94: Chapter 92 Old Foodie

At noon, Chef Huo volunteered to take the helm, and after enjoying a meal of Little Huo's roasted fish, the group set off once again.

In the afternoon, as they passed a Star Luo military camp, Dai Yueheng presented his identity as the son of the Duke of the White Tiger and successfully borrowed a batch of Star Luo military flying spirit tools.

Watching Ma Xiaotao and the other Inner Court Disciples skillfully operate the flying spirit tools, it was clear they harbored no rejection towards them, yet they held immense prejudice against offensive and defensive spirit tools.

Lin Yan could only attribute this "double standard" behavior to them being driven foolish by "Shrek Poison".

Flying all the way, evening soon arrived.

Elder Xuan, returning from goodness knows where after hunting in the wild, reappeared and found their traveling speed too slow. So he simply strung the whole group together with a rope and flew them directly like a "kite".

Of course, Lin Yan and Jiang Nannan were naturally not part of this string of "kites".

After all, as long as Elder Xuan didn't hit them with a "You can't outrun me, do you believe it?"

and then speed like crazy, merely keeping up with him was still well within Lin Yan's capabilities.

...

Star Luo Empire, Western Border.

The night was deep, with neither stars nor moon in the sky tonight; pitch darkness reigned over the wilderness.

It was now the darkest hour of the night, and before long, as the morning sun rose in the east, a new day would arrive.

Suddenly, two bright streaks of light slashed rapidly across the sky, trailing long plumes of fire as if slicing the night sky in two.

In the next second, these streaks plummeted toward the ground, their speed gradually slowing.

"Gag..."

"Bleh—"

As Elder Xuan and Lin Yan slowly descended to the ground, suppressible dry-heaving sounds began to rise one after another.

Over a dozen figures staggered about, either crouching on the ground or leaning against tree trunks, with at least half of them bent over vomiting violently.

"Look at how pathetic you all are."

Elder Xuan held a large wine gourd, poured a gulp of wine into his mouth, shook his head, and grunted lazily.

"This place isn't far from your mission location. Handle the rest on your own. This old man has other matters to tend to, so I'll take my leave first."

As his voice fell, Elder Xuan's figure instantly vanished from the spot in the next moment.

After he vanished, a faint murmur seemed to drift on the wind.

"I heard the Brocade-bellied Multicolored Chicken in these Mingdou Mountains has a rump that's an absolute delicacy on earth... This old man will have a taste today to see if the rumors are true..."

Hearing this murmur floating on the night breeze, Lin Yan managed to keep a straight Face.

One could only say, as expected of the veteran gourmet Elder Xuan.

Since the landing spot of Lin Yan and the others was not far from the Star Luo Western Army Corps, and combined with the fact that Elder Xuan flew all the way without any disguise, they were naturally spotted by the military.

The commander of the Western Army Corps was none other than the biological father of Dai Yueheng and Huo Yuhao—the belatedly affectionate Dai Hao.

With this relationship, after revealing their identities, the group followed them to the military camp.

After a brief rest at the military camp, they didn't delay any further and headed straight for the Mingdou Mountain Range.

...

According to the intelligence obtained from the Army Corps, upon reaching the central area of the Mingdou Mountain Range where a bandit group was known to operate, Lin Yan's vast Mental Energy instantly spread out.

Under this carpet-style search, all the subtle clues left behind by the bandit group had nowhere to hide.

In less than a moment, he locked onto a hidden cave entrance beneath a slope, concealed by dense vines.

"Found it."

"Let's go."

Hearing this, everyone, who had been preparing to scatter and search for clues, suddenly froze.

Hadn't they just arrived?

Just like that... he found it?

Seeing that Lin Yan had already stepped forward, and Jiang Nannan, Wang Donger, and the others followed without a moment's hesitation...

Though Ma Xiaotao and the others were astonished and doubtful, after exchanging glances for a moment, they followed skeptically.

When they followed Lin Yan over a slope and arrived at a cave clearly concealed by artificial means, the looks Ma Xiaotao and the others gave Lin Yan were filled with indisguisable shock.

How... did he find this?

Mental Energy?

But if it really was Mental Energy, to quietly lock onto this cave entrance so far away from them without any of them detecting the slightest pulse...

Just how powerful must Lin Yan's Mental Energy be?!

At this thought, the eyes of everyone present turned even more complex as they looked at Lin Yan.

Where... is his limit?!

They were clearly all peers of the same age, how was anyone else supposed to compete?!

Once everyone gathered, perhaps feeling embarrassed about failing to contribute during the search, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng exchanged a glance and took the lead in stepping into the cave.

Seeing the two of them move, Yao Haoxuan immediately followed closely behind.

Ever since he fell out with Chen Zifeng during the main team selection, although no one said anything to his Face, Ling Luochen and the others had unconsciously distanced themselves from him.

Of course, not everyone acted like this.

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, whose brains were similarly poisoned by "Shrek Poison" and whose hearts were filled with glory, didn't distance themselves from him; instead, they strongly approved of his courage to "compete".

Precisely because of this, Yao Haoxuan had naturally gravitated toward the two of them during this period, subtly positioning himself to follow their lead.

As the six main team members filed inside one after another, Lin Yan then followed at an unhurried pace.

Immediately following, under Teacher Wang Yan's direction, the seven reserve team members entered after them into the cave opening.

Entering the cavern, they hadn't walked far before the sight before them caused everyone to grit their teeth, rage instantly flaring in their chests.

On both sides of the stone path, eerie white bones protruded halfway out of mud and rotting flesh, while hanging along the cavern walls were over a dozen shriveled human skins.

Even more horrifying, the corpse of a young child was pierced straight through, hanging limp from an inverted stalactite.

"Beasts!!!"

Seeing such tragic cruelty, even Ling Luochen, usually the most quiet and cold, bit her teeth in fury and spat out a curse through gritted teeth, let alone the others.

Lin Yan remained silent, but his deep eyes radiated a bone-chilling coldness so intense it almost felt physical.

Evil Soul Masters!

Soon!

One day, I will root out all of you scum, completely from top to bottom!

He had never forgotten how his parents in this life had died!

"Who are you people?"

"How dare you break in here?!"

"Brothers, kill them!!"

"Remember, keep the women alive!!"

Reaching this point, they expectedly encountered the bandit sentries guarding the cave entrance.

However, facing a group already fuming with rage, they had walked right into the barrel of the gun.

Flames, ice cascades, light blades... swept over overwhelmingly in the exact same instant, crashing heavily down upon the bandits rushing forward!

Faced with this saturated carpet bombardment, within moments, the dozen or so bandits rushing forward were turned into dust, leaving not even a crumb behind!

The commotion here naturally alerted the rest of the bandits deeper in the cavern.

More and more bandits poured out wildly from the interconnected tunnels like wasps from a disturbed nest.

"Kill!"