The huge square looked dilapidated. Huge cracks appeared on the hard boulder ground, and deep ravines had been plowed out in many places.
There were more Dharma Treasure fragments here. What made a few people nervous was that there were many corpses here, scattered across the square.
These corpses have long lost their flesh and blood because of too long time, leaving only some skeletons remaining, still holding on to the outer clothes.
However, those skeletons were also severely damaged, and few of them were intact. Only from the clothes spread out, could it be seen that they were probably human figures.
Most of the clothes on these people are basically similar, and they should belong to the same party.
But this does not necessarily mean that those who wear different clothes are monks from the other side. After all, in the same sect, there are also disciples who do not like to wear sect clothes.
Elder Hao stepped out of thin air and arrived at a place where there were huge rocks lifted up by powerful magic. In front of one of the huge rocks, there was a skeleton frame.
This skeleton was relatively well preserved. He was sitting there with his legs stretched forward. His head and arms had disappeared, and his back was leaning against a boulder.
Elder Hao After arriving here, he scanned this person carefully.
Li Yan and Master Lan still stayed in the same place, but while looking around, they also looked at some corpses one by one.
"These black clothes have the word 'soul' embroidered on the right chest. They are monks 'Soul Prison Clan'. This is explained in detail in the message left by the third ancestor."
Elder Hao's voice came over faintly, and he looked up again and looked around.
In this extremely wide square, there were three to four hundred people wearing such clothes, and there were about five hundred corpses left here.
In addition, the remaining more than a hundred people were not wearing "Soul Prison Clan" monk clothing, and many of them only had a pile of clothes on the ground, and even their skeletons had disappeared.
Elder Hao then flew towards other corpses. After Li Yan and Master Lan looked at each other, they understood the meaning of Elder Hao's words and also flew towards some corpses.
The three of them were examining corpses dressed in "Soul Prison Clan" clothing. They could determine the cause of their death through examination.
Soon after, the three of them stood next to two corpses not far apart.
"None of the people I examined had fatal injuries on their bones. They probably died of fatal internal injuries!"
Li Yan After checking dozens of people in succession, he said softly, while his eyes flashed several times quickly.
"Those people I checked were also in the same situation. There were no direct fatal sharp wounds. It might... be caused by soul attacks!"
Master Lan pointed to the corpse at her feet. She had just pulled away some of the clothes on the skeleton, but when she said this, there was an expression of disbelief in her eyes.
And this is what Li Yan is also confused about. After checking some people, he guessed what their fatal injuries were.
But he didn't say it directly, and when Master Lan said this, Elder Hao's brows furrowed even more tightly. He had already made relevant speculations when he was in the cell underground.
The fragments of Dharma Treasure that appeared there were also owned by Soul Cultivator, and the "Soul Prison Clan" monks who were killed again now seemed to have been killed by soul magic.
After Li Yan and Master Lan finished speaking, they immediately walked towards the monks in different costumes. Now that they had determined the probable cause of the death of monk "Soul Prison Clan".
Then you can check the other people, so that you can have a better comparison reference. Nine times out of ten, the other person is also Soul Cultivator.
Just the preliminary inspection results made Elder Hao feel extremely bad in his heart, and an unbelievable thought lingered.
"Could it be that there is internal fighting in the Soul Prison Clan, but they are the same ethnic group..."
This situation reminded Elder Hao of the situation in "Dizhen Domain", where there were more than one fight between Soul Cultivator.
Even within "Soul Suppressing Palace", there are quite a few problems, but the intensification of conflicts there is due to the cultivation of resources and the search for exits.
For a group that can enter and leave the outside world normally, their cultivation resources will not be too tight, and their cultivation and promotion will not be suppressed by Heavenly Dao, so there will not be such acute problems.
On the contrary, because outside monks covet Soul Cultivator, after "Soul Prison Clan" understands it, he knows that he must stay together to keep warm, so why should he kill each other?
And soon he thought of a possibility, but he couldn't believe this possibility, and he felt that if the third ancestor was here, he would definitely find it very ridiculous.
"... When the third ancestor left the tribe, he said that there were still Great Ancestor and the third ancestor's lineage. Could it be that there was a problem between these two branches?"
Elder Hao suddenly had a strange thought in his mind.
He felt that if this was the case, the most likely reason for this happening was the disappearance or death of Great Ancestor.
I wonder how the second ancestor dealt with this matter later? It may have caused dissatisfaction among the Great Ancestor lineage, and a war broke out.
