A group of soldiers wearing heavy armor escorted nine hunters walking in the Daxian Mountains, as they passed by, some accumulated snow on the thorny grass shook and fell.
"Ahhh~~"
Occasionally, a few howls of wild wolves came from afar.
"Those beasts have all suffered a disaster." Teng Yongxiang said with a smile, and Teng Yongfan, holding an iron spear, also smiled in agreement. However, in his heart, he was calculating: "Earlier, the hunters gathered, and Qinghu Island caught 180 hunters. With three people per village, that's almost sixty villages! Now, nine hunters and fifty Silver Python Army soldiers make up a small team, which is twenty teams."
At this moment, in the depths of Mount Da Yan, these 20 teams are all searching separately.
Not only them, but also thousands of Silver Snake Army soldiers, in groups of three to five, scattered throughout the Great Yan Mountain to search. Unfortunately, this Great Yan Mountain is much larger than the Flame Mountain. Without a local guide, it's like searching blindly. Don't know when they will find what they're looking for.
"Fifty heavily armored soldiers were escorting nine hunters. It's hard to escape!" Teng Yongfan thought to himself.
"You nine, how much further is this 'Bottomless Pit' you mentioned earlier?" The fifty Silver Python soldiers, led by a burly man with the physique of a black bear, asked impatiently.
Nine hunters, and six others from the Zhuang village, naturally looked up to the Teng family village's hunters as their leader.
"Adults." Teng Qinghao said, "This bottomless pit, from our location, along the mountain road, is probably still over 20 miles away. Before dusk, we'll definitely make it there." In this vast mountain range, two points in a straight line may be very close, but the mountain roads are rugged and occasionally have canyons, etc., so when you actually walk, the detours are quite severe.
"Hurry up, all of you, don't drag your feet."
The big black bear let out a loud roar and continued on his way.
"Brother Qinghao, the people of Qinghu Island won't kill us, will they?" The other hunters from the village approached Qinghao quietly and asked.
"Let's take it one step at a time." Teng Qinghao also said in a low voice.
Hong Yongfan recalled the scene where 180 hunters gathered together and were asked by Qinghu Island's master, 'Gu Yong': "That master of Qinghu Island first asked us if we had seen any ancient large palaces in the mountains. We all said no. He then asked again, what kind of caves leading to the underground, deep pools, etc. did we discover..."
"It's clear that Qinghu Island is searching for an ancient palace! And this ancient palace should be at the bottom of Dayan Mountain!"
Heng Yongfan was easily guessed.
"Is there an ancient palace under Mount Da Yan?" Teng Yongfan thought about it and didn't dare to believe.
……
Deep in the Great Yan Mountain, there are large military camps stationed in a clearing by a small stream.
Inside a large account.
All thirteen congenital strongmen were seated on chairs.
"Twenty teams, along with nine thousand Silver Python Army soldiers, have been searching for two hours, and still no news has come?" The purple-robed woman furrowed her brow. This time, the people sent to search were twenty small teams of one thousand Silver Python Army soldiers each, plus nine thousand scattered personnel, making a total of ten thousand Silver Python Army soldiers searching.
"Don't worry, I believe there will be news before nightfall."
Most of the elders were leisurely drinking tea.
"Island owner." Zhao Dan Chen looked at Gu Yong, who was closing his eyes to meditate. Gu Yong opened his eyes, and Zhao Dan Chen continued, "We will station the 30,000-strong army on this Da Yan Mountain... If this news gets out, won't it attract other people's attention?"
A hint of a smile appeared on Gu's face, and he said with a faint smile: "Elder Zhao, what if we attract attention from others? My Qinghu Island army will first destroy the Iron Clothes Sect, then prepare to attack the Guiyuan Sect... Now, we are stationed in this Danyang Mountain. What's the big deal? Even if other sects find out, they'll only be puzzled as to why we're stationed here. Can they possibly think of the Yu Huang treasure?"
"What would all of you elders think if you saw that carefree palace and suddenly the army was stationed on a certain great mountain?" Gu Yong looked at everyone.
"I'm afraid I would suspect that the Carefree Palace is on a mountain and has discovered some large mineral deposits." Zhao Danchen burst out laughing.
Everyone burst out laughing when they heard this.
These thirteen people knew it was the 'Yu Huang Treasure', so they were nervous and afraid of arousing suspicion from others. If they really snuck around, once discovered by other major sects, that would likely raise real suspicions.
Now it is so bright and open, let the army camp over here.
I'm afraid almost all sects would think -
Maybe it's because of the discovery of large mineral deposits, and they want to occupy them!
"The Yu Huang treasure, for thousands of years, no one has ever found it. No one would have thought that we came here for the Yu Huang treasure. So, be at ease and don't worry." Gu Yong said with a smile, but beneath his calm exterior, he was still slightly worried, "Will the remnants of the Tie Yi Men know this secret?"
Although there is such a worry, Gu Yong also has no way.
It is impossible to eradicate a sect that has existed for thousands of years by killing all its members.
It's like the Iron Shirt Sect, with over a million disciples and soldiers in Chu Prefecture alone, not to mention those stationed elsewhere. No matter how powerful a sect is, it's impossible to wipe out every single disciple of the deeply rooted Iron Shirt Sect! So, to destroy this sect, it would be enough to kill its core strength and all the innate masters.
