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After looking at the nine paintings, Gao Fei's eyebrows immediately knitted together.

"What's the background of this wolf-headed monster? It can't be killed? This is simply incredible!"

"Who are the people besieging the wolf-headed monster, and why are they trying to kill it?"

And there's more... Who carved these nine paintings on the stone wall? What was their purpose?"

Questions abounded, confounding and unbelievable, shrouded in strangeness. Gao Fei racked his brains thinking, but couldn't come up with any answers.

"Let's go down and see what's at the end of the passageway." Gao Fei put aside his distracting thoughts and walked forward, circling around a few times before reaching the end of the passage. There was a similar stone gate, the surface smooth and even, covered with dust and spider webs.

With a gentle push, the gate opened silently...

Gao Fei pushed his Clairvoyance to the limit, then swept his gaze past the stone gate. Beyond was a vast space, extremely wide and seemingly without end. After confirming there was no danger, he stepped inside.

For Gao Fei, who possessed the power of Clairvoyance, darkness posed no obstruction. Even if his surroundings were pitch black, he could see clearly. This was one of the special abilities of Heavenly Eye Clairvoyance.

"Eh? What's that?" Gao Fei's eyes widened.

Directly ahead there was a huge pillar, and bound to it was a monster with the head of a wolf and the body of a human, held in place with thick iron chains. Many yellowed talisman papers were also stuck to the pillar...

"The wolf-headed monster..."

Gao Fei's face twitched fiercely: "The wolf-headed monster from the painting is actually here!"

"So much time has passed... could this wolf-headed monster still be alive?" Gao Fei stood at a distance, observing the monster closely. Its head drooped, eyes closed, body covered in dust.

He sensed no signs of life; it seemed to be dead.

"Better that it's dead," Gao Fei exhaled lightly. "Dead is not scary."

The chains binding the wolf-headed monster were definitely not of ordinary grade, and the talisman papers on the pillar... Eh? What's that? Gao Fei saw something, something that thrilled him beyond measure. Underneath the pillar, there were nine black stones, each about the size of an adult's fist. The nine stones formed a circle around the wolf-headed monster.

Despite the distance, Gao Fei could still feel the spiritual energy emanating from the black stones.

"Spirit Stones! They're Spirit Stones!" Gao Fei grinned and laughed loudly: "That's right, Spirit Stones! And there are nine of them! I've struck it rich, I'm truly rich now!" He started walking forward to grab the Spirit Stones, but stopped after just a few steps.

"The placement of the Spirit Stones here must serve a purpose."

"They're probably used to trap the wolf-headed monster. If I take the Spirit Stones away, might it have bad consequences?"

"The ancients went to great lengths to trap this monster, I can't be the one to mess things up..."

"Snap!"

Gao Fei slapped his forehead: "I'm being foolish! If the wolf-headed monster is really as dead as a doornail, taking away the Spirit Stones shouldn't matter." With that thought, he continued walking, but after about fifteen meters, he stopped again.

"Isn't this wolf-headed monster just pretending to be dead?" Gao Fei muttered under his breath.

It wasn't that Gao Fei was paranoid, but rather the monster before him was too terrifying. He had to proceed with extreme caution.

"Let's test it." In a flash, Gao Fei had an idea. He fished a few coins from his pocket and flung them at the wolf-headed monster, ready to retreat at the same moment. If the monster was faking death, he would not hesitate to flee the place.

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

"Clang clang bang bang..."

All of the coins struck the wolf-headed monster, making a piercing clatter, with two hitting it directly in the eyes... No reaction, the wolf-headed monster didn't move at all.

Still somewhat uncertain, Gao Fei threw a few more coins.

"Ding ding dang dang..."

All of the coins hit the monster's head.

This time, the wolf-headed monster still showed no reaction; it appeared to be just a corpse, motionless and devoid of life.

"Hey!" Gao Fei suddenly spoke up, "Stop faking death! I've already seen through you! You can't fool me."

"With your ugly mug, if you entered an ugly contest, you'd definitely win first prize."

"With a wolf's head and a human body, I'm starting to wonder... Are you some kind of hybrid crossbreed between a human and a wolf?"

...

Gao Fei rattled off a string of curses, thoroughly insulting the wolf-headed monster.

No reaction? Gao Fei touched his smooth chin, ruminating that the wolf-headed monster didn't respond even to such provocation and cursing; it seemed truly dead. Gao Fei put himself in the monster's shoes, if someone had provoked and cursed him in the same way, he definitely wouldn't have been able to hold back.

"For the Spirit Stone, taking a risk is worth it," Gao Fei said as he stepped toward the wolf-headed monster.

One meter, two meters, three meters... ten meters... a hundred meters...

Gao Fei drew closer and closer to the wolf-headed monster. During this process, he made several attempts to provoke it, but the wolf-headed monster didn't react at all.

After ten minutes, Gao Fei stopped walking. He was now less than a meter away from the wolf-headed monster; he could almost touch it with an outstretched hand. Although the wolf-headed monster was dead, it still gave Gao Fei a great sense of oppression.

