Chapter 868: The Secret Village
The riders were all dressed in blue and yellow shirts, masked with green cloth, and carried swords and weapons around them, obviously the members of the Demon Dao.
It was like a prisoner being escorted. The "prisoners" were men and women, tall and short, fat and thin, of different ages, and all of them were martial arts practitioners, and they were staggering and slow, apparently under some kind of restraint, and some of them were wounded.
Several members of the Demon Taoist Sect on horseback walked on both sides, raising leather whips in their hands, and from time to time they slapped the bodies of the "prisoners", and shouted on their mouths, because they were too far away to hear the sound, thinking that they must be driving these "prisoners" to move forward quickly.
Ximen Hitomi watched for a moment and said in a low voice: "Those who were arrested are not the disciples of our eight sects, but they should be other people in the White Dao. ”
Now the Demon Dao manipulation of the "Baolian Sect" is raging, and many sects in various realms that refuse to give in have been attacked, and there are not a few people who have been wiped out, these people seem to be captured captives, but these Demon Dao Sect members escorted them here, but they don't know what their intentions are.
Li Hu said: "There are only thirty-six demon cubs, the two of us should be able to deal with them, do you want to go over and save them?"
Ximen Tong thought for a moment and said, "I think we should follow behind, see where these people in the Demon Dao escort them to, and then make plans." ”
Although it is not difficult to save people now, it will definitely startle the snake, and it will not be easy to find out what the people in the demon path have to capture these people in the rivers and lakes.
Li Hu understood what Ximen Tong meant, nodded and said, "Okay, then let's follow!"
At that moment, the two of them performed light skills, followed the team of thirty feet, and cautiously sneaked away, not letting them find out.
Those "prisoners" walked slowly, and the Demon Dao Sect members escorted on horseback were also not fast, and walked up the hillside for more than half an hour before they reached the area close to the snow line. But instead of climbing upwards, they turned to the west, towards the foothills of the western side of the Virgin's Peak.
It was cold near the snow line, and ordinary trees and plants could no longer grow, and the bare slopes and rocks were covered only with patches of moss. As a result, it was much more difficult for Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu to find a hidden place to hide their figures, and they had to fall farther away to avoid being seen when the other party turned back.
After walking for another while, the centaurs in front of them suddenly turned around a huge rock and disappeared. Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu, who followed behind, were taken aback, and hurriedly used their light skills to rush forward, flying towards the huge rock.
When there were still thirty zhang away from the rock, Li Hu suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled a Ximen pupil, and said in a low voice: "There should be another passage behind that rock, maybe there will be someone in the demon path to guard it, let's go around from the side to save being discovered by the other party." ”
Simon Hitomi nodded in agreement. The two of them flew above the snow line and made a big circle before they approached the boulder.
Behind the boulder, there was indeed a narrow passage, in which there seemed to be a cave, and in front of the gorge, two men in gray cloth shirts and armed with steel knives were pacing back and forth, obviously guarding the Demon Daoist sect here.
Li Hu and Ximen Hitomi took advantage of the rocks to cover their bodies and crept to a distance of fifteen zhang from the gorge. There was already an open space ahead, with nothing to hide, and if you got any closer, you would be noticed by the two guards.
After observing for a moment, Li Hu said: "You go behind the stone over there and make some noise to attract the attention of the two demon cubs, so I can rush to kill someone." ”
For the assassination of the assassination, Ximen Hitomi knew that he was far from being able to reach the tiger, so he did as he said, sneaked to a rock on the other side, and reached out to pat the stone, making a sound.
"Who!" The two Demon Dao Sect members heard the sound, and they all turned their heads to look at the rock where Ximen Hitomi was, but Li Hu had already rushed out.
Li Hu did not leap vertically, but walked close to the ground, not only quickly but without a sound, a demon Taoist sect member did not react, and the back of the heart was pierced by a sword, and the account was settled. Another sect member heard the sound of a sharp blade entering the flesh in his ears, and turned around in shock, and was about to call, but Li Hu approached in one step, and a cold light flashed across the side of his neck!
The sect member glared at the eyes and opened his mouth wide, but he couldn't scream, just because Li Hu's sword not only cut the neck veins, but also the throat and vocal cords.
Before the corpse fell to the ground, it was lifted up by Li Hu, and he grabbed another dead sect member, swept out more than ten zhang, and hid the body behind the rocks. Killing two guards to hide the corpses, Li Hu's actions were very skillful, and they were completed in an instant.
At this time, Ximen Hitomi also jumped out from behind the stone, and the two exchanged glances, and walked in together from the narrow passage behind the rock.
The passage behind the boulder is about ten zhang long, and there are traces of axe chisels on the stone walls on both sides, which are obviously excavated by hand. Passing through the passage, there was a road down the mountain, and the horses' hooves and footprints on the road were very clear. Now that they have followed here, the two of them did not hesitate, and immediately started their light work and walked along the footprints.