After all...
Only a few postnatal masters are left. Can dozens of postnatal masters really destroy Qinghu Island?
If Qinghu Island was so easy to destroy, it wouldn't have existed for so many years.
"Find the Yu Huang treasure as soon as possible and take it away!" Gu Yong said in a low voice.
"Master of the island! Master of the island!"
Suddenly, an excited shout came from outside, and a figure rushed in without warning.
"Landlord, I've found underground lake water!" The middle-aged man said excitedly, his eyes shining brightly.
"Ah!"
Thirteen congenital strongmen almost stood up at the same time. Gu Yong stared at him and said, "Quickly, tell me about the situation in detail."
"Yes, Island Master." The middle-aged man took a deep breath. "It's like this: in the 20 teams that went out to search this time, one team found an unfathomably deep cave hidden in a thicket of weeds. Those hunters said that the cave was too deep and they didn't dare enter it. At the time, about 20 Silver Python Army soldiers used ropes and rattan to slowly make their way down. After almost half an hour, several Silver Python Army soldiers rushed out of the cave in terror, and a monster also emerged with them!"
"Monster?"
Gu Yong and thirteen others' eyes lit up at once.
They actually knew that the treasure of Yu Huang was hidden in a place with abundant spiritual energy, and it was certain that something special would appear. The appearance of the monster is not surprising. The appearance of monsters there suggests... It's likely that they have found the right place.
"It was a 'stone-piercing beast' nearly one zhang in length. In the process of fighting between the monster and the soldiers, it also attracted many other silver python army soldiers to surround and kill it, forcing the stone-piercing beast to escape into a deep cave. In this battle, four hunters were killed by the stone-piercing beast, sixty-eight silver python army soldiers died, and more than twenty people were injured."
"It seems that this Stone Beast has not transformed yet." Gu Yong said.
The Stone Piercer, covered in scales all over its body, has claws and teeth that can easily pierce through rocks. It is a demonic creature living underground. When encountering this creature, the heavily armored Silver Anaconda soldiers would meet their match. The Stone Piercer can easily tear apart heavy armor.
"That's what the two surviving Silver Serpent soldiers who escaped from underground said. They were about 80 yards deep in the ground and found a large lake of water underground, at least several dozen meters inside, it was all water! Because there was no light underground, they didn't dare to swim too far, so they immediately came up. But on their way up, they were attacked by Stone Piercing Beasts."
As soon as this was said.
Gǔ Yōng and others were secretly delighted.
"The original large lake was a lake with an area of dozens of miles. " Gu Yong still remembered the records in the book, "A lake of that size sank to the bottom and was covered by mountains and rocks. I didn't expect there would be so much lake water left."
"Lead the way." Gu Yong gave an order.
Thirteen congenital strongmen immediately rushed to the location of the deep cave.
……
Here have gathered hundreds of Silver Python Army soldiers, and with the arrival of Gu Yong's thirteen pre-heavenly strongmen, everyone made way.
"Island Master, this is the deep cave that leads to the underground." Along with the guidance, Gu Yong walked to the side of the deep cave.
The weeds around the deep cave were all cleared, revealing a dark and deep cave with a width of about three or four zhang. The bottom was invisible at a glance. On the muddy ground beside the deep cave, there were also dark red bloodstains, even pieces of flesh, and deep gullies on the ground. It was clear that a big battle had taken place here.
"Alright."
Gu Yong nodded.
"Your Majesty, what about those hunters?" General Lan said in a low voice.
Gu Yong turned his head and glanced at him, saying indifferently: "Execute them all!"
Hunters, but do you know that Qinghu Island is looking for the mysterious palace, and also knows that Qinghu Island is searching for deep caves and deep pools leading to the underground... So, can't stay! Although it's said that other major sects don't know about Qinghu Island finding Yu Huang's treasure for now. It's better to be cautious with Gu Yong's surname...
"Yes." General Lan replied.
"Also, pass down the order to have the Silver Python Army soldiers set up camp within a radius of five or six miles around this deep cave as the center." Gu Yong was clear that it was impossible for 30,000 men to seal off the entire Great Yan Mountain, so they could only shrink the encirclement circle.
"Give the order to assemble and execute."
Gu Yong issued several orders in a row.
……
"This deep pool is really cold. It's already very cold in the depths of winter, but this deep pool is even colder." Several Silver Python Army soldiers who were searching for the deep cave and deep pool were standing halfway up the mountain, looking at the Azure Cold Pool, and after feeling the low temperature with their hands, not one of them dared to enter this deep pool.
"Whoosh!"
A sharp, piercing sound echoed through the sky.
The soldiers looked up.
"Assembly order, go, stop searching, hurry over." The several Silver Viper soldiers immediately rushed over.
……
As previously agreed, once the assembly signal is issued, all teams stop searching and gather towards the place where the signal was issued. Just a moment after the assembly order was issued —
"Hiss!" "Hiss!" "Hiss!"
Then three shrill cries rang out in unison, echoing across the sky.
It's the signal for executing all hunters!
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