Chapter 97 Secret Realm 4 Why aren't you taking the treasure? Is it because you don't want to...?
After Jin Wan's soup was successfully cooked, he served a bowl to everyone.
Holding the steaming bowl in your hands, blow on it a few times to make the soup more palatable, then sip it down. The hot broth flows down your throat and into your stomach, the delicious flavor lingering on your lips and tongue.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh softly.
That feels so good.
The sighs drifted into the cave from the entrance, mingling with the fragrance, lingering faintly on everyone's noses, unwilling to dissipate for a long time.
The members of the Gongshi clan couldn't help but swallow hard.
They entered the secret realm earlier than the people from Jinling City, and basically had no time to eat. Now, they were all starving.
They were all disciples of the Gongshi clan with good talent. If there were no temptation, this little anomaly could be completely ignored and would not cause any trouble.
But now the trigger has appeared.
It's just a soup made with some poplar flowers and random ingredients, how can it smell so good? How can the aroma be so strong even from this distance? There must be something wrong with this stuff! Did they add something they shouldn't have?!
Some disciples couldn't help but move slightly, freeing their hands to soothe their stomachs.
Gong Shiyu immediately noticed the strange behavior of those around him, and glared fiercely at them, warning the other disciples not to move.
Unfortunately, because of the huge pot above their heads, it was so dark that no one could see the glare from their boss.
After finishing her soup, Xie Jiaoyue ladled out another bowl. Feeling completely satisfied, she lazily patted her bulging belly and said to Jin Wan, "I feel like you've placed your pot in a very unusual place."
"Really?" Jin Wan scratched his head sheepishly. "I'm not very sensitive to spiritual energy. Sister Jiaoyue, did you discover something? Is there some treasure?"
He moved the pot aside and, sure enough, saw a hidden entrance to a cave.
Could it be that there's something good here?
This is a secret realm; so far, they haven't seen anything other than poplar flowers.
Are they also going to find an amazing treasure?
Judging from Sister Jiaoyue's amused expression, the things inside this cave don't seem to be anything good.
But he didn't dare say it, feeling that if he did, Sister Jiaoyue might slap him.
Xie Jiaoyue beckoned to Jin Wan and whispered in Jin Wan's ear, "Make another dish. The taste isn't important, the most important thing is the aroma. The more fragrant the better, the more fragrant it is, the better, the more people can't help but want to eat it right away."
Jin Wan didn't understand but respected Jiao Yue's request and immediately started working on it.
This dish was extremely simple, and he finished making it in less than fifteen minutes. Then, under Sister Jiaoyue's instructions, he put the pot of food in a bowl and placed it upwind of the cave entrance.
The dish smelled incredibly delicious; even a full stomach would crave another bite after just one whiff, while a hungry person would wish they could swallow their own tongue.
After doing all this, Jin Wan, under Xie Jiaoyue's direction, washed all the pots, pans, and dishes and put them away.
"Sister Jiaoyue, are we leaving? Aren't we going down into the cave to take a look?"
Xie Jiaoyue's voice became a little louder: "No rush. This kind of place is not easy for others to find. We can wander around first, look for other spiritual objects, and then come back."
After she finished speaking, she placed a small bead in a hidden spot next to the entrance of the cave.
It is a simplified version of Commander Guo's live streaming technology. It can only transmit sound, not images, but it can be reduced to a tiny bead.
Gong Shi Moyu sighed at Xie Jiaoyue: "You..."
He didn't say much, but simply picked up one person in each hand and followed Xie Jiaoyue away with the others.
Another chaotic chorus of footsteps followed.
After Xie Jiaoyue and Gongshi Moyu led the other three for a while, they stopped and flew up into the tree with everyone.
"Sister Jiaoyue, what are we supposed to do here?"
"Just wait and see, there's going to be a good show soon."
The sparse sunlight once again streamed into the cave from the entrance, finally allowing the Gongshi clan members, who were immersed in darkness, to see a glimmer of light.
In the hazy, indistinct light, everyone felt as if there was a dish of food shining with holy light on their heads.
The aroma wafting from the cave was so strong, so what must that dish on their heads look like?
However, Xie Jiaoyue and the others might return at any time, so they cannot leave the cave at this point.
So, in the midst of continuous imagination, that unattainable dish became even more wonderful in his mind, his mouth began to secrete saliva constantly, and he kept swallowing, trying to relieve the stomach cramps through this behavior.
It's completely impossible.
Glug glug glug.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
The rumbling of the stomach was like a symphony, rising and falling in succession without ceasing, echoing and reverberating within the small cavity, carrying deeper into the cavity.
Gong Shiyu noticed that Chu Xingjin's expression was turning sour; the Chu ruler was blaming him for not being able to control his subordinates!
Ignoring the possibility of attracting attention, he shouted, "Stop right now! I order you to stop!"
Unfortunately, it was too late; they had been discovered.
Good news, it wasn't Xie Jiaoyue who discovered them.
The bad news was that they were discovered by the low growls of wild beasts coming from deeper within the cave.
They are wild, unintelligent demonic beasts! The kind that haven't been incorporated into the demon race! The kind that might attack humans at any time!
They had long heard that there were demonic beasts and monsters in the secret realm, but even for many of the Gongshi disciples, this was the first time they had faced such a situation directly, and they immediately panicked.
Gongshi Yu shouted desperately, trying to maintain order. At first, it was somewhat effective, getting the Gongshi disciples to line up and move quickly towards the cave entrance one after another.
Unfortunately, the monsters were faster than them, and the increasingly close roars from behind shook the entire cave, making it difficult to stand firmly on the ground.
One wrong step caused Gongshi Moyan, who was in the middle of the group, to fall to the ground. At this moment, the monster at the back of the group was already very close, and the stench of the monster's mouth could be smelled in the air.
The disciples at the back of the line couldn't contain their fear and immediately sped up, crowding towards the front.
The disciples in front were forced to speed up, but Gongshi Moyan had just stood up when he blocked part of the increasingly narrow cave, and the people behind him, in their panic, bumped into him.
Gongshi Moyan steeled his heart, reached out to Gongshi Yu, and used Gongshi Yu as a cushion, so that the two of them fell together against the side wall of the cave.
He had long disliked Gongshi Yu!
Gongshi Mo said, "I'm sorry, Young Master Yu, I didn't see him clearly. Let's go quickly." Without stopping, he pulled Gongshi Yu behind him and ran ahead.
In matters of life and death, there is no reason for a "young master" to have priority.
When the crowd finally managed to squeeze out of the hole, they all fell to the ground, panting heavily.
Xie Jiaoyue and the others squatted in the tree under the cover of dense leaves, intently focused on a small bead.
Xie Xinghui's eyes were the most excited: "I knew there must be someone lying in ambush for us there, and it was most likely the Gongshi clan. I just didn't expect them to be so stupid. They didn't even know what was inside the cave before they dared to hide there."
Although there are no images, he still doesn't know what the monster in the cave is.
Feng Qianqian also clenched her fist: "The Shi family of Yicheng is too domineering. Not only do they not help others in the secret realm, but they also hide and try to ambush them."
Seeing Feng Qianqian's indignant expression, Xie Jiaoyue stroked the phoenix's feathers: "Don't worry, they will help you out."
The tiny bead emitted screams from the disciples of the Gongshi clan, along with the low growls of demonic beasts and the crisp sound of hooves pounding on the ground.
The demon beast's cultivation level seemed quite high, at least at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage or higher. As a result, none of the Gongshi disciples dared to face it head-on. Even though there were two Foundation Establishment stage cultivators in their group, they were busy taking out various magical treasures and using their supernatural abilities to quickly leave the spot, wishing they could run faster than their companions so that their companions could block the demon beast's gaping maw for them.
This is the camaraderie among the disciples of the Gongshi clan; it is truly moving.
As the sound from the bead grew fainter, Xie Jiaoyue put the bead away, saying, "Quick, it's time for us to go back."
"Alright, Jin Wan and Xie Xinghui stay here. Qianqian, you stay here to protect Jin Wan. Be careful and don't cause any problems."
After leaving behind a few small "burdens," Xie Jiaoyue and Gongshi Moyu, without saying a word, tacitly rushed towards the cave, like two gusts of wind weaving through the trees, whooshing into the cave and drifting through it without slowing down.
How could a place guarded by demonic beasts not have treasures? There must be!
The two wandered through the cave for an unknown amount of time before finally reaching its deepest part.
There, there was a small, golden blade of grass.
Xie Jiaoyue didn't recognize it, but she knew it must be something good. She immediately took out a small shovel and carefully but quickly started digging. Then she took out a jade box and threw the grass and the soil underneath it into the jade box.
Behind her was Gongshi Moyu, who was keeping watch.
Gong Shi Moyu's ears were extremely sharp: "Hurry, that monster has sensed us and is getting closer and closer."
He frowned and squatted down: "Get on my back."
He is at the Foundation Establishment stage, while Xie Jiaoyue has not yet reached that stage, so there is a difference in their speeds.
Xie Jiaoyue didn't hesitate and simply lay down on Gongshi Moyu's back.
Gong Shi Moyu immediately stood up and leaped forward.
The entire path through the cave was deeply imprinted in his mind. He was even faster than when he came, and in the blink of an eye, he had darted out a great distance. In the next blink, he felt that the cave entrance was right in front of him.
Light had already emerged at the end of time, and the next moment, the two people reappeared in the light.
They narrowly missed the demon beast; just a hair's breadth away, the beast would have trapped them in the cave.
Now, they have fled with the treasures carefully guarded by the demon beasts.
Xie Jiaoyue, clinging to Gongshi Moyu's back, looked back and saw that the two people standing a few hundred meters away were Gongshi Yu and Chu Xingjin.
She waved her spoils at the two of them from afar.
Hey bro, why aren't you taking the treasure? Don't you want to?
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