Chapter 492: Coolies, Action
The weeds were uprooted, and they only flew in the air for a moment, and then they were twisted into powder by the powerful spiritual power, and the horses were frightened, roaring and running towards the lake, but how could the speed pass the spiritual power training, when the horses were drowned in a white light, even the tent was torn into countless pieces, and a bloody rain of flesh fell in the sky. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The wind stopped, and a grassless belt dozens of zhang wide appeared in front of Zhao Fang, with blurred flesh and blood on it, and he just glanced at it, and his body moved, and it had already appeared over the big lake.
Looking down into the great lake, I saw that in the depths of the calm water, there was a huge crimson dragon-like silhouette, it was glowing, flickering and dimming, and the light at its heart was the strongest, flickering, as if it was beating.
Zhao Fang's eyes widened, and he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, "This, this is the Ancient Demon Dragon?" ”
He couldn't believe his eyes, he couldn't find anything that he couldn't find after decades of searching, and it only took him half a pillar of incense to find it? Should he scold that barren real person for being stupid? Or should I say that I am too smart and know how to find a way to find ancient beasts?
Anyway, he's found it, and he's found the remains of the Elder Demon Dragon! This is a great treasure and a rare treasure in the world.
"Hahahaha!" It was Zhao Fang, who was very indifferent on weekdays, and he couldn't help laughing at this moment, looking at the huge red outline at the bottom of the lake with a greedy expression, and suddenly wanted to take it for himself, with this thing, he suddenly arrived at the Howling Heaven Realm, just around the corner! You don't have to look at that old immortal face all day long.
"If I have it, I can ......" Zhao Fang clenched his fists, licked his mouth, and said.
Suddenly, an extremely powerful wave came from the bottom of the lake, which affected the lake water, forming a huge whirlpool, and in that whirlpool, there was also a strong suction, pulling Zhao Fang's body and falling towards the lake.
Zhao Fang's complexion changed greatly, and his whole body cultivation exploded at this moment, causing a huge splash in the lake, and the spiritual power of his right hand converged, and he slapped it fiercely at the lake.
Rumble!
The lake water was slapped by his palm and made a monstrous splash, the whirlpool that was spinning was paused, the suction force decreased sharply, and Zhao Fang took the opportunity to rush to the shore with a swish, panting.
"This thing has been dead for so many years, and it still has such power." Zhao Fang glanced at the center of the lake with trepidation, the whirlpool was slowly closing, and after a while, it disappeared.
He seemed to have forgotten that the Ancient Demon Dragon was not an orthodox dragon, but it was also an extremely powerful divine beast, and they devoured other divine beasts for food, that is, they died, and these attributes still did not change.
Zhao Fang's eyes suddenly lit up, through the light covering his eyes, he could clearly see the terrain at the bottom of the lake, after a while, he suddenly sneered, and said: "It turns out that this beast still knows how to take advantage of the terrain, but after I have seen it for a few days, what kind of wind and waves can you turn over, that army, I really borrowed the right one." ”
After speaking, he flicked his sleeve robe and walked away.
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In the morning.
The three of Lingfeng were patrolling, and at this time, a person dressed like a chief suddenly came, calling out to the three of them, saying that they were going to gather urgently, and the three of them had a faint premonition that something was going to happen.
But he still pretended to be dazed and very tired, and reluctantly followed the man to the team, and stood straight in place.
After a short time, the young man named Hua Longfei came out of the big tent, arrived at the open space, and said loudly: "Today, we have something to do, first go and pack up the tools, and after a pillar of incense, we will gather here." ”
"Tools?" Ling Feng was immediately surprised, sure enough, the purpose of this army coming here was not to protect the three elders of Qingyu Valley, but to make it useful.
Following the team in front, the three of Lingfeng arrived in front of a large tent, and two soldiers stood at the mouth of the tent, handing out pickaxes and shovels to the soldiers.
Many people are puzzled, do they receive this thing, is it because they can't go to plow the land? They are not only puzzled, but also extremely reluctant, the army, originally to go to war, how come here instead of coolies?
It's just that they can only complain in their hearts, but they don't dare to say it, those people above don't care what you think, they will let you rest alone.
After receiving the tools, three or four hundred people lined up in a neat line, carrying sufficient dry food, led by Hua Longfei, who was riding a horse at the front, and marched towards the distance.
Ling Feng now wanted to know what kind of medicine was sold in this Hualong Flying Gourd, and he happened to be at the front of the line, and there was an officer in front of him, so he asked in a low voice, "Sir, what are we doing here?" ”
The chief glanced back at Ling Feng, and said coldly: "Just do your thing, don't ask so much." ”
Didn't ask anything from the chief, Ling Feng was not angry, just smiled faintly, this matter is really getting more and more mysterious.
The mouth of the barren valley is at least hundreds of miles away from the humpback grass beach, and these mortal mortals with physical bodies cannot be compared with the speed of the immortal cultivators, and their physical strength is even more different, the road has stopped and stopped, stopped and walked, and after a few times, until the sun was about to set, they arrived at the humpback grass beach.
