Volume 2: The Road of Adventure 20058 Mysterious Cave in Deep Mountains

  Perhaps because she had arrived at this place that filled Liu Lan with terror and sorrow, as soon as she entered the tent, she flung herself into Huang Tianxuan's arms and began to sob uncontrollably, her body still shaking nonstop.

  "Don't cry, I promised to help you and I will definitely do it."

  "Thank you."

  Liu Lan sobbed as she spoke, saying that on this night, she had been particularly crazy, and even until dawn, she was still asking Huang Tianxuan for something, which made him feel a sense of unease. However, he became more determined to protect her safety.

  As soon as he got up in the morning and walked into the valley, Huang Tianxuan discovered that the magical elements here were particularly dense, probably twice as dense as outside. He took a deep breath, released his spiritual power, and instantly enveloped the entire valley.

  Huang Tianxuan discovered that although most of the valley was now covered in snow and ice, there was a small stream flowing out from the bottom of the valley, making him feel that deep within the mountain there should be an underground river.

  And on the cliffs on both sides, there are long vines hanging everywhere. Although it is now a cold winter month, those tough vines still cover the mountain cliffs.

  Among the rocks in the valley, Huang Tianxuan found some skeletons covered with ice and snow, which he couldn't tell whether they were human or animal remains.

  After scanning the situation in the valley, he didn't find any entrance as mentioned by Zhou Minquan and others, and he couldn't help but feel strange. He looked around the surrounding mountains and found that this mountain was really big, with continuous mountains all around.

  At this time, Old Man Zhou and others also came out fully armed. Each of them wore thick leather clothing on their bodies, with ropes wrapped around their waists, carrying a steel pipe about two meters long on their shoulders, and their bodies were hung with all sorts of small things.

  "Mr. Huang, we're all ready, how about you?"

  "I'm ready to go at any time, but you wait a bit first." Huang Tianxuan said as he took out several jade pendants and handed one to each of them.

  "This is a little something I've made, it contains energy that can restrain those undead creatures, it can protect you when you're under attack, take it with you."

  Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Old Zhou was the first to hang it around his neck and put it inside his clothes. He then smiled gratefully at Huang Tianxuan: "Thank you, Mr. Huang. We will pay you the corresponding reward when we return."

  Then he had everyone hang the jade pendant on their chests, and only then did they start moving forward, also leaving one person to guard here. Huang Tianxuan went over to pull Liu Lan's hand, feeling that her whole body was slightly trembling now, and couldn't help but hold her tightly.

  Everyone followed Old Man Zhou forward, walking for about a mile or so, until they came to the left side of the mountain valley in front of a cliff. The cliff here was covered with dense layers of vines, completely blocking the entire cliff. Huang Tianxuan's heart moved slightly - could it be that behind this cliff was empty? He looked up and saw Old Man Zhou walking towards the vines on the cliff.

  Hei Lian Da Ge Zi Zhao Ping also ran to the front at this time, and helped Zhou Lao Tou together in those vines to find their mark, then separated those vines, revealing a dark cave behind.

  Each of them took out a long, powerful flashlight and swept it inside before starting to walk in, but everyone's face was extremely serious and cautious.

  Huang Tianxuan pulled Liu Lan's hand and followed them into the dark cave. The cave was about three meters high, allowing two or three people to walk side by side. Judging from the walls on both sides, it should have been artificially excavated.

  Huang Tianxuan carefully observed the surrounding mountain walls and found that those rocks were already completely covered with moss, which was extremely ancient. He used his spiritual power to explore forward, but found that his spiritual power was suppressed here, and he could only scan a range of about 100 meters.

  All the way, everyone was silent, with only the flashlight's glow flashing in the cave, and footsteps also made a rustling sound. Huang Tianxuan had looked down at the beginning and found that there were also some scattered bones.

  After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at a mountain cave the size of a basketball court. Huang Tianxuan saw that there were many small holes on the surrounding rock walls of the cave, each one looking like the door to a room. However, their group didn't pay attention to these, Poker and the others should have already known about this place.

  "What are those little caves?" He gently pulled Liu Lan and asked her.

  "Oh," Liu Lan seemed to have been startled and finally came back to her senses, "Those should be the places where people of this minority lived before. When we first came in last time, we went to check and found that inside it was like a room, with some household items."

  At this time, Huang Tianxuan also found that on the ground of this square, there were not only scattered bones, but also some fragments similar to ceramics, as well as some ash-like things. In the middle of the square, there was a large fire pit-like thing, somewhat like the big bonfire lit by the Yi people during the Torch Festival today.

  "There's nothing in this cave, and there are several more just like it up ahead. They must be their living quarters."

  Liu Lan seemed to have walked out of some kind of predicament, and her spirit appeared slightly better at this time. She began to tell Huang Tianxuan about their first visit.

  "When we first came, we mainly operated in these few caves, spent several days searching here, almost every small cave was turned over, and still found many intact things. Mainly household items, but also a small number of weapons such as knives, swords and spears."

  "What's in front of us?"

  "After leaving these caves, there were many diverging roads ahead. The first time we only walked to the fork in the road and didn't move forward. One was because at that time we had already found many valuable things, and two was because the various things we prepared had almost been used up, so the teacher took us out."

  As they spoke, Huang Tianxuan followed Lao Zhou and the others as they continued to move forward. They indeed passed through several more caves similar to the previous ones, but they didn't stop at any of them. Instead, they kept walking until they reached a fork in the road.

  "There are five roads in total, which one is the correct road?" Huang Tianxuan asked Liu Lan.

  "Every path should be correct because they all lead somewhere."

  "Haven't you all been on every road?"