In the deep, dark cave on the Misty Mountain.
Since Zhao Shuning held the relic bone, she could find the one dark cave that resonated with the bone from among the countless rivers.
The closer she got to the cave, the more the relic bone would hum.
Zhao Shuning approached the river step by step.
There was a lot of moss around. She was so focused on what was in front of her that she didn't notice her footing.
Suddenly, a vine coiled around her ankle. Zhao Shuning tried to find something to hold on to around her, but the surroundings were too smooth. There was nothing for her to grab, and she was dragged down by the green vine under her feet.
It was a very smooth cave.
Just how smooth was it? Well, you couldn't even steady your feet, or rather, there was no chance to stop at all.
Apart from being smooth, the cave was also very damp.
By the time Zhao Shuning finally slid to the bottom of the cave and managed to stand up, she found that her clothes were already soaked.
Before Zhao Shuning could even tidy up her clothes, the vine that had grabbed her ankle earlier rushed up again.
Zhao Shuning had spent countless days in the dark before, so although she couldn't see any light in the cave, she had a sharp intuition and quickly dodged the vine.
Then, Zhao Shuning quickly took out the night pearl from her Qiankun bag.
The cave instantly brightened a bit.
And at this moment, Zhao Shuning was startled by the sight in front of her.
This was an underground cave with many vines. Beside the green vines, Zhao Shuning saw the corpses of many animals.
Most of them had been drained of their blood.
And behind the vines, there was something wriggling.
Zhao Shuning concentrated and didn't dare to slack off at all.
The cave looked extremely smooth. If an animal or a monster fell in here and didn't have any consciousness, it would be very difficult for it to get out.
Zhao Shuning had thought of this when she came in.
So when her body was falling, she used her spiritual power to make a thin long rope and tied it to the branch of a towering tree at the entrance of the cave.
The thing behind the vines was still wriggling.
Zhao Shuning slowly approached it.
About five meters away from the thing, another rabbit was thrown out from inside.
There was a wound on the rabbit's neck, and most of its blood had been sucked out.
Could it be that there was still a living monster here? That didn't seem right. Since the relic bone could react with this place, it meant that this should be a relatively large monster.
But the situation seemed a bit strange.
The wound on the rabbit's neck didn't seem to be caused by a monster.
Zhao Shuning held the night pearl closer to take a look, and suddenly a pair of eyes appeared behind the vines, almost scaring her into dropping the night pearl in her hand.
She steadied herself.
Zhao Shuning swallowed hard and whispered, "Hello."
The unknown thing inside moved. Zhao Shuning reached out her hand and wanted to push aside the vines to see what was inside.
But as soon as her hand touched the vines, it was quickly surrounded by them.
Then, her body was suddenly pulled behind the vines by a powerful force.
The creature behind the vines immediately jumped up when it saw this. It pushed aside Zhao Shuning's clothes and was about to bite her neck.
Zhao Shuning quickly raised her hand and easily dodged the attack.
Only then did she put the night pearl on the vines and took out a bigger one from her Qiankun bag. Now, she could see the scene in front of her clearly.
"Damn it!"
Zhao Shuning exclaimed and almost jumped several meters away.
The young man opposite her also took a sudden step back and was especially uncomfortable with the sudden light.
Yes, it was a young man. The one who had tried to bite Zhao Shuning's neck earlier was a young man.
Why was Zhao Shuning so sure? Because this young man was naked, with messy hair, and his Adam's apple was very obvious.
Zhao Shuning had thought that the one attacking her was a monster and had even tried to communicate with it in the way of a monster. She had been wondering why it didn't work, and now she finally found the reason.
Zhao Shuning couldn't see the young man's face clearly.
Because his face was covered in blood.
Zhao Shuning asked, "How are you? Are you okay?"
The young man in front of her panicked and jumped to the other side. But when he jumped like this, he let out a shrill scream. Only then did Zhao Shuning see that there was a long, thin bone piercing through the back of the young man, right at the position of his shoulder blades. Looking along the bone, there was clearly the appearance of a monster.
It was just that the monster had no flesh or blood on its body now. It must have been dead for four or five years.
Judging from the remains of its body shape, it should be a Flaming Fire Dragon. Because it looked like a tiger and was as big as a dragon, it was easy to be confused with the Dustless Dragon Disc Tiger.
But the Flaming Fire Dragon was not the Dustless Dragon Disc Tiger. Its ferocity was extremely rare.
No wonder the relic bone in Zhao Shuning's hand could react so strongly with this cave. It seemed that this corpse was the culprit.
When the young man jumped just now, there was an obvious wound on his back.
There was blood on it, dripping down along the long bone.
Zhao Shuning finally understood why this young man was here. Because he simply couldn't get out. This corpse was an ancient fierce beast. It was huge in size and its bones were extremely hard. Even though it had died in the cave and its flesh and blood had been eaten, its bones were still very hard and couldn't be broken by external forces.
And the young man's shoulder blades were pierced by this dragon bone. If he wanted to get out, he would have to take this huge corpse out with him. But the entrance of the cave was so small that the corpse simply couldn't pass through.
Looking at the young man's painful appearance and his cautious eyes, Zhao Shuning felt a bit heart - broken.
When she was Ye Ling, before she met her master, she had also had such a life worse than death. So she could empathize with his pain.
"What's your name?"
"Wa - wa - wa—"
A series of sounds came out of the young man's mouth opposite.
Looking at his appearance, Zhao Shuning knew that the young man must have been here for a long time. Maybe he had been here for so long that he had forgotten how to speak.
His eyes looking at Zhao Shuning were full of caution.
Zhao Shuning used her spiritual power to place the huge night pearl in the air of the cave. The whole cave was as bright as day.
"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."
She slowly walked towards the young man, but saw that the previously quiet young man suddenly became irritable. He jumped up, and the vines around him seemed to follow his command and attacked Zhao Shuning one after another.
At the same time, a charming red lotus suddenly appeared between Zhao Shuning's eyebrows, and the vines were burned to ashes by the red lotus before they could even touch Zhao Shuning.
"You can't hurt me."
The young man backed away, with all four limbs on the ground. It seemed that over the years, he had gotten used to walking on all fours.
"Let me help you, okay?"