Long Road to Stardom

Lin Xing thought of what the old man said before, that their village had lived here for generations, and this "locust tree forest" had never been hidden like this.

"Could it be that this situation occurred because of my arrival?"

It seems that this "locust tree forest" knows how to seek good fortune and avoid disaster.

"I just don't know why we threw the old man out here. Was it to let her find out?"

Isn't this a contradiction? Lin Xing really couldn't figure out the reason, so he was too lazy to think about it and looked at each locust tree carefully.

After a round of searching, she found nothing here except for the heavy yin energy, nor did she find the missing person from the same village as the old man. But a place that can block the detection of spiritual sense is definitely not ordinary.

After a while, Lin Xing still didn't find any clues, so he set up a barrier to cover the entire "locust tree forest" and then threw a fireball down.

She thought it would burst into flames, but the fire was extinguished in a moment.

Although Lin Xing was a little puzzled, he was also pleasantly surprised that he had finally found a breakthrough. He then increased his efforts and let the entire 'locust tree forest' burn before he stopped.

But from time to time, she heard screams, which made her feel cold in her heart. Only then did she realize that each locust tree sealed many souls.

When he raised his hand to put out the fire, he saw some souls running out from the burnt locust tree with a hint of gratitude in their eyes.

Lin Xing stopped what he was doing and saw that more and more souls were floating out and were about to fill up the entire 'Sophora japonica forest'. He quickly took out the 'Ghost Cloud Banner' and collected them one by one.

Fortunately, she had set up a barrier beforehand, otherwise so many souls would have escaped and turned into evil spirits if they stayed outside for too long, which would have been a disaster for mortals.

After collecting the last soul into the 'Ghost Cloud Banner', Lin Xing looked over.

At this time, the locust trees in the "locust tree forest" have basically been burned to ashes.

"Hey, what is that?"

Walking forward, Lin Xing picked up a crystal clear bead from the ashes, and used his spiritual sense to investigate it, but was blocked.

"I guess the reason why we didn't find this place before was because of this thing."

She searched around again and found that there was such a bead under each locust tree.

"What is the function of this bead?"

"There were so many souls just now, but why aren't there any skeletons? She must have missed something."

Lin Xing patiently felt around inch by inch, and indeed she discovered something different.

The soil here seemed to have been turned over, and it was right under a locust tree. If the tree had not been burned, it would never have been discovered.

Lin Xing searched in the storage ring, took out a magical tool that was more handy and started digging.

After a while, she cleared the dirt off, revealing a thick stone slab.

With a little force, the stone slab was flipped over to reveal a dark hole. It was so dark that it seemed like a giant beast from the abyss that it seemed about to be swallowed up.

Looking at the cave entrance in front of her, she hesitated for a moment. Before she could think it over, a foul smell came out from the cave entrance.

"vomit……"

Lin Xing quickly held her breath, but the stench was already deeply imprinted in her mind, and she couldn't help but dry heave a few times.

"What on earth is in here? Why does it stink so bad..."

She complained silently in her heart, but her hands unconsciously fanned under her nose, as if trying to dispel the stench.

Just by smelling it, she had no desire to continue.

But when I smelled the smell just now, it was mixed with a faint smell of blood. I guess it was the missing people in the old man’s village. I don’t know if there is anyone alive in there. The smell of rotting corpses just now far overshadowed the smell of blood.

Recalling the smell she had smelled, she couldn't help but want to retch, but she forced herself to hold it back.

After using her spiritual sense to investigate, she was blocked as she expected. She was curious about what was inside the cave, but was afraid that she would be in danger, which would not be worth the risk. However, judging from the situation, there were most likely some evil things inside.

But if this is left unchecked, the mortals living nearby might suffer misfortune. If they hadn't encountered it, it would be fine, but now that she had encountered it, she couldn't just turn a blind eye.

"Forget it, forget it... just use the vines to explore the way first." Lin Xing said to himself while standing at the entrance of the cave.

Glancing around, she discovered that all the plants here had been burned to ashes by her fireball spell, leaving nothing behind.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he sighed, then took out a seed from his storage ring.

The seeds in her hand soon took root and sprouted, and vines grew out, extending rapidly into the cave.

Lin Xing sensed everything in the cave through the vines, but he could only sense whether there were any living creatures and could not see the environment inside.

"Hey, there seems to be a living creature..."

She increased her spiritual power and injected it into the seed in her hand. She found the location where there was a living thing and slowly wrapped it around it, then dragged it out through the cave entrance.

When half of the thing came out, she knew there was a person inside. She untied the vines on the person and revealed a dark, square face that looked no older, only about twenty years old.

She sniffed and found a faint breath still remaining, so she quickly injected a breath of life into it.

After a while, the deathly aura surrounding this man's face seemed to have encountered some natural enemy and slowly dissipated. His breath also gradually stabilized, but due to excessive blood loss, this man was still unconscious.

After Lin Xing settled the people down, he followed suit and dragged out seven more people one after another. Their situations were similar to the previous person.

What’s strange is that these people didn’t have any wounds on their bodies, but they were all unconscious due to excessive loss of energy and blood in their bodies, and no one knew the reason.

She fiddled with the vines for a while, but didn't find any living things, so she stopped.

After sending these people out of the "locust tree forest", she turned back to the cave entrance, cast a defensive talisman on herself, and jumped down holding the "Thunder Sword". As soon as she entered the cave, she was shocked by the scene inside.

"Has she entered the 'Ten Thousand Dead'? Why are there so many corpses?"

"It seems that the souls and bodies collected earlier have been placed in there."

"I don't know who is so crazy as to create such a place."

The further he went inside, the heavier Lin Xing's heart became. Although he did not encounter any danger along the way, this section of the road was paved with corpses, which made people feel depressed.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but I finally reached the deepest part of the cave.

There was an altar at the deepest part, with six dead children sitting cross-legged on the hands of Buddha statues on the six pillars surrounding the altar. However, the Buddha statues did not have the solemn and majestic appearance we usually see. Instead, they exuded an evil aura that made people feel uncomfortable.

Instead, the middle of the altar was empty, which was strange.