The road twisted and winded down, and after several miles, the two found themselves in a canyon. According to the direction from which it came, the valley should be between the mountainsides at the western foot of the sacred peak.
However, seeing that there are some pines and cypresses growing here and there are many bushes that are half a man high, it is suitable to hide their figures. After moving forward, the two climbed a small dirt slope, and a camp appeared in front of them.
According to the information obtained before, the Demon Dao occupies five Tibetan tribe camps as strongholds in the area of the Immortal Cliff, but the camp in front of him located in the deep valley is obviously not among those five places, and it is closer to the Immortal Cliff, thinking that it is a secret stronghold built by the Demon Dao. When you come here, you have to pass through the previously very hidden mountain gorge, if you don't follow the team of people who escorted the "prisoners", Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu would definitely be difficult to find.
Compared with the miscellaneous valley village, this camp in the valley is smaller, and there are only about forty or fifty houses within the wooden fence wall that is a few feet high, all of which are made of bluestone. And on a big flag above the walled gate, with gold edges on a white background, embroidered with a lotus pattern.
From a distance, the security around the camp was very tight, there were at least twenty or more guards in front of the gate in front of the wall, and there were several groups of sect members with weapons patrolling back and forth outside the wall.
It can be seen at a glance, there are fifty or sixty enemies guarding outside, and there must be no less than hundreds of Demon Dao sect members in the camp, and I don't know if there are masters among them, just with Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu, they will definitely not be able to deal with it. If there is a Thunderbolt camp or a tiger warrior here, of course, it is another matter, but now it will take at least two hours to move troops back and forth to Zagu Village, which is too long.
"What should I do?" asked Li Hu in a low voice.
Ximen Hitomi stared into the distance and said: "The layout of this camp is a little strange, it doesn't look like an ordinary garrison, but I don't know if there is a secret in the Demon Dao. ”
The camp where the disciples are stationed must have an empty space for practice, as well as all kinds of equipment for practicing martial arts. Now at the height of the soil slope, Er** can see the layout of the entire camp, but see that the houses are neat and dense, but there is no empty field, and there are no facilities for drills.
Li Hu said: "It's not difficult to know the situation, although the front of this camp is heavily guarded, but the surrounding wooden wall is not too high, let's go around to the back, most of the time we can find the gap they patrol through the wall to enter." ”
Ximen Hitomi said: "Okay, then do it!"
Outside the front door of the camp was very open, and it was difficult to approach it without being noticed, but after detouring to the village, the situation was really different. The two of them found a place where the shrubs and thatchs grew thicker, lifted their breath, and quietly approached.
The wooden walls that are high are indeed nothing to those who are good at light exercises. Taking advantage of the fact that a team of demon road guards had just patrolled by, the two jumped to the wall, Ximen Pupil was a little feet up, and he had already jumped into the air, flying from the top of the wall into the village, and Li Hu was even lighter, flying up along the wooden fence, reaching out to the top of the wall and crossing over, not even the sound of the wind in his clothes did not make a single star.
As soon as the two entered the wall, they shrank to the base of the wall and looked around, but there was no movement around, no one else, and no one noticed them entering.
I didn't know much from a distance before, but now when I entered the camp, I saw that the houses in this village were all made of large pieces of bluestone, which were very strong, but there were no windows on the walls, and the only doorway for entering and exiting was also narrow and low, and they were all tightly closed, and there were iron grilles with the thickness of children's arms, and steel locks were hung on them.
These stone houses do not seem to be houses for ordinary people to live in, if there are only one or two houses, it is strange to see that the rows of houses in this camp are like this.
Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's doubts. Li Hu stretched out his hand and pointed upward, and Ximen Tong nodded knowingly.
If you want to know what the stone houses do, you just have to look inside, but they have no windows and the doors are locked, so the only way to see what is going on inside is to jump on the roof and peel off the tiles.
The two of them came to the nearest stone house, and jumped onto the roof with a quick lift. They are all masters of light skills, and they all fall silently on the roof. Li Hu crouched down, put his ear to the tile and listened for a moment, then reached out and lifted the tile, revealing a hole.
Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu both put their eyes close to the hole, and the house was very dark, and although their eyesight was very good, they could only barely see the situation.
The inside of the house was quite large, but there were iron branches installed on the top and around it, and it was divided into many cages three or four feet square, and these iron branches were thick and very strong, even if the tigers, leopards and beasts were locked in them, they would not be able to break out. All the cages are empty, and the rooms are empty.
Even on the roof, which was many feet high, you could still smell the smoky stench that permeated the house, as if the smell of rotten meat and feces was mixed together, and the ground was black and dirty.