Chapter 168 Second Chance

Yuan Ming would not let go of such a good thing that was right in front of him. He immediately dug deep into the ground, pulled out the entire Yellow Spring Tree, and carefully put it into his bag.

At the same time, the Soul Crow, who was searching everywhere in the tiankeng, also made a new discovery.

Yuan Ming immediately rushed to the location where he was, and saw that there was a huge hole at the other end of the tiankeng, which was blocked by the vines hanging from the wall, and seemed a little hidden.

At this time, the Soul Crow was standing on the protruding stone above the vines, and it was holding a round golden sequin in its mouth.

Yuan Ming reached out to call back the Soul Crow, took the metal sequin from its mouth, and took a closer look, only to find that it was a golden scale with unique patterns on it.

At first glance, this scale was very similar to the one of the Golden Flower Poison Python that was killed earlier, but it was obviously a lot bigger.

While thinking about it, Yuan Ming saw that there seemed to be a white thing sandwiched between the vines below.

He hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed it, pulling it out.

When Yuan Ming pulled it, he found that it was a piece of shed skin from a snake or python.

This piece of snake skin was six feet long and as thick as a bucket. There was a faint phosphorescent reflection on it, which looked very different.

"Such a large scale and shed skin, it seems that it is most likely the skin shed by the Golden Flower Poisonous Python King." Yuan Ming thought of something and his heart skipped a beat.

He first released his spiritual sense to explore it. After finding that there was no breath of living things inside, he immediately carefully pushed aside the vines in front of him like a bead curtain, revealing a gap, and explored inside.

Behind the vines was a short passage, and the other end could be seen at a glance. There seemed to be a wider underground cave. I don’t know if there was a fluorescent stone or something else inside. It was lit with a layer of cold and dim white light, adding a bit of weird atmosphere.

Yuan Ming naturally would not take risks. With a thought, the Soul Crow flew into the cave.

When he got inside, he found that the vast cave was full of towering stone pillars and inverted stalactites. The stones and walls were inlaid with pieces of fluorescent stones emitting blue and white light.

The size of this cave was beyond Yuan Ming's imagination.

His soul crow flew inward for a long time, and suddenly a huge monster appeared in his sight, which made him gasp.

It was a huge golden flower poisonous python, which was coiled around a thick stone pillar, like a small meat mountain. Its raised tail was still shaking slightly, making a "rustling" sound.

Outside its body, the golden scales were reflected by the blue and white cold light, emitting a cold and incomparable metallic breath, and seemed to be extremely solid.

After a brief observation, Yuan Ming confirmed without any doubt that this must be the idea of ​​the Golden Flower Poisonous Python King.

He calmly recalled the Soul Crow, retreated to a relatively safe distance from the cave entrance, took out the jade talisman given by Bai Ye San Meng, and crushed it in his sleeve without any hesitation.

The exploding jade talisman made a slight sound, and a blue light flashed on the surface, then extinguished, and there was no more movement.

Yuan Ming also temporarily moved away from the cave entrance here and returned to the cave entrance he came in from. While being alert to the surroundings, he quietly waited for the people from Bai Ye San Meng to come.

After a long time, people rushed over here one after another.

Only a small number of them found this place from the passage Yuan Ming came in, and more people found the extremely hidden entrance to the cenote with the mark of the jade talisman, about a dozen people in total.

After waiting for about half a quarter of an hour, Bai Ye rushed over with two official members of their San Meng.

"Is it the mark you sent?" Bai Ye came to Yuan Ming and asked.

"Yes." Yuan Ming opened his palm, and in his palm was the broken jade talisman.

"Did you find the Snake King?" Bai Ye said in a serious tone, frowning.

Before Yuan Ming, three people had crushed the jade talisman, but when they arrived, they only saw a miserable corpse.

These people crushed the jade talisman when they were in danger and unable to escape, but they were actually hoping that someone would come to save them.

Yuan Ming had no obvious injuries, obviously not like the former.

"Found it." Yuan Ming nodded.

As he said that, he raised his hand and touched the storage bag on his waist, and a huge golden scale and a piece of white snake skin appeared in his palm.

Bai Ye hurriedly took it and examined it carefully.

At this time, Huan Shi also happened to rush over. Seeing this situation, he hurried over and concentrated on examining it.

After a while, the two looked at each other and nodded silently.

"Where did you find it?" Bai Ye asked.

Yuan Ming immediately led Bai Ye and the others to the cave covered by vines, opened a gap, pointed inside, and said in a low voice: "The things were found here, and the snake king is inside."

"Have you been in?" Bai Ye frowned and asked.

"I went in quietly to investigate and saw the snake king's figure, so I dared to come out to report the news. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a lie?" Yuan Ming continued to lower his voice and said.

This cautious behavior made everyone present nervous, and they couldn't help but believe him a little.

"Confirm it." Bai Ye turned his head and unconsciously lowered his voice and said to a gray-haired old man.

