Shiming couldn''t help feeling a surge of elation, he hadn''t expected that, on a casual try, Lin Houyong would actually know of this place.

"It''s about a hundred li deep into the range from Qingshi Ridge towards Qingyun Mountain," Lin Houyong said. However, after finishing his speech, he spoke again with some concern,

"But that place is a Poisonous Insect Valley, with innumerable varieties of poisonous insects. I only went there while pursuing a Third Rank Demonic Python, but there were too many poisonous insects, so I had to give up and leave!"

After Lin Houyong finished speaking, he looked at the map again. Clearly still haunted by the ferocity of the poisonous insects and skeptical about the map,

If it was an ancient cultivator''s cave abode, the maps and notes of an ancient cultivator would be extremely orderly, every stroke exuding maturity and grandeur.

Even for a slightly more precious map, it would be engraved more rigorously, since even a slight error in the map could lead to a thousand li discrepancy from reality.

So following this map, even if it''s in that Poison Valley, there could be a significant margin of error.

"Hmm, let me contact Seventh Great-Uncle and explore it together!" Shiming pondered for a moment and decided he would still go explore.

This was a cave abode map prompted by the system, so it probably wouldn''t be too far off.

If it was again a Purple Mansion cultivator''s cave abode, then the gains should also be substantial.

As for the dangers, according to Lin Houyong''s description, that location was far from the inner reaches of Qingyun Mountain Range, and the probability of encountering a Purple Mansion Great Demon was not high. As for the ordinary Third Rank Foundation Establishment Demonic Beasts, they did not pose much of a threat to him.

If Lin Houyong could explore there and return in one piece, then the danger was at least within a controllable range.

If he also brought along Seventh Great-Uncle Lin Xianzhi, the danger should not be substantial.

Once Shiming made up his mind, he immediately set out on the journey. On the contrary, Lin Yuqing and Lin Shilei, who had come to kill the Gold Devouring Rats together, did not leave.

Since the Golden Iron Stone vein had revealed Third Rank Golden Iron Crystals, it naturally required more manpower to guard. Otherwise, should Demonic Beasts like the Gold Devouring Rats reappear and steal Golden Iron Crystals, even losing just one would mean a loss of over a thousand Spirit Stones.

...

In a certain area of Qingyun Mountain Range, a Spirit Boat descended along the jungle.

A group of cultivators descended from the sky.No?v(el)B\\jnn

"Seventh Great-Uncle, Family Head, the location on the map is this valley!" Lin Houyong led at the front and confirmed as he looked back.

As they appeared, they seemed a bit stunned. Having been battered by the gales within the Heavenly Demon Bag for years, they found it difficult to adapt at first. But under Lin Shiming''s control, they soon recovered their fierce gaze. Their sharp fangs emitted a chilling glint as they let out ferocious howls and charged towards Poison Valley.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming and the others quickly followed.

Upon entering Poison Valley, even though they had taken the Clear Miasma Elixir, they felt somewhat dizzy. It wasn''t until they manipulated the spirit light to form a spirit shield that they fully recovered.

Leading at the front was Lin Shiming, with three Qi cultivators in the middle, and Lin Xianzhi and Lin Houyong at the rear.

The two spirit corpses charged around wildly, and soon, flower pythons appeared one after another in the miasma, biting at the corpses.

The green-haired zombie and the spirit leopard corpse were not to be outdone and bit back fiercely.

The usual second-rank venomous snakes and scorpions were effortlessly stuffed into the mouths of the two corpses. They chewed messily without stopping their advance.

Meanwhile, Lin Shiming kept his divine sense alert, ready to incite the spirit corpses into frenzies and attack Purple Mansion demonic beasts at any sign, then escape immediately with an Earth Escape Talisman.

After his divine sense swept through much of Poison Valley, Lin Shiming exchanged a glance with Lin Xianzhi, feeling slightly more at ease. The absence of any disturbance also meant the absence of Purple Mansion great demons.

The two spirit corpses continued to advance, while Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi expanded their divine sense to the maximum, daring not to slack in the least.

Their gaze finally settled on a poisonous fog swamp at the very center.

Lin Shiming was surprised to discover wild Poisonous Dragon Vine.

These Poisonous Dragon Vines were almost indistinguishable from those he had purchased in Jiuye City, and there were numerous seeds.

Under normal circumstances, this would have filled him with joy, but his mood was now quite poor, amidst the dangers of Poison Valley.

"Seventh Great-Uncle, we may be in trouble!" Lin Shiming couldn''t help but send a telepathic message, controlling the spirit corpses to stop and ready to retreat at any moment.

Discovering Poisonous Dragon Vine was not good news. If there was a poisonous dragon hiding in the swamp, even one at the later stage of the third rank that had not reached Purple Mansion level, they might still be no match for it.

The combat power of a poisonous dragon was among the top tiers within demonic beasts, and a cultivator of the same rank was no match for it, let alone in such a highly toxic swamp.

"That seems to be a cultivator''s cave!" Lin Xianzhi frowned too, wary of the poisonous dragon.

However, within his divine sense range, beside the swamp on a small mountain, he discovered a cave covered in formations.

Clearly, it was a cultivator''s cave, and yet with the entire Lin Family''s divine sense scanning, there was no movement, suggesting it was an abandoned cave!