Gu Yuan and the three of them stared at this passage together. At this glance, they really felt that there was something different about this passage.
At first glance, this passage is no different from other passages in the cave. This passage also has ghost-faced red spiders constantly moving in and out, transporting earth and rocks.
But if you take a closer look, you can see the difference. The exit of the passage is in a strange position, sloping upward and opening on the ground of the cave.
The exits of other passages, including the passage where Gu Yuan and the others are located, are all opened on the surrounding mountain walls, usually three or four meters above the ground.
Moreover, the exit of this passage is very gentle, and this passage is relatively much wider and smoother.
Even though this passage is now completed, there are still many ghost-faced red spiders busy in and out of it.
"I think that passage should be for humans to enter and exit. If it is a ferocious beast, there is no need to be so close to the ground, and there is no need to repair it repeatedly."
Li Cheng stood behind Gu Yuan, frowning and thinking, while analyzing his own views with Gu Yuan and Little Eagle.
From the current angle of the three of them, they can clearly see that these spiders have smoothed out all the potholes in the passage.
"I suspect that these ghost-faced red spiders may have been raised by some evil cultivator to harm people.
And this relatively smooth passage is what this evil cultivator uses to get in and out."
"The exit of the passage we are in happens to be in an abandoned house in Sanyuan Town. As for the exits of other passages, it is estimated that they will also be in nearby towns."
"No matter how you think about this matter, it seems strange. I think we may have discovered a big conspiracy."
After hearing what Li Cheng said, the little eagle on the side nodded repeatedly, feeling that it made sense.
"I just said, how could this ghost-faced red spider that should live in the southern region appear here?
It turns out that an evil cultivator brought it here and raised it in this cave. Is this evil cultivator full of food and has nothing to do?
He keeps so many spiders here and he doesn’t feel panicked?”
"You've already said that this person is an evil cultivator, so why bother asking?
He will definitely use these beasts to practice his evil skills."
"Why do you need so many spiders to practice evil skills?
It’s not for eating.”
"Can you please stop sounding so disgusting?"
"Hey, no, I suddenly thought of a question. Tell me, what does he usually eat after raising so many spiders?
Shouldn’t they all be cannibals?”
"I don't think so. He shouldn't dare to be so presumptuous."
"Think about it, if all these spiders eat people, how many lives will it take to fill them?
If there are many missing people in the surrounding towns, people will definitely know about it."
"Wait, don't talk yet, did you hear anything?"
Gu Yuan suddenly raised his hand to stop the conversation between the two, frowned and listened attentively.
"Shh, it seems someone is coming."
"Cough cough, cough cough..."
Just as the three of them were analyzing in low voices where these ghost-faced red spiders came from and how to deal with them, there were suddenly several coughs, which startled the three of them.
The three people quickly extinguished the torches in their hands, lowered their bodies and lay down in the passage, using the light of the crystal embedded in the cave to carefully spy on the situation inside the cave.
"Look, someone is really coming!"
The little eagle whispered and wanted to say something again. Before he could say anything, Li Cheng immediately reached out and covered the little eagle's mouth to prevent him from talking any more. The three of them looked down together.
I saw the light of fire appearing in that special passage, and the ghost-faced red spiders that were digging had stopped working and kept crawling out of the passage.
Behind these ghost-faced red spiders, a thin figure bent over and carried a lantern for lighting, and walked out of the passage slowly.
This man walked among these harmful spiders as calmly as he walked in his own vegetable garden. He was not afraid of the spiders here at all!
And these ghost-faced red spiders, which bite everyone they see and treat people as food, are as obedient as domestic puppies and take the initiative to make way for that figure.
Some of the larger spiders had grown to be as tall as half a man, and when they saw this person coming, they even neighed in excitement.
These big spiders would even sit next to this person's legs, rubbing the down on their own spider legs like a spoiled brat.
As he walked, this person would stretch out his free hand to touch the big spiders around him, just like he was petting a cat or a dog!
"Hiss, hiss..."
This man always smiled and made strange sounds in his mouth, as if he was talking to these spiders.
Anyone who sees this situation can guess that these ghost-faced red spiders are the pets of the person below.
Deep in the cave underground, Gu Yuan and the other three lay down in one of the passages, not even daring to come out of the air, quietly observing the rickety figure below. The three of them all wanted to see what this man wanted to do.
I saw the other party holding a lantern and slowly coming to the center of the cave.
Gu Yuan and the others didn't pay attention at first, but only now did they realize that there was a round stone platform building similar to an altar in the center of the cave.
The man walked to the altar and first placed the lantern in his hand on the altar.
He stretched out his hand to fumble around the edge of the altar for a moment, and then four bright flames rose up at the four corners of the altar.
The flame was more than one meter high, and the blazing fire illuminated the entire cave.
Gu Yuan, who was hiding in the passage, finally saw clearly the figure busy beside the altar, a man with gray hair and wearing dirty linen clothes.
Judging from his hair, he should be an old man in his sixties.
However, because the other person was hunched over, Gu Yuan was never able to see his face clearly.
The firelight illuminated the altar in the middle of the cave very clearly.
Gu Yuan just took a casual glance and was attracted by the small altar.
Although this stone altar is very rough, it is full of complex patterns.
If you look carefully, these lines should be spells composed of some unknown words.
On the altar, there is also a colorful skull.
Although this skull is very large, it most likely looks like a human skull.
I just don’t know what method the other party used to make the skull appear colorful.
Soon, the old man rummaged around in his treasure bag and took out a strange robe.
This robe seems to be sewn from animal skins. It is decorated with long strips of colorful cloth on the front, back and sleeves. It also has bronze mirrors and small bells on the chest and back.
The hem of the robe was covered with small shells and feathers of various colors.
The old man put on the robe solemnly.
Then, he took out a bottle of liquid and poured it on the colorful skull.