In Panjiayuan, the first thing they did was trick Lao Hu into going tomb raiding.

Behind the ice wall melted by flames, a larger ice cave was now revealed.

The group cautiously explored the area and discovered a very secluded ice chamber. It appeared to be used to store the sect leader's burial artifacts.

At the very center stands a three-tiered spirit tower, symbolizing heaven, earth, and humanity.

The stupa is 1.5 meters tall. It is made entirely of gold and inlaid with various pearls and other precious jewels, making it dazzlingly bright.

The fat man's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the spirit tower. "Wow! It's so golden! Is it made of gold?"

Looking at the spirit tower, Uncle Ming instantly dispelled his earlier distress and exclaimed excitedly, "This spirit tower may not be as precious as that crystal corpse from before, but it's still worth a lot of money!"

Su Mo shook his head helplessly, inwardly complaining, "This person really thinks corpses are the most valuable thing. They're really picking up a sesame seed and losing a watermelon!"

At Su Mo's instruction, Lao Hu pried open the tower door.

The middle level of the stupa contains more than a dozen protective treasure boxes resembling gau (amulet boxes), as well as treasures within red and white coral, marble, and agate.

The area below represents the underground level. It contains things like grains, tea, salt, dried fruit, and medicinal herbs.

The upper level features a gold-threaded robe and intricate openwork carvings.

The group noticed that the carvings and lacquer paintings at the top of the stupa were similar to the silver-eyed murals in the Samsara Temple in the Guge ruins.

Su Mo said, "This should be similar to the Silver-Eyed Mural. Both are map-like carvings, using mythical beasts to represent directional coordinates, with a naked, semi-transparent woman in the center. That should be the Thousand-Year-Old Crystal Corpse from the Glacier..."

"Where is it? Where is it? Where is the thousand-year-old crystal corpse?"

Upon hearing the name "thousand-year-old crystal corpse," Uncle Ming instantly stopped paying attention to the gold, pearls, and other external objects. He hurried to Su Mo's side and followed Su Mo's gaze.

Sure enough, there was a naked, semi-transparent woman.

Uncle Ming was certain. This must be the glacial crystal corpse he had been searching for.

"Hahaha, great! Can you tell the exact location of the thousand-year-old crystal corpse from this?"

Uncle Ming was extremely excited.

Compared to the millennium-old crystal corpse, everything else was beneath Uncle Ming's notice.

Shirley Yang said, "Judging from the location of this burial spirit tower and the description in that ancient scripture, it is a demon tower dedicated to an evil god. That is, the thousand-year-old crystal corpse. It is located within a range of no more than thirty meters to the west of this ice cave."

Old Hu added, "On the Longding Glacier, there are at least a hundred, perhaps even several hundred, tombs of past leaders of the Reincarnation Sect. What we discovered is just one of them..."

"These tombs are arranged according to the star charts of Tantric Buddhism, guarding the nine-story demon tower left over from ancient times in the Demon Kingdom. There's no need to search any further; with this reference point and the records in the scriptures, we'll definitely find our final target tomorrow..."

Uncle Ming heard a series of good news and excitedly said to Su Mo, "Brother Su, we had an agreement. This thousand-year-old crystal corpse is mine. I don't need anything else. I just want the thousand-year-old crystal corpse!"

Su Mo rolled her eyes and said decisively, "Don't worry, I have no interest in ancient corpses. If I were, I would have sold the corpse of the Queen of Jingjue..."

Hearing Su Mo say that, Uncle Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He could tell too. Su Mo genuinely had no interest in corpses.

However, when Uncle Ming heard that Su Mo hadn't even brought out the corpse of the Queen of Jingjue, he immediately felt a great pity.

That's the Queen of Jingjue! She'd be priceless in any museum abroad!

Uncle Ming looked as if a treasure had been covered in dust.

This left Su Mo speechless, and he quickly looked aside, no longer paying attention to Uncle Ming.

The walls of this ice chamber are carved with images of many evil spirits. It seems the treasures in the spirit tower are cursed.

But who is Su Mo?

Having the Azure Dragon bloodline that suppresses the fortune of the East, it naturally has no fear of these things.

Su Mo said, "Let's go, let's go up!"

Everyone nodded, grabbed the ropes, and started climbing. Just as they turned around, Su Mo put the spirit tower into his system space.

When everyone returned to the ground, they found that it was snowing heavily.

Everyone had just taken a few sips of Tibetan liquor to warm themselves up.

"Woo~"

In the distance, a hungry wolf roared as it approached.

Little Nail stood up, glaring ahead, while Peter Huang and the tour guide Chu Yi both raised their guns.

Before them stood a wolf twice its previous size.

This wolf is entirely white and very bulky, giving it an appearance that doesn't resemble a wolf at all.

The fat man exclaimed, "What the hell is that? Could it be that the White Wolf King has mutated?"

Chu Yi shouted, "They must have been haunted by Xue Maitreya!"

