Chapter 402: Secrets in the Letter

"My Lord, I beg you to intervene and stop this; you must not let my father succeed!"

Kneeling before Shen Yu, Bai Jincong pleaded desperately for Shen Yu to intervene, insisting that he must not let his unreliable father plant Seeds in those experts.

Once these top experts who had come to attend the wedding were wiped out in one fell swoop, the factions they belonged to would become locked in a blood feud with the Baicao Sect that could only end in death.

With such a blood feud, they would never rest until they had hunted down and exterminated the Baicao Sect at the first opportunity.

If it were before, there would be no need to worry; the current strength of the Baicao Sect was enough to suppress all dissent, and those who dared to resist would be killed without mercy.

But with Shen Yu here, it was destined that the vast majority of the Baicao Sect would be captured, and even if some survived, the strength of the Baicao Sect would inevitably plummet.

By then, a Baicao Sect with only a few stragglers would never be able to withstand the covetous eyes of so many factions. Locked in a life-or-death struggle, nothing but endless pursuit and slaughter would await the Baicao Sect.

This situation was truly helpless; to preserve the Baicao Sect, he had no choice but to sabotage his father. Besides, it wasn't even certain if this father was his biological father.

"Don't be in such a hurry. I'm afraid there is someone behind your father. It is easy for me to strike, but it is also easy to be detected, which would allow the other party to escape. If that happens, the loss will outweigh the gain."

"Even if I seal off the surrounding space, if the connection between the person behind the scenes and your father is severed, they will surely be alerted, and it will be easy to startle the snake."

After thinking for a moment, Shen Yu then said, "How about this: you take me to the secret place you mentioned first, and let's see if that is where the problem lies."

"As long as the root cause is resolved, everything else will be easy to handle."

"My Lord, our Baicao Sect is located on Qishan, and that secret place is also on Qishan. Qishan is a hundred miles away from here. A round trip will take at least a day, this..."

"Are you afraid it will be too late to stop what is happening here? Do not worry, you truly know nothing about what a real expert is!"

"For us, a distance of a hundred miles can be reached in a single thought. If the exact location is known, a round trip takes less than two breaths!"

Shaking his head, Shen Yu grabbed the other's shoulder and began preparing to tear through space. He would use facts to show them exactly where the gap between them and the top experts lay.

"Two breaths?" Unable to help but swallow, this amount of information was truly a shock to Bai Jincong. So, top experts didn't use light-body techniques to travel at all.

At this moment, he felt like a frog at the bottom of a well, ignorant of the vastness of the world, and as humble as a clown.

For a moment, Bai Jincong felt a surge of heat in his heart. It was precisely because he had seen it that he now had a goal and a direction. He, too, would work hard; he, too, would become such an expert.

"Lord Shen, then without further delay, I shall take you there now!"

"Wait a moment!" Suddenly remembering something, Shen Yu looked at Ning Wushuang beside him. "Miss Ning, I am taking Bai Jincong to Qishan. As for you, Miss Ning, I must trouble you to make some noise here, lest it arouse suspicion."

"Make some noise? What kind of noise?"

"The kind of noise that should be heard on a wedding night, do you understand? It's fine, relax, we will be back soon, very quickly!"

"This, I..." Before Ning Wushuang could agree, Shen Yu had already pulled Bai Jincong away.

Ning Wushuang was left behind, at a loss, and only after a long while did she sit on the bed in a fluster.

"The sounds that should be heard on a wedding night, how am I supposed to make those? This, I don't know how!"

Elsewhere, Shen Yu had already taken Bai Jincong toward Qishan. They only wasted a little time identifying the direction, and soon they entered Qishan and arrived at the back mountain of the Baicao Sect.

"Lord Shen, this is it; this is the secret place!"

Successfully arriving inside the valley, a deep, dark cave came into view. At first glance, this cave seemed no different from any other ordinary cave.

But Shen Yu could clearly feel wisps of chill emanating from within; this chill seemed capable of drilling into one's body and lurking in the heart.

At the same time, looking at the pitch-black cave, Shen Yu frowned slightly; even his Super Perception could not fully penetrate it.

If it were an ordinary cave, with his perception, let alone a small cave, he could clearly perceive the entire Qishan.

This point alone was enough to prove that the cave before him was extraordinary.

"Lord Shen, two years ago, an earthquake occurred here, shaking open this entrance, and all the strange changes began with this cave!"

Standing outside this cave, Bai Jincong was hesitant. He didn't know why, but every time he approached this place, he felt uneasy, as if a voice in his heart was warning him to leave immediately.

It was precisely because of this that he had always been unwilling to come here, always feeling that there was some great terror and great danger inside.

"My Lord, to be honest, I have actually been inside. After my father walked in here and returned, his temperament changed drastically, and I once stepped inside to find the reason."

"It's just that I was dull-witted and had low strength back then; the reason I have my current strength is also because of this place!"

"Oh? And you didn't have a drastic change in temperament like your father?"

"No!" Shaking his head, Bai Jincong said firmly, "My Lord, please rest assured, I definitely did not become like my father; I am very certain of this."

"You are certain you didn't? Could it be that you are too close to the situation to see it clearly?" He always said Bai Jincong behaved normally, but there was one point that made Shen Yu suspicious.

How did Bai Jincong's reputation as a playboy come about? Was he always pretending, deliberately acting like a playboy, or did he have this solid reputation as a playboy from the very beginning?

Could it be that he was a dissolute playboy before, but only after entering this cave and successfully returning did he become the person he was now—calculating, knowing how to endure, and having a sense of the big picture?

If that were the case, it would be interesting: a seemingly honest sect leader who became extremely cold and ruthless after coming out of here.

And a useless playboy who, after wandering inside, began to become responsible.

This change, when savored, was somewhat chilling; this cave was likely poisonous.

"My Lord, to tell you the truth, although I walked inside back then, I knew nothing about what was inside."

Seeing the strange look in Shen Yu's eyes, Bai Jincong hurriedly described his past experience to him one by one.

"I only remember that it was pitch black inside. Even with a torch, I could barely illuminate a tiny area. It was as if the darkness inside could swallow even the light of the candle flame."

"I don't know how long I walked, I only remember that the cave was very deep, so deep that one could not see the bottom. Then the torch suddenly went out and could never be relit."

"Surrounded by pitch-black darkness, in a panic, I desperately searched for a way out. Vaguely, it seemed as if some voice was guiding me, and I stumbled my way out."

"After that, I couldn't hold on anymore and fainted outside the cave entrance, right there!"

Pointing to a large bluestone, Bai Jincong said very definitely, "I woke up right here!"

"After I woke up, many advanced Martial Arts appeared in my mind, as if they had been practiced by me through thousands of trials and tribulations. Even my internal energy increased inexplicably!"

"But I remember clearly that I was dull-witted and had low strength before. Moreover, these Martial Arts in my mind are not owned by the Baicao Sect at all."

"Is that so? Then are you trying to say that you obtained some inheritance inside?"

Looking at the mysterious cave within arm's reach, Shen Yu couldn't help but be suspicious. What kind of inheritance would look for an unserious playboy? Were they blind?

Immediately, Shen Yu said softly, "Then tell me, could it be that your father, like you, obtained some inheritance inside, only that this inheritance isn't exactly proper?"