You have to understand that the further you go in cultivation, the more difficult it becomes to improve even a little bit compared to the early stages. It's only been a few days since I last parted ways with Zuan, how come he has improved again?

“And thanks to the experience from the last battle,” Zaun replied ambiguously. “Oh, Mr. Kong seems to be injured?”

At first, I didn't notice, but as soon as he opened his mouth, I could feel that he was a little weak. Although he tried to hide it, my senses are now extremely sharp.

Kong Qing was somewhat surprised, not expecting that he had been seen through. Since things had come to this, he readily admitted, "Yes, I was indeed a little injured."

Zu An was somewhat surprised: "Who could have injured Brother Kong?"

Kong Qing is a grandmaster and a member of the demon race. With so many experts around him, could it be that he has run into Yan Xuehen?

"There was a slight mishap," Kong Qing said, clearly not wanting to go into details. "Why are you two here?"

Zu An laughed: "This is the Yu family's mine. It's perfectly normal for her and me to be here. On the contrary, why are you two here?"

Kong Qing chuckled and said, "I've long heard of the Yu family's famous mines. I just happened to be passing through Yunzhong County and came to take a look."

"I'm afraid you've come here to steal the Yuan Stones and investigate the secret passage leading to the demon territory, right?" Yu Yanluo sneered. As the head of the Yu family and the patriarch of the snake clan, she naturally had a lot of information.

Kong Qing's expression changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Is there really a secret passage leading to the demon race's territory?"

Yu Yanlu shook her head: "Of course not, I don't know where these rumors came from."

She naturally couldn't tell the other party the truth.

Kong Qing frowned, not believing her words either. The two stared at each other, and the atmosphere became somewhat tense for a moment.

At this moment, the paper bride stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "You two must have noticed something unusual about this mine and come to investigate, right?"

Zuan and Yu Yanluo exchanged a glance, then asked, "How long have you been here?"

“It’s been a while,” the paper bride sighed. “I long to go back to the days on the surface. Here, I feel like I’m turning into slag.”

Zu An thought to himself, "No wonder you didn't know what happened to Yu Yanluo: 'You've been here for so long, have you noticed anything strange, or encountered any powerful monsters or anything like that?'"

The others' expressions changed simultaneously, but Kong Qing finally spoke up: "There's nothing to hide now. Young Master, have you noticed who's missing from our group?"

Zuan looked around: "I've been wondering about that since just now. Where is the Wolf King?"

Kong Qing's face was extremely grim: "The Wolf King was eaten by that monster."