It happened to be noon when brother and sister Chu Xisheng rode their rented horses and galloped outside the Fire Bone Cave.
As soon as Chu Xisheng walked into the periphery of the Fire Bone Cave, he felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere here.
There was not a single pedestrian in the market town built around the cave. Most of the storefronts were open and a mess inside. There were also some corpses on both sides of the street, all bloody and bloody.
After Chu Yunyun looked at the two stores, she couldn't help but frown: "The town must have been looted. There are a large number of horse bandits."
She saw a lot of horse hoof prints on the street, as well as fresh horse manure.
Most of the injuries of the victims were on the head, shoulders and chest. The incisions were from top to bottom, and all the bones inside were broken.
It was obviously caused by someone standing down and slashing from horseback. They used the power of the horse's impact to achieve full strength.
In addition, the wound was very fresh and the blood had not yet dried, indicating that this large-scale robbery and massacre occurred within an hour.
Chu Xisheng was surprised and confused: "Where did the horse bandits come from? Dare to attack the Fire Bone Cave?"
The Fire Bone Cave is a place outside the law and is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
There are no imperial guards, no six gates, and no city guards here.
However, more than 20 drug stores and businesses in Xiushui County are entrenched here, and their influence is deeply rooted.
Behind them are either a long-established martial arts family or a powerful Jianghu gang.
Although the Long family and the Iron Banner Gang had already evacuated the Fire Bone Cave at this time, within the market town of the Fire Bone Cave, eight to nine hundred martial arts guards could be drawn out at any time.
Those herb collectors are not easy to mess with. They can make a living in the depths of the Fire Bone Cave. Who doesn't have good martial arts skills?
It is said that a hundred years ago, the imperial court intended to establish a county here, but local forces joined forces to block it.
The county governor who was determined to implement this policy was also demoted to the northern region, and died in the border battle only a year later.
Chu Yunyun's eyes were cold: "Ordinary horse bandits naturally don't dare to move here, but it's different with the blood wind bandits."
After the battle in the library, there were only a handful of Bloodwind Bandits left, but the remaining members were all top-notch masters.
The force behind the Blood Wind Sword Li Daogui is even more capable of rivaling the Wuxiang Divine Sect.
It would be easy for the Blood Wind Bandit to find a family of horse bandits for help near Xiushui County.
The two of them found two sets of clothes in the town, changed out of their martial arts disciple uniforms, and then walked towards the nearest cave entrance.
That should be the left eye of this huge ancient god corpse, which is shaped like a bowl.
Chu Xisheng found more than a hundred horses at the entrance of the cave, and was guarded by a team of seven horse bandits who were responsible for taking care of the horses.
There were more than ten people inside the cave entrance. They were wearing leather armor, each holding their sword hilts and looking outside with vigilant expressions.
Chu Yunyun observed the environment and walked directly towards the entrance of the cave.
She was wearing a black cloak, and her figure was like a shadow.
"who?"
The horse bandits drew their swords out of their sheaths one after another, but as soon as they finished this action, Chu Yunyun came among them.
Click! Click! Boom!
Following a series of crisp fracture sounds, these people fell to the ground one after another before they could make any moves.
However, Chu Yunyun left two alive. The bones in their necks were twisted, but they were breathing weakly.
Chu Xisheng followed over and pointed a magic-forged light steel knife at one person's throat: "Where are you horse bandits from?"
The man looked at Chu Xisheng with eyes filled with infinite hatred and resentment. He spat out a mouthful of blood and said, "We are from Baiyun Village in Xishan. You bastards are doomed!"
Chu Xisheng's knowledge of Daning's Jianghu was limited. He didn't know what kind of force Baiyun Village was and where its location was.
But he knew about Xishan. When they first came to Xiushui County, Chu Yunyun had hunted in Xishan.
It is a mountain range that stretches for more than 400 miles and is quite large.
"What are you doing here?" Chu Xisheng's blade pierced the horse bandit's throat an inch, causing a trace of blood to overflow: "What does the Blood Wind Bandit want?"
