Inside the cave abode.
Qiao Baiyang and the others explored with extreme care, constantly avoiding the dangerous golden mist.
From outside, it looked like nothing more than a thousand-meter-tall mountain.
But once inside, they discovered that the space was enormous.
The spiritual energy of the underground Spirit Vein supplied the cave abode with an endless stream of power.
So far, they were still circling the outskirts. They would need more time to reach its depths.
"It seems the master of this cave abode didn't have a human-grade golden core."
"You mean they actually had an earth-grade golden core?"
"The Geng Metal Aura here is far denser than I imagined!"
Qiao Baiyang and Shi Qingyan exchanged voice transmissions as they cautiously explored.
Unbeknownst to them, another figure appeared where they had just been.
His entire body was silvery white, enveloped in lightning, with countless electric currents crackling around him.
It was none other than Xu Changqing, clad in Spirit Armor. He examined the surroundings closely and thought, Something is off about this layout. The master of this cave abode had more than one spiritual root.
Outside, he had only sensed Geng Metal Aura, so he had assumed the master possessed only a metal spiritual root.
Now, he realized that the layout used earth to generate metal, meaning the master had possessed at least two spiritual roots: an earth spirit root and a metal spiritual root.
Thick earth served as the foundation, and Geng metal as the instrument.
Knowledge of formations had gone into this arrangement.
Although the cave abode's master had only been in the Golden Core Realm, their identity and background were probably far from ordinary.
Five people.
Four ahead and one behind, they advanced deeper, little by little.
After a while, five thick vines appeared up ahead.
Xu Changqing