"Hmm, let's go." Liu Ming withdrew his gaze from the black snake's corpse, and the two continued forward.
Their pace remained slow in the following time, but they progressed mostly without incident.
Many of the traps, mechanisms, and fierce Yin beasts in the cave had already been cleared by those ahead, allowing the two to proceed quite cautiously.
After more than half an hour, the surrounding black Yin wind suddenly grew fiercer, swirling incessantly in the cave, emitting eerie shrieks that made one's heart pound.
The duo slowed their pace, and after turning a corner, they saw a fork in the road ahead. Two tunnels appeared, one on the left and one on the right, both seemingly leading deeper underground.
"Two paths..." Liu Ming's face twitched.
Though the cave passage meandered at times, there was always a single path. Encountering a fork was a first.
"It seems the Gaohe family and Old Man Han Ya's group separated here," Zhao Qianying said after inspecting both tunnels.
