Cultivation Online novel Chapter 849

Chapter 849: Hidden Passage

Although the cave was quite spacious and wide, it had a linear interior, meaning there was only a single path for Yuan and the others to traverse.

However, even after walking back and forth this cave multiple rounds, they were unable to find any secret passages that the demons could've used to hide themselves.

"I don't see any formations in this place. If there's really a secret passage, it's not concealed by a formation— or it's concealed by a formation that's so powerful that even I cannot see it. However, demons don't have the power to create formations or arrays." Yuan said.

"I also don't see anything out of the ordinary with my divine sense." Feng Yuxiang said.

And she continued in a worried voice, "What if this is a trap? We should probably leave this cave for now."

"Wait." Lan Yingying suddenly said.

"What is it? Do you see something?" Yuan turned to look at her.

"I'm not sure, but that area feels off for some reason— the ground." Lan Yingying pointed at the ground right before the dead end.

"The ground?" Yuan walked over to where Lan Yingying pointed and inspected the ground.

When he couldn't find anything wrong with it, he decided to stomp on the ground.

"Hm?" Yuan raised his eyebrows when he felt a hollow feedback from the stomp.

"It's empty here." He said to them before stabbing into the ground with the Empyrean Overlord.

The ground immediately collapsed, revealing a hidden staircase that led underground.

Furthermore, the scent of demons that had disappeared suddenly appeared again. "I can smell them again! Demons! They're below us!" Yuan quickly said.

"How did we miss such an obvious passage? This must be the work of a treasure that can misdirect our senses. We should be careful, Young Master." Feng Yuxiang warned him.

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"Good idea, especially since I can smell more than three demons now." Yuan suddenly said.

"Huh? How many demons can you smell?" Feng Yuxiang asked.

After taking a few deep breaths, Yuan replied, "About seven or eight."

"S-Seven or eight? That many?" Lan Yingying was speechless.

"Don't worry, they don't seem very strong. The strongest one appears to be a peak Spirit King, but it's only a low-ranking demon."

"If you say so..." She nodded.

"Young Master, allow me to go first." Feng Yuxiang said.

Yuan nodded, but before walking the staircase, Yuan wore his mask.

"Why the mask?" Feng Yuxiang asked.

"It won't be fun if the demons recognize me," he chuckled.

Feng Yuxiang was speechless.

'He's treating this like a game...' She sighed inwardly.

Sometime later, they began descending the narrow staircase.

Many minutes later, at the end of the staircase, they entered a spacious room with multiple paths to choose from.

"Which way?" Feng Yuxiang turned to look at Yuan, who was already pointing to a path.

"I understand."

Feng Yuxiang, without hesitation, began walking towards the path picked by Yuan.

"I'm surprised you can smell the demons from so far away... How do you do it?" Lan Yingying asked him.

"I don't know. I just instinctively know their location when I smell them, and they have this very distinctive scent that's hard to miss." Yuan shrugged, even though he was unable to smell demons before acquiring the Divine Paragon's memories and experience.

Lan Yingying tried to smell this 'distinctive scent' that Yuan spoke of, but she was not successful.