He continued to prod the clothes on the other corpses, and after a while, he found that the symptoms on them were similar to those he had seen before.
After checking all the corpses on the ground, he still couldn't identify what those runes were.
"Damn it!"
He exhaled, thinking there might be more corpses ahead, and so he proceeded forward.
Advancing about ten ters, he saw another pile of corpses on the ground.
He counted the corpses and found that these were almost identical in quantity, arrangent, and attire to those he had seen previously.
Initially, he thought the corpses he saw earlier were murdered, but this pile of corpses completely overturned his previous judgnt.
"Could it be that these corpses were confined here while alive, arranged in the sa posture, and then killed?"
He imdiately used his long spear to prod the clothing on the corpses, as he had done before.
This ti, even though he was extrely cautious and eager to see what the runes actually were, he ultimately couldn't discern their nature.
The corpses turned to ash so quickly that he couldn't make out what the runes were.
He took a deep breath and continued forward.
After advancing over ten ters, he saw yet another pile of corpses on the ground.
Examining them closely, he found that these corpses were similar in number, arrangent, and attire to the two piles he had seen before.
This ti, Duan Gujin didn't prod the clothing on the corpses as he had earlier.
"I will press on!"
Shifting his gaze, he decided to ignore the corpses.
He took a deep breath, activated his Protective Technique, and proceeded down the passage.
About ten ters ahead, he saw yet another pile of corpses.
This ti, he rushed past without regarding the pile.
After advancing a full kiloter, he saw at least hundreds of piles of corpses.
Moreover, he noticed that the underground passage didn't continue straight but curved, with two Luminous Pearls illuminating the passage from above.
He thought of a possibility: "Could the Luminous Pearls not only illuminate but also be part of an Array?"
He intended to use a Flying Technique to examine the Luminous Pearls above the passage.
However, upon activating the Flying Technique, he found he couldn't use it. The passage's ceiling seed to have a Forbidden Space Power, preventing him from flying upwards.
He took a sharp breath, furrowing his brow.
"How terrible! If I can't fly up, how am I supposed to examine the Luminous Pearls above?"
Recalling what he had seen along the way, he finally understood why the walls of the passage were so smooth, and the ceiling so high.
A thought struck him, providing a solution.
Though he couldn't fly up, he rembered he had plenty of trees in his Space Bracelet, which he could cut down to construct a wooden ladder.
He imdiately retrieved a large number of trees from the Space Bracelet, releasing Ling'er.
"Ling'er, see if you can sense anything here," Duan Gujin said to Ling'er.
"Alright!"
Ling'er imdiately extended her Divine Sense, scrutinizing everything around her.
Duan Gujin quickly built a stable, upright wooden ladder and climbed up it.
Soon, he reached the Luminous Pearls above the passage and checked the surroundings, confirming they were embedded in a large, unknown Array.
"Wonderful!"
He quickly removed the Luminous Pearls, destroying the large, unknown Array.
Once he took down the Luminous Pearls, the passage beca pitch dark.
"Sothing's happening up ahead! The night pearls went out!"
Those outside the palace exclaid upon seeing the passage's Luminous Pearls suddenly extinguish.
Other disciples, noticing the extinguishing of the Luminous Pearls and that Duan Gujin hadn't returned, exchanged perplexed glances.
"What should we do? Do you think he might be in danger in there?"
A martial artist quickly inquired.
"I wouldn't know! I'm no Immortal!"
Mo Yan's eyes flickered, saying, "Everyone, I want to go up and see what happened in front. Follow if you want; if not, stay here. Simple as that!"
With that said, Mo Yan raised a torch and proceeded into the passage, without looking back.
Upon seeing Mo Yan enter, the martial artists present hesitated, but soon, one rushed forward, shouting, "Friend, wait for , I'll go with you!"
The martial artist quickly took a torch from his storage ring, lit it, and joined Mo Yan, heading inside.
Soon after, four more martial artists rushed forward, following Mo Yan.
"Let's follow them! That person might be in trouble! We have to find a way to complete this mission!"
Though the group of martial artists hesitated, they rembered that finding the Thunder Sect Ruins was this mission's goal, and they couldn't forgo completing it.
Left with no choice, they proceeded with Mo Yan and the others into the passage.
They advanced a short distance and encountered nurous corpses on the ground.
Initially, they, like Duan Gujin, burned the corpses with fire.
They did so, fearing the corpses might suddenly turn into zombies.
Not wanting to be attacked from behind, the best strategy was to preemptively destroy the corpses.
However, they soon saw another pile of corpses a dozen ters ahead, and their brows furrowed.
They felt there were far too many corpses on the ground.
They imdiately incinerated the next pile of corpses they encountered, but another pile awaited a dozen ters ahead.
"Oh heavens, what's going on here? Why are there so many corpses on the ground?"
A martial artist exclaid aloud.
"Everyone, don't act rashly!"
They recalled the piles they had burned earlier didn't contain Duan Gujin's corpse.
"Do you think our fellow disciple ahead simply ignored these corpses?"
One martial artist asked, puzzled.
"You're right. I think the fellow disciple ahead didn't pay attention to these corpses! Everyone, I'm going to release my pet, Baili Fox. Its nose is sensitive and can detect the fellow disciple's scent. I'll release it now. Please don't walk in front of Baili Fox, so as not to disturb the scent trail!"
A martial artist quickly brought out a fiery red fox from his Spiritual Beast Bag, allowing it to sniff the ground.
Soon after, the martial artist instructed everyone to follow behind Baili Fox.
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