Chapter 175: Jade Slip
Shen Luo carefully dusted off the book, and saw the words “Demon Subducing Register” written on the cover. He was about to pick it up and read it, but as soon as he exerted force, the ancient book, which had long since rotted, crumbled into fragments.
Seeing this, he could only shake his head helplessly.
Shen Luo left the stone chamber and continued down the corridor, inspecting the disciples’ housing one by one. The conditions inside were all very similar. They all seemed to be the most ordinary peripheral disciples’ residences on Mount Fangcun.
After leaving the disciple’s residences, he arrived beneath the mountain wall, entering a forest rich with trees.
A winding path through the forest was submerged under overgrown weeds, extending a cobblestone path.
As Shen Luo walked down the path, he saw several independent courtyards scattered around. However, most of them had collapsed and were charred black, seeming to have suffered a fire, and had become ruins.
After passing through a dozen courtyards in the forest, the path began to extend to the right. At a nearby fork in the road, Shen Luo saw a relatively intact courtyard.
Calling it intact is only in comparison to the previous ruins. The main gate of the courtyard had completely collapsed. Within, a two-story building stood stalwartly, although there was a big hole in the roof.
Shen Luo entered the courtyard, only to see the ground pocked with impact craters, scattered with architectural debris that seemed to have flown in from elsewhere, including beams and pillars of houses, and broken roof ridges. It was a complete mess.