Seeing that the other party misunderstood what he meant, Yu Qing waved his hand and responded, "I'm just confirming."
He really didn't feel that the other party was lying to him, and there was no need to lie to him now.
According to the records in ancient books, it should be correct. It should be the lair of the Toad King.
He couldn't help but pick at his mustache and began to wonder, could it be that the Toad King was wandering around in the underground passage, or was it recorded in ancient books that only the Toad King who had been killed made this place his nest, and that future Toad Kings would look down on it?
However, after looking at the scale of the nine entrance passages in front of him, they were obviously of a higher grade than the other underground passages. How could the Toad King look down on them? It stands to reason that a demon cultivator with spiritual intelligence would have a higher level of vision.
He subconsciously glanced at Duan Yunyou again, wondering what this person who had also read ancient books had any insight into. Duan Yunyou shook his head invisibly, indicating that he didn't know what was going on.
In an instant, regardless of whether they were friends or foes, the two of them still had a clear understanding of each other, and their eyes would disappear as soon as they met.
After thinking about it again and again, Yu Qing made a decision and greeted the Scorpion Gang, "Come on, let's go take a look."
There is no danger for the other party's troops to explore the road, so there is no need to worry too much here.
The guards who were escorting the hostages continued to place their swords on the hostages' necks without letting up, keeping a high degree of vigilance against the Zhenshan Gang while continuing to follow Yu Qing.
Wei Yue did not wait here this time, nor would he let Yu Qing and others out of his sight. He also waved to greet the people and horses accompanying them.
I don't know if it was because of the continuous and stern sounds that affected my mood, but the figure usually illuminated on the stone wall seemed to be full of ghosts and monsters.
The passages in the nine caves are all large enough for several carriages to move forward side by side. Although they are uneven, they have a frosted smooth feel, like caves washed out by water.
The passage was straight without any curvature. After walking for nearly a mile, a group of people walked out and walked to the end. In a larger space, a real cave space with many interlocking stalactites.
When Yu Qing walked inside, he turned around and found huge cave entrances, which should correspond to the nine passages. The explorer just now went out through another passage.
There are many large and small stalactites in front of me. I don’t know what kind of damage they have suffered. They are scattered on the ground, giving off a sense of eeriness and terror, especially with all kinds of shrill screams echoing here. It seems that the entrance to hell is hidden in a corner somewhere.
Wherever everyone walked, the glowstones in their hands created all kinds of strange shadows and chaos on stalactites of various shapes, like ghosts and ghosts, and they kept howling in their ears.
Wei Yue, who looked around cautiously, suddenly asked his men, "Are you sure there is no Toad King here?"
The leader of the previous exploration team said: "Gang leader, there really is no such thing. This place is actually not very big and it is easy to search everything."
No matter what he said, now that he is here, everyone can only search again.
There were so many people in the Zhenshan Gang, and hundreds of people scattered around to look for him. They searched every corner of the house and all the underground walls with spells, but no Toad King was found.
After summarizing the situation, Wei Yue was annoyed and shouted to Yu Qing, "Where is the Toad King? There is not even a poisonous thing or a living thing. Where can the Toad King come from?"
Yu Qing didn't know. He only knew that this was the former lair of the Toad King. The topography and landforms were consistent with the records in ancient books.
In addition, he thought over and over again and felt that the current Toad King should also be here.
According to records in ancient books, the reason why poisonous creatures are afraid of the passage along the way should be because of the aura of the Toad King. So the situation along the way shows that their search method is correct, even if it does not match the ancient path, tracking the Toad King
The method of coming from the breath is also correct.
Since we finally found this place, it means that the Toad King is indeed here, but he is missing. Where is he hiding?
"I'm asking you, are you deaf?" Wei Yue shouted angrily.
Liang Ban played with the folding fan in his hand and added fuel to the fire happily, "Aren't you just pretending to be deaf and dumb?"
Yu Qing didn't take Wei Yue's threats seriously. In front of everyone, especially in front of a group of Zhenshan gang members, he didn't believe that Wei Yue could ignore the lives of his brothers who were hostages in public. At least he didn't dare to act rashly.
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After holding ten hostages from the Zhenshan Gang in his hands, he became calm. As for people who have a temper and like to yell, let them yell. It won't be any less. Anyway, I can't beat them.
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He calmly looked around and then pointed to the passages, "Gang Leader Wei, send someone to look inside each passage to see if anyone is hiding in the passages."
Wei Yue took a look and thought it might be possible. He immediately waved and said, "Divide into several groups and go take a look."
His confidant Rong Yi immediately ordered the deployment of manpower, "Just you, divide into nine teams and go take a look."
Someone shouted: "Don't you need to look at the passage you just came in?"
Immediately, someone shouted to defend Rong Yi's decision, "What if the Toad King took advantage of us to come in and went around from another passage?"
Making a joke in front of a group of outsiders, Rong Yi emphasized his tone, "We can't let anyone go, so we will divide them into nine teams."
There was no noise at the scene. Nearly a hundred people were divided into nine teams and set off towards the nine cave entrances. Everyone watched.
As a result, the nine teams only responded to eight cave entrances, eight teams entered, and one team fell into confusion.
Soon, the leader turned around and shouted: "Gang leader, there are not nine cave entrances, there are only eight cave entrances."
The people who were watching had noticed the abnormality and rushed over one after another. They all came closer and looked up.
When I came in before, I only saw about the same number. In addition, the glowstone's light did not have the ability to illuminate that far, and it was not very clear in the dark environment. I subconsciously connected with the nine entrances outside.
Now I counted carefully and found that there were indeed only eight holes.
Wei Yue was a little unsure and asked the people around him, "Did we count nine cave entrances outside before?"
"should be."
"It's nine, that's right. I counted them."
"I also counted, there are indeed nine cave entrances."
After the confirmation of many people, everyone realized one thing. There are only eight of the nine openings outside leading here. Where is the other one?
Wei Yue immediately turned to look at Yu Qing and said in a deep voice: "Didn't you say that all nine roads can pass through? Where does the shortest one lead to?"
Yu Qing was also confused, "I really don't know, this is my first time."
Duan Yunyou and Mu Aotie at the scene knew that he was not lying. They had both read the ancient books, and it was indeed recorded in the ancient books that all nine passages lead directly to the Toad King's lair.
Wei Yue didn't care whether Yu Qing was lying or not, so he first asked someone to cast spells on the stone wall next to the passage to see if there was any sealed hole.
The result was no, at least they couldn't find it.
The group of people couldn't stand still any longer. Whether it was the Zhenshan Gang or the Scorpion Gang, they immediately hurried back to the other side.
The Scorpion Gang couldn't keep up even if they wanted to. Wei Yue couldn't let them out of sight unless he let them out of control.
After going out, he met the eight groups of people who had explored the road before. Wei Yue asked when they met: "Which passage is the Toad King hiding in?"
In fact, he also knew that what he asked might be nonsense. There was no fighting at all. How could the Toad King be so docile? But he still had to ask.
"No."
"Nothing found."
"It's just like the passage we entered before. It's empty."
Wei Yue turned around and counted carefully again, and found that yes, there were indeed nine entrances, so he asked again: "Which passage did you each come out from?"
"I'm the one on the left."
"We are the one."
After each of the eight teams pointed to the passage they came out of, the eyes of the others focused on the third passage on the left. No one had entered or exited this passage just now, and almost all of them had the same thought. Could it be that this passage is the real passage?
Leading to the Toad King's lair?
"Let's go." Wei Yue waved to a group of people to clear the way in front, and then followed him in with the others.
We didn't walk for long, and soon we reached the end. Everyone looked around with the glowstone in their hands. The expressions on their faces were either surprised, stunned, suspicious, or confused. The situation in front of them looked familiar, hadn't they just been there before?
The Toad King's lair?
There is almost no need to verify. Everyone will know when they look back. The eight entrances to the lair are right in front of them.
"What's going on?" Wei Yue, who always looked smiling, suddenly became anxious. He turned around and cursed: "Are you all blind? Can't you even remember which exit you came out of?"
The leader of the previous eight teams also looked hesitant due to this situation. He felt that he must have remembered it correctly, but he was not sure whether he had remembered it correctly.
Even Yu Qing was a little displeased with them, that they could even get this kind of thing wrong.
"Are you just wasting your time here, for fear that the other four families won't come to compete with us?" Wei Yue cursed, then yelled, "Go back and walk again, memorize the exit location."
The eight teams were divided into separate groups, and each of them picked a hole to break in.
The others were not idle either and followed Wei Yue to a random exit.
When he came out of the entrance again, he saw that the eight teams of people were guarding each entrance and did not come out completely. They all used themselves as road signs. Yu Qing looked at it and nodded slightly. He should not make any mistakes this time.
It turned out that this time there was no one at the second passage on the left. It was obvious that he had remembered it wrong before. Wei Yue couldn't help but cursed again, "Open your eyes and take a good look."
The eight teams of explorers were completely silent, with many bowing their heads, and they were too ashamed to speak.
Fortunately, Wei Yue had no time to argue with them now, so he waved his hand and said "go", and a group of people broke in to investigate as before.
However, after walking through the passage and appearing at the end, the people who emerged one after another with glowstones were all dumbfounded. The situation in front of them was exactly the same as what they had seen in the previous two trips. It was still the Toad King's lair that he had seen before.
One by one, they turned back and saw the same eight exit passages.
As a result, everyone froze in place, like stone sculptures. Only the continuous howling of ghosts and wolves was particularly vivid.
They were all shocked, what was going on? It was impossible to remember the wrong entrance this time.
Unable to find the answer, Wei Yue had no choice but to look for Yu Qing. He gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Zhu, what do you mean?"
Yu Qing didn't know what it meant. He only knew that from this point of view, the records in ancient books were indeed correct. Nine passages could lead to the Toad King's lair, but there was no record of this strange situation.
He thought about it again and again, but couldn't find any clues, so he replied loudly, "Gang Leader Wei, let everyone go again. This time, divide the people into nine teams and walk around from the nine entrances at the same time."
