Li Chengji's feelings were complicated. For the rest of the tunnel journey, he did not want to say a single word.
The breakthrough he had attained through bitter cultivation seemed, with Wang Xuan, as effortless as eating and drinking.
Such a feeling was beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
The journey continued in silence.
The two passed through a small tunnel and soon entered a large one.
The large tunnel was wider and larger.
Along the way, Wei He noticed other small tunnels connecting into the main passage.
They continued deeper for roughly several kilometers.
At last, an enormous cavern, far larger than the Xuanmiao Sect's underground palace, appeared before Wei He.
The cavern's corners were overgrown with round mushrooms that glowed faintly, like patches of bright markings.
Jagged rocks covered the ground, with streams flowing through the cracks between them.
Many places on the surrounding stone walls held enormous black stone bird nests.
Wei He stood at the tunnel exit and surveyed the entire cavern.
Pale white fluorescence illuminated the cave. Its walls were riddled with small openings connecting to this place.
Every one of those openings was a tunnel entrance.
Rubble lay scattered across the ground. Some formed stretches of stone forest, while others were piled together in disorderly heaps of varying sizes.
Mist faintly drifted through the air, and huge black birds with wingspans over a meter occasionally flew past.
"We're here." Li Chengji stopped. "This is the largest underground breeding ground in all of West Continent. It is also the biggest source of raw materials. There are many more caverns of this size nearby."
"This place... seems like it has existed for a very long time?" Wei He saw moss and old traces left on some of the stone walls.
"That's right. This place appeared long