"Ding dong! knowledge seeking stone discovered, use it?"
"Use it!"
"Please ask your question!" The System's prompt sounded.
Zhang Hao silently thought in his heart that he hoped to know where the exit was.
The knowledge seeking stone vibrated slightly, began to heat up in Zhang Hao's palm, and then two words appeared. East side.
A hint of joy appeared on Zhang Hao's face. The frustrating thing was that this knowledge seeking stone only provided answers in text form. And the most infuriating part was that only a few words would appear at a time. Therefore, even with the knowledge seeking stone, they still needed to figure things out themselves.
"Head to the east. The exit is in the east."
Although Liu Mengyao and Qi Zhao were quite skeptical about Zhang Hao's divination, at this moment, they had no other choice.
They headed east, walking for about an hour. Along the way, there were many skeletal remains on the ground. Clearly, these were the Martial Warriors who had died here before.
However, the further they went, the fewer Martial Warrior skeletons there were. Clearly, within the Wan Gui Ku (Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave), very few Martial Warriors could make it deep inside before being devoured by the tens of thousands of vengeful spirits. Of course, these vengeful spirits only devoured flesh and blood, leaving the skeletons behind.
In the end, not a single skeleton could be seen. However, the surrounding Yin energy also grew deeper.
However, appearing before Zhang Hao and the others were eight passageways. Eight characters were written on them. Life, Death, Heaven, Earth, Hell, Reincarnation. Each character corresponded to a passageway.
Qi Zhao looked at Zhang Hao and said somewhat hesitantly, "These eight paths, Zhang Hao, how will you choose?"
Liu Mengyao said with a serious expression, "I think if we choose the wrong one, there might be unknown dangers."
Zhang Hao smiled mysteriously and said, "I have a way."
Zhang Hao took out the knowledge seeking stone again. He used another piece of knowledge seeking stone.
"Zhang Hao, is your divination reliable or not? Don't put all your hope on this inexplicable stone!" Qi Zhao looked at Zhang Hao and complained somewhat.
Zhang Hao glanced at Qi Zhao indifferently and said, "Then do you have a better way?"
Hearing this, Qi Zhao was instantly speechless.
Zhang Hao said indifferently, "If there's no other way, then do as I say!"
Qi Zhao: "..."
The knowledge seeking stone revealed two more words. Death Gate!
Death Gate?
Although Zhang Hao was very puzzled, he still trusted the knowledge seeking stone greatly. At least so far, this knowledge seeking stone had been quite reliable.
Zhang Hao said to Qi Zhao and Liu Mengyao, "Let's take the Death Gate!"
Qi Zhao, however, said to Zhang Hao somewhat speechlessly, "Zhang Hao, do you really want to court death! What if the Death Gate is really death? Isn't that seeking your own doom?"
Zhang Hao said indifferently, "If that's the case, then you can go to the Life Gate and see who gets out first."
After speaking, Zhang Hao didn't wait for Qi Zhao to speak and stepped into the Death Gate.
Liu Mengyao hesitated slightly, then followed Zhang Hao into the Death Gate.
"Wait for me!"
Qi Zhao smiled bitterly in helplessness and followed them into the Death Gate.
Along the way, there was no danger. Zhang Hao observed his surroundings and found that this was a very hidden passageway. It was definitely not naturally formed. Zhang Hao judged that it must have been excavated at some unknown time before.
Half an hour later, the three of them walked out of the passageway.
Qi Zhao said excitedly, "Indeed, we're fine! Zhang Hao, you're amazing."
Zhang Hao didn't speak, he just looked at a large door that appeared ahead and said, "There's another door there, let's go take a look."
This was a stone door, and Zhang Hao pushed it open with a gentle push.
Inside the stone door was a secret chamber, covered in dust everywhere. Clearly, no one had cleaned it for a very long time.
A skeleton lay on the ground inside, and beside the skeletal remains was a black command banner, but the banner looked somewhat worn. However, one could still vaguely see the three large characters "Nether Banner" embroidered on it.
When Qi Zhao saw the three characters "Nether Banner". He was instantly somewhat startled and muttered, "This... could this be the Heavenly Ghost Elder?"
Upon hearing the four characters "Heavenly Ghost Elder". Liu Mengyao was also slightly surprised.
"Who is the Heavenly Ghost Elder?" Zhang Hao asked, feeling slightly taken aback.
Qi Zhao glanced at Zhang Hao and said with a solemn expression, "This Heavenly Ghost Elder was a generation's expert from a thousand years ago. He was sinister and malicious, skilled in using ghostly entities, and his signature treasure was the Nether Banner, which could summon vengeful spirits to kill people. Because of the Heavenly Ghost Elder's power, not many people were willing to offend him at that time. However, the Heavenly Ghost Elder was capricious and offended too many people. It is said that the Ten Great Sects secretly allied with dozens of Martial Grandmasters to surround and kill him. But later, none of the experts who surrounded and killed the Heavenly Ghost Elder returned, and the Heavenly Ghost Elder also disappeared. Thinking about it now, the Heavenly Ghost Elder must have also been severely injured back then. This Wan Gui Ku (Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave) should be the Heavenly Ghost Elder's lair."
Zhang Hao looked at the Nether Banner. He was also a first-Rank Artifact Refiner, and with just a brief observation, he knew that the Nether Banner was damaged. Clearly, the Heavenly Ghost Elder's Nether Banner was damaged during his battle with those Sect experts. However, although this Nether Banner couldn't trap these vengeful spirits, its summoning function was completely undamaged. This led to the long-term attraction and gathering of surrounding vengeful spirits, thus forming the Wan Gui Ku (Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave) here.
"It's just a pity that this Nether Banner is broken, otherwise, it would have great destructive power," Qi Zhao said, looking at the Nether Banner with some regret.
"Oh, let me see!"
Zhang Hao took the Nether Banner. The flagpole felt heavy in his hand. It was somewhat cold. Clearly, it was made of some special material.
For him, this Nether Banner was not irreparable. He just needed to purchase repair coupons from the System Store. Of course, given the level of this Nether Banner, ordinary repair coupons would probably be ineffective.
Zhang Hao then stored it in the System space.
"Zhang Hao, there seems to be no way out behind this. How are we going to leave? Are we really going to be trapped and die here?" Qi Zhao said somewhat helplessly.
Zhang Hao pondered for a moment and said, "Not necessarily. This should be the Heavenly Ghost Elder's cave dwelling. Anyone who builds a cave dwelling will generally leave a back exit for themselves."
Qi Zhao's eyes lit up, and he nodded slightly, "That makes sense, but I just searched around here and found nothing."
Zhang Hao laughed, "You're silly. Of course, a normal back exit would be hidden in a very secret place by the Heavenly Ghost Elder. It's impossible for you to find it casually."
Zhang Hao took out the knowledge seeking stone again. To find a way out, he wouldn't hesitate even if the knowledge seeking stone was greatly consumed.
Zhang Hao held the knowledge seeking stone in his hand and silently thought, I want to know, where is the exit?
The knowledge seeking stone vibrated slightly and became a little warm. Zhang Hao's heart filled with joy, knowing that the result was coming.
About a few minutes later. Two words appeared on the knowledge seeking stone.
