Chapter 2249 Disciples of the Demon Bone Tower (Third Update)

The ancient tomb occupies an enormous area!

Besides appearing dilapidated and almost indistinguishable, its scale can be considered as grand as an imperial mausoleum.

If it was left over from the ancient cultivation era, there should be some treasures inside!

Treasures!!!

Lin Tian’s eyes suddenly brightened, his gaze intense, and his Divine Sense involuntarily enveloped and penetrated the ancient tomb.

As for the two groups of battling people, he immediately put them aside.

His Divine Sense had just swept over and found no trace of Yan Cheng and others.

And if there are treasures here, it would be a win-win situation.

Once he captures the cultivators from Corpse Valley, he can directly ask to get the answers.

“It’s just… if Yan Cheng and the others were captured and taken back to the sect of Corpse Valley, it could be troublesome!”

At this moment, Lin Tian frowned, suddenly feeling that things were not that simple and becoming tricky. “If I rush in recklessly, what about the lives of Yan Cheng and others? I should first assess the situation!”

At this moment.

He calmed down a bit.

Although treasures are tempting, saving people is still the primary goal!

As long as Yan Cheng and others are rescued, it doesn’t matter who gets the treasures; he can just seize them!

He swept his gaze over the two groups of people, still engaged in battle.

Lin Tian did not take action, and his Divine Sense began to explore inside and outside the ancient tomb.

At this moment.

This so-called ancient tomb already had a small opening opened.

To be exact.

A part of it had collapsed.

There was an opening big enough for one person to enter, dark and obscure inside.

However, to Lin Tian’s Divine Sense, there was no obstacle at all.

“Hmm… this isn’t an ancient tomb, is it? The outside looks like an ancient tomb, but in reality, it’s…”

Lin Tian raised an eyebrow, surprisingly muttering to himself, “It’s clearly an ancient cave mansion!”

His Divine Sense probed along the entrance, only able to explore up to ten meters inside, encountering the obstruction of a stone gate and a defensive array.

The array that could keep his Divine Sense outside was not simple!

Moreover, from the section of the entry, Lin Tian was eighty percent sure that this wasn’t an ancient tomb but a cave mansion!

Most likely, it was a cave mansion of an ancient cultivator!

A so-called cave mansion is one of the most private places of a cultivator!

Generally speaking.

If a cultivator reaches the Foundation Establishment Stage, they would have at least seven or eight cave mansions throughout their lives, distributed across various places in the world they traversed.

Setting up cave mansions in such a way is mostly for the convenience of traveling afar, aside from those where one may dwell for a time.

Among so many cave mansions, there would be one most important cave mansion.

If a cultivator’s life was nearing an end, they would choose the most important cave mansion to sit quietly and depart.

Of course, they would conceal the cave mansion beforehand, disguising the outside to mislead people, like the ancient tomb in front of them, and then set up several doors and arrays inside.

After all.

The treasures collected by a cultivator throughout a lifetime are not few.

Lifelong efforts, if there is no inheritor or disciple to pass them on, they would rather take them along leaving this world!

Some people hope that their cave mansion would later be discovered by someone destined, which also counts as passing on their legacy!

In short.

If it’s an ancient left-behind cave mansion, there’s an eighty percent chance that treasures would be inside.

As for the preciousness of the treasures, that depends on luck!

“This protective array is not simple, they might not be able to handle it!”

Lin Tian retracted his Divine Sense, whispering softly.

At this moment, there was one person at the cave mansion’s entrance who hadn’t taken action.

It was an old man, wearing the same attire as the cultivators from Corpse Valley, sitting cross-legged while engraving array patterns on some treasure materials.

This person should be an Array Master!

Moreover, his cultivation wasn’t weak, at the peak of the Qi Refinement Ninth Level!

Relying on this person to break this array?

Lin Tian thought to himself, his gaze shifted again to the fighting people.

At this moment, the battle’s outcome was already decided.

The group with predominantly female disciples was almost completely wiped out by the cultivators from Corpse Valley.

Only three people were captured alive!

There was one man and two women!

The leader among them, a woman appearing to be in her thirties, had her cultivation reached the early-stage Foundation Establishment.

Although Corpse Valley’s side also suffered losses, they had four or five Foundation Establishment cultivators, an entirely different level of strength!

“Elder Liu, can this array be broken?”

After capturing the three people, the leader among the cultivators from Corpse Valley respectfully asked the Array Master, Elder Liu.

Whether or not they could seize the cave mansion entirely depended on this Array Master!

Plus, Array Masters are extremely rare, and Elder Liu in the sect was a highly honored guest, not to be offended!

“There are some clues, I will try to resolve it before dawn!”

Elder Liu nodded slightly to the few people, saying, “When Mr. Shentu comes at dawn, it should be settled! But the cultivators from Demon Bone Tower have also discovered this place, which could be troublesome!”

“Hehe, don’t worry! Just hope the people from Demon Bone Tower don’t come. If they do, with our few people’s corpse formation, even against the Tower Master Xia Rong of Demon Bone Tower, we could stand invincible!”

The leader sneered confidently assuring, “Elder Liu, please continue, don’t worry!”

Upon hearing this, Elder Liu nodded lightly and turned back to engrave array patterns.

Afterward, among the Foundation Establishment cultivators, the leader began placing a strange sealing mark on the captured three one after another.

“Yu Zixuan, your Cold Corpse Valley is merely a sub-branch of Corpse Valley, located at the fringes of our Demon Cloud Ridge cultivation domain, yet you dare cause trouble here. If Demon Cloud Sect learns of this, you will have no burial ground!”

Among the three captured, the leading woman angrily shouted at the old man who made a move.

However.

Yu Zixuan, the old man, ignored her, instead turning to call behind him, “Chu Zhiping! Hu Da! Step forward!”

“Elder Yu!”

Two burly men stepped out.

On them, terrifying corpse Qi lingered.

“Specially assigned to escort Xiao Hei and the others, just captured the people from the reserve team camp over there, the material is excellent, they should have just arrived, no time to come over!”

Yu Zixuan looked at the two men, sternly ordering, “These three have already been imprinted with corpse marks, indistinguishable from ordinary people, unable to resist! Among the disciples of Demon Bone Tower, these are among the best in talent! This woman is the senior apprentice sister of Demon Bone Tower, Zhang Yun’ai, take exceptional care transporting them back! These kinds of corpse refining materials are extremely rare!”

“Understood, Elder Yu!”

The two men, faces solemn, respectfully nodded and accepted the order.

Then.

The two escorted Zhang Yun’ai and the other two from Demon Bone Tower away from there.

“Demon Bone Tower? It should be a cultivation sect in Demon Cloud Ridge! And listening to Yu Zixuan’s words… Yan Cheng and others might have just been taken back! There’s still a chance!”

Lin Tian, feeling slightly relieved, quickly got up and went in the direction of Hu Da and Chu Zhiping.

The cave mansion here should have quite a bit of treasure, but breaking in isn’t easy for Yu Zixuan and others, so he wasn’t in a hurry.

Finding the sect’s sub-branch Cold Corpse Valley, where Yan Cheng and others were held, is the most crucial!

Rescue Yan Cheng and others, the rest would be manageable!