Chapter 1123: 1123
“Wow!! Look at how big this skeleton is, Yunfei!! What kind of soulbeast was this?”
The only sound to break the desolate silence in this land was the excited chirps of Xiao Qi . Every single skeleton they passed meant another chirp from the bird as he wondered aloud at every sight .
“Don’t be rude to those who came before, Xiao Qi . ”
Bai Yunfei reprimanded the bird before bowing to the skeleton . He was already apologizing to the skeleton for the disturbance in his mind .
This was the fifth skeleton in the last ten minutes . Needless to say, this was yet another class eight soulbeast who died of natural causes .
There wasn’t much to study about these skeletons . They presumably must’ve found the right spot to sit and await their deaths when they came into this place when they were alive…
Bai Yunfei had nothing but the utmost respect for these soulbeasts . The reason why they chose here of all places to die was for the benefit of their descendants . They chose to leave behind their own insights and inheritances for their descendants to pick up on and learn faster than normal . It was a very generous act of kindness .
Not many class eight soulbeasts managed to die of natural causes with how violent the world of soulbeasts and soul cultivators were . The Wind Ape King and Golden Roc King were good examples of that . It required a lot of power in order for anyone to survive in this world, and it was evident that the soulbeasts of these skeletons used to be very powerful . Bai Yunfei had to presume that those who died of old age surely had to be above the early-stage class eight soulbeast level .
He was right . The soulbeasts who died here were generally of the late-stage class eight soulbeast level or even of the peak late-stage class eight soulbeast level . Unable to advance their strengths, the soulbeasts resigned themselves to stagnation and lived out the rest of their lives in peace .
The closest skeletons to Bai Yunfei and Xiao Qi looked rather tigerlike in anatomy . He didn’t know which subspecies they were, but he surmised there had to be an ice-type here with how the air here was laden with frost . Not only was it thick, but it was also deeply infused with elemental ice .
It seemed almost alive with how it circulated around the place without scattering . As if there was something preventing it from dissipating .
This was what was known as the ‘inheritance’ of one of the tiger clansmen .
A descendant of this soulbeast would be able to understand more about the Law of Ice if they got close to it . Whatever insights and knowledge the skeleton had would be infused into the class seven soulbeast through the frost . Any ice-type peak late-stage class seven soulbeast would definitely find themselves having a far easier time becoming a class eight .
There was also something else worth noting about this skeleton . There was a white soulgem stuck to the skeleton’s head!
The soulgem of a class eight soulbeast! The culmination of everything that soulbeast experienced and learned was shining brightly as if asking to be taken! The vertebrae of the soulbeast was also exuding a soft white shine—this could definitely be used as a high-quality crafting material!
Bai Yunfei hadn’t any intentions of taking anything from this skeleton, though . To do so was blasphemous . Doing nothing but offer up his prayers, Bai Yunfei and Xiao Qi left the place to head toward their destination . This was the type of mannerism he wanted to have and continued to show for any skeleton he came across .
No matter how tempted he was with these items, Bai Yunfei was by no means willing to do anything that might disrespect the skeletons of these soulbeasts .
The Bloodhowl Wolf King warned him about the potential consequences of such an act, but Bai Yunfei didn’t need a warning in order to restrain his greedy urges .
The only reason why he was here was due to the kindness of these soulbeasts . Those same soulbeasts were extending this kindness in hopes that he could become a Soul Emperor . So how could he return their kindness with a base act such as graverobbing? Could he even craft a soul armament with the bones of these soulbeasts in good conscience?
To be human was to understand gratitude and deter avarice .
“Oh? Something seems different…have we reached our destination?”
Several hours after his arrival here, Bai Yunfei started to pick up the pace . The air in this area was feeling different compared to the one before .
The change in atmosphere was definitely something he felt before . It was the sign that he was about to go from one burial ground to the next .
“Xiao Qi, what do you feel?” Bai Yunfei asked, hoping for his partner to have a better idea than he did .
“Well…I feel like…the aura up ahead is really familiar…” Xiao Qi muttered . “It’s strange, but in a good way . ”
“Hm, that must mean up ahead is where the avian clan’s burial ground is…” Bai Yunfei nodded . “Then the location the Three-eyed Tiger King talked about has to be close by…”
Deviating slightly toward the right of their current route, Bai Yunfei traversed through another plain before arriving in front of a long chain of mountains . Making a right, he started the long hike up the nearest one .
It took a while for him to go from one mountain to the next . None of them had any signs of life such as grass, but each mountain had a few sources of ‘light’ that Bai Yunfei knew were the skeletons of a soulbeast . It seemed these mountains were home to a decent number of soulbeasts .
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