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  The five souls were drawn in, and the corpse puppet's abdomen shook violently as it let out a loud wail. The massive body crashed to the ground, and Lie Tong felt a surge of joy. It seemed that this corpse puppet was no different from a human, and once its dantian was broken, it would become a lifeless corpse. Lie Tong picked up the seven-foot-long sword that the corpse puppet had been holding tightly and examined it carefully. He discovered that it was a top-grade spiritual artifact, so he put it away in his storage bag after a moment's thought. Looking ahead, Lie Tong hesitated for a moment. There were still thirteen days until the secret realm closed, and he didn't want to give up searching just yet. After all, when he had first entered, his master Longhezi had said that the secret realm was not simple, and more importantly, Lie Tong didn't want to run into Qingxue there. Whether she would kill him or not was still unknown, but even if she wouldn't harm him for the sake of the other disciples, Lie Tong wouldn't dare take the risk. The scene of her devouring Qinglian's treasure with a single bite had left him extremely wary.

  "Never mind, wealth and honor are sought in danger, with a guiding soul, I will surely be able to retreat safely." Lie Tong muttered to himself, and then stepped on the crimson spirit sword, slowly flying towards the depths. Along the way, Lie Tong's divine sense was always on high alert, his eyes constantly scanning below, and as soon as he saw a spirit sword, Lie Tong would take it without hesitation.

  It was strange that Lie Teng flew for nearly half a time and didn't encounter a single corpse, but instead saw several huge corpses lying on the ground. Lie Teng's harvest was also extremely good, and he obtained five top-grade spirit swords. Calculated at three lower-grade spirit stones per sword, Lie Teng's harvest was fifteen soul stones. As for the spirit stones in his storage bag, Lie Teng wouldn't touch them; he would return them to Zhang Hezi after leaving the secret realm.

  "No, why isn't there any sign of the Corpse Marionette's presence here? Could it be that someone has entered the depths?" Lie Teng suddenly thought of the several corpses he had seen earlier, and his face became somewhat solemn. The first person he thought of was Qing Xue, only Qing Xue's strength would allow her to penetrate so deeply. Among the younger generation of the Corpse Sect, there were no more than ten who had reached the third layer of gathering spirits, and the strongest among them was none other than Qing Xue.

  At this thought, Lie Teng's heart involuntarily rose with a mind to retreat. Although he was not afraid of death, he could not die. Qing Xue was not someone he could handle at the moment, and all he could do was try his best to avoid provoking her. Just as Lie Teng had this thought, several loud howls and crashing sounds suddenly came from the front.

  "Could it be that a battle has occurred up ahead? Well, as long as Qing Xue doesn't find out, it's all good." Lie Teng hesitated for a moment before thinking to himself, then stepped on his sword and flew towards the depths.

  About a moment later, Lie Teng slowly descended onto a small hill, his eyes fixed on the front, revealing a look of astonishment. In front of him were six giant corpses surrounding a small mountain about ten feet high, walking back and forth, constantly letting out mournful cries. Lie Teng also vaguely saw several massive corpses lying on the ground.

  Lieteng's divine consciousness swept around and didn't find any other figures, so he took out a low-grade spirit stone to absorb and recover the spiritual power consumed by flying with his sword earlier. Half an hour later, Lieteng put the now smaller spirit stone into his storage bag, while the puppets gathered in front of him began to move back and forth, their range growing larger and larger.

  Lieteng quietly waited, these corpses gathered in a place where someone was bound to appear, but he didn't know who it was or where they were. At this moment, Lieteng quietly lay on top of the mountain bag, and if you weren't careful, you'd think it was just another corpse. After more than an hour, when Lieteng was about to give up, the corpses gathered in front of him began to move around in a larger range, with one already nearly a thousand meters away from the small hill. This made Lieteng's heart leap with joy. In this way, after waiting for another hour, these corpses would be gone, and he could go there to investigate.

