Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

After choosing their destination, the group continued their journey and soon entered a narrow, winding path in the valley.

Shortly after they entered the narrow path, a figure appeared where they had been standing.

The figure was completely shrouded in a red robe, obscuring her face, but the red robe could not conceal her graceful figure; clearly, she was a woman.

The woman in the red robe looked at the footprints on the ground, which pointed towards the Eleventh Cave. She stamped her foot in frustration and muttered a complaint under her breath:

"I even made sure to put up a very prominent sign, but why did they lead us to Eleventh Cave..."

"Well, that's it. The surprise is ruined, and all my preparations have been wasted... Ugh..."

Despite her complaints, she still followed the footprints into the narrow path.

However, just as she stepped into the path, a gentle breeze suddenly blew through it, lifting her hood and revealing a cool and pretty face.

Thousands of crows.

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Shen Ye and his group were unaware that Qian Wu was secretly following them. Of course, the main reason was that the two sides were quite far apart; otherwise, given Shen Ye's perception range, he would definitely have been able to detect her.

However, they have now left the narrow path and arrived at a lush green cliff.

At this moment, everyone standing on the edge of the cliff looked at the scenery below and exclaimed in amazement.

Below the cliff, they saw a scene like a painting: a vast expanse of terraced fields, with Miao people diligently cultivating them. The rice in the terraced fields was ripe and shone brightly in the sunlight.

"I never imagined that there were such beautiful places in Miao territory," Lu Linxuan exclaimed.

Shen Ye nodded: "Yes, the scenery is not much worse than that of Falling Flower Cave, and it is even better in terms of artistic conception."

Hou Qing, standing nearby, offered his highest praise: "The Twelve Caves certainly know how to choose a location; they have good taste."

However, just as the group was making their comments, the Miao people working in the terraced fields below the cliff also noticed them. When they saw a group of outsiders appear here, they were first surprised, and then became alert.

"Go quickly and inform the chieftain that outsiders have intruded into the Eleventh Cave." A middle-aged Miao man patted the child beside him, then let out a strange shriek. Immediately, more than a dozen strong Miao men gathered around him.

However, some Miao people were unfazed by their vigilance. One of them even said, "A few years ago, there was a man from Fengxiang who dressed similarly to them. What's there to be afraid of?"

"It's better to be safe than sorry. It's never wrong to be cautious." The middle-aged Miao man glared at the other man, then led the Miao people around him toward Shen Ye and his companions who had already descended the mountain.

"Halt! Please state your purpose."

When the two sides were only about twenty paces apart, the middle-aged Miao man raised his hand to them, signaling them to stop.

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Chapter 475! A Surprise That Had Been Planned All Along

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Shen Ye stopped, cupped his hands and said, "I am Shen Ye. I have come to the Twelve Caves to seek a way to remove the Twin Miasma, a form of witchcraft. I have no ill intentions."

"Twin miasma?"

The middle-aged Miao man was stunned for a moment. Although he was from the Twelve Caves and knew some Gu insect techniques, this was the first time he had ever heard of such witchcraft.

The dozen or so Miao people around him also started whispering among themselves, discussing what kind of witchcraft this twin miasma was.

"We have never heard of the Twin Miasma, nor does anyone know how to cure it. Please do not go looking for a solution yourself."

After pondering for a while, the middle-aged Miao man said that this kind of witchcraft, which he had never heard of before, must have been performed by some master. The Twelve Caves had been living in seclusion for a long time, and he did not want to cause trouble because of it.

But Shen Ye just smiled when he heard this. He said, "If the people of the Twelve Caves can't solve it, then no one can. Besides, it's not like there are people here who don't recognize him... Look, he's here."

After Shen Ye finished speaking, he pointed behind the middle-aged Miao man. Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a Miao man wearing a gray cloak striding over.

Of course, although he said he was walking, each step he took covered a very long distance. In just seven or eight steps, he appeared in front of the middle-aged Miao man.

"Lord of the Cave".

Upon seeing the Miao man in the cloak, the rest of the Miao people bowed to him in unison.

The Miao man in the cloak waved his hand, then looked at Shen Ye and the others, a hint of surprise flashing across his face, but he still smiled and said, "I am the chieftain of the Eleventh Cave. Please forgive me for not welcoming you properly, you have come from afar."

After speaking, he bowed to the crowd in the manner of Central Plains etiquette.

Upon seeing this, Shen Ye and the others were taken aback, clearly not expecting the Eleventh Cave Master to be so polite.

Shen Ye couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Yuan Tiangang had notified them in advance? If so, wouldn't the token that Fresh Ginseng gave them be useless?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and the more frustrated he became. Although Yuan Tiangang was making things convenient for him, he felt no sense of satisfaction at all.

