(Eleventh update)
(Bonus update for the sixtieth vote)
"Shisan!!" With a few bounds, Wang Yan reached the opening Ye Shisan had crashed through. A section of rock three or four feet thick had been smashed clean through, leaving pitch darkness beyond. Wang Yan called into the opening...
"Hmm? The Fire Spirit Qi in this Mountain Cave seems very dense!" Card Fairy's voice suddenly rang out in Wang Yan's mind.
"Really?" Wang Yan stirred inwardly. Wisps of warm air washed over his face, seemingly carrying Fire Spirit Qi. His heart stirred again, and he murmured, "It really is much denser than outside!"
Just then!
Rumble! Boom, boom, boom! A series of faint, trembling rumbles surged out of the Mountain Cave...
"What's going on?" Wang Yan's heart tightened at the sound. He leaned forward and looked down into the Mountain Cave-and what he saw startled him. The darkness below extended far deeper than he had expected, with faint threads of red light flickering and surging at the bottom...
"Hmm? I sense it! There's a familiar presence down below...!" Card Fairy suddenly told Wang Yan telepathically, as though she had discovered something...
"What familiar presence?" Wang Yan's heart stirred, and he hurriedly asked her telepathically.
"I'm not sure! It seems connected to the Immortal Card Artifact! It's too far away for me to sense clearly!" Card Fairy quickly replied.
"Connected to the Immortal Card Artifact?" Delight rose in Wang Yan's heart, and he entered the Mountain Cave.
Just then...
"Brother Wang!" The Zhang Qiulin Sisters had come down as well. Seeing Wang Yan enter, they followed him into the Mountain Cave.
"Shisan's down below. It seems he's run into danger! Be careful!" Wang Yan answered as he swiftly descended along the cave wall.
"Mm!" The two women stirred at his words and