"It was an oversight on my part not to explain things clearly to you sooner, Fellow Daoist Shen. Though the Black Abyss Mystery Cavern is dangerous, it also offers tremendous opportunities. The yin energy here is dense. Besides giving rise to numerous Yin Beasts, it nurtures all manner of yin-aspected spiritual materials deep within the Maze Cave, many of which are unheard of outside. Whenever the Nine Netherworld Yin Wind weakens, cultivators from the various sects in the Boundless Sea of Sand come here to hunt for treasures. As long as they don't perish here, practically everyone who enters reaps a tremendous harvest," Yan Wushi explained.
"So that's how it is." Shen Luo nodded in understanding.
"Besides those yin-aspected spiritual materials, legend has it that a vast treasure hoard lies buried deep within the Black Abyss Mystery Cavern. It contains all sorts of precious spiritual materials rarely found in the Mortal Realm, even some of the Nine-Heaven Immortal Grade. The quantities are enormous, too, with mountains of every kind. It's just that no one has ever reached it. Still, whenever the Nine Netherworld Yin Wind weakens, the cultivators who enter all try to find that hoard," Yan Wushi continued.
"A treasure hoard of spiritual materials like that!" Shen Luo's eyes widened, his heart pounding with desire.
"These are all legends. No one knows whether they're true," Yan Wushi said with a shrug.
Shen Luo murmured an acknowledgment and fell silent in thought.
Just then, the advancing party suddenly stopped.
Shen Luo looked ahead, his gaze shifting as he saw the passage fork to the left and right. Both branches stretched into unfathomable depths.
Neither Elder Mei nor Mo Wang seemed surprised by the fork. It was unclear whether they had sensed it with their divine sense or had been here