Wild Dogs

Thinking of this, Yang Fan suddenly felt much more confident.

As my strength increases, I will be more confident in leaving the mountains.

However, if Yang Fan were to encounter the city lord of Cangyun City head-on, he would still have no chance of escaping.

The opponent is an old cultivator who has reached the late stage of Core Formation. He is very strong and I definitely can't beat him.

Yang Fan carefully walked out of the underground palace, having already made up his mind to refine the remaining two corpses into corpse puppets as well.

Once everything is refined, we'll leave this place.

Yang Fan cautiously peeked out to make sure no one was watching before slowly leading several corpse puppets out of the underground palace.

Having not seen the sun for almost three years, Yang Fan's skin became exceptionally fair.

Having spent so much time in the dark, he almost forgot what sunlight looked like.

Yang Fan was filled with many emotions as he basked in the sunlight for the first time.

Although these past few years have been quite difficult, my cultivation has improved significantly, and I have traveled peacefully without encountering any misfortunes.

Yang Fan didn't linger any longer and flew towards the outside of the mountain range, eager to leave this place as soon as possible.

Upon reaching the edge of the mountain range, Yang Fan immediately spread his divine sense to survey the surrounding area.

After reviewing the document, Yang Fan's expression immediately darkened.

He had assumed that after three years, Cangyun City would have long since withdrawn most of its search personnel.

Unexpectedly, there were many guards stationed along the mountainside, and these people took turns patrolling around, never giving up on finding him.

Yang Fan was undecided. With his current strength, forcing his way out would definitely cause trouble.

If the commotion alerts the guards, it could attract the attention of divination practitioners who will then investigate their movements.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, Yang Fan had no choice but to turn around and return to the depths of the mountains.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Peng was filled with doubt.

"Doesn't Master intend to take this opportunity to leave? Now is the perfect time?"

Zhou Peng knew in his heart that staying trapped in the mountains was not a safe solution.

Yang Fan's cultivation resources were running low, and if he delayed any longer, they would eventually be exhausted.

As Yang Fan's strength grows, it benefits him more, so he naturally hopes that Yang Fan will leave this place as soon as possible.

Yang Fan sighed softly.

"I also hope to leave as soon as possible, but the current situation makes it impossible."

He pointed into the distance.

"We are surrounded by guards, and they have already set up a tight defense line. We have no chance of breaking through."

Yang Fan frowned slightly.

"Since we can't leave for the time being, let's continue to hide in the mountains and patiently wait for a suitable opportunity to escape."

"Hiding in the mountains is better than staying in the underground palace all the time."

Zhou Peng thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

"Since the master has made a decision, we will proceed accordingly."

"To ensure our safety, we need to prepare several hiding places."

Zhou Peng continued to offer suggestions to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan nodded.

"Don't worry about that, I will definitely prepare several safe places."

Immediately, Yang Fan released his puppets, asking them to help him find a safe place.

"The master must find a place with abundant yin energy, a place where others can avoid being discovered."

"Even after three years, there's no guarantee that the other side won't send people to investigate our whereabouts."

Yang Fan nodded repeatedly; he certainly understood this.

Soon, he sent out the puppets to scout the surrounding area.

After the puppet surveyed the surrounding area, it soon sent a message to Yang Fan, saying that it had discovered a cave in the distance. The cave was filled with yin energy, which should allow it to temporarily avoid being detected by others.

Yang Fan was overjoyed. He rubbed his hands together and looked at Zhou Peng beside him.

"Alright, the location has been found, we can head over there now."

Zhou Peng nodded.

"However, Master must be careful. That place is extremely yin, and there might be some strange things there."

Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine; he couldn't let his guard down just because he'd been underground for three years.

With that in mind, Yang Fan immediately headed towards the depths of the mountains and forests.

With the help of the previous puppets, Yang Fan's journey was very smooth.

Before long, Yang Fan arrived at the place indicated by the puppet. He stopped and looked around before staring at the cave in front of him.

The cave looked ordinary, but Yang Fan could feel a chill emanating from it.

It's obvious that the yin energy here is very strong, although it's not as strong as that underground palace, it's not much different.

Yang Fan nodded slightly.

"Indeed, this place can hide people."

Immediately, he took out the King's Banner and shook it vigorously.

"How's it going, Zhou Peng? Everything should be alright here, right?"

Zhou Peng looked ahead, his face full of joy.

"Master, this place is much better than the underground palace. The heavy yin energy can block outside detection, and it's not as troublesome as the underground palace."

"More importantly, this yin energy can communicate with the outside world and isn't that dangerous. Let's hurry over there."

"Maybe we can even find some treasure inside."

"Oh? Is it possible to find treasure here?"

Yang Fan immediately became interested.

Why do you say that?

Zhou Peng laughed.

"Master, how could such a perfectly good place gather yin energy? It's most likely that there are animal bones or something that can attract yin energy hidden here."

"Just like the underground palace before, it was filled with corpses, which is why it had such a strong yin energy."

"This cave can gather yin energy, either because something powerful is buried underground, or because there are bones of a powerful beast."

"In short, Master, be careful. You'll know once you go inside."

Yang Fan nodded.

"You're right. If we can really find the bones of a ferocious beast inside, they might be useful."

Yang Fan stroked his chin, pondering that ferocious beasts were inherently much more powerful than ordinary spirit beasts.

If we could get the bones of a ferocious beast, we could sell them for a lot of money.

Soon Yang Fan reached the cave entrance, glanced inside, and only after confirming that there were no living creatures inside did he carefully walk in.

As soon as he entered the cave, he heard a "crack" sound under his feet. Yang Fan looked down and saw several rotten bones scattered at the entrance.

Looking at the animal bones, Yang Fan couldn't help but feel wary.

Although these bones were rotten, Yang Fan could tell that they were left behind decades ago.

This suggests that a powerful spirit beast may also reside nearby.

With this in mind, Yang Fan carefully made his way into the cave.

Yang Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief after entering the cave.

There was nothing special in the cave, except for a statue standing at the very back.

Yang Fan walked up to the statue and examined it carefully.

The statue looks strange; it has no facial features and just stands there plainly.

But when Yang Fan looked at the statue, he always felt as if the statue was staring at him.

"That's strange. The statue clearly has no facial features, so why do I always feel like it's looking at me?"

Yang Fan whispered to Zhou Peng.

Zhou Peng also began to look at the statue in front of him carefully.

"Master, in my opinion, there is most likely a secret hidden inside this statue."