Chapter 103 Searching for the Spiritual Medicine Valley (2)

Ning Xuan hugged Chen Nan and entered the cave. Leng Yue tried to follow them but was blocked outside by Lin Mo holding a sword.

The defensive array pattern on the stone wall outside the cave was carved by Ning Xuan. Once activated, it can also serve as a hidden entrance. Ning Xuan carved it three times before she finally succeeded.

Although the entrance outside the cave is narrow, the inside is getting wider and wider, with one cave connected to another, with twists and turns. Except for the entrance, Chen Nan followed Ning Xuan's instructions and only focused on decorating the three larger caves in the cave. For the other caves, he only carried out basic work of cleaning, sterilization and disinfection.

The main cave chamber is about three meters high and covers an area of forty to fifty square meters. The weeds, mosses and other plants that originally grew in the cave chamber have been cleared away, and the stone walls are covered with luminous fluorite, which illuminates the cave chamber as if it were daytime.

Four warm jade screens are placed in the center, behind the screens is a large bed, under the west wall is a stone table carved from jade, on the table is a three-legged bronze tripod, from which blue smoke curls, emitting a faint fragrance, and on both sides of the stone table are placed freshly picked wild flowers, adding a bit of rural flavor.

Ning Xuan looked at the interior layout and a smile appeared on the corners of her lips. These furniture and ornaments were all selected by her from the gift list sent by Ying Yaoshi and brought into the secret realm. Anyway, it was convenient to carry them around if they were stored in the space button. Since she had good things in her hands, she didn't want to let herself down.

Three days ago, the alchemists in the unlimited group who passed the initial screening stage were uniformly sent to the Lingxiao Secret Realm using teleportation cards. Lin Mo and Chen Nan came with Ning Xuan and used the same teleportation card, so the three of them were sent to the same location.

They would stay in the Lingxiao Secret Realm for a month. Ning Xuan's first thought when she arrived at the secret realm was to find a place to stay. Her spiritual plant, the Ghost-faced Red Vine, could now grow into 32 branches. Ning Xuan spread out all the branches, and the branches of the red vine really helped her find such an ideal place to stay.

Half of this cave was formed naturally, and the remaining half was dug by a pangolin-like beast that was good at digging holes. Ning Xuan remembered that when they first found this place, the moment they stepped into the cave entrance holding the poison-avoiding beads, the smell of rottenness mixed with damp and moldy smells hit them in the face. Their movements startled several flying beasts similar to bats, which smashed the phosphorescent moss on the stone wall and fell like dust. Chen Nan threw down a lighting ball, and the light radiated around, reflecting the broken animal bones on the ground, and there were several claw marks as deep as a foot on the exposed cave wall.

However, although the environment is dirty, the cave is large enough and the location is hidden. There is no aura of powerful alien beasts around the cave. As long as it is cleaned up a little, it will be a relatively safe place to stay.

In order to have a comfortable living environment in the wild, Ning Xuan made sufficient preparations in advance. She not only brought strong insect repellent balls and desiccant for humid environments, but also insect repellent powder, insect repellent smoke, incendiary bombs, cleaning robots, etc. After directing the robots to do basic cleaning, the originally dark and humid large cave immediately became a dry and tidy cave. After being left for ventilation for a day and a night, it has been completely renewed.

Early this morning, Ning Xuan and Lin Mo conducted a comprehensive safety hazard inspection in the surrounding area and asked Chen Nan to stay here to sort out the housework. The three of them divided the work and cooperated to complete the final layout of the security base.

Everything was going smoothly as planned, except for Leng Yue's appearance, which was an accident.

It was getting dark outside. Ning Xuan brought Lin Mo into the cave, activated the defensive formation, and kept Leng Yue out.

"No matter what your purpose is, I advise you to stop here." Ning Xuan glanced at him coldly.

Leng Yue saw Ning Xuan's serious expression and coughed lightly, "Miss Ning, I do..."

Ning Xuan didn't listen to his explanation. She took Lin Mo and turned to enter the cave.

Leng Yue helplessly watched the thick fog rise. The inconspicuous entrance to the cave was submerged in the thick fog and gradually merged with the natural fog, leaving no trace.

"Coo, coo, coo." A regular bird song came from not far away. This was the early secret code of the S-level pioneering corps.

Leng Yue leaped forward and flew towards the source of the bird singing. Ten minutes later, she met up with Yan Fuzhen.

Yan Fuzhen had two subordinates who were his acquaintances and were both very powerful special forces fighters.

"Adjutant Leng, how does it feel to have almost capsized in a ditch?" Yan Fuzhen said to Leng Yue with a sneer.

"It's okay. I sent out a distress signal, why didn't you come? Butler Yan, are you seeking revenge for personal gain?" Leng Yue questioned.

"You did send out the signal, but Miss Ning and the others are nearby. How could you expect me to show up? Instead, you provoked the Soul-Eating Vine, but you failed at the critical moment, putting Miss Ning in danger. It's fortunate that Miss Ning's plant pet can restrain the Soul-Eating Vine. Otherwise, even if we showed up, we might not be able to save you. If you implicate Miss Ning again, your life will be over." Yan Fuzhen accused him dissatisfiedly.

"I will report today's situation to the Marshal. You'd better think about how to explain it to him." Yan Fuzhen said in a cold tone.

Leng Yue's handsome and fair face gradually turned red, "I didn't expect the rules of this secret realm to be so weird, and the suppression was so severe all of a sudden."

In fact, he had already realized that he had made a mistake.

"As for me, the Marshal has not given any special instructions. I will protect Miss Ning in secret according to my own plan. You don't need to tell me what you are going to do. If there is nothing urgent, there is no need to contact me." Yan Fuzhen said, and left with his men.

Ning Xuan didn't care about Leng Yue's whereabouts. This cave was dug out at the bottom of the mountain. It was made of hard and thick rocks above and below, and surrounded by rock walls. Inside the cave, Ning Xuan placed sound wave monitors on the floor, ceiling and the rock walls on all four sides. As long as there was no abnormality in the sound wave monitor and the defensive formation at the cave entrance was not triggered, they could sleep peacefully in this cave.

Ning Xuan, Lin Mo and Chen Nan were looking at two maps. The map in Lin Mo's hand was the one he bought when he entered the Lingxiao Secret Realm three years ago. The one in Ning Xuan's hand was the one Yan Fuzhen had just bought from his channel two days ago. It was said to be the latest version.

Comparing the two maps together, it can be seen that in three years, various iconic locations in the Lingxiao Secret Realm have undergone tremendous changes.

Ning Xuan's original plan was to find the Spiritual Medicine Valley first. According to the latest version of the map, the Spiritual Medicine Valley, like the Mist Hidden Gorge where they are now, is located in the southeast corner of the Lingxiao Secret Realm.

However, in the past two days, they searched the surrounding area and did not find the Spiritual Medicine Valley. They only found the Mist Hidden Gorge and found a place to stay there.