Chapter 30 The Secret of Black Cloud Mountain
Soran frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then gave an order: "Send someone to guard the water source and the kitchen. Also, send two more people there tonight."
For some reason, he felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.
Inside the red building, Chu Ci went back to toss and turn, took a fragrant flower petal bath, and finally went to sleep contentedly. Actually, he stuffed the doll he had prepared long ago into the quilt and slipped into the space.
"Xing'er, is the energy enough to generate a hologram?" Chu Ci asked anxiously as soon as he entered the space.
"The energy is less than 30%, and the range of the hologram has been reduced to 200 meters." Xing'er's voice was emotionless, but Chu Ci became even more anxious.
200 meters is too little, but apart from the hologram, Xing'er's other functions may not be able to find the secrets hidden in Black Cloud Mountain.
No, wait, we don’t necessarily have to use Xing’er.
She remembered that in her previous life, when she was bored, she had acquired several different types of mineral detectors out of curiosity. If used properly, this thing could be a real treasure in this alien world where ironmaking technology was still underdeveloped!
Well, I'm grateful for my curiosity in my previous life, and I'm also grateful for my collecting habit. Chu Ci found an invisibility cloak that could be used to make himself invisible among a pile of strange and bizarre objects.
Why did I buy this thing in my previous life? Oh, right, I coveted Harry's invisibility cloak, so when I heard someone had successfully developed one, I bought it without hesitation.
However, after three days of novelty, she threw it into her space and never thought about it again. Thinking about it, Chu Ci felt so distressed for herself!
No, why should I be the only one who suffers? Holding fast to the belief that he would never let these evil Tatar bandits have an easy life, Chu Ci conducted an almost carpet search.
However, the weird thing was that apart from some valuable gold, silver, jade and furs found near the Zhulou, nothing else was found after searching the entire village.
"This is wrong, very wrong." So, what kind of secret is hidden in Black Cloud Mountain that would make these Tatars go to such great lengths and even become bandits?
More importantly, where did they spend the money they robbed? Chu Ci believed that this was crucial. Once this was found, the secret of Black Cloud Mountain would be revealed.
"Xing'er, turn on the thermal imaging camera." Since they weren't inside the village, they were hiding outside. Since the secret was guarded so closely, the person guarding it would eventually be found.
"Energy is less than 30%. Activate thermal imaging camera. Effective for 30 minutes."
Thirty minutes is enough. Even thinking this, Chu Ci's pace still unconsciously quickened. "Tick-tick-tick, tick-tick-tick, twenty meters to the southeast, there are a lot of signs of human activity underground."
Hearing this, Chu Ci felt relieved. "Save the footage, turn off the thermal imager."
It’s better to save Xing’er’s energy as much as possible, as it can save her life at critical moments.
Chu Ci was also lucky. After walking a few steps, he saw the roots of a big tree not far away move, and then a thin man with iron chains came out from inside.
Seeing this, Chu Ci quickly hid himself.
After hiding, he remembered that he was wearing an invisible cloak, so he walked up behind the thin man. Only then did Chu Ci realize that there was another old man in the tunnel who was also chained.
Chu Ci was excited. "Who are you and why were you captured here by the Tatars?"
At this moment, the old man had just climbed up the stairs in the tunnel and thought he had seen a ghost. "Disciple... Disciple, did you hear any noise?"
"I heard... heard... it arrived. It asked... asked us... who we were and why we were captured by the Tatars." The little apprentice's situation was not much better, and he stammered in his reply.
Then the master and disciple looked at each other. Could this be another ghost? A ghost from their Great Zhou? Then were they saved? "Great Immortal, the old man's name is Dugu Lie, and this is my young disciple Duan Tianji."
Duan Tianji, where have I heard of him before? It sounded familiar, Chu Ci tried to recall when. It seemed like Qianyan had mentioned him as her mother's missing cousin.
So he asked tentatively: "Duan Tianji, do you know Liu Mingyue?"
"I don't know him." The answer was so straightforward that it seemed a bit deliberate. Chu Ci was almost certain that the thin man in front of him was Qian Yan's missing uncle.
"Is that so? That's a pity. The Liu Mingyue in the palace is a fake one, but the real Liu Mingyue died early..." What did she mean by died early? Chu Ci deliberately didn't say anything else.
Duan Tianji immediately became anxious. "Come on, tell me, how is my cousin?"
"She is dead. She was killed by the Tatars a long time ago. She left behind only a daughter, who is now exiled." Chu Ci said truthfully.
However, this truth was too shocking. Duan Tianji felt a buzzing in his head and fell backwards.
It happened so suddenly, and Duan Tianji's master, Dugu Lie, was wearing chains, so he had no time to react. Seeing this, Chu Ci could not care about anything else and could only catch it with all his strength.
"Hot, hot." Duan Tianji's brain circuits were also different from those of ordinary people. His first reaction when Chu Ci met him was: "You are a human! Who are you? Are you sent by the court? Don't worry about us. Go and report quickly. There are Tatars on Black Cloud Mountain. They are using the local iron ore to refine weapons."
Is refining weapons really such a big secret?
No wonder in the original novel, the Fifth Prince was assassinated shortly after wiping out the bandits in Black Cloud Mountain. This was clearly revenge from the Tatars. Meanwhile, the Second Prince was the lucky one who got away with it. Really lucky indeed.
However, things have changed, and it was Chu Ci who got the advantage.
After figuring all this out, Chu Ci suddenly had a plan in mind and asked, "You can refine weapons and practice martial arts, right? How are your skills?"
"Not bad." "Very good." The two were not at all modest. But they also told Chu Ci a very harsh truth: "However, our internal energy has been suppressed by the Tatar drugs, and we are also bound by these chains."
Chu Ci was speechless and said, "So, you are useless!"
Being pointed out so bluntly by Chu Ci, the two of them felt quite embarrassed. Duan Tianji's face flushed even more, but he didn't want to be called a useless person. "Not really. No one knows the situation in the tunnel better than us."
"Yes, yes, yes. If you open the chains, you won't need internal energy to deal with a few Tatars." Seeing that his apprentice had taken the lead in demonstrating his worth, Dugu Lie was not to be outdone. He repeatedly expressed his sincerity, saying that their master-disciple relationship was still very useful.
Chu Ci, however, expressed deep doubt: "It's no problem to take care of a few Tatars? Then how did you get captured?"
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