Time slipped by, and another half day had passed as Su Chen roamed around another twenty or so caves here.
Although the harvest wasn't great, he still had some gains!
He had acquired two martial arts techniques, which due to their relatively hidden locations had not been found by others!
Su Chen skimmed through them briefly and felt that these techniques were extraordinary. Su Chen wondered who in the manor would be suitable for cultivation!
After all, everyone has their own interests and areas of expertise.
This underground palace was indeed vast. Su Chen estimated that he hadn't even explored half of it yet.
Of course, this was because he meticulously searched each cave afterwards!
Since he arrived late, the more obvious things would have certainly been taken away, so he specifically searched places that were less noticeable or easily overlooked!
At this moment, he was carefully searching through a cave, but after about twenty minutes, he found nothing.
Of course, this was expected, so he retreated out of the cave and continued walking along a nearby fork.
As he walked, suddenly the passage ahead gradually widened...
Su Chen couldn't help but be puzzled, as this place seemed different from where he had been before!
With curiosity in his heart, he continued forward.
After a while, he arrived at the end of the passage, and instead of finding a cave, a very spacious open area appeared in front of him!
In the center of the open area was a pond, occupying nearly two-thirds of the space!
Apart from the passage on his side, the rest were tall stone walls, almost all clearly visible!
"How could such a place exist here?"
Su Chen murmured to himself.
He looked at the ground around the pond, noticing many chaotic overlapping footprints!
Without a doubt, many people had already been here!
Though Su Chen found it strange to see a pond here, he thought there wasn't much need for searching and was ready to leave.
However, he stopped after contemplating for a bit, feeling something wasn't quite right! Check latest chapters at N0velFire.ɴet
His naturally curious nature made it hard for him to just turn back at this moment.
So he walked closer to the pond, took a closer look, and reached his hand into the water!
To his surprise, the pond wasn't as cold as expected; instead, it had some warmth!
"There's definitely something odd about this pond!"
Su Chen thought to himself:
"Could there be something strange beneath the pond?!"
Then, he hesitated, mainly about whether to go down!
If he went down, would something unexpected occur?!
After a while, he decided to go down and take a look!
If he didn't check it out, he would always feel uneasy and unsatisfied, likely thinking about it constantly!
He immediately dove into the pond and swam downward...
Su Chen wasn't sure how long it had been, but the further he swam, the more peculiar it seemed because he estimated that he had swum around two or three hundred meters!
"Isn't this pond too deep?!"
Su Chen wondered, looking down but still seeing no bottom!
At the same time, he felt the temperature of the pond water was rising, but luckily it was still bearable!
What exactly was going on?
His curiosity grew stronger; although he felt there might be danger or something unusual, he kept swimming down!
After swimming down another two or three hundred meters, the surrounding water became extremely hot, even scalding!
He hurriedly activated his cultivation technique, using True Yuan to cover his body surface, allowing him to resist some of the heat!
This eased the scorching sensation somewhat, but his breathing was becoming difficult!
After all, he was human, not a god, and couldn't hold his breath indefinitely!
However, thanks to the oxygen tank in his Cangyue Ring, he wasn't worried!
The space in the Cangyue Ring was quite large, so Su Chen had prepared various items for potential use!
Like smoke bombs, night vision goggles, nightwalking clothes, small oxygen tanks, food, clothes, pills, and more—prepared for any eventuality!
Of course, many of these items were extorted from that old man Qin Ming!
Just as he was about to get the oxygen tank, he suddenly noticed a glimmer below!
Upon seeing that glimmer, Su Chen's spirits immediately lifted, and he continued swimming down!
However, the further down he went, the higher the water temperature became!
Sure enough, as Su Chen swam further down, waves of heat kept coming at him!
Fortunately, Su Chen had True Yuan protecting him, and crucially, he had cultivated the Calm Spirit Body Technique, making his body far stronger than most. So he gritted his teeth and endured!
Even so, he was relying heavily on his willpower to gradually approach the bright spot!
Finally, he saw that the light was coming from a water cave!
Su Chen was overjoyed, immediately biting to endure and vigorously paddling toward the cave entrance!
But as he neared the cave entrance, he suddenly discovered the temperature wasn't as high!
Though he found this odd, he didn't overthink it but just swam into the cave!
Upon entering, he remained vigilant for accidents, but there were none!
Inside, he found a sloping upward path!
Su Chen followed this path, swimming over half an hour and then walking a bit, finally reaching the shore...
Upon reaching the shore, he discovered a bright and open area, with a huge cave not far ahead!
Curious, Su Chen walked over and entered the cave, realizing that this wasn't a single cave like those above linked by passages!
To be precise, it was caves connected to caves, forming a large, independent yet unified cave!
Su Chen grew more curious about this underground palace, surprised to find a hidden world under the pond!
Now that he was here, he began carefully searching to see if there were any treasures or special features!
He had a feeling that such a unique place beneath the pond wouldn't be simple!
He wasn't in a hurry and carefully observed the caves, occasionally stopping for a closer look!
After walking for a while, Su Chen hadn't found anything particularly noteworthy yet.