The more He Buxian thought about it, the more curious he became, and his fear of the underground world lessened considerably.
In fact, He Buxian's guess was correct. Lin Yu did encounter some things in the underground world, but he hadn't had time to tell the three of them yet.
"Don't worry, I'll explain it to you right away," Lin Yu said with a smile.
As Lin Yu spoke, he took out the small stones and dates from his storage space and placed them in front of the three people, intending to tell them about his experience commanding from underground.
Lin Yu could tell that although the Fallen Black Phoenix and Feng Changge hadn't expressed it as explicitly as He Buxian, they were actually very curious about what was happening underground.
While he was busy, the little black and gold monkey made a new move.
Seemingly sensing that He Buxian and the others were not friendly to him, the black and gold monkey took advantage of Lin Yu putting it down and directly jabbed at He Buxian's location, giving him a sharp slap on the neck.
If it were an ordinary monkey, being scratched like that would be nothing, since for a cultivator like He Buxian, this level of attack would probably be nothing at all.
However, this black and gold monkey is no ordinary monkey. After being nurtured by the energy of the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Fragment for hundreds of years, its body has long undergone some changes that are different from those of ordinary monkeys.
The black and gold monkey's claws were incredibly hard, so this sudden attack left a mark on He Buxian's face.
He Buxian was completely baffled by the sudden attack. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be surprised that he had been attacked or that the black and gold monkey had actually caused him harm.
Without a doubt, both of these things are highly impossible for a powerhouse of He Buxian's caliber.
"Ouch!" He Buxian shouted, then glared at the black and gold monkey and yelled, "You damned stinky monkey, how dare you ambush me?"
Touching the scars on his cheek, He Buxian could hardly believe it.
If it were an ordinary demon beast, it would obviously possess some intelligence and wouldn't attack others without reason.
But this black and gold monkey was clearly different; looking at it, how was it any different from an animal?
But if it were just an ordinary monkey, even if it had the guts of a bear and the gall of a leopard, it probably wouldn't dare to attack him.
Putting everything else aside, He Buxian's skills are all genuine; any cultivator who has begun training can more or less feel the difference in strength between them.
The difference between He Buxian's strength and that of the black and gold monkey was clearly vast.
Seeing that He Buxian wanted to settle scores with the black and gold monkey, Lin Yu quickly stopped him.
He was well aware of He Buxian's strength; if he truly went all out, how could that little black-gold monkey be a match for him?
Lin Yu had promised this black and gold monkey in the underground world that he would protect him no matter what, and he couldn't break his promise now.
"Fine, it's your fault for saying this little guy was parasitized by those dark green bugs. This little thing is still sulking about it."
"Don't let his current appearance as just an ordinary little monkey fool you. After hundreds of years of nurturing with spiritual energy, his spiritual power is far beyond that of an ordinary monkey, and his intelligence is quite remarkable."
The reason Lin Yu brought the little monkey out was mainly because after he took out the fragment of the Heaven-Mending Stone, the jujube tree and the stream inside had withered.
If Lin Yu doesn't bring the black and gold monkey out soon, with his strength, he'll be trapped and die in the cave if there's no other way out.
There was no food or water in the cave, and it was unclear how long the little guy could last.
This time, Lin Yu brought him out, and perhaps he will be able to seize a different kind of fortune.
After barely managing to stop He Buxian and the little black and gold monkey, Lin Yu had the group sit down on the ground, intending to tell them about what happened underground.
"I won't go into the details of how you went down; it wasn't much different from your experience last time."
"This time, however, I went straight down to the deepest part of the earth and came to a cave."
He Buxian nodded upon hearing this, suddenly realizing what was happening.
Although He Buxian had been to the underground world before, he had not entered the deepest part of the underground world, so he did not know the specific situation of the deepest part.
Based on his previous experiences, He Buxian knew just how dangerous the underground world was.
First of all, there was the immense pressure. He Buxian himself hadn't even reached the very bottom of the underground world when he already felt all his spiritual power being restricted. Yet, the Palace Master was still able to continue exploring downwards, which was enough to demonstrate the Palace Master's immense strength.
"The world at the bottom is a cave. After I went down, I found that apart from these glowing pebbles, there was nothing special about the cave's surroundings."
"Of course, I also discovered that these small stones possess a special power that attracts the spiritual energy of cultivators."
"Then I realized that the reason we felt spiritual energy being absorbed by the land when we arrived here was because of these small stones."
"However, our spiritual power wasn't absorbed by the land, but rather by the small stones deep within it."
While Lin Yu was explaining, He Buxian and Feng Changge couldn't contain their curiosity and picked up the small stones on the ground, looking at them from left to right and then from right to left, but they still couldn't see anything special about them.
In He Buxian's case, the damage was quite severe; these were just ordinary stones.
Moreover, as time went by, the light on those small stones became weaker and weaker.
Lin Yu had personally stated before that these small stones possessed a mysterious luster, but due to the passage of time, the luster on those small stones has now almost completely faded.
Seemingly aware of the doubts in He Buxian and Feng Changge's hearts, Lin Yu spoke up before they could even ask.
"The reason you can't sense anything special about these small stones is because something happened to me on my way up, which caused the rainbow light on these stones to gradually disappear, and also made me fully understand some things behind them."
Lin Yu explained casually, which only fueled He Buxian and Feng Changge's curiosity even more.