With the two highlands as landmarks and the map in hand, they soon reached the vicinity of the Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode.
Only after another exhaustive sweep did they finally pinpoint its location.
"This should be the place, right?"
Chen Lin looked at the two enormous stone slabs exposed beneath the snow and spoke.
Du Dahai nodded repeatedly, excitement written across his face. "That's right, this is it. I'll open it!"
As he spoke, he walked over to the slabs and stepped on a protrusion.
Chen Lin backed away and took a defensive stance.
Nothing unusual happened, however.
A series of mechanical sounds rang out, and the slabs slowly parted to either side, revealing a flight of stone steps leading downward.
Neither the opening mechanism nor the construction of the steps differed much from those in the Three Kings Grotto. Moreover, this place had already been explored, so it lacked the energy fluctuations that accumulated over the years in an Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode and would not attract the Tianluo Race.
"I'll go down first!"
Du Dahai volunteered.
Over the course of their journey, he had already gained a thorough understanding of Chen Lin's way of doing things. Chen Lin was even more cautious than he was; even if he did not volunteer, Chen Lin would order him to go first.
Chen Lin watched Du Dahai descend the steps all the way, then followed only after confirming that nothing was amiss.
After a moment's thought, he reached back and pressed a protrusion on the inner wall, and the stone door slowly closed again.
Although doing this would hinder their escape if danger arose, leaving the stone door open meant that using mana inside might draw the Tianluo Race's notice.
Of the two choices, closing it was still more advantageous.
Moreover,