Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

"Unfortunately, the observatory is broken. Now it's only useful for spinning around and is completely useless."

As Acorn said this, the entire skeleton climbed onto the outermost mithril ring of the observatory like a mischievous monkey, and suddenly began to spin rapidly in the open space.

After swaying and spinning around for a while, he said something to Bell:

"If this thing were intact, it would be a wonderful gift for Mr. Bell. Unfortunately, it is broken, and using it as a gift would make us skeletons seem insincere."

Chapter 175 Fountain of Youth

Bell was quite ashamed of what Acorn said; his hands trembled as he listened.

Bell thought for a moment and realized that perhaps only a race like skeletons, who spend their lives in royal tombs and have no material needs, could utter such outrageous words.

After all, even if the star-gazing instrument was made entirely of mithril, it would be of no value to the skeleton race, and even if it wasn't broken, it wouldn't be able to absorb any starlight deep within the royal tomb.

“Mr. Bell, let’s go to the next location.”

Regarding the matter of visiting the next royal tombs and historical sites, Bell said he would leave it to Acorn to decide.

Led by a local, he had only been inside for ten minutes when he was already stunned into silence by the mithril stargazing device.

Bell was quite certain that he wouldn't be surprised by any rare treasures that might be found in a tomb spanning multiple civilizations, after all, it was a treasure of the world.

He quickly patted his chest, telling himself to stay calm. He was professionally trained and wouldn't panic no matter what happened.

Unless, I can't help it...

"Holy crap?! What is this now?!"

Acorn, carrying Bell, swiftly arrived at an area even larger than the room displaying the observatory. The buildings here were not as orderly as other parts of the royal tomb; instead, they appeared rather hasty. The surrounding walls and other structures seemed to be there to seal the place off.

What needed to be sealed within this enormous space was a gigantic skeletal skull.

The head is streamlined and extremely long, about thirteen meters long and four meters wide, somewhat like a shoe insole.

If it were just a giant skull, Bell wouldn't be so shocked. What truly amazed him were the small, reflective red crystals on the skull.

These tiny crystals are even smaller than salt stains left after sweat evaporates. If it weren't for their faint, peculiar scent, Bell wouldn't have been able to detect their existence.

But Bell was so familiar with this scent that he dreamed of seeing it.

Ancient dragon blood is something Bell has already developed a taste for; if he sees it again, he will absolutely not give up the chance to obtain it.

And on this skeleton's skull, there were crystals like those of ancient dragon blood.

"here it is?"

"The burial place of the head of the guardian dragon of the nation."

In response to Bell's doubts, Acorn, acting as the guide, appeared at the opportune moment.

According to him, the head came from the kingdom's guardian beast, an extremely powerful dragon.

However, this dragon was not the kind of winged lizard that Bell remembered, but a Tyrannosaurus Rex with fur and two extremely cute little short arms.

The Guardian Dragon is known for its hand-to-hand combat skills, which are terrifyingly powerful.

When the evil god revived and wreaked havoc on the kingdom, all the kingdom's powerful figures set out to fight against the evil god, and the guardian dragon was no exception. After the evil god unleashed its full form, it engaged in close combat with the evil god and became the most steadfast front-line unit in the battle against the evil god.

Unfortunately, the mighty guardian dragon could not withstand the attack of the evil god and was swallowed by the evil god, leaving only a head with its eyes wide open in death.

The crucial point is that this head was also corrupted by the power of the evil god, to the point that when the head of the guardian dragon was buried, it was...

No one could have been in contact with the head of the guardian dragon for long periods of time, nor could they provide him with a dignified burial environment.

"Hmm, a dragon head that has been corrupted by an evil god, then it's normal that these dragon blood crystals are problematic."

Bell had Acorn scrape out some blood-red crystals, and after a brief examination, Bell discovered something amiss with these dragon blood crystals.

First, the goods are not pure enough.

The ancient dragon blood obtained from the Agricultural Association's secret vault should have been the heart essence of a dragon, which eventually condensed into a small piece of ancient dragon blood over a long period of time.

Now, these dragon blood crystals are ordinary dragon blood condensations. Although they have also undergone a long period of sedimentation, the power they contain is not as great as that of the ancient dragon blood in the Agricultural Association.

Secondly, the environment in which the dragon's blood was stored was problematic.

The environment in the royal tomb is so extreme that it's an understatement. It's simply unsuitable for any living creature to survive. The dragon blood stored here has also been eroded by the environmental forces, carrying a strong sense of death and lacking the power of ancient dragon blood to positively change all things.

Finally, there is the corruption from evil gods.

Bell didn't know what kind of being the evil god was, but judging from the fact that it had wiped out a kingdom spanning two worlds, it was not someone to be trifled with.

The curse He left in the head of the guardian deity remains even after a long period of time.

Although the ominous aura was so faint as to be almost imperceptible, Bell could still sense its presence.

If someone were to absorb these contaminated dragon blood crystals like they would absorb ancient dragon blood, their fate would likely be grim; who knows what kind of deformed monster they would become.

"If we want to use this dragon blood, it will probably need to be refined several times and have many impurities removed, especially the pollution from the evil god. Judging from this, the number of dragon blood crystals that can be condensed from this ancient dragon is not very large. It is estimated that there are only five or six ancient dragon blood crystals of the same quality as before."

