Chapter 210 The Sunny and Handsome Second-in-Command of Bear Ridge

“Okay!” Lin Luoxi glanced at Huwa, took out the white porcelain bottle containing the blood of the leader of Bear Ridge from her purse, and poured a drop into it.

"Boom!" The giant stone door in front of everyone finally opened, swaying to both sides and causing a series of tremors.

After a burst of flames, a cave with candlelight appeared before them.

"When the door opens, the row of candlesticks here will automatically light up," Heiwa explained carefully, seeing the shocked expressions on Lin Luoxi and the others' faces.

"Such amazing techniques! It seems there's a master in your stronghold." As Lin Luoxi said this, her eyes were fixed on Heiwa, trying to read something from his face.

"Ah, I don't know. It was already like this when I arrived at the mountain stronghold." Heiwa looked at Lin Luoxi with innocent and clear eyes.

"Let's go!" Lin Luoxi turned her gaze away from Heiwa and let the bears go first.

"Roar!" The bears obediently roared at Lin Luoxi and walked inside as if they knew the way well.

Only after confirming that there were no traps inside did Lin Ruoxi lead her people inside.

After walking a few steps, the bears turned a corner and disappeared.

Lin Luoxi thought the bears had triggered a mechanism and fallen into a trap, so she quickly followed them.

I then discovered that there was a stone staircase inside the cave leading to the top of the mountain. It seemed to have no end in sight, and every so often there were torches illuminating the steps, so there was no fear of slipping.

"Girl, should we still go up?" Lin Jize hesitated, looking at the steps that led straight to the top of the mountain.

If the people above notice them coming in, they can drop huge rocks or other deadly things from above, leaving them nowhere to hide.

"Grandpa, you all wait here. I'll go up and scout ahead." Now that she's come this far, there's no way Lin Luoxi will turn back.

She planned to lead the bears up there first to scout the way, and only after confirming it was safe would Lin Jize and the others go up.

"Forget it, I'll go up with you." Lin Jize immediately rejected Lin Luoxi's suggestion, thinking it would look bad if a young lady went ahead to scout ahead while they, as grown men, cowered behind.

"Master, you should wait here for now. We can come up after we've gone up and confirmed it's safe," Lin Jize said, turning to the grotesquely handsome man.

"Okay!" Although the sickly-looking man enjoyed watching the excitement, he knew whether watching the excitement was more important or his life was more important, so he nodded and agreed to Lin Jize's suggestion.

And so, Lin Luoxi led the bears, the surrendered bandits, and Lin Jize to the top of the mountain.

"Have someone go back to the city and inform your uncle that Bear Ridge has been captured, and tell him to come and clean up the mess." Seeing that Lin Luoxi and the bear had already climbed halfway up the mountain, the sickly-looking man finally gave the order to Ji Feng beside him.

"But who gets the credit this time?" Ji Feng looked at Lin Luoxi's back. Actually, he didn't want to inform his uncle so soon.

He had heard it clearly: Miss Lin wanted the treasure from the bandit stronghold in Bear Ridge, and planned to move the treasure for Lin Luoxi before informing her.

"If you go now, it will take several hours for your uncle to arrive. That's enough time for Miss Lin to cause trouble." Hmph, don't think he doesn't know what Ji Feng is thinking.

"Ah, oh, okay!" Ji Feng hadn't expected his master to see through his thoughts. His face flushed, and he ran out with the task his master had given him.

"Master, are you really planning to let Miss Lin take away the treasure from this bandit's den?" Old Man Li, standing to the side, naturally knew about the conversation between his master and Ji Feng.

"Well, if she, a young woman, really manages to take down Bear Ridge, then what's wrong with her taking the reward she's rightfully entitled to?"

"The imperial court sent so many officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits, but they failed and wasted so much money."

"And this Miss Lin succeeded solely because of her; she deserves all that treasure." The sickly-looking man watched Lin Luoxi's retreating figure as she climbed up the mountain cave, and from the bottom of his heart, he admired Lin Luoxi.

On Lin Luoxi's side, everyone climbed the steps with great caution, afraid that the people above would realize something was wrong and push down a few boulders, which would be enough to cause them trouble.

Fortunately, Lady Luck was on Lin Luoxi's side.

"Master, be careful. There's a sentry post just ahead. You're a new face, so don't get spotted..." Heiwa asked worriedly, pointing to the people on the sentry post not far away.

"That's easy. From now on, I'm the girl your leader kidnapped, and I'll be his wife..." Lin Luoxi had already thought of this plan when she came up.

Not only can it lower the enemy's guard, but it also allows them to come and go freely here.

"Huh???" Heiwa was a little taken aback when he first encountered a girl who voluntarily declared herself to be the bandit chieftain's wife.

"Bullshit, just do as I say." The more Lin Luoxi thought about it, the better she felt her plan was.

Seeing that Heiwa was still standing there in a daze, he simply raised his foot and kicked Heiwa, telling him to go and report.

"Oh, oh..." After being kicked by Lin Luoxi, Heiwa saw that Lin Luoxi was serious, stomped his foot, and ran into the village.

As they ran, they shouted, "The chief is back! The chief is back with his wife!"

Heiwa had a loud voice, which quickly attracted all the bandits in the stronghold, including the second-in-command who was in charge of the stronghold.

"Hey, you're Heiwa, right? What did you just say? What did the chief capture? What 'wife of the bandit chief'?" The second-in-command ran out of the council hall and stopped Heiwa, who was still trying to run away, and asked with a frown.

"Yes, the boss caught a stunning beauty this time, she looks like an angel. But she's still crying and whining since the boss caught her, it's so annoying..." Heiwa saw that his actions had attracted the second-in-command, so he talked even more enthusiastically about their loot from the robbery.

"What? You want to take a concubine? Do you really think you're the emperor, with a whole harem..." The second-in-command said impatiently when he heard that the first-in-command had brought another woman up.

However, after hearing Heiwa praise the woman so highly, describing her as an unparalleled beauty, he became very curious and pulled Heiwa, who was still trying to slip away, towards the stone gate.

Lin Luoxi didn't expect Heiwa to act so quickly, immediately attracting the attention of the second-in-command of the stronghold.

Lin Luoxi's pupils contracted when she saw the man next to Heiwa.

The person was on a completely different level from the leader, who looked like a big bear; they were worlds apart.

His tanned skin and delicate features made him look very sunny, handsome, and healthy.

Those eagle-like eyes kept looking in her direction, so Lin Luoxi quickly withdrew her scrutinizing gaze and pretended to be the fear and timidity a normal woman should have after being robbed.