C101 A Fortuitous Encounter in the Cave

Zhang Qing had brought more than a hundred men with him and hid at the foot of the mountain early in the morning. The fog in the mountain was very thick, and it was especially strong in the morning. Many people were shivering because of this. Zhang Qing was no exception. He was not a strong young man, but there was nothing he could do about it. This was his responsibility. Even if he died for the Dugu family, it was still something he should take responsibility for.

Dugu Kuang stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up at the changes on the mountain. It had been a long time since he came out. This was an unprecedented event, and it was all for his son, the descendant of the Dugu family.

In the past few decades, he had never left the blade, but it was different this time. He didn't bring the blade with him, and no one knew how powerful he really was. Because for the past ten years, he had never fought with anyone.

Would he make an exception this time? Would his former opponents come knocking on his door because he had returned from the Pugilistic World? These were all things that Dugu Kuang needed to think about.

In order to save his son, he almost went all out. There were only about twenty or so servants left in the family. This was nothing. These twenty or so servants could not even pick up their sabers. Not to mention, they were protecting the family of the Dugu family.

However, Dugu Kuang was not an idiot. Apart from these twenty servants, Dugu Kuang also specifically asked Nalan Kang to accompany Dugu Xiu at home in case something bad happened.

Dugu Kuang waved his hand. Under Sun Mian's lead, a group of people hurriedly climbed up the mountain. The road in the mountain was not easy to walk on. Many people fell over because of it, and some even knocked their heads.

Sun Mian looked helplessly and sighed. " If the mountain road here could not be crossed, it would be even more difficult to go up. So I think everyone should rest here for a while. Let me go up and check it out first. "

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jun shook his head. " Brother Sun, I think we should go up together. If something happens to you above, we can take care of you. I think our brothers can still take it. It won't be too late for us to rest after we reach the cave entrance. "

Sun Mian smiled coldly and didn't make a sound. He knew that Zhang Jun was suspecting him. If he went up and informed them of his arrival, they would certainly set up an inescapable net.

Zhang Jun was a smart man. He would never easily trust a stranger who only knew him a few times. Zhang Qing saw that the two of them seemed to be at odds with each other again, so he quickly greeted them. " Aiya, I think what Jun-er said is not bad. We can go to the cave to rest. What the ancient people said is good. We can only exhaust ourselves in one go. "

When Sun Mian heard Zhang Qing's words, he could only nod his head. He suddenly realized that he had always been an outsider here. When there were threats like the Great King, they might still value him, but if the Great King and the others were gone, then he would really have no value at all.

He suddenly felt a chill in his heart. No matter which side he was on, he would never have a good end. It was not easy to survive in the pugilistic world. If you didn't have a good background, no matter how smart and trustworthy you were, it would be very difficult for you to make a name for yourself in the pugilistic world.

He suddenly remembered his wife who worked at home and the child who was playing with the old hen in the yard. He suddenly felt warm. It was better to be at home. Although he did not have much money and was often oppressed, it was still home.

"Hey, what are you thinking about? Wang Yao asked. This mountain road does not allow people who wish to wander around. " Zhang Qing patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

Sun Mian nodded reluctantly. He knew that Zhang Qing was a good man. If he could survive this disaster, he was determined to learn from Zhang Qing for a few days. After that, it was better to go home.

When they reached the entrance of the cave, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. At the same time, they raised their vigilance. Sun Mian climbed up and carefully observed the terrain and the guarding situation. After thinking that there was no difference from the usual situation, he ordered everyone to go forward. After rushing to the cave entrance, they killed the guards easily.

At this time, the family officials of Dugu family recovered their spirit, but soon, a new problem began to test them. Although there was a torch shining in the cave, they still couldn't see clearly. Many of them had to pay a heavy price for this. Even Sun Mian was no exception. He had several bumps on his head.

"I say, Sun, what kind of f * cking road did you take? Are you trying to lead us to a dead end?" The man's head was hit by a huge bump and he said angrily.

