For the sake of safety, the envoy could only take Xiao Yao to the beast's den alone. Xiao Yao had no choice but to ask Hu Yiyi to help take care of the eldest lady, and then packed up his belongings and followed the waiter out of the bamboo building.

The two soon came to the mouth of the cave, where Wu'an and Panli were already waiting. The waiter led the three of them around several rugged mountain roads and then descended the mountain.

Soon, the four of them came to a cave that had collapsed in the mountains. Due to the perennial erosion of flowing water, the roof of the cave has collapsed, so a small sinkhole has been formed.

The sinkhole is about more than 100 zhang wide, dozens of zhang deep, it is overgrown with weeds, ancient trees are towering to the sky, and all kinds of birds and beasts can be seen from time to time. Along the winding path on the edge of the sinkhole, the four of them walked slowly, and after walking for about two quarters of an hour, the four finally reached the bottom of the pit.

Xiao Yao raised his eyes and looked around, on the side of the sinkhole, a huge stone cave appeared, the entrance of the cave was more than ten zhang wide, thinking that this was the beast's cave.

"Three adults, this is the map handed down by the witch gods of the past dynasties, no one has entered this beast den for many years, and the warriors who have tried to enter it over the years are gone, and the witch god and the Miao king have to give up.

Now the three of them are invited here because they are strong in martial arts and skilled in witchcraft. I hope that the three warriors can cooperate sincerely and return with glory. At that time, the three of them will be admired by all people in my Miao Jiang. The messenger said, handing each of them a map.

"There are also three bottles of antidote pills here, which are used to get rid of mosquitoes in the cave, the food and water for each of you are in these three packages, these three bottles are the pills of the Poison Dragon Sect, one pill can be put into the water source or food each time, and it is used to remove Gu poison for the divine beasts. I hope that the three adults can remove this huge threat for Miao Jiang. The messenger then handed each of them a bag and two bottles of elixir.

The three of them looked briefly at the map, and it turned out that what they saw in front of them was only a part of the cave. About twenty zhang deeper, you will enter a central square, around the square there will be seven or eight small caves, each cave inhabited by a divine beast, these beasts would have come to the square regularly to eat the food sent by the Miao people.

But in the years after the Great Witch God disappeared, these beasts began to attack anyone who entered the cave, so no one dared to bring food inside. Since no one has been in for too long, even the witch god and King Miao can't tell what the situation is now.

The three of them packed their bags, and the farewell messenger began to follow the mountain path into the cave. Fortunately, due to the collapse of the roof of the cave above, some of the sunlight can shine in from the roof of the cave, and with Xiao Yao's eyesight, he can see the surrounding area clearly.

Twenty zhang was not too far away, and the three of them soon came to the entrance to the square marked on the map.

As far as the eye can see, the square area is very large, there is no small cave on the side close to the three people, and the light on the inner side is weak and due to the distance, it is not clear to see the specific situation for the time being.

The three of them walked in the square, only to feel that they were too small.

As the three of them walked, they were on high alert to their surroundings. The three of them did not use fire folds to illuminate, if there was a light source, they would expose the whereabouts of themselves and others, and in that case, it would become more and more dangerous. Therefore, the three of them only relied on their own eyesight and hearing to pay attention to the surrounding qiē, although their vision was a little worse, at least the safety factor was higher.

In the tense atmosphere, the three of them moved forward slowly, and the further they went, the more frightened they became. Because on the walls of the cave on both sides, cracks began to appear, and the terrible thing is that these cracks are not like natural mountain changes, but more like traces of a fight.

The three of them went deeper and deeper step by step, cautiously step by step, and the cracks on the cave wall became deeper and longer as the three of them went deeper.

This cave is full of holes and cracks everywhere, and what makes the three of them even more strange is why this cave full of cracks, after so many years, has not collapsed?

After nearly half an hour of travel, the three of them finally came to the innermost part of the square. Along the way, I didn't encounter any dangers or unusuals. But the more this happened, the three of them not only did not relax, but became more vigilant.

There is always a sense of tranquility before a storm, and there is no telling when danger will come.

At this moment, the location of the three of them is a large deformed space, without a trace of regularity, but it seems to be excavated at random, but the surroundings are too dim for the three of them to see clearly for a while, the three of them dare not move, standing here quietly, vigilant for any wind and grass around them. After half an hour, I was temporarily relieved to see that there was no movement.

"Be vigilant, it smells of blood." Xiao Yao suddenly whispered to the two.

Wu'an and Panli glanced at each other, and then moved closer to Xiao Yao, Wu'an whispered to Xiao Yao: "Let's open the fire fold and look around, I hope nothing has changed." ”

After speaking, Wu'an took out the fire fold from his arms and ignited it.

With the light, the scenes in the cave appeared in front of the three of them.

Since there is no sunlight all day long, no plants grow, not even mosses.

