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Chapter 273 Desolate Cave, Genius Passage

"Little sister, where are you looking?"

Wenwen was busy picking through the gravel in front of her when she heard her second brother's exclamation. Thinking there was a large piece of gold to pick up, she quickly shook off the handful of gravel in her hand.

"Second brother, do you have any big pieces?"

Wen Chengbin: "......"

I knew my sister was a money-grubber, but I didn't expect her to be this obsessed—even more obsessed than her third uncle!

Wen Chengbin frowned and didn't say anything, but just pointed forward.

Wenwen looked in the direction he was pointing.

All that could be seen was a dark cave entrance, with a pile of broken rocks in front of it, completely exposed and offering no interest in exploration.

However, as the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place; the darkest place is under the lamp.

The greater the contrast, the greater the charm.

This is how Wenwen understands it.

So she strode across the stream and came to the cave entrance.

The entrance to the cave was only half a meter high, and an adult would have to bend over to get in. However, she, being short, could get in without bending down. But she wasn't stupid enough to go in without understanding the situation. Did she think she was living too well?

Wenwen stood at the cave entrance and sent a wisp of her divine consciousness inside.

Wherever one's consciousness passes, it's as if there's a camera, and everything inside is displayed in one's mind.

If you go in about two or three zhang (approximately 6.6-7.6 meters) from the cave entrance, the space becomes larger. At first glance, it looks like a stone house. The stone house is empty, and the ground is flat without any gravel or sand.

My divine sense was still scanning around the stone house, but there were no living beings there.

Wenwen withdrew her divine sense, but before she could speak, she heard her second brother's voice.

"So? What's inside?"

"There's nothing there, it's empty."

"Empty?" Wen Chengbin didn't believe it. "Such a big mountain, such an obvious cave entrance, even a mouse would go in and take a look around, how could it be empty?"

Wenwen didn't understand either. "Yeah, this place is so desolate that not even a rat would bother with it. Isn't that strange?"

Wen Chengbin disagreed, "Desolate? Isn't there a manor over there? If it were truly desolate, why would he build a manor here? To enjoy the seclusion and isolation, or..."

"Second brother, what are you muttering about?" Wen Chengjian interrupted their conversation from a distance.

The speaker has no intention and the listener has the intention.

Wenwen was still thinking about the cave. Her second brother was right. It was precisely because there was nothing inside that it was suspicious. In the middle of nowhere, such a clean cave was not reasonable and unusual.

But what's unusual about it?

One person's plan is short-sighted, but two people's plans are long-sighted, not to mention there are several people here.

She needs to discuss it with her family.

"Father, Second Uncle, Eldest Brother, this is how it is inside..."

After listening, Wen Qilin and the others also explored the area with their divine senses, but found nothing.

Can a living person die from holding their pee? That's impossible.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. The old saying is true.

The group decided to go in and investigate.

Wen Qiyuan took the lead, saying, "I'll go in first, you can come in later."

After crouching down to pass through the narrow passage, we arrived at the stone house. The stone house was not large, about ten square meters in size, and more than ten feet high. Here, we could finally stand up straight.

Wen Qiyuan walked back and forth in the stone house, carefully examining the surrounding walls, confirming that there were no mechanisms or anything else he found.

"Big brother, please come in."

Afterwards, the group entered the stone house one after another.

They refused to believe in superstition and searched the stone house inch by inch, almost counting every brick seam, but still found no problems.

This makes people even more suspicious. Who has the time to dig a stone house in the mountains, make it so spotless, and then not use it? Is it just because they're bored or have nothing better to do? If neither of these is the case, who would believe there's nothing fishy going on?

At this moment, without thinking, Wen Chengjian deflated and slapped the stone wall.

"ah......"

The sudden shout startled everyone. "What happened?"

Wen Chengjian looked at his palm and saw a wooden splinter embedded in it.

Wen Chengbin was dumbfounded. "Brother, are you a fake cultivator? A splinter can hurt you? That's outrageous!"

Wen Chengjian: "...I'm willing."

Wenwen reacted as if she had discovered a new continent; the presence of splinters in the stone house was unusual.

She approached the splinter and used her spiritual power to dig away the surface stone, revealing a crack. Inside the crack was a layer of wooden planks, three fingers thick, which sealed the crack completely.

Seeing this, the others gathered around and started chattering amongst themselves.

"There are wooden planks inside the stone wall, and they're so thick!"

"Was that hammered in like that? That's incredible!"

"Pound it in? Unless you're born with superhuman strength."

"Then either we dig first and then fill it in..."

Upon hearing the last sentence, a thought flashed through Wenwen's mind.

Is it possible?

To verify her idea, she directly attacked the wall, transforming her spiritual energy into blades and slicing at the stone wall.

A moment later, a square frame surrounded by wooden planks appeared on the stone wall. The frame was only large enough for one person to pass through, and the inside of the frame was filled with rubble.

The truth is right here.

"What a genius! He dug a tunnel, surrounded it with wooden planks, and then filled it with gravel and sand."

"In this way, from the outside, it looks just like a complete stone wall."

"It's so airtight, no wonder even divine sense can't tell the difference."

"If there weren't thousands or hundreds of tons of gold inside, it would be a disservice to the talented person who came up with this idea."

Wenwen: "...Not entirely. This person seems to have some flaws as well."

Wen Chengjian: "Haha, my sister is right, he shouldn't have used this broken wooden board."

Now that we've discovered a clue, let's follow the trail and see what happens.

Using his telekinesis, he instantly piled all the rubble and sand in the passage onto the stone house, until it covered half of the house.

Good heavens, the passage is over twenty zhang long, far exceeding the range of divine sense. No wonder I couldn't sense it.

Go down the passage; it was damp and dark all the way.

Wen Chengbin muttered to himself, "Is this guy a rat? Why does he love burrowing so much? This distance is really far, I feel like we're not far from underground."

As soon as he finished speaking, the passage ended, and a door appeared in front of him.

Once here, one's spiritual senses are unimpeded, and one can see clearly within a radius of several dozen feet, with no one and no traps.

Upon opening the door, there was a large, sunken pit on the left and a set of steps leading upwards on the right. Judging by the number of steps, there were dozens of them, and at the top of the steps was another door.

Wen Qilin looked at the huge pit, said nothing, and simply pointed at it.

In an instant, everyone understood.

It must be said that this genius is quite capable. By opening the door from the inside out, the gravel and sand in the passage would flow into the pit, allowing people to get out.

At this time, Wenwen and the others came in from the outside, so this passage was someone else's back door, which was an escape door set up by someone else. They accidentally discovered it and broke in.

Everyone went up the steps to the right, opened the door, and entered a large hall. They had no idea where they were. There was fresh air and light, which made them very curious.

Surrounding the hall were rows of stone houses.

Wen Chengbin casually pushed open a door, looked up, and froze.