Chapter 12 Escape Plan.
Chapter 12
This is how the people in the mine are standing now.
Bu Xingjin and Zhao Siwen were standing at the innermost part of the mine. On his left were two brothers who were independent cultivators, and on his right was the rabbit spirit Bai Ye. On Bai Ye's other side was an old dog spirit who came in and said he was waiting to die here and was not going to struggle.
Seeing Bu Xingjin and Zhao Siwen come out, the rabbit spirit Bai Ye, who had been paying attention to them, stopped what he was doing, thought for a while, and quietly moved to the side of the old man.
The old man who looked like he was digging for Yin Iron actually didn't dig anything for half a day. He was just repeating mechanical movements in the same place.
The old man looked at Bai Ye meaningfully, without saying anything, and without refusing her approach. As if he knew the reason why Bai Ye came over, he stopped his actions.
Before the newcomer arrived, only the two wandering cultivators had gathered together, while the other three had each gone about their own business. But now, after the newcomer arrived, he began questioning everyone in the mine about their identities and how they had been captured. He questioned nearly everyone in the mine. Most ignored him, and only a few answered his questions.
After he finished all this and returned to the deepest part of the mine, he went straight to the grass spirit without even looking at the others.
After a while, they dug a big hole with great fanfare and set up a formation at the door to prevent eavesdropping. No one knew what the two of them talked about inside.
They were probably forming an alliance and plotting how to escape.
Bai Ye guessed subconsciously, and then realized that he and his people had been left behind.
As for the two wandering cultivators from earlier, even though the younger one had wanted to pull her along to escape when he first came in, she didn't believe they were truly capable of escaping. Even if the younger one's cultivation was higher than hers, she still didn't have the confidence.
Like her, they were small people at the bottom of society, with average opportunities and abilities.
But the grass spirit and the new cultivator are completely different.
She initially thought the grass elf was the weakest among them, until she witnessed it easily smash a large hole in the stone wall. After that, she secretly tried, but even if she used all her strength, she couldn't do it.
At that time, she felt that she had made a mistake. This seemingly weakest grass spirit seemed to be very extraordinary.
Afterwards, she kept an eye on the grass spirit's every move, but found that he had no intention of escaping at all. He was just concentrating on digging the Yin Iron, as if he wanted to do it here forever.
Bai Ye couldn't understand why there would be someone who didn't want to leave this damn place, unless this person had no other way to get out.
Thinking of this, Bai Ye felt that the grass spirit might not be as extraordinary as he thought. Maybe he was just stronger, or there were cracks in the stone wall, and the grass spirit just happened to have no other abilities.
After observing for a while, Bai Ye gave up the idea of looking for the grass spirit to form an alliance and discuss escape.
Then, after an unknown amount of time, the supervisor brought in a new person.
With just a quick glance at the newcomer, she realized that the newcomer's cultivation was only at the Qi training level, not even as good as hers, and was not worth her attention at all.
Who knows, unexpected developments will occur.
The newcomer looked completely different from his appearance. He casually took out a high-grade spirit stone and gave it away as a gift. He also carried a storage ring, and the knife he took out to dig a hole was obviously not an ordinary item.
Only then did she realize that she had been mistaken. She just didn't understand. Anyone who could possess these things should not be a small figure. Even if his cultivation was lower, he should have been surrounded by people to protect him. How could he be captured?
Before she could figure it out, the newcomer pulled the grass spirit aside for a private conversation.
Bai Ye guessed that the newcomer should have a way to get out, or someone would come to rescue him. The newcomer chose to bring the grass spirit with him, and the two of them conspired on how to act.
She felt that there was a high probability that the two men could escape.
She and the old man were the only ones left alone. After figuring this out, she planned to discuss with the old man how to join the team of the newcomer and the grass spirit and let the newcomer take them out as well.
As for what the old man said when he came in, such as he was just waiting to die here and didn't want to go out, she didn't believe a word of it.
You see, as soon as she approached, the old man stopped digging for Yin Iron and looked at her. This showed that the old man couldn't sit still, but he was more patient than her. If she didn't come over, the old man might come to find her.
There was no point in saying this at this point. Bai Ye walked over to the old man and said straight to the point, "That new guy isn't what he seems. He's probably the most likely person to get out. I want to follow him. What about you, old man? What do you think?"
"I don't have many days left to live, what else can I think about?" The old man still looked indifferent, as if it didn't matter where he was, and his words were weak.
"Really? You don't want to go out, right? Then I'll go find them myself."
Seeing that the old man was still pretending, Bai Ye didn't want to tolerate him and turned around to leave.
"Hey, why are you so anxious?"
The old man quickly spoke up to stop Bai Ye, fearing that she would really leave.
"You came to me because you were worried you'd be rejected if you went alone. After all, my cultivation is higher than yours. If we go together, our chances of success will definitely be greater."
