin, Song Wen found coffin number 'Ding 97'.
Upon Divine Sense inspection, it was found to be the physical body of Zhao Dapeng's younger brother, the rat-eyed man.
At this point, he had stopped breathing.
However, someone placed some kind of restriction, sealing his soul and body. His corpse was in the state it was in when he had just died, and his soul was trapped inside his body.
Rong Jingyun stood amidst the Corpse Coffin, her brow furrowed, her face filled with sorrow.
She held a thick book in her hands, which contained information about the corpses in each Corpse Coffin.
Zhou Siyi and Liu Jiang walked up to Rong Jingyun.
"Elder Rong, still no clue?"
Rong Jingyun looked worried, shook her head, and didn't say anything.