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nAn underground cave?

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nLin Xuan nodded. In any case, he had nothing to do. He simply squatted at the side and watched these martial artists open their mystery boxes.

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nSome people even went crazy and started to buy twenty and thirty boxes after not getting anything from the ten boxes.

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nLiu Qiang was overjoyed when he received the essence. Every wrinkle on his face seemed to be filled with joy.

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nTen minutes later.

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nA figure suddenly appeared in the stall.

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n“Oh? Why are you here?” The woman saw Lin Xuan squatting beside Liu Qiang and said in surprise.

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nLin Xuan looked up and discovered that it was an unfamiliar woman. He looked carefully and remembered that it was Ye Yuqiu.

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n“Do you know each other?” Liu Qiang asked curiously.

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nLin Xuan nodded. “Friend.”

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nLiu Qiang laughed and said, “Then I’ll give your friend a stone cocoon. Little girl, choose one yourself. It’s possible for you to get anything from the stone cocoon. Equipment, skill books, runes. Perhaps you can randomly choose one and get a golden grade item.”

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nHe was naturally teasing.

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nThe probability of getting a golden grade item was very low, so the chances of getting one from a single box was naturally even lower.

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nYe Yuqiu nodded as if she was familiar with him. Her gaze swept through the large pile of earthen yellow stone cocoons and she casually chose one. “This will do.”

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nLin Xuan looked at the thing in the stone cocoon with a strange expression.

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nShe had actually casually chosen the only golden grade item among the remaining stone cocoons.

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nThe martial artists beside him cheered.

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n“Another newbie.”

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n“No one knows better than me when it comes to choosing stone cocoons. She has a 90% chance to get an uncommon green grade item. As for the remaining 10%…”

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n“10% chance of getting a golden grade item?”

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n“10% chance of it being empty!”

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nThese martial artists had lost a lot of money because of the mystery boxes. They had been squatting here because they wanted to see others fail like them so that they could obtain a short sense of satisfaction.

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nAlthough their luck was bad, they would still feel instantly better when they saw that the luck of others was as bad as theirs or even worse.

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nLiu Qiang chuckled and said, “You guys, what if this little girl gets something above the blue grade?”

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nHe shook his head and immediately split the stone cocoon.

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nHua!

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nAnother golden light!

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nThe few martial artists who were waiting to watch the show were instantly stunned.

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n“What the hell!”

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nLiu Qiang was also shocked.

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nNo way.

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nShe could get a golden grade item by just casually picking a box?

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nLiu Qiang trembled as he took out something from the golden light, a belt.

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nYe Yuqiu took it and looked at the effect. “It’s not bad. Thank you.”

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nLiu Qiang did not know whether to laugh or cry.

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nThis young lady was actually not surprised?

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nCould it be that she often opened mystery boxes? That’s not right. He had worked here for more than two years but had never seen this little girl.

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n“Damn! Three golden grade items have appeared in Old Liu’s stall today! If a newcomer can get golden grade items, so can I! After all, I’m so much more experienced!”

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n“How envious. Old Liu, give me ten more!”

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nThis golden light directly stimulated those seven to eight martial artists who had not even gotten a single item. They gritted their teeth and ran back to open the mystery box.

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nOf course, they would definitely not be able to get anything.

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nAfter all, Lin Xuan had long known that there were only two golden grade items in this batch of stone cocoons.

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nHalf an hour later, all the stone cocoons were opened.

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nSome martial artists had lost more than 100,000 essence in this period of time. They were all dumbfounded.

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n“Time to pack up! I’ll go and buy another batch of goods in the afternoon. Tomorrow, there’ll be more mystery boxes for you to open!” Liu Qiang waved at the many martial artists very politely.

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nHe also cleaned up the earthen yellow gravel on the ground.

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n“Young man, don’t you want to see where the stone cocoon came from? Follow me.” Liu Qiang waved his hand, indicating for Lin Xuan to follow.

