Leaving the Market at Last [Please Vote]

The ground and stone walls were covered in moss, while the corners were draped in cobwebs.

It looked as though it had been abandoned for a very long time.

There was nothing unusual inside the cave, only a stone table and four stone chairs, all of them blanketed in thick moss.

There were no skeletal remains of someone who had died in meditation. It seemed that senior had most likely left rather than died here, Ji Yuan muttered inwardly.

"Hm?"

As the illumination talisman was pasted onto the stone wall at the deepest part of the cave, Ji Yuan finally discovered a stone door within, likewise covered in moss and lichen.

Perhaps the moss had grown too densely, because Ji Yuan had not noticed it at first.

Maybe there's something good inside. With that thought, Ji Yuan turned to look at Big Clam. What if it blocks the entrance after I go in?

If a Second-Order Demon Beast blocked him inside this cave, it would be troublesome. He would not even have anywhere to run.

He would probably only be able to sit there and await death.

Although this big-mouthed clam did indeed have a rather gentle temperament, he could not gamble on it.

A Demon Beast was still a Demon Beast, after all.

One had to guard against others, let alone guard against Demon Beasts.

After giving it some thought, Ji Yuan came up with a plan. He summoned the Thunder Falcon Boat, leaped aboard, then took two jin of Spirit Pig meat from his Storage Bag.

Upon seeing the delicious food again, Big Clam's previously somewhat dejected eyes immediately lit up.

Dejected?

What was there to be dejected about?

The delicious food was right in front of it.

But before Big Clam could open its mouth, Ji Yuan