Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 240: Big Demon Skeleton

Li Zhi's eyes kept scanning the surroundings quickly in the ink-thick darkness.

However, all I could see was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything else. Even places that were a little further away were hidden in the endless darkness.

At this moment, Fengzi Cheng's hoarse voice broke the silence: "Let's go a little closer to the front and take a look. Maybe we can find some clues."

Li Zhi did not turn around immediately, but still faced the passage leading to the depths of the cave. He looked at the passage vigilantly while moving his feet, closely following Cheng Fengzi's steps, and slowly walked towards the deeper part of the cave step by step.

"what!"

Suddenly, a surprised voice uttered from Cheng Fengzi's mouth. The voice seemed particularly abrupt in the silent cave, instantly breaking the originally dull atmosphere.

Li Zhi quickly turned around and looked in the direction of Cheng Fengzi. This sight made him slightly stunned.

In front of Fengzi Cheng, there was a stone table that looked quite old. On the stone table, there were a pile of books and some bottles and jars of various shapes scattered around.

Li Zhi couldn't help but take a closer look at the scene in front of him. He felt strange and couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that some cultivator has practiced in seclusion here?"

It is not surprising that Li Zhi would have such an idea. After all, in common perception, even if monsters choose to live in seclusion, most of them just dig a cave and find a place to hide.

How could a human being place such a table of books in a cave? Moreover, there are also these strange bottles and jars. This is really inconsistent with the usual habits of monsters.

However, after hearing Li Zhi's guess, Cheng Fengzi shook his head decisively, obviously not agreeing with Li Zhi's statement. He said solemnly: "No, the demonic energy that permeates this place is extremely pure, and it is definitely not something that ordinary practitioners can possess. Moreover, I have not detected the aura of other practitioners here."

Cheng Fengzi is an absolute authority in this regard. Since he said so, this must be related to monsters.

After hearing what Fengzi Cheng said, Li Zhi couldn't help but show a puzzled look in his eyes. He slowly bent down, and with the little bit of weak light in Fengzi Cheng's hand, he carefully looked at the books on the stone table.

Li Zhi stretched out his hand and gently wiped the thick dust on the books. The dust fluttered down as he wiped it.

However, to Li Zhi's disappointment, after checking, he found that most of the books had rotted beyond recognition, and the original handwriting on them had become blurred due to erosion and damage over the years, making it almost impossible to see what was written.

Only one book was slightly better, and I could barely make out the two blurry words "fenshen". As for the other contents, I could only guess.

At the same time, Fengzi Cheng, like Li Zhi, was frowning and concentrating on examining the items on the stone table. He picked up the bottles and jars of various shapes, put them under his nose one by one, and smelled them very carefully.

Although these bottles and jars are empty now and the things they once contained have long since disappeared, Cheng Fengzi can still smell a little bit of residual smell from them with his extremely abnormal sense of smell.

After smelling them one by one, he slowly raised his head, looked at Li Zhi, and said seriously: "These bottles and jars used to contain the blood of wild animals."

As he spoke, his brows furrowed even more tightly, and his eyes were full of doubt.

When Li Zhi heard what Cheng Fengzi said, a strange scene suddenly appeared in his mind.

An untransformed monster, covered in hair but wearing human clothes, sat at a stone table, flipping through a book while gently shaking the bottle of beast blood in his hand and drinking it all.

Li Zhi almost laughed at the picture he imagined. He shook his head and shook off the messy imagination in his mind. He said softly, "Uncle Cheng, this place must have been abandoned for a long time, but why is the evil spirit still so strong?"

Fengzi Cheng carefully looked around and said slowly, "The evil spirit is gathering and not dispersing. There must be something strange here."

Hearing what Fengzi Cheng said, Li Zhi also became more alert. After a brief thought, Li Zhi said to Fengzi Cheng: "Uncle Cheng, I will cast a spell to illuminate this place, and we will look carefully again."

"Row!"

Cheng Fengzi responded readily. He also understood that in such a dark place, the small fire starter in his hand would be of no use.

Li Zhi took a deep breath and the Qi in his body began to circulate.

The next moment, a "whoosh" sound was heard.

In the darkness, a ball of fire suddenly lit up from Li Zhi's chest.

Then, the flames turned into nimble fire snakes, twisting their bodies and quickly wrapping around Li Zhi.

The flames on the fire snake danced and flickered, constantly emitting a blazing light, instantly illuminating the originally extremely dark cave. Everything that was originally hidden in the darkness appeared clearly before the eyes.

"Hey! You use the Five Elements and Five Armor Technique well!" Seeing this, Cheng Fengzi couldn't help but laugh, his eyes full of admiration. He knew that Li Zhi's Five Elements and Five Armor Technique was not simple, and the fact that he could perform it so skillfully and appropriately showed that Li Zhi's strength should not be underestimated.

Under the bright illumination of the fire armor transformed by Li Zhi's Five Elements and Five Armor Technique, Cheng Fengzi and Li Zhi did not slack off at all and immediately began a careful search of the entire cave.

After a while, their hard work paid off and they soon found an unusual place.

In a more hidden corner of the cave, a skeleton that looked like a wild beast was placed there intact.

The skeleton looked quite huge. Although it had been eroded by countless years, its outline could still be clearly seen. Around the skeleton, there were densely engraved various strange inscriptions. The lines of those inscriptions were complicated and winding, revealing a mysterious atmosphere.

At this moment, the thick evil spirit was continuously emanating from the skeleton, making the air around it seem to carry a gloomy and cold feeling.

Cheng Fengzi frowned and slowly approached the skeleton, staring at the densely packed inscriptions, examining them carefully.

Then, Fengzi Cheng said thoughtfully: "The original purpose of these inscriptions should be to lock up the evil spirits, but now the inscriptions have been severely eroded and damaged, so the evil spirits have leaked out."

Hearing this, Li Zhi also walked forward to look at the inscriptions carved all over the ground and the skeleton. He asked, "Uncle Cheng, is there anything special about this skeleton? Why is there such a strong evil spirit, and why are there inscriptions carved all over the ground to block the evil spirit?"

Cheng Fengzi walked to the side of the skeleton, bent down, and his nostrils twitched slightly.

Then he looked up and said, "This is the skeleton of a monster, a bear monster. With this demonic aura, it is estimated that it must have practiced Taoism for nearly a thousand years."

Li Zhi was stunned. He never expected that this was actually the skeleton of a powerful demon with a lifespan of nearly a thousand years!