Qing Lin held Xiao Tianci's hand with one hand, while holding a Moonlight Stone in the other.
A soft, faint light emanated from it, allowing Xiao Tianci to discern the road ahead.
After Xiao Tianci landed, more than a dozen beams of light followed closely behind him. The group's buttocks pressed tightly against the cave wall, making a hissing sound that slowly echoed in the passage.
Compared to Xiao Tianci, these mercenaries were noticeably more cautious. It took them two or three minutes before they slowly descended to the bottom of the pit and came to stand behind Xiao Tianci.
"Hey, there's actually air in here."
"I originally thought that once the pit was dug open, the water from the lake would just flow in, but I never expected it to be so magical."
A dozen or so mercenaries looked around the pit and exclaimed in amazement.
For them, this situation was truly too incredible.
Xiao Ding also came over and stood beside Xiao Tianci, asking, "So, Tianci, is there anything strange about this underground place?"
"It's hard to say right now." Xiao Tianci shook his head, then glanced at the cave walls on either side of him.
If it were a normally formed underground cave, the cave walls would certainly be pitted and uneven, with various irregular shapes.
However, the passage where Xiao Tianci was currently located was extremely smooth, with virtually no stones protruding from the cave walls.
The passage felt to Xiao Tianci as if it had been forcefully created by an extremely large pillar of energy.
"However, this should be the place." This discovery made Xiao Tianci frown slightly, and at the same time, he confirmed it in his heart.
"However, this underground pit is truly amazing. You can't see anything inside from the outside, and there isn't a single drop of water in it."
At this moment, Xiao Ding also exclaimed, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have believed that this kind of terrain could actually appear in the desert."
"Hehe, after all, this is an area where rare treasures of heaven and earth are located. If there's nothing unusual about it, then something would seem off," Xiao Tianci added.
His gaze then swept across the road ahead.
Sure enough, just as the mercenary had said, there were more than a dozen dark passages in front of him.
These passages are all winding and looping, with no end in sight.
Xiao Tianci could only shake his head helplessly. Then, he smiled slightly at Qing Lin beside him and said, "You should sense it. Otherwise, if we keep going through these dozen or so passages, it might take several days to completely search them all."
After all, the Red Water Spirit Root wasn't a medicinal herb he urgently needed. Xiao Tianci already felt bad about having the Desert Iron Mercenary Group gather so many people to search for it yesterday. If it took another ten days to search, Xiao Tianci would truly feel it wasn't worth it.
"Okay." Qing Lin nodded obediently after hearing Xiao Tianci's words.
Then, she took Xiao Tianci's hand and took a step forward.
At that moment, Qing Lin's eyes blinked slightly.
No one noticed that three extremely tiny green dots had silently appeared around Qing Lin's emerald green pupils.
Then, Qing Lin closed her eyes slightly and began to sense the energy within the passage.
Xiao Tianci turned his head and looked at the mercenaries who were still adjusting their state. He put his hand to his lips and made a shushing gesture, then pointed to Qing Lin, who had his eyes closed.
Seeing Xiao Tianci's actions, Xiao Ding understood, nodded, and gestured for the mercenaries behind him to remain silent.
The mercenaries, as if by unspoken agreement, slowed their movements, carefully untied the ropes binding them, and then cautiously drew their weapons. They then quietly stepped forward, protecting Xiao Tianci and Qing Lin in the middle, their wary eyes constantly scanning the surroundings.
The entire passageway fell silent.
Xiao Tianci was not surprised by any of this; he simply kept his eyes fixed on Qing Lin.
After a moment of silence throughout the passage, Qing Lin slowly opened her green eyes.
Then, Qing Lin glanced at Xiao Tianci, stretched out her small hand, pointed to a passage slightly to the left, and then spoke softly.
"Young Master Tianci, several of these passages have some residual aura, but only this one has the strongest residual aura. It seems that six months ago, that person stayed in this passage the longest."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Tianci nodded, then looked at the passage that Qing Lin had pointed to and frowned slightly.
This passage appears outwardly identical to any other passage.
They were all pitch black, crooked and twisted, with no discernible difference between them.
"Alright, since Qing Lin has spoken, let's go on this day."
In the end, Xiao Tianci nodded. Anyway, he couldn't see anything from looking. He should not use those he doubted, and he should not doubt those he used. Since he had already chosen to trust Qing Lin, he would continue down this path.
However, just as Xiao Tianci was about to step into the passage, Xiao Ding suddenly stretched out his arm and blocked Xiao Tianci's path.
"Brother Xiao Ding?" Xiao Tianci turned his head and looked at Xiao Ding with some confusion.
However, Xiao Ding did not reply to Xiao Tianci's words. Instead, he turned to a burly man among the mercenaries and said, " Ham, go and scout out if there's anything in this passage that requires special attention."
Upon hearing this, the mercenary known as Ham nodded and then strode to the dark passageway.
He lay down, touching the sand with his cheek, and then slammed both hands into the ground.
Seeing this, Xiao Tianci seemed to realize something, turned to look at Xiao Ding beside him, and said with some surprise, "Brother Xiao Ding, there are really a lot of extraordinary people in your mercenary group. If I'm not mistaken, this person should be a mutated form of earth attribute, sand attribute, right?"
After hearing Xiao Tianci's words, Xiao Ding was also taken aback. "You actually figured it out?"
Clearly, Xiao Tianci hadn't expected that he would recognize Ham's attributes after just one glance.
In any case, the Sand attribute should be a very rare attribute, and you might never see it in your entire life.