Su Yue was simply too weak.

If Su Yue were above the fourth rank, just a few casual counterattacks might prevent Jiao Qingyuan from having time to return.

Anxiety.

Until now, Jiao Qingyuan had not sensed any sign of a living person, and he was starting to feel a twinge of worry.

Could it be that Su Yue climbed back up and hid?

It shouldn't be.

With the cunning of this young man, if he could go back, he would certainly tell Wang Anhu and the others immediately.

Cangyuan Sixth Camp hasn't found Su Yue; he has no reason to have returned.

Keep looking.

Damn it, my Qi Blood is running low.

...

Inside the cave.

Su Yue steadied his breath.

There was no Nine Yang Scripture here, no manual for some Nine Yang blender, no old master, and no Great Shift.

The clichéd plots from martial arts movies hadn't happened to him.

But Su Yue still noticed some strange things.

Indeed.

Someone had been here before.

And this cave was not merely a sealed-off cave.

One could breathe inside, saving proof that the cave must have another exit, allowing ventilation.

Exactly.

It was a tunnel.

And Su Yue finally found some traces, indicating that someone seemed to have passed through here.

Though due to the humid temperature, these traces were easily dissolved by moisture, keen observation would nonetheless reveal some clues.

Upon realizing it.

Su Yue turned back and hastily wiped away all traces of his presence.

Tap!

Tap!

Tap!

Suddenly, a sound echoed in the otherwise silent tunnel.

From afar.

It came from the other end of the tunnel.

Su Yue hadn't dared to venture deep into the tunnel.

He feared there might be danger.

And indeed.

Danger finally arrived, with footsteps echoing from the deep, dark tunnel.

Yes.

Footsteps, because the rhythm was one-two-one.

Only bipedal humans or humanoid races could maintain such a rhythm; a quadruped wouldn't step so methodically.

...

Earning Points -500

...

Su Yue instantly went invisible.

After climbing, his system's earning points were nearing 30,000.

If he maintained invisibility, he could stay hidden for an hour.

This wasn't the time to save earning points, regardless of how far the approaching figure was from him.

...

Tap!

Tap!

Tap!

...

The sound of footsteps drew closer, indeed heading towards Su Yue.

Was it the foreign race?

Or was it the human race?

Was this some secret passage for covert operations?

Su Yue's mouth was dry, and it felt as though his heart was about to leap out of his throat.

This was simply heart-stopping.

...

Earning Points -500

Earning Points -500

Earning Points -500

Earning Points -500

...

Finally, as the footsteps came closer, a faint shadow appeared at the end of Su Yue's vision.

By now, Su Yue had hidden for five minutes, costing him 2,500 earning points.

It was a Yangxiang Race member.

Because behind the shadow, a fate tether was floating.

Fortunately, it wasn't a Grandmaster, just a fifth rank.

Su Yue heard from them that a Grandmaster could form suction cups with their Qi Blood to walk like a lizard along sheer cliffs.

So as he retreated, he proceeded cautiously, always ready to turn invisible.

Su Yue was also afraid of Jiao Qingyuan coming down to deliver a final blow.

A fifth rank foreigner was bearable.

If it were a Grandmaster, they could walk like a lizard to the Cangyuan Sixth Camp, kill Wang Anhu and his followers, then escape back up the cliff, leaving no time for wasps to chase them.

Terrifying.

The humid regions were just too eerie.

...

Earning Points -500

...

The next minute.

Even stranger and more eye-popping events unraveled before Su Yue.

At the other end of the cave, where he had just entered, another figure suddenly appeared.

This time it was the human race.

Jiao Qingyuan.

Indeed.

It was Jiao Qingyuan, the man Su Yue loathed to his core.

He did indeed lizard-walk, searching for him along the cliff.

Su Yue had deduced that with his life paper still in the Cangyuan Sixth Camp, Jiao Qingyuan would immediately descend the cliff, knowing he wasn't dead.

This hypocrite would even pretend to heroically search and save him, risking his own life.

One could imagine the rousing emotions this would prompt at Cangyuan Sixth Camp.

This sly fox was the most treacherous person Su Yue had ever met, bar none, so far.

One Yangxiang Race member.

One particularly sly human.

Their meeting in the tunnel was definitely not to have a showdown.

Even a knee-jerk analysis could surmise that these two creatures were up to some dirty transaction.

"Here, the Qi Nest Stone is well-fed for this great battle which our Yangxiang Race never fails in executing."

The Yangxiang Race member halted.

Jiao Qingyuan also stopped.

The two were separated by five or six meters.

And the spot where Su Yue was invisible happened to be right between them.

As the Yangxiang Race member finished speaking, he tossed a purple orb the size of a billiard ball to Jiao Qingyuan.

Qi Nest Stone?

Su Yue was so furious, he was grinding his teeth.

What the hell was this gaudy nonsense?

It was clearly not a souvenir.

"I'm of the human race, not a member of the Yangxiang Race. If you keep babbling, I might just kill you."

Jiao Qingyuan gripped the purple ball, his tone sinister.

Su Yue, still invisible, closely observed Jiao Qingyuan.

This creature was skin and bones, looking malnourished, with a face straight out of a horror film, the sort of face with eyes seemingly seething with malice.

The face reflects the heart.

This creature's heart must surely be dark and vile.

You're human?

Do you really think you're worthy of being called human?

Su Yue cursed inwardly.

"Hah! You were raised by the Yangxiang Sect as an orphan. If it weren't for the Yangxiang Sect, you'd have long perished. So you are a member of the Yangxiang Race."

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