Wild Dogs

He peered around and saw that the white apes were watching the valley warily, clearly on guard against something.

Now that they had reached the bottom of the valley, Yang Fan finally had time to look around.

His gaze swept around and he quickly found a cave.

Two white apes were guarding the cave entrance.

Upon seeing this, Yang Fan immediately clenched his fist excitedly.

Clearly, this cave is where the earth's spiritual milk is stored.

Seeing this, Yang Fan immediately and cautiously moved closer to the cave.

After walking for a while, Yang Fan slowly stopped.

He then took out the talisman that allowed him to burrow underground and stuck it to his body before carefully going around it from beneath the ground.

After about half a day, Yang Fan arrived inside the cave, and then he carefully crawled inside.

After a while, Yang Fan emerged from underground.

Yang Fan was overjoyed to see that he had not disturbed the white ape at the cave entrance.

Then he looked around the cave and saw that it was filled with fruit pits.

Clearly, these fruit pits were all leftovers from after the white ape ate the spirit fruit.

Seeing this, Yang Fan thought for a moment, then picked up a few fruit pits and put them away.

The fruit trees here bear spiritual fruits; the kernels will be quite useful if you take them back with you.

Then Yang Fan glanced ahead.

The cave ahead was pitch black, but he could sense a rich spiritual energy emanating from its depths.

Yang Fan was overjoyed; it was clear that the spiritual spring was located at the deepest part of the cave.

Seeing this, Yang Fan immediately quickened his pace and headed deeper into the cave.

Because he hadn't disturbed the white ape along the way, he was traveling quite fast on this stretch of the road.

After a while, Yang Fan had reached the end of the cave.

At the end of the cave stood a large rock blocking his way, and behind the rock was a narrow cave.

Ordinary white apes cannot squeeze through this small hole.

Seeing this, Yang Fan smiled. The white ape couldn't squeeze through this cave, but he could pass through smoothly.

Yang Fan then carefully crawled into the hole.

After Yang Fan passed through the cave entrance, he was stunned and stood frozen in place.

Behind the cave entrance lay a completely different world. After Yang Fan crawled through the cave entrance, he discovered that the mountainside behind it had been almost entirely hollowed out.

More importantly, there was a small path made of bluestone under his feet.

Seeing this, Yang Fan became even more surprised and uncertain.

What's going on?

Isn't this the territory of the white apes?

How come there are so many bluestones?

Although white apes are quite intelligent, it doesn't mean they are capable of building such a cobblestone path.

Yang Fan looked around in confusion, now he was really hesitant, unsure whether he should move forward.

However, after a long while, he still gritted his teeth.

There's no turning back now; we can only keep moving forward.

With that thought in mind, Yang Fan strode forward, carefully observing his surroundings as he went.

After a while, Yang Fan walked to the end of the path, where a bronze gate stood.

Although the bronze gate was crudely made, he could tell that it did indeed possess a certain mystical quality.

Clearly, behind this bronze gate lies a truly hidden world.

Yang Fan thought for a moment, walked to the bronze gate, and then pushed it hard.

"Crunch."

A sound rang out.

Yang Fan was immediately startled.

Fortunately, they were already deep inside the mountain, so the noise wouldn't disturb the white ape outside, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then he pushed hard again, opening the entire bronze door.

Behind the main gate appeared a tall and grand hall.

Although the hall was not exactly magnificent, it was filled with all sorts of rare and precious objects.

After scanning his surroundings, Yang Fan immediately looked toward the center of the hall.

In the center of the main hall, a spiritual spring was continuously gushing out water.

After the spring water flowed out, it flowed around the main hall and then disappeared into thin air, obviously turning into spiritual energy.

Seeing this, Yang Fan swallowed hard.

It turns out that the spiritual spring is inside this hall, but who exactly built this hall is a mystery.

Then Yang Fan turned his gaze, intending to find the location of the Earth Spirit Milk.

After scanning the area, Yang Fan still couldn't find the Earth Spirit Milk.

Just as he was looking around searching, a cold voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Young friend, what are you looking for?"

Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly turned around, retreating several steps until he reached the wall of the main hall before stopping.

When he finally saw the figure speaking, he was immediately horrified.

It was a tall white ape.

The white ape looked at Yang Fan with a smile, its hands behind its back. Apart from its appearance, it was almost indistinguishable from a human.

Seeing Yang Fan's surprised and uncertain look, the white ape smiled slightly and waved his hand.

"Young friend, you haven't answered my question yet. What are you looking for here?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan grinned.

"Senior, I entered this place by mistake and had no other intentions."

Yang Fan's hands trembled slightly as he spoke.

This white ape was able to appear silently behind him, and its actual combat strength was at least equivalent to that of a Core Formation cultivator.

In this situation, he had no chance of winning and could only remain cautious and discreet.

Seeing that Yang Fan refused to reveal his true intentions, the white ape gently shook its head.

"Young friend, that's not right."

"If you answer honestly, I won't make things difficult for you. But if you deliberately hide something, don't blame me for being impolite."

As he spoke, the white ape slowly raised his palm.

"Young friend, I will ask you one more time, what is the purpose of your coming here?"

"If you can't give me a convincing reason, then I'll have no choice but to send you on your way."

Hearing this, Yang Fan hesitated for a long time before gritting his teeth and deciding to honestly confess.

"Senior Qi, I've come here to search for the Earth's Spirit Milk."

"Oh, you're here looking for Earth Spirit Milk?"

The white ape frowned in surprise.

"What do you need Earth Spirit Milk for?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan gave an awkward smile.

"I am currently at a critical stage in my cultivation breakthrough and I need something with such powerful medicinal effects. Earth Spirit Milk has greatly helped my cultivation, so I plan to use it to refine pills."

"Oh, so you know how to make pills."

The white ape was overjoyed and clapped his hands repeatedly.

"That's good, that's good."

Yang Fan was at a loss for what to do.

Seeing this, the white ape smiled and waved to Yang Fan.

"Young friend, don't be nervous, I mean you no harm."

"To be honest, I've been stuck here for a long time and haven't been able to get out."

The white ape sighed.

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan was momentarily at a loss for words.

Immediately afterwards, he glanced around with the corner of his eye.

Only then did he realize that the ceiling of the main hall was inlaid with all kinds of sparkling luminous pearls, illuminating the entire space.