Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Wolf Demon Corpse

“A hidden treasure location will definitely have dangers like mechanisms and traps.”

Li Qian thought to himself.

Therefore, if he recklessly opened the stone door and barged in, he might encounter unknown dangers.

So Li Qian’s mind stirred, and an invisible spiritual perception spread out.

When his spiritual perception touched the stone door and seeped in along the cracks, suddenly, his whole body trembled. He felt an indescribable oppressive aura being transmitted from the world behind the stone door.

He hurriedly withdrew his spiritual perception, his face slightly pale.

Thump, thump, thump…

At the same time, the sound of the Time Bell in his mind automatically rang, dispelling the intruding oppressive aura.

“Good heavens, what exactly is inside?”

Li Qian’s expression turned serious.

He had comprehended True Image Level Sword Intent and had the Time Bell protecting him.

Just now, if the Time Bell shadow in his mind hadn’t automatically defended, his spiritual consciousness might have been injured by that terrifying aura if he wasn’t careful.

After a while, Li Qian let out a long breath and extended his spiritual perception again, continuing to probe the situation behind the stone door.

This time, he still sensed that oppressive aura.

However, he was mentally prepared. Even though it was a bit uncomfortable, with the Time Bell’s spiritual defense function, it didn’t affect him much.

“The biggest risk in this Taiping Sacred Cave should be from that invisible oppressive aura. Even my True Image Level Martial Intent can’t resist it… This is probably more dangerous than any mechanisms or traps.”

Li Qian calculated in his mind.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, drew out Sword Eighteen, and swung it out. With a crack, the entire stone door turned into pieces of rubble, collapsing.

A huge cave appeared within Li Qian’s perception.

Li Qian took a deep breath and stepped into the cave. He felt an invisible oppressive aura filling the space, enveloping him.

The bell sound in his mind rang continuously, resisting the invasion of the invisible aura.

Even so, he still felt extremely uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Li Qian looked back, and the entrance he had come in from was gone.

He seemed to be in a huge palace. On the palace walls, there were all sorts of ghostly reliefs.

“Such strong illusions.”

His expression was very serious.

He didn’t believe that everything he saw was real.

Crack

Suddenly, there was a shattering sound from under his feet. He looked down and saw bones scattered everywhere.

Just now, he had stepped on a bone, causing it to break and shatter.

He walked forward step by step with difficulty.

The further he went, the stronger the invisible pressure became.

Suddenly, Li Qian saw a huge golden throne with a massive figure perched on it.

This figure had a huge, ferocious wolf head. The torso below the neck had changed, somewhat resembling a human form. The strong lower limbs were like wolf legs, and the whole body was covered in a layer of silver-white fur.

Based on Li Qian’s visual estimation, this wolf-like figure was probably over two zhang tall.

He could sense that this wolf-like figure was the source of the oppressive aura.

“Good heavens, what is this thing… A wolf demon?”

Li Qian was secretly shocked.

However, he didn’t think it was a sculpture or anything like that.

It was too lifelike, clearly a living creature that had been dead for an unknown number of years.

Even in death, the aura emanating from the wolf demon’s figure was still terrifyingly strong. Even a Celestial Being would probably find it difficult to approach.

If he didn’t have the Time Bell’s spiritual protection, it would be difficult for him to get this close even with True Image Level Sword Intent.

Because his spiritual consciousness was truly suffering right now.

It was hard to imagine how powerful this wolf demon was when it was alive?

Was it comparable to a Martial Saint?

Or perhaps even surpassed a Martial Saint?

“Is this wolf demon corpse the true secret within the Taiping Cult’s treasure?”

Li Qian took a deep breath and continued to approach slowly.

The closer he got, the stronger the pressure became.

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Closer.

Getting closer and closer.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Qian finally reached the bottom of the platform with great difficulty.

As soon as he stepped onto the steps of the huge golden throne, all the pressure suddenly vanished.

He looked around, and the scene had changed. He was now in a gloomy cave.

The golden throne in front of him was gone, replaced by an ordinary stone platform.

The majestic and enormous wolf demon corpse had also become shriveled. Although its size was still massive, it looked as if it had been completely dried out.

“Good heavens, all the sensations I felt before were indeed illusions.”

Li Qian clicked his tongue in amazement.

Just a wolf demon corpse, yet it contained such a strong aura that even he almost couldn’t handle it.

“This wolf demon should be a true demon, right?”

Li Qian looked at the wolf demon corpse in front of him, took a deep breath, and immediately drew out Sword Eighteen, starting to dissect the corpse.

Although the wolf demon’s fur was very tough, it was ultimately a dead object and couldn’t withstand the sharpness of Sword Eighteen.

It didn’t take long for Li Qian to dig out a black stone the size of a fist from the wolf demon’s corpse.

The aura emanating from this black stone was incredibly strong. The demon stone he had obtained from the Earth Dragon Exotic Insect was far inferior in comparison.

Suddenly, Li Qian’s gaze swept across the wolf demon’s corpse and landed on a black iron ring worn on one of its sharp claws.

This thing seemed a bit special.

He quickly took off the black iron ring and sensed it with his spirit.

He vaguely felt that this black iron ring seemed a bit like a Divinely Forged Artifact.

Thinking of this, his mind stirred, and he activated the sound of the Time Bell in his mind. Accompanied by the bell ringing, a wave of invisible spiritual energy bombarded the black iron ring.

Crack

A sound like shattering porcelain rang out, and then the black iron ring released a faint glow. Li Qian’s spiritual perception was instantly sucked into it.

The next moment…

Li Qian’s eyes widened.

“Holy crap.”

His face was filled with shock.

Because this black iron ring… actually contained a small space.

“This is outrageous, there are actually storage artifacts in this world?”

Li Qian muttered to himself.

He had originally thought that this black iron ring might be some kind of token or something.

Now it seemed that this world was far more complex than he had imagined.

Since even storage rings existed, it wouldn’t be surprising if other magical things appeared in the future.

Inside the space contained within the black iron ring, there were quite a few good things. He recognized a few, but most of them were completely unfamiliar to him. The quantity was definitely considerable.

He just wanted to say that this treasure hunt had been incredibly fruitful.

This black iron ring alone was already extremely valuable.

Not to mention the fist-sized demon stone.

Li Qian took the black iron ring and immediately put it on his finger.

A magical thing happened. The black iron ring automatically shrank to fit his finger perfectly.

No one would have imagined that this ordinary black iron ring would actually be a magical storage artifact.

Li Qian felt delighted and placed the fist-sized black demon stone into the space within the black iron ring.

From now on, he wouldn’t have to worry about having nowhere to store good things.

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