After seeing this, my face didn't change. I looked at Han Wennan and the others, who were quietly sliding down the rope. They didn't pay attention to the situation behind us.
Then, I began to use my witchcraft energy.
Although the green mist looked like witchcraft energy, it was very dangerous in this place. I had to be careful and didn't directly absorb it. I used my witchcraft energy to wrap the green mist in front of me before absorbing it into my body.
After the green mist circulated through my body, it entered the veins of the heavens and flowed into the Witch Qi Source Stone.
I smiled. Since the Witch Qi Source Stone could absorb the green mist, it must be witchcraft energy.
I couldn't restrain my excitement.
Since I couldn't cultivate witchcraft energy, I had to absorb it from the outside world. That was why I wanted to go to Thailand. Who would have thought that I would find traces of witchcraft energy there?
I couldn't help but think. The Tai Sui was born from the Four Sui Stars, so there should be four Tai Sui.
Up until now, I knew that the Tai Sui existed in Xiao Jin, the Corpse Yin Sect, and the Royal Palace of Thailand. Was there a fourth Tai Sui in this mysterious black hole?
It was too much of a coincidence!
While I was thinking about this, I subconsciously slowed down. Chen Yangting, who was in front of me, quickly noticed the situation. He turned his head and called out to me in a low voice. "Hey!"
I finally reacted. I put my doubts aside and sped up to catch up with them.
Chen Yangting wasn't wrong. This mysterious cave wasn't even fifty meters deep. When I caught up with them, Han Wennan had reached the bottom of the cave. She waved the searchlight in her hand, signaling us to follow her.
For safety's sake, the four of us didn't come down with the same rope. Instead, each of us had a separate rope attached to our bodies.
After Han Wennan sent the signal, the three of us moved away from each other and continued to descend parallel to Han Wennan.
At this moment, the light from the four searchlights illuminated the bottom of the cave.
Right below us was the water that Chen Yangting had mentioned. Moreover, the color was deep and not shallow.
However, the surface of the water was sparkling. Besides the water, there was nothing else. Professor Liang wasn't here.
Chen Yangting was about to speak when Han Wennan reached out and stopped him. She moved the searchlight in her hand away from the water and shone it parallel to her body. She lowered her voice and said, "Look."
We had been paying attention to the water, so when we looked around, we were startled.
We didn't know when, but we were no longer surrounded by walls. Instead, we were surrounded by an open space. However, our attention was focused on the water below us, so we didn't notice the change.
Although the light from the searchlights was bright, it was because the lights were gathered together, so the space they illuminated was extremely limited. They could only see where the light was shining, and the surroundings seemed even darker.
After Han Wennan finished speaking, he reached into his backpack and took out a few light sticks. After lighting them up, he threw them into the water below.
The deep and serene water at the bottom of the cave did not seem to have anything special about it. The glow stick floated above it, and a gentle light quickly shone out.
Han Wennan asked us to turn off the searchlight.
After turning off the light, we all closed our eyes. After our eyes gradually got used to the darkness in front of us, we opened our eyes and looked around.
The light from the glow stick wasn't strong, but it lit up an extremely wide space. The four of us had the cultivation of Glory of Consciousness realm, so our vision was much stronger than normal people. At that moment, the situation at the bottom of the cave was completely revealed to us.
The bottom of the cave was an extremely open space. There was a circular hole about two meters above our heads, extending all the way to the ground. This was the black hole that we had come down from. Below the black hole, which was where we were currently standing, was a square stone platform about ten meters long. At the center of the stone platform was a round thing that looked like a well. It was about twice the size of the cave above us. The rim of the well was completely made of stone, and the surface was smooth and smooth. It looked very exquisite, and the well was filled with water, which was level with the rim.
The water that we saw was just the water in the well.
Chen Yangting, who was beside me, was the first to speak. He cursed softly. "Damn it, I only detected that there was water below, I didn't think that there would be another world below.
However, don't you think that the appearance of the square platform and the well is very strange?