Bai Ye's expression turned slightly ugly when her thoughts were revealed, but it disappeared in an instant and no one noticed. She turned around and looked at the old man with a serious expression.
"Since you want to do this, then stop acting like you don't care."
The old man didn't get angry after being scolded. He pointed behind Bai Ye and said:
"Let's go over there too. Those two wandering cultivators have already taken action."
Hearing this, Bai Ye looked back and saw that the other two had already gone to the front of the grass spirit and the newcomer.
Her face changed and she quickly walked over to see what the two men were going to say.
"Do you have any way to get out?"
The young man who spoke was named Liu Zhishang. His brother Liu Zhiyuan had just analyzed the situation with him for a long time, but he only heard one sentence: the newcomer was not simple and might have a way to get out. It seemed that he only took the grass spirit out with him.
After hearing this, he ran over impatiently, and his brother couldn't stop him from behind.
Bu Xingjin was stunned by this question. The quarterly time acceleration card in his system was still cooling down, so he had no way to get out now.
Just as he was about to answer, Bu Xingjin realized that the boy was not looking at him, but because of his position, he thought he was asking him.
The person the boy really wanted to ask was Zhao Siwen.
"You guys are quite smart. Yes, I do have a way to get out."
Zhao Siwen looked at the rabbit spirit and dog spirit following behind and admitted it with a smile.
He had originally intended to let them know so that they could run together to distract attention. Even if they were caught in the end, they would only suffer a little. When he returned to the sect, they would all be saved.
They didn't expect him to admit it so readily. They were silent for a while, looking at each other. They all thought Zhao Siwen would deny it and secretly take Bu Xingjin away.
"How are you planning on getting out? What do you need us to do?"
Liu Zhiyuan understood what Zhao Siwen meant and did not hide it from them. It must be because they were needed somewhere.
"It's not that complicated. I'll try to escape when they deliver food to me and get a feel for the security here. After I've been caught twice, the third time is when I'll truly prepare to escape."
"After the easy captures we made the first two times, they will definitely let down their guard. Once I take Bu Xingjin far away and they continue to send more people to chase us, the guards here will be reduced, and you can take this opportunity to escape."
Zhao Siwen explained his plan.
Bu Xingjin didn't know if this was part of the two-day show that Zhao Siwen had mentioned before. After listening to it, he just felt that in Zhao Siwen's eyes, it was very simple to get out of here, and he could leave easily.
"Can't we join you?"
Bai Ye asked with a troubled look on her face. If she ran away by herself, she would probably be caught before she could get far.
"If you all join me, the target will be too large and it will be difficult to act."
After hearing what Zhao Siwen said, Bai Ye swallowed the thought of taking her alone. He knew without thinking that this was impossible.
"I'll do as you say, but what should I do with this forbidden bracelet?"
The old man who had been listening silently nearby suddenly raised his right hand and pointed at the exposed silver bracelet.
The bracelet's function was unknown; it didn't restrict their cultivation, nor did it have any other effects. It looked like a decoration. But it couldn't be a decoration. They had all tried putting it on, and once they put it on, they couldn't take it off. It was like it had grown on their wrists.
"This thing is a trouble."
The restraining bracelet couldn't restrict Zhao Siwen at all, so he didn't take it seriously and forgot about it. But for others, this thing was indeed a problem. They couldn't run far with the restraining bracelet on, and they were unable to move.
After much thought, Zhao Siwen couldn't come up with a good solution. Based on his understanding of the restrictions, he could only break them, not modify them.
"There are two types of these forbidden bracelets, the mother forbidden bracelet and the child forbidden bracelet. The two bracelets cannot be too far apart. If the child forbidden bracelet is at a certain distance from the mother forbidden bracelet, it will freeze the person wearing it, preventing him from moving any further."
"I know how it works, but I can only break the restriction. I can't change the settings inside. Once the sub-restriction bracelet becomes ineffective, the main restriction bracelet will react immediately."
This conflicted with the plan he had made.
With the restraining bracelets, they definitely couldn't get far. If he stayed to open the restraining bracelets for them, he wouldn't be able to run away first to lure away most of the guards. Given their cultivation level, they weren't sure they could all escape.
"Then let's escape together. You help us remove the restraining bracelet, and then we can each escape on our own."
This was their chance. He and his brother had discussed it for a long time, but couldn't think of a way to escape. They had to try, even if there was only a sliver of chance. The worst-case scenario was they'd be recaptured. They were in need of people to dig for Yin Iron, so they wouldn't take their lives so easily. The pay might just be worse, and they'd need to dig even more Yin Iron in exchange for things.
"I agree."
The old man agreed immediately.
"I... agree too." Bai Ye also agreed. His idea was similar to Liu Zhiyuan's. The worst case scenario was that he would come back to dig for Yin Iron.
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