Inside Yaogu Cave.
Ye Yuan had no idea what was happening outside.
Ever since he had entered this place,
he had been captivated by the scenery.
He truly had not expected
that such a beautiful karst cave would exist within these mountains.
Stalactites could be seen everywhere inside the cave.
Ye Yuan was certain that if not for the obscuring mist,
they would have been breathtakingly beautiful.
It had to be said that nature's miraculous craftsmanship had made this cave exquisitely beautiful.
Even with the mist blocking the view,
it could not conceal this place's uniqueness.
Steering the speedboat, he followed the river deeper into the mist.
The mist here was already far denser than it had been at the cave entrance.
Fortunately, Ye Yuan's Mental Power was no mere decoration.
Even under such dense mist-formed Mental Power,
it still did not cause him much harm.
After traveling for twenty minutes,
Ye Yuan's expression suddenly shifted slightly.
Following a series of movements from him,
the speedboat's engine died.
As the motor's sound vanished,
the cave returned to its previous silence.
Aside from the distant sound of water,
only Ye Yuan's rapid breathing remained.
Ye Yuan had never expected
to discover a natural underground waterfall inside a cave.
Although such a situation was not especially rare,
it was extremely troublesome.
With the waterfall before him, if Ye Yuan wanted to continue, he could only rely on himself.
Continuing to pilot the speedboat as he had before
was absolutely impossible.
The only option now was to leave the boat here
and rely on his swimming skills to cross the underground waterfall blocking his path.
Time was tight; after all, he had agreed with Qiao Na to return within an hour.
Twenty minutes had already passed.
Including the time needed to return,
he