Chen Jing: "Shen Huaiyang told me that he has been worshipping Lord Dragon King all this time."

Zhao Yi and Li Zhiyuan exchanged glances, clearly seeing suspicion in each other's eyes.

Li Zhiyuan had encountered many Dragon King relics, from the Qin family, the Liu family, and also the Zhao family.

At least for now, no Dragon King had disappointed him; all exhibited a generous and mighty spirit.

If what Chen Jing said is true, then this would be the first degenerated Dragon King Li Zhiyuan has met.

Zhao Yi: "Shen Huaiyang is such a confused person, easily manipulated by others, just because he says it's the Dragon King doesn't mean it truly is?"

Everyone nodded; even without considering sentiments towards the Dragon King, no one wished to confront an opponent with such terrifying origins next.

Li Zhiyuan: "Whatever it is causing trouble, we'll find out by checking inside, Chen Jing... lead the way."

"Alright."

Chen Jing walked into the water.

As he entered, Li Zhiyuan sensed the internal restrictions actively avoiding him.

Zhao Yi waved his hand: "Stay close, don't stray too far."

Inside felt like a cave, with water curtains one after another; they passed through endlessly soaked.

Chen Jing stopped and said: "We need to swim ahead."

After speaking, he dived forward and began swimming.

The others followed suit; below was not exactly bottomless, but a weird dark mass gathered.

Li Zhiyuan pointed downward, and Run Sheng understood, thrusting the Yellow River Shovel down and stirring it.

The darkness dispersed, revealing the scene at the bottom.

It looked like an underwater cage, with about thirty skeletons trapped inside, some with locked feet and others with bound hands.

Li Zhiyuan had seen larger burial pits before, but this one was different; most skeletons' clothes remained intact despite the water, indicating they were not ordinary; coupled with their crystal-clear bone quality, it suggested they were not common people.

Zhao Yi made a slashing gesture at his throat towards Li Zhiyuan, meaning they probably "committed suicide."

Li Zhiyuan agreed because there were no signs of struggle below, and two skeletons in Buddhist robes and eight in Daoist robes retained a meditative posture, seeming to have willingly entered nirvana.

Not everyone can calmly face death, so it's reasonable to suspect this group may have entered to break the restriction and exorcize demons, but lost their memory, fearing they'd lose control and harm the world if they left, opting for suicide here.

In the past, at General's Tomb in Zhangjiajie, a similar incident occurred when Dragon King of Qin Family came to seal the General, and forebears of the Old Heavenly Gate's four families assisted voluntarily.

Li Zhiyuan looked at Lin Shuyou, and pointed downwards again.

Perhaps accustomed to the telepathy when connected by a Red Line, Lin Shuyou failed to grasp Brother Xiao Yuan's gesture immediately.

Fortunately, his eyes bulged, and the child's voice came through:

"He's telling you to try going down and see if you can pick something up!"

Li Zhiyuan indeed meant that; with no other options, fishing around On the River is all he can rely on for resources.

Seeing this, Zhao Yi couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Even someone carrying the burden of two Dragon King's Courts has to actively search corpses; speaking of it, no one would believe it.

But it also reminded Zhao Yi not to joke about treasure vaults like Zhao Family Treasure Vault next time, never to give him an excuse!

If he casually pilfered a couple items, it would be fine, but seeing his poverty-driven demeanor, Zhao Yi truly worried that even a slight opportunity would lead him to empty the vault entirely.

Lin Shuyou went down, spotting various valuable weapons and magic artifacts at the bottom that could be divvyed up or re-refined.

The clothes on the skeletons also deserved checking, as they might hide some valuables.

However, as he descended to a certain level, Lin Shuyou's Shuping vision suddenly activated.

Below, all skeletons began trembling.

The sudden change in situation led the child to take control of the body, with White Crane True Monarch quickly swimming upwards.

The trembling skeletons returned to calm, without triggering further changes.

Li Zhiyuan pointed ahead, signaling not to pick anything up, but to continue swimming forward.

Li Zhiyuan had no guilt about taking these items, as they were for better demon-slaying exorcism, but since they didn't agree, there was nothing he could do.

If they were still in a false-death state or had residual consciousness, perhaps he could communicate to obtain their items, but they didn't.

While dying together cleanly, the unique environmental conditions here formed a special miasma between their corpses.

Exceeding a certain level of stimulation might turn them into deadmen; given they were all Xuanmen members, transforming into deadmen would indeed be a huge problem.

"Splash..."

Leaving the water, they reached the shore.

Beneath their feet, the ground was like marble; ahead were honeycomb-like dense holes, where the Feng Shui phenomenon was completely chaotic, even the air currents were torn and scattered.

If it weren't for Chen Jing leading the way, upon arriving here, even Li Zhiyuan would struggle hard to find his path.