The firelight ahead grew increasingly clear, and Xiao Yifei soon saw the source of the flames. It turned out to be torches hanging on the cave walls, supported by a peculiar kind of lamp oil that emitted a strange scent. Xiao Yifei realized it was corpse oil; his grandfather once told him that lights burning with corpse oil could sustain for a long time.
While observing the torches, Xiao Yifei noticed a chicken drumstick on the ground within reach of the light. This drumstick seemed particularly familiar; thinking back, he realized it was the same drumstick Ci Xin used to eat while cultivating with him in the woods!
Xiao Yifei thought to himself: How could there be wild chickens in this wild expanse of the Ten Thousand Mountains? Even if there were, these secluded ancient tribes wouldn't know how to cook a chicken drumstick. Clearly, this drumstick was a signal left for him by Ci Xin.
Ci Xin must be in this cave!
