Chapter 202

Just like that, Long Xuan's Shadow Recording Gu, which possessed long-distance vision, was confiscated.

Seeing the three supervisors sit back down at the dining table to continue eating and drinking, indifferent to the intelligence he provided, Long Xuan guessed that these people were likely going to "fish" for law enforcement. He couldn't help but mourn for those six Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators of the Bai Clan.

He wasn't afraid of the three Long Clan supervisors making a big fuss; he was only afraid of them being indifferent.

If they made a big fuss and exposed this matter, those six Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators of the Bai Clan might live.

If they had no reaction, it meant they had the intention of secretly killing those six Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators of the Bai Clan.

In other words, the death of those six Bai Clan Gu cultivators was a foregone conclusion.

Long Xuan narrowed his eyes. If those six Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators died, then there would be no risk for him to sneak into the Bai Clan's territory to mine.

He would just wait for them to die, and then he would immediately slip over to dig the Geng Metal Essence on the surface there clean.

Don't look at the fact that the Bai Clan occupied a smaller mining area; the Geng Metal Essence on the surface there was far more than on the Long Clan's side. If he didn't take the opportunity to go over and dig it all up, he would be doing himself a disservice.

And according to his estimation, the time for that group of Bai Clan people to make their move was tonight, and he could sneak over to mine tomorrow.

Don't ask him why he could accurately calculate that they would definitely make their move tonight. Nonsense, the treasures in the cave abode had already been stolen by him in advance.

When they went to break the formation today and saw that there was already a huge hole in the formation, they would definitely be furious. How could they not make their move today?

They would definitely think that it must have been the three Long Clan supervisors who secretly stole the treasures, and they must kill them all in time to take the treasures back.

Otherwise, if they were slow to act, the treasures would be transported back to the clan, so they could never drag it out until the next day.

Long Xuan revealed an insidious smile and returned to his residence to catch up on sleep.

He wouldn't mine today; he would first conserve his energy. He didn't care for ordinary Geng Metal anymore; if he was going to mine, he would mine Geng Metal Essence. He couldn't help but look forward to the great battle happening tonight; he must be well-rested to watch it.

Time flew by until nightfall. The six Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators of the Bai Clan slipped over from that secret passage, walking with familiarity toward the dangerous mine tunnel marked with an 'X' on the map.

"Heh heh, that group of Long Clan people are truly stupid pigs. The ancient cultivator's cave abode is in their territory, yet none of them discovered it. The Heaven-tier high-grade cultivation method deserves to be taken by us!"

Bai Yu chuckled. That cave-protecting formation had already been broken by the six of them; it wouldn't take many days before they could successfully steal the treasures inside. Thinking about it now, he was excited and couldn't help but chuckle out loud.

"Heh heh, you can't blame the Long Clan for being stupid. That matter was too long ago. We only learned about such a long-ago story from the diary of an obscure Gu cultivator. If it were an ordinary person, who would read the diary of an obscure Gu cultivator? No one would be that idle."

"Following the clues in the story, we originally wanted to find the cultivation cave abode of the Ten Thousand Swords True Person, but who would have thought that his cultivation cave abode would be in a massive Geng Metal mine vein? This was simply an unexpected joy."

"Heh heh, no wonder the Ten Thousand Swords True Person could control ten thousand Geng Metal great swords back then, leaving a hundred Gu Kings with no way to retreat."

"So he found a Geng Metal mine vein; it's no wonder he could refine so many Geng Metal great swords."

"I don't know what kind of cultivation method he practiced to be able to control ten thousand great swords. It's truly terrifying; those who fought against him were all riddled with holes."

"At that time, no one could withstand his sword formation attack. Controlling ten thousand great swords—how much consciousness did he need to split?"

"So he must have at least one soul-refining cultivation method that is very likely Heaven-tier high-grade. This cultivation method is something our clan must obtain at all costs."

Bai Ye clenched his fists, his eyes revealing an excited look. Thinking that such a heaven-defying soul-refining cultivation method was about to be in his hands, he couldn't help but be excited.

"Sigh! What a pity for this person. Back in the day, the Ten Thousand Swords True Person was invincible with his sword formation; looking at the whole world, one couldn't pick out a few people who could contend with him."

"He was not only peerless in soul refining, but his body refining and spirit refining were also peerless, both reaching the highest level in the world, impossible to surpass."

"This person cultivated soul, body, and spirit, with no shortcomings. His true combat power was definitely not inferior to the current Shi Haojun."

"It's a pity that such a brilliant and talented person ended up trapped by love, being sneak-attacked by his wife on his wedding night, suffering heavy injuries that could not be healed, and finally losing his life in his own cave abode. It is truly sad and lamentable."

Bai Haoran also let out a sigh at this time, sincerely feeling that it was not worth it for this heroic figure.

"Alright, enough talk. We have arrived. Let's break the formation first. I see that we can break this formation in less than two days."

"Once this formation is broken, we will take all the treasures inside and immediately rush out to slaughter all the Long Clan Gu cultivators here, and then push the matter onto the Great Yin Dynasty. Perfect, heh heh."