Old Hu has lived in Tibet for many years, and this is the first time he has heard this name. He immediately asked, "What is Xue Maitreya?"

Shirley Yang said, "You guys can talk later. Let's deal with this first!"

Su Mo gave the order: "Fire! Drive him away."

As soon as Su Mo finished speaking, everyone pulled the trigger on Xue Maitreya.

Da da da da!

The bullets hit Xue Milu, but unfortunately, they had no effect.

"Awoo~"

Little Nail roared angrily, baring his teeth, and charged forward, tearing a bloody piece of flesh from Snow Maitreya's body.

Whether it was the bullet that hurt him or the small nail that startled him, Xue Maitreya turned and started to run away.

Outside at this moment.

A cold wind howled, and snowflakes danced wildly.

The night was shrouded in a hazy darkness.

The visibility of the crowd is very low.

When Snow Maitreya ran, it was only an outline, appearing and disappearing in a short while, before vanishing from everyone's sight.

Su Mo activated his Golden Eyes, drew his Crimson Sky Sword, and followed the trail of blood.

Although Xiao Cun Ding's speed was far inferior to Su Mo's, it was still far beyond that of ordinary people.

Even Lao Hu and Fatty are far behind.

After chasing for several hundred meters, the huge white figure suddenly sank downwards and disappeared into the snowfield.

Su Mo arrived shortly after and discovered a very deep ice cave.

Before long, Xiao Cun Ding and Lao Hu Zhang Ying Chuan also arrived.

Just then, Su Mo put away the golden compass and said, "The Nine-Story Demon Tower is below!"

Chapter 135; The Nine-Story Demon Tower

Su Mo said directly, "The Nine-Story Demon Tower is below. This Snow Maitreya has shown us the way!"

Is this the Nine-Story Demon Tower?

Old Hu's eyes flickered as he looked at Chu Yi, who had arrived shortly after. "What exactly is this Snow Maitreya? It appears and disappears like a ghost?"

Chu Yi explained, "There's an ancient legend among the Tibetan people: on the snow-capped mountains, every night, a kind of monster living under the ice gathers together and begins to plunder the corpses of those who have recently died..."

"They burrow into the clothes of corpses or the fur of animals. Their bodies turn white, and if they continue to attack living people and livestock, they will grow larger and larger. Eventually, they will shrink due to exhaustion..."

"If they don't find any humans or livestock within two or three days, they'll scatter and burrow under the glacier to hide until new carcasses are found. These things like to burrow into snow gullies and ice pits..."

"More than seven hundred years ago, it caused a great disaster. Countless people and livestock died..."

"Among the monastery's scriptures is a biography of the supreme Tsongpa Khyenpa, which records this matter in great detail!"

Zhang Yingchuan looked astonished, "I never imagined such a creature existed in this world..."

Old Hu muttered to himself, "So Snow Maitreya isn't a single thing. It's a group of many things gathered together!"

Chu Yi nodded and said, "That's right. At most, a single corpse could be possessed by more than a dozen creatures. They absorbed the flesh and blood from the corpse, becoming obese, like lumps of fat..."

"If it possesses a person's body, it will look like a chubby snowman from a distance, which is why the locals call it Snow Maitreya..."

"Xue Milu hasn't appeared for a long time, and people have gradually forgotten many things..."

Su Mo sighed, "Tibet is indeed a magical place!"

Seeing that the snow was falling heavier and heavier, Su Mo shook his head. "Alright, that's enough for today. We'll explore the Nine-Story Demon Tower again tomorrow!"

"Everyone, make the most of this time and get some rest tonight. As before, everyone will take turns standing guard and keeping watch!"

After saying that, Lao Hu and Chu Yi were left to continue the guard duty, while the others went to take a break.

The latter half of the night passed peacefully and was relatively safe, with no more demons or monsters attacking the camp.

Around eight or nine in the morning, the snowflakes began to subside, and everyone's spirits were high after breakfast. Su Mo then organized the group to enter the Nine-Story Demon Tower.

Su Mo violently broke the ice, and everyone worked together to dismantle the broken ice and dig it open.

With many people working quickly and having all the necessary tools, they dug open the first level of the demon tower in less than half an hour!

To guard against the possibility that there might be boundless karmic fire or similar mechanisms beneath this ice layer.

Everyone made thorough preparations.

But to everyone's surprise, the first level of the demon tower was empty. Once inside, it looked like a low-ceilinged room made of earth.

It is made primarily of black pigment and grayish-white rammed earth.

On this floor, there is only one huge ice plate on the ground.

The ice plate is thin and translucent. A deity is engraved on its surface.

Shirley Yang looked at the statue, which was a warrior with a human body and a wolf's head, wearing armor.

The wolf's head is white, and the armor lining is silver; this image seems familiar.

While they were pondering this, Uncle Ming and the others also descended into the tower one after another.

Su Mo looked at the ice platter and said, "Smash it!"

"De lei 1"