Chapter 108: Witch Tribe Cave Mansion

  The journey of the heavenly ladder is still ongoing.

  As we move forward, from time to time, you can hear the mournful and piercing cries of the main melody at both ends.

  Even if they were all in the realm of practicing Qi, they had made sufficient preparations before coming, but there were still people who really couldn't hold on, their true energy was exhausted, their magic treasures lost their light, and they were corroded by the dense black rain into a pitiful sight, falling into the abyss.

  Su Che was still as calm and collected, while also quietly paying attention to the state of "Fei Yun" not far behind him. No matter what, because of her fake infatuation with him, if she were to fall into danger, he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.

  Fortunately, Fei Yun's condition was still okay, holding a black lotus magic treasure in her hand, and she had been coping relatively easily along the way.

  It's not just her, the ten treasure-hunting disciples of the Phantom Sect seem to have their own ways of dealing with this highly corrosive black rain, and compared to those from other sects, they should have some kind of advantage in terms of skills or treasures.

  At last, the crowd followed the heavenly ladder and passed through the thick fog above the bottomless abyss. Suddenly, everything became clear before their eyes. Not only did they walk out of the range covered by the dark rain, but also heard the muffled cheering voices coming from the front.

  Everyone saw that the end of the heavenly ladder was connected to the top of a high mountain, with trees and grass on it, lush and green. At first glance, there is no difference from the normal world's green mountains. Undoubtedly, it brought an indescribable sense of intimacy to these people who had just walked out of the crisis.

  Everyone descended onto the mountaintop, sitting down one after another to rest. Although they couldn't stay in the same place for a long time, they had to seize the opportunity to replenish their depleted true energy.

  Su Che took a rough glance and saw that the over 400 people who were originally on the Heavenly Ladder had now been reduced to less than 300. Just this one trial, the Heavenly Ladder, had already eliminated more than a third of them... And they still had to stay in the Small Mysterious Immortal Realm for another month, just thinking about it made his scalp feel numb.

  By this time, Su Che had no desire to get entangled with others anymore. These people not only couldn't help in any way, but at critical moments, they would even turn around and show their ferocious faces. The scene on the Heavenly Ladder just now fully illustrated this point.

  So Su Che quietly sent a message to Fei Yun, saying "take care", then, without waiting for the reaction of Tian Xuan Zong's several disciples, his body suddenly moved, and he rushed down the mountain.

  "Ah, Su Shidi..."

  A call came from behind, Su Che didn't turn his head back and disappeared into the lush bushes in an instant.

  The person who called out was the Tianxuan Sect disciple on the giant palm in mid-air, who had decided to follow Su Zhe. His name was Zheng Rong, and he was 34 years old. His talent was considered above average, but among the inner sect disciples' Wind Cloud Ranking, he couldn't even make it onto the list.

  Nowadays, Yuqing, Hualuona and other top ten inner disciples of the Wind Cloud List have already built their foundations to escape the disaster of Xiaomixian. Zheng Rong also accidentally entered the Daxuan realm six months ago due to a chance encounter, and under the manipulation of a powerful figure's dark hand, he again "offended" the sect rules, which forced him into Xiaomixian, euphemistically called "redeeming his merits by atoning for his crimes".

  A twist of fate ultimately led to disaster, it's not hard to imagine how reluctant he was. He wanted to live on, had to live on, because the great opportunity gained half a year ago had only been utilized less than one-tenth so far, his future should be infinitely bright...

  Today, since he had already recognized Su Che as the lightning rod, 'Zheng Rong' was also unwilling to let him slip away. So, without even considering that his true energy had not fully recovered, he chased after Su Che in the direction he left.

  Hustle and bustle, several figures followed behind Zheng Rong's back, they all had their own reasons for making Su Che, the first person to take action, into a guiding light.

  Among them, there was a beautiful figure, but it was Fei Yun with a greatly changed appearance.

  Compared to others, Fei Yun's thoughts were completely different. At this moment, her thoughts were: "I've already been ruined and have no future. Since I can still meet him here, I'll do everything in my power to help him leave the Small Mysterious Immortal Realm... even though he doesn't seem to need my help."

  In her view, apart from herself, those few people who followed Su Che were all ill-intentioned.

  Fei Yun left alone, and the other disciples of Huanmo Sect did not stop him either. They entered the Small Mysterious Immortal Realm, where everyone's life was hanging by a thread. Those who were unwilling to stay and cooperate with others would rather be a hidden danger in the team, so those who wanted to leave could do so.

  "Master, someone is following us." Lao Hei had already discovered Zheng Rong and others who were secretly following behind.

  "It doesn't matter. I've said it before, following me will only get you killed faster." Su Che's mouth curled up into a cold smile.

  "But Feiyun has also arrived." Lao Hei whispered: "This girl is quite a handful."

  Su Che's eyebrows slightly furrowed as he thought for a moment, then sighed inwardly: "Let her follow along, if things really don't work out, I'll just have to save her life."

  Lao Hei smiled slyly, of course he understood what the master meant by "saving her life", which was to capture Fei Yun and throw her into the Xian prison. Although it's possible she may never come out again, it's still better than dying in the Xiao Mi Xian realm.

  According to the experience and insights passed down by his predecessors, Su Che knew that on such a large mountain, there must be some caves, which were the dwelling places of the ancient witch tribe millions of years ago. In these caves, it was likely that some spoils of war had been left behind, namely treasures obtained from the bodies of deceased cultivators.

