Xiao Yan quietly left the mercenary group. Although he felt somewhat guilty, he consoled himself: even if he did not use them, these people who put profit above all else would sooner or later be used by someone else. Besides, he was not truly driving them into a dead end. As long as they could put aside their prejudices a little and work together, escaping from that magical beast would not be a problem.
Shaking his head and casting aside those messy thoughts, Xiao Yan disregarded the consumption of Dou Qi and circulated it at full speed as he rushed toward the cave residence.
The cultivation method he practiced was Low-grade Earth, and he also had a large number of Qi Restoration Pills. Thus, even if he ran while circulating his Dou Qi at full force, there was no risk of exhausting it.
Before long, he arrived at a pitch-black mountain cave. It was deep and gloomy, looking rather terrifying.
Without hesitation, Xiao Yan walked straight inside. After entering the cave, he took out two moonlight stones for illumination and cautiously proceeded forward.
Although he had come here once before and confirmed that this was the Fierce Bear's cave residence, so there should not have been any other magical beasts inside, the Fierce Bear might have been a magical beast tamed by the cave's true owner. It would not have been strange for there to be another one inside. Magical beasts had territorial instincts, but whether tamed magical beasts still had such instincts was uncertain.
Xiao Yan walked deeper with his entire body tensed. Fortunately, there were no other magical beasts. He smoothly reached the deepest part of the cave, where an enormous stone door blocked the path ahead.
Looking at the stone door that stood four or five zhang