Extreme Evil Old Man had fallen into such dire straits that he no longer had any designs on the Stone Granary Rat. Instead, he was single-mindedly helping Luo Zheng.
After having Luo Zheng put away the rat corpse, he guided Luo Zheng through the narrow cave. By the time Luo Zheng emerged, he was already in a ravine a hundred li from Meng Mountain Village.
This path had originally connected to the cavern beneath Meng Mountain Village. Back then, Extreme Evil Old Man had dug it according to the Wandering Method. A single passage branched into countless variations, forming an unsolvable maze underground.
Some villagers from Meng Mountain Village had once wandered into the cave, but they had been completely unable to decipher its maze and had been trapped there until they died. As Luo Zheng made his way out, he also saw several skeletons, most of them likely belonging to villagers from Meng Mountain Village who had lost their way...
After crossing the ravine, Luo Zheng returned to Meng Mountain Village. The Sun Moon Stronghold Master and the group of martial artists were still standing foolishly in place, waiting bitterly.
After seeing Meng Mountain Village collapse into the ground, they had known something was wrong. The Sun Moon Stronghold Master had led his subordinates up the mountain, but after seeing the bottomless pit beneath Meng Mountain Village, not one of them had dared to go down and investigate.
Without seeing Extreme Evil Old Man, none of them dared to leave rashly, so they could only wait there.
More than half a day later, they saw Luo Zheng emerge alone.
"Luo... Young Master Luo, where did you come out from? Did you see our old ancestor?" the Sun Moon Stronghold Master asked, staring at Luo Zheng.
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