Hanling City, Lingkuang Mountains
After a lot of efforts to repair the plank road, the plank road destroyed by the rock beast can basically be restored to traffic. However, because the damage was too serious, the plank road after temporary repair only allows one person to pass in a single file.
Langbei stood on the edge of the cliff of the plank road. After looking at the emergency repair situation of the plank road, he frowned with some dissatisfaction. He turned his head and shouted angrily: "Hurry up and carry out emergency repairs. We must restore everything within today!"
"Follow the order!" The soldier behind him, who was supervising the rush to repair the plank road, knelt down in fear and fear and accepted the order, then walked to the edge of the plank road menacingly. Without any words, he just gave him a sharp whip, whipping it at the slave porters who were repairing the plank road at will.
"Pa!", there was a solid sound of the whip, and the bloody whip fell on the back of a male slave, instantly drawing out a bloody whip mark. "Woooooo~", the male slave made a dull whimpering sound, turned around and looked at the soldier holding the whip viciously, his eyes full of anger and hatred...He was helpless like an ant, so he had no choice but to hold back. I was in severe pain and full of anger, and I continued to work hard without saying anything.
"Hurry up and do it! Don't be lazy! Hurry!" The soldier with a whip in hand issued a command to the slaves who were busy repairing the work.
Because he was unable to escape before, Qiye was unfortunately caught into the emergency repair team and was responsible for cleaning up the gravel that rolled down the plank road. Because he was too young to do heavy menial work, he was assigned to clean up the stones that fell on the plank road. Qiye's rough little hands had been cut with numerous small wounds by the sharp water chestnuts of the gravel. Although her palms were bright red, Qiye remained silent. He squatted down again and again, exerting all his strength to push the stones as heavy as winter melons bit by bit to the edge of the plank road, and then pushed them off the cliff.
After Wolfbei inspected the scene and saw that everything was going in an orderly manner, he was about to turn around and leave. Suddenly, a cold wind blew from the cave where the rock beast came out before, blowing past everyone and then swept away along the mountain stream.
Feeling the cool breeze caressing him, Langbei's eyes suddenly froze, his body trembled slightly, and the steps he was about to take immediately stopped. Just now, was that...? In the cold mountain wind just now, he faintly felt the existence of aura. Although it was only for a moment, his keen spiritual perception still captured a hint of unusual aura.
Stopping and feeling and discerning again, that kind of aura does not seem to be the cold quality exuded by the ordinary cold spirit stones that are often exposed, but a purer and more condensed deep cold aura.
"Is it a thousand-grade spiritual mine? Or is it a top-grade...?" Lang Bingwei was surprised in his heart, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and an evil smile appeared on his face without concealment. He quickly turned around, looked at the huge cave on the cliff, and said excitedly: "Let's go, follow me!" After saying that, he walked straight forward without waiting for the soldier's response.
The soldiers who were supervising the work followed behind with some confusion. They looked at the huge cave and were quite afraid. But I don’t know why Wolf Guard suddenly turned around and remembered to take a look at the cave where the rock beast had just appeared. Then he thought of an unlucky slave who had just been dragged in and bitten to pieces by the rock beast. A kind of chill lingered in everyone. The heart of a soldier. There were helpless military orders, and there was General Wolf Guard accompanying them, so the soldiers felt comforted.
Just as Langbei took another step towards the cave, a soldier immediately stepped forward and cupped his fist beside Wolfbei and reminded: "Sir Wolfbei, the dangers in the cave are unpredictable. For your safety, I think it is better to Can you send a slave to explore the way ahead?"
The reason why the soldiers warned like this was not entirely for the sake of Wolf Guard's safety. If a group of people encountered any danger when they entered the cave, Wolf Guard would naturally be able to ensure his escape by relying on his own strength. But the other ordinary soldiers who followed were not that strong. When Wolf Guard left them alone and escaped, they would definitely become victims. In this case, why not send these lowly slaves in front to explore the way for everyone?
"Well..." Langbei paused, thinking carefully and nodded slightly. Then his cold eyes glanced at the slaves who were repairing the plank road in front, and finally fell on the small figure of Qiye who was working hard to clean up the gravel on the plank road, and then revealed a sinister and playful smile. The soldiers looked for Wolf Guard and looked at Qiye, their eyes gleaming with cold light as if they had discovered prey.
Qiye, who was working hard, sensed a group of soldiers behind him staring at him like wolves and tigers. Suddenly, I was startled, my vest went cold, my young body trembled slightly, and an inexplicable fear surged into my heart. An instinctive thought of escaping came over him, but he was firmly locked on everyone's eyes as if they were looking at prey. He stood there with stiff legs, unable to escape.
A soldier stepped forward, unceremoniously picked up Qiuye, and arbitrarily grabbed him in front of Wolf Guard. Wolfbei said with a sly smile: "Little guy, Sir Hebei wants you to help me lead the way. Are you willing?"
