Gu Moche's Manuscript
Hidden deep underground in a blood-soaked swamp, it took Lin Yi and Griffith a long time to dive down, using their Domain to clear a path, and several minutes to finally reach the bottom.
There was no longer any trace of Tuoba Kuan and his companion ahead.
However, at this moment, System notification sound popped up and entered the ears of both of them.
"Ding! The Descendant has entered the Boundary Gate. Boundary Gate map being distributed. Complete the Trial to obtain Boundary Stone!"
The Boundary Stone Trial?
That familiar notification sound.
Lin Yi raised an eyebrow, recalling the scene when he stepped into the Bronze Gate in the West Mountain Southern Domain and obtained his first Boundary Stone.
Surprisingly, a Boundary Stone is also hidden in this Ancient Secret Realm.
"You listened to that?"
Griffith asked, "I heard that you once obtained a Boundary Stone for the Dragon Kingdom, so what exactly is this place?"
"It's hard to say, let's look at the map first."
With Lin Yi Yi's prompting, Griffith discovered that he could view the complete map of this place through the System.
Judging from the map, they were located in a vast, empty Bone Mountain, surrounded by underground rocks and the bones of various unknown strange beasts.
The passageway in front of me was dark and long, with occasional clumps of glowing underground moss plants, and I couldn't see the end of it.
Lin Yi was also studying the System map, but unlike his previous experience inside the Bronze Gate, this map had no markings.
After walking several hundred meters along the path, the two realized something was wrong.
The System map has a problem!
According to the map markings, there should be a fork in the road ahead, but what lies before them is an incredibly empty underground Karst Cave.
The Karst Cave is filled with traces of battle, including the badly damaged skeleton of a giant beast, congealed and dried blood, and even marks of knife and axe cuts on the rock walls.
It seems that a fierce battle took place here a long time ago.
As for the two sides in the battle, their skill levels seem to be not very high.
Griffith found it strange. According to the mission information he had received, this place should be Witch Ruins. How could there be traces of a multi-person battle, and it was also a Boundary Stone Trial ground?
"Lin Yi, did you also enter this kind of place when you obtained the Boundary Stone?"
Lin Yi shook his head, thought for a moment, and guessed, "Perhaps a group of people entered this place first, and the Boundary Stone Trial was destroyed..."
"That's possible, but what about my mission...?"
"Tell me in detail about how you accepted the mission. Of course, you don't have to mention anything confidential."
Griffith could no longer hide it; the mission information was currently incorrect, and if he failed to complete the mission, he would face serious consequences.
"This all started a month ago. The person who gave me the mission was a special Great Shaman from the Southern Domain named James, who is the dean of the Black Hat Academy."
Black Hat Academy?
If Lin Yi remembered correctly, the hook-nosed Lott was a professor at this academy.
Back in Tianshui City, this same person almost captured Ottoff, who was carrying the treasure map, by claiming that a treasure from the academy had been lost.
"So, this person sent you to deliver the treasure map to me?"
"No, the Great Shaman James wanted me to recommend another talented Descendant to come to the Ancient Secret Realm to complete the mission. Although I wanted to help you, I knew you couldn't come to the Southern Domain to take on the mission. But the Ancient Secret Realm Realm's quota requires the help of the people of the Ancient Domain, so I used a method to send the Ancient Map to you."
Having said that, Griffith realized something was wrong.
Bringing Lin Yi into this mess might be part of James's Great Shaman scheme.
He was likely used as a pawn.
"Go on."
Griffith said with a solemn expression, "Alright, I can't reveal the specifics of the mission, but I must find the Mage Tower in the Witch Ruins. There's something inside that I need to bring with me."
Lin Yi nodded and asked again, "What you said earlier, that there might be information about the Apocalypse Continent inside these Witch Ruins, is that true?"
"It's true. This is what James the Great Shaman told me himself, and it was even recorded by the system."
After listening to Griffith said, Lin Yi felt that there was still too little information to deduce anything.
However, the space beneath the Blood Curse Swamp where they were located must be very special.
In the system, it is the site for storing Boundary Stone and Trial.
According to the Great Shaman James, this place is the site of the ruins of a Great Shaman in the Southern Domain, and there is also a Mage Tower that is not under anyone's control.
For Tuoba Kuan and Dugu Wang, this place was a Inheritance Ground.
Perhaps all three sources are correct, or perhaps this place has been altered by someone.
However, since the traditional map is wrong, it means that an unknown change has definitely occurred in this area, so referring to the traditional map is not very meaningful.
Lin Yi wanted to find Tuoba Kuan and Dugu Wang, and planned to find them first to get information from them.
Then, using his Heavenly Mystery Dao Eye, the lines between the two appeared in Lin Yi's eyes.
Following this line, Lin Yi quickly saw where the two were located, a place filled with blood.
At this moment, inside a dilapidated martial arts hall, there was a Blood Pool in the middle of thick jade stones.
Countless blood threads connect the Blood Pool, and as time passes, drops of blood flow along the threads and converge into the central Blood Pool.
Blood bubbled and gurgled in the pool, emitting a nauseating stench.
Tuoba Kuan, seeing this scene, didn't take it seriously; instead, he showed a look of delight.
He then took out several pages of a special leather scroll, compared them, and laughed loudly, saying, "So this is it. It seems we haven't come to the wrong place."
Dugu Wang, standing to the side, frowned deeply. "Can this place really help us break through to a higher level of martial arts?"
"Of course, this is the legacy left behind by the Gu Moche Demon Ancestor, the Demon Ancestor."
Gu Moche?
If Lin Yi were here, he would surely want to know what he saw and heard in the Tongguan Prefecture Treasure Vault.
Because Gu Moche was a Mansion Master of Tongguan Prefecture, and the first person in the Ancient Domain to study demonic energy. He abdicated in his later years and was hunted down by various forces in the Ancient Domain. In the end, he disappeared into the Far West Black Fog, and his fate is unknown.
In the Tongguan Prefecture Treasure Vault, this person also left behind several magical artifacts and various family secret techniques.
Dugu Wang, much more rational, shook his head and said, "Who knows if the Gu Moche has succeeded? You think you can break through to a higher realm based on the few manuscripts he left behind? I don't think that's realistic. This Blood Hall is very strange. If you trust me, why don't we go and see other places around here? Maybe we'll have some unexpected gains."
Tuoba Kuan shook his head. The more he studied the wonderful uses of the Blood Pool, the more amazed he became.
If one cultivates step by step, even if one obtains the Profound Yellow Qi, one will probably never reach a higher level of martial arts in one's lifetime.
Perhaps there is only hope if we utilize the magic.
"No, we're already here, and if we don't try, we might miss out on a great opportunity. If you leave, that's perfect; I'll enjoy this opportunity all to myself."
"Suit yourself, I'll go explore other places first."
Dugu Wang sighed, knowing Tuoba Kuan Kuan's temper, so he stopped trying to dissuade him and then slipped away.
To be honest, if his Dugu Family and the Tuoba Family hadn't had a good relationship, he wouldn't have teamed up with Tuoba Kuan to come to this Blood Curse Swamp to search for the Demon Ancestor.