At this time, many people had already fallen directly on the grass, tired and unable to get up.
And Lingfeng, his expression became very ugly, the purpose of their coming here, no need to ask, it must be related to the Ancient Demon Dragon, since they have arrived here, it is enough to show that the three elders of Qingyu Valley already know that the bottom of the lake is the place where the Ancient Demon Dragon fell.
He now wanted to rush directly into the lake and get his hands on the remains of the ancient demon bones, but he forcibly held back, if there was only one Hua Longfei, he could have killed him secretly, but now he still has a mission to do, if Hua Longfei dies, their mission will inevitably be interfered with, besides, since he has arrived here, those three may come over after a while.
In the face of the four powerhouses of the Taixuan Realm, even if Qingfeng and Yuwen Du plus him act at the same time, they may not be able to kill them.
What struck him most was that the weeds, which had grown most luxuriantly, by the lake, had been swept away into a clearing covered with flesh and blood, and he had not found that the herdsman's tent had been reduced to minced flesh on the ground along with his horses.
"The people of Qingyu Valley are really ruthless!" Ling Feng couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
At the same time, he was also thinking that when their group of people finished what they had to do, they were afraid that they would end up like the herdsmen.
Not only did Lingfeng see the bloody grass beach, but the others had already seen it, and almost all of them looked at the front with shock in their eyes, what kind of power made this place like this?
"Set up camp!"
Hua Long flew off his horse, stood on the highest place, and said loudly.
The people who were still in shock moved in unison, because they were lightly traveled, and did not bring any tools and materials that could be used to build tents, so they had to cut a lot of grass and make simple straw beds on the ground.
In this way, these soldiers used grass as their beds and the night sky as their roofs, and they endured all night.
This night, everyone else slept soundly, except for the three of Lingfeng.
They have been discussing how to proceed next, and now they have successfully infiltrated the army as small soldiers, because of identity restrictions, they have no access to the top of the army, and they cannot get the information they want.
And to know some secrets, you have to find a way to be one of those high-level people.
As for which of the three of them is the most suitable, Yuwen chose Qingfeng as soon as he opened his mouth, he had been in the Jueyin Department for so many years, and his experience was naturally incomparable to Lingfeng.
It's just that Qingfeng accidentally asked Lingfeng to do this, Lingfeng was also a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he understood Qingfeng's intentions, as the most coached killer among the three of them, he must become the most inconspicuous person, and give the target the most fatal blow at a critical moment.
The matter was settled, and the three of them stayed asleep until early in the morning, when someone woke up the sleeping soldier and shouted, "Eat first, then work!" ”
Everyone rubbed their sleepy eyes, and after waking up for a while, they took out the dry food they carried with them and ate them casually.
After breakfast, people grabbed their tools and lined up, waiting for orders.
After whispering a few words to Hua Longfei, the man who gave the order earlier walked to the front of the team and said loudly: "You dig from the south first, and lead the lake to a low-lying place." ”
The team rounded the lake, reached the south, and set out in unison to dig a diversion ditch.
The three of Lingfeng were also digging in a decent manner, and Lingfeng said while digging: "It seems that they want to lead the lake out, there must be something at the bottom of this lake." ”
Qingfeng paused for a moment, his eyes condensed slightly, but said, "You all saw that grassy beach full of flesh and blood, right?" ”
Yuwen nodded and said, "See, it's all minced meat of horses, and it's done by immortal cultivators." ”
"It's not just horses, it's people." Lingfeng Road.
"Lingfeng is right, since there can be so many horses here, what about the wranglers?" The breeze is also good.
Yuwen Jue's expression changed, and he said, "He was also killed?" ”
Qingfeng nodded, glanced into the distance, Hua Longfei was there, his eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, like a knife, and said: "This surname is Chinese, it is by no means a simple character, do you think he will let go of these unknown soldiers?" ”
Ling Feng sneered and said, "It seems that our assassination plan is going to be advanced." ”
Qingfeng didn't speak, but nodded, and after a long time, he said: "These soldiers can't die for a while, but we can't accompany them here forever to do this coolie, although the real person in charge did not set a time limit for us, but we ourselves have to race against time to complete the task quickly."
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The man who commanded the soldiers, although he was also a man who knew civil engineering and architecture, when digging the diversion ditch, he did not let the soldiers dig by the lake first, but chose to dig ten zhang away from the lake, and divided the people into four teams, the first team was responsible for digging the first section, requiring the digging to a depth of two zhang, and the second team followed the first team, and so on.
The project proceeded very slowly, until the sun set, and those soldiers only dug a ravine four zhang wide, less than half a zhang deep, and more than a hundred zhang long.
After resting, when the soldiers were chatting, they all guessed what was the use of digging this diversion ditch to lead out of the lake? Although the grassland is not like the south, it always rains, but there is no shortage of water.
At this time, a clever soldier thought that the reason why he wanted to draw out the water in the lake was because there was something at the bottom of the lake, and even a master like Hua Longfei could not go down to the bottom of the lake, so he would do so.
