2. After Rebirth, I No Longer Wanted to Be A Cannon Fodder

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535. Situations of Other Forces （1）

"How is it going?" Ling Chuan asked Mu Chen and the others.

"We have opened the fifth gate, and inside are several skeletal remains, probably from cultivators who lived tens of thousands of years ago," Ye Shi furrowed his brow and said.

"We are probably not the first group of people to come to the Alchemy Palace ruins. There must have been people who came in before," Mu Chen said coolly.

The previous group of people who came in were trapped here, unable to move forward or backward, and eventually all died silently.

Ling Chuan's eyes gently swept over the skeletons and furrowed his brow. "Three Martial Saints and two Martial Maestros, their strength wasn't strong." It made sense that they died after being trapped.

Ye Shi murmured, "It seems similar on the Alchemy Valley side."

Ling Chuan frowned and thought to himself: It seems to be the case. The people from the Alchemy Valley probably wanted to seize the opportunity and left the earliest. I wonder how the situation is now.

"How about the sixth gate? Can you open it?" Ling Chuan asked Mu Chen.

Mu Chen furrowed his brow and said, "This gate requires the content of the twelfth stone tablet. I'm not there yet."

Comprehending the content of the twelfth stone tablet required a very high soul power, and his soul power was not strong enough.

There were a total of twelve stone tablets outside, and this lock would use the content of the twelfth stone tablet. Once this gate was broken, they should be able to enter the central hall.

Ling Chuan looked at Mu Chen and said, "Take your time, there's no rush."

Mu Chen nodded and said, "I understand."

...

A group of people from Alchemy Valley.

"How is it going?" Dan Chen anxiously asked Dan Hong.

Dan Hong shook his head with a gloomy expression, "No, we can't break through. We need the content of the ninth stone tablet to open this gate."

Dan Miao immediately had a sense of foreboding and said, "In that case, maybe we should retreat first."

Dan Hong let out a sigh and said, "I'm afraid we can't retreat anymore."

Dan Chen bit her lip and asked fearfully, "Are we going to be trapped and die here?"

Dan Miao furrowed his brow, his face filled with worry.

"It's all my fault for being too hasty. We should have understood all the stone tablets before coming in," Dan Hong lamented with regret.

"Even if we stayed outside all the time, it's not certain that we could understand the content on the stone tablets," Dan Chen said helplessly.

Among the four forces, their Alchemy Valley had the weakest strength. They were the first to leave at that time, hoping to take a head start.

Dan Miao smiled bitterly and said, "Even if we can understand the content on the ninth stone tablet and break through this gate, it might not be a good thing. As you have seen, every time a gate opens, puppet monsters appear. These puppet monsters fear neither life nor death and are extremely difficult to deal with. We probably won't be able to handle the puppet monsters that come out when this gate opens."

"This won't work, that won't work. What should we do?" Dan Chen said despondently.

"If Senior Ling Chuan were here..." Dan Hong couldn't help but say.

Dan Chen let out a sigh and said, "Yes, if Ling Chuan were here, maybe we could try to force our way through."

"Are we just going to wait here and die?" Dan Chen said dejectedly.

Dan Hong looked at Dan Chen, who was full of fear, and comforted her, "Things shouldn't be so bad. Let's not scare ourselves. Maybe there will be other solutions."

A glimmer of determination flashed in Dan Chen's eyes. "Is that so? Are there other ways?"

Dan Hong forced a smile and said, "I've already sent a message to Senior Ling. If he sees it, maybe he can help us."

The faces of Dan Chen and the others immediately eased a little.

Dan Hong sighed helplessly in his heart. There was no way to transmit messages at this place. Although he had tried to send a message to Ling Chuan, there had been no response. Most likely, it wasn't sent out, but he couldn't tell this to the others.

...

A group of people from Alchemy Weapon Pavilion.

"Grandfather, how is it going?" Jing Ming asked Jing Lifeng.

Jing Lifeng let out a sigh and said helplessly, "This lock requires the soul technique recorded on the tenth stone tablet. My abilities are limited and I can't open it."

Jing Ming pursed his lips. Alchemy Weapon Pavilion had a level-nine treasure, the Wheel of Heavenly Reincarnation.

The Wheel of Heavenly Reincarnation was one of the rare artifacts that could record soul techniques. Although the Wheel of Heavenly Reincarnation recorded the content of the soul technique, they couldn't comprehend it. They had the treasure but couldn't use it.

Jing Ming furrowed his brow. With his abilities, he had only comprehended the eighth stone tablet. Every time he came into contact with the ninth stone tablet, he felt a splitting headache.

The stone tablet that one comprehends must match one's own strength. If one forcibly comprehends it, it might cause the soul to collapse.

Jing Ming furrowed his brow and said, "So are we just going to be trapped here? How far do the people from Alchemy Tower and Mu Chen have gone? At this rate, Mu Chen and the people from Alchemy Tower might reach the alchemy book before us."

Jing Lifeng narrowed his eyes and sighed, "Let's take it step by step."

Qu Quan furrowed his brow. He had only comprehended the content of the seventh stone tablet. Before entering, Mu Chen had already comprehended the content of the ninth stone tablet. Now, he had no idea how far Mu Chen and his group had gone.

Thinking of Mu Chen, Qu Quan couldn't help but furrow his brow.

The pure lineage of the Spirit Clan has always looked down upon the collateral branches. As one of the perfect descendants who inherited the divine blood of their ancestors, Qu Quan did not pay much attention to the thin-blooded descendants of the collateral branch, like Ye Shi, who had long been separated from the Spirit Clan and unknown for how many generations the bloodline had weakened. Consequently, he also did not pay much attention to Mu Chen.

However, on the sole aspect of comprehending soul skills, Qu Quan could feel the gap between him and Mu Chen.