Chapter 62: The Location of the Stronghold

Ten minutes later, Qin Yuanhao and the thin and tall man left the brothel with expressionless faces, totally without the excitement before entering the brothel.

Lu Yang scratched his temples. They came out so quickly?

At the door, the procuress handed Qin Yuanhao and the thin and tall man a piece of paper each. The two opened it and then destroyed it.

"Brother Qin, the branch leader has something to find me, let me go to the branch."

"Hmm, the branch leader also let me handle some things, let's part here, don't forget to help me publicize that I went to the brothel."

"No problem."

The two parted in front of the brothel. Lu Yang's heart moved, and he chose to follow the thin and tall man.

The thin and tall man and Qin Yuanhao had similar cultivation and didn't find Lu Yang underground.

The surrounding pedestrians and houses gradually became sparse. Walking to the back, it was already a wilderness, and there was no one.

The thin and tall man seemed to be very familiar with this place, walking on the mountain road leisurely. The mountain road was winding, and the thin and tall man walked for about a quarter of an hour, stopping in front of a stone wall.

This is located at the junction of Yanjiang County and another county. Theoretically, it belongs to Yanjiang County, but from historical factors, both sides have reasons for jurisdiction.

Precisely because both have reasons, both sides don't care.

After all, there is nothing valuable here, and there is no need to fight for theory.

He knocked on a wall, three long and one short, and muttered something, and the wall became like water.

The thin and tall man stepped into the wall and disappeared.

Lu Yang heard him recite "Decayed Immortal, die and resurrect, push clouds to see the sun, live forever in the world".

"Is this some cave heaven?" Lu Yang's eyes condensed, revealing a surprised expression.

Cave heaven is a space opened up by a great immortal cultivator who is proficient in space spells. The higher the cultivation, the more complete the opened space.

Generally speaking, Spirit Transformation stage cultivators can open up their own space.

Some cultivators like to use cave heaven as a place to live, living a solitary life, and some cultivators like to use cave heaven as a cemetery, also living a solitary life.

How many Spirit Transformation stage cultivators have there been throughout the ages, not to mention that there are three major realms above: Void Refinement, Body Integration, and Tribulation Transcendence.

Cultivators pass away, but the cave heaven will remain. This has caused many ruins and cave heavens in the Central Continent, and most cultivators did not inform the location and opening method of the cave heaven before they passed away. People can only rely on luck to find the cave heaven left by predecessors.

No one knows how many cave heavens have not been opened yet.

Senior sister said that the Great Era is coming, and more and more cave heavens are being discovered. A lot of people have obtained opportunities and soared into the sky.

The cave heaven in front of him should belong to the cave heaven left by predecessors, discovered by the demonic sect and used for their own purposes.

Lu Yang didn't follow rashly. He chose to wait quietly in the soil for the thin and tall man to come out.

Lu Yang always felt that this was not safe. After all, this is the Yanjiang Branch, the demonic sect stronghold. I don't know how many masters are inside. Just staying in the soil is not high enough to hide.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang hid in a distance where he could just see the entrance of the stronghold, used becoming an inch to shrink his body, and hid using the barbarian hiding technique provided by Man Gu.

After about an hour, a masked man walked out of the stone wall, and the thin and tall man followed behind.

It seems that the status of the masked man is higher than that of the thin and tall man.

"Hmm?" The masked man noticed something wrong, released his spiritual sense to scan the surroundings, and didn't even let go of the underground.

"Come out, I found you. Don't think you are hiding well. Come out now, and I can spare your life!" The masked man said lightly.

"Still not coming out? Don't think this branch leader is a soft-hearted person. I'll count to three. If you still don't come out, don't blame this branch leader for not giving you a chance!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"Go to hell!"

The branch leader condensed a force in his palm and hit a direction, making a rumbling sound.

"Branch Leader, what's wrong?" The thin and tall man asked respectfully.

The branch leader shook his head: "I always feel someone is looking at me. I bluffed and there was no reaction. Maybe it was an illusion."

Lu Yang broke out in cold sweat. He just had the idea of jumping out of the soil and fighting the branch leader, only then could he win a glimmer of life.

Fortunately, his willpower was strong, and he forcibly suppressed this impulse. He believed that the barbarian hiding technique would not expose him.

Lu Yang felt the branch leader's spiritual sense scan him, but he felt that the branch leader just treated him as a stone and didn't care.

If the branch leader really found him, how could he count down? Acting directly is the right reason.

"Fortunately, the barbarian hiding technique is brilliant. As long as you don't move, you won't be discovered," Lu Yang thought secretly. "This branch leader should have Jin Dan stage cultivation."

"How is the preparation for the selection in ten days?"

"Everything is ready, just waiting for fellow daoists to come here in ten days, pass the selection, and join us."

"That's good. I hope this time we can recruit a few more demonic path geniuses. In this way, the headquarters will attach importance to

The two spoke as they walked, and soon they vanished beyond the limits of Lu Yang's vision. Lu Yang remained motionless, terrified of exposing himself.

"The Jin Dan stage is truly not simple."

Lu Yang waited for another hour, fearing that the Branch Leader was overly suspicious and might suddenly turn back.

Half an hour later, the Branch Leader had not appeared.

"Time to go."

Lu Yang escaped underground.

This trip was quite a harvest; not only did he learn the location of the Yanjiang Branch, but he also confirmed that the selection site was right here.

……

"Speak up, Ghost-Fearer. What is going on with your hair? I heard that every time you kill someone, you pull out a strand of hair?" Chief Constable Wei asked, crossing his legs. The thieves lined up, sitting opposite him, trembling with fear.

"N-no such thing. It's just that it's hard to be a boss, hard to lead a team, and my subordinates are always causing trouble everywhere. I lost my hair from too much stress."

"And you, 'Daredevil' Erlang, I heard you brawled with a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator; you blinded both his eyes, and he blinded one of yours?"

"M-my eyes are fine. Wearing an eyepatch makes me look more imposing. When you're out in the underworld, you have to have some stories to tell."

"And you, 'Grass-Hopper', I heard you went to the Imperial Palace to steal. By conservative estimates, you'll be locked up for life, or worse, executed by slow slicing."

The third thief cried out in injustice: "It's a misunderstanding, my lord! I just owed money and didn't pay it back, so the creditor broke my leg to settle the debt."

Chief Constable Wei yawned. He had thought they were all carrying major cases; he hadn't expected this?

"Chief Constable, I'll confess, I'll confess everything. I've stolen from sixteen families..."

Chief Constable Wei waved his hand: "That's not urgent. First, tell me, why did you lot all flock to Yanjiang Prefecture?"

"This..." The thief leader hesitated, weighing the pros and cons of speaking.

Chief Constable Wei pointed to the torture chamber behind him: "See those torture instruments in the back? If you don't talk, I'll use those to help you speak."

The torture instruments were stained with dried black blood, looking exceptionally gruesome. The thieves swallowed hard, scrambling to be the first to confess.

"I'll talk..."

The thieves had only said two words when they stopped abruptly.

If someone had come behind them, they would have seen ox-hair-thin needles stuck in their necks, the needles coated in deadly poison!

"Assassins!"

Chief Constable Wei lived up to his reputation as the most experienced constable; he reacted instantly, rushing out of the room to search for the assassin's figure.

But there was no sign of anyone outside.

Inside the interrogation room, the shadows flowed as if they had a life of their own, seemingly let out a few low chuckles, and then vanished.