Liu Zhi stopped attacking and stepped forward to take a look. Then he nodded in satisfaction.
Just as he had expected, beneath the silver mountain wall was ordinary stone.
It was clear that the silver inside this cave, like the statues outside, was the result of the silver snowflakes slowly transforming everything.
Fortunately, after all these thousands of years, the mountain still hadn't been completely turned to silver. Otherwise, Liu Zhi had no idea whether the treasure he was looking for would still be there.
Now that he had dug through one spot, the rest was much simpler.
Liu Zhi increased the speed of his attacks again, carving a small opening in the stone wall with every strike.
But no matter how far he dug, he felt as though he would never reach the end.
There was nothing beneath the mountain wall but more rock.
This forced Liu Zhi to take out the Hidden Essential Navigation Chart from time to time and check whether he had dug in the wrong place.
But he found that he was digging in exactly the right place. He simply hadn't followed the waterway indicated on the chart and was instead forcing his way through the mountain wall.
That was precisely why he still had a fair distance to dig.
Liu Zhi took a deep breath, drank some Alchemy Potion to replenish his magic, and got back to work.
Videnina stood behind the passage Liu Zhi had dug, proving her worth through her actions and making sure nothing disturbed him.
Anyone trying to ambush Liu Zhi from behind would have to fight Videnina first.
As Liu Zhi dug deeper and deeper, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Especially when he broke through into a small space beyond the cave, he realized that the unease he