87: Skeleton, the ancestor of the Lin family?

The Crimson Thorn Vine growing against the wind on this dirt slope was still just a seedling.

It only had a few red leaves the size of a fingernail, and the thorns that grew out were still very tender, posing no harm at all.

As for developing sentience, that was even more impossible.

If it continued to grow here, it might die due to insufficient nutrients, or it might become food for flying birds and fierce Yao Beasts.

Lin Yongmao dug it out with a hoe: “It’s a good thing you met me. I’ll plant you on Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff, and you can grow as much as you want.”

This was an offensive spiritual plant. Although not as good as the Hallucination Heart Flower and sword soul grass, it still had its own uses.

【Crimson Thorn Vine】:

Grade: Low Grade First Tier

Current State: Ordinary spiritual plant, not yet transformed into a Yao Beast

Description: A Crimson Thorn Vine with extremely tough tendrils. Once it wraps around its prey, the prey finds it extremely difficult to break free. Furthermore, the barbs growing on the vines release a neuro-paralyzing toxin.

Lin Yongmao also placed the Crimson Thorn Vine into a jade box, planning to plant it once he returned to Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff.

With the World Tree’s Law of Time, he believed it would soon grow into a plant-type Yao Beast.

After all this was done, Lin Yongmao’s attention was completely focused on the deep stone Immortal Cave.

“Black Slave, should I go in or not?”

Lin Yongmao was undecided and could only ask the Moon Toad Rabbit in the Spirit Beast Pouch.

The unknown always brings fear.

In his previous life, Lin Yongmao had read many novels where the protagonist usually fell off a cliff, discovered a Treasure Trove, and then soared to greatness.

But when it actually happened to him, he chickened out.

Opportunity and danger coexist.

The Moon Toad Rabbit started to get cheeky again:

“With your fear of death, you’d better not go in!

However, the Spiritual Qi fluctuations I sense are emanating from this stone Immortal Cave, not from the yun gao grass or Crimson Thorn Vine here.”

Lin Yongmao fell into a dilemma.

On one hand, he wanted to obtain the Opportunity inside.

On the other hand, he was worried about the potential dangers within.

This was truly messing with his mind.

In the end, Lin Yongmao could only give himself a mental suggestion: “Never mind, I’ll go in!”

“This is the Lin Family’s Cloud Mist Mountain. I don’t think there will be any danger. If there were really any powerful Yao Beasts, they should have been cleared out long ago!”

Lin Yongmao bravely walked in, though his steps were slightly light and trembling.

He tightly clutched several Talismans in his hands, ready to throw them all out without hesitation if any danger arose.

The Immortal Cave was deep and initially very narrow, but the view gradually widened after entering.

Lin Yongmao still held a moonlight stone in his hand. The moonlight stone emitted a soft glow, dispelling the darkness before him.

moonlight stone was also considered a spiritual Ore, but its only use was for illumination, and its effectiveness was far inferior to the Blazing Sun Pearl.

However, moonlight stone was very cheap.

Compared to using lanterns or torches, moonlight stones were much more convenient, so most Cultivators were willing to purchase some moonlight stones and keep them in their Storage Pouch.

The Immortal Cave was full of stalagmites and stalactites, and at first glance, there was nothing unusual.

However, it was certain that this was a man-made passage, not a naturally formed Immortal Cave.

Could it be that there was really some old monster inside?

Lin Yongmao felt a little nervous, so he released the Moon Toad Rabbit from the Spirit Beast Pouch and held it tightly in his arms.

He didn’t expect that dead rabbit to be even more afraid of death than him, not even daring to open its eyes.

“You’re really useless!”

“You’re no different!”

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“How about we just leave?”

“I think that’s a good idea!”

“But we’ve already come this far?!”

“Do you feel a cold wind blowing down my neck?”

“Oh my goodness, there’s a ghost?!”

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In a corner of the Immortal Cave, Lin Yongmao saw a stone table and stone stools.

And, a skeleton.

He was completely stunned.

The Moon Toad Rabbit shrieked: “Let’s run! There’s a ghost here!”

Lin Yongmao suppressed the fear in his heart and forcibly turned the Moon Toad Rabbit’s head: “Look quickly, this is just a corpse, a skeleton, there’s no ghost.”

He was indeed a little scared at first, but now he wasn’t afraid anymore; it was just a corpse.

This should indeed be an Immortal Cave of a Cultivator, but the Cultivator in the Immortal Cave had already passed away many years ago.

Besides seeing the corpse, Lin Yongmao also felt that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was extremely rich.

“You feel the rich Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here, which should be because there is a Earth Vein here. Moreover, this Earth Vein is not just a Low Grade Earth Vein, it’s at least a Medium Grade Earth Vein.”

Lin Yongmao said while carefully sensing.

The Family had a Low Grade Earth Vein, and the core of the Earth Vein led to the six-hundred-year-old Cloud Mist Tea Tree, which had always been in the main peak.

He didn’t expect there to be an Earth Vein on the mountainside cliff of Cloud Mist Mountain, and one of higher quality at that.

Earth Veins are different from Spirit Stone Ore Veins; they don’t produce Spirit Stones, but they provide a continuous supply of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Therefore, most Sects and Cultivation Families build their ancestral lands on Earth Veins.

This was truly an unexpected surprise!

The richness of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was clearly higher than that of Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff.

However, Lin Yongmao had no way to take this Earth Vein away.

Nevertheless, this could serve as one of his secret bases. Even Lin Family Cultivators would find it difficult to discover this Immortal Cave, let alone other people.

Lin Yongmao bravely approached the skeleton, because that was where the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was most concentrated, and also the core area of the Earth Vein.

The strong Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gushing from underground prevented the skeleton from decaying.

Drops of liquid dripped from the skeleton; this was Spirit Liquid. If collected, it could also be exchanged for many Spirit Stones.

However, Lin Yongmao had no such intention; that would be taking food from a dead person’s hands.

Most of the clothes on the skeleton had already corroded away, but there was a perfectly preserved Storage Pouch.

Lin Yongmao approached this skeleton precisely to retrieve that Storage Pouch.

Although he didn’t know the cultivation level of this Cultivator who had passed away, being able to find this place, and it having been many years since, he presumed the contents inside wouldn’t be too bad.

Lin Yongmao reached out and took the Storage Pouch from the skeleton’s waist, continuously muttering: “Offense taken! Offense taken!”

“Senior, you have already passed away, so this item might as well benefit this Junior!”

“Clang!”

The sound of a wooden plaque falling to the ground was extremely dull, even echoing continuously within the sealed Immortal Cave.

Lin Yongmao was puzzled. He picked up the wooden plaque. Having endured many years without decaying, it must have been made from the wood of some special spiritual plant.

On the wooden plaque, a character “Lin” was clearly imprinted.

“Lin? Could it be my Old Ancestor?” Lin Yongmao speculated.

This wooden plaque looked more like a token, a token belonging to their Lin Family.