"This is easy." Feng Nan walked to the pile of vines just cleared away, where there were plenty of branches. He picked up three branches of equal length, tied them with dry vines, and made a thick wooden stick.

"Take off your shoes and clothes." Feng Nan said to a follower.

The follower quickly complied, and Feng Nan took them, putting the shoes on one end of the stick, wrapping it with clothes, and then took off the gourd hanging from his waist, directly pouring it on that end.

Qin Yuesheng smelled it; it was alcohol.

"Hiss... Whoosh!" Suddenly, Feng Nan blew hard, and a flame burst from his mouth, lighting the torch.

Although Qin Yuesheng was much stronger than him, he found this fire-breathing technique quite interesting.

"Give it to him." Feng Nan casually handed the torch to a follower.

The person climbed along the path the other had used before, directly reaching the Great Buddha’s hand, and lowered his arm to hand the torch to the White Lotus follower inside the cave.

Just as he was about to stand up, the place he was lying suddenly collapsed, taking him downwards from the Great Buddha’s hand to the waist, a distance of several zhang. If he fell, he would be broken on the spot.

Qin Yuesheng reached out and grabbed him, pulling him quickly into his hand.

"Good skill, Holy Envoy, good skill! If I had even one-tenth, no, one-hundredth of your skill, I’d be unstoppable in the world."

Feng Nan never missed a chance to flatter; it’s rare to meet a White Lotus Saint Envoy, and he must make his presence felt. If he pleased the envoy, good words before the Sect Leader might elevate him.

But Feng Nan never expected that he was flattering the wrong person; Qin Yuesheng was a fake.

Throwing the White Lotus follower to the ground, Qin Yuesheng said, "Since the entrance is found, send more people inside."

"Yes, subordinate understands."

Excited by Qin Yuesheng’s rare command, Feng Nan quickly had everyone follow his orders. Soon, many White Lotus followers entered the crevice holding torches.

With the lesson of the follower who almost died, those entering showed caution, testing each footing’s hardness before stepping, preventing any accidents.

Soon, over a hundred White Lotus followers crawled into the crevice, including Feng Nan. With the Great Buddha’s arm now empty, Qin Yuesheng used the Carefree Heavenly Travel Skill to enter the crevice himself, moving with grace compared to the White Lotus Saint Sect members.

Shortly after Qin Yuesheng entered the Great Buddha’s palm, the White Lotus followers left on the ship suddenly fell, their bodies filled with daggers tied with Yellow Turbans, clearly murdered.

Twenty rough-clothed men emerged from the ship’s cabin, rubbing their limbs and gleefully said, "Leader, this is a great idea! We let these White Lotus fools find the Ten Thousand Snake Cave for us."

The white-haired elder, leading them, took off his hat, revealing a soft sword thin as cicada wings inside the hat.

"Those fools have entered the Ten Thousand Snake Cave; we can’t delay. If they get the item first, it will be a disaster for our sect." The elder took a Yellow Turban from his pouch, tied it on the sword’s hilt, and rushed towards the Great Buddha’s hand.

The others, hearing this, became serious, tied Yellow Turbans on their weapons, and quickly followed the elder into the crevice.

...

The path sloped down straight, allowing only one or two people through at a time; Qin Yuesheng walked last, constantly observing the surroundings.

With the Biluo Eye’s night vision, he could see the road without light, though Feng Nan didn’t know this and stayed three steps ahead of Qin Yuesheng, lighting the way with his torch.

"There’s a snake!"

A cry came from the front.

Feng Nan impatiently shouted, "A snake is just a snake; what are you scared of? You’ve wasted years learning martial arts; afraid of snakes?" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Yet the commotion didn’t stop; it intensified, making Qin Yuesheng and Feng Nan curious.

What’s going on?

"There are snakes! So many snakes!"

"Quick, cut them! Kill them."

The scene was chaotic, but due to the narrow crevice, even those wanting to help couldn’t reach the front.

The panic didn’t stop the group moving forward, slowly widening the path from one or two people abreast to three or four, five or six.

They finally exited the crevice, standing on a flat rock stuck outside the cave.

Throughout the journey, Qin Yuesheng saw the ground covered with snake corpses: red, green, spotted, black, and white, all killed by the White Lotus followers.

The rock had even more snake bodies, which surprised Qin Yuesheng with the number of snakes living here.

No road beyond the rock; below was a deep cliff with faint ’hiss’ sounds drifting up.

Qin Yuesheng surveyed the area in silence; he still didn’t know why the White Lotus Saint Sect sent Feng Nan here, so he stayed quiet to avoid mistakes.

Feng Nan, aware of himself, walked to Qin Yuesheng and said, "Holy Envoy, the Snake Armor Army’s treasure must be here. I’ll take people to search and notify you when it’s found."

"Go ahead." Qin Yuesheng nodded.

Snake Armor Army?

Qin Yuesheng had never heard of the Snake Armor Army, but now he finally knew what the White Lotus followers were searching for here.

Standing on the rock, examining the surroundings with the Biluo Eye’s enhanced vision and night vision, Qin Yuesheng noticed details unseen by Feng Nan and team.

About thirty zhang away on the mountain wall were old tree roots, with branches bearing ruby-like fruits, vivid and tempting.

Curiously, each tree root had a large snake wrapped around it, lying still like in hibernation, eyes fixed on the fruits.

These snakes were estimated over three zhang long, extraordinary among snakes.

If a normal person saw such a gathering, they’d be terrified; Qin Yuesheng could only wonder about the fruits and used the Carefree Heavenly Travel Skill to approach.

Where exotic beasts dwell, rare treasures accompany them; guarded by so many snakes, the fruits couldn’t be ordinary.

Watching Qin Yuesheng step off the cliff into darkness beyond the torchlight, nearby White Lotus followers wondered if the Holy Envoy found something.

They kept searching without slacking, resuming their tasks when Qin Yuesheng’s figure disappeared from view.