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"Let's get to work quickly, then," An Qi suggested.

"Okay!"

After that, the two of them began to work.

Lin Yifan and An Qi picked up dry branches and fallen leaves from the ground nearby and threw them at the cave entrance, then took the torches scattered on the ground, still burning, and tossed them over to ignite the pile.

"Boom!"

It wasn't long before the fire flared up violently.

At this moment, the vampire bats that were feasting at the entrance let out shrill squeaks and immediately flew away, flapping their wings nonstop.

After driving away the pack of vampire bats, An Qi seemed a bit at a loss and asked, "Yifan, do you still want to go in and look for the treasure?"

"Yes!" Lin Yifan answered with certainty.

"But I don't want to stay outside alone anymore," An Qi responded.

Now, she was truly scared; moments ago, those three vampire bats had nearly gnawed at her hands, which was extremely dangerous.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Yifan suggested, "How about this, I will wet my shirt; then, when we enter the Snake Cave, you can cover your mouth and nose with the wet shirt. What do you think?"

"At this point, that's the only method we can use," An Qi replied.

This was a commonly used survival technique in fires; to avoid being suffocated by thick smoke, this method was the most reliable and simplest. A wet shirt could filter out harmful particles in the smoke, functioning like a gas mask, albeit a rudimentary version.

After agreeing on the plan, Lin Yifan cleared away the fire and entered the Snake Cave to look for water.

The Snake Cave was very damp, and water seeped from the walls on both sides with dripping water from the cave ceiling; there had to be puddles.

After searching for a while, he finally found a shallow puddle in a corner. He quickly took off his shirt, then soaked it in the puddle.

After wetting his shirt, he hurried out of the Snake Cave, back outside.

At this time, shadows flickered through the nearby jungle at the cave entrance—clearly, these were the vampire bats circling overhead.

An Qi had been holding a torch, ready for anything. Seeing Lin Yifan coming out of the Snake Cave, she anxiously asked, "Did you find water?"

"I did! Hold onto the wet shirt. I'm going to start a fire next to the entrance to keep those vampire bats from flying in," Lin Yifan said as he handed the shirt to An Qi and then ran off to make a fire.

"Okay!" An Qi said, taking Lin Yifan's wet shirt.

A minute or two later, after Lin Yifan had set up the fire, he took up a torch and with An Qi on his back, entered the pitch-black cave once again.

An Qi covered her mouth and nose with the wet shirt to prevent inhaling harmful gases.

Walking on a road paved with thousands of sea snakes, Lin Yifan quickly reached the spot where he had seen the blue light before.

At that time, he cautioned, "Sweetheart! Close your eyes quickly, don't look."

He feared An Qi would be frightened half to death again if she saw the corpse underneath the blue glow.

"Why?" An Qi was puzzled.

"Because there's a corpse ahead," Lin Yifan replied.

"No way! Then I won't look," Hearing the word "corpse," An Qi was immediately startled and promptly closed her eyes, refusing to look any further.

Moreover, with the smoke irritating her eyes, they were uncomfortable, so even if Lin Yifan hadn't asked, she would have closed them.

After An Qi closed her eyes, Lin Yifan continued on.

However, after just a few steps, his heart gave a slight jolt.

"Strange, why did it suddenly leap like that?"

With questions in his mind, he took a few more steps forward; as a result, he found that his heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

"Could it be that the black bead is interested in that cluster of blue light? Or is there some kind of treasure attracting it ahead?"

After thinking for a while, Lin Yifan became more and more excited; if it really was as he suspected, then it would be a huge find.

He continued forward, heading towards the place where the blue light was emanating from.

The closer he got, the more his heart pounded fiercely.

After a while, when he reached the front of the blue light, Lin Yifan discovered a snake-like object hidden within, resembling a small snake.

"What in the world is this?" Lin Yifan wondered, puzzled.

He then looked down at the mummy sitting cross-legged on a stone bed and noticed something.

This object was covered in dust, and hidden by tattered clothes, making it hard to see clearly.

"Big brother! If there's something strange, don't blame me! I apologize in advance!"

After paying his respects, Lin Yifan reached out to take it.

At that moment, An Qi, confused by his words, asked, "Yifan! What are you doing?"

"I saw something like a book and wanted to take a look," Lin Yifan replied.

"Won't you offend the gods by doing this?" An Qi inquired.

"I've already paid my respects; there shouldn't be any trouble," Lin Yifan said as he began to uncover the dusty and cobwebbed tattered clothes.

The next moment, a book appeared in front of him.

From its shape and the patterns on its cover, it looked like an ancient book.

Lin Yifan cleaned off the dust from the cover and then took a look, and he was immediately struck by four big characters – "Witchcraft Secret Manual".

"Holy crap! Could this be the legendary Martial Arts Secret Manual?"

Lin Yifan's eyes widened, he was so astonished he couldn't find the words to speak.

It took a while for his emotions to calm down.

At that time, An Qi, feeling that he had not moved for so long, curiously inquired, "Yifan, what did you find? Why have you suddenly gone still and not said a word?"

"Ah? Uh... It seems I've found an ancient book," Lin Yifan came to his senses and hastily replied.

"An ancient book? What kind of book is it?" An Qi, with her eyes closed, inquired curiously.

She knew that the mummy was right in front of her, so she dared not open her eyes to look.

"It seems to be a collection of poetry," Lin Yifan replied.

This book, just by the name, you could tell it was no good, but although it wasn't something good, it might contain some decent martial arts techniques, so in order not to have An Qi hear the name and urge him to abandon it, he lied.

"A collection of poetry? What poems does it contain?" An Qi continued to ask.

She felt this could be a very important ancient artifact; if it was a collection of works by a particular poet or from a particular dynasty, it would have immense archaeological research value; hence, she wanted to know what kinds of ancient poems it contained.

"Give me a moment, let me open it and see," said Lin Yifan as he began to seriously and carefully examine the "Witchcraft Secret Manual".

After a while, he found that the "Witchcraft Secret Manual" recorded methods of refining poisons and poison pills; besides that, there was a palm technique – the Witchcraft Palm.

The Witchcraft Palm was an extremely sinister and potent martial art created by the Witchcraft True Master. If someone were struck by this palm without the support of strong inner strength, it was very possible they would die instantaneously.