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Chapter 4445: 5.0197 Thousands of Caves

Senior Haoguang was far from reassured. Hearing that they were about to set off, he quickly rushed out of the inner chamber, repeatedly calling out, "Second-Generation Sect Leader, Second-Generation Sect Leader, your subordinate will lead you there."

"Be careful. There's also a Land of Misfortune on this island that kills without a trace. If you fall into it, it's even more troublesome than that old ghost Tianjizi."

That was a natural Land of Misfortune. A man-made one might still have a chance of being overcome, but a natural secret realm... there was nothing more to say about it.

Qiao Mu looked at Senior Haoguang expressionlessly.

Ding Yun beside her couldn't help but chuckle softly. "Senior Haoguang, don't worry unnecessarily. That so-called Land of Misfortune, it has already..."

"Let's go!" The little poker-face raised her small fist, directly cutting off Young Master Ding's "nonsense." With a stern and proper little expression, she turned and strode towards the tunnel outside the grotto.

Haoguang looked at the little poker-face suspiciously, then turned to look at the chuckling Young Master Ding. He snorted, puffed out his beard, and glared. "Hurry up and follow!"

Qiao Mu's group of seven, following the chattering Senior Haoguang who was leading the way, bent down and exited the underground grotto, walking along the long underground tunnel.

After two kechengs (approximately 30 minutes), they finally emerged above ground, where a vast snowy landscape reappeared before their eyes.

Haoguang looked self-satisfied. "Only this old man can get you out of this place so quickly."

"If you were to wander around aimlessly inside, you might not be able to get out even after several days and nights."

"Let me tell you, this isn't even the most complex terrain, haha. If any of you were so unlucky as to fall into the Thousand Caves and Ten Thousand Holes, that would be truly unlucky, hahaha."

As if thinking of something amusing, the old man spoke halfway and then burst into laughter by himself.

Qiao Mu kept her small face impassive, her expression unmoving. "What do you mean?"

The old man laughed heartily for a while, then couldn't help but pat his head. "I forgot that you were very lucky and didn't fall into the Thousand Caves and Ten Thousand Holes."

"That place is truly troublesome. Grottoes connected to grottoes, thousands and tens of thousands of them, and most importantly, your spiritual consciousness will be blocked, hahaha, and you can't even use your inner world. If you go to that cursed place, you're guaranteed to be unlucky! If you're lucky, maybe after three or five months, you might even escape from it."

"What if we're unlucky, Senior?" Princess Wushuang asked curiously.

"Unlucky? Heh heh, just live in there forever!" The old man stroked his beard, looking smug. "Maybe thirty years later, his wife would have run off with someone else, and he'd still be counting mushrooms in that cave, hahahaha!"

"Oh no, even the strongest cultivator probably wouldn't survive thirty years without eating or drinking."

Crown Prince Rong twitched his mouth. "Senior, have you stayed in those Thousand Caves and Ten Thousand Holes before?"

The old man puffed out his beard and glared, turning to stare at Crown Prince Rong. "Hmph, that's right! I did stay there for three months."

"I drew hundreds of maps! And finally got out, hahahaha!" Senior Haoguang, the little drawing master, put on a boastful expression. "You haven't stayed in that place. If you did, you'd know how astonishingly intelligent one must be to get out!"

Everyone found his self-aggrandizement a bit hard to listen to and quickly interrupted. "Senior, let's hurry to the beach. If we miss the opening of the secret realm, it would be a loss."

"What's the rush?" The old man rolled his eyes at them. "Although the secret realm is opening these two days, how could it be such a coincidence that it opens the moment you arrive?"