Chapter Forty-Eight: Drunk Life, Dream Death
Zha Zha’s flying speed was very fast, and it didn’t take long to reach the mysterious cave.
When Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao’s feet landed on solid ground, Zha Zha’s body rapidly shrunk and returned to its usual appearance. Zha Zha let out a couple of weak chirps, almost inaudible.
For the past few days, Zha Zha had stayed outside and never entered the space to replenish its spiritual energy, yet it had persisted for a considerable time.
Therefore, seeing Zha Zha in such a weak state, Gu Yu thought for a moment and then threw Zha Zha into the space, allowing it to recover its energy by the space spring water.
The rest of the journey would not require Zha Zha’s assistance.
Once Zha Zha recovered, it could be useful when leaving this place.
“Ah Yu, is this the place?”
“Yes, Zha Zha said there are strange white crystalline substances inside, and they don’t taste like salt. This is something that concerns me greatly.”
As they spoke, Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao walked directly into the cave. At the same time, Gu Yu took out two torches from the space and handed one to Gu Mengyao for illumination.
Looking at the cave itself, there was nothing special about it.
If one were to ignore the white crystalline substances on the ground…
“Ah Yu, look, these fell from the cave ceiling! There are more up there, and even more.”
While Gu Yu was carefully observing the white crystalline substances on the ground, Gu Mengyao’s voice suddenly rang out. This caused Gu Yu to look up at the cave ceiling and immediately discover a large amount of white crystalline substances.
Gu Yu directly took out a long bamboo pole from the space and poked it hard towards the diagonally upwards direction. Soon, a large chunk of white crystal was poked loose and fell directly in front of them.
Looking at the head-sized white crystalline substance in front of him, Gu Yu felt an urge to see what this thing was.
He had a feeling it would be interesting!
However, remembering that their purpose for coming here was to explore the treasure’s burial location, Gu Yu couldn’t help but sigh helplessly. He then put the large chunk of white crystal into the space, planning to look at it later when he had time.
Immediately, Gu Yu took Gu Mengyao’s hand, and the two of them walked towards the innermost part of the cave.
After discovering the cave, Zha Zha did not explore it further due to the white crystalline substances and left immediately to report back.
As a result, Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao had no way of knowing if the cave was dangerous.
At this moment, the two of them were like dancing on the tip of a knife, one wrong move could lead to being pierced by a sharp blade.
However, exploration was inherently like this; there was no such thing as 100% safety.
Even if there were, they wouldn’t find anything good, only trash that others had already picked over.
Therefore, Gu Yu decided to be the first to eat the crab and quickly discover the hidden secrets of this cave.
Of course, what gave him such confidence was the existence of the space, which would completely prevent Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao from falling into danger.
If it were someone else, they would naturally cherish their own lives more and would not approach so directly and decisively.
As the two gradually approached the depths of the cave, the white crystalline substances around the cave became more and more numerous, almost forming a white crystalline ocean.
This made them begin to doubt whether the cave concealed any secrets…
Clearly, Gu Yu was one of them.
This caused him to subconsciously speed up. As the cave gradually narrowed, they had already reached the end.
There was nothing.
Except for the white crystalline substances, there was nothing at the end of the cave.
It seemed his luck was bad.
Apart from the white crystalline substances, this was not the place where treasures were buried, and all their efforts were in vain.
With a depressed sigh, Gu Yu looked at the surrounding white crystalline substances, feeling even more vexed in his heart. However, he knew that they had to go home afterwards.
Even if the treasure was not found, they could not stay here any longer… unless they could quickly resolve the pursuers behind them, making them no longer an obstacle, then naturally they could stay here as long as they wanted.
However, those big masters in the capital city seemed unaware of the situation and would probably continue to send people to hunt them.
It was too difficult to resolve them all at once.
Therefore, they could only leave.
Seeing the dejection on Gu Yu’s face, Gu Mengyao directly reached out and tightly held his hand. Then they looked at each other, and the annoyance in Gu Yu’s eyes gradually faded.
So what if they didn’t find the treasure? The greatest treasure belonging to him, Gu Yu, was standing beside him.
In this world, Gu Mengyao was the most precious treasure, belonging only to him!
Moreover, the human bone treasure map was too evil. It was good that they didn’t find it now.
Thus, they would simply return home!
“Did they really enter here?”
“Oh my, so many white stones, what are these things?”
“Gu Yu, you untouchable guy, do you think hiding in this cave will do? Even if you hide underground, I will dig you out.”
“Wow, these white stones taste terrible.”
Just as Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao were about to leave, other voices suddenly came from the other end of the cave. This prompted Gu Yu to immediately take Gu Mengyao into the space, disappearing from the cave.
Although a handful of medicinal powder could take care of these people, Gu Yu did not want to cause any further complications at this time.
These white crystalline substances had not been studied yet, and Gu Yu did not want this cave to suffer any losses.
Therefore, he decided to hide in the space for now!
Coincidentally, this would also be an opportunity to see what this white crystalline substance was.
With these thoughts, Gu Yu took Gu Mengyao to a small area within the space. Gu Mengyao, who had been unable to move, could now move around and curiously looked at her surroundings.
No matter how many times she came, Gu Mengyao always felt it was very novel and couldn’t believe that what her eyes saw was real.
“Zha Zha, you guy, you’ve stuck your head into the fountain again!!!”
While Gu Mengyao was looking at the fruits growing in the ground, Gu Yu reached out and lifted Zha Zha, whose head was submerged in the spring water.
Then, seeing Zha Zha in a state of drunken bliss, Gu Yu felt disgusted.
He directly kicked Zha Zha aside and then took a table from the space, placing the head-sized white crystalline substance on the tabletop.
Looking at the crystalline substance in front of him, Gu Yu thought about it and decided to swap it for a slightly larger, soybean-sized crystalline substance.
He was unsure if this kind of thing was dangerous, so it was better to be cautious for now.
After all, this thing reminded Gu Yu of something very dangerous.
