The Journey of Immortal Cultivation

So they went on to deal with two more lizards, and when they encountered the third, it seemed somewhat strange. This lizard was lying sprawled on the ground, motionless. Everyone had some doubts, but Changtian said calmly, "It’s definitely dead."

Ning Xiaoxian stepped forward and gently kicked it over, the heavy body thumping onto the ground with a dull sound.

Everyone felt their hearts skip a beat: This little girl is incredibly strong!

Having taken down three lizards themselves, they were well aware of how heavy these creatures were. Yet she effortlessly flipped it over.

As soon as the lizard was flipped, everyone’s eyes were drawn to it and couldn’t look away. This unlucky guy was emaciated compared to its companions, its skin clinging tightly to its bones, like it had been weathered in the desert for countless years.

"It has been drained of blood and all subcutaneous fat," Ning Xiaoxian inspected and said, "Its body is covered in wounds. These injuries... seem like they were caused by numerous pinpricks, with subcutaneous bleeding spots."

Everyone looked at each other: does this mean an even more powerful monster has appeared?

After that, they frequently saw lizard corpses along the way, each one mummified in the same manner. The air in the underground palace was stagnant, and the Evil Qi preserved the flesh from decay, leaving them clueless about how long these bodies had been here.

Nervously, they continued along the path until they finally reached the end of the Bronze Avenue, turning into another strange space.

This space, astonishingly, had light.

Seeing the light source, a green glow appeared in the eyes of Boss Kun and the others.

This stone room was about three hundred square meters, with countless stalactites hanging from the ceiling, and the seeping groundwater dripped into hollowed-out stone mortars on the floor. Each stone mortar had a diameter of more than a meter and was approximately half a meter deep.

The water was so clear it was nearly transparent, allowing everyone to clearly see the pile of fingertip-sized pearls filling the stone mortars. The illumination in this room came from these pearls immersed in the water, each one appearing impeccably perfect, emitting a faint blue light.

Here was a mountain of Treasure Beads, and they were the most rare Luminous Pearls!

How beautiful is the glow of pearls? Ha, where do you think the phrase "Pearlescent Aura" comes from? Everyone’s breathing subconsciously quickened, their love for treasures not exclusive to women.

The most rare thing was that every pearl here seemed to be nearly the same size! You must know, the most expensive pearl necklaces are rare because they string together three, forty pearls of almost identical size, color, shape, and smoothness.

How many dreamily beautiful pieces of jewelry could be made from these pearls?

The combined number of pearls here was likely in the thousands! Someone murmured, "We’re going to be rich!"

They had ventured into this underground palace to earn a fortune, so how could they return empty-handed when they had reached the treasure mountain?

Boss Kun, being seasoned and worldly, kept his mind clear and said in a low voice, "Nonsense, come back quickly. Why would there be so many treasure beads dumped in the water for no reason?!" Someone had already rushed forward, reaching to scoop up pearls from the water.

The bright, lustrous glow bloomed in his palm, illuminating his palm and the astonished look on his face: "Strange, why do these pearls feel soft?"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly found the area around him flooded with light. The source came from the top of the stone room above him, spread across the stalactites. He couldn’t help but look up, and saw a sky full of starlight.

Indeed, only the dazzling starlight could describe what he saw. The previously dark ceiling of the stone room suddenly burst with countless blue lights, as if it were a cloudless summer night sky filled with blinking stars, splendid, romantic, and perfectly brilliant.

He was momentarily dazzled, his mind almost taken by the sight, the beautiful light even reflecting in his pupils. Dazed, he wondered: "Why does this starlight seem to be getting closer?"

Boss Kun and the others’ expressions had already changed drastically; none dared to make any sound.

From their perspective, what they saw above wasn’t a sky full of stars; it was clearly countless swirling and flying insects, each the size of a fist! These insects had a fierce appearance, their mouthparts lacking knife-like tusks or sharp teeth, but instead resembled needle-like mosquito snouts, with rounded abdomens, inflating and deflating. Each time their abdomens inflated, a dreamy, faint blue light would shine through, but as their abdomens deflated, the light would retract. From a distance, the lights on these countless insects alternated between bright and dim, truly sparkling like a star river.