An hour later, in another hidden valley.
"Young master, the results of the interrogation have been obtained, the layer of low clouds over Ten Thousand Demon Island is a large formation, called the 'Sea of Clouds Covering the Sky Formation', this formation can tell who is an outsider, and it is extremely exclusive, not allowing outsiders to fly, not allowing outsiders to exceed the innate realm, otherwise, it will rain down a thunderstorm. Therefore, when people above the innate realm enter the island, they need to suppress their own strength." A subordinate said.
"I see." Hong Zhan nodded, and then asked: "Why did the Pingnan Sect disciples come here?"
"Thirty years ago, the previous sect master of the Pingnan Sect died on this island, and this time, Zhou Jingxuan organized a large number of Pingnan Sect disciples to come to find his body. The three of them just now were a squad that happened to pass by the valley before us, so they did something to us." The man said.
"What else?" Hong Zhan asked.
"Their injuries are too serious, they are dead, and they haven't been able to ask too many questions, but there is one thing that they don't know about each other, they can't tell the truth from false, and they need the young master to take charge." The man said.
"Oh?"
"The leader man is Gu Yunzi's trusted disciple, he said that Gu Yunzi is working with several brothers to ambush Zhou Jingxuan in a rat hole in the north." The man said.
"Pingnan Sect internal strife, a group of True Sea Realm disciples are preparing to ambush Zhou Jingxuan?" Hong Zhan was surprised.
"It's indeed a bit unbelievable, we don't know if it's true or false, and we're worried about what kind of trap it is, so please make a decision." The man said.
Hong Zhan looked at the man and asked, "What about your judgment?"
The man was silent for a while, and then said solemnly: "We deduce that it is true. However, everything needs to be decided by the young master."
"Do I need to decide, or do I need to make a decision? You want to do it, but you don't want to take responsibility, so you push the problem to me." Hong Zhan smiled.
"My subordinates don't dare." The man smiled bitterly in shame.
Hong Zhan took a deep breath and said: "I, Hong Zhan, have clear grievances, never show mercy to the enemy, and never be stingy with my own people. Zhou Jingxuan misunderstood us at the beginning, but she did have a preaching grace to us, and we couldn't deal with Gu Yunzi and others, but if we just secretly reminded her, it would not be difficult, although it was dangerous, but let's go there."
"Yes!" The man looked happy.
"The three swords that have just been captured are given to those who do not have swords. Rest for a while, and after eating the bear meat, we will hit the road and go to that rat hole." Hong Zhan ordered.
"Yes!" The man said respectfully.
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Three days later, Hong Zhan and his party quietly arrived at a mountain forest, they hid in the bushes and looked at a valley in the distance, the valley was filled with fog, and a huge cave could be vaguely seen, and several men seemed to be guarding the entrance of the cave.
"Is it here?" Hong Zhan asked.
"Yes, the man said that there are man-made traces in this cave, which may have been used by an immortal cultivator, but it has long been abandoned and occupied by a group of rat demons, becoming a rat cave. One person said.
Another person frowned and said: "I don't know if Zhou Jingxuan is here. If she hadn't come, we would have had the opportunity to secretly remind her that if she had already entered the rat hole, I am afraid we would not be able to do anything."
Hong Zhan stared at the mouth of the valley, except for those guards, no one seemed to be in or out, he guessed in his heart that Zhou Jingxuan might have been ambushed.
Retreating now would have been the most advantageous option, but he decided to try again.
"Is there any other entrance and exit to the rat hole besides here?" Hong Zhan asked.
"The man said no, we also dispersed and checked quietly just now, and we didn't find any other entrances and exits." One person said.
Hong Zhan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Mice are the best at making holes, how can the rat demon leave only one entrance and exit in its own nest? Keep looking, maybe it's hidden in a secret place."
"Yes!" Everyone responded.
They carefully spread out and searched around.
Half a day later, they gathered in another hidden mountain forest and looked at a hole in front of them that was only the size of a watermelon.
"Young master, several big mice just entered through this hole, and the soil around this hole is very new, like a hole just dug by a mouse, and I don't know if it can lead to the rat hole." One person said worriedly.
"The rat demons have been killed, and only these ordinary rats at the bottom have the opportunity to be unscrupulous, they suddenly make holes here, which must be unusual, dig for me." Hong Zhan said.
"Yes!" Everyone responded.
There were some special tools in Hong Zhan's storage bag, and after a simple process, everyone formed shovels one by one and began to dig along the mouse hole.
The small hole quickly turned into a big hole, and the deeper it was dug, everyone dug very carefully, there was no movement, this digging was half a day.
With a click, a large amount of earth and rocks collapsed, and when they dug below, a large hole appeared.
"The cave has become wider, no need to dig?" Someone was surprised.
"Let's go, go down and take a look." Hong Zhan said.
"Yes!"