  Because the ancient witch tribe did not possess a yuan god, the higher the level of the magic treasure, the more they could not use it. Many witches treated the relics of the cultivators as decorations and placed them in their homes. Now, what I'm looking for is these 'decorations'.

  Su Che's running speed was neither fast nor slow, giving Lao Hei ample time to carefully search for any hidden caves around them.

  Suddenly...

  "Master, watch out on your right!" Old Hei shouted a warning.

  Snowflake

  A green vine sprouted from the underbrush on the ground and wrapped itself around Su Che's right leg.

  Although this vine didn't look impressive and was only as thick as a wrist, Su Che wasn't going to underestimate anything in the Xiao Mi Xian Jing. With a swift movement, he dodged the vine's entanglement and instead charged towards the direction it came from.

  Something extraordinary must grow in an extraordinary place. In ancient times, the witch tribe liked to plant some strange plants outside their cave homes. Maybe this vine was one of them.

  When landing, Su Che took out his spiritual artifact flying sword and swooshed it over to make a swift slash.

  Slap

  The flying sword that cut through the vines suddenly bounced high, almost out of Su Che's control. Looking at the vine again, where it was cut by the flying sword, only a shallow white mark was left, and it recovered to its original state in the blink of an eye.

  "As soon as it wraps around you, you're absolutely dead" Su Che was secretly on guard, but in terms of action, he still had a bold and fearless attitude, charging towards the mountain wall tens of meters ahead, where a large piece of ivy hung.

  A sense of a living being approaching, the vines suddenly began to move, like a thousand snakes emerging from their dens, instantly raising countless small heads, shaking and wagging to welcome Su Che.

  In this situation, ordinary people would be frightened and run away, but Su Che only slowed down his speed and continued to rush towards the mountain wall.

  Doing so is definitely not suicide, but a kind of probing.

  Just now on the heavenly ladder when confronting the black rain, Su Che tried using the Hei Shi Qing Liu to touch those black raindrops and discovered that as long as his fingertips contained the Hei Shi Qing Liu, even if he came into contact with the black rain, his skin didn't suffer any corrosion.

  Then, plucking up the courage again, I quietly caught a few drops of black rain. They were just like ordinary rainwater, obediently staying in my palm, very gentle.

  I had guessed it long ago, there is an extremely close connection between the black giant stone and the golden command flag, so it must also be related to the ancient witch tribe, today, this point has been further confirmed.

  So, at this moment, Su Che's body was circulating with the energy of Hei Shi Qing Liu. In this state, those vines shaking their heads and swinging their tails might actually be welcoming him with joy, rather than "welcoming him to his death".

  The vine that had just attacked Su Che was now also honest, coiled one zhang away, raising its tip high, like a snake-like monster with thoughts, gently nodding towards Su Che...

  "As I expected." Su Che nodded in his heart: "They are showing me goodwill."

  Su Che raised his right hand, wanting to make zero-distance contact with this vine, but at this critical moment, a kind reminder from an unexpected guest came from not far behind: "Su Shidi, don't touch it"

  Zheng Rong and others finally followed along.

  Zheng Rong's reminder was indeed well-intentioned, as he believed that everything in the small fairyland that could move about was not to be touched.

  Unfortunately, it was too late, Su Che's right hand had already grasped that vine.

  Snowflake

  The vines had twined up, following Su Che's wrist all the way to his shoulder...

  "It's done"

  Zheng Rong let out a quiet sigh.

  Fei Yun's face turned pale in an instant, her heart was extremely anxious, but she didn't dare to open her mouth and shout...

  But what happened next left them utterly astonished.

  The tip of that vine gently rubbed against Su Che's cheek a few times, as if a snake-like spirit beast was flattering its master.

  Su Che transmitted his voice to Fei Yun and Zheng Rong at the same time: "If you believe in me, then stay where you are and don't follow me anymore."

  As he spoke, Su Che walked towards the wall of mountains where the vines were densely packed. Because Lao Hei had already seen through it, the dense vines seemed to be a curtain, blocking a huge cave entrance, and that entrance was square, with neat edges, obviously man-made.

  It's probably a cave dwelling of an ancient witch tribe, Su Che must go in and take a look.

  Whoosh! Su Che's figure disappeared from view as he dashed through the dense thicket of vines.

  "It turned out to be a cave mansion"

  Apart from Fei Yun and Zheng Rong, several other treasure hunters who followed immediately became greedy.

  Everyone knows that if you discover a cave, you may be able to obtain ancient treasures; with the treasure in hand, your chances of survival increase exponentially.

  Those lucky ones who managed to survive from the small fairy realm were all because of good luck, and obtained ancient treasures relatively early, only then could they keep their lives...

  How could these treasure hunters allow Su Che to swallow the treasure alone, they thought that if he could enter the cave, they could also go in, and those vines should not be harmful.

  Then three people plucked up their courage and approached.

  There were also two cautious and clever men who saw Fei Yun and Zheng Rong stop in their tracks, they too decided to wait and see. If those three guys could safely enter the cave, they would follow them in and snatch the treasure afterwards.

  Today's fifth update is finally completed, can sleep now, before sleeping, asking for monthly tickets again.

  ———————————————————————————————