When the time came, not only the fog outside was blown away by the wind, but the fog in the underground labyrinth no longer continued to form. The cave walls were slippery, and the glow of the glowstones on the hands of the Scorpion Gang members seemed to reflect on the cave walls.
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All the swords and other weapons in his hands were unsheathed, and he was alert to his surroundings all the way.
Occasionally, they could vaguely hear the sounds of fighting with poisonous animals, and they didn't know which gang was busy.
But fortunately, they seemed to have chosen the wisest route. The road they took was almost free of the poisons rumored outside.
This route is not a separate route. It is still a road when coming down from the mountain. When it reaches the underground, it is entangled with many routes. When the route branches, you can also see the poison on the fork in the road. The strange thing is that those who are chasing
As soon as the poison came to their route, they stopped chasing them and retreated.
It is precisely for this reason that they have a way to find the best route.
There was always a strange fishy smell in the cave. At first everyone was holding their breath and endured it, but then they gradually became accustomed to it. There was no way to avoid it.
Soon, there was another fork in the road ahead. The two people leading the way got out of the way, and the four people following behind stepped forward.
Two of them each pinched a three-foot-long "vine leech" in their hands. If it hadn't been twisting unwillingly, they would have thought it was a vine branch. This should be the origin of its name. The gray-brown color and the surrounding environment
It can be completely integrated into one. If you don't pay attention, it is not easy to find and can be easily attacked.
These are two small "vine leeches". From their slimy mouths that are constantly opening like flower buds, green liquid gushes out like juice from time to time. When dropped on the ground, it will sizzle and smoke, corroding the ground with holes.
, you can tell at a glance that it is a highly poisonous substance. Once it is sprayed on the body, the bones and flesh must be cut off immediately, otherwise the whole person will turn into a ball of pus.
However, because he sprayed too much after being caught, the venom had dried up and could only gush out a little unwillingly.
The fangs behind the open mouth were also pried clean by the sword.
The two of them pinched the leech's neck with one hand, tore off its entangled tail with the other, and threw the two leech into the two passages one after another.
The other two people each grabbed a "Jade-winged Golden Toad", which was also a small golden toad. It was only about the size of a book and looked similar to an ordinary toad. It was golden in color with four more flailing black claws and white membrane wings between its limbs.
, as for the tongue in his mouth that could be used as a murder weapon, it has been cut off.
Two little golden cicadas were also thrown into the two passages respectively.
The vine leeches thrown out first had already flashed out of the passage on the left, jumped onto the wall and swam like a snake, bent their bodies, and then ejected like arrows, avoiding everyone and jumping into the passage on the right.
Although it has no eyes, its sense of smell is extremely sensitive and it knows how to avoid the group of people who caught it just now.
Soon, the little golden toad in the left passage also ran out. It flew out. It glided and turned in the air, kicked off the stone wall, and was about to fly into the right passage, but was pinched back by the hand that grabbed it before.
, so it could only scratch its four claws and struggle again.
A group of people from the Scorpion Gang were already used to strange things, and they turned left collectively without hesitation.
This is how they chose the correct route. The method was found by Yu Qing in the ancient notebook. The recorder also discovered it accidentally, saying that this route may be the royal passage for King Toad to go out, and it is quite a deterrent to other poisons.
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As a result, their journey was extremely smooth. They didn't have any encounters with those poisonous substances, and they didn't have to make many detours in the maze-like underground.
Except for Tong Zaitian, who received Duan Yunyou's advice and suspected that it might be related to the notebook, other uninformed people attributed the "success" to Lian Yu, the proprietress of Shi Xinju, and became more and more excited to follow the gang leader.
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rumble……
A distant shaking sound was heard, and a group of people stopped and turned around. Yu Qing muttered to himself, "What's going on?"
Jasmine said: "It must have been a fight between those gangs."
Yu Qing: "Could it be that they have already found the Toad King?"
Gao Changtai said suspiciously: "Didn't we take the best route? How could they find the Toad King first? Listening to this movement, they should be still behind us."
Yu Qing was puzzled, "We haven't even found the Toad King, so they can consume each other?"
While he was talking, there was a faint rumbling sound coming, one after another.
After listening for a while, Tong Zaitian said: "The point where the sound came from seems to be different. It sounds like there are fights in more than one place. It seems that the big gangs are really fighting each other. Could it be that they really found the Toad King?"
Jasmine: "How about we go take a look?"
Fan Jiu advised: "Everyone, it's not certain why those big gangs started fighting. Moreover, if it was really because of the Toad King, would it be useful to run over with our strength? A master of Shangxuan can make it happen.
We can’t afford to walk around, and we can’t win if we run away. It’s not appropriate to give up the competition route provided by the landlady just for an uncertain situation.”
After hearing this, everyone nodded more or less and expressed their agreement one after another.
Only Mu Aoti tensed his cheeks.
Yu Qing, on the other hand, did not fully agree with Fan Jiu's words. He believed that he still had Liang Ban's card in his hand. As long as Liang Ban was used properly, he might not be unable to pick peaches from the five major gangs.
Of course, there is also some one-sided agreement with Fan Jiu's words, that is, it is not certain why those guys started fighting, and he had previously told Guoliang Ban to stay in the shed set up by Gongshan Hall and look for him.
Liang Ban would have to climb out of Wanhe Pond again.
Furthermore, he had already gone deep underground. According to the records in ancient books, it should not be far from the Toad King's lair. After thinking about it again and again, he felt that he should first find the Toad King's lair and have a look.
When he came back to his senses, he found that everyone holding fluorescent stone lighting in their hands was looking at him eagerly, obviously waiting for him to make a decision.
The rumbling continued, and he said tiredly, "I'm afraid that the constant noise of the fighting will scare away the Toad King."
After speaking, he waved his hand, signaling everyone to continue moving forward.
A group of people from the Xingyue Gang, headed by the gang leader Guyang, were also persuaded to stop by the rumbling noise, and they all looked back.
Xie Er hesitated and said, "Who started fighting with whom?"
Someone asked: "Could it be someone who discovered the Scorpion Gang?"
Guyang: "No matter who discovers the Scorpion Gang, the Scorpion Gang won't be able to cause such a large-scale continuous movement with them."
Everyone listened carefully and found out that indeed, the noise of the fighting did not come from the same place.
Xie Er: "Could it be that the Toad King has been discovered and is fighting for it?"
Guyang looked at the darkness ahead, "Whether it is fighting for the Toad King or the Scorpion Gang, they will not make such a scattered movement immediately. We who went deep down below did not find the Toad King, but those far behind did. What do you think?
Is it possible? Maybe someone is deliberately making some tricks to attract people from various factions to go back, so that they can gain the upper hand in finding the Scorpion Gang.
Although the Scorpion Gang is weak this time, they are coming from bad intentions. They dare to lie to me in person and are not afraid that I will settle the score with them. They must be certain. They must have received the guidance of the "noble man" and are most likely to find the Toad King first.
It's still the Scorpion Gang. Because of the news of fighting, the brothers who are close will naturally go back to check."
The so-called "noble person" she refers to is Lian Yu, but she doesn't like talking nonsense in public.
Everyone thought thoughtfully and understood what she meant. If they want to find the Toad King, they still have to find the Scorpion Gang first.
Xie Er waved his hand to the team to continue searching.
After walking a few steps, Guyang suddenly asked: "When you came down to explore the road before, didn't you say that there were some miserable sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling? Why did I not hear any sound at all when we went down so deep?"
Someone from the side immediately came forward. It was the person who was responsible for leading the team to explore the road before. He replied with some confusion: "Gang leader, there was indeed that scary noise before. I heard it not very deep when I came down. It was not just us who heard it.
When other gangs came to explore the road, they also said the same thing. Why there is no movement now, I don’t know what happened.”
Guyang frowned upon hearing this and said nothing more.
The smoke in Wanhe Pond had cleared. Qi Yuelang and others from Gongshan Hall, as well as the five major gangs' reserved troops, all moved to the poolside and stared into the pool. They also heard the faint sound of fighting coming from below.
Nanzhu also jumped to the edge of the cliff, with a face full of surprise and doubt, and rubbed his hands together. His heart was filled with uneasiness and worry. Has the fight begun?
Qi Yuelang, who was on the edge of the cliff, clicked his tongue and shook his head, "Listen to this noise, the fighting is quite loud!"
There were also smaller sounds of fighting, appearing in front of the Scorpion Gang.
Yu Qing and others who had just reached the next fork in the road were stunned. Why did someone else run in front of them? Who was so anxious?
Hearing the noise, they seemed to be coming this way, so they quickly threw out the poison in their hands, found a way, quickly got in, and walked on tiptoe.
The sound of the fighting disappeared after that, but there was a faint sound of footsteps from behind. It was obvious that those people happened to turn into this passage, and the pursuit speed was quite fast.
Yu Qing and others immediately left and quickly reached the next intersection.
The ones who opened the way gave way, but no one came forward. When everyone looked at the glowstones in their hands, they realized that they came here in a hurry and failed to recover the poison used to explore the path in time. Now they have no tools to choose the path.
The footsteps behind us were very clear, and maybe we could see the lights on each other's hands when we turned the corner.
Not caring about so much anymore, a group of people directly found a passage that seemed clean and poison-free, and broke in first to hide.
Not long after they ran in, a group of people knew they were in trouble. They saw a large number of vine leeches entangled on the cave wall, which were as thick as a man's thigh. They opened their mouths full of fangs and spit out venom and pounced on them.
Everyone waved their swords in their hands, inevitably making sounds of fighting.
The consequences can be imagined. A bright light soon appeared behind them, and five figures appeared. They were wearing clothes with a mountain embroidered on them. They were members of the Zhenshan Gang.
The five of them were overjoyed to see the Scorpion Gang.
Seeing that there were only five of them, Yu Qing immediately waved his fingers and shouted, "Quickly, take them down!"
The members of the Scorpion Gang naturally knew the consequences of letting these people escape, and a group of people immediately swarmed after them, with Tong Zaitian leading the way.
The five members of the Zhenshan Gang did not fight with them, but quickly retreated and knocked on the stone wall urgently to make a sound.
