"Yes, senior brother," the disciples behind him answered in unison.
Half an hour later, they rounded a fork, and the passage suddenly opened up. When they saw what lay ahead, they could hardly believe their eyes.
"Senior Brother Lu, why are there so many skeletons?" one disciple exclaimed. "There must be seven or eight thousand!"
"Senior Brother Lu, could the Ghost Bone Sect be planning to attack us?" Qing He asked worriedly.
"Impossible," Lu Sheng said gravely. "These are only the lowest-level skeletons. They're far too weak in combat. The Ghost Bone Sect wouldn't do something that would alert us."
He rubbed his chin, then continued, "If anything, they seem to be searching for something. Could some rare treasure have appeared here?"
Just then, one of the team members pulled a scarlet talisman from inside his robe and asked quietly, "Senior Brother Lu, in that case, should we fight?"
"Fight... fight what..." Lu Sheng had been about to say, "Why would we fight? We only need to report what we've seen. The sect will decide what to do next."
Before he could finish, that team member suddenly pinched the talisman between two fingers and channeled a strand of spiritual energy into it. The talisman immediately caught fire, then turned into a blazing fireball that hurtled toward the densest cluster of skeletons.
With a thunderous boom, more than a dozen skeletons were blasted into the air.
Lu Sheng was stunned. He stared at the team member in disbelief and demanded, "What are you doing?"
"Didn't you say we should fight?" the team member asked blankly.
"When did I say that? I hadn't finished speaking!" Lu Sheng was genuinely speechless. "Honestly, it's not godlike enemies you need to fear, but pigheaded teammates."
"Oh. What do we do now, then?" the team member