"Why aren't we moving anymore?"
Lu Zhiruo inclined her head. This mountain was so tall, and the peak was actually covered with snow. This was a little beautiful. However, the bottom of the mountain was a little ugly. It was filled with densely packed caves.
If one had trypophobia, they would definitely be so scared that their scalps would turn numb.
"The map states that this place is called the Ten Thousand Snake Cave."
Li Ziqi looked at those caves and felt a little uncomfortable.
There was no solution to it. Girls would always feel fear toward these slippery cold-blooded animals.
Zhang Yaozong took out the map and checked the terrain.
The first route had to pass through the Ten Thousand Snake Cave.
This meant that the path through the caves would save the most time, but it was also the most dangerous. The second route was to cross the lowest part of this mountain.
According to the ratio, the time spent would be more than half a day.
"Let's go to the Ten Thousand Snake Cave!"
Zhang Yaozong made his decision.
"Have you forgotten the danger we encountered in the Human-faced Canyon? The danger level of this place is even higher than the Human-faced Canyon! "
Zhao Zhi glanced over and objected.
Everyone's expressions were unsightly. If one was bitten by a spider, they wouldn't die immediately. However, it was different for snakes. If one was bitten by a venomous snake, they would die immediately. There wouldn't be enough time to rescue them.
"Tantai, can you concoct some medicinal powder that can repel venomous snakes?"
Li Ziqi asked.
"If it's used to repel venomous snakes in the grass, it's easy to use this powder. But if you want to repel venomous snakes in the snake cave, it would be difficult."
Tantai Yutang shrugged.
When the number of venomous snakes reached a certain level, it wouldn't be a problem that could be solved with some snake repellent powder.
"Let's go and prepare!"
Li Ziqi decided to walk through the Ten Thousand Snake Cave.
"Do we have to risk it all?"
Zhao Zhi mumbled with a depressed look on his face. "If we are bitten by a venomous snake, even if we don't die, would we be crippled?"
"Yes. Some venomous snakes' venom would cause our nerves to be paralyzed, causing our entire body to tremble incessantly. Living is simply torture."
Tantai Yutang laughed.
"Can you stop scaring people?"
Zhang Yaozong frowned.
Actually, there were still people who didn't want to walk the Ten Thousand Snake Cave route. However, the majority of them didn't say anything because of their pride.
After all, no one wanted to be seen as a coward.
Just when Tantai Yutang was searching for medicinal herbs to create snake repellent powder, a group of students suddenly rushed out from a large cave.
"F * ck, that scared me to death!"
"Sob, sob, sob. Mom, I want to go home!"
"F * ck your mom, if I ran any slower, I would have become that big snake's food today."
A group of students sat on the ground, panting heavily. Their faces were filled with joy from surviving a calamity. However, after they saw Li Ziqi's group, they immediately stood up and prepared for battle.
Both parties' gazes landed on each other's chest, identifying each other through the school badge.
"It's a student from Zhoushan!"
Zhang Yaozong reminded. This academy was ranked 13th in the league tournament last year. They were only three ranks away from being able to advance to the next round. One could say that their strength was very strong.
"They are students from the Central State Academy!"
After confirming the identities of these students, the expressions of the Zhoushan students relaxed. Central Province? Isn't it just last year …?
Very good, no threat!
"What are you thinking about?"
Earlier, the last person to rush out from the cave was a tall and skinny male student. He didn't sit down to rest like the others. Instead, he was staring at the cave.
At this moment, when he saw everyone looking down on this group of students from the Central Province Academy, he frowned and started to lecture them.
"Since they can come here and catch up to us, it means that they are very strong."
After hearing the skinny male student's words, the students from Zhoushan immediately lowered their heads like frosted eggplants.
"Group leader, we know our mistake!"
The students apologized.
This male student was called Liao Wenbing, and he was the group leader of Zhoushan. He was born in a major clan and was extremely outstanding in terms of both intellect and martial arts.
"Damn, this fellow has so much prestige!"
Wu Jitong was envious.
"Does anyone know him?"
Li Fen felt that other than this male student being a little skinny, he was quite handsome and had a refined aura.
"I don't know, but he's definitely the group leader!"
After Lu Zhiruo spoke, everyone rolled their eyes. (There's no need for you to say anything. Everyone can tell.)
"Everyone from the Central Province Academy, I'm Liao Wenbing. Which of you is the group leader? Can you come out for a chat?"
Liao Wenbing surveyed everyone. He didn't want to waste time. After the previous attempt, he knew that this snake cave wouldn't be easy to pass. Hence, he wanted to see if the Central Province Academy had any solutions.
If not, they could only take a detour.
Shi Qiao's group subconsciously glanced at Li Ziqi. After that, they realized that something was wrong and glanced at Zhang Yaozong.
Because Li Ziqi had been giving orders, their first reaction when they encountered a problem was to listen to the little sunny egg's opinion.
"What the hell?"
Liao Wenbing frowned. Could it be that there were two people in charge of this group?
"Be careful, this fellow is very scheming!"
Li Ziqi walked to Zhang Yaozong's side and reminded him in a low voice.
"Mn?"
Zhang Yaozong didn't understand. (You can even tell?)
However, his favorable impression of the little sunny egg increased by quite a bit.
Before outsiders, Li Ziqi allowed him to make decisions. This was giving him enough face! After all, even if Li Ziqi went out now, the other group members wouldn't say anything.
