"Do you have any fire on you?" Liu Xiaoyuan suddenly asked Su Yu.
Su Yu asked in confusion, "I don't smoke, why would I carry a lighter? What do you want to do?"
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "I want to burn down Yin Zhengdao's lair to prevent the villagers from panicking when they find out that Yin Zhengdao's head has been chopped off."
Liu Xiaoyuan's concerns were not unfounded, especially in the countryside. If something like this happened, it would be major news and spread like wildfire. In addition, there were eight children's corpses in Yin Zhengdao's house. If the villagers saw this, the place would probably become a taboo site.
So, to avoid unnecessary trouble, they burned the house down.
Su Yu rolled her eyes at Liu Xiaoyuan and said, "I really don't know how you got your late-stage Qi Refining cultivation. You're already a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, you should know a simple fireball spell, right? You could just use a fireball spell to set Yin Zhengdao's house on fire."
Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "Wife, then you can use a fireball spell to burn down Yin Zhengdao's lair. I don't know how to use fireball, so I'll have to trouble you, wife."
Hearing Liu Xiaoyuan calling her "wife" repeatedly, Su Yu rolled her eyes at him, thinking, "You're so sweet-talking."
"Alright, I really can't do anything with you." Su Yu said, and then she used her supernatural power. A ball of flame immediately appeared on her fingertip. Su Yu said something to the flame, and the flame seemed to understand human speech and flew towards Yin Zhengdao's house.
As soon as the flames landed in Yin Zhengdao's room, they immediately burst into flames, with fire flying everywhere.
"Let's go, it wouldn't be good if someone found out!" Liu Xiaoyuan pulled Su Yu and headed up the mountain. Anyway, the fire was under Su Yu's control and wouldn't cause a major fire.
As soon as Yin Zhengdao's house caught fire, flames shot into the sky, immediately attracting the attention of the villagers, who all headed in that direction.
Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu reached the entrance of the cave. Looking at the towering flames below, the spirit cat on Su Yu's body let out a soft meow, as if it were a beautiful sight.
"Won't the fire spread?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked Su Yu worriedly.
After all, Yin Zhengdao's home was at the foot of the mountain, and if such a large fire spread up the mountain, it would be very difficult to put out.
Su Yu said confidently, "No, the fire won't spread to the mountain. Everything is under my control."
After waiting for a while, Su Yu said, "By now, the bodies of Yin Zhengdao and those eight children should have been burned to ashes."
After saying that, Su Yu said "extinguish," and the raging fire was immediately put out. The villagers who were rushing over were very surprised to see that the fire was extinguished so quickly and did not spread to the surrounding trees.
"Let's go!" Su Yu took the lead and walked into the cave, followed by Liu Xiaoyuan.
As soon as Liu Xiaoyuan stepped into the cave, he felt a chilling wind rush towards him, as if he were in hell.
The cold wind blowing against my skin gave me a very uncomfortable feeling, and I got goosebumps all over my body.
As they walked deeper into the cave, it gradually narrowed. Liu Xiaoyuan shone his flashlight around the cave, which was surrounded by rocks with nothing else in sight.
The path narrowed further and further; where two people could walk side by side before, now only one person could walk at a time.
After walking for another few dozen meters, the road ahead suddenly split into three forks. Looking at the three forks, Liu Xiaoyuan said to Su Yu, "Su Yu, let's each take one and check it out. We can check the other one later. What do you think?"
Su Yu shook her head and said like a little girl, "No, I'm scared. I want to go with you."
Damn it, you're still scared? You're a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, if you're scared, then I'm even more scared.
However, seeing Su Yu's docile and dependent appearance, Liu Xiaoyuan naturally had the heart to let her walk alone. Besides, if there was any danger in the cave, the two of them together could help each other.
“Okay, let’s go together. Honey, which route do you think we should take first?” Liu Xiaoyuan asked Su Yu for her opinion.
Su Yu thought for a moment, then pointed to the middle path and said, "Let's go through the middle one first. No, let's go from left to right, let's go through the left one first."
Su Yu pointed to the leftmost road and looked at Liu Xiaoyuan, asking, "Xiaoyuan, what do you think?"
Liu Xiaoyuan randomly chose whichever path to take, because in his view, they were all the same; it was all about luck, and no one knew what might happen on any particular path.
The two walked towards the leftmost path, which became very narrow and low, requiring them to hunch over to walk, which was very uncomfortable.
After walking about a hundred meters forward, the road ahead widened again, and I was finally able to walk with my back straight.
After walking for a few minutes, Liu Xiaoyuan and his group saw light shining in from ahead, which proved that there was a way out.
So Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu quickened their pace and walked forward. The further they went, the brighter the light became. Finally, at the very end of the cave, they found themselves at a cliff. Looking down, the bottom was invisible, and the mountains below were shrouded in mist, giving them a chilling feeling.
"Do you think that beast Yin Zhengdao might have thrown all the children off this cliff?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked Su Yu.
Su Yu nodded and said, "That's possible. This is a great place to destroy evidence. Just throw the body down here and no one will find it. Even with my late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, I wouldn't dare go down here."
Standing on the edge of the cliff, after feeling the wind, Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu turned back and walked along the middle cave. However, they didn't walk far in the middle cave before the path ended, and all they could see were rocks.
Fearing there might be a trap, Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu carefully examined the area and, finding no traps at all, withdrew.
Now, only the rightmost cave remains unexplored.
"Xiao Yuan, I think we shouldn't go into that cave on the right. There's definitely nothing inside. Yin Zhengdao must have thrown the child off the cliff," Su Yu said.
Liu Xiaoyuan also felt that there was definitely nothing in the cave on the right, but considering that he had already searched the two caves on the left and in the middle, he figured he might as well search the one on the right. If he didn't go through it, he would have a knot in his heart that he couldn't untie.
This is similar to when you're doing a math problem and feel like you didn't do one of the questions correctly. If you don't check it, you'll definitely have a knot in your heart and feel uncomfortable.
"Let's go for a bit. Regardless of what's inside, at least we should finish what we started," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
Su Yu looked at Liu Xiaoyuan and said, "Alright, whatever you say, you decide!"
So, Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu went into the cave on the far right.
(End of this chapter)
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