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This beast roar directly dispersed the little regret in Luo Yong's heart, making him wake up instantly. ／

Obviously, he had carefully checked it before, and although there was a passage at the other end of the cave, there was no trace of beast activity in the passage, and there should be no beasts inside.

However, there are no absolutes.

Maybe it's just that the other end of the cave is closer to the beast's lair.

And, to him, the beast's roar sounded a bit like a wolf's howl. Wolves are generally social animals, and if there are wolves in the vicinity, there must be more than one, maybe a large group.

Now here's the problem.

Should he just leave, regardless of what's inside? Or take the plunge and take a look?

Rayong was a little undecided.

The benefits of risk-taking, he has seen. The three brass gibbons had rewarded him handsomely.

However, he also can't forget the situation when he was chased by a brass gibbon during the day.

At the other end of the cave, maybe it's really a pack of wolves, is this risk worth taking?

Outside the cave, the waterfall flows endlessly and doesn't seem to change for any reason. The blue moonlight shines obliquely into the cave through the water curtain, reflecting a sparkling blue light on the cave wall.

After thinking about it for a long time, Luo Yong finally made up his mind and decided to explore inside.

The situation is different now than during the day.

During the day, there is only one Xiaoluo by his side. And now, he still has Xiao Cui and No. 1 by his side. Xiao Luo, Xiao Cui and No. 1 cooperate with each other, and they can learn from each other's strengths, and it is not one or two points that improve their combat effectiveness.

What's more, this is a cave, and the passage on the other side is even narrower than this side, and there is really a situation, as long as you retreat into the cave, with the narrow passage, you will defend the danger, even if it is really a wolf pack, you will only become your own prey.

Until then, though, he has to recharge his batteries.

Wolves are generally nocturnal animals, and it's not a good time to do it at night.

What's more, he hadn't had a good rest all day today, from the escape in the afternoon to the later entrapment, his nerves had been in a tense state, and his spiritual sense had not fully recovered, so it was not suitable for an immediate adventure.

So, tonight, he must be mentally ready for the tense battle that may come tomorrow.

With a certain mind, Rayong found a dry place in the cave, lay down quietly, and prepared to sleep. With Xiao Luo guarding the entrance of the cave, Xiao Cui and No. 1 guarding by his side, there is no problem in terms of safety.

The waterfall was noisy day and night, and the sound of water came into the cave, but it seemed to have a hypnotic effect, and after a while, Rayong fell asleep.

……

In the autumn of the twelfth year of the new calendar, on the 18th day of August, at six o'clock in the morning.

The sun had just risen from the horizon, and before the faint sunlight could penetrate the curtain of water and shine into the cave, Rayong woke up.

For more than a month, I got up at this point every day, and I had already developed a habit, even if I was in the beast area now, I was still awake on time.

After cleaning himself in the waterhole outside, he took out a packet of dried meat and a pot of water from his backpack, sat down at the mouth of the cave and ate slowly.

The water of the waterfall splashed and the ground at the entrance of the cave was very wet, and there were some unknown mosses growing on the rocks on all sides. The splashes of water fell on his face, bringing a hint of coolness.

Whenever he eats quietly by himself, he can't help but think of his parents at home. I don't know if his parents ate well or slept well when he was away? Is my mother tired of cleaning the whole yard by herself? I don't know if the broken household robot has been repaired?

Even though it's only been eight days since I've been away from home, it feels like a long time.

In the past eight days, it seems that more things have been experienced than in the previous eighteen years. He must be cautious everywhere at all times, and if he is not careful, he will fall into dangerous days, but in eight days, what little immaturity he has left will be consumed.

Now that he is stronger, he is stronger than ever. Because, he has deeply understood the helplessness and grievance of the weak.

His strength is already very strong compared to others, and he still has to be careful in the beast area, and I don't know how others hold on.

Inadvertently bowed his head, Luo Yong suddenly found that the mercenary badge on his chest had turned green, and he had unknowingly become a D-level mercenary. I wonder how those who desperately want to increase the level of mercenaries will feel when they find out?

Luo Yong was stunned, then shook his head and smiled.

What's the point of comparing your rank with those mercenaries who aren't even cultivators? The most important thing is to get tangible benefits in the beast area.

At the other end of the cave, an unknown beast awaits him, and it's time to go.

Putting away the small half-packet of jerky that remained, he refilled the kettle with water, and then packed up his things and prepared to set off again.

Xiao Cui and No. 1 were carried on his shoulders, with a big backpack behind his back, and Xiao Luo who followed automatically, and Luo Yong walked into the passage at the other end of the cave.

