The boar king grunted a few times and ran off to another location. This time, it arrived at a cave near the mountaintop. The cave was about half a person's height, sloping downwards, and its depth was unknown.
At the cave entrance, the wild boar king grunted again.
Ye Tian's heart stirred, and he asked, "Are you saying this place is related to the other locations of the flesh ganoderma?"
The wild boar king nodded again. Then, its expression became agitated, and it snorted forcefully through its nostrils, scattering sand on the ground.
Ye Tian narrowed his eyes. He patted the boar's head and said, "Thank you for telling me. I'll go down and take a look now. If I get any benefits, I'll share some with you."
After speaking, he ducked and began to descend into the cave. The cave was very steep, with a slope of at least seventy-five degrees. If Ye Tian hadn't been agile, he might have fallen and died.
What was more troublesome was that the narrower the cave became as he went down, the narrowest opening being only twenty centimeters, making it difficult even for a child to squeeze through.
However, Ye Tian had his ways. He activated his immortal energy, making his body as malleable as mud, his bones becoming soft and able to fold and twist, allowing him to force his way down.
After passing through the narrow passage, the space below widened again, but the stone walls became incredibly smooth, with sharp, protruding stone spikes. If a person slipped, they would be pierced into a sieve by countless spikes.
Ye Tian then made his fingers as hard as steel hooks, digging fingerholds directly into the stone, enabling him to continue his descent.
After descending another ten meters, he saw a giant spiderweb below, over three meters in diameter, completely blocking the path downwards. He reached the edge of the web and gently touched it, feeling its extreme stickiness.
The spiderweb trembled, and a spider the size of a washbasin leaped out. It had two scythe-like legs and lunged directly at Ye Tian.
However, as soon as it approached, the Immortal Mechanism Gu controlled it. The large spider slowly retreated and retracted its web, leaving a gap large enough for Ye Tian to pass through.
Ye Tian passed the spiderweb and descended another twenty meters before his feet finally touched the ground. He heard the faint sound of flowing water. He looked ahead and saw a horizontal cave, about a meter high and half a meter wide. He ducked and walked forward. After walking for more than ten meters, the path suddenly opened up into a vast cavern, where an underground river flowed with a gurgling sound. On the stone walls along the riverbanks grew a massive organism, almost covering both sides of the mountain. This organism was golden in color and emitted light in the darkness, illuminating the surroundings quite brightly.
Ye Tian approached the cave wall and pressed it with his hand, discovering that it was indeed a mutated flesh ganoderma! Moreover, its quality was even higher than what he had encountered outside!
The flesh ganoderma had numerous bud-like growths, pointed at the top and rounded in the middle, all a pale blue. Ye Tian crushed one of the buds, and a large number of spores immediately rushed out, carrying a faint fragrance.
His eyes lit up. He plucked one and ate it, feeling that its medicinal properties were far greater than the ganoderma itself! The effect was more than ten times stronger!
He immediately took out his pocket and collected the spores, filling about half a bag.
After harvesting, he wondered why there was such large flesh ganoderma in this place. He began to search and soon discovered a fine network of veins within the flesh ganoderma.
The veins provided nutrients to the flesh ganoderma, and he followed these veins to find their source. The veins gradually became thicker, eventually connecting to a bead the size of a fist.
Ye Tian studied it for a while and then reached out to dig out the bead. This bead was also soft and emitted a faint fragrance.
As Ye Tian dug out the bead, the flesh ganoderma immediately stopped glowing and began to show signs of wilting.
Ye Tian secured the bead and searched the surrounding area again but found nothing else. He immediately returned the way he came.
Having traversed it once, his speed this time was extremely fast. His hands acted like hooks, and he quickly returned to the cave entrance.
The wild boar king was still waiting outside the cave. Seeing Ye Tian emerge, it happily jumped in place a few times, emitting heavy thuds.
As Ye Tian emerged, he casually cut off a piece of flesh ganoderma weighing tens of pounds. This flesh ganoderma was more extraordinary than what he had discovered before, as it had absorbed the magical energy from the bead.