Chapter 525: Office

Chapter 525: Office

Chapter 525: Office
Wu Jinliang immediately took out his Qiankun bag and wanted to take out Axun's belongings from it.

Shi Chun knew what he was going to do and reached out to stop him. He then pointed to a nearby pavilion and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? It's easy for people to find us here. It's inconvenient. We can find one tree on the way up the mountain, which means there may be a lot of trees. Let's go up and look for more."

Wu Jinliang thought about it and it made sense. They were still on the way up the mountain and hadn't even started looking for it yet, but they already found one. It was going so smoothly, so there must be more than one.

The two of them immediately continued to move up the mountain. The fact was just as Shi Chun had expected. They made more discoveries along the way, but the soul-returning trees they saw did not seem to be very big.

I saw more and more of them, some of them even grew into forests, and gradually I didn't find them strange anymore.

However, the two men became more cautious and a little sneaky as they went up the mountain.

There was no way around it. The closer we got to the shrine on the top of the mountain, the tighter the guarding became.

Later, seeing that the situation was not right, Shi Chun took the initiative to lead Wu Jinliang to retreat down the mountain to a remote place with several soul-returning trees, where they rested and hid.

Seeing no other movement, Wu Jinliang was confused and asked in a low voice, "Why are you neither going up nor down?"

Shi Chun raised his head and looked up into the sky. "Wait and see if the strong fragrance at midnight is related to the golden meteor shower."

"Oh." Wu Jinliang understood and let him do as he pleased. He wanted to try something else, so he took out Axun's relics and asked, "Is there a soul-returning tree nearby? Point me to one, and I'll try using Axun's things."

Shi Chun looked at him and said, "You just sit inside a tree trunk."

"Ah?" Wu Jinliang stood up immediately, turned around and reached out his hand, feeling in the air again, "Is this it?"

Seeing that he seemed to be blind and had already gone astray, Shi Chun had no choice but to draw a circle on the slope on the ground to circle out the location where the tree trunk was, and let Wu Jinliang do whatever he wanted. He also had to use the special ability of his right eye to spread the word, otherwise they would both be easily caught. After all, for their level of cultivation, this place was full of masters.

However, this long wait required Shi Chun to pay a considerable price. He had to constantly maintain vigilance of his surroundings, which consumed his own blood and energy.

Outside the mountain gate, another disciple of the Jihuo Sect went up to the sacred mountain after being notified. When he arrived at the temporary resting place of the Jihuo Sect, he met Qiu Ben and handed him a stack of papers, which were the relevant information he had gathered from Dazhi City.

Qiu Ben looked at the contents on each piece of paper carefully under the lamp, and found that the relevant contents were all formed from the perspective of the Dazhi City Guards. He estimated that the sect was able to get the relevant information so quickly, and it should have found someone in the Dazhi City Guards to have "communication". After reading the relevant content, he understood the cause and effect of what Poyuan said, and formed a rough outline of the whole incident in his mind.

I also understood why Po Yuan pointed out that Huang Yingying was the key.

The most important thing is that they already know where Huang Yingying is. Po Yuan captured Huang Yingying in Dazhi City and brought her directly back to Shenshan. No wonder Shi Chun and his gang would go to Shenshan.

It seems that Huang Yingying has something special.

Qiu Ben immediately took out the map of the sacred mountain. He was able to come here so he was naturally prepared and would not come here blindly.

He searched the map for a while, and finally pointed to a location marked "Yakusho".

Knowing Huang Yingying's background, we naturally know where Huang Yingying will stay after being brought back. The entire golden-haired rat clan was detained in this so-called "office" in Shenshan.

After confirming the location and observing the terrain in the area, he said to his disciple Huang Lang who was waiting beside him, "Go and ask Po Yuan to come see me. Tell him that I want to observe the Qi at night."

"Yes." Huang Lang took the order and left.

Qiu Ben slowly put away the pile of things that were spread out.

Not long after, Po Yuan arrived. He didn't come in, but stood outside the door looking at him, with an attitude of neither humble nor arrogant.

Qiu Ben was also used to the other party's unwillingness to bend down. This was only because they were in someone else's territory and he was a guest. Otherwise, he wouldn't mind teaching this little demon a lesson on how to behave. How could a mere earthly immortal dare to be so arrogant in front of him?

He strode out of the door, and when he passed by Po Yuan, he said directly: "Take me to the 'Yakusho' area to have a look."

Po Yuan's eyes flashed slightly, knowing that the other party should have found out the situation of the Dazhicheng incident and knew where Huang Yingying was.

It was his current duty to accompany this group of people, so he led the way personally without any excuses.

It was Jihuo Sect who wanted to go to the government office area themselves. He didn't say it, and he didn't say where Huang Yingying was. It was Jihuo Sect who found out themselves. If the higher-ups ask about it later, he can also shirk responsibility.

The office was on the other side of the main mountain range, and it took the group some time to reach a dark and gloomy cliff.

Poyuan raised his chin towards the cliff and said, "That's it."

Qiu Ben took the lead and jumped down, followed by a group of people. When they reached the damp bottom of the cliff, the disciples of the Jihuo Sect lit up their sandalwood and gold flames to illuminate the ground. Under their feet, there was slippery moss and a stream flowing along the ground that was so deep that even the soles of their shoes could not cover it.

Seeing the fire, a large rat with an iron ring on its nose came over to take a look. Seeing that it was Po Yuan, it bowed and said in a man's voice, "Yuan is patrolling the mountain. Do you have any instructions?"

Po Yuan said: "Come and take a look."

