Under Zhang Yun Feng's arrangement, the best hands of the Nine Gates were responsible for leading the way. They put on the equipment transported from Su Xiong and began their climb.
They hammered in rock anchors along the way to secure ropes, scaffolding, and other things to make it easier for everyone to go up and down.
The average elevation of the Four Girls Mountains is over 3 kilometers.
The ancient cultivators' caves were scattered all over the mountain, some on the peak and some on the slopes, rarely near the ground.
At such an altitude, it was difficult to climb even with modern climbing equipment, let alone in ancient times!
It was unimaginable how those ancient cultivators climbed up.
Why would they risk their lives and endure such hardships to climb up the mountain and then pass away in the caves?
Rock climbing is a dangerous and long process that cannot be accelerated, otherwise a careless fall could lead to death in the abyss!
What followed was a long wait.
The people of the Nine Gates were not idle. They began interrogating members of the organization or the Wang family.
These were all matters of the Nine Gates, Zhang Yun Feng and Xiao Ge did not interfere, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.
The women in the team were responsible for cooking and washing clothes, all skilled hands drawn from the Nine Gates.
Time flew by and it was already November.
On November 2nd, the first group to go up came back down.
After counting the number of people, they found that almost half of them had stayed in the ancient cultivators' caves forever!
Those who survived brought back a large amount of ancient books, silk scrolls, bamboo slips, and tortoise shells.
No one knew the contents of these ancient texts, they would only know after they were translated.
Zhang Yun Feng ordered the construction of a temporary warehouse to store all the books found in the ancient cultivators' caves.
Several ancient script experts in the team began translating these ancient books, analyzing their purpose and content.
Among them was a young man named Jin Wan Tang.
After making these arrangements, Zhang Yun Feng also put on his equipment, ready to go up and find a cave to check in, completing the system mission.
It had been delayed for months, and it was time to finish it!
After the efforts of countless pioneers, the sheer cliffs were now covered with ropes and climbers.
Xiao Ge was worried that he would have an accident, so he wanted to go up with him.
Zhang Yun Feng didn't refuse, after all, more people meant more support.
After putting on their equipment, they climbed up along the ropes secured by the previous climbers, step by step.
They were in good physical condition and climbed up more than 300 meters in one breath before finding a supply point to rest.
The supply point was located in a fault line in the mountain, where people could rest and store food, water, equipment, and tools.
Besides them, there were a few other people resting there.
The look in their eyes was complex.
There was awe, but also resentment, as if they were resenting them for organizing this tomb-robbing operation, making so many people risk their lives.
Zhang Yun Feng ignored them. After a short rest, he continued climbing upward and reached the nearest ancient cultivator's cave.
This so-called ancient cultivator's cave was actually a mountain crack formed by geological movement, only slightly modified by some crude human work.
The moment he entered the cave, the system prompt sounded.
【Check-in successful, rewarded skill - Mighty Vajra Leg!】
【Mighty Vajra Leg: A Buddhist martial art. It combines kicking, stamping, stomping, slamming, splitting, and sweeping techniques. It excels in both attack and defense, with great force and strength. When cultivated to the peak, one can fight against countless opponents!】
In an instant, the essence of this martial art was imprinted in Zhang Yun Feng's mind, as if he had been practicing for years!
He didn't hesitate, and directly demonstrated it in front of Xiao Ge. His movements were very skilled, effortlessly controlling the power of every kick.
To put it simply, he could kick a cow to death with any kick, not to mention humans!
"That's amazing, a full-level martial art as a reward!"
Zhang Yun Feng was overjoyed.
He had thought that it would take at least a few years to achieve something, but it was already at full level, no need to spend any time practicing!
Zhang Yun Feng thought: this system is so kind!
Xiao Ge looked at him curiously.
Because the Old Zhang family had not taught them this martial art.
Though puzzled, Xiao Ge didn't ask about the origin of the martial art, and Zhang Yun Feng didn't explain anything to him.
After practicing Mighty Vajra Leg, Zhang Yun Feng finally had the time to look around the cave.
This mountain cave was very irregular, with a large space that could accommodate a truck and small spaces that even a cat could not squeeze through.
It was empty, with only a few meditation cushions and a few skeletons, everything else had been taken down.
He picked up a meditation cushion to examine it, but the moment he touched it, it disintegrated, leaving only a pile of dust.
"It seems this thing is at least a few hundred years old."
After saying that, he went to examine the skeletons.
The skeletons were also a few hundred years old.
Even the clothes had rotted into tattered cotton, leaving only a skeleton, some hair, and teeth.
He didn't dare touch the skeleton, afraid it would disintegrate again.
The skeleton was sitting cross-legged on the ground. From this, it could be inferred that this skeleton had been a cultivator in its lifetime.
"Since it was a cultivator, there must be cultivation methods. It seems that there should be some content about cultivation in those ancient texts, I need to pay attention and see if I can find something useful..."
Zhang Yun Feng muttered to himself.
He looked inside, there were a few more skeletons, but they were more decayed and had already fallen apart.
Considering that these ancient cultivators' caves not only hid cultivation methods, ancient secrets, but also the map to the Zhang family's ancient building.
Therefore, Zhang Yun Feng decided to take matters into his own hands, to find these things that were extremely important to him.
After examining this cave, the two climbed all the way to the top of the team, to check the "first-hand caves" that had not been touched.
Just then, there was a large cave above them.
The two passed the pioneers, and with their extraordinary skills, they quickly climbed to the cave, leaving those below dumbfounded.
As soon as they reached the cave, the system prompt sounded.
【Detected monsters nearby, killing them can earn rewards!】
Currently, his achievement points were zero, and the system store had not been unlocked.
He just had to use these monsters to earn some achievement points!
Without further ado, he patted Xiao Ge: "Give me the knife!"
Xiao Ge handed him the black gold ancient knife he was carrying.
"Clang!"
After drawing the knife, Zhang Yun Feng stood at attention and stared ahead.
At the entrance, there were a few rusty suits of armor.
In the passage ahead, countless ghost-head pottery jars were placed, with many hair-like plants growing on the jars and the mountain walls on both sides.
Seeing this, Zhang Yun Feng instantly understood that this cave was the one hiding the map to the Zhang family's ancient building.
And the armor was for people to wear, only by wearing it could they safely pass through here.