  As he waited in boredom, Lie Teng's gaze swept around him, checking if there were any spiritual artifacts. Suddenly, it landed on a skeleton about ten meters away at the foot of a small hill. The skeleton was already incomplete and would likely turn to dust with just a slight touch. What caught Lie Teng's attention, however, was that this skeleton was covered by a black-brown leather garment. The garment was thickly coated with gray dust, making it almost impossible to notice if one didn't look closely. Lie Teng's eyes gleamed as he discovered that the garment seemed to be made from the pelt of some kind of spiritual beast.

  "No, this corpse is almost gone, and this leather armor should have rotted away long ago. Could it be... a spiritual artifact?" Lie Teng thought to himself, his eyes gleaming with excitement. Magical artifacts were divided into attack and defense types. Looking at the skeletal figure in front of him, now only visible from behind, Lie Teng quickly jumped up and rushed to its side. He carefully picked up the leather armor, and as he had expected, it emitted a faint crackling sound before falling to the ground. Lie Teng picked it up again, examining it repeatedly.

  After a moment, Lie Teng was extremely delighted. The material of this leather jacket was very special, it was soft but not easy to pierce. Even when Lie Teng infused spiritual energy into his scarlet spirit sword and slashed at the jacket, he couldn't leave any marks on it.

  "If I wear this leather jacket, as long as Qing Xue doesn't use that Four Square Seal on me, I'm not afraid of her." Lie Teng thought to himself. He probed the leather jacket with his divine sense, but found it impossible to discern what level of treasure this leather jacket was, seemingly just a ordinary spiritual beast's pelt made into a leather jacket.

  "Even if it's not a defensive treasure, this leather armor is extremely strong and can withstand the first strike of a three-layered Spirit Beast. I'm afraid that in its previous life, this Spirit Beast was at least a level 5 beast." After thinking to himself, Lie Teng took off his clothes and put on the leather armor, which fit perfectly. He then put his clothes back on and looked at his body, the leather armor seemed non-existent, if he didn't use his divine sense to examine it carefully, he wouldn't have been able to detect it. This made Lie Teng feel a lot more at ease inside.

  He immediately looked ahead and found that the corpse had disappeared, his heart filled with joy, he stepped on the crimson spirit sword and flew towards the small mountain in front of him.

  "Huh?" Just as they arrived at the small mountain, Lie Teng suddenly discovered that there was a small lake at the foot of the mountain. However, this lake looked extremely strange and eerie. The water in the lake was actually a deep red color, like blood. A bloody aura rushed towards them, making Lie Teng feel nauseous.

  "What kind of spiritual medicine is this? It's actually living in a lake like this." Lie Teng's gaze fell on a white flower about one foot long in the center of the lake, and this white flower had three petals with fine needles on top. Suddenly, Lie Teng's pupils shrank, and he squatted down to examine the flower carefully, discovering that there were faint bloodstains on the needles. Lie Teng furrowed his brow, pondering for a moment before turning his head to examine the small mountain, his divine sense extending outward. His gaze fixed, Lie Teng stepped on his sword and slowly rose up, arriving at the summit of the small mountain, where he found an inconspicuous small hole that could accommodate one person entering. Lie Teng's divine sense detected a faint aura within the hole, and after a moment of contemplation, he said in a low voice, "Who is the fellow practitioner below?"

  The response to Lie Teng was a piece of silence, Lie Teng's eyebrows slightly raised, his consciousness probed again, he clearly sensed that there was a breath inside, why didn't anyone answer? Was it another spiritual beast? Just as Lie Teng was thinking about this, a faint and weak voice came from the small hole below.

  "But... Qingyun, my junior brother?"

  Lie Teng's heart skipped a beat, and he took a few steps back, his eyes fixed on the small hole below. The voice was actually that of Qing Xue, who had almost killed him. Lie Teng took a deep breath, didn't say another word, mounted his sword and turned to leave. The tragic death of Qing Lian still lingered in Lie Teng's heart.

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