"Oh, okay." The big rat jumped in front to lead the way, leading everyone into a cave.

It's better to say it's a dungeon than a cave. From the entrance, there's an iron gate, and then all the way to the iron cages that stretch into the cave. All sides, including the ground, are welded iron grids, but the front door is open. You can smell the foul smell even when you're outside, let alone inside.

It was pitch black inside without any lights, but the light from the sandalwood and gold flames illuminated a pair of reflective eyes in the darkness.

As they walked along, they could occasionally see large rats squatting on the side. Their fur was dry and yellow, most of them were dirty, and many looked listless.

"Why is there no light?" Qiu Ben asked.

Po Yuan said: "No lights are allowed here."

The details were not mentioned, but it is actually one of the punishments.

Soon, a skinny rat with hair falling off everywhere like a mangy dog ​​ran over, bowed and greeted him, and said in the old man's voice, "Yuan Patrol Mountain, if you need us to do anything, just tell us."

Po Yuan said indifferently: "Let's go and have a look."

"Okay." The old man said humbly and obediently, then crawled to the side to accompany him. It was obvious that his legs and feet were not very agile.

Po Yuan introduced Qiu Ben, "This is the leader of the Golden Rat Clan, his name is Jin Fu."

Qiu Ben glanced at the old mouse without interest. He continued to look around and found that none of the big rats he kept seeing had nice fur and they were skinny. It was obvious that they were the kind that had not been full for a long time. Occasionally, he could see a few young mice that had not yet grown up huddled together in a damp corner.

When they saw the stranger coming, the little mice huddled together were obviously trembling. They were so small, but there was an iron ring on their noses, locking their demon bones.

It wasn't just the little mice, the big rats also had obvious nervousness in their eyes.

Qiu Ben could probably understand some of the meaning. He estimated that few people would come at night, and if someone came, it was usually not good news.

Based on some background information about Huang Yingying provided by the sect, he roughly knew something about the golden-haired mice. Normally they were slaves who worked continuously. If they did not do their job well, they would be severely punished and not given any food. The sacred mountain would give them a piece of land every year for them to grow their own food. The problem lay in the word "every year". How much land was allocated to them each year depended entirely on the mood of the donor.

It is said that when the tribe was prosperous in the early years, the golden-haired rat population reached thousands. After falling into the hands of the Phoenix tribe, gradually only two or three hundred were left.

It seems that the difficulty for golden mice to reproduce is one of the reasons, coupled with the limitations of the current living environment.

As they were walking and looking, the group of people suddenly stopped and found that in a corner of the cage, there was a person curled up with his knees hugged. It was a little old man, his clothes were dirty and torn, his hair was unkempt and his face was dirty, and he looked extremely miserable.

When he saw someone coming, the old man was cheered up at first, his eyes full of anticipation, but when he saw it was Po Yuan, he was so scared that he quickly shrank back.

"Why didn't he lock the demon bone?" Qiu Ben asked.

Po Yuan said indifferently, "His name is Huang Yingying. He saved Nanny Fan's daughter in an accident in his early years. He was pardoned and set free by the goddess. Not long ago, he committed a crime and was arrested again. For Nanny Fan's sake, the higher-ups granted him a special pardon and no longer locked up his demon bones."

Huang Yingying lowered her head, feeling so much hatred in her heart. She hated Po Yuan. There was nothing wrong with him originally, but this bastard insisted on reporting that he had problems, and forcibly arrested him, bringing him down from the clouds to the bottom of the valley.

To him, his previous life in Dashicheng was like a god's life, but his life now is worse than that of pigs and dogs.

It’s okay if you haven’t experienced good days, but coming back after experiencing them is really a torment that feels like every day is a year.

But I dared only keep this resentment in my heart and not show it at all.

And it was him that Qiu Ben wanted to get to know, which was also the purpose of this trip, so as to facilitate control.

Then he pretended nothing had happened and continued on his way.

After the group toured the entire dungeon environment, they turned around and left.

After confirming that the outsiders had left, Huang Yingying murmured a curse in the darkness, "Poyuan, you'd better not fall into my hands one day!"

"Alas." The clan leader sighed, and a voice slowly approached, "You said someone would come to save you, you said you would ask them to rescue us all, everyone pricked up their ears and opened their eyes wide to help you watch every day, where is that person?"

Huang Yingying: "Chief, they will come, they will definitely come, because they need my help, and I still have something on them."

The clan leader sighed, "Yingying, you have to think carefully. You must not act rashly. If you are not careful, it will lead to the extinction of the clan! When we had food to eat, we didn't treat you badly. Please don't harm us."

Huang Yingying would not listen to this advice at this time. She had already tasted what the outside world was like. Now she just wanted to get out. She muttered and complained, "Chief, don't call me Yingying anymore. Don't you know that people outside laugh at me saying that this is a woman's name. Why did you give me this name in the first place?"

Chief: "With my extensive knowledge, of course I know this is a woman's name. When you were born, I knew you were the best child. You know that giving a cheap name is easier to raise. The cheap name is also to make you more blessed. Such a good name, most people really don't have the ability to name.

As a result, you have seen that you are the only one who has enjoyed happiness. In the end, it is the name I gave you that is good. Don’t be ungrateful for your blessings. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for changing your surname. Jin is so good, it means a noble life. Huang is not good. What is Huang? Huang, do you understand what Huang means? "

Huang Yingying, groping in the dark, subconsciously counted with her fingers. Could it be that she really changed her last name to the wrong one?
Another big rat came over and interrupted, "Chief, I want to change my name to a more mean one. Help me think of one."

(End of this chapter)