The latter was also one of the official members of Bai Ye Sanmeng and nodded immediately.

Then, he took out a white mouse with shiny fur from his sleeve and placed it at the entrance of the vine cave.

The little white mouse wrinkled its nose and sniffed, then crawled inside.

Everyone had been waiting outside for a long time when a small white shadow suddenly rushed out from inside. It was obviously frightened by something and looked very panicked.

The old man in sixties had quick eyes and quick hands. He grabbed the mouse and put it to his ear, as if listening to its story.

But others could only hear the urgent sound of "squeaking".

After a while, the sixty-year-old old man put away the white mouse and said to Bai Ye: "Leader, it's confirmed, this is the Snake King's cave."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Ye's brows relaxed and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

"Find a way to notify everyone to gather here immediately! Others rest on the spot." Bai Ye said to Huanshi.

"Okay!" Huanshi heard this and walked out of the sinkhole with Tuo Zhe.

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Within the next quarter of an hour, people came over one after another again and gathered on the other side of the sinkhole.

Yuan Ming glanced at it and found that out of the forty-one people who originally entered the Snake King Valley, only thirty-one people arrived here.

Among the fourteen official members of the White Night Alliance, twelve are left, and of the twenty-seven temporarily recruited, only nineteen including himself are left.

Except for the man in black named Kunsha, everyone else in the six-person team he was originally in was there.

Yuan Ming knew in his heart that many of those who did not come would never show up again.

The loss rate of temporary members is much higher than that of regular members.

As for the people who came here one after another, except for the two foundation-building monks Bai Ye and Huan Shi and a few formal members, the rest of them looked a little embarrassed, with more or less bruises and injuries on their bodies. Among the temporary members, Many people had complicated expressions, with a hint of regret.

In comparison, Yuan Ming is already in the best shape.

"Fellow Daoist Hagong has done great work and helped us find the location of the Snake King. I wonder if you are interested in officially joining our White Night Alliance?" Huanshi looked at Yuan Ming with eyes full of appreciation and said.

He had a deep impression on Yuan Ming. From the time he first put Tuo Zhe at a disadvantage when he applied, to Yuan Ming's performance in the poisonous miasma, and now to finding the location of the Snake King, he sincerely invited Yuan Ming to join, not just a guest. Rhetoric.

"The deputy leader has good intentions, so I should agree. However, this matter involves a lot, so we should wait until later." Yuan Ming said with a smile and clasped his fists.

"Okay. Let's wait until we get out of the Snake King Valley. The three hundred spirit stones that will be rewarded to you will also be settled after everything is done." Huanshi nodded with a smile and said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Yuan Ming say: "Deputy leader, can I settle the spiritual stones now?"

"Huh?" Huanshi was stunned when he heard this.

So eager? His impression of Yuan Ming could not help but be lowered a bit.

"Didn't we agree in advance that everyone has one more chance to withdraw before taking action against the Snake King? I want to withdraw now." Yuan Ming explained.

"Fellow Daoist Hagong, you were able to find this place almost unscathed, which shows that your strength is not weak. Why not choose to take a further step?" Bai Ye also became somewhat interested in Yuan Ming and asked.

His meaning is obvious, we have reached this point, why not give it a try? You may get more rewards after you accomplish the task.

This should be the thinking of almost all temporary members.

"I'm just a Qi Refining monk, but I still know my own strength. I'm lucky enough to be able to get here safely. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to help you find the Snake King. As for the joint hunt, I won't participate." Yuan Ming declined with a smile.

His words were very measured, and he did not overly mention the fear of the snake king, so as not to affect other people.

Seeing this, Bai Ye said nothing more.

"Everyone, are there any who want to quit now?" Huan Shi took out 310 spiritual stones in front of everyone, gave them to Yuan Ming, and then asked others.

The formal members of the White Night Alliance were speechless, but a female voice came from among the temporary members.

"I, I want to quit too."

Yuan Ming followed the sound and saw that the black outfit on his body was mostly damaged, revealing snow-white skin, a curvaceous figure, and his face was covered with a thin black gauze. It was none other than Bai Rong, a member of their team.

"She wants to quit too?" Yuan Ming was confused.

He had seen this person behave strangely in the poisonous miasma before, and guessed that she was here to target the people who broke up the alliance in Bai Ye, but now she also chose to withdraw, which made Yuan Ming a little confused.

Just when everyone thought that the dust had settled and only these two people had withdrawn, ten more people in the team spoke out one after another.

They also want to quit.

Seeing twelve people exiting at once, Bai Ye and Huanshi's expressions also darkened slightly.

If one of these people is missing, it means that they are officially members of the alliance in the white night, and the pressure they share will be greater, and the damage that may be increased may be even greater.

However, in the end, they did not make things difficult for these people.

And these people, including Yuan Ming, all got out of the sinkhole one after another and chose to leave after receiving the compensation for the ten spirit stones.