Suddenly, a cold wind blew out from the cave, and Lu Fan's heart jolted. Wasn't this the Extreme Cold Cave, the ancestral tomb of the wild men? How could a cave blow out wind? Did the cave have another exit?
"Can we go in and take a look?" Lu Fan asked the wild man leader beside him.
Li Jingjing quickly translated.
The wild man leader hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Lu Fan was the mountain god, and the mountain god could naturally go in and take a look. However, it was very cold inside, and it was not something ordinary people could endure. Even they, the wild men, couldn't bear it.
"He says it's very cold inside. If you feel you can't bear it, come out quickly, otherwise, you won't be able to come out," Li Jingjing translated the wild man leader's meaning.
"Alright! Let's go in!" Lu Fan didn't believe any of this. Since the wild man leader had nodded, they would go in and see. Lu Fan swept all the jade stones on the ground into his storage ring with a rustle, then took out a peach and stuffed it into the hands of the wild man leader.
"Jingjing! Tell him I'll trade all these jade stones for delicious food and clothing," Lu Fan told Li Jingjing to say to the wild man leader. Li Jingjing immediately translated.
The wild man leader nodded foolishly, looking at the peach in his hand. Without wiping it, he took a big bite. It was so delicious! It truly was something owned by the mountain god!
Lu Fan and Li Jingjing walked more than a mile inside. It indeed became colder and darker. Li Jingjing's phone flashlight was always on because she didn't have Lu Fan's eyes that could see in the dark.
Lu Fan didn't seem to care much about the cold, but Li Jingjing was having a hard time. Even with Lu Fan's arm linked with hers, almost holding her in his embrace, she couldn't help but shiver.
Whoosh... Another gust of cold wind blew over, making both of them tremble.
"Uh... Brother Fan! I... I'm too cold!" Li Jingjing's face had turned a little pale from the cold, and she looked at Lu Fan.
"Jingjing! How about you go back and wait for me first!?" Lu Fan said urgently.
"No! I don't want to go back alone!" Li Jingjing held Lu Fan's hand, unwilling to leave.
"Sigh! How about this, you... you... try the secret to eternal life that Wang Yan taught you!" Lu Fan suddenly remembered that he didn't feel so cold possibly because of the Shen Nong Yang Sheng Jue he cultivated. Then the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra that Li Jingjing cultivated should also work.
Lu Fan took off his clothes and draped them over Li Jingjing, then carried her on his back. Perhaps feeling the warmth of Lu Fan's body, Li Jingjing immediately felt much better. She handed her phone to Lu Fan, closed her eyes, and began to cultivate the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.
She had also been cultivating with Wang Yan these past few days, but she had only been cultivating for a short time. Moreover, she didn't believe in eternal life. She just thought Lu Fan had come up with this to please Wang Yan and amuse the beauty.
However, as she focused on cultivating the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, she immediately felt a change within her body.
After waiting for a while, feeling the warmth emanating from Li Jingjing's body and hearing her steady breathing, Lu Fan knew that Li Jingjing had entered a state of cultivation. He put away the phone and slowed his pace, walking further into the cave.
However, Lu Fan didn't expect the cave to be so deep. He walked another two miles, and it was clearly a downward slope.
Feeling no discomfort from Li Jingjing on his back, Lu Fan continued forward.
Clang... Clang... Suddenly, the sound of weapons clashing echoed from within the cave.
"Holy cow... Could the ancestors of the wild men really still be alive?" Lu Fan gasped, taking a sharp breath. In such a deep cave, Lu Fan really didn't believe he could encounter anyone else here. He could only guess that the ancestors of the wild man tribe were still alive.
If those people were still alive, how old would they be? Would they be like the demons or zombies in legends?
Lu Fan, emboldened, continued to walk forward. Although he was afraid, he was even more curious. The cave was now bone-chillingly cold, and Li Jingjing's body seemed to be covered in a layer of frost. However, her breathing was steady, so Lu Fan wasn't too worried.
The clanging sound grew closer and closer, and Lu Fan's footsteps became lighter and lighter. He was truly afraid of disturbing those ghostly, demonic things.
Suddenly, a very large deep pit appeared ahead. This deep pit could also be considered a large space. The entire space was about fifty zhang square and four or five meters high. The stone walls around the space were all lit with pine oil lamps. Lu Fan stood above this deep pit.
And in the space below were several people, but they were not the old wild man ancestors Lu Fan had imagined. Lu Fan recognized all these people. The disheveled old Daoist, Ma Jiu, Yan Menghan, and Elder Chang. There was also a man in black.
At this moment, the disheveled old Daoist and Ma Jiu were sitting opposite each other, looking at each other, but it was clear that neither of them was at ease. Their clothes were torn and tattered, indicating they had been fighting.
The man in black was covered in wounds and was being forced by Elder Chang towards Ma Jiu's side.
Elder Chang also had a few wounds on his body, and he didn't dare to get too close to Ma Jiu. Those wounds on his body were thanks to Ma Jiu. He also knew that if it weren't for the disheveled old Daoist keeping Ma Jiu occupied, Ma Jiu could have easily killed him. The cultivation levels of these two had exceeded his imagination.
Yan Menghan stood far away from the disheveled old Daoist and Ma Jiu, in a defensive posture.
"Brother Yan! Why are you here?" Lu Fan exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Yan Menghan and Elder Chang.
"Lu Fan!?"
"......???"
Almost everyone in the cave looked at Lu Fan at the same time. No one expected anyone else to come in.
"Lu Fan! Quickly save us!" Yan Menghan, recovering from his shock, immediately shouted at Lu Fan.
"I... How can I save you guys?" Lu Fan was in a panic. This space wasn't that deep. If a few people worked together, they should be able to climb out. However, it was clear that everyone was fighting for their lives.
"Hehehehe... No one is getting out! Just wait here to starve to death," the disheveled old Daoist suddenly said with a lewd smile.
"Hey... Old Daoist! What do you mean by that?" Lu Fan asked, somewhat confused. Why was this old fellow here? And why was he mixed up with Ma Jiu?
"Kid! These people are all here for the Fallen Goose Sect, wanting to obtain the sect's inheritance and treasures. Do you want them to leave alive and flatten this mountain?" the disheveled old Daoist glanced at Lu Fan and said.
"But... these two are my friends. And... I can't just watch you die here, can I?" Lu Fan shrugged.
"Hehehehe! It's not that easy to make me die!" The disheveled old Daoist smiled lewdly, took out a dry and hard flatbread from his embrace, and took a bite with a crunch.