It's just that, looking at the area of the lake, there are hundreds of acres in size, I don't know how much water is stored in the lake, and if you want to clean the lake, how many diversion ditches do you have to dig if you want to clean the lake?
Thinking of this, many soldiers had a painful and helpless look on their faces, surnamed Hua, which regarded them as long-term coolies.
Sure enough, as those soldiers expected, the next day, Hua Longfei ordered a part of the soldiers to return to the camp, and asked these soldiers to put the prepared supplies on horseback, transport them to the lake, and set up tents.
After the tent was built, those soldiers no longer had to use the grass as a bed, and slept outside, and their hearts were much more relaxed, and their complaints were much less.
As the men continued to carry supplies to the lake, the rest of the people toiled because of the lack of manpower, until the fourth day, when the aqueduct was finally completed.
Hua Longfei only glanced at the diversion ditch, and then indifferently ordered the second one to be excavated, looking at his appearance, he was obviously preparing to do a long-term project, and he was not in a hurry at all.
Ten days later, the four diversion ditches were completed, but Hua Longfei still had no intention of stopping, and still asked the soldiers to continue digging, however, when they dug into the sixth diversion ditch, the project could not be carried out.
The team in the back, after breaking through the sand on the surface, dug more than a foot deep, and dug into the stone, and there was not only a stone.
Lingfeng was in the team at the back, and he could see it clearly, the stone they dug up was huge, only one end was exposed, and under the stone, there was a big hole, and the wind was constantly blowing out of it, and the wind was hot.
Ling Feng stood at the entrance of the cave, glanced inside, and said deliberately: "Below, is it leading to the Nine Secluded Underground Mansion?" There must be evil spirits inside! ”
Many people turned pale with fright and began to discuss.
"Brother, you're right, there must be evil ghosts in this."
"Don't scare us, we are not afraid of fighting and encountering life, but we are most afraid of these ghosts."
"It's okay now, I don't know if I want to continue digging."
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The team stopped working, and immediately an officer was brought in, who came to the crowd and shouted, "Why stop? ”
Immediately, there was a human being: "There is a hole here, maybe there is a ...... in it Ghosts! ”
"Fart!" The officer blushed and glanced at the soldier angrily, he knew that these soldiers believed in ghosts and gods very much, if they really believed that there were so-called ghosts in the cave, they would not dig down any matter what, which affected the progress of the project, Hua Longfei still asked him?
The officer walked to the entrance of the cave, glanced inside, frowned, his heart was a little flustered, but he forcibly calmed down, turned around and said loudly: "This is just a stone cave, I will call the Hua people to come and clean up this stone." ”
"No! What if the evil spirits are angered and come to us? ”
"It's that the people of Huada are cultivated to be strong, so they are naturally not afraid of evil ghosts, but we are mortals."
The officer took a deep breath, at this time, he had already made a difficulty, and people's hearts were already unstable, if they were not stabilized, I was afraid that this project would not be able to continue.
"Everyone, please rest assured, after the Huada people come in a while, he will personally go down to the cave to find out, so that everyone can rest assured." The officer shouted.
Suddenly, Zhang Xiaoer (Lingfeng), who was closest to him, screamed, fell to the ground, and slid towards the hole, his hand grabbed all the way, and finally grabbed the officer's foot, the officer was taken aback, and before he could react, he had already fallen to the ground and slipped into the dark hole with Zhang Xiaoer.
The screams came from the hole, and finally many people reacted, screaming loudly, staring at the dark hole, and constantly retreating.
"There really are ghosts!"
"They're just caught by demons and used as food."
"Quick, go find Huada!"
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The cave was pitch black, and I couldn't see five fingers when I reached out.
It's just that this kind of darkness is completely like daytime for Ling Feng, it has no effect on him in the slightest, everything around him is within the scope of his perception, this is indeed just a naturally formed strange stone cave, but if he wants to find an opportunity to kill the officer and become like him, he has to stay away from those people.
The officer was still screaming, but he and Lingfeng had slipped deep enough, and the sound couldn't reach the outside at all, Lingfeng calculated the distance, stepped on a stone, stopped, and at the same time, he pulled the officer's foot hard, let go, and after the officer slid a distance, he pinched his neck with great accuracy, easily lifted the handle, and hung it in the air.
The officer was short of breath, grabbed Ling Feng's arm with both hands, and tried to look down, it was extremely dark.
But there was a hot wind blowing, and he had already realized that below, there was a cliff that I didn't know how deep it was, and as soon as Zhang Xiaoer let go, he would fall to pieces.
"Zhang Xiaoer, what are you doing? Quick, pull me over. ”
Ling Feng smiled faintly, glanced down, estimated the distance, the depth was at least hundreds of zhang, this officer fell down, he would definitely die, "Sir, what's your name?" What is the relationship between the surname Hua and the three elders of Qingyu Valley? Why did you come here to dig a ditch? ”
Although Ling Feng already knew some of these things, he still asked.
"You, you let me take a breath first, and I'll tell you." The officer had already realized that the person who grabbed him by the neck was not Zhang Xiaoer at all, as for who he was, he didn't know, and now he was completely out of breath, and little stars began to appear in front of him.