Sun Mian rubbed the bump on his head and said helplessly, " I really don't know what happened, but everything here seems to have changed. But don't worry, this is indeed the only way to the place where the young master is imprisoned. They won't be able to create an identical path in a short period of time. "

The man laughed coldly. " Hehe, I think that if we don't find the young master, all of us brothers will be finished. "

Zhang Qing scolded, "Speak less. If we don't believe Sun Mian's words at this time, then may I ask everyone, who can bring us in? There's no one else. We'll just listen to him. "

Zhang Qing's words immediately reached everyone's ears. Almost everyone stopped talking, but Zhang Jun still interrupted. " What if there is a problem with this road?"

Sun Mian glared at him and said, What if there is a problem with this road?" What do you mean by that? Do you think I will bring everyone into this trap?"

Zhang Jun smiled and said:" Of course not. But if I were your king, oh, no, their king. . . If someone runs out of my place, and most likely leads a group of people to fight their way in. . . What do you think I should do? "

Sun Mian fell into deep thought. Zhang Qing nodded and said, " What you say is not unreasonable. I have something to do with that bandit leader. I will definitely set up all kinds of obstacles along the way. Therefore, no matter how familiar Sun Mian is with the road, it will be useless. Instead, it will be a great help to them. "

Sun Mian looked at the current situation and nodded. " You are right. What should we do now?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Jun asked: " Do you know that it is very difficult to walk, but it can also lead to that direction? Or, can you bypass the path you originally know and reach our destination? "

Sun Mian thought for a moment and shook his head. " If that's the case, I think there is no way. Oh, no, it should be said that for humans, there's no other way. "

Zhang Qing frowned and said. "What do you mean? What do you mean, there is no path for people? "

Sun Mian shook his head. " This is impossible. If you want to go around this place and go straight to the dungeon, you have to go through nine holes on the cliff. Do you think this is something a human can do? "

When Zhang Qing heard this, he shook his head as well. " This was indeed impossible. Could it be that even though we know that the enemy has set up an ambush in front of us, we still want to jump down with our eyes open? Isn't this a bit too infuriating? "

Zhang Jun shook his head. " I don't think so. There must be another way. "

Sun Mian widened his eyes. " What do you mean? I have been here for so long. Do you think you are more familiar with this place than I am?"

Zhang Jun smiled. "If you want to talk about being familiar with this place, of course I can't compare to you. But I know your King's personality. "

Sun Mian's face flushed red. This was clearly mentioning his background as a bandit. He was somewhat unconvinced. " I don't understand what you're saying. Speaking of him, I'm more familiar with him than you, right? "

Zhang Jun sneered. " As the saying goes, Do you think your king will arrange his own nest? In a place without any backup escape route?"

Sun Mian shook his head, but he didn't want to say anything. It seemed like he wasn't as sharp as Zhang Jun in this aspect.

Zhang Jun smiled. " If there is such a place that can be used as a backup tunnel and connect nine holes at the same time, where do you think it is most likely to be set up?"

Sun Mian shook his head. " Don't keep us guessing. Just say what you think. "

Zhang Jun said indifferently. " I'm really asking you. I've said it before, I'm really not familiar with this place. I need you to think about this. Just what kind of place is there that only he can come into contact with? "

Things were getting more and more interesting. Zhang Qing seemed to be a little surprised by his son. In the past, he only knew that his son did not like to practice martial arts, so even now, his martial arts was still mediocre.

However, he seemed to have overlooked something. His son's brain was very useful. He definitely did not want to be a pile of paste like him.

What happened next would depend on Sun Mian. Sun Mian racked his brain and looked around. Suddenly, he rushed to the throne with the first hole. He walked to the front of the throne and slowly lifted the tiger skin cushion. Below it was a thick wooden board.

He squatted down and carefully observed the wooden board. He lightly knocked on it with his hand and a hollow sound was heard. Zhang Jun smiled and said: " It's here!" Everyone followed him. Sun Mian wanted to open the wooden plank. However, he did not have the strength to do so. With the combined strength of five or six people, Finally, he opened the plank. The scene in front of them stunned everyone.

