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A muffled "boom" sound suddenly came from in front of him, and the direction he was heading towards was precisely where Wu Ji was heading to.

I picked up my backpack and chased after him. Scrawny Monkey followed closely behind me, shouting for me to slow down, maybe it wasn't Wu Ji but something else.

I know in my heart that Scrawny Monkey is right, but when I thought that Wu Ji might have met with danger, I worried that he defeated my rationality.

Without Wu Ji, I couldn't even determine the direction of the sound in the forest. I could only rely on my senses to run towards the direction where the sound came from.

When I stopped, I realized that I had overestimated my ability, because the sound seemed to be nearby. We should have already found the location of the accident after running for so long, but the forest was still deep and there were no signs of a landslide.

Scrawny Monkey quickly caught up. He was also exhausted and out of breath.

Just when I was hesitating whether I should continue forward and search for traces of Wu Ji, or retreat back to wait for his safe return, I suddenly saw something running towards us from the left side of the forest.

It was unknown when Scrawny Monkey had gotten hold of the gun, but I had already moved two steps behind him. If necessary, I could let the guy in his hand block me.

We held our breath, both of us wary of what was about to escape from the trees, and at that moment I had the ridiculous hope that a giant beetle would emerge, because of all the creatures I had encountered, that thing was the least lethal, even though it was disgusting.

Scrawny Monkey's hand was tightly holding onto the spear, I could see the sweat on his forehead dripping down.

And just as the trees were getting closer and closer, Scrawny Monkey's finger was already on the trigger.

"It's me!"

Hearing the sound, I slapped Scrawny Monkey's hand away, then Wu Ji used his sight to brush away the bushes and walked out.

He was relieved to see that he was safe and sound.

Scrawny Monkey often heaved a sigh of relief, wiped his forehead and said: "I say, little brother, you are scaring me to death."

Wu Ji saw that I was fine, so he turned to look at Scrawny Monkey and asked: "What's there to be afraid of, brother, aren't you a hunter? Why are you afraid of the wild beasts in the forest?"

The Scrawny Monkey was naturally unable to answer to that question, and could only stammer to fool him, while the two of us did not expose him.

When he was asked later on, he found out that Wu Ji had also heard the sound of rocks collapsing, so he immediately ran over, thinking that something had happened to us. Fortunately, they happened to meet here. Otherwise, if they missed it, it would be troublesome.

Scrawny Monkey asked Wu Ji, did he know what happened earlier?

Wu Ji looked at me and shook his head.

Scrawny Monkey said with his mouth shut. Listening to the noise, it seemed like something had collapsed.

He was supposed to be rich underground, but when he encountered something like this, the first thing he thought of was not danger, but taking advantage of the chaos to fish for himself. However, he was worried that he wouldn't be able to get out of the forest even if he managed to fish for himself, so he mobilized Wu Ji and I.

Scrawny Monkey said that the forest was deep, and there was no guarantee that some kind of treasure would fall out of the cave. If we were lucky enough to pick up a half piece, we wouldn't need to get up early to look for some herbs.

His suggestion was just in line with our thoughts, so he didn't expose his poor words and just walked forward together.

We didn't walk too far before we saw a place where the rocks had collapsed and heavy dust was still floating in the air.

Furthermore, if one looked closely, one would find that there seemed to be a very deep hole behind the collapsed mountain rocks. It was so dark that one could not see how deep it actually was.

Seeing this, Scrawny Monkey's eyes lit up. He rubbed his hands and said excitedly, he was sure that there was some treasure inside. Without waiting for us to speak, one of us hurried over, as if afraid that if we were too late, Baby would run away.

Wu Ji, on the other hand, appeared to be the calmest as he did not rush to move forward. Instead, he asked me if I had noticed anything unusual.

I knew what he was worried about, so I calmed down and tried to sense it, but everything was normal.

Wu Ji's expression was very serious, his eyebrows were tightly knitted together as he stood in place and calculated.

I originally thought that he was talking about divination of good fortune, but after a moment of silence, he said that the collapse of this place had changed the direction of the Xiao Xi Kou.

There were eight extraordinary meridians in a person's body, and these eight extraordinary meridians confirmed the direction of a person's aura. If one cut off these eight extraordinary meridians or blocked any of them, their body would undergo varying degrees of changes or damage.

At the same time, every village, forest, mountain, small to a family, large to a city, and even a country, all had a fixed path.

In ancient times, even today's more particular buildings were designed and built according to the local landmarks.

Even the mice ants and other small creatures that were digging underground had observed carefully. The caves that they had constructed might turn and turn at a glance, but they would all end up in the same direction.

This was because many small animals were very sensitive to the earth's veins, or to say, angry and Yin Qi s.

Whether or not a village flourished was also closely related to the direction of this land.

Adjusting the direction of an area's landmarks would change the prosperity and decline of the area.

Of course, a human could not easily change the direction of the Feng Shui lines. Even if there really was a highly skilled cultivator who was able to make use of the formation to sit on this point, he would definitely suffer great injuries or even lose his life on the spot.

Although I only know a little bit about these things, I also know the importance of the location of a place.

He asked Wu Ji what would happen if the landmarks changed, and what the wrong estimation he spoke of meant.

We waited for a while longer, listening to the movements of the nearby and inside the Scrawny Monkey. Wu Ji said that he would talk about it later and go into the cave to see what exactly was inside.

As soon as we entered the cave, we discovered that it was much wider than we had expected. It was as if the mountain had been hollowed out and formed an empty shell.

"Who was it that dug such a big hole? What is it for?" I was puzzled.

Because if you dug an entire mountain to make a cave, then what should be hidden inside it? Otherwise, why would you dig such a big hole just for the sake of being empty?

The cave was so big that our flashlight couldn't reach the innermost part of the cave. We walked deeper and deeper, expecting to find some valuable clues in the walls or in the cave, but there was nothing in the middle of the cave.

"Where did the Scrawny Monkey go?" I suddenly remembered that the Scrawny Monkey hadn't moved since he entered, and we hadn't seen him around recently.

Wu Ji circled around with his light, and indeed did not see Scrawny Monkey.

"Hey!" I cried out tentatively.

The sound resonated in the cave. It sounded very strange and empty.

Since we received no response, Wu Ji and I did not dare to lower our guard and cautiously walked forward.

After walking for about a hundred meters, they reached the end of the cave. However, it was still empty. The entire cave was about the size of a football field and there was nothing inside. Furthermore, the Scrawny Monkey was gone too!

Wu Ji said that there might be a mechanism here, if not the Scrawny Monkey would not disappear for no reason.

We groped along the stone wall for anything suspicious. And I suddenly realized that at the end of the corner, there was a stone wall that was a little strange.

This piece of rock felt cold, just like how I would feel touching Wu Ji's Death Jade rune.

I pointed it out to Wu Ji, but he said that there was no difference between touching it and other stones.

This meant that the problem was not the stone itself, but what was inside the stone, or what was behind it!

Wu Ji told me to take a step back. He went forward and carefully examined the stone wall, looking as if nothing had happened.

Just when I don't know what to do, Wu Ji suddenly cut his own fingertip with his dagger, and then used his fingertip to draw a line on the center of his forehead with his blood.

The blood on Wu Ji's fingertip is Yang, and the thing inside this stone wall is Yin. Even though I know the principle behind it, I am not sure what method he is using to find the flaw in this stone wall.

Not long after, Wu Ji forcefully pushed at a part of the stone wall that looked normal and ordinary.

There was a click, like a lock, and then the rock wall, which seemed to be part of the mountain, turned into a door.

Wu Ji grabbed me, and pulled me in through the door as well...