Peerless Divine Doctor in the City of Flowers
Chapter 711: Sudden Unexpected Incident

Chapter 711: Chapter 711: Sudden Unexpected Incident

At noon, Lin Fan drove the off-road vehicle brought by Xu Zhi Rou, heading straight for the entrance of the Sky Cavern.

After the fierce battle last time, most of the passages had collapsed.

Luckily, Zhao Jiaqi had later found a new location that could be connected.

That location was a full two hundred kilometers from Jiangning, but thankfully, Lin Fan’s exceptional memory made the search quite short. Coupled with the fact that it was a jeep, even the stretch of mountain road after getting off the highway was easily navigated.

So, in less than three hours, he arrived at the hidden entrance to the cave.

Since construction materials had been transported through the nearby currents into the Sky Cavern before, the area had been leveled.

However, at the moment, the entrance was overgrown with weeds, which Lin Fan didn’t pay much attention to, assuming they were intentionally concealing the cave opening.

Parting the weeds, he took a powerful flashlight and entered the pitch-dark cave.

"Something isn’t right!"

He hadn’t walked far when Lin Fan noticed something odd—the absence of air flow movement in the cave.

Logically, since the end of this road was the Sky Cavern, it should be clear.

Because of this realization, he had no choice but to continue onward.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, he found the path ahead was blocked by a pile of rubble.

Using the powerful flashlight, he inspected the collapsed stones and identified a problem.

After several attempts at moving them proved futile, he had no choice but to turn back.

Back at the entrance, he studied a rock picked up along the way, his brows narrowing in concern.

These stones definitely weren’t the result of a natural collapse—who had destroyed this passage?

To find out the reason, he could only consult Zheng Tianxiang from one of the Five Veins.

So, he had no choice but to make a call.

"Lin... Young Master?"

The call was almost instantly answered, with Zheng Tianxiang’s voice carrying a hint of excitement and confusion.

Clearly, this sudden call from Lin Fan caught him somewhat off guard.

"Mr. Zheng, why has the tunnel leading to the Sky Cavern collapsed, and it seems to have been blown up with explosives?"

Lin Fan had no mood for pleasantries, especially since he was right at the scene.

"Yes... it was indeed blown up with explosives, and the explosions occurred consecutively from the inside out, burying half of the passageway. I estimate that even with modern methods of clearing, it would take at least two years to restore it, and that’s the quickest scenario."

Zheng Tianxiang now had a belly full of grievances, thankfully he now had Lin Fan to vent to.

"Who did it?"

Hearing this, Lin Fan frowned even more deeply.

How could the passage he had finally found be blown up once more?

"It was... the Saintess’s order!"

Zheng Tianxiang’s answer caused Lin Fan’s brows to lock together tightly.

Why would Ni Chang want to destroy the tunnel?

"What exactly happened, tell me in detail!"

Unable to enter the Sky Cavern right now, Lin Fan could only get back into the car and head back.

Meanwhile, over the phone, Zheng Tianxiang recounted the entire incident from beginning to end.

The gist of it was that three months ago, Ni Chang suddenly issued an order to expel all outsiders, including those from the Five Veins, from the Sky Cavern. Everyone who didn’t belong there was driven out, and right after, she detonated explosives that wrecked the only passageway, and before they left, she announced to them that the Sky Cavern would be closed off forever, no longer communicating with the outside world, for a hundred years of solitude.

"A hundred years of seclusion! Did she really say that?"

Lin Fan asked incredulously.

Ni Chang had started to take an interest in the world beyond and its technology. She had also expressed the desire to gradually adapt the Sky Cavern to modern life, and she was planning on deep meditation, as well as spending the rest of her life with him.

"How could she turn her face so quickly, it’s just too strange."

"That’s right, indeed it is, and..."

Zheng Tianxiang hesitated before finishing his thought.

"And what? Just say it!"

Lin Fan asked impatiently.

"And I feel... the Holy Maiden’s temperament has undergone a great change, as if she’s a different person, especially since she can’t even remember my name... She only calls me ’her subject on earth’... I’ve been thinking about it since I got back and I can’t understand where I went wrong that the Holy Maiden can’t even be bothered to say my name."

Zheng Tianxiang’s words furrowed Lin Fan’s brow.

From the timeline, it must be a decision she made after her soul returned.

This sudden change is definitely strange, and under such abnormal circumstances, he must find a way to go into the Heavenly Cavern himself and ask Ni Chang what happened.

The only passage now is the waterway used for transportation before.

"The passage has been blown up, so is that previous waterway still unobstructed?"

"It should be unobstructed; the current is so swift, it’s not possible for humans to reverse course, so it shouldn’t have been destroyed."

Zheng Tianxiang gave it some thought; such underground waterways are tough to block off.

"How long will it take to reach the Heavenly Cavern from the source?"

"A day and a half!"

The underground waterways are intricate and complex, with many undercurrents flowing, and even modern technology cannot fully explore them.

They only knew that it took a day and a half to deliver goods to the Heavenly Cavern.

This made Lin Fan, who was planning to head to Evil Island on the night of the full moon, have to put his plans on hold for the time being.

"I’m going out to do something; I should be able to return in at most a week. Help me find a few sets of specialized diving breathing equipment. I want to follow the waterway into the Heavenly Cavern."

"Spending a day and a half underwater, that... how many oxygen tanks will we need!"

Hearing Lin Fan’s words that bordered on reckless madness, Zheng Tianxiang involuntarily gasped in shock.

It was akin to challenging Death itself.

"Not too many, I should need only three. As for the rest, let’s talk about that later."

Lin Fan, confident as a martial artist, could put his body into a state of meditation, significantly reducing his need for external air, and as for the so-called undercurrents, he would have to rely on his Protective Gang Qi to endure them.

"This is... too dangerous... Why not... seek help from Miss Zhao, and see if she has any way to break the predicament."

Zheng Tianxiang could hardly imagine what holding one’s breath for a day and a half in an underground waterway would be like.

Setting aside the fierce currents, the endless darkness alone is enough to drive one mad.

"Zhao Jiaqi isn’t in Jiangning, and we haven’t been able to reach her recently. So, no matter what, I must go in and find the Holy Maiden. I feel there’s something fishy about this, so just do as I say."

As Lin Fan spoke, he hung up the phone.

Watching the sunset gradually sink into the ground, his heart was in turmoil.

Although he had no evidence to prove this matter related to him, the abrupt change in Ni Chang’s character indeed made him sense an inexplicable danger.

And as for Zhao Jiaqi, mentioned by Zheng Tianxiang, at this time, Lin Fan naturally wouldn’t go to her.

After all, he needed to teach Longya a lesson, so they wouldn’t dare to look down on others in the future.

Of course, it was also a small discipline for Zhao Jiaqi, the stubborn girl; it was time for her to cultivate her spirit.

By the time he returned to Jiangning, it was the middle of the night.

Lin Fan parked the car and stepped into the Ning Family’s house, only to hear chirps and chatters coming from the east wing room.

It was none other than Ning Mengyao and Xu Zhi Rou.

Unexpectedly, both beauties were in the same room tonight, a stimulating situation indeed.