With a sigh, Bell imagined how much his body would be strengthened if he used this ancient dragon blood on himself.

But Bell knew that instead of spending time and effort purifying these dragon blood crystals, it would be better to take an extreme approach, disguise the harmful substances in the dragon blood crystals, and add all sorts of strange and dangerous ingredients to transform them into something that looks like a treasure but is actually poison inside.

"Treating this stuff into poison will kill your opponent directly without a direct confrontation, but the lethality will be just as great, since no one will refuse the blood of an ancient dragon."

Shaking his head, Bell only had an hour left to stay in the royal tomb.

Next, Acorn will lead him to the last location, a gift for Bell, which requires venturing deep into the royal tomb.

Bell was a little confused when he heard this, but he believed in the Skeletons' sincerity and looked forward to what the Skeletons called a gift.

Acorn led Bell downwards, from the surface of the royal tomb, vertically descending, passing through an even more dangerous barrier, wading through a special, black, thick river, and finally arriving at a small room.

There were no superfluous decorations here; the empty little room resembled a dried-up living body, with a small white bowl of indistinguishable material placed in the center.

“Mr. Bell, this is the best treasure for the living, a treasure that can prolong the life of flesh and blood, the legendary Fountain of Youth.”

Acorn spoke calmly, pointing to the overflowing white jade bowl, and gestured for Bell to enter.

Chapter 176 The Immortal White-haired Rat

At the very heart of the royal mausoleum, the brilliant and ambitious king was not buried; his body had been lost long before the mausoleum was built.

In a broader sense, the most valuable corpse in the entire royal tomb is the evil god who destroyed the entire tomb.

The exact appearance and composition of the evil god are now impossible to verify. Specific records about the evil god are buried in the minds of those who lived through that time.

They dared not pass on detailed information about the evil god to future generations. Even though they knew the kingdom would be destroyed, they were afraid that if they left records of the evil god, countless years later, the creatures that entered the royal tomb again would know the details of the evil god's existence and resurrect the evil god from these records.

Before becoming the burial ground for the entire civilization, the royal mausoleum was a special institution dedicated to resolving the corruption of the evil god. They wanted to save the world in which the kingdom was located by resolving the corruption of the evil god, but they ultimately failed.

The Fountain of Youth was a byproduct of the research conducted on the corpse of the evil god.

Countless years later, the evil god's body had long since vanished, but the Fountain of Youth continued to generate, condensing a drop of its water from countless deathly energies approximately every thousand years.

"There is no death energy in this area."

Acorn led Bell into the room where the Fountain of Youth was kept, and Bell stepped out from the skeleton at the opportune moment.

This room, which gives birth to the Fountain of Youth, is quite out of place in the rest of the royal mausoleum, but if one were to delve deeper into its environment, the mysteries of life and death would be enough for Bell to study for many, many years.

Bell, in his mouse form, scurried along his short legs to the small white bowl made of some unknown material where the Fountain of Youth was kept.

It's called a small bowl, but its capacity is quite large; it can hold a full two liters of the Fountain of Youth.

"When the kingdom was first broken by an external force, a powerful group of men entered the royal tombs and killed many powerful corpses that we were unable to deal with."

Acorn recounted the first time the Fountain of Youth was taken away by outsiders. He was dismantled in a single encounter and it took him many years to recover.

Bell knew that the incident occurred before the Bamboo Forest was created, when the area was called the Bone Mound.

"Although we skeletons are no match for them, with us around, they haven't taken much of the kingdom's wealth."

As the native inhabitants of the royal tomb, the Skeleton Clan harbors little affection for the adventurers who violently invaded this place three hundred years ago.

After all, they appeared before these adventurers with a strong desire to communicate, but the adventurers on the other side had no intention of communicating at all. The mental energy emitted by the skeletons was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, without causing any ripples.

The adventurers launched an attack, dismantling a large number of skeletons, and even annihilating the souls of many skeletons, leaving them no chance to reassemble their bodies.

So, while the adventurers were dealing with those troublesome and powerful corpses, the skeletons bottled up 70% of the Fountain of Youth and took it with them. After the adventurers left, they poured the contents back into the Fountain of Youth.

After all, apart from this room, there is no other place in the entire royal tomb that can store the fountain of youth for a long time.

This thing left the room.

It will spoil rapidly if consumed immediately; only by drinking it on the spot can you get the maximum effect.

This thing is a very unique life force. Its life energy is not very strong, but its composition is extremely unique.

"The Fountain of Youth has no effect on our Skeleton Clan. These all belong to Mr. Bell; consider them a gift from our Skeleton Clan."

Acorn, representing the Skeleton Clan, spoke up. Bell didn't hesitate either. The entire rat leaped into the air, doing two and a half rotations before plunging headfirst into the Fountain of Youth without even splashing a drop of water. He was truly a member of the national diving team.

【Fountain of Youth】

Type: Strange Object

Description: This spring water contains divine power; absorbing it will greatly extend the natural lifespan of flesh and blood.

Immersed in the Fountain of Youth, there was no extremely dense life force as Bell had imagined. Instead, it was like ordinary mountain spring water, sweet and refreshing.

During the process of absorbing the Fountain of Youth, Bell could sense that some inexplicable power was transforming his physical body, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly what was changing.