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This passage is indeed very narrow, and even in Rayong's size, you have to bend down and bow your head to pass through safely.

Moreover, the humidity in the air is still quite high, and the rock walls on both sides are slippery and greasy, with a lot of algae growing on them, which will rub against you if you are not careful.

Fortunately, the narrow passage is not long, and after walking for more than ten minutes, it begins to gradually widen.

As he walked through a turn, Rayong's eyes suddenly lit up.

It is a small cave with a ceiling covered with unknown mushrooms of blue and purple, and the interior of the cave without the slightest light emits a faint ghostly glow, which looks very dreamy.

However, what surprised Rayong the most was not these, but the abundant aura that permeated the cave.

However, the difference between a passage and the concentration of spiritual energy inside and outside the cave is a world of difference, and the concentration of spiritual energy here is at least four or five times that of the outside.

Luo Yong was overjoyed in his heart, if he cultivated here, his cultivation speed could be increased by at least two or three times.

However, it didn't take long for him to be happy, and his heart was full of vigilance.

Generally speaking, in this kind of place with a strong aura, the strength of the entrenched beasts must be relatively high. In case he loses his vigilance for a while and is attacked by a sneak attack, there is no place to cry.

The hole is curved, and you can't see what you're looking inside from here.

Rayong condensed his spiritual sense in one direction and reached deeper into the cave. At the very least, you need to know who the owner is.

At this time, a surprised expression suddenly appeared on his face.

It was a complete surprise to him.

It's not that this place doesn't have an owner, but that although there is an owner in this place, the condition of this master is not at all within his expectations.

He walked briskly towards the other end of the cave.

The area here is not large, less than twenty square meters at most, and the blue-purple glow on the top of the cave falls, and everything in the cave is clearly visible.

At the end of the cave, a corpse was leaning obliquely against the cave wall, about two meters long from head to toe, with gray hair all over the body, and the flesh and blood had completely dried up, revealing a few gray bones, and the whole looked vaguely human-shaped.

Of course, Rayong would never think that this was a human skeleton.

Not to mention that there was no clothing on this skeleton, just looking at the dry gray hair, and the long tailbone behind the corpse, you can be sure that this is definitely some kind of monkey creature, but the degree of evolution is quite high, and it is quite close to humans.

Moreover, he also found several bowl-shaped stone tools in the cave, which is enough to show that the wisdom of this skeleton was quite high. If you give it enough time, it may be a sapient creature again.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

There are many creatures in the universe that died out before civilization was born, and although this corpse gave him a great shock, he didn't have time to sigh.

Bones obviously don't make a sound. In other words, the sound he heard earlier did not come from here, and there must be other passages in this cave.

Rayong turned around and was about to find his way when he suddenly smelled a smell of wine on the tip of his nose.

Where does the wine come from in these barren mountains and mountains?

He definitely didn't have any wine in his backpack, and there couldn't be anyone else here, could it be that there was already one in this cave? Or has someone ever been here before and kept the wine?

He stopped for a moment and looked around in wonder.

Look with your eyes, no. Scanned with psychic sense, still nothing.

Rayong frowned.

Wine can't exist out of thin air, there has to be something to hold wine. If anything, he couldn't have found out. What's more, there aren't many things that can be hidden from spiritual sense.

The faint aroma of wine always lingered on the tip of his nose, although it was a little thin, but the aroma was very mellow, even if he wanted to ignore it, he couldn't ignore it.

If it's really wine, it's definitely good wine.

He sniffled involuntarily. Since you can smell the smell, you can always find the source. There's just such a place here, what else can you hide?

He groped around with the smell of wine, and soon noticed a stone on the ground in the corner of the cave.

The reason why Rayong noticed it was because when his spiritual sense swept over this stone slab, it actually shifted, and the situation inside the stone could not be explored by his spiritual sense. In this case, if you don't see the stone directly with the naked eye, you will definitely ignore it.

Interesting.

He walked over to the stone slab and crouched down to take a closer look.

The stone itself does not look special, but it is inlaid with dots of blue substance, which emits a metallic luster in the faint light of the cave.

This thing should be a water-attribute energy ore, although it is not the same as the metallic energy ore he bought before, but as long as it is an energy ore, it can inherently cause the spiritual sense to shift. If there are veins in the vicinity, there will definitely be associated water spirit stones.

However, the energy ore in this stone can only be regarded as detritus, not even poor ore, and the possibility of having ore veins is very small. Looking at this volume, it's enough to hide something.

Rayong's eyes narrowed slightly.

If there is any wine here, it must be near this slate.

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