He took a deep breath and slowly bent down, reaching out to grab the Spirit Stone placed on the ground.

The first Spirit Stone was easily obtained, followed by the second one...

Once all nine Spirit Stones were in hand, Gao Fei's tense nerves finally relaxed. Thankfully, the process went smoothly without any incidents. Looking at the nine Spirit Stones in his hand, Gao Fei was very happy; with these nine stones, his cultivation was sure to make rapid progress.

"The Iron Chains bounding the wolf-headed monster and the Talisman Paper stuck to the Stone Pillar are treasures too. Might as well take them too, since the wolf-headed monster is already dead and these things have lost their usefulness.

Instead of letting them go to waste here, they might as well be taken by me." That guy Gao Fei was really greedy; getting the nine Spirit Stones wasn't enough; he even had his eyes on the Iron Chains and Talisman Paper.

But it wasn't long before Gao Fei got frustrated.

The Iron Chains and Talisman Paper were incredibly sturdy, no matter how hard Gao Fei tried, he couldn't move them at all.

After struggling for half the day, drenched in sweat, he still couldn't remove the Iron Chains and Talisman Paper. Gao Fei let out a sigh of frustration: "With my current strength, I can't take the Iron Chains and Talisman Paper. I can only wait to come back after my strength has increased."

After casting one last reluctant look at the Iron Chains and Talisman Paper, Gao Fei turned and left.

...

"Swoosh!"

No sooner had Gao Fei left than the wolf-headed monster, bound by the Iron Chains, opened its eyes. It slowly turned its head, scanning its surroundings: "I never thought... I would have a day to awaken again..." The wolf-headed monster let out a grating laugh.

The nine Spirit Stones were placed on the ground according to the positions of the Eight Trigrams, assisting the Iron Chains and Talisman Paper in binding the wolf-headed monster. Now that Gao Fei had taken away the nine Spirit Stones, the force that was locking up the wolf-headed monster had suddenly weakened by half.

The moment Gao Fei entered the cave, the wolf-headed monster sensed it and then began to play dead, a convincingly lifelike performance, successfully deceiving Gao Fei. As the monster had guessed, the sight of the nine Spirit Stones provoked Gao Fei's greed, and he took them.

Afterwards, the monster watched as Gao Fei began tugging at the Iron Chains and Talisman Paper, it got extremely excited; if Gao Fei had managed to remove them, it would have been set free.

Unfortunately, Gao Fei eventually failed, causing much frustration for the wolf-headed monster.

Originally there were several Guardians here, all mighty figures with profound cultivation. With them present, no one could approach the cave, let alone destroy the Formation confining the wolf-headed monster. But later on, certain events forced these Guardians to withdraw...

Although the Guardians had left, the Formation remained. As long as the Formation wasn't broken, the wolf-headed monster couldn't escape. However, the Formation was eventually compromised...

"Break for me!" The wolf-headed monster roared, and its body began to swell visibly, "Clatter, clatter..." The Iron Chains jangled loudly.

"Swoosh!"

The Talisman Paper on the Stone Pillar suddenly glowed brilliantly, shooting out streams of light. These beams of light wove together to form a net of light, enveloping the wolf-headed monster.

"Ahh!!!" The wolf-headed monster howled painfully: "Damn it! Damn it!!!" It slammed against the net of light, even trying to bite through it, but after much struggle, it still couldn't break free from the light's restraint.

"Bang!"

A flame suddenly burst forth over the net of light, starting to burn the body of the wolf-headed monster. In a short time, the scent of singed hair spread out.

"Ahh..." The wolf-headed monster screamed miserably, its expression extremely ferocious.

A full half-hour passed before the fire slowly died down, followed by the disappearance of the net of light.

"Phew..."

The wolf-headed monster slowly exhaled a suffocating breath: "Although the power of the Formation has weakened a lot, I'm still unable to escape with my current strength." Having been trapped for so many years, the wolf-headed monster's body became extremely weak, so weak that it couldn't perform many of its powerful moves.

"To escape, I must find a way to recover my strength."

"Fortunately, the nine Spirit Stones have been taken away, now I can send a message to the outside."

"It's just... this place is so distant from the West, I don't know how long I will have to wait before they can come."

...

The nine Spirit Stones placed according to the directions of the Eight Trigrams on the ground, on one hand, helped the Iron Chains and Talisman Paper to confine the wolf-headed monster, and on the other hand, sealed the entire underground space, preventing the monster from sending messages outside.

Now that the nine Spirit Stones were taken by Gao Fei, the energy sealing the underground space also vanished, and the wolf-headed monster could now send messages to the outside.

This disaster was triggered by Gao Fei, and it was destined that he would have to resolve it in the future. This is what people often refer to as "every deed has its consequence." However, as of now, Gao Fei was still in the dark; had he known the truth, he certainly wouldn't have touched the nine Spirit Stones.