Bai Qi asked, "Can you do it?"
Ye Tian thought for a moment, "Yes, I'll pay you in cash."
Bai Qi nodded and handed Ye Tian a business card. "We'll deliver the goods to your address then. You give us the cash, and we'll handle the transportation ourselves."
Ye Tian understood that this Ghost Witch Cult was not simple, and its followers were likely numerous. They could easily transport thirty-six billion in installments within a short period.
After Bai Qi left, Ye Tian said to Lin Ziyi, "Ziyi, we're going somewhere in a bit."
Lin Ziyi asked, "Where are we going?"
"To a cave where lingzhi grows. The lingzhi there, like the huangjing in Shouxian Town, has mutated. I think there must be something in that cave."
Lin Ziyi nodded, "Okay, let's go take a look."
At half-past eleven, Ye Tian carried Lin Ziyi on his back and quickly traversed the mountain forest, soon arriving in front of the wooden house.
The old shaman was ready. Seeing Ye Tian move through the forest as if on flat ground, he smiled and said, "Young people have great stamina, carrying someone on your back. This path isn't easy, be careful."
Ye Tian replied, "Don't worry, senior, we'll be fine."
Thus, the old man led the way with a flashlight, and Ye Tian followed closely. After walking for over an hour, they reached a cliff. The old man said, "This cliff is too steep. Falling would shatter you to pieces, I can't go down. From here down is an isolated valley, with many venomous snakes. You'll find a cave entrance. Because people have been entering and exiting for years, the entrance is quite smooth; you'll recognize it at a glance."
Ye Tian asked, "Is the lingzhi in the cave?"
The old man nodded, "Once you go in, it will get wider and wider. But you must be careful, there are traps set up in the cave to prevent outsiders from stealing the lingzhi."
Ye Tian said, "Thank you, senior. Senior, you should go back now; you don't need to wait here."
The old man smiled, "Alright, then you be careful."
Watching the old man leave, Ye Tian, with Lin Ziyi on his back, jumped down. He stepped on a few protruding rocks on the sides and soon landed lightly in the valley.
The process was very perilous. Lin Ziyi's face turned pale, and she said, "Tian Ge, you jumped from this high?"
Ye Tian replied, "If I wasn't carrying you, I wouldn't even need to use the rocks for leverage and could have jumped directly to the ground."
Lin Ziyi hopped onto the ground and smiled, "I know you're amazing. Hurry and find the cave."
Ye Tian's gaze was sharp, and before long, he spotted a cave entrance about a meter off the ground. He glanced inside and indeed smelled a faint aroma of lingzhi.
"Ziyi, I'll put you somewhere to hide. Stay quiet and don't make a sound."
Lin Ziyi pouted, "I won't. I want to go in too."
Ye Tian said, "You have to crawl into this cave, and I'm afraid your clothes will get dirty."
Lin Ziyi replied, "So what if they get dirty? It's nothing."
Ye Tian nodded, "Alright, you can cling to my back, and I'll crawl in."
Lin Ziyi pursed her lips and smiled, "That sounds good."
Thus, Ye Tian entered the cave first, then pulled Lin Ziyi up. Lin Ziyi clung to Ye Tian's back and then felt Ye Tian crawling on the ground like a large gecko, very steadily.
She actually found it amusing and said, "Tian Ge, crawl a bit faster."
Ye Tian rolled his eyes, "If you keep this up, I won't bring you out again."
Lin Ziyi giggled, "I was wrong."
After crawling for dozens of meters, they could finally walk forward with bent waists, and gradually they could walk upright.
After going over a hundred meters deep, Ye Tian stopped. He found stalactites everywhere, and small lingzhi began to grow on the surface of some rocks.
He picked a small, newly grown lingzhi and chewed it. After a few minutes, he said, "This lingzhi is mutated. Strange, what caused it to mutate?"
Lin Ziyi shone her flashlight around and then looked at the stalactites, saying, "Tian Ge, could it be related to the stone milk dripping from them?"
Not far away, Ye Tian held his hand in the air. After a while, he caught a drop of white liquid. He tasted it and could feel a faint spiritual energy in the water.
His eyes lit up, and his divine sense began to search for the source of this water. Finally, he discovered a thin crevice, and his divine sense penetrated into it.