"Of course they are here to make a fortune. The few heroes of the Blood Wind Pirates are short of money, so we are here to help them."
The horse bandit knew he would die, but was not afraid at all. He smiled: "But in addition to searching for money in the Fire Bone Cave, they also seem to want to arrest someone. It is said that she is a woman. If you have the ability, go down and look for the blood of those few people."
The hero of the thieves asked why."
He longed for Chu Xisheng and the two of them to go deep into the Fire Bone Cave and seek their own death, so he answered exactly.
Chu Xisheng's eyes sharpened, and he casually killed the man with a knife.
At this time, Chu Yunyun had already dealt with the horse bandits next to the horses and was using corpse water to dissolve the corpses.
The last time she entered the Fire Bone Cave, she failed to dispose of the corpses outside the cave. In fact, it left quite a hidden danger. Fortunately, the people in the Long family did not pay attention to it and did not investigate it further.
The two men cleaned up the scene hastily and continued walking deeper into the cave.
When Chu Xisheng thought of the horse bandit's words, a fire seemed to be burning in her heart.
He wished he could find Lu Luanli right away, but the Fire Bone Cave stretched for more than twenty miles, and its deepest point was three miles underground. There were countless cave passages in it, just like the blood vessels and meridians in the human body, extending in all directions, criss-crossing, and extremely complicated.
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Even the herb pickers who are most familiar with this place are at risk of getting lost.
If they want to find someone here, it's like a blind man searching for a path, it all depends on luck.
"Don't worry, I have a way."
Chu Yunyun glanced sideways at the anxious Chu Xisheng: "Miss Lu has her own destiny, her background is extraordinary, she will be fine."
This guy usually doesn't mean what he says, saying that he wants to respect Lu Luranli and stay away from him, but when something happened to Lu Luranli, he became so anxious.
Chu Yunyun stopped suddenly. She glanced around, then punched a stone wall next to her.
This was the first time she punched hard, and the surrounding grottoes shook violently.
Chu Yunyun frowned slightly and felt a sharp pain in her chest, and her blood surged.
She had just used 20% of her physical strength, but it had already caused hidden wounds in her body.
Chu Yunyun then put her head on the stone wall and listened while explaining.
"This is a method of 'listening to sound and returning sound' that is popular in the military. You can use artificially created tremolo to hear movements dozens of miles away. Unfortunately, I have lost my true energy now, and the listening range is not as good as before."
Just a moment later, her pupils condensed, and her figure walked deep into the cave like the wind.
Chu Yunyun seemed to know this huge underground grotto well, and moved forward quickly with a familiarity.
Chu Xisheng gritted her teeth and tried her best to keep up with Chu Yunyun.
Not long after, he heard a faint human voice.
These sounds floated in the wind, sometimes from east to west, sometimes from left to right, making it difficult to identify the direction.
Chu Xisheng could only feel that they were getting closer to that location.
At this moment, Chu Yunyun raised her eyebrows slightly, and she saw a group of horse bandits in black leather armor in front of her, running quickly inside the cave.
She stepped hard, her figure flashed, and she was among the group of people in an instant.
Chu Yunyun's shooting speed was still as fast as lightning.
These people didn't have time to make a sound, and fell to the ground one by one.
As usual, Chu Yunyun was left alive.
Chu Xisheng caught up with him panting, and before he could catch his breath, he pointed a knife at the horse bandit's throat.
"The girl you want to kill, where is she now-"
Chu Xisheng's words came to an abrupt end because out of the corner of his eye, he saw two figures walking out of the corner ahead.
They were two Blood Wind Thieves, wearing iconic blood clothes.
Chu Xisheng recognized one of them, it was the one-eyed man who had chased and killed Lu Luanli in the library.
He is also the second fifth-grade martial arts cultivator among the Blood Wind Thieves besides Li Daogui.
When the eyes of the two parties met, Chu Yunyun's eyebrows suddenly revealed a fierce murderous intent.
This chapter has been completed!