"I am looking forward to the expressions of the Long Clan's higher-ups next."

Bai Haoran revealed an extremely insidious smile, yet his smile soon stiffened on his face. Happiness had turned to sorrow.

At this moment, he finally discovered that the formation here had already been broken by someone. Someone had actually beaten them to it and stolen all the treasures in the cave abode.

Time seemed to stand still. The voices of the three stopped abruptly, their bodies stiffened together, and their faces were as ugly as they could be.

"Damn it! Who the hell did this good deed! I'm going to kill him!"

Bai Haoran was going crazy, rushing in like a madman. Seeing that this place had been ransacked like it was by robbers, with even useless junk being scavenged clean, his vision went black, and he was about to faint.

He held onto the wall to stop himself from falling.

"Who? Who the hell was it? We had already broken most of the formation, and he just ran out and took the treasures without any effort. Shameless to the extreme! Shameless to the extreme!"

Looking at the scene ransacked by robbers before his eyes, Bai Ye's eyes were splitting, and he cursed angrily. At this moment, he had completely broken down, his face as ferocious as it could be.

The beautiful dream of learning a Heaven-tier high-grade cultivation method just a moment ago was soon dealt a painful blow by reality. He was about to go crazy, so angry he was nearly vomiting blood.

The others all had gloomy faces, rushing in like madmen, searching here and flipping there, trying to find any more treasures.

However, "near vermilion, one gets stained red; near ink, one gets stained black." Long Xuan had already learned to be bad from following the Little Medicine Boy. As long as he entered a treasure land, regardless of whether the items were valuable or whether they were useful to him, as long as it was an item, he would take it all away.

Even if it was worthless junk, he would never leave it behind, fearing that he might miss some heaven-defying heavy treasure with an inconspicuous appearance due to his poor judgment.

There was no way around it; his suspicion was truly too heavy, fearing that he wouldn't recognize the goods and would lose a heavy treasure.

Long Xuan had already dug three feet deep here and searched it carpet-style long before they came in, even digging away a layer of topsoil. How could they possibly find any more treasures here? Don't even think about it.

Seeing that the person who came didn't even leave them a mosquito's leg, they were all exploding with rage, roaring madly in the cave abode, cursing as ugly as they could, nearly digging up the person's ancestral grave.

"Damn it, it must be someone from the Long Clan. Besides us from the Bai Clan, there are only people from the Long Clan here. Since it wasn't done by us, it must have been done by those surnamed Long!"

Bai Yu's eyes were red, and he cursed through gritted teeth.

"That's right! It's nobody else but them! As for those with the ability to break the formation, I think it's just those three Long Clan supervisors. As long as we go out now and peel their skin, we will definitely be able to find the treasures from the cave abode!"

Bai Hua glared with his eyes, shouting with murderous intent.

Hearing his suggestion, Bai Ye narrowed his eyes, a sharp murderous intent flashing in them, and said viciously: "We only left here for one day."

"For them to break the remaining formation, one day is already the limit, so they must have just obtained the treasures in the cave abode not long ago."

"It might even be a matter of one foot after another. If we go out now and slaughter them all, perhaps it's still in time."

"The treasures must be on one of them."

"We must act now; otherwise, if we give them time to transport the treasures back to Black Stone City, we will never have any chance again."

"Rest assured, I have always sent people to monitor outside. Recently, absolutely no one from the Long Clan has entered. There is no doubt that the Long Clan only has three Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators in the mine vein. Six against three—we can definitely slaughter them all."

"While we're at it, we'll slaughter all the Long Clan miners here, swallow all the Geng Metal they've dug out, and then push it all onto the Great Yin Dynasty."

The other five nodded in unison. Bai Haoran said with murderous intent shooting from his eyes: "That's right! We still have a chance. As long as we act fast, perhaps we can track down the treasures."

"There is no time to lose. Let's launch a night raid on the Long Clan camp now; don't drag it out for even a moment."

"Hmm! I'll go organize the manpower now. I won't be able to vent the hatred in my heart without slaughtering them all!" Bai Ye clenched his fists and ran toward the ground quickly.

And just as Long Xuan had anticipated, the time they launched the attack on the Long Clan camp was tonight. He had once again predicted the Bai Clan's actions.

The group of Bai Clan people didn't know at this moment that a huge pit was waiting for them. This was destined to be a sleepless night.

And so, not long after, intense shouting and killing sounds came from the ground.

Bai Ye led a group of Bai Clan miners, each holding weapons, their faces ferocious, marching toward the Long Clan camp in a grand manner.

You must know that those who came here to mine were not ordinary mortals; they were all genuine Gu cultivators, each with Gu worms, and their combat power could not be underestimated.

The more people mining, the more Geng Metal would naturally be dug out, so the number of Bai Clan Gu cultivators here was at least eight hundred, if not a thousand.

The Long Clan occupied a larger area, so the number of miners required might be even greater. Once a melee broke out here, it would be a large-scale war, not a small conflict.

Once chaos broke out here, the matter would be huge—huge enough to shake the entire Black Stone City.

(End of chapter)