Everyone put down their shovels and walked towards the depths of the cave, which were surrounded by stone walls, extremely strong, and they walked along a passage, as if entering a gloomy ancient tomb, going deeper and deeper.
After walking a distance, someone suddenly said: "Is there a bright light ahead?"
Everyone clenched their swords and walked carefully for a while, and suddenly, everyone had a sudden feeling of enlightenment, but they saw a huge stone chamber at the end of the passage.
There were two large pools in the center of the stone chamber, each of which contained a large amount of golden liquid, and these golden liquids glowed with a faint golden light, illuminating the stone chamber brightly.
At this moment, dozens of big rats were soaking in two golden pools, with intoxicated expressions on their faces, until everyone walked into the stone chamber, they opened their eyes alertly.
"Squeak!"
The rats crawled out of the pool in panic and scattered to escape.
There was a sound of bang, bang, bang, and everyone swung their swords to kill the rats.
"Search!" Hong Zhan said.
Everyone searched around, and Hong Zhan also walked to the edge of the pool, looking at the golden liquid inside, he was surprised.
"Young master, this golden liquid seems to contain an extremely strong aura, no wonder the group of mice just now wanted to soak in it."
"Young master, the two golden pools are engraved with runes, is it some kind of formation?"
"Young master, there is a word in this."
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Several subordinates kept talking about their discoveries until they found the words.
Everyone quickly stepped forward, but saw five big characters written on a black stone wall, "Stone Milk Spirit Liquid Room".
"Is the golden liquid a stone milk spiritual liquid?" Hong Zhan's expression moved, and he said in surprise.
"Young master, have you heard of it?" One person said curiously.
Hong Zhan nodded and said: "There is a description in a pamphlet of Lone Star Son that in some places with strong spiritual energy, some people will arrange formations, gather spiritual energy, and integrate into the stone slate, forming a stone smulsion spiritual liquid. It can enhance cultivation."
"Stone milk?" Everyone was surprised.
They looked up with Hong Zhan, and sure enough, the top of the stone chamber was also engraved with various runes, and at the same time protruded two bell stone statites, each of which gathered a drop of golden droplets, ding and dinging, they each dripped into the two golden pools.
"It's really a stone milk liquid." Everyone's eyes lit up.
"Stone milk spirit liquid room? Room? This is a room, so there must be an exit passage, look for it again." Hong Zhan ordered.
"Yes!"
Suddenly, one of them pointed to the stone wall with words on it and said, "Young master, there are mouse paw prints at the bottom of the stone wall, what a big paw print."
Everyone looked at it, and sure enough, there were many rat paw prints at the bottom of the stone wall, and it seemed that a large rat demon had lifted this stone wall again and again.
"Is this stone wall a door?" Hong Zhan's expression moved, and then he guessed: "Behind the stone gate, is it a rat hole?"
One person analyzed: "Young master, since the rat cave used to be an abandoned cave for immortal cultivators, it is normal to have this stone chamber, perhaps, this has become the rat king's private forbidden place, after the rat king was killed, those lowest rats just now dared to dig holes to steal creation?"
"Very likely, let's see if there is a mechanism to open the door of the stone wall." Hong Zhan nodded and said.
Everyone quickly looked for mechanisms around, but unfortunately there were none. They tried to touch the paw prints and wanted to move the stone wall, but they couldn't shake the stone wall at all.
"Let's go together." Hong Zhan said.
"Yes!"
Everyone occupied a favorable position and moved the stone wall together, even Hong Zhan stepped forward to move it, and everyone used all their strength, and the stone wall made a clicking sound, as if it had been moved a little bit, but it still couldn't be moved.
"How heavy is this stone wall? It's too exaggerated! Young master, we can't move it, we can only chisel it open, or blow it up." One person said.
"No, once there is a big movement, it will definitely attract people from the Pingnan Sect, so you can't force it." Hong Zhan shook his head and said.
"However, our strength can't move this stone wall at all." The man smiled bitterly.
"Isn't it strong enough?" Hong Zhan's expression moved, and his eyes turned to Jin Chi not far away.
Everyone's eyes also followed the stone stalactite spiritual liquid in the golden pool, but Hong Zhan did not speak, and no one dared to cross it.
After thinking for a while, Hong Zhan immediately said: "If the strength is not enough, we will increase our strength. Two mouthfuls of the golden pool, I will take a sip, you take a sip, and absorb the stone stalactite spiritual liquid together to improve your cultivation."
"Yes, thank you, young master." Everyone looked at Hong Zhan gratefully.
Hong Zhan stepped into a golden pool, and in an instant, a stream of extremely rich spiritual energy rushed straight into his pores and poured into his body, its effect was much more than that of the stone rock snake spirit fruit, he quickly refined it into true qi, impacting the yin veins in his body.
The others divided half into another golden pool to absorb the stone smulsion spirit liquid, and the other half was responsible for protecting the Dharma and rotating at any time.