Discovering that this was the den of Long-toothed Rats gave the four of them quite a surprise. However, they decided to continue forward, as Big Beard and the others believed there were no more Long-toothed Rats inside the cave.
Yet, Ye Qing dared not be careless at all along the way, because he felt that everything was becoming increasingly strange.
After seeing those skeletons able to move at the foot of the mountain earlier, Ye Qing began to suspect that the Long-toothed Rats might not have entirely left the mountain. Therefore, he suspected that the cave might still hold some Long-toothed Rats.
