Chapter 65: A Spiritual Beast Bag!

  The firelight illuminated the cave, ahead was a narrow and long passageway, on the ground of the passageway, it was covered with a layer of bat dung, in the air there was a faint smell of stench.

  On the stone wall at the top of the cave, there were still some small bats hanging upside down. When they sensed the firelight, they all dodged and avoided it. These should be young ones that hadn't developed the ability to hunt yet.

  Xiao Yun let out a breath and with some trepidation, continued to explore the depths of the narrow passageway.

  The air inside the cave was abnormally humid, and the road underfoot was uneven. Xiao Yun took a three-stage music note and attached it to his hand, being extremely careful at all times. Except for the crackling sound of the torch burning, Xiao Yun could even hear his own chaotic heartbeat. After walking just a few steps, his back was already soaked with sweat.

  About twenty meters ahead, a stone gate blocked Xiao Yun's path. He hesitated for a moment, then carefully approached and pushed it.

  "Rumble, rumble, rumble!"

  Xiao Yun thought the stone gate would be very heavy, but to her surprise, with a light push, the gate opened, and a musty smell wafted out, causing Xiao Yun to retreat two steps.

  The firelight shone into the stone room for a moment, confirming there was no danger, and then Xiao Yun walked in.

  The stone room is not large, only about ten square meters. Inside, there is a stone bed, a stone table, and a small cabinet. It seems that someone used to live here, it's a simple cave dwelling.

  This cave has been here for who knows how long, the things on the bed have long since rotted away, a painting hangs on the stone wall, depicting a woman with long hair, but it too is yellowed and faded.

  Under the painting, leaning against a wooden bow and an arrow tube, there were several arrows in the arrow tube, but they had already rusted. Xiao Yun walked forward and picked up the wooden bow.

  The bow was full of dust and its entire body was pitch black, looking like it had already begun to rot, but it felt quite heavy, probably weighing around 50-60 kilograms.

  He thrust the torch onto the ground, grasped the bowstring, let out a low shout, and with a surge of strength, pulled it taut. The wooden bow slowly opened.

  "Crack!"

  It took a lot of effort to pull it open, Xiao Yun used three or four hundred pounds of force, and just as he had pulled it halfway open, a creaking sound came from the bow.

  Mang Song opened the bowstring and brought the bow body closer to his face for a look. The bow body had already cracked, and Xiao Yun couldn't help but shake his head. The bow should have been a good one, among the best of its kind, but the wooden bow body could not withstand the corrosion of time. This bow was no longer usable.

  "Huh?"

  His gaze fell on the bowstring, and Xiao Yun, who was somewhat disappointed, had a hint of surprise in his eyes. This bowstring should be made from beast tendon, tough and elastic. It couldn't be discerned what kind of demon beast's tendon it was or its grade, but at least it should be above fourth-grade; otherwise, it wouldn't have withstood the erosion of time.

  Lacking just one string of the zither, it was a good opportunity to make use of waste materials. Xiao Yun smiled and immediately took down the bowstring from the bow.

  The bowstring is four feet long, which is just right for making a zither string. Xiao Yun was very satisfied and now the two strings of Wenwu have been matched. With this opportunity, the seven-stringed zither can be made.

  It was an unexpected gain, and he directly put the beast tendon into his storage bag. Xiao Yun picked up the torch and checked around the stone room, but didn't find anything else. His gaze fell on the cabinet at the head of the bed.

  She opened the cabinet door, and inside, there was a stack of books with very brittle pages that would break into pieces with just a slight touch. She thought it might be some kind of secret book, but after carefully flipping through them, Xiao Yun found they were just ordinary music theory books, so she didn't pay much attention to them and pulled them all out of the cabinet, tossing them aside.

  Xiao Yun slammed the books, and they immediately became a pile of debris. Xiao Yun didn't care about it and looked into the cabinet, which was empty except for a small bag in one corner. The bag was palm-sized, with colorful patterns and an embroidered bat in the center, looking like a storage pouch.

  Xiao Yun's eyes lit up, and he quickly took out the bag, biting his middle finger and dripping a drop of blood on it. The blood quickly seeped into the bag, and a subtle connection appeared between Xiao Yun and the bag.