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nYe Yuqiu asked, “What are you guys doing?”

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nLin Xuan smiled and said, “The source of the stone cocoon. I want to take a look.”

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nYe Yuqiu hesitated for a moment and nodded. “Then I’ll go and take a look too. I’m also quite interested in the stone cocoon.”

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nThe two of them directly walked out of Colony Three and advanced. After walking for about 20 kilometers, a large black cave appeared in front of them.

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nThe hole of the cave was facing the cave, like a wide-opened mouth.

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nAs soon as the two of them arrived, they saw several martial artists crawl out of the cave.

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nSeeing the two of them, they were not surprised. Instead, they nodded from afar as a form of greeting.

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n“This area is a natural underground space formed by the Little Spirit Mountain. It extends in all directions. Every once in a while, stone cocoons will form in the tunnels of this underground space.”

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n“They should also be here to find the stone cocoons. Recently, many unfamiliar faces have come to find the stone cocoons. Moreover, for some reason, the number of stone cocoons has decreased by more than half recently. Many acquaintances have complained to me that they could only get more than a hundred after exploring for an entire day.”

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nWith that said, he turned to Lin Xuan. “Young man, seeing that you’ve helped my business, I’ve brought you here. But this is where we part. I’m going to go and collect my goods.”

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nLiu Qiang whistled and prepared to enter the ground again. Before going down, he could not help but remind.

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n“I think the both of you are quite young. You should have just advanced to the Seventh Realm, right? The underground has been quite dangerous recently. Many people have died. It’s quite difficult for the two of you to go down alone. It’s best to find one or two more people to team up.”

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nLin Xuan and Ye Yuqiu watched as Liu Qiang entered the ground.

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nYe Yuqiu asked, “Have you thought of something?”

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nLin Xuan said, “Among the martial artists in Little Spirit Mountain, there are all kinds of people. I think it’s very likely that Indian martial artists have long mixed in and gotten through.”

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n“But they don’t look like Easterners at all… That means that they can’t appear easily. In that case, their hiding place is very limited.”

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nYe Yuqiu’s eyes lit up. “The underground cave is a good place to hide.”

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nLin Xuan nodded. “They’re probably hiding underground and rely on the Indian spies to buy them food and water.”

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n“Liu Qiang also mentioned just now that the number of stone cocoons has decreased a lot recently. It’s very likely that those Indian martial artists are also secretly searching for them.”

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n“This also explains why the number of deaths among the martial artists collecting the stone cocoons increased. They probably bumped into those Indian martial artists.”

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nYe Yuqiu nodded seriously. She felt that Shield Ghost’s analysis was very accurate.

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n“What do you want to do? Do you want to go down together and try to find them?”

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nLin Xuan shook his head. “You know that I have the Beast Speaker skill.”

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nYe Yuqiu immediately reacted and said in surprise, “Smart, do you want to send some demon beasts to investigate?”

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nLin Xuan nodded.

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nOf course, he was lying to Ye Yuqiu.

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nThe Beast Speaker skill was not that powerful, and it was very difficult to tame demon beasts.

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nThat skill could at most allow one to communicate with demon beasts and obtain some information.

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nHowever, with the intelligence of ordinary demon beasts, how could they provide anything important?

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nLin Xuan naturally planned to directly possess a demon beast and explore this underground cave from its point of view.

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nAs the two of them spoke, Lin Xuan saw a Little Rock Snake from the corner of his eye. It was extending its body and preparing to fall into the underground cave.

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nHe immediately rushed over and began to communicate amicably with the Little Rock Snake.

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nThe communication process naturally involved some physical contact.

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nHearing the noise of beating, Ye Yuqiu could not bear it.

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nDidn’t they have to communicate well with the demon beasts and get along well before they could command the Beast Speaker skill?

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nHowever, Lin Xuan’s way of getting along with the demon beasts really puzzled her.

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nWith his back facing Ye Yuqiu, Lin Xuan smashed his hammer the entire time and quickly killed this level two Seventh Realm Little Rock Snake.