Suddenly, he began to understand Li Xingyun.

Thinking of this, Shen Ye returned the greeting to the Eleventh Cave Chief with great frustration.

The expression on his face at that moment puzzled the Eleventh Cave Master. He wondered if it was because he felt that he hadn't come to greet them.

But you shouldn't have come here!

Afterwards, the two, each with their own thoughts, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then the chief of the Eleventh Cave was about to lead them to the residence of the people of the Eleventh Cave.

Just as they were about to leave, Shen Ye and Ying Gou, along with several other highly skilled individuals, stopped and looked behind them.

They saw a woman in a red cloak appear on the cliff they had passed.

The eleventh cave master also saw the woman and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

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"You're actually the Third Cave Master of the Twelve Caves?"

In the room arranged by the Eleventh Cave Master for Shen Ye and his group, a group of people sat together, looking at the woman who had taken off her hood... Qianwu.

"Why didn't you tell us before? You only gave us a map and told us to find it ourselves," Shen Ye said, frowning.

In the original story, among the twelve cave lords, only the second and eleventh cave lords have ever truly shown their faces. The other cave lords, however, have always kept to themselves, wearing cloaks and not showing themselves to outsiders. Therefore, Shen Ye does not know the true identities of the other cave lords, but he does know that the third cave lord is a woman.

Qianwu said somewhat embarrassedly, "Qianwu didn't mean to hide it. I did this to give Lord Dongshen a surprise, but I didn't expect Lord Dongshen to choose to go to the Eleventh Cave..."

At this point, Qianwu's expression turned distressed: "Qianwu clearly marked the location of the third cave on the map. If you had just paid a little attention, you would have noticed it. But you chose the eleventh cave, which ruined all the surprises I prepared for you."

If you had told me you were the lord of the Third Cave, why would I have chosen to go to the Eleventh Cave...

Besides, what other surprises could you possibly have? Looking at your eyes, the surprise is clearly yourself...

Of course, Shen Ye could only complain to himself, but he showed an apologetic expression on his face.

But that expression was enough; the distress on Qianwu's face instantly vanished, replaced by a gentle smile.

After calming Qianwu down, Shen Ye finally got down to business.

"Speaking of which, who among the Twelve Caves can actually dispel that Twin Miasma?"

He naturally knew who could solve it, but for now he could only pretend not to know. Otherwise, if someone who had never been to the Twelve Caves could name someone with that ability, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

Of the few people around him now, perhaps only the Eleventh Cave Master would suspect him.

Upon hearing Shen Ye mention this, Qianwu and the Eleventh Cave Master exchanged a glance and smiled simultaneously. Qianwu then said, "Lord Cave God, if you had gone directly to the Third Cave back then, you probably would have already obtained the treasure that could cure the Twin Miasma. But now, I can only trouble you to travel a little further with me to the Third Cave."

"You were all prepared long ago?" Shen Ye frowned and asked.

Qianwu and the Eleventh Cave Master nodded simultaneously.

Qianwu said with a smile, "A few days ago, the chief cave master had the second cave master give me a treasure that can cure almost all the Gu and witchcraft in the world, and said that someone would come to collect it. I just didn't expect that it would be you, the Cave God, who came to collect the treasure."

"Then why didn't you give it to me back then?" Shen Ye asked helplessly. He could imagine that this must have been arranged by Yuan Tiangang, after all, only he had the influence to persuade the chief of the Twelve Caves.

Qianwu said apologetically, "That's why I said I had a surprise for you."

"So this is the surprise you were talking about. I thought..." Shen Ye became a little embarrassed.

"What else did you think?" Qianwu asked curiously.

Shen Ye was too embarrassed to say it aloud, so he immediately changed the subject.

"By the way, Qianwu, I have something I'd like to ask your chief for a favor. I wonder if you could introduce me?"

Qianwu asked curiously, "What kind of help do you need that requires consulting the Chief Cave Master?"

Shen Ye glanced at Chi Meng, and the clever little girl immediately understood his meaning, taking out a token from the small bag at her waist.

"This is the token for fresh ginseng..." Upon seeing the token, Qianwu and the Eleventh Cave Master both frowned.

"You encountered her in Dead Creek Forest?" the Eleventh Cave Master asked.

Shen Ye nodded.

"So, Lord Cave God, you're looking for the Chief Cave Master because you want to..." Qianwu asked hesitantly.

Shen Ye sighed and said, "She has been in Dead Creek Forest for more than ten years. Even if she made a serious mistake in the past, more than ten years of hardship and exposure to the elements should have paid off. So I want to see your chief chief and persuade him to exempt the fresh ginseng from punishment."

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Chapter 476! Let's get down to business

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