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After an hour’s trek, the duo finally arrived at what appeared to be a dried up swamp.
There were obvious traces of there being small water bodies that had vanished altogether, leaving behind nothing but muddy ground.
“It looks like this is it,” Zhao Yunxiao stopped in front of a burrow that was inconspicuously hidden behind a pile of mud and rocks.
“Would there be more of those lizard monsters inside?” Nie Hanchang asked.
“Unlikely,” Zhao Yunxiao shook his head. “Black-spotted colossal lizards are very solitary creatures. If there are truly any creatures within, there can only be two explanations – they are either its newborns, or invading creatures.”
“I see,” Nie Hanchang nodded.
Just from hearing this, Nie Hanchang understood that Zhao Yunxiao had already considered the possibility of there being other creatures as well, so there was no need to speak further.
Zhao Yunxiao did not rush into the burrow.
Instead, he stayed near the entrance, closing his eyes as he extended his spiritual sense within.
It did not take long before Zhao Yunxiao found exactly what he was looking for.
“It’s there!” Zhao Yunxiao opened his eyes in excitement. “The precious gem!”
“Is there really one?” Nie Hanchang answered in surprise. “Are there any other creatures inside?”
“No, there’s nothing apart from the gem,” Zhao Yunxiao replied. “Let’s go retrieve the gem and be on our way.”
“You go retrieve the gem,” Nie Hanchang said. “I will keep watch from outside just so we don’t get trapped inside if an intruder comes along.”
“I will have to trouble Senior Martial Brother Nie to stand guard for a while, then,” Zhao Yunxiao agreed immediately.
In fact, he had thought of this as well, but was just hesitant to voice it out.
After all, suggesting something like that could easily be misconstrued as him trying to hog the precious gem for himself.
But now that Nie Hanchang had suggested this himself, Zhao Yunxiao naturally would not stand on ceremony!