Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 405 Last Words
Wei Xi was in a normal mental state most of the time, so she was quite sure she hadn't misread it.

Like a rabbit with its ears pulled up, Wei Xi sniffed the air, trying to find evidence that she had been drugged.

Apart from a fishy smell, Wei Xi couldn't smell anything else.

Given that Wei Xi himself was standing in the seawater, with numerous injuries, it's understandable that he would smell a bit fishy.

Therefore, Wei Xi refocused his attention on the skeleton that was trapping his left foot.

This half-skeleton can be barely discerned that part of it once belonged to a human, while the majority of it belonged to different animals.

Wei Xi could only recognize a limited number of things, but she was certain that this thing was definitely not something that had been naturally created by heaven and earth.

Holding the obviously wrong bone clamps, Wei Xi slowly freed his left foot.

The skeleton groaned under the strain, but Wei Xi ignored it, using a clever technique to save it from destruction and preserve its dignity in death.

“These are actually all grown together,” Wei Xi thought, examining the skeleton in his hand. “Strange, there’s no trace of… external force whatsoever…”

"How... must someone have such a strong taste?"

Wei Xi wasn't stupid; she knew a thing or two about life, aging, sickness, and death. Besides, those people from the neighboring bird guild talked about "breeding" all the time; she understood even if she didn't know it before.

According to Wei Xi's understanding of reproduction, if the skeleton in his hand is naturally formed, then its father and mother may not be of the same... race.
After muttering to himself for a moment, Wei Xi perked up: Skeletons generally don't last long, even if there aren't many animals here to gnaw on the carrion, they can only be preserved for a few years at most.

The greatest value of this skeleton is that it shows that Wei Qin and others were not the only ones to have visited this place in the past twenty years.

Wei Xi weighed the skeleton in his hand and used his extensive experience to estimate how long he had been there.

Considering the vastly different preservation conditions of the sea and the mountains of Xizhou, Wei Xi could only say that if this was where it perished, its skeleton would have remained here for about ten to six months.

Without considering that the skeleton was the remains of a demon beast, Wei Xi could only estimate such a vague range.

This gave Wei Xi hope of escaping; after all, if someone could get in, there was a way to get out.

"I just don't know where this place is..." Wei Xi sighed inwardly. "If it were the Bone Reef Sea, Wu Da and the others would probably be gone by now."

Man proposes, God disposes. Wei Xi never expected that a sudden storm would drag the unsuspecting Wu Da and others into this mess.

In his haste, Wei Xi only managed to lock them in the supply cabin. He vaguely remembered that the oar demon hadn't attacked the poor fishing boat before they lost consciousness; if they were lucky, they might have survived.

Feeling a sense of shared sorrow, Wei Xi decided to find a place to bury the skeleton, at least it would be better than letting it soak in the cold seawater.

Just as he was about to act, Wei Xi kicked another hard object with his right foot.

Speechless, Wei Xi took a deep breath and went into the water to investigate.

The light from the frost lamp was completely unaffected by the seawater, allowing Wei Xi to see clearly—buried in the fine sand were bones.

Wei Xi, whose Qi Palace was still dry, reached out to dig, and a string of bubbles floated upwards.

The bone underwater was clearly a leg bone, which was excessively long compared to the upper body, and it was impossible to dig it out completely in one go.

Wei Xi wasn't a great swimmer, but he was calm and collected. After taking several deep breaths, he finally managed to dig out the leg bone.

Unexpectedly, the end of the leg bone was buried deep in the fine sand, bound by a black ring. Wei Xi tried to pull the leg bone out, but found that it seemed to be firmly trapped in place by something unseen.

The frost lamp flickered, and Wei Xi surfaced for air. An idea came to his mind, and he dived back into the sea.

Taking out the puppet, Wei Xi blew bubbles as he inserted its small hand into the gap between the leg bone and the ring. With a snap, the black ring widened, and Wei Xi swiftly pulled the bone out.

The rings gripped the puppet like a hungry wolf seizing a lamb, refusing to let go even in death.

Wei Xi, secretly alarmed, held the leg bone and dug around the area, but found no other bones.

Resurfaced, Wei Xi had a bellyful of questions but no answers.

Staring at the skeleton she had tossed onto the dry ground, Wei Xi gradually formed an interesting hypothesis.

Wei Xi added the lengths of the skeleton and leg bones together to get a rough idea of ​​the dimensions, and then used the puppet as a reference to measure them for a while.

"...If there's something very important...and I'm trapped here...what would I do?" Wei Xi, soaking in the water, glanced around. "I'd cut off my legs...no, I'd hide the thing somewhere I can reach it!"

The walls were too high, the sand too wet, and Wei Xi's gaze finally settled on the stone wall of the ditch.

Wei Xi's still-healing fingers traced the cracks between two bricks, and he discovered a clue.

With some effort, Wei Xi inserted the dagger into the gap and pried the bricks open in one go.

Inside was a paper package, spotless and brand new.

The cautious Wei Xi chose to use the [thread] technique to remove the object.

The seemingly ordinary paper package had nothing wrong with it except that it was too well preserved.

Wei Xi weighed it in his hand—there was something inside, it felt like paper.

Climbing up to the skeleton, Wei Xi could already imagine the scene: a terrified creature, deformed to the point of being a monster, was trapped and, in desperation, could only hide its valuables behind the bricks.

Although there was no trace of spiritual energy left on the paper, Wei Xi estimated that the outer layer of paper was probably made by a cultivator, based on the horrific state of the skeleton.

After confirming there was no danger, Wei Xi opened the paper package.

Sure enough, inside was a thick stack of papers.

Wei Xi began to examine each piece, and the text on it was exactly the same as that on the wall. However, the one in his hand was copied with ink and looked somewhat rough, probably due to time constraints.

However, Wei Xi noticed that the arrangement of these characters was significantly different from the characters on the stone wall.

The text on the surrounding walls looked like inscriptions, neatly arranged to fill the walls; while the text on the paper was arranged in a shape resembling flames.

This would mean that, at least, the package of paper in front of us was not drawn within this passageway.

With mixed feelings of joy and worry, Wei Xi continued flipping through the pages. When he reached the last three pages, one of them was a rough sketch.

The scene is quite simple: a medicine jar with five flames rising from it, each flame having a different shape. One of the flames is outlined with the shape of a snake, making it hard not to think of the twenty-one giant snakes that devoured the Paddle Demon.

Most importantly, there is a blank space in the middle of the flame.

Wei Xi thought for a moment, then compared the ring-shaped object to it, and found that it fit perfectly.

Wei Xi already had a guess in her mind, and she turned to the next page.

"This is..." Wei Xi was somewhat surprised, his fingers twirling the edge of the paper, "The last words of the Tenth Princess's subordinate?"

The trench was filled with seawater, and the dry areas were particularly narrow. Wei Xi hadn't initially realized that the passage was sloping and the seawater would gradually deepen; she wanted to walk in a straight line, which is why she was in the water.