An Moxue carried Duan Qing out of the cave, only to find someone searching for something inside. Sensing something unusual, she settled Duan Qing in a secret room at Maple Leaf Temple and quickly descended the mountain.
In Maple Leaf Town, everyone was on edge, seeing everyone as an enemy. An Moxue avoided the crowd and found Xu Qingfeng.
"Captain, what's going on? What happened in this town?"
"Commander Wu's divisive tactics have worked. The town mayor, the town party secretary, and the cabinet committee director are now suspicious of each other, yet they have to use each other. The three