The cave was only a dozen meters high, and the two of them fell into the cave with just a slight jump.
As soon as they entered the cave, the bloody smell that hit their faces forced them both to take half a step back.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Ji and Lu Zhaoer looked at each other, each seeing the disbelief in the other's eyes.
How strong the smell of blood must be to make the two fourth-level monks almost unable to bear it!
The area in the cave was not too big. Lin Ji casually pulled off the hem of his gown, found a branch and tied it up, and lit a torch.
By the light of the fire, everything in the cave comes into view.
A futon and a big tripod.
That's all.
The entire cave was so clean that even when Lin Ji brushed his hands on the ground, there was no trace of dust on it.
Lu Zhaoer was already standing in front of the big cauldron.
"The smell of blood comes from this cauldron."
"Be careful, don't lift the lid." Lin Ji quickly warned.
Lu Zhaoer turned to look at Lin Ji, with a somewhat strange look in his eyes.
"Am I reckless in your eyes? Do you need to talk about this little thing?"
"Just a reminder." Lin Ji twitched his lips.
Just the bloody smell in the cave forced the two of them to use their cultivation to resist it. Who knows what was being sacrificed in the cauldron.
"Perhaps the corpses of the people in Lianghe County had their blood taken from them and fell into this cauldron." Lu Zhaoer speculated.
"What must be sacrificed with the blood of all peoples? This is too exaggerated."
"I don't know either, but this matter is obviously not something you and I can pursue." Lu Zhaoer is very self-aware.
Lin Ji readily agreed.
After exploring the cave for a while and finding no other clues, Lin Jicai asked: "Take the tripod back? Or leave it here and continue to look for Master Zhan?"
This big tripod is as tall as two people. If they want to take the tripod back, the two of them will definitely not be able to move forward.
But before Lu Zhaoer could speak, a voice sounded at the entrance of the cave.
"There's no need to look for me, and there's no need to take this cauldron with you. Just leave it here."
"Master Zhan!" Lin Ji and Lu Zhaoer turned around and looked at Zhan Chengfeng in surprise.
"Are you OK!"
At this time, Zhan Chengfeng looked dusty and tired.
He first nodded slightly towards Lin Ji, then looked past Lin Ji towards Lu Zhaoer.
"I'm fine. Lu Zhaoer? Why are you here?"
"I accepted the mission in Jingli." Lu Zhaoer said nonsense.
"They are willing to let you come? This is quite dangerous."
"I can come whenever I want." Lu Zhaoer cherished his words like gold.
Zhan Chengfeng nodded, stopped asking, and said, "This is not the place to talk. You two come out first. I will set up a ban to seal this place, and then we can go back to Liangcheng together."
Lin Ji and Lu Zhaoer quickly came to the entrance of the cave.
Then he saw Zhan Chengfeng making the secret with one hand and mumbling incessantly.
After a few breaths, a golden soul emerged from the body and made gestures in the cave.
Lin Ji really couldn't understand it anyway.
But after Zhan Chengfeng's soul returned to his body, there was a faint golden light in the cave, and then Lin Ji was surprised to find that he could no longer detect the situation inside.
"This is just a simple restriction. It's not simple here. If you turn around, you will have to ask someone from above to handle it." Zhan Chengfeng sighed lightly.
After dealing with the matter in the cave, the three of them walked towards the outside of the mountain together.
On the way, Lin Ji couldn't help but be curious, but he didn't dare to ask.
Lu Zhaoer asked directly: "Has the man in black robe ever caught up with him?"
Zhan Chengfeng's face suddenly turned dark.
"After chasing him for two days and three nights, I was almost out of Liangzhou! That bastard ran so fast!"
Lin Ji pricked up his ears.
This was the first time he saw Zhan Chengfeng curse someone.
It can be seen that he is really angry.
There was no need to ask further this time. Zhan Chengfeng said directly: "There is something fishy about this matter. The man in black robe is very strong! To be honest, if he fights me head-on, I may not be his opponent."
"Even you are not his opponent?" Lin Ji was surprised.
Lu Zhaoer couldn't help but look at Zhan Chengfeng.
"I don't know what the cultivation level of the man in black robe is, but he is injured, but he can still shake me off time and time again. Naturally, his cultivation level will not be low."
"Not only that, he seemed to be involved in something, so he only wanted to get away and never thought about fighting me."
"Where is he now?" Lu Zhaoer asked again.
"I have already left Liangzhou. I have sent a message to the superiors on the way back. I think several states around Liangzhou will receive the news. This matter has nothing to do with Liangzhou for the time being." Zhan Chengfeng said with a long sigh of relief.
It wasn't until dawn that the three finally rushed back to Liangcheng.
Lu Zhaoer left with Zhan Chengfeng, while Lin Ji returned to his house.
It wasn't until he was sitting in the restaurant that he suddenly realized that he had only eaten one meal yesterday.
"After breakfast, it's breakfast again." Lin Ji thought of this and laughed subconsciously.
He didn't know why he was laughing. He just felt that he had been busy all night and ended up doing nothing.
How funny.
Then he thought about the man in black robe mentioned by Zhan Chengfeng.
Lin Ji suddenly remembered that when he was in Qingyang County, he had also seen a man in black robes by the Lianghe River.
The man in black robe killed the pig dragon who was pretending to be a ghost, and he said it was not convenient to do it, otherwise he would kill Lin Ji and others.
"No way, that man in black robe is the one who made a monster in Lianghe County."
When he thought of this, Lin Ji suddenly felt a little scared.
He has actually faced such a vicious person?
"That's right!" Lin Ji's eyes suddenly widened.
He thought again of the white-robed man he had seen in Ghost King City.
That white robe seemed familiar to him at that time.
Now it’s the right match!
White robe and black robe.
Except for the different color, the robe on the white-robed man was no different from the robe on the black-robed man Lin Ji saw on the Lianghe River!
Lin Ji was not ready to think about it any more.
A piece of white meat cut evenly and thinly was thrown into his mouth.
This matter is too big for him, the little chief catcher of the Fourth Realm, to get involved in.
After breakfast, he returned to the room and lay on the bed. Lin Ji remembered the situation in the cave again.
"Lu Zhaoer and Zhan Chengfeng actually know each other? It's really strange..."
But it was just a small matter. This thought flashed through his mind and was forgotten by him.
As soon as I closed my eyes and opened them again, it was already noon.
Lin Ji moved a chair and sat in the yard, basking in the sun and playing with Alu's hair.
While they were enjoying themselves, the housekeeper Lao Li walked over quickly.
Lin Ji only felt his scalp numb.
"What happened again?"
"Sir, someone from the Yamen is here and I want you to go there."
"Can we still let people feel at ease for a while?!"
Lin Ji got up angrily, put on his clothes, and hurried towards the government office.
Feel free to complain, but you still have to go.
