Shen Hao was no stranger to the mountainous area that Li Xinghe mentioned. After beheading Li Xinghe, soldiers from the Black Flag Battalion went in and searched the mountainous area several times, reaching almost fifty miles deep. , found nothing, and then gave up. After all, everyone is dead, so forget it if you can't find any relevant activity traces.
But now the dog has a pen in his mouth and writes the word "secret", which means that the mountain and woodland does indeed have "potential" to be tapped.
At this time, Shen Hao actually had two choices. One is to simply leave Li Xinghe aside and find someone else to turn the mountain and forest area upside down, and they will always be able to find the so-called secret treasure. The second is to continue talking to Li Xinghe about exchange and let the other party take him there.
Shen Hao chose the latter.
the next day.
Shen Hao did not delay. Taking Li Xinghe with him, leaving behind the guards, he disguised himself and arrived at the town again.
It was different from the previous panic scene in the small town. Black Flag Camp moved very quickly. When Shen Hao and the others left, several Five Elements Earth magic cultivators entered the town. While sensing possible tunnels in the ground throughout the town, they used the Five Elements Earth magic skills. Backfill any holes that are perceived to be certain.
You can even see a lot of people standing on the edge of the town watching the excitement. The curiosity on their faces is clearly more than fear. This indicates that it won't be long before the town will return to its former prosperity.
The "dog" was put in a large iron box by Shen Hao and carried away. Instead of entering the town, he went all the way into the forest where he and Li Xinghe fought.
The traces of the last fight are still there, especially the area where the four commanders and the two sand snakes fought. The ground was really turned up three to five feet, and large areas of the mountains were bare, which shows how brutal it was at that time.
However, the corpses of the two sand snakes were later ordered to be taken away by the Yamen's Medicine Department. They were so arrogant that even the Black Flag Battalion's request to detain half of them for the big guys to have a taste of was denied. You must know that sand snakes are rare and full of treasures. They can be used in many places whether it is refining elixirs or refining weapons. Moreover, the meat of the sand snake is said to be extremely delicious, and Shen Hao has the idea of trying it out.
It's a pity that the person in charge of the yamen took Pang Ban's order, and Shen Hao could only curl his lips and secretly thought that it was a pity that the delicious food flew away from his mouth.
However, the commander-in-chief did not give him any benefits. He promised that when the elixirs refined by the two sand snakes would be increased, priority would be given to the Black Flag Battalion. If there were magic weapons, the Black Flag Battalion would also be given priority to equip them.
Continuing to walk forward, when they arrived at the place where Li Xinghe's head was cut off last time, Shen Hao opened the iron box and poured out the "dog" that was still locked by the plate lock.
The lock is half open and can move, but there is no way to mobilize soul energy and no way to use magic power. At the same time, the Soul Calming Talisman was still attached to the "dog"'s forehead.
In fact, neither the board lock nor the soul-suppressing charm is Shen Hao's trump card or emergency measure. He had already thrown a soul power cover on the "dog" before unlocking part of the board lock.
Previously, Li Xinghe's soul strength was extremely high, on par with Shen Hao, and he had obviously practiced some superficial concepts of soul power, so Shen Hao was unable to use soul power to crush the opponent at that time.
But now the situation is different. Li Xinghe is now just a remnant soul. He doesn't even have a physical body and can only steal it from the body of a "dog". Shen Hao's soul power can naturally work on him easily.
Dare to be a bit messy and tighten the soul power, Li Xinghe's remaining soul together with the dog can be smashed into pieces in an instant.
Therefore, with so many precautions in place, Shen Hao did not tie the rope around the "dog's" neck. Instead, let the other person lead the way.
Not to mention, the secret that Li Xinghe mentioned was indeed secret enough. Not only was it beyond the fifty-mile range previously searched by the Black Flag Camp, it was also located under a small pool hidden in the forest.
After diving down for more than ten feet, I saw a winding cave entrance. I continued swimming along the hole for about thirty breaths before I breathed air again. I looked around and found that I had entered an underground river nearly ten feet wide.
After that, we drifted along this underground river for half an hour. Although it was still underground, we could see through the brilliance of the magic weapon that it had suddenly become clear and it was flowing through an underground cave.
"Woof woof."
The "dog" screamed and swam ashore. Signaled the place.
Shen Hao couldn't help but feel lucky that he did not choose to kill this "dog" in the Yamen. If Li Xinghe hadn't led the way to such a secret place, it would have been difficult to find it even if we had been looking for it for a thousand years. I really don’t know how Li Xinghe found this place.
After landing on the bumpy road, you can see the traces of coming and going, but it is obviously not man-made, it is purely natural.
However, although this place is secretive, there is not much underground space after landing. After walking less than a hundred steps, we reached the bottom. It was an oval-like hollow with a copper box more than one foot square inside. There is also a magic circle blessing on the box.
Although he had no research on magic formations, the magic formation patterns on this copper box also seemed familiar to Shen Hao. He quickly remembered that there were similar formation patterns on the secret copper bars in Xuanqing Guard. The effect was that once used, If opened in the wrong way, its internal storage content will be immediately destroyed. It is a magic circle used to keep secrets.
Shen Hao glanced at the "dog" walking beside him and said with a smile: "Is this your secret treasure? Open it and take a look?"
The "dog" bit the remaining part of the plate lock with his mouth, and his meaning was very clear. He was saying: first remove this thing from my body.
Shen Hao smiled and nodded, and took off the soul-suppressing talisman and the remaining part of the lock on the "dog", but the soul power cover still fell on it.
Putting away the removed plate lock, Shen Hao pointed to the copper box in front and said, "Open it."
The "dog" didn't delay any longer. He jumped onto the stone platform where the copper box was placed, and then stretched out his paws to press on a circular groove on the box. In an instant, the formation on the box flashed with a slight fluctuation, and then there was a burst of mechanical sound. After a few breaths, the lid of the box opened with a click.
Looking closer, you can see four items in the box. Two fist-sized jade bottles, one black and one dark green. A stack of jade tablets half a foot thick, and at the end there is a jade slip with the head of an animal and the tail of a fish.
The jade slips must be the techniques practiced by Li Xinghe, and the jade slips should be some of the techniques of the beast-controlling school. Most of the two jade vases contained elixirs, but it was unclear whether they were special elixirs that were unique to the practice of controlling beasts, or general elixirs that were auxiliary to training.
However, Shen Hao did not reach out to take it. Instead, he smiled and said to the "dog" on the stone platform: "Take it out and put it on the ground."
