"Let's go take a look. Be sure to stay alert!"
Li Yan swiftly transmitted his voice. Now that they had discovered something, they naturally had to investigate. That was a cultivator's instinct.
Otherwise, if they missed something, they would only be left with bitter regrets later.
The ruined ancient tower stood just over fifty li away. In a single breath, the two of them arrived before it.
The ruined tower was mottled and weather-beaten, its bricks and stones riddled with pits. Its entire structure was black and gray.
The tower was hexagonal. Of the first floor exposed aboveground, five sides held windows and one held a door. Yellow sand buried most of the doorway, and although the door stood wide open, an adult could only pass through by bending over.
Li Yan and Zhao Min had already activated the spiritual shields around their bodies. They first spent a long time carefully examining the tower from outside, but found nothing else unusual.
Only after sweeping the surroundings with their divine sense did they bend down and enter the tower, one after the other.
The space inside was not particularly large, with room for roughly ten people. They could see outside from almost every direction.
At a glance, Li Yan spotted a piece of withered beast bone on the ground, emitting faint spiritual energy.
The spiritual fluctuations they had sensed earlier had come from this very bone.
There was no telling how long this dried demon beast bone had been there. It was yellowish-brown all over, covered in fine cracks, with sand and dirt clinging to its surface and black spots mottling it.
The bone was not of a high grade. Others might have noticed it before, but ultimately no one had taken it away.
Li Yan did not approach the bone