Mortal: Starting with the Falling Cloud Sect, I proved my Dao through gacha pulls.

Having decided to go inside and investigate, the group arrived together in front of the Spirit Sealing Pillar.

"This spirit pillar is quite special; it requires the immense strength of the physical body to rotate it several times in order to break the seal."

Shi Die seemed to suddenly remember something and quickly began to explain to everyone.

Upon hearing this, everyone's gazes invariably fell upon Su Mu's clone.

There was no other reason than that when they fought the Flower Basket Monster before, the kick from the clone had left a very deep impression on them, and it was clear that the clone had solid physical cultivation.

Su Mu smiled faintly; he would naturally not refuse such a small matter.

With a thought, he manipulated his clone to slowly walk to the giant stone pillar that took several people to encircle. With a light flick of his arm, the pillar spun three times. Then, with a casual push, the spirit-sealing pillar collapsed, revealing a bottomless hole in the ground.

Han Li stood aside, his face still calm and composed, but inwardly he was filled with surprise and doubt.

His soul also cultivated body-refining techniques, but compared to the clone before him, it was undoubtedly insignificant. He wondered how this Fellow Daoist Xiao had managed to do it.

"Brother Jin, you can keep this for now. We can exchange it for spirit stones later and then divide it equally among us."

Su Mu used his magic to bring the Spirit Sealing Pillar to his front and casually handed it to Jin Qing.

Jin Qing was slightly taken aback, then nodded in agreement and put the giant pillar into his storage bag.

"Very well, then this item will be temporarily entrusted to Mr. Jin for safekeeping."

No one objected, and all eyes turned to the deep cave entrance on the ground.

"This cave is filled with yin energy and may harbor evil spirits. Everyone must be extra careful."

Su Mu gave a deep warning, then with a thought, he controlled his clone to leap into the cave first.

Seeing this, the others focused their attention and became vigilant, jumping down one after another in close succession following the clone.

Only Su Mu and Han Li remained outside the cave entrance. Su Mu casually summoned several ghost-patterned moths, ordering them to hide around the cave entrance and keep watch. He then nodded slightly to Han Li and leaped straight into the cave.

Seeing this, Han Li also summoned several Gold-Eating Insects to guard the cave entrance. After calming down a bit, he immediately followed and jumped down.

The cave was extremely deep, and there were scattered bones along the way. It took the group a full quarter of an hour to reach a stone hall at the end.

The stone hall was about twenty feet in diameter, and its dome was inlaid with several bright white pearls, which made the entire hall bright and clear.

As soon as Su Mu stepped into the hall, his gaze fell directly on the pool in the center.

Lying by the pool was a skeleton as white as jade, with a small, emerald-green arrow about a foot long stuck in the center of its head. The skeleton's right arm was completely black, and a small part of its index finger was missing, as if it had been bitten off by some ferocious creature.

He narrowed his eyes, carefully examined the skeleton for a moment, and sneered inwardly.

"Old man, you're actually quite the actor."

However, apart from Su Mu and Han Li, the others did not linger on the skeletons, their eyes were all drawn to a three-colored lotus in the center of the pool.

The lotus was still in the shape of a bud, about the size of a bowl, and its body was surrounded by a precious light of blue, red and yellow. A few inches above the bud, a slender seven-colored rainbow was suspended, dazzling and extraordinary.

The pond water beneath the colorful lotus was milky white and viscous, clearly not ordinary pond water.

"This...could this be the legendary Seven-Colored Lotus? I never imagined such a treasure truly existed in the world. No wonder it was suppressed with the Spirit-Sealing Pillar; it must be to lock in its spiritual energy and prevent it from leaking out!"

Shi Die stared at Cai Lian, her face filled with shock, her voice trembling with excitement.

"If it truly is the Seven-Colored Lotus, then this pool of water must also be extraordinary. Could it be thousand-year-old stalactites?"

