Chapter 643: Chapter 523 What is prudence?_2

Allowing someone else to enter the protective barrier generated after triggering his Golden Core Secret Techniques and Lower-grade Spiritual Tool was tantamount to being in a completely undefended area with oneself.

If that person harbored ill intentions, He Song would likely suffer heavy injuries in an instant.

Even if An Ning’s cultivation was only at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, which posed almost no threat to He Song, who had reached the Golden Elixir Early Stage by now.

But one can never be too careful.

What if?

For He Song, his own safety was the most important.

As for An Ning?

As a Foundation Establishment True Person, it wasn’t a difficult task for her to protect herself.

With this thought in mind, He Song saw An Ning bring out her Defensive Artifacts; he too moved, heading toward the mine tunnel in front.

At the end of the tunnel ahead, in the huge cave, He Song’s divine sense scanning revealed many traces of the presence of cultivators.

The existence of these traces meant that this large cave had also been entered by cultivators in the past.

At least before the mine tunnel was buried by boulders, there had been cultivators here.

However, for some unknown reason afterward, a large number of rocks fell, completely burying the tunnel leading to the huge cave.

During his divine sense scanning, He Song even discovered that someone seemed to have been trapped inside the huge cave and had attempted to break through the tunnel from the inside.

Unfortunately, however.

That person was apparently not a Golden Elixir Master, as neither their divine sense nor strength could compare to He Song’s.

Furthermore, at that time, the rocks here might not have been as solid as they are now, but rather quite loose.

Therefore, while the person inside attempted to break through the tunnel, rocks continuously fell from above, refilling the area he had cleared.

After repeated cycles of this.

The person ultimately failed to clear the tunnel and was trapped and died within this large cave.

During his divine sense scanning, He Song had caught sight of the skeleton.

Now, with An Ning accompanying him, He Song naturally wanted to see what secrets were hidden within this extensive cave.

This large cave, with its entrance long blocked by boulders.

If it hadn’t been for He Song’s arrival, using the might of a Golden Elixir Master to completely clear the tunnel, this large cave might have remained hidden for who knows how much longer.

Now, as He Song and An Ning cleared the tunnel and entered, they might also be able to find some opportunities within.

However, He Song wasn’t placing much importance on the prospects of this place in his heart.

He had come here, merely valuing the complexity of the place, wanting to find a secluded spot for seclusive cultivation.

As for the rest, all that was merely incidental.

Even this huge cave, in He Song’s view, was just an accident.

As the two delved deeper.

A massive cave finally appeared in front of them.

The cave was vast but pitch black, devoid of any light.

But both were cultivators, and even the lowest in cultivation, An Ning, was a Foundation Establishment True Person, while He Song had already reached the Golden Core Realm.

So, relying solely on the light emanating from the barrier around He Song, they could still see everything in front of them clearly.

Now, encased in the layers of the Meteorite Bead, Virgin Origin-Returning Skill, and Earth Spirit Protection Skill, He Song shone like a giant light bulb in the darkness, emitting a rather glaring light.

When they entered the cave, the originally pitch-black cave quickly brightened under the light surrounding He Song.

As the scene within the vast cave was revealed under the illumination of the light.

An Ning, who followed He Song into the cave, immediately let out an exclamation.

“Hiss, beyond this mine tunnel, there’s actually such a huge cave.”

“It looks like it hasn’t been visited by anyone in a long time.”

“But looking at the large amount of dug-up rocks and soil around, were there cultivators trapped here before it was buried by the rocks?”

“Could it be that there are other opportunities hidden within this cave?”

The place where He Song and An Ning entered the cave had been excavated into a vast opening.

Large quantities of rocks and soil were piled on both sides, forming two towering mounds of stone and earth.

Unfortunately, even with the area dug out like this, the one responsible for all this had still never managed to break through the tunnel and escape.

Along with An Ning’s cry of surprise.

He Song’s gaze swept around, and soon he saw a skeleton seated cross-legged not far away.

Even in death, the skeleton still maintained the posture of sitting cross-legged, and its clothing was not the least bit destroyed but remained as new as before.

This was mana robes, different from ordinary mortal clothes, with many practical functions.

The most precious amongst them even had minor Arrays inscribed, capable of withstanding a cultivator’s attacks.

Seeing this, He Song’s eyes swept underneath the skeleton.

Since there was no Golden Elixir fallen on the ground, a weight in his heart also dropped.

Without a Golden Elixir, it clearly wasn’t a Gold Core Cultivator.

Moreover, if it were a Gold Core Cultivator, this person would have likely escaped the entrapment a long time ago. How could they have been trapped here to die?

The mining tunnel that He Song and An Ning had passed through before, although obstructed by rock, could at most have trapped some Qi-refining cultivators.

Even a Foundation Establishment True Person might not necessarily be hindered by such rocks.

Let alone a Golden Elixir Master?

For He Song, entering this place had been simple.

Even if the rocks collapsed again, getting out would be equally simple for him.

With such thoughts flashing through his mind, He Song had some guesses about the cultivation level of the skeleton in its lifetime.

This person was most likely just a Qi Refining stage cultivator.

At most, merely an Early Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Carrying such a thought, He Song’s mind stirred, and his divine sense reached out, quickly probing into the storage bag beside the skeleton.

However, as the divine sense entered, He Song’s eyes also stirred.

Inside the storage bag.

The number of spirit stones was not few, a total of over a hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, which was a normal fortune for a Foundation Establishment True Person.

Such a quantity of spirit stones slightly surprised He Song.

But beyond that, the other items in the storage bag didn’t at all resemble those a Foundation Establishment True Person would have.

Not a single Foundation Establishment Talisman.

Not even a single Foundation Establishment spirit elixir.

Within the vast space of the storage bag, apart from over a hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, the rest were just miscellaneous items.

As his divine sense scanned through the contents of the storage bag, He Song quickly came to a conclusion.

It seems that in life, this skeleton was indeed a Foundation Establishment True Person.

However, it was unknown why they were trapped and died in this cave.

With uncertainty, He Song turned his gaze toward where the skeleton lay.

Where his gaze landed,

He Song quickly noticed something amiss.

The skeleton in front of him wasn’t particularly intact; some of the bones had clear fracture marks, and many of the ribs in front were broken.

It seemed that in life, this skeleton had presumably experienced an extremely fierce struggle.

Guessing this in his heart, He Song’s mind suddenly flashed through the various items inside its storage bag.

If He Song remembered correctly.

There was a massive demonic beast corpse in the storage bag, seeming to be of a Foundation Establishment demonic beast, which he had previously categorized as a miscellaneous item.

But now it seemed,

That massive Foundation Establishment demonic beast corpse might be the very reason why the Foundation Establishment True Person before him had been trapped to death.

But it was unclear whether the Foundation Establishment True Person had fallen here, fatally wounded after slaying the demonic beast,

Or the demonic beast had been the one preventing the True Person from leaving, leading to a fierce battle where both sides perished, with the beast slain and the True Person culminating without the power to rally,

Or perhaps, both were injured in defeat, with the True Person holding out until the demonic beast died, but then they too succumbed to their grave injuries, lacking the strength to clear the mining tunnel and eventually trapped to death.

Various guesses about the death of this Foundation Establishment True Person flashed through his mind.

He Song turned his eyes around,

And from this vast cavern, he indeed discovered many traces of combat.

Seeing this, He Song was certain.

It seems that while his guesses might have errors, they likely weren’t far off the mark.