  His face was filled with expectation, but immediately turned into disappointment. This bag wasn't a storage bag, but a spiritual beast bag, used by some beast-taming monks to carry tools for their spiritual beasts. The space inside the bag was at least ten square meters, but it was completely empty, not even a single thing was inside.

  If it was a storage bag, Xiao Yun still hoped that there would be some inheritance inside, but he didn't expect it to be an empty bag, which was somewhat disappointing.

  "This senior's life is quite struggling!"

  Some of them, who were not quite willing to give up, looked into the cupboard again, but there was nothing else inside. Xiao Yun couldn't help but smile wryly, having risked running back, it seemed that the greatest gain was just that beast tendon.

  The torch was almost burnt out, and there were no other discoveries. Xiao Yun turned around and walked outside. If those bats came back, they would be in trouble.

  "Pffft!"

  Just turned around and kicked the pile of books that had just been thrown, the books were already rotten, and could not withstand Xiao Yun's kick, immediately became a handful of ash, rising up.

  "Huh?"

  A white embroidered handkerchief flew out of the pile of books, Xiao Yun was taken aback and directly picked it up in her hand.

  "Bat King Tune?"

  On the embroidered handkerchief is a musical score, with three large characters at the top. The name of this tune is "Bat King Tune".

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  Xiao Yun was taken aback, just about to take a look at what level this tune was, when suddenly a rustling sound came from outside. Xiao Yun was startled and didn't have time to study the score anymore, so he put it away and walked to the entrance to take a look outside. The firelight illuminated the passageway, and he saw that many black figures were rapidly gathering into the cave.

  That group of bats returned, and Xiao Yun's face turned somewhat unsightly.

  Perhaps they had discovered the flames, or perhaps they had discovered Xiao Yun's existence. A group of bats let out a strange cry and flew directly towards Xiao Yun.

  Xiao Yun was startled and quickly closed the stone gate with a bang, propping herself against it tightly.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  A bat crashed into the stone gate, with great force, Xiao Yun even felt a bit unsteady, almost dropping the torch in his hand, gritting his teeth, using all his strength to hold on tightly.

  Outside, the shrill cries of bats and the chaotic flapping sounds grew louder. Xiao Yun could feel more and more bats flying back, their angry screeches making his legs weak and his hair stand on end. The fate of those corpses outside was still vivid in his mind; if these bloodthirsty beasts charged in, he would be utterly defenseless.

  The screeching and crashing continued for over ten minutes before slowly subsiding, one can imagine the craziness of these guys. Xiao Yun took a few deep breaths, thinking hard about how to escape, never expecting that this group of bats would return so quickly and trap him inside the cave.

  The sounds outside grew fainter, with an occasional screech or two, but it was enough to make Xiao Yun's heart skip a beat. With the ferocity and brutality of that group of bats, his current strength would be no match for them if he opened the door - it would be certain death.

  "What should I do?"

  After a moment's thought, Xiao Yun took out two music sheets. One was a fifth-grade combat symbol 'Heart Scorching Apocalypse', and the other was a fourth-grade defensive array symbol 'Golden Bell Shield'.

  Looking at the music sheets in his hand, Xiao Yun felt a bit painful. He only had six fifth-grade music sheets. At that time, due to insufficient spirit crystals, he only bought four fourth-grade music sheets, two battle symbols, and two array symbols. The rest were all third-grade music sheets.

  The five-tiered array symbol, he only had one, also 'Golden Bell Cover', but Xiao Yun was reluctant to use it, after all, these music symbols were all large pieces of spiritual crystals, because a group of first-tier demon beasts, spending two five-tiered array symbols, was really not worth it.

  "It's all over!"

  Xiao Yun gritted her teeth, if she could rush out, it would be better than being trapped in this stone room. The air in the stone room was originally turbid, and if she stayed like this, she might suffocate. Immediately, Xiao Yun first used that fourth-level talisman.

  "Hum!"

  Curiosity infused, the musical note emitted a dazzling light, and the overflowing golden light condensed into a giant inverted bell that was several meters high, directly enveloping Xiao Yun's body within it. This fourth-stage musical note could already withstand a blow from an early-stage master musician, and when used to defend against a first-stage demon beast's attack, it should still be able to hold on for a while before being overwhelmed.