"But this won't make the two clans disappear? And the situation in the clan at that time, who else can be the opponent of the second ancestor? Even he failed to control the deterioration of the situation in the end..."
In just a short period of time, various thoughts kept emerging, but Elder Hao was not sure about his final guess.
But according to the description of the third ancestor, the second ancestor has a deep brotherly love for Great Ancestor, so it is not impossible for him to be plotted by someone he trusts.
The only thing that cannot be explained here is that everyone here has disappeared. Obviously, it is impossible to completely die together.
"... It should be that after a huge change occurred here, no matter which side was left, those people felt that this place was no longer suitable to survive.
Instead, he chose to leave here completely. This is the only explanation, but why do these corpses stay here..."
Elder Hao In this very short period of time, he thought of many things.
"This is... soul crystal bud?"
Just as Elder Hao was thinking quickly, Master Lan's surprised voice suddenly came from the side, but there was doubt in the voice.
Master Lan stood in front of a pile of clothes. There were not many things left here, and the clothes were still held up by some things.
Master Lan just came over to check and found that this person's death did not look like the result of Soul Cultivator's attack, but like someone had broken his body, leaving only a few bones.
She just waved her hand gently, and the small pile of clothes flew up, and then a small piece of something fell out from the clothes.
This thing was only over a foot long, about the thickness of a baby's arm, and its entire body was gray and decayed, giving people the feeling of being extremely decayed and about to weather.
And when it fell, it didn't turn into a pile of powder and was blown away. Instead, it fell straight to the ground and turned into several pieces.
Master Lan glanced at it first and found that this thing looked like a human spine, but she felt it looked familiar.
"The human spine shouldn't be this thick. Is this some kind of unknown Demon Beast skeleton?"
Master Lan couldn't help but feel something in her heart. She had seen too many materials for alchemy and weapon refining, and some Demon Beast bones were quite strange.
She immediately realized that the person fighting "Soul Prison Clan" was some kind of Demon Beast who knew how to attack souls?
Master Lan As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but be surprised. Of course there are Demon Beast who know how to attack the soul, but they are extremely rare and are also legendary beasts.
So after wrapping her hands with magic power, she made a slight move, and the broken bones flew in front of her as if they had fallen to the ground.
Master Lan Immediately withdrew her magic power, she connected several pieces together again, but when she looked at it again, she couldn't help but make a sound of surprise.
Because this "skeleton" is actually the "soul crystal bud" only found in "Dizhen Domain"!
She wouldn't think she could admit her mistake with the thing in front of her. For too many years, this thing had accompanied her in her cultivation and growth.
Master Lan has also spent a lot of time practicing in addition to "Dizhen Domain", and often appears in various markets, mainly to see various materials.
She had never seen "Soul Crystal Buds" in the outside world. She even took out this thing in some shops in the city and asked the shopkeepers to identify it, but no one could recognize it.
But the fluctuations in soul power emitted by the "Soul Crystal Buds" let those merchants know that this was a very rare and unknown treasure, and they rushed to buy it...
Master Lan later determined that "Soul Crystal Buds" should only be found in "Dizhen Domain", but today, "Soul Crystal Buds" were found here...
Her voice immediately attracted the attention of the other two, and Elder Hao arrived here in a flash!
On the other side, Li Yan, after unrolling a piece of clothing, was staring at the bones on the ground. He felt that these bones had been seriously eroded by time.
Then he heard the voice of Master Lan. His expression was slightly startled, and he immediately looked at the "skeleton" in the clothes underground.
Then his expression changed, but in a flash, he was at Master Lan's side.
Elder Hao was staring at the sky at this moment, where a gray-colored skeleton was suspended. He first used Divine Sense to sweep it away, and then another ray of soul power enveloped it instantly...
In just half a breath, Elder Hao let out a light sigh.
"Huh? This is really a "soul crystal bud". There are still traces of soul power in it, but how can there be such a thick "soul crystal bud"?
How many years does it take for this... to grow to this extent? "
The expression on Elder Hao's face also changed immediately.
He was certain that this "skeleton" must be a "soul crystal sprout", but even he had never seen such a large "soul crystal sprout" before.
And he is the same as Master Lan. This thing only exists in "Dizhen Domain" and he has never seen it in the Immortal Spirit Realm. But why did this thing appear in the Mortal Realm?
"Could it be that someone in "Soul Prison Clan" once obtained the seeds of "Soul Crystal Buds", and because they discovered that there was soul power in them, they planted this thing in the clan?"
Elder Hao and Master Lan glanced at each other quickly, and then he immediately spoke.