Chapter 672 Dalao
The area of Baofeng Village is almost the same as that of a small town. It is backed by huge trees and faces mountains on the left and right. The buildings are consistent with the style of southern Xinjiang. Most of them are made of bamboo, but there are also many stone buildings. .
From Li Chengqi's perspective, it felt a bit confusing. It felt like they had built a village on a ruins.
The most troublesome part of exploring a place like this is not knowing where to go first.
The good news is that the lights in Baofeng Village have basically been completely turned off. As long as they avoid the regular patrols, it is not difficult for the gang of experts from the Sixteenth Village. Even Yang Yiyi who followed behind did not make any mistakes.
Running around in the dark city without any goal at all, this is not only looking for a needle in a haystack, but also a blind man trying to find an elephant. In short, it is a very difficult thing to accept.
However, Ran Xiaoyi mentioned that it is best to walk along the ancient stone road when searching. She heard from her sister that the important buildings in Baofeng Village will be connected to the stone road.
For example, important warehouses, residences of clan leaders and wizards, etc.
Following this clue, when they arrived at a place with more bamboo houses, everyone found that the lights were not turned off, but that there was no one at all.
This is quite strange.
If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, where have everyone gone?
Then I thought about it, maybe I went to participate in some ceremony that Ran Xiaoyi mentioned?
Thinking of this, everyone speeded up their pace a little more.
Further forward, Qin Yan, who was taking the lead, suddenly made a hidden gesture, and everyone following behind him fell down on the roof.
At this time, a group of Westerners holding torches could be seen walking on the stone road below.
"When can we leave? I don't want to stay in this damn place any longer."
"Shh, if you let people hear you, you will inevitably be whipped a few times."
"I'm not telling you this."
"Don't do this, don't try to drink my wine secretly."
The man looked around and noticed that most of his companions were not paying attention behind him. He whispered to the people next to him: "We can't stay for a few more days. We should go back after the ceremony of this group of southern barbarians is successful." ”
"Then what are you waiting for? Let them do it quickly."
"It's not that simple. I heard that you have to wait until a specific time to send sacrifices..."
The voice was lowered to almost a whisper:
"Okay, okay, don't ask, just patrol properly. If anything goes wrong, we will suffer in vain."
As they walked, they talked in low voices. Unfortunately, none of the people on the roof could understand Western languages, unlike Li Chengqi who brought his own translator.
What they heard was a loud chirping. After the patrolling soldiers passed by, everyone got up and continued to explore along the roof.
It’s not an illusion. There is no one in this bamboo house. One or two bamboo houses are obviously empty, and all the bamboo houses they pass by are empty. This makes people doubt whether they went to participate in the ceremony.
Time passed by little by little, and everyone became more and more impatient. At this time, they climbed over the walls and reached the far left side of Baofeng Village.
As mentioned before, Baofengzhai is surrounded by mountains on both sides. When you get here, you can only see the towering mountain walls.
But the investigation that yielded nothing finally gave some clues.
Finally they saw someone.
To be precise, I saw four or five people from southern Xinjiang standing in front of a cave entrance under the mountain wall.
The entrance to the cave was blocked by a door made of bamboo, with a brass lock hung on it. Several southern Xinjiang people stood in the light under the brazier, as if on guard duty.
Just like when you first came in, there were people standing guard at the entrance of the warehouse. This must be an important place. In that case, go and take a look.
Qin Yan led the people, lightly jumped down from the roof, and got into the darkness on both sides of the cave entrance. Not long after, several figures burst out together, knocking down several southern Xinjiang people standing guard at the door almost at the same time, waiting for Yang Yiyi came down from the roof and everything was done.
They dragged the southerner into the grass nearby. Qin Yan pulled out the wire from his hair and opened the lock in a few clicks.
The moment the door was opened, a gust of cold wind hit from the cave, making people shiver. Yang Yiyi is no stranger to this situation. She remembers Li Chengqi saying that this is probably the characteristic of excessive negative energy.
Since the cave was relatively narrow, Yang Yiyi volunteered to walk at the front. If she really met someone, she could handle it immediately.
There were oil lamps or torches placed every few meters in the cave, and it wasn't particularly dark. As we walked forward along the cave, we soon passed a corner.
At this time, everyone saw that cells of different sizes appeared on both sides of the tunnel, like cells.
Going further, they saw a dozen people sitting on the ground in a large cell.
These people were only wearing underwear, their hair was disheveled, and their faces could not be seen clearly for a while.
And they also noticed Yang Yiyi and others who were approaching holding fire folding pieces, and they all looked up.
Seeing that the leader Yang Yiyi was still a little puzzled, he immediately saw the people from the Sixteenth Village and exclaimed in a low voice:
"He's actually a brother from the Sixteenth Village!"
This sound attracted the attention of many people, and everyone looked up. Some people even rubbed their eyes, thinking that they had seen it wrong.
The people in the Sixteenth Village also recognized them. These were Tianjue Palace and disciples from multiple sects.
It was the missing group of people.
I don't know how long they have been locked up here, but each one of them looked very weak, almost crawling and rushing to the cell door.
"How did you get in? Have you been discovered?"
"Don't worry, we came in secretly and didn't attract any attention for the time being."
Qin Yan quickly unlocked the cell door, and Brother Jin on the side asked:
"How did you get arrested?"
"Oh, we were also careless. We were ambushed by a traitor, and then fell under the spell of a demon. The poison of those people in southern Xinjiang is really powerful. We still can't muster our internal strength..."
Just when he was about to explain, Yang Yiyi suddenly rushed to him and asked the disciple of Tianjue Palace:
"Ning Xian'er, where is Sister Ning? Was she also arrested?"
"Who are you……"
"My wife, Yang Yiyi, was invited to Baiyun Restaurant, but she couldn't find anyone, so she chased her all the way."
This name is very familiar to the people in Tianjue Palace, because when Ning Xianer chats with them, she always talks about it, almost making her sick.
"Senior Sister Ning is also there, but she is not locked up with us. She should be in the innermost room."
As soon as Yang Yiyi heard this, she immediately left Qin Yan who was unlocking the door, unable to stop him, and charged into the depths of the cell as fast as possible.
Passing by the rows of cells, regardless of whether there was anyone inside, Yang Yiyi rushed all the way to the end.
There is a particularly strong cell here, the bars are made of metal instead of wood.
A ray of moonlight fell from the window diagonally above the cell, shining right in the center of the cell.
A person's hands were tied to the left and right by chains, hanging on the walls on the left and right sides respectively. She slumped on the ground. Although she was facing the cells, her face was covered by her scattered hair.
"Sister Ning!"
Although he couldn't see his face, Yang Yiyi still recognized him.
When the man heard this, his head moved slightly, revealing half of his face:
"Yi, Yiyi? How did you..."
The face was as pale as a dead person, and a dark, twisted birthmark penetrated Ning Xianer's face, which was very terrifying.
(End of chapter)