Chapter 87: The Attacker
Shi Cheng's heart suddenly became anxious, and he asked Wu Neng softly: "Old Wu, my question may be a little offensive, was Ling Xuan the only one of your Yanmen defectors back then, and on the day of Yanmen's destruction, were there any other sect people who surrendered to Ling Xuan?" ”
Shi Cheng knew very well in his heart the power of this strange sect technique, if the Lu clan secretly recruited only Ling Xuan from Yanmen back then, then he could still make some targeted preparations, but if Ling Xuan was not alone, then he had to be distracted to deal with the siege of multiple mechanism magicians while keeping an eye on the masters of the Lu clan.
This is not the situation that Shi Cheng wants to see.
Wu Neng's face was also a little ugly, and after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head and said, "Actually...... I don't know...... After the accident in the sect, I dared to go back quietly after about half a month, and after inquiring with the local villagers, I learned from several hunters that on the night I left Yanmen, a loud noise could be clearly heard in the mountain range where the sect was located, and then there was a fire in the mountain, and the firelight illuminated the sky above the entire Yanmen as if it were day. ”
"And then, did the Orions find anything else?"
"At noon the next day, a bold hunter entered the mountain...... But ......" Speaking of this, Wu Neng choked up a little, "As soon as I arrived at the foot of the mountain where the sect is located, I found corpses everywhere, so I was scared back, and then the local government and even officers and soldiers came to take over the mountain range, and the entire mountain range was blocked for more than a month, and then those hunters didn't know what happened after that." ”
"Lao Wu, have you tried to contact the government, have you tried to dig up useful information from them?" As soon as this question came out, Shi Cheng closed his mouth, this question is indeed a bit stupid to ask.
"Lao Shi, I couldn't protect myself at that time, how could I dare to act rashly? Besides, I don't know anyone from the government, so how can I go to them to inquire about the news? ”
"Well......" Shi Cheng thought for a moment and said to Wu Neng, "When this is over, we will go to Ellio Prefecture in Wu Kingdom and find a way to inquire about more news."
Seeing that the Du family and the people from the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce were still looking around near the tunnel entrance like curious babies, Shi Cheng quietly called Tie Mian over and informed him of Wu Neng's discovery.
Sure enough, Iron Mask's gaze also became a lot more solemn.
"Shi Cheng, what are your plans now?" Iron Mask asked in a deep voice.
"I don't have a clear clue yet, and I can only take one step at a time." Shi Cheng shook his head gently.
Shi Cheng was in a lot of trouble at the moment, and there were a lot of doubts in his heart. First, judging from the excavation of the underground secret passage, the people who built the tunnel seem to have begun to prepare long before the news of the birth of the strange treasure in the Kenbin forbidden area, does this mean that the organization that built the tunnel has a very developed news network in the area of the Kenbin King City, so that they can find out that there is a strange treasure hidden here one step ahead of others?
Second, the places where the entrances and exits of the two secret passages were found to have water sources without exception, what is the reason? Why did the builders of the tunnel have to take the time and effort to build the two entrances and exits near the water source? Is the same true for the other hidden tunnel entrances and exits?
Thirdly, and most importantly, what is the purpose of building such a huge underground secret passage? Is it to hide the tracks? Is it for ease of transportation? Or is it to reach some hidden place that is hard to find on the surface?
All of the above, Shi Cheng can't think of a reason, but one thing can be sure, if what Wu Neng said is right, there are indeed former Yanmen members in the Kenbin Forbidden Zone, then it is very likely that the cultivation of the Yu Clan in the Rainforest Continent is actually much deeper than he Shi Cheng imagined, and it is not that Shi Cheng thought that it was not involved before.
But why is there no case of a corpse theft in the Rainforest Island? Even if the government of the Rainforest Continent has poor governance ability, it will not be ignorant of this.
There are still many doubts.
"Shi Gongzi." Just as Shi Cheng was pondering, Duke's voice pulled his thoughts back, "What do you think we should do now, do we want to return to the tunnel and continue to explore the clues?" ”
Ma Guo, who was standing next to Duke, objected, "It's too dangerous." We are not familiar with these secret passages, and although we have not encountered the thieves you call on the way here, who can guarantee that we will not run into them when we return? We don't know much about the inside of the secret passages, but the thieves probably know all about them. ”
Duke and the others were a little hesitant, although Duke was cautious by nature, but when he thought that there might be the whereabouts of the family's secret treasure in the secret passage, he finally gritted his teeth in his heart, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get a tiger, and now there is finally a clue to the secret passage in front of you, and I ask Brother Ma to forgive Du Mou for not agreeing." If Brother Ma doesn't want to go down to investigate, he can stay here and wait, but our Du family must go down to have a look. ”
"Okay, just don't pull us anyway." Ma Guo said coldly.
At this time, Du Yang walked to Du Ke's side and persuaded: "Elder, the disciple thinks that what Ma Daoyou said is not unreasonable, it is better to do this, the disciple is willing to bring a few inner disciples to camp around here, and keep an eye on the movements around the crossing, Elder, you return to Kenbin City first, and call a few other elders and elite disciples to bring some magic weapons or tools over together, so that our preparations will be more adequate." ”
"But......" Duke was a little moved, "although we have not encountered the enemy in the secret passage today, who can guarantee that our actions are not under the surveillance of the other party, and it will take a day to go back and forth from here to Kenbin City, which is enough time for the thieves to destroy the evidence and escape." ”
Just as everyone was arguing, a heart-rending scream came out from the open secret passage.
Everyone's faces changed greatly, the face of a Du family disciple turned white, he pointed to the secret passage, and stammered: "There should be only Du Zhi below, it won't be him......"
Even beads of sweat came out of Duke's forehead, he stomped his feet and shouted: "Disciples of the Du family, take your blades and follow me down to see!" ”
After that, Duke took the lead in jumping down the secret passage, the disciples of the Du family and Shi Cheng, Wu Neng and Tie Mian followed closely behind, Ma Guo and Xu Fengshi glanced at each other, neither of them wanted to follow, but if they didn't go down together, the two of them would be alone, and after a short pause, Xu and Ma still went down together.
When I returned to the stone gate, I was greeted by an extremely tragic scene.