Chapter 8: The Labyrinthine Cave

  In the cave, this strange black fog permeated everywhere, and the torches' light couldn't shine too far. When the two people were slightly farther apart, their silhouettes would become blurry and unclear.

  Yang Zhan, who was usually bold, felt a little afraid in his heart, but the stubbornness of youth made him continue to move forward with a stiff upper lip. Mu Feng had seen such scenes many times in her past life and appeared relatively calm.

  In this silent and soundless mountain cave, the boy's violent heartbeat sounded very loud.

  "Come closer, don't scatter," Mo Feng said in a low voice.

  Although the cave exudes an eerie atmosphere, things have come to this point and it's impossible to turn back now. Mufeng is also curious whether this is just an ordinary cave or if there are other secrets hidden within that no one knows about.

  The two of them walked slowly into the cave, one foot deep and one foot shallow. The light from the entrance had long since disappeared, but the flames from the two torches drove away some of the darkness, making it possible to see the general outline of the cave.

  At this time, Mu Feng was already walking ahead and had been paying attention to the flames of the torch. He found that there was no lack of oxygen, and these black fogs seemed to have little harm to the human body. Inhaling into the body did not have any uncomfortable reactions. Therefore, his heart also relaxed a bit, leading Yang Zhan slowly towards the depths of the cave.

  The place where the firelight shone was nothing out of the ordinary, similar to an ordinary cave, the only difference being that a thick black fog lingered in the air.

  At this time, only a "whoosh" sound was heard, as if something flew over from the air, but because of the too fast flight speed, neither of them saw what it was.

  "Don't panic, it seems to be just a flying bird." In fact, Mu Feng didn't see clearly what the thing was either, but being afraid wouldn't solve the problem. Seeing Yang Zhan's panicked face, he could only say a few comforting words to him. After all, Yang Zhan was just a fourteen-year-old boy, and it was normal for him to be scared.

  In the depths of the mountains on an adventure, calmness is paramount. If you encounter a sudden situation and can't remain calm and composed, then there's only one dead end road.

  Yang Zhan listened to Mu Feng's words, calmed down, and encouraged himself by shouting: "What are you afraid of? Today we'll kill the ghosts if we meet them, and kill the Buddhas if we meet them. At worst, it's just a big scar on our heads."

  Yang Zhan's words echoed in the empty mountain cave, suddenly stirring up the young man's hot blood. For a moment, both of them were filled with vigor and courage, their footsteps quickening significantly.

  The two of them walked for a while and came to a turning point, but stopped and stared at each other, suddenly becoming dumbfounded. In front of the two people, what was originally a passageway in the mountain cave had split into two entrances.

  "What should I do?" Yang Zhan cast his gaze at Mu Feng, now he had no idea what to do and could only rely on Mu Feng.

  "Or we go back." Mu Feng's cold words made Yang Zhan almost faint.

  "Don't be impatient, let me think." Seeing Yang Zhan's posture of wanting to fix himself, Mu Feng only spoke seriously.

  He carefully looked at both entrances and found that the black fog on the left entrance was thicker than the one on the right.

  After careful consideration, Mu Feng chose the left cave entrance without hesitation, bringing Yang Zhan with him. However, before entering the cave, he made a mark in a conspicuous position at the entrance.

  The two walked a bit further, and in front of them appeared two more cave entrances. After making another mark at the conspicuous spot of the entrance, Mufeng chose to enter the right-hand cave with thick fog.

  When the two of them didn't know how many times they had met at the fork in the road, they finally stopped and were astonished to find a mark they had made before at the conspicuous place at the entrance of the cave.

  "How did you come back again?" Yang Zhan's face turned somewhat unsightly.

  Mo Feng furrowed his brow and said in a low voice, "This means we've been circling around the mountain cave all along. This cave is a maze."

  "What a lousy place!" Yang Zhan cursed.

  "I just carefully observed the entrance on the left at the beginning, and it seems that the black fog is a bit thicker. Since we don't feel any discomfort when inhaling this black fog into our body, it should not be harmful to humans, but rather an optical illusion technique. Therefore, the entrance with thicker fog indicates that it is indeed the source of the black fog."

  Mo Feng pointed to a mark at the entrance of the cave and continued, "But just now I made different marks at each fork in the road. This mark is my fifth one, and I still can't figure out what's going on."

  Although he knew this cave was a maze, he still hadn't grasped the key to cracking it.

  However, they did not know that this black fog was called the Devouring Poison Fog. It had no effect on ordinary people, but it had a great restraining effect on Xuanli (Mystic Energy). If a warrior above the Qi Refining stage inhaled this fog, their power would be greatly reduced. Those with slightly weaker cultivation might lose their Xuanli and die from poisoning.

  "Mu Feng, what should we do now? Shouldn't we go back?" Yang Zhan asked.

  "I'm afraid we can't go back, if I'm not mistaken, this is a shape-shifting maze, and we're already deeply trapped inside. Finding the entrance and finding the exit are equally difficult." Mu Feng shook his head and said, he felt that this cave seemed to have been cast with an illusion spell, otherwise they wouldn't have ended up back where they started for no reason.

  "What should we do?" Yang Zhan was getting anxious. They had all come to Luoshen Peak secretly, without telling their families, and no one knew where they were. If they got trapped in the cave, it would be a dead end.

  "Don't rush me, let me think for a moment."

  Mo Feng said calmly, his brain racing rapidly. His intuition told him that this black fog was still the key to solving this cave maze. He even felt that they were not far from the exit of this cave maze.

  Mo Feng suddenly had an idea in his heart: the mountain cave entrances they had passed through, some were confusing forks in the road, and some were impassable dead ends. They should not be the exit, so the exit should be...

  As soon as he thought of this, Mu Feng had a bold guess in his heart. He took Yang Zhan to re-enter the foggy cave entrance, and this time he asked Yang Zhan to carefully observe the stone walls in the cave, and soon they made a discovery.

  On the top of one side of the stone wall in the mountain cave, some tiny holes were found, and these small holes continuously emitted black fog. In the dense fog-filled mountain cave, if you don't look carefully, it's extremely difficult to find the existence of these small holes.

  The existence of these small holes further proved Mu Feng's speculation. The black fog and the caves were just a distraction, and the real entrance to the cave was above the stone wall of the caves.

  After a careful examination, Mu Feng finally discovered that a part of the mountain cave's stone wall was somewhat unusual. In an inconspicuous place on the stone wall, there were several fine protrusions.

  "Crack"

  Mo Feng gently twisted the protruding part of the stone wall in sequence, and suddenly a faint sound was heard. The stone wall of the mountain cave actually moved slowly, gradually revealing an entrance.

  Looking at the entrance over there, Yang Zhan's admiration for Mu Feng reached an unprecedented height. Although Mu Feng's martial arts skills were not as good as his own, his vision far exceeded his own.

  (Two more chapters today! Since I'm going to repair my computer, it might be a bit late)