The deeper he ventured inside, the denser the chilly air became, to the point where even Ji Yang felt a hint of coolness.
No wonder the villagers dared not come here; the cold air penetrating the body was unbearable for ordinary people.
However, how had the outside world failed to discover such a place?
Soon, Ji Yang approached.
Looking around, he noticed an opening from which a small river flowed, steaming as if it were a thermal spring.
An underground hot spring?
Ji Yang was surprised. Logic dictated that a place suffused with such cold air would not harbor heat, yet here was a stream of warm water bubbling out from the belly of the mountain—truly strange.
Upon further inspection, he found many carcasses of wild beasts laying about with no vegetation in sight.
It seemed the locals treated this place as a forbidden zone and thus, its existence remained unspoken beyond its bounds.