"Their group has tried it before and clearly failed. That Liao Wenbing knows that there's no hope. Now, when he saw that we didn't enter immediately, he instantly guessed that we are thinking of a solution. Hence, he is prepared to give everything he has!"
Li Ziqi explained.
"Understood!"
Zhang Yaozong reacted.
People like Liao Wenbing who didn't care about face and knew when to yield and when to stand tall were the most difficult to deal with. On the contrary, the group leader of Chongde wasn't able to do so. He didn't know how to be flexible.
"Can the two of you have a chat?"
Liao Wenbing smiled, revealing his pearly white teeth. He waved his hand toward Li Ziqi and Zhang Yaozong. "I'm more familiar with the situation in the cave."
This temptation made it impossible for them to reject it.
Truthfully speaking, Li Ziqi had already planned to let Xuanyuan Po enter first to scout the path. At the very least, she wanted to understand the types of venomous snakes.
"You guys know how to make snake repellent powder? Can you give us some? "
Liao Wenbing chortled, his attitude extremely good.
"Where's your snake repellent powder? Can we exchange it? "
Li Ziqi's attitude was also very humble.
"Sure!"
Liao Wenbing was using peaceful means before resorting to force. He was probing Li Ziqi.
If the little sunny egg didn't agree, he would use the information in the cave to exchange for it. If the other party didn't have the powder, then sorry, he would have to raise the price.
Naturally, since the other party had the powder, he had to appear more friendly. It would be more convenient for them to cooperate in the future.
"How many types of snakes are there in the cave? I have a doctor here who can treat you guys! "
Li Ziqi had a look of worry on her face. She seemed to be concerned about the students of Zhoushan, but she was actually trying to get information. However, it shouldn't be very useful because she discovered that this Liao Wenbing was too scheming.
"I don't know, but I saw three types."
Liao Wenbing described.
"Given the depth of the cave, we didn't encounter many snakes. We can just take a detour around them. However, there's a python that's too terrifying."
Liao Wenbing sighed.
"That python is so thick that two people would need to hug it. It's roughly over 30 meters long and there's no problem for it to swallow a student in one gulp. Also, it can even spit out green poisonous smoke."
Li Ziqi listened to Liao Wenbing's introduction while surveying the expressions of the students of Zhoushan. She wanted to judge if Liao Wenbing's information was correct.
Very good, the students all revealed looks of lingering fear. This meant that there was no problem with Liao Wenbing's information.
The conversation between both parties was very smooth.
Not long later, Tantai Yutang returned.
"Give them half of the excess medicinal powder!"
Li Ziqi instructed. She knew the personality of this sickly invalid. He would definitely prepare more.
"Cough cough, take it!"
Tantai Yutang didn't ask for the reason.
Liao Wenbing saw this sickly invalid holding a handkerchief to cover his mouth. There were actually traces of blood on the handkerchief. He couldn't help but be astonished. (How can you enter the student group with such a weak body?)
"Get Old Xiao to check."
Liao Wenbing passed the snake repellent powder to the vice group leader. After that, he walked back.
"The two of you, have you considered? It's too dangerous for a group to enter this Ten Thousand Snakes Cave. Why don't we form a group? At that time, even if we seek help from our teachers, things would be smoother with eight teachers! "
This was Liao Wenbing's plan. He had set his sights on the signal tube of the Central Province Academy, wanting to double the insurance.
"Group Leader Liao's idea isn't bad. However, I wish to give it a try first!"
Li Ziqi rejected.
"Che, even our Zhoushan Academy can't do it, let alone the Central Province Academy!"
"How arrogant!"
"Who cares about them? Just let them try. If a few of them die, that would be interesting to watch!"
After hearing Li Ziqi's words, the students of Zhoushan mocked.
"Student Li, you are an intelligent person. You should know what to choose."
Liao Wenbing frowned. He was worried that Li Ziqi would use up the signal tube. If they directly entered the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave with the help of their teachers, their losses would be too great.
"Sorry, we have to give it a try!"
After Li Ziqi spoke, she started to gather the group.
"Why don't we move together? There is strength in numbers! "
Zhao Zhi grumbled. Even if a venomous snake came and he couldn't outrun it, he should be able to outrun those who were slower, right?
"I don't trust that Liao Wenbing!"
Li Ziqi's words were concise and comprehensive.
"Alright, sprinkle the medicinal powder on your bodies and prepare the torches. Xuanyuan Po, Zhang Yaozong, and Baiwu, the three of you will be the vanguard!"
Li Ziqi started to arrange the group.
Zhao Zhi didn't want to leave, but he had no choice. Hence, he had a sullen expression on his face as he felt sullen in his heart.
After over ten minutes and confirming that everyone was ready, Li Ziqi gave the order to set off.
"Group leader, don't persuade them. Let them enter!"
The vice group leader came over and coldly laughed when he saw the new student group from the Central Province Academy entering the cave. "Later on, they will know how the word 'death' is written!"
"Old Xiao, how is the effect of their snake repellent powder?"
Liao Wenbing turned his head and called out.
"Although I haven't tested it before, I estimate that the effect is at least two times stronger than ours. The smell is too strong."
Old Xiao sighed in admiration.
As a herbologist, Old Xiao still had this bit of judgment. After all, there were only a few types of herbs in the vicinity that could be used to make snake repellent powder.
Liao Wenbing hesitated a little before giving the order. "Everyone, gather. Let's follow them!"
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