"The darkest place is under the lamp."

Xiao Linlin was certain: "There are definitely people down there, and more than one! At the very least, it's a gathering place for remnants of the righteous faction!"

"To put it bluntly, they might be remnants of the Jian Ge faction."

Xiao Linlin spoke in a low voice, and what she said made Su Lin raise an eyebrow.

People from Jian Ge?

However, upon closer analysis, it's not impossible.

"Shall we go down and take a look?"

Su Lin asked, and Xiao Linlin nodded: "Okay, the mimics haven't notified us yet, so we're just killing time."

"Walk."

Su Lin made a quick decision and was about to enter the abandoned well, but Xiao Linlin stopped him: "If I were them, I would definitely leave traps and warning devices here, and the well itself might even be a fake passage."

"Brother, let's use it. This match is too difficult, and we're bound to spend a lot of money."

Xiao Linlin handed over a prop, and Su Lin looked down at it.

[Earth Element Talisman]: S-rank talisman, consumable item, cultivation system; This talisman is a genuine "Tianxing Pavilion" talisman, of high quality and low price. It requires no casting conditions and can be activated by simply attaching it to any part of the body with a small amount of [spiritual energy]. After activation, it allows one to travel through any land that does not have a magic array effect. The earth element effect can last for at least 2 hours. It is recommended that cultivators below the Golden Core stage keep this item on hand.

[Item Value]: 200,000 resource coins.

"How much stuff did you buy?"

Su Lin was somewhat surprised, but Xiao Linlin replied with a grin, "Anyway, my brother has a lot of money, so I bought a little bit of everything, just in case."

"Even if you don't need it, you can list it on the auction house and sell it to other survivors later, which is a good way to recoup your investment."

Xiao Linlin's words were true; Su Lin's family was so wealthy that she could squander it for a long time.

"The products are not bad, but the claim of 'good quality at a low price' is pure nonsense."

Su Lin examined the talisman in his hand. This thing was a cultivation item, and its earth-elemental effect was excellent.

However, based on Su Lin's self-taught understanding, the simple [Earth Element Technique] is nothing more than a minor skill within the cultivation system, and can be defended against with a simple formation.

Ironically, this kind of thing, which is not considered high-class in the cultivation circle, sells for 200,000 each in the escape shop!

In the category of consumables, this thing is really expensive.

Furthermore, there are conditions for its use; it cannot be activated without spiritual energy.

"Fine, use it."

Su Lin affixed a talisman to himself and Xiao Linlin respectively, activating it with his spiritual energy.

With a faint, earthy-yellow light flashing around him, Su Lin silently jumped off the wall. The moment his legs touched the ground, he disappeared as if he had fallen into the sea.

This was Su Lin's first experience with cultivation techniques. He noticed his body sinking into the soil, but he felt no discomfort whatsoever.

A faint light surrounded me, as if I had entered a strange environment. I could walk and run without any hindrance, but there was a slight feeling of sluggishness with any movement.

Moreover, the surrounding soil and gravel did not affect his breathing or vision. He could clearly see the impurities deep in the soil, the moving earthworms and mud worms, the old and broken objects forgotten by people, and so on in the darkness.

"What a wondrous feeling! Is this the art of cultivating immortality?"

Xiao Linlin took a deep breath, constantly sensing her surroundings, her face full of curiosity and a hint of admiration: "These are just simple talismans. If my brother had mastered these spells and cultivated them to a high level, what would that be like!"

She couldn't help but imagine Su Lin's future, but Su Lin was too lazy to fantasize. He calmly continued walking down, heading straight and diagonally into the depths of the well.

Before long, he approached the well wall, reached out and touched it, and discovered some of the trap devices inside.

"As expected, they were prepared."

Su Lin murmured to himself, the more this was the case, the more anticipation he felt.

Continuing deeper underground, Su Lin followed the passage near the well, constantly sensing his surroundings, and descended to a depth of nearly a thousand meters.

After traveling at high speed for about half an hour, Su Lin finally sensed the presence of humans.

He stopped, maintaining his earth-walking posture, and released his divine sense to carefully sense the living people hidden underground. He soon heard faint sounds of communication.

"Grandmaster, this is today's medicine. The quality of the herbs is still acceptable today, and it may help you recover faster."

"Hmm, is the kid's medicine ready?"

“My master refuses to drink. He is still practicing swordsmanship, saying that he has found an opportunity to recover and perhaps his skills can be improved further.”

"Absurd! He went down those crooked paths years ago, refusing what was given, ignoring what was taught, and disobeying all advice! Now he wants to treat going into qi deviation as an opportunity! Utterly laughable! Tell me, how many days has he been sleepless, and how many swords has he broken?!"

"He has not slept for seven days... and twelve swords have broken. There aren't enough swords left. Today I noticed that his breathing is indeed somewhat disordered."

"Even you've figured it out, yet he still won't wake up? The news of Lin'er's death might not be true, so what is he so stubborn about! He's just bait for the evil people to find my whereabouts. That child is even smarter than me. If he were really dead, that scoundrel would have already taken out his body to show off!"

Su Lin listened silently in the soil, his eyes shining brighter and brighter, and the information he perceived with his divine sense was also shared with his inner voice.

Xiao Linlin also listened closely and couldn't help but exclaim, "It's Senior Sister Xu's voice! And Senior Li's too!"

"They're not dead! They were hiding here!"