Evil Master and Disciple

Chapter 451: The Cunning Rabbit's Three Burrows, Safe Time

In the dim passage, the handsome Lin Yi walked quickly. The passage was long and winding, but he had walked through this passage many times and was very familiar with it. He soon came to a stone cave.

The light in the stone chamber was also dim. The white envoy wearing a straw hat was talking to an old man in a cloak, and four young men were standing beside him with their heads bowed.

Lin Yi walked into the stone chamber and saw the four people. He frowned and said, "Didn't you go back to Cave No. 1? Why are you back again?"

The old man in the cloak said, "Fu Jinghong's men haven't left the vicinity of Cave No. 1 yet. They don't dare to risk entering, so they can only return."

Lin Yi's expression changed slightly. "What? Second Senior Brother's men are still there? Could it be that they found the entrance to Cave No. 1?"

A young man shook his head and said, "They probably didn't find out. When we returned to Cave No. 1 tonight, we found that they had lit a bonfire south of the sacred tree and didn't gather near it. If they had discovered the secret of the sacred tree, they would have forced their way in by breaking through the barrier long ago. They wouldn't be so peaceful."

After hearing this, Lin Yi's stern expression gradually relaxed.

For many years, there has never been any accident in Cave No. 1. However, today, a ground spirit beast crawled out from the depths of Cave No. 1.

It ate two cauldrons and injured many people.

Finally, the earth spirit beast even rushed out of Cave No. 1.

It wasn't a big deal, just killing the earth spirit beast was enough.

I never expected that there were Fu Jinghong's men nearby exploring the connection point, and they were alarmed.

The four young men in the cave were the four mysterious men who were scared away by Tu Qianchi and others in the morning.

They didn't have time to do any post-processing work and fled immediately.

At that time, more than 20 masters gathered in the valley, not far from the entrance to the sacred tree. Fearing that the secret of the sacred tree would be discovered, the four of them did not return to Cave No. 1, but came to Xingluo Peak to report what happened in Cave No. 1 to the upper peak.

I thought that after six or seven hours, Fu Jinghong's group had left.

Unexpectedly, when they returned tonight, they saw a huge bonfire in the valley from afar, and many human figures were seen swaying around the bonfire.

So the four of them had no choice but to return to Xingluo Peak.

Lin Yi said, "Second Senior Brother has many talented people under his command. I don't know what special method they used these days, but they actually found several earth vein connection points. I wonder if they found the entrance to Cave No. 1."

The old man in the cloak said calmly, "They do have some tricks up their sleeves, but there's no need to worry too much. They have a map in their hands, and it's not difficult to find a few points where the earth veins connect to the core of the mountain protection formation based on the map.

But Cave No. 1 is different. The overflowing spiritual power of the earth veins has been dispersed, and the entrance and exit are in the air dozens of feet above the ground.

No matter how capable these people are, it is impossible for them to find the entrance and exit on the giant tree. I guess they gathered there and refused to leave because of the incident with the earth spirit beast this morning.

As long as they can't find the leyline connection point, they should leave there."

Lin Yi said: "I am not worried that Tu Qianchi and his men can find the entrance and exit of the sacred tree. What I am worried about is that Master may attack us as soon as the inner sect competition is over.

Those girls cannot be kept. Every day they live is a huge threat to us.

A large number of barriers and magic arrays set up inside Cave No. 1 block out the aura, and even the Spirit Sound Mirror cannot communicate with the inside.

I'm worried that if we can't pass on the order to silence them and get rid of those girls in time these few days, something bad will happen."

The woman in the bamboo hat, Special Envoy Bai, nodded and said, "Young Master Lin is absolutely right. If the situation wasn't dire, the Lord wouldn't have sent me secretly to Tianyun Mountain."

Lin Yi looked at the four people and said, "Second Senior Brother, how many people did you leave near Cave No. 1?"

The young man who had spoken earlier said, "There should be about twenty or thirty people."

"So many..." Lin Yi frowned again.

If there were only eight or ten of them, maybe I could avoid them and sneak in.

There are twenty or thirty people, most of whom are strong men in the Guiyuan and Shenji realms. It is very difficult to sneak into Cave No. 1 without being noticed under the noses of these young masters.

Although the entrance and exit of Cave No. 1 is above the giant tree, when the barrier is opened, some fluctuations will appear and even a circle of colorful halo will be emitted.

These people are not blind, they will definitely notice it.

Lin Yi said: "This is a bit tricky. If these people stay near Cave No. 1 and don't leave, we will be in a very passive position.

I remember the safe time is thirty-six hours, right?"

The four young men nodded slightly.

Lin Yi said: "It has been ten hours since you came out, and there are still twenty-six hours left, which is about two days.

If these people do not leave on their own within these two days and we do not send anyone into Cave No. 1, then someone will come out of Cave No. 1.

By then, the secret of the entrance and exit of Cave No. 1’s tree hole will most likely be exposed.”

Everyone nodded slightly.

Because the underground world inside is isolated from the outside world and cannot communicate with the outside world, this group of people set a safe time.

If there is no news about the outside world within thirty-six hours, someone will be sent out from Cave No. 1 to inquire about the news and see if something unexpected has happened to the people outside.

Ten hours have passed now, and there are still two days of safe time.

It would be fine if the group of people in the valley left within two days.

If they didn't leave, Cave No. 1, the safest and most hidden place, would be in danger of being exposed.

The woman in the bamboo hat, Special Envoy Bai, said, "I don't think we can rely on whether or not the other party will leave within two days to risk everyone's lives. We need to have a backup plan."

The old man in the cloak nodded slowly and said, "If all else fails, we can send someone to lure away those remaining near Cave No. 1. Since the Sect Leader has noticed us, we have to abandon it. Even if we abandon Cave No. 1, we still have the other caves. As long as the situation calms down after a while, we can start over."

Lin Yi said worriedly, "I'm worried that Master has already sent out shadows to monitor every move of the entire Yunhai Sect."

"If it's inconvenient for you to move, I'll ask Liu Nian to transfer some people to help."

The old man in the cloak had no intention of letting the people from the Jade Maiden Sect get involved.

However, the situation in Cave No. 1 has become quite serious now, so it is not convenient for their people to show up.

So the old man in the cloak said, "Thank you very much, Special Envoy Bai."

At the same time, in Master Yun Yi’s study.

It was almost dawn, but Master Yun Yi still hadn't rested. Instead, he was listening to Fu Tu's work report.

This time, Futu did not hide in the darkness, but came to the desk.

There was a topographic map of Yunhai Sect on the desk.

Fu Tu pointed to an area over 400 miles east of Xingluo Peak and said, "At dusk today, Jinghong's men found the connection point of the earth vein here, on a tree. Then Hong Jiu suddenly appeared..."

Shadow had a lot of clues, from the group killing the earth spirit beast, to Tu Qianchi and others arriving, then Ye Feng and others searching for the earth vein connection and discovering the secret of the giant tree, to Hong Jiu's appearance later...

Fu Tu was also very familiar with the conversation between Ye Feng and others during the day.

It can be seen that the Blood Crane hiding in the dark is much more sophisticated than Hong Jiu.

Hong Jiu didn't dare to get close to Ye Feng and others, but Xue He knew exactly what Ye Feng said today.