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nThen, he removed one of his training avatars from the Falling Thunder Mountain and possessed this Little Rock Snake as his new training avatar.

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nYe Yuqiu could not help but say, “Is the beating also a part of the communication with the demon beasts?”

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nLin Xuan grinned. “Friendly and peaceful communication is an old method. Now, I rely on this method to get along with the demon beasts.”

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n“Look, hasn’t it become very obedient?”

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nHe pointed at the Little Rock Snake beside his feet that was as thick as an arm and more than two meters long. “Circle twice.”

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nThe Little Rock Snake immediately circled twice.

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n“Form the shape of a heart.”

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nThe Little Rock Snake’s abdomen supported the ground, and its head and tail made a difficult heart gesture.

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nYe Yuqiu was shocked.

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nThis Shield Ghost was simply too good at controlling the Beast Speaker skill.

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nAt this moment, a Buddhist light flashed in the sky, and then a thunderclap sounded.

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nA sandalwood smell seemed to appear in the air.

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nThe sky immediately darkened at a visible speed.

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nThis was the sign that the sky was about to turn dark.

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n“It’s almost dark,” Ye Yuqiu said solemnly.

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n“Let’s go back first. We’ll come back tomorrow. This Little Rock Snake will give me an answer by then.” Lin Xuan waved his hand.

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nAfter they left, the martial artists who were picking up the stone cocoons in the underground cave also hurriedly ran out.

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n“The sky turned dark so early today…” Liu Qiang stared at the sky that seemed to be dyed black and was shocked.

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nAt Colony Three.

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nLin Xuan had already returned to his temporary room.

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nThe six of them went to the canteen to get food and brought it back. They gathered in Bai Xinghe’s room and discussed what they had seen during the day.

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nBai Xinghe, who was always working seriously, was the first to speak. “I talked to the old members of Colony Three. They said that there have indeed been a lot of unfamiliar faces recently.”

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n“I learned from a few martial artists who have been here for more than a year that the sky seems to have darkened earlier in the day for the past month. Moreover, the speed at which it darkens has also increased greatly,” Flame Explosion said solemnly.

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nSilver Fox said, “I discovered that the life potions here are very scarce. We can take the opportunity to make a huge profit!”

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nEveryone :”…”

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nBlack snorted. “Can you be more reliable? I asked you to check if there’s anything strange at Colony Three.”

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nSilver Fox sneered. “What about you?”

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nBlack chuckled and said, “I discovered that the hard liquor brewed by a stall owner is very delicious. They use fruits to brew them here.”

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nEveryone :”…”

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nYe Yuqiu held her forehead. “You’re obsessed with alcohol.”

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nBlack casually took out the bottle of hard liquor and immediately asked casually, “What about you guys?”

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nLin Xuan and Ye Yuqiu told him what they had seen and heard.

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nThis time, everyone was excited.

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nThis was especially true for Black. He had previously trained on the Little Spirit Mountain and knew very well how big the space in the underground cave was.

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nThat was indeed the best place to hide.

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n“Then what do you say? Shall we go and take a look tomorrow?” Bai Xinghe immediately sat up straight.

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nYe Yuqiu shook her head. “Our mission is to hide and wait for India to attack first so that we can catch them all in one fell swoop and severely injure the other party.”

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n“We can’t expose ourselves. We just need to find out if there’s really someone hiding there.”

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nThe others immediately nodded.

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nYe Yuqiu looked at Lin Xuan. “Shield Ghost has already used the Beast Speaker skill to tame a Little Rock Snake and asked it to help us investigate the situation in the underground cave.”

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nSilver Fox was very surprised.

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nShield Ghost was getting better and better at using Beast Speaker.

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nAt this moment, an ear-piercing alarm suddenly sounded outside.

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n“A sudden beast tide is approaching! All martial artists, please immediately climb the city wall!”

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n“Repeat! A medium-sized beast tide!”

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