Xu Changqing stood at the rear and called out to the Bone-Inscription Puppets, "Advance deeper into the Inscribed Bone Mound."
Crack!
The group of Bone-Inscription Puppets moved in perfect unison, immediately heading toward the entrance.
At that moment, Xu Changqing summoned a Fire Crow from the Spirit Beast Pouch. Since Crow One had the greatest potential and could not be easily lost, he chose Crow Five instead.
After feeding it some tasty food first, he had it enter the Secret Realm.
For safety's sake, it did not fly around recklessly in the air, but instead stood on the head of a Bone-Inscription Puppet.
Its two tiny eyes rolled around as it surveyed its surroundings, taking everything in.
Xu Changqing closed his eyes and swiftly switched to Shared Vision.
At once, the situation within the Inscribed Bone Mound became crystal clear.
The outermost region was a quicksand zone, filled everywhere with golden grains of sand.
However, these things were not to be underestimated.
They were inscribed with "Repulsion Runes." Anything that did not belong here would float up the moment it drew near, then be besieged by the sand.
This had happened once before when Xu Changqing used the Fortress to enter and explore.
On the surface, the damage did not seem particularly severe.
But in truth, once one became trapped within, there was absolutely no escaping.
Fortunately, these Bone-Inscription Puppets counted as "one of their own," so they would not be attacked.
As they continued deeper, many faintly glowing hexagonal crystals appeared around them. They were amber-colored overall and looked like some kind of crystallized substance.
Seeing this, Xu Changqing summoned another Fire Crow. This time, it was Crow Four. He had it fly into the Secret Realm, seize a crystal in its beak, and bring it back.
"Cawoo~"
Crow