This is clearly a man-made structure. Could it be that there's a tomb below, and the hole that we came down from was a robber's hole? "
Han Wennan shook his head and said in a muffled voice, "It doesn't look like a tomb. I can't be sure either. Our first mission is to save Professor Liang. Let's not care about that for now. Let's go down to the well and check if Professor Liang sank into the water, or if he left the water and went somewhere else."
After he said that, his body exerted force in midair, and with a sudden swing, he glided to the side of the well. He stepped on the edge of the well, and used the momentum to land on the platform beside the well.
The remaining three of us also followed suit and soon all landed on the ground.
After untying the rope, Han Wennan tried the walkie-talkie on him, and realized that it couldn't be used at all. Thus, he found a pen and paper, and wrote down the situation below. Then, he tied the paper to his rope, and pulled the rope and shook it a few times.
This was the signal that we had agreed on for the people above to pull the rope when we came down.
After he finished shaking the rope, his rope was quickly pulled up.
After sending the message, Han Wennan went to the side of the well and carefully looked at the water and the mouth of the well, trying to find any signs of Professor Liang's activities.
Chen Yangting, who was next to him, said, "Don't waste your time. Look at the light stick. Since it can float on the water, it proves that the buoyancy of the water is normal. If Professor Liang is in the water, whether he's dead or alive, he will eventually float to the surface. Now that there's no one on the surface, he must have climbed out of the water and gone somewhere else.
It's better for us to look for him directly. "
Han Wennan ignored him and turned on the searchlight in his hand. After carefully searching around the well for a long time, he pointed at a spot on the edge of the well and said, "There are footprints here. Professor Liang did climb out of the water."
We moved closer to take a look. Sure enough, there was a very faint water stain. It looked like a blurry footprint.
Chen Yangting snorted. "Didn't I just say that? Why do you have to do this?"
His words weren't friendly, but Han Wennan didn't mind. He stood next to the water stain and pointed in the direction of the footprint. He said, "This place is very spacious, and we can't see anything in the dark. If Professor Liang climbed out of here, he must have traveled in a straight line. If we continue to search along this line, we will surely find other clues."
Chen Yangting was stunned and didn't say anything else.
Han Wennan followed the straight line and continued to move forward. As he walked, he used the searchlight to carefully check the traces on the ground.
I smiled faintly and followed along with Monk Miaojue. Chen Yangting seemed to feel that he had lost face, so he waited for a while before following us.
When he came over, we were already next to the square platform.
This platform was around one meter high. Han Wennan didn't directly jump down. Instead, he used the searchlight to search around the edge of the platform. He found a small pile of wet mud on the edge. He nodded and said, "It should be right. Professor Liang did come down from this direction. Let's continue to search."
This time, he didn't need to explain as we understood.
The orchard above the cellar was full of sand. Although it wasn't raining and the soles of our shoes wouldn't get muddy, there would always be some sand.
Professor Liang had fallen into the pond, and the sand had formed a thin layer of mud on the soles of his shoes. It might not have left any traces when he walked, but when he jumped down from the platform, he was too old to jump down like us. His shoes would have scraped the edge of the platform, and this pile of mud was scraped off at that time and left here.
Although the theory was simple, Han Wennan had started to search for clues along the edge of the well as soon as he came down. It was clear that he had anticipated these clues. His meticulous mind wasn't simple at all.
I turned to look at him. This guy looked simple, but he was actually very smart.
During the Young Phoenix Gathering, his talent had been completely suppressed by the prodigies of the same generation. In the competition before advancing to Glory of Knowledge, he had lost to Zhang Kunlun. It seemed as though he had been left behind by the other prodigies. But in reality, I had a strange feeling that this guy, who used to be the 'top of the young generation', might still be the top of the young generation.
At the very least, it had only been two months since my shaman energy advanced to Glory of Knowledge and I met him again.
Back then, Ye Pianpian had said that with her talent, she had used three months to absorb the obsidian stone. However, Han Wennan had used two months at most.
