Chapter 141 - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1/2)

Just as Zhang Che was about to leave the cave, he suddenly noticed a tiny hole in a blind spot on the other side of the cave in his peripheral vision.

If he hadn’t caught a glimpse of it thanks to the flames as he was turning around, he wouldn’t have discovered the hole.

“Could there be something more to this cave?” Zhang Che immediately grew curious.

He immediately raised the torch and strode forward. In the illumination of the flames, what was revealed was indeed a small hole.

-A cave within a cave!-

The hole was about half a meter wide. He shone the light into it, and saw that the hole seemed to be filled with twists and turns, not knowing where it led to.

The Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander, who originally lived here, was surely unable to fit into such a small hole.

Zhang Che’s curiosity was thoroughly aroused. He really wanted to check it out.

Of course, to keep himself safe from any hidden dangers, Zhang Che didn’t directly crawl into the hole to check things out. Otherwise, it would be too late to retreat if he encountered any exotic beasts.

Furthermore, there wasn’t anyone among his subdued beasts and pets who was suitable to scout the hole in his stead.

The only one whose size was suitable was the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon. However, the flood dragon was Zhang Che’s darling. Naturally he couldn’t bear to let it brave any risks casually. If he were to lose his life in there, it would be too late for regrets!

“That leaves me with no other option than to look for some small-sized exotic beasts…”

Zhang Che suppressed his curiosity and turned to leave the cave. He summoned the Purple Jade Condor and had it look for small-sized exotic beasts nearby, while he waited on standby. Once there was news, he’d immediately ride the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon to where it was.

The Purple Jade Condor’s scouting ability was indeed top-notch. Less than a minute later, it informed Zhang Che via their spiritual link that a group of exotic beasts that fit his requirement were moving about to their northwest, in a huge valley located a few mountains behind their location.

“Ah Zi, bring back a beast card for me!”

After thinking about it for a little, Zhang Che couldn’t be bothered making the trip himself. Instead, he had the Purple Jade Condor do the job for him, killing the small-sized exotic beasts it discovered and return immediately after obtaining a beast card.

A short while later, the Purple Jade Condor came flying back, holding a two-star black iron-quality beast card in its beak.

“Very good. Although daddy won’t be using you as a mount in the future, you’re irreplaceable when it comes to battling and scouting for information.”

Zhang Che grabbed the beast card from the Purple Jade Condor’s beak with a smile, quickly triggering spiritual resonance with it. After branding his spiritual imprint onto the card and waving his hand, a subdued beast that resembled an enlarged mouse appeared by his feet, its length slightly shy of half a meter.

This body was totally capable of taking on the mission of exploring the cave within a cave!

Returning to the cave once more, the subdued beast whose species he couldn’t even bother to commit to memory quickly crawled into the tiny hole upon his command.

Zhang Che waited for close to twenty minutes.

When that trash beast whose name wasn’t worthy of being remembered finally came crawling back out of the hole and vaguely reported what it saw to Zhang Che, an excited smile immediately showed on his face.

“Mm, it’s very spacious behind the tunnel? And there’s a lot of shiny things?”

-That is some precious material, isn’t it!?- Zhang Che immediately jumped up in anticipation.

He knew that there weren’t only herbs and exotic beasts in the beast world. There were also unique minerals, which were extremely precious and important to the humans on Mercury, especially the minerals with shocking properties. The prices of those minerals were no less than low-tier beast cards, and were valued by grams!