Regarding the future, he was filled with longing and had no trace of discouragement.

"Senior, rest assured, even if I had the courage of ten men, I would not dare to provoke you." Lin Yifan responded politely.

"That's the best!" The Cave Master was very pleased, having finally found a somewhat loyal subordinate.

Having settled the interest, the next issue was the antidote. Thus, Lin Yifan asked, "Senior, about the antidote..."

"The poison in your body will act up every five years, so every five years, you must return here to get the antidote from me and report your situation over these five years. If your realm doesn't meet my expected results, I won't give you the antidote." The Cave Master replied.

Lin Yifan's realm was still low, and if he did not reach the Divinity Transformation Fourth Realm in five years, he felt this pawn would be useless and would naturally choose to abandon him.

He valued Lin Yifan's potential and also felt he couldn't last much longer himself, which is why he recklessly chose Lin Yifan, a cultivator with a low realm, as his pawn.

Why didn't he choose Senior Brother Ding? Because the mechanisms of this secret chamber's prohibition weren't controlled by him. In other words, he could only passively choose those fated ones allowed into the chamber.

To put it bluntly, he wasn't actually the master of the cave at all but a powerful one trapped here unable to leave.

On the other hand, Lin Yifan had already anticipated the Cave Master's response.

The poison he drank was similar to the Intestine-Piercing Pill - a slow-acting poison, which would activate once accumulated over a certain period. However, this Cave Master's poison was more advanced and harder to resolve than the Intestine-Piercing Pill.

Because the longer the activation time, the higher the difficulty in the poison's refinement, and the rarer and harder to find the required materials; thus, advanced slow-acting poisons were very difficult to resolve, and Lin Yifan was destined to spend considerable effort.

Having understood the activation time and response methods, Lin Yifan had nothing more to ask; he thus responded, "Senior, is there anything else you'd like to tell me? If not, I'll take my leave!"

"You may go!" the Cave Master answered, without any hindrance or concern.

This was a recognition of his poison, believing Lin Yifan would surely come back to find him as only he could now resolve this poison.

With the permission granted, Lin Yifan did not delay and immediately turned and left.

But just as he took a step out, he suddenly sensed something was off; then looked at the items in his hand, feeling vaguely uneasy, he turned back to the Cave Master and said, "Senior, I have an elder brother outside. Might I leave these things here and come back for them in a few days?"

"As you wish, anyway, the door here is always open to you." The Cave Master replied.

Lin Yifan had already become a fated one, and the prohibition on the stone gate would no longer reject him; this was a rule he had discovered over thousands of years.

"In that case, I'll leave them here then!"

Having said this, Lin Yifan placed the map, key, and scroll all on the table and then turned to leave.

Coming to the stone gate, with a "swish" sound, he went out.

Outside, the lights were bright, much more comfortable than in the secret chamber.

Seeing his junior brother come out from the secret chamber, Senior Brother Ding, who had been waiting outside for a long time, immediately rushed over, grabbed Lin Yifan's shoulder, and asked excitedly and nervously: "Junior Brother! Did you find any divine treasure or any divine martial arts secret manuals?"

Lin Yifan shook his head and replied: "No!"

"What! How is that possible?"

Senior Brother Ding did not believe it, immediately searched Lin Yifan's body, and found nothing.

"Senior Brother! Stop searching, don't you believe my words?" Lin Yifan persuaded.

He had already anticipated this outcome, which is why he did not take out the map, key, or scroll.

Each of these three items was a treasure, and there was no way he would share them with Senior Brother Ding.

"Junior Brother, there's really nothing in the last secret chamber?" Senior Brother Ding was unwilling, wishing to confirm again.

"Nothing! The secret chamber was bare, with not even a piece of rubble, what could there be?" Lin Yifan replied impatiently.

"Maybe there are hidden compartments or secret doors in the walls? Did you thoroughly check?" Senior Brother Ding still wasn't willing to give up and reminded him.

"I checked very thoroughly, and there was nothing!" Lin Yifan answered.

"I don't believe it! Junior Brother, you must be planning to keep the treasure inside for yourself, not wanting to share with me!" Senior Brother Ding accused, once again becoming suspicious of Lin Yifan.

"Senior Brother, how can you doubt me? If you don't believe me, you can go in and take a look. If I've spoken even half a false word just now, do with me as you will." Lin Yifan said with great heartache, truly feeling a bit desperate.

All these days, he had acted so much that he could have won an Oscar for Best Actor.

"You know very well I can't get in, so what's the meaning of this?" Senior Brother Ding was ungrateful and continued to question.

"Then go get a phone or camera, I'll take a video of everything inside for you, then you'll know whether I lied or not once you see it, how's that?" Lin Yifan asked.

"Alright! Let's see if things are truly as you say!" Senior Brother Ding simply didn't believe him, appearing as though he had never trusted this "Junior Brother" from the beginning.

Their relationship seemed to be strained, making the scene somewhat awkward.

Senior Brother Ding didn't know why he felt this way; he had already persuaded himself to trust his Junior Brother but simply couldn't do it.

The two left hastily, not taking anything with them.

Anyway, they would have to come back again, so there was no need to take the things they intended to take earlier.

The next day, Senior Brother Ding borrowed the guard's phone and called his underling outside, asking him to prepare a high-capacity HD camcorder.

The underling outside, a local boss, dared not delay upon hearing Senior Brother Ding's request and immediately prepared a high-capacity HD camcorder for him.

In prison, Senior Brother Ding took good care of him, and this grace he dared not forget.

The camcorder was soon sent near the prison, and Senior Brother Ding directly used Qinggong to jump over the wall and took the camcorder.

At night, when the place was quiet, Lin Yifan and Senior Brother Ding re-entered the underground cave mansion.

This time, they were not there to seek treasure but to verify the truth.

Once again, they arrived at the door of the last secret chamber, and Lin Yifan took the camcorder and flashlight handed over by Senior Brother Ding, preparing to enter.

During the handover of tools, Senior Brother Ding kindly reminded: "Junior Brother, be careful of everything, if there is danger, come out immediately."

"Don't give me your hypocritical kindness, just hearing it makes me sick." Lin Yifan rolled his eyes, full of contempt.

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