The cave is narrow and deep, and as you go deeper, you get farther and farther away from the burning medicine warehouse.

When the last bit of firelight disappeared behind me, the surroundings were completely plunged into darkness.

My soul was severely injured while restraining the violent earth veins, and my energy and energy were shattered. I was unable to focus on the surroundings, and all my belongings, including flashlights, water, climbing ropes, and even dry food and clothing, were lost.

For the first time, the darkness caused great trouble to me.

I stumbled and walked in the cave. Every time I walked, I would squat down and carefully examine the ground conditions. Only by getting so close could I see clearly what was happening on the ground.

I wonder if the air waves that came in earlier blew away the traces on the ground. After walking for a long time, I finally found some traces.

Those are two very deep drag marks.

It looked like the marks left by dragging someone's legs and shoes on the ground when they were walking.

In addition, there are some scattered footprints on both sides of the drag marks, but they are very shallow. However, judging from the texture, there is no doubt that they were left by Brother Yaozi and the others.

"It looks like someone was injured."

I grabbed a handful of dirt from the drag marks, put it to the tip of my nose, smelled it, and whispered: "There is no smell of blood. Could it be that someone is unconscious? Brother Yaozi and the others have no choice but to drag him around."

When I went to chase you, everyone was still fine. Some people were burned by the flames coming out of the medicine warehouse, but no one fell down.

It seems that my master and the others were indeed attacked after entering here."

After saying that, I got up and followed the drag marks. Soon after, at a corner of the cave, a military green backpack was abandoned here.

"It's our backpack!!"

I recognized this backpack at a glance, because our things were all purchased by Zhang Xinya, and they were all exactly the same. It was impossible to tell who this backpack belonged to just by looking at it.

I knelt down, touched the side pocket of my backpack, and touched something cold, which was a flashlight.

Snap!!

I turned on the flashlight, and with the light, everything became clear, and then I opened my backpack.

On the top is an instant bag of fried noodles and a kettle.

I took out the kettle and shook it. There was still water in it. I immediately unscrewed the lid and took a few sips. My already dehydrated body felt extremely comfortable, and then I continued to rummage.

Except for some tools, the rest of the backpack is filled with bottles and jars of stuff.

"It's Brother Shuisheng's backpack. Only he, a master who is good at using poison, would bring so many bottles and cans with him when he goes out."

I frowned: "Going deep underground, everything on us is life-saving. If the situation was not urgent, who would throw away the backpack? It seems that my master and the others are in a very urgent situation!"

The heart of the ghost hanging in the bag on my chest was beating "thumping, thumping", and Madam Wan's urgent voice came out: "Follow me quickly!"

I nodded, zipped up, picked up my backpack, and followed the drag marks and chaotic footprints on the ground.

With a flashlight, the traces on the ground become very clear and can be seen at a glance.

As we walked further, there were more and more drag marks on the ground, becoming more and more chaotic, like countless ruts left on country roads. Some drag marks were no longer straight, and the marks were like the body of a centipede.

The torso, with legs on both sides.

These are the marks left by the violent struggle and constant kicking when being dragged!!

"This...is not the trace left by our own people dragging our own people away!!"

My pupils shrank sharply, and I said, "Something dragged Brother Yaozi and the others away. They were still conscious when they were dragged away, and they struggled violently!"

Wan Niang'er said "Yeah" and said in a solemn tone: "One was dragged away at the beginning. The incident happened suddenly and the dragging speed was very fast. The first person towed away didn't even react, so the earliest towed person didn't even react.

There were no traces of struggle, but the footprints were very confusing, indicating that everyone was chasing after him.

Then... the drag marks became more and more numerous.

This shows that they are constantly being attacked and more and more people are being dragged away."

I continued to follow it.

The drag marks became more and more numerous, and the footprints became less and less. In the end, only one person's footprints remained...

The texture of the footprints was not clear, but they were probably left by shoes of size 41.

"It's my master's footprints. He didn't want to wear boots and always wore cloth shoes. These are the footprints he left."

I gritted my teeth and said, "Besides, there are nine drag marks in total...

In other words, except for my master, everyone was dragged away, including Tao Xiang'er and the two Jingxiang wizards beside him.

Apparently, my master is chasing them!!"

At this point, I can no longer calm down. There are many crises here, and my master is almost fighting alone...

Then, I quickened my pace and almost trotted all the way to track him. There was no other way. Even though my heart was burning at the moment, I had to ensure my physical strength first.

The cave was too deep, and I ran a long way out in one breath. It wasn't until a bright red light appeared in front of my field of vision that I gradually slowed down.

The red light seems to be the light refracted by strong light hitting a high-quality ruby.

"smell good……"

While adjusting my breathing, I twitched my nose and stared straight at the red light in front of me.

In fact, there is a refreshing medicinal fragrance everywhere in the cave, but after walking here, the medicinal fragrance obviously becomes stronger, and the medicinal fragrance is also mixed with a unique aroma, which is that of flowers.

aroma.

To be precise, it is a bit similar to the aroma of osmanthus, but the smell is more elegant. It seems to have some kind of magical power, which gradually calmed down my anxious heart. I couldn't help but take a deep breath and found out.

There is a sweet feeling in the throat.

Immediately, I shook my head hard and rubbed my face vigorously. The pain from the burned cheek made me wake up a little and I was no longer immersed in it.

Then I extinguished the flashlight, woke up the Tianguan Blade, held the knife in my hand and moved closer to the red light in front of me.

As I got closer, I could see clearly that the front of the cave suddenly opened up. It was actually a medium-sized space, and the faint red light was emanating from the belly of the mountain.

This is not the end, nor is it the real alchemy room.

The structure here is a bit like the air filter position of a disposable infusion set. There are thin hoses on both sides, and an air filter is connected in the middle...

The open mountain in front is where the dripping pot is. There is also a narrow corridor in the mountain, which should be the path leading to the alchemy room.

However, after I saw clearly the situation in the open mountain and the source of the red light, my whole person fell into a sluggish state...

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Chapter completed!