Jin Qing's infatuated gaze shifted from the colorful lotus to the pond water, her expression becoming increasingly excited. She then turned to look at Su Mu.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao is skilled in identifying ancient spiritual herbs. I humbly request your assistance in determining whether this item is indeed the Seven-Colored Lotus."

Upon hearing this, Su Mu slowly walked to the edge of the pool. Under the fervent and expectant gazes of the crowd, he pondered for a moment before speaking slowly.

"The appearance of this thing is exactly the same as the Seven-Colored Lotus described in the ancient books. It is said that this lotus can bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded if consumed by mortals, and can directly advance a level of cultivation if consumed by cultivators. It can be called a heaven-defying immortal herb."

Upon hearing this, everyone's breathing quickened instantly, even Han Li, whose gaze toward Cai Lian held a newfound seriousness and scrutiny.

"But..." Su Mu suddenly changed the subject, "A true Seven-Colored Lotus should contain pure spiritual energy, but when I observe the radiance of this treasure, not only is there no pure energy at all, but it is also surrounded by a faint demonic aura."

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone's excitement subsided.

He raised his hand and summoned a ghost moth, gently guiding it to slowly descend into the pond. The moment the ghost moth's tentacles touched the water's surface, a section of them was immediately corroded and dissolved. The insect trembled in alarm and hurriedly flew back to Su Mu's side.

"How could a thousand-year-old stalactite contain such potent poison!"

Everyone was shocked by what they saw, and only then did they realize that the place was strange, and they all became very wary.

"This place is strange. Fellow Daoist Han and Fairy Stone Butterfly, please set up an array first before you investigate."

Su Mu turned his gaze to the two of them and gave Han Li a meaningful look.

Their eyes met, and Han Li immediately understood. He glanced at the skeleton without making a sound, a move that suited his wishes perfectly.

Shi Die took out the array plate and several array flags first, and with a wave of her hand, she set up a large array that glowed with yellow light.

Han Li followed closely behind, deploying the Azure Water Armor Formation and the Fierce Heavenly Wind Formation one after another. Still feeling it wasn't secure enough, he set up several more smaller formations, covering the entire hall layer by layer, which surprised everyone inwardly.

With the formation in place, Han Li felt slightly relieved and turned his gaze to the skeleton.

"Brother Xiao, have you also noticed something unusual about this bone?"

Su Mu secretly praised him, said no more, and directly controlled his clone to take out the Azure Wave Mace and smash it down on the reclining skeleton.

"Hmph! You juniors are certainly cautious."

Suddenly, the skeleton, which had been silent for countless years, surged with white mist, nimbly dodging the mace attack, and hovered in mid-air, its tone tinged with annoyance.

Before he finished speaking, a green ball of light shot out from his fingertip, blasting Su Mu's clone away and sending it crashing into the ground, creating a deep crater.

"Oh? A clone technique? What an impressive physique!"

The skeletal figure sounded somewhat surprised, as if it had developed a bit of interest in Su Mu's clone.

"What kind of demon is this, playing tricks on me!"

Hu Yue snapped out of her daze, let out a sharp shout, and urged her two throwing knives to thrust straight at the target.

The others did not dare to hesitate and immediately summoned their magical weapons to surround the white figure.

"snort!"

The skeletal figure snorted coldly again and suddenly swung its arm.

The pool water suddenly burst open, and a black serpent with a body four feet long and fleshy horns on its head burst out of the water. On the fleshy horns on the top of the serpent's head was a lotus flower that looked just like the Seven-Colored Lotus!

"It's a Demon-Crowned Serpent! Everyone be careful!"

Jin Qing and the others broke out in a cold sweat, secretly relieved that they hadn't rashly gone forward to pick the fruit, otherwise they would have already perished in the snake's mouth.

The strange snake opened its mouth and spat out a seven-colored bead, which blasted away all the magical treasures of the group. Then it coiled up beside the skeleton, its cold snake eyes fixed on the group.