Maybe his talent wasn't that strong, but his cultivation foundation, comprehension, and hard work weren't ordinary. His final achievement wouldn't be bad.
The light stick illuminated a wide range, but the distance it illuminated wasn't very far. After jumping off the platform, we turned on our searchlights again and continued to walk forward.
The cave space was unimaginably large. We walked for a full ten minutes before we finally saw a mountain wall in front of us.
Under the light from the searchlights, we could clearly see that there were two caves on the mountain wall in front of us. The cave on the left was extremely large, and the entrance was three to four meters high.
The cave on the right was much smaller, and the entrance wasn't even as tall as a person.
I didn't find any traces left behind by Professor Liang along the way, nor did I find his body or body. If I wasn't wrong, he should have followed this direction and entered the cave.
The question now was, which cave did he enter?
We walked to the side of the mountain wall. This time, we didn't wait for Han Wennan to speak before we started to search the two cave entrances.
The entire cave was very dry, and the ground was made of flat rocks. There wasn't any dust, so it was impossible for footprints to be left behind. Thus, we mainly searched for traces on the mountain walls of the cave entrances.
Professor Liang had fallen accidentally, so it was impossible that he hadn't thought that someone would come down to rescue him. If he had walked forward, he would have definitely left behind some traces.
Following this logic, we soon found something. This time, Chen Yangting was the one who found the clue. He pointed at the mountain wall of the cave entrance on the left and said excitedly, "There's a mark here. It must have been left by Professor Liang."
We moved closer to take a look. There was indeed a football-sized symbol that looked like the word 'big'. However, there was an extra horizontal line below it, which connected the bottom of the word.
Han Wennan nodded and said, "It should be this cave."
This time, he didn't disagree. Chen Yangting was very excited, and he was about to walk into the cave when Han Wennan stopped him. He used the searchlight in his hand to illuminate the cave. Then, he said, "We haven't figured out the situation in this cave yet, so it's not a good time to move forward. How about we go back first and ask the armed police to bring some large lighting equipment here? Then, we can continue our investigation."
He was an experienced man, and Chen Yangting wasn't happy about it. He said nonchalantly, "It's just a tomb or an ancient ruin. What's there that we can't figure out?
Moreover, we've been walking for half a day. The path in front of us is suitable for walking, but the path behind us isn't?
What kind of logic is that?
In my opinion, Professor Liang's body won't be able to hold on for long. We should hurry and find someone to help us. "
Han Wennan shook his head. "The inside of the cave is different from the outside. The outside is spacious, and even if we encounter any danger, we can detect it in advance. The inside of the cave is narrow, and if we encounter any danger, not only will it be hard to detect it, but it will also be hard to hide from it.
Since Professor Liang could walk this far, his body shouldn't be in danger. We should be more cautious. "
The two of them argued, but Miao Jue remained silent. He stood next to them and didn't try to mediate.
At this moment, my eyes moved away from the symbol. I hesitated for a while before interrupting their argument. "Don't you think it's strange? Why is this symbol so big?"
Chen Yangting was getting impatient. When he heard my question, he curled his lips. "It's just a symbol. What's the difference in size?"
Han Wennan didn't argue with him this time. He agreed with him and said, "Perhaps Professor Liang was afraid that we wouldn't be able to see it, so he did it on purpose."
I hesitated, but I didn't say anything else.
Then, Han Wennan and Chen Yangting's argument came to an end. Han Wennan agreed to enter the cave. However, before entering, he had to inform the people on the ground that there wasn't any danger in this place. He had to ask them to send some people to bring some lighting equipment as backup.
Chen Yangting was a man of his own will, so he naturally agreed. After Han Wennan was done, he led us into the cave.
After the three of them had entered the cave, I hesitated for a while at the entrance. In the end, I followed them.
I hesitated because I knew there was something wrong with the symbol on the mountain wall.
Of course, it wasn't because the symbol was too big, but because I could sense a thick aura of witchcraft energy coming from it.