Chapter 76: Fishing with a Straight Hook, Nine Layers of Knife Waves

"Is it right below here?"

Zhou Ping'an stood on the cliff, looking down at the valley below that narrowed into a knife-like gorge with a dead end, then turned to look at the herbalists beside him with faces full of the dust of travel.

If he had not meticulously inquired into these people's backgrounds and natural dispositions beforehand, he would almost believe they were stealth agents sent by Baicao Hall.

Luring him into a trap.

"Supplicant, at the end of the valley, inside a cave, I found Yin Spirit Herbs, as many as three plants.

Because the terrain is too treacherous and blocked by a corpse demon, we couldn't find our way back out...

We had to leave behind the Yin Spirit Herbs and divert the monster's attention to escape with our lives."

A wiry middle-aged man with a conical bamboo hat showed a pained expression on his face, with a hint of sorrow.

Clearly, someone who perished at the bottom of the valley might have been his relative or close friend.