After hearing Huang Jian's words, Mu Tianzhi also noticed something strange beside the cave. There were clumps of mud scattered around, and it was obvious that the mud was used to hide the cave.
"Damn it, that beast did it. How could it be so cunning and even know how to disguise the cave?"
Mu Tianzhi said with shock on his face.
Huang Jian nodded and said, "The mountain marten is known for being cunning and cautious, so it is quite normal for it to disguise this cave as a last resort for escape.
Now it seems that Brother Ye must have followed the mountain marten into this cave. We don’t know what his situation is. Let’s catch up with him and take a look.
Fortunately, the fighting ability of the mountain marten is very weak, even if Brother Ye fails to catch it, his life will not be in danger. "
After saying that, Huang Jian and Mu Tianzhi stood outside the cave and observed for a while, then lit the rune crystal lamp and quickly entered the cave.
After walking forward for about a quarter of an hour, the two finally had to stop because they found seven or eight forks in the road in front of them.
"Damn it, how come there are so many forks in this cave? I just encountered two forks, and I could barely tell from the traces around them that they took this path, but the ground here has become extremely hard, and I can't see any traces at all. How can I chase them now!?"
Huang Jian said this angrily after checking the fork in the road.
Mu Tianzhi also frowned. The situation in this cave seemed very complicated. The speed of the two of them was much slower than Ye Li and the Mountain Marten. Now they had no idea where the other party had run to.
"Brother Huang, what should we do next?"
Mu Tianzhi asked.
Huang Jian thought about it, shook his head and said, "I don't know either. If we continue to chase them, we will definitely not be able to catch up. We don't even know which road they took, so there is no way we can chase them.
If we go further, I wonder if there are other forks in the road. If we keep chasing them, we will definitely get farther and farther away from them."
Mu Tianzhi seemed a little unwilling and said, "Brother Huang, are we not going to continue chasing?"
Huang Jian hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's not that we don't want to chase them, it's that we can't chase them anymore.
Brother Ye continues to chase forward, and we don’t know where he will lead. If he follows the mountain marten, he might find another exit to leave. It’s no use for us to stay here.
I think we should just go back to the camp and wait. Anyway, we have to go back to the city tomorrow. Brother Ye also knows this. Whether he catches the marten or not, he will go back to the camp on time. We will definitely wait for him there."
After hearing Huang Jian's words, Mu Tianzhi was silent for a moment, and a helpless look appeared on his face. It seemed that this was the only way they could do now.
"By the way, Brother Huang, there are so many forked roads here. Will Ye Li get lost when he comes out later?"
Mu Tianzhi was still a little worried and asked.
Huang Jian looked around and said, “Brother Mu, you see the roads here are all sloping downwards, so it’s obvious that this cave is going deep underground.
When Brother Ye comes back later, as long as he chooses to keep climbing to higher ground, he can return to the top by the same route.
Look at the forks in the road here. The one we came from is obviously the highest. Brother Ye will definitely not go wrong."
Huang Jian himself was not so sure, but now he could only think positively.
The two waited in the cave for a while, and when they found that there was still no movement in front of them, they finally looked at each other, turned around and left the cave.
After the two came out of the cave, they left some messages on the ground nearby, carved words on them with talismans, and told Ye Li that they would go back to the camp and wait for him.
If Ye Li returned along the same route, he would definitely see these messages and would go straight back to the camp.
At this time, deep in the cave, Ye Li had actually already caught the mountain marten.
With his ability, he quickly got close to the mountain marten while harassing and chasing it. Two soul-piercing needles were sent out, and the mountain marten only had time to let out a scream before stopping and trembling in pain on the spot.
Ye Li naturally took the opportunity to rush forward, knocked it unconscious with a talisman attack, and then tied up the mountain marten with the hard rope in his Qiankun bag that was specially used to tie up monsters.
Just when Ye Li had packed up the marten in front of him and was about to carry it out of the cave, Tunri, who had always been silent, suddenly said to him: "Ye Li, don't leave yet, I feel something unusual here just ahead!"
Tunri's words shocked Ye Li slightly, and he asked, "What do you mean, is there something under this cave?"
Tunri nodded and said, "Yes, there is an extremely strong fire aura emanating from below. This aura is definitely not derived from ordinary magma, but something more special."
Ye Li was stunned and asked, "What is this special thing?"
Tunri glanced at him unhappily and said, “I haven’t seen what it is, so how can I know what it is.
The reason I asked you not to leave was because I wanted you to go and take a look. After all, there are many treasures underground. Since I noticed something unusual, you should go and take a look."
Hearing Tunri's words, Ye Li touched the back of his head embarrassedly. He thought Tunri could feel what was underneath.
"Senior Tunri, there are so many forks in the road here, which one should we take?"
Ye Li looked at the fork in the road ahead and couldn't help feeling a little worried.
Tunri said: "Don't panic, I can sense the direction of the fire spirit energy, I will guide you there.
You take the rightmost fork and go underground."
After hearing Tunri's words, Ye Li did not hesitate. He carried the mountain marten, which was tied up so tightly that it couldn't even open its mouth, and walked towards the fork in the road on the right.
He moved forward along the fork in the road here. Under Tunri's command, he passed several forks in the road and walked for an hour before quickly descending into a very deep area.
Ye Li could already feel the strong fire spiritual energy all around him, and there seemed to be a source of fire spiritual energy not far ahead, emitting astonishing heat.
This kind of fire aura gives people a very strange feeling. It is not like the lifeless underground magma, but seems to have infinite vitality. The fire aura is like a jumping elf, dancing in the air.
Feeling the active fire spiritual energy, Ye Li quickened his pace and soon got out of the narrow cave and entered a huge underground hall.