“Tick-tock—tick-tock—”
The hollow sound of dripping water echoed one after another in this quiet cave, adding a bit of liveliness.
Rong Jian walked forward, holding the shining incandescent stone in his left hand to illuminate everything around him.
Although somewhat dissatisfied with Fu's self-assertion, Rong Jian finally embarked on the journey of finding the mastermind behind the scenes.
His companions were still in a coma when they were carried away by the corpses. Their lives or deaths were unknown. How could he really just sit back and do nothing?
It has already happened. Is it meaningful to say whose fault it is now? No.
The key point is how to rescue people from the enemy whose details are unknown.
Guided by the mark left by Youfu on Dongshao, Rong Jian felt his way to the location of the cave.
The cave is not big and not high, and can accommodate three people at most. When Rong Jian enters and walks, he needs to bend down slightly to avoid touching the small stone pillars extending from the top of the cave.
The cave is quite humid, and water drops fall from the small stone pillars above from time to time.
Although Rong Jian didn't know the specific identity of the mastermind behind the scenes, he guessed that it should be a human.
A single zombie can be said to have mutated on its own and attacked passersby, but many zombies acted together, even knowing how to lure the tiger away from the mountain and purposefully kidnapped hostages.
There must be someone behind this, and it is very likely an evil cultivator.
Only evil cultivators would deal with various corpses and ghosts to try to gain power from them.
However, Rong Jian observed carefully and found that this cave was formed naturally and there were not many signs of human activities.
From this, we can judge that the mastermind behind this was probably just passing through Qianyu Forest, and after discovering them, he thought it was profitable, so he took action.
Or maybe, for some reason, he hid in this cave, not daring to leave, and then discovered them and thought it was profitable...
In general, Rong Jian felt that the purpose of the person behind the scenes was to rob money. No matter what, he couldn't be seeking revenge.
After walking about a few hundred meters with the incandescent stone, Rong Jian suddenly stopped, looked at the dead end in front of him, and remained silent.
Fu: "...Huh? Judging from the mark, it's clearly this way?"
Rong Jian remained silent. "What do you mean by looking so confused? Shouldn't I be the one who should be confused?"
You're referring to a dead end...
Suddenly, a blood-red light flashed on the surrounding cave walls, and runes gradually emerged.
Rong Jian only felt a flash before his eyes, and when he raised his eyes, he was already in a different place.
Well... except that the road has become wider and you don't have to walk with your back bent, nothing else has changed. It is still a cave with no end in sight.
"Teleportation array, so we might not be in Thousand Feather Forest now!"
Fu appeared and slowly floated to the edge of the cave while speaking. He pursed his lips and pondered for a moment.
"Hey, Xiao Jianjian, there seems to be a formation restriction on this road, and it has been destroyed by someone."
Formation restrictions? Could this place be a cave? Only cultivators would set up formation restrictions where they lived.
When a monk passes away, most of these places will be closed off and no one else will be allowed to enter until their descendants or those with a destiny explore and enter, go through many tests, and obtain the things left behind by their predecessors.
Most of the places that explorers look for are places like this.
As for why he didn't suspect that the one who attacked them was the owner of this cave... Fu also said just now that the restrictions around here were destroyed by humans.
Looking at the incandescent stones inlaid on the cave walls on both sides, illuminating the entire cave, Rong Jian put the stone in his hand away and took out a new iron sword.
Even if the person behind the scenes is not the owner of the cave, he must know much more about the cave than he does.
Therefore, he cannot relax at all in this enemy territory and must be vigilant at all times.
On this side, Fu had already floated about ten meters forward, carefully observing the destroyed restriction.
"What did you find?" Rong Jian asked as he followed forward.
"Ah!" Fu exclaimed softly, then spread out her hands in front of the boy's solemn expression, "No!"
Rong Jian: "..." Right now he really wanted to take the sword in his hand and hit the weapon spirit hard on the head.
"These formations and restrictions have been destroyed extremely thoroughly, to the extent that... 99% of them have been destroyed out of 100. There is absolutely no possibility of recovery."
Fu touched his chin with one hand and murmured, "But, I can feel from this one point that the complete formation restriction is extremely powerful, at least above the sixth level..."
At least level six? Rong Jian stared, suddenly panicking.
Among the four cities, the most known elixirs, formations, and magical weapons are basically first and second level. According to his previous thinking, third level ones are already very powerful.
He had never even thought of the fourth or fifth level, and now Fu told him that the destroyed thing was... at least the sixth level?
So how powerful must the person be to be able to pass through this restriction and enter the cave?
If this is his enemy, can he choose to turn around and run away now?
When she looked up, she saw the boy's complicated expression. Fu chuckled and floated back to him.
"I have a feeling we can't afford to offend the guys inside... How about we just forget it and go back? Once we get out, notify your master and let them take care of it?"
Hearing this, Rong Jian's expression instantly calmed down.
"If the person inside is really that powerful, why would he use this method to deal with us? Cascading people into coma, luring the tiger away from the mountain... why bother?"
If he truly possessed the power of the sixth rank, why would he care about a few ants with spiritual powers? If he showed any dissatisfaction, he could just wave his hand and send them to hell.
Besides, it takes time to notify Rao Zhu and others to come and rescue people.
During this period of time, Rong Jian could not guarantee what the enemy would do to Dong Shao and the other two.
Taking a deep breath, Rong Jian's eyes became firm. He gripped the iron sword tightly and took a step forward. "Let's talk inside!"
No matter who the enemy is, only when you meet him face to face can you know whether you are his opponent or not and whether you can defeat him.
"Hehe..." Fu covered her lips with one hand and followed with a chuckle.
After walking about a thousand meters, a gap appeared within sight, and a bright green light appeared.
Rong Jian increased his attention, walked over quickly, and stepped out of the gap.
As far as the eye can see, there is an empty space several hundred meters wide. In the center, there is a circular altar with a diameter of about one hundred meters, floating in the air. It is covered with dense runes and flashes with a faint green light.
Dong Shao and Lu Qinggu were thrown casually on the edge of the altar.
Rong Jian quickly looked around and found that there was no one else. There were only three of them in the entire open space.
He gripped the iron sword tightly in his hand, not daring to move at all. Was he going to approach Dong Shao and the others now? No, there must be a trap. He couldn't move for the time being.
But suddenly, a chuckle came from behind.
"Ah, it's finally done!"
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