Seeing the disgusting smile on Wolfbei's face, Nanaya suppressed her inner uneasiness. After witnessing the terrifying strength of Wolf Guard just now, Qiye didn't dare to resist. Under the irresistible momentum of Langbei, Qiye nodded with despair and trembled softly: "I...are willing..."
Qiye was then taken to the entrance of the cave and took a burning torch with a trembling hand. Looking at the dark and deep cave in front of him, Qiye's face was filled with uneasy fear. He choked with uneasiness, and was suddenly pushed hard by a ruthless hand from behind. Then came the urging voice of a soldier from behind: "Hurry up. Lead the way!"
After being pushed into the cave, Qiye staggered to his feet. He turned around and saw the Wolf Guard behind him staring at him coldly, with a smile on his face. Turning his head, Qiye bit his lips tightly and made a strong note in his heart: Remember, everything I suffered today will be paid back in the future! Even if I die, I will turn into a ghost to get it back!
While Qiye kept cursing in his heart, he also kept praying secretly in his heart: I pray that there will be no more rock beasts in front of me, otherwise I will really be killed in this cave today. When I think of the rock beasts dragging them into the cave and chewing them, they make a crunching sound. Slave, a suffocating fear "cooled" his whole body.
In the cave, Qiye held a torch with his left hand, and with the faint light of the fire, he slowly groped with his right hand on the dark cave wall, walking towards the cave step by step, step by step. A dozen soldiers behind him also held torches, keeping a certain distance from Qiye, and followed leisurely. The rock walls are cold and moist, and green moss still grows in some rock crevices. Occasionally, there is a biting cold wind whistling from deep in the cave, and the burning flames are also dangerous in the raging mountain wind.
But Qiye had no intention of paying attention to what was happening around him. His eyes were fixed on the dark and deep depths of the cave. From there, he always had an unfathomable feeling and an uneasy fear. I groped forward cautiously and slowly, and there were occasional small pools of water on the ground. There were constant ticking sounds from the top of the cave as water fell into the pools.
"Tick-tock, tick-tock..." The cave was unusually quiet and cold. Qiye still cautiously explored forward inch by inch, listening intently for any unusual sounds in the silence.
Wolfbei, who was following behind, kept a certain distance from Nanaya in front, and continued to explore the dark unknown ahead through his own spiritual perception. But what puzzled him was that after the spiritual power waves he emitted fell into the darkness, there was no sound. There was no spiritual wave echo, as if it was swallowed by the darkness, but the wind blowing from the depths of the cave had A faint hint of aura. Are all the signs so unusual that they can swallow up fluctuations in spiritual power? The existence of unexplored spiritual power? Wolfbei thought for a while, and after thinking hard to no avail, he couldn't help but frown. The surrounding soldiers were also beside him, looking towards the darkness ahead and trembling.
In this way, in such a quiet, cold and dark cave, Qiye didn't know how far he had walked or how long he had walked. The rock wall beside him gradually became moist and cold, and the light and shadow of the flames in the cave became darker and darker. In the end, only the flames that were still burning strongly remained, and the torch seemed to be about to burn out soon. But the cave was still unfathomable. Qiye stopped his stiff and cold steps and let out a breath. It was relatively safe so far, and the cave was so quiet that there wasn't any unusually unsettling sound. However, Qiye did not dare to stop too much, let alone stand still, before receiving the order from Wolf Guard behind to stop.
After gently reaching out to wipe the sweat on his forehead, he was about to move forward. Qiye's eyes were suddenly startled. He was surprised to find that the dense wounds on his palms that had been cut by sharp stones had disappeared, and a layer of moist mucus was attached to the rough palms. After walking in the cave for so long, Qiye stared at the front with all his attention, but he didn't know when the hand that was groping on the rock wall could no longer feel the pain from before. Qiye looked at his hands and stayed there in a daze.
"What's wrong?" In the midst of Wolfbei's concerned but emotionless inquiry, Qiye suddenly came back to his senses and whispered: "No, it's nothing..." and then naturally put down his palms to avoid being disappointed. Wolfbei was suspicious.
"Then keep going!" Wolfbei ordered as he looked at the weak light and shadow in front of him in the darkness. However, he still found nothing while traveling, which made Wolfbei extremely unwilling to gain anything.
After hearing Wolfbei's order, Qiye's heart, which had just been slightly relaxed, immediately tightened up. He looked into the dark and deep cave, choked up again, then reluctantly braced himself, and continued to move forward slowly.
Looking at the endless darkness, Qiye couldn't help but tremble in his heart. The cold wind blowing from the depths of the cave made his body shiver, but the suppressed fear in his heart made Qiye look pale and helpless to survive.