Under the wooden board was a bottomless hole. The inside of the hole was pitch black, and nothing could be seen. Using a torch to illuminate it, Sun Mian discovered that there was a decent looking stone staircase in the surroundings. This stone staircase extended in the direction of the cave towards an invisible place.

Zhang Jun patted Sun Mian's shoulder with a smile on his face and said, Sun Mian. " He really did leave a way out for himself. "

Sun Mian also smiled helplessly. Everyone went into the cave one after another. There were drops of water everywhere in the cave. It seemed that no one had come here for many years. Judging from the degree of wear and tear on the stairs, this was not newly built. It seemed like it had been there for some years.

However, when he heard that the King of the Mountains had just come up the mountain recently, Zhang Jun became suspicious and asked," That's not right, Brother Sun. When did that King come up the mountain? I heard that it hasn't been long, right? This flight of stairs seems to be quite old. Could it be that before this, someone had built this flight of stairs here?"

Sun Mian shook his head and said. " But it looks like it was built by someone in the past. "

At this moment, a person suddenly shouted and fell to the ground. Everyone focused their fire in that direction and saw a huge pack of stalactites in front of them. These stalactites were of all kinds of shapes and sizes. They were connected from top to bottom and were extremely small. The middle part of the stalactites was like a woman's waist.

Using a torch to illuminate the stalactites, these stalactites were still flickering with sparkling water droplets. It seemed like the water on the stone wall had extended here. Everyone's eyes widened. Such a spectacle was truly rare. They were afraid that they would only be able to see it in the depths of the mountains.

Nature was truly a marvelous work of art. It had practically emptied the entire mountain to create such a miraculous cave. While everyone was marveling at the wonders of this place, only Zhang Qing was deep in thought.

Zhang Qing shook his head and said: "Let's hurry and find a way out. Otherwise, we'll have to waste a lot of time here. "

Sun Mian was walking at the front. He suddenly stopped in his tracks. Everyone had almost stopped in their tracks. They were so close that they almost bumped into each other.

"Brother Sun, what are you doing? Why aren't you moving?" Zhang Jun asked.

Sun Mian did not answer. Zhang Jun used the torch to illuminate Sun Mian, but found that his entire body was trembling. He almost could not stand anymore. He quickly went forward to support him and said with a smile, " Hey, what are you looking at? What. . . "

He didn't finish his sentence, because everything he saw left him unable to utter a single word. Right before their eyes, a creature the size of a bear suddenly appeared. It was baring its teeth and brandishing its claws.

It was not a bear, but a big bug. They had never seen such a big bug. This bug lived in caves all year round. Therefore, its whole body was almost transparent, and it could clearly see the internal organs of the bug. The bug had eight claws on its body, but unfortunately. . . These eight claws were all chained without exception.

The iron chains that tied the bug were almost rusted to the point of breaking. It seemed that the bug had been here for many years. Its mouth was full of green liquid that flowed out from time to time. Even though it was tied up, it could not stop its shocking effect.

Zhang Jun patted Sun Mian's shoulder and said with a trembling voice. " This, this, have you ever seen this before?"

Sun Mian did not even have the strength to speak. He just shook his head. A young man in his teens smiled and said, Yes. " Ah, Brother Zhang, what happened to you? Is the road ahead so difficult? Let me walk. "

As he spoke, this young man had already used his Light-body Technique to quickly pass by Zhang Jun and Sun Mian. He laughed as he walked forward. The moment the torch lit up the bug, the bug suddenly opened its mouth wide and swallowed the young man.

The bright red blood immediately dyed its mouth red. As it ate, it waved its eight claws as if it was showing off to everyone.

The young man's torch was still in front of the bug. The weak light of the torch illuminated the bug completely. Everyone who saw it was shocked, especially when it had just eaten a person.

If someone had seen hell before, then he would definitely say it was like this. Sun Mian was already retreating slowly. What he was most afraid of now was not the bugs eating him, but the bugs breaking free from the chains.

Once they broke free from the iron chains, everyone here would suffer. However, Sun Mian had forgotten one thing. They were not ordinary people. They were the ministers of Dugu family. Many of them had a common name - Blade Master.