"This time the responsibility lies with me, I was careless!" Liu Zhifei said guiltily.
A long-planned bandit suppression almost involved Ning Ran, casting a shadow over what should have been a fruitful bandit suppression trip.
The third team hastily returned on the second day. The fifth and seventh teams have not yet returned. However, the news that the Shaking Sky Sect has launched a bandit suppression in Mengyu County has spread, and it is not just the Shaking Sky Sect.
The Tianlang Sect in Lingzhang County and the Kailing Sect in Huyao County also launched massive bandit suppression operations.
By the second day, almost everyone in the forecourt had already heard the news, which made all the merchants in the forecourt panic.
Because judging from the news from the past two days, apart from the huge results achieved by the unexpected unified actions of the three parties on the first day, the results on the second day were very few. On the contrary, border defense monks from the three sects were injured from time to time.
News came, and there were still reports of caravans being robbed and killed by bandit cultivators from time to time. It can be seen that those bandit cultivators did not disappear because of the joint encirclement and suppression by the three sects.
Although the presence of bandit cultivators is obviously very scattered, and most of the bandit cultivators mainly harass, and most of them just grab a handful and leave. The losses of most caravans are not too serious, but this time those bandit cultivators are no longer
They robbed and killed the caravans or merchants returning from the market, and even started to attack the caravans coming from other places to inquire.
Things are getting worse and worse. Not only are there more of these bandit cultivators, they also seem to be a little too courageous. The border defense cultivators from the three counties are jointly operating. How big a momentum is this? There are actually bandit cultivators who dare to commit crimes?
Businessmen from all walks of life participating in the market are already panicking, and various messages have been spread everywhere. Some even think that the market itself is a conspiracy, a dark way for some forces to harvest various cultivation resources, and the target is straight.
Refers to the three major sects that undertook this market exchange.
In a warehouse in the middle of the market, several martial arts monks from Xishan Village gathered together to discuss when to leave the market.
"Although robbers have been rampant these days, most of the caravans can still travel safely. Now our Xishan Village caravan has four or five martial arts monks accompanying it, and Mr. Muramasa is a monk in the late martial arts realm.
Even if you are unlucky enough to run into a robber, I'm afraid you still have the strength to fight, right?" Shi Nansheng said.
An Xia shook his head directly and said: "It's true that you have the strength to fight, but judging from the news, the robbers now no longer want to rob the entire caravan, but they rush up to grab a handful and leave!"
An Xia shook his head as he spoke: "Although our caravan is not as big as when we came here, it still has more than ten large cars. Once we encounter robbers, they will not fight with us, but will use surprise attacks to fight.
They smashed a few large vehicles, grabbed some things, and ran away without even giving us a chance to fight. Even if we wanted to pursue them, I'm afraid we would have to worry about the remaining vehicles just sitting next to each other for nothing."
"That's right, don't leave the market at this time, it's the safest place!" A voice suddenly sounded in the room, but it was Shi Jingxuan who had never spoken.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Shi Nansheng glared at him, and Xu Sanniang on the side said: "If you don't leave, the rent of this warehouse is very expensive. If you stay for two or three days longer, you will have to pay nearly a thousand jade coins. Let's
How many jade coins did I earn in total from this trip to the market? If I had stayed for two more days, I'm afraid I would have lost all the jade coins I earned!"
Shi Nansheng asked Yang Tianggang: "Brother Yang, is there any news from your master?"
"Yes, isn't Yang Junshan in the border defense team? Since he was able to spread the news before, we can ask him about their patrol route, and then agree on a time to choose a route similar to the caravan's return to Wasteland Town.
If we have the opportunity to leave the market, can't we be escorted by the border defense team along the way?" Shi Jingxuan said proudly.
"you shut up!"
The others were speechless, and Shi Nansheng couldn't stand listening anymore, so he couldn't bear it and drank.
"No news has come back yet. Now the entire border defense team is under martial law. Every village and town has its own children in the border defense team. I have also inquired about the caravans in other villages, but no news has been returned from the border defense team.
The previous message was only sent back by the border defense monks before they carried out their mission!"
When Yang Tiangang spoke, he glanced at Shi Jingxuan without trace. Shi Jingxuan panicked for no reason, and his whole face turned pale.
An Xia sighed: "In the past few days, most of the caravans in Tuliu Village were robbed after leaving the market. One of the warrior monks in the village was killed and one was injured; the caravan in Tumeng Village was also robbed. If it hadn't been for Meng Shan's three
I got the news here and saw that the situation was not good and promptly returned to the market. I'm afraid it's not as simple as losing two trucks of supplies."
Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, Yang Qianhai suddenly knocked on the door and came in, saying: "Third uncle, there is news from outside."
Yang Qianhai didn't mention it, but Yang Tiangang knew that he was talking about the latest news from Yang Junshan, and he quickly said: "Show it to me quickly!"
Shi Jingxuan watched Yang Tiangang eagerly open a secret talisman using a specific spiritual method. His eyes flickered for a moment, and then he heard Yang Tiangang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Everyone, we will set off back to Wasteland Town tomorrow and inform Meng Shan.