The ground is very dry, and there is no dark river water in sight.

"Look!" Pan Li drank softly and pointed to a clearing a few feet away.

Xiao Yao and Wu An looked in the direction of Pan Li's finger, and saw the corpses of two beasts lying in that clearing, looking like bear-like beasts, many of the flesh and blood on the corpses were gone, and the fur was scattered around, only the leaking white bones remained, and there were still traces of flesh and blood hanging on the bones.

Seeing these two corpses, Xiao Yao couldn't help but think of the monitor lizard he had seen, which should be the leftover food eaten by those divine beasts.

Eight large stone cave entrances appeared on the walls, each of which was pitch black and it was impossible to see anything.

There are some huge stone troughs and stone slabs scattered around these cave entrances, which are supposed to be the things that put food for these mythical beasts before. Due to its age, there are many cracks and chips on it.

On the way here, the envoy had already done a good job of dividing the labor for the three of them, and they needed to obey the assignment of Master Wu'an, who was proficient in the breeding of divine beasts and was familiar with these strange beasts.

The combat power of these divine beasts is beyond imagination, and now they are in their lair, if the three of them fight separately, they can only become the game of these divine beasts in the end.

This Master Wu'an was silent and didn't say much, and Xiao Yao and the others didn't want to ask much. According to the division of labor, this Wu'an master is mainly responsible for detecting the location of the divine beasts, judging the location of their water sources and the remaining uneaten food.

Pan Li was responsible for protecting Master Wu'an's thoughtfulness, while Xiao Yao, who had the highest martial arts among the three, was responsible for pouring the elixir into the water and food that the divine beast drank.

For the safety of the three of them, the messenger repeatedly instructed him to be slow and try not to fight with the divine beast, anyway, after waiting for so many years, he didn't care about the past few days. So as not to provoke other divine beasts, then the three of them will really become their snacks.

At this time, since the remnants of food have been discovered, I think those divine beasts are not far from here. Maybe they are resting in their respective nests at this moment.

After the three of them carefully observed the square, Wu'an immediately blew out the fire and replaced it with a small oil lamp in his hand. I don't know how long I will stay in this cave, but fire is very important.

Under the leadership of Wu'an, the three of them came to each cave in the dark, and then Wu'an took out different types of powder from his arms and sprinkled them on each hole.

After that, under Wu'an's signal, the three of them withdrew about ten zhang backwards, and Wu'an took out nine small porcelain bottles from his arms. When you open the lids of these small vases, you can see swarms of beetles with spots of different colors crawling out of each vase.

The beetles that crawled out of the nine bottles quickly divided into nine groups of themselves, eight of which began to crawl towards different holes, and finally the remaining black beetle crawled around the three of them.

"This is our tribe's nine-colored tracer Gu, they will walk freely according to the smell of different bait they like, and after eating the bait, they will remember all the biological breath in that place, and then move on. Find the main body according to the breath of the creature. These tracking Gu were originally used to find people, but now we can use it to find the traces of those divine beasts. ”

Uan explained to the two.

"In addition, don't step on these black beetles, they are another kind of Gu worm, called the Red Flame Gu, when they encounter a strong enemy, their whole body will burn and turn into flames, releasing smoke with a strong pungent smell. They are active around us, and when a mythical beast appears close to us, it can warn and help us hide our bodies. ”

Uan pointed to the black beetles crawling around the trio.

"How long will it take us to know which caves contain mythical beasts?" Xiao Yao asked in a low voice.

According to the records of the witch gods of the past dynasties, these caves all lead to a huge cave, which is another hollow cave in Phoenix Mountain, and then the roof of the cave collapsed and became a sinkhole. The pit is surrounded by smooth stone walls, and the witch gods of the past generations have arranged a lot of protective measures around the sinkhole, so that these mythical beasts cannot climb out. At the same time, ordinary people naturally cannot enter there. So it was slowly regarded as a nest by these divine beasts. We Miao people call that out of the sinkhole Longtan. Uan said.

"And how far do we have to go to get there?" Xiao Yao had to ask all the information here as clearly as possible in order to be more safe.

"According to the records, it was about half an hour. All eight passages lead to the sinkhole. Since these underground beasts also need to go out to bask in the sun and find food regularly, they will all go to that sinkhole every three or four days, which is exactly where we start. I released the Nine-Colored Tracing Gu not to follow the traces of those divine beasts, but to judge whether there are any divine beasts in these passages now, otherwise we would rush in and encounter the divine beasts hiding in this passage, I am afraid that we will die for a lifetime. Uan replied.

Xiao Yao and the three of them waited in the square for about a stick of incense, and Wu An saw that there were no Gu worms crawling back at each cave entrance, so he said, "It seems that it will be safe in two quarters of an hour, we can't continue to wait here, now let's choose this passage to go in, staying here all the time is not a way after all." ”