, and the caravans from several other villages in Huangtu Town, we will leave via the road from Huangshan Town early tomorrow morning!"
An Xia frowned and said: "It's just a matter of informing Tumeng Village. Although the caravan only has a few large cars, there is still Mengshan, a martial artist monk, to support the formation. Several other villages have not organized decent merchants at all."
The team is scattered, and if we had informed them, they would have been distracted on the way and the journey would have been delayed."
The other people obviously did not agree with informing the monks in other villages. Yang Tianggang thought for a while and said: "Then just inform Meng Shan. If others know and are willing to follow, they can follow."
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Because of Ning Ran's injury, everyone in the second team rested for a day on the second day and were sent out again on the third day. This time Ning Ran did not accompany him.
But this time before leaving the stronghold, Liu Zhifei revealed the patrol route to everyone in advance, and Yang Junshan once again informed Huniu, who had been lurking in the nearby mountains and forests, through the golden orchid seal, asking her to send Bao Yu'er, and Yang
Junshan took advantage of the loopholes in the stronghold's defense formation to reveal the patrol route to Bao Yu'er, and asked him to pass the news to Yang Tiangang, who had been waiting for news in the field.
At this time, near a sand dune in Huangsha Town, Chang Sunxing carefully avoided the attention of the warrior monks in Shatian Village and sneaked under a sandstone behind the village.
After several days of secret investigation, Chang Sunxing finally determined that a family treasure in Mengyu County should be under the sandstone of the sand dune behind Shatian Village in Shaqiu Town.
However, during the past few days of investigation, he also found out that Muramasa Masahiro of Shatian Village was a very prestigious late martial artist monk in Shatian Town, and Shatian Village was the most powerful village in Shatian Town. In order to
Without being noticed by anyone, he has been patiently waiting for the opportunity.
Finally, three days ago, after the market had begun, Muramasa Tian Masao organized a caravan and hurriedly went to the market to participate in the mutual market. Without the presence of the monks in the late martial arts realm, Changsun Xing finally took the opportunity to sneak into the village.
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However, after finally sneaking into Shatian Village, the expected entrance to the treasure has never been discovered. Changsunxing found nothing in the end. He originally thought that he had remembered the wrong place, but after repeated surveys, Changsunxing finally returned here again.
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He determined that the family's treasure must be here, but after repeated searches and finding nothing, Changsun Xing believed that the only way to deceive his own spiritual consciousness was that the entrance to the treasure had been blocked by a formation.
In order not to attract the attention of the monks left behind in Shatian Village, Changsunxing, who had been well prepared, stamped his hands on the ground, and then slapped the ground at such a rapid rate that the area under the sandstone within a radius of thirty feet began to tremble, and countless sandstones began to tremble.
Li Li jumped on the ground, and then under a sandstone wall behind him on the left, a ripple of spiritual energy also rippled.
The formation that Yang Junshan had originally set up here was used to cover the entrance of the cave, but the formation itself did not have much power, and Changsun Xing had already prepared it, so the formation could be broken easily after being found.
However, about half an hour after Changsun Xing broke through the formation and entered the cave, he came out of the cave with an extremely gloomy expression.
After sneaking out from Shatian Village, Chang Sunxing headed southeast to the junction of the three counties. It was only about ten miles away from the stronghold of Yang Junshan and others. The area in this generation was mostly rolling hills.
It looked extremely desolate.
Changsun Xing seemed to be very familiar with the terrain of this generation. He was flying on the ground with the wind all the way. After a gentle slope, he seemed to notice something. The turbid wind he was driving suddenly dispersed, and then he was on a small earthen building under the gentle slope.
After Qiu, two people came out, they were Fang Xuansheng and Yan Qinxi.
"What, did Brother Changsun find the family treasure?" Fang Xuansheng asked with a smile.
Changsun Xing nodded, but his expression was still gloomy. Yan Qinxi looked at his words and asked: "Why, what went wrong?"
Brother Changsun said in a deep voice: "The treasure is under the sand dunes behind a village. If you want to transport a batch of materials stored here by the family, it will definitely alarm the entire village."
Yan Qinxi was startled and said: "Brother Zhangsun, don't worry about it. Anyway, the treasure is already there. You can find an opportunity to transport it back when you have time in the future. Today's development of the Zhangsun family does not lack those materials!"
Changsun Xing could no longer hide the disappointment on his face, and sighed: "It's not because of the cultivation materials in the treasure, but because the treasure must have been discovered."
Fang Xuansheng was shocked and said: "It was discovered. The materials stored inside were gone. Was it discovered by people from Shatian Village?"
Chang Sunxing shook his head and said: "Most of the materials inside are still there, it's definitely not Shatian Village!"
Yan Qinxi looked solemn and said, "Has the treasure been tampered with?"
Changsun Xing nodded and said: "Each of the family's six secret treasures in Yu County has designed a secret cave, which is hidden with exquisite formations. The treasures stored in it are all extremely precious. Now that secret cave has been
When opened, it's like the two treasure houses in Mengyu County and Chenyu County, everything in the secret cave is gone."
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I was so tired that I didn't even think about getting up as soon as I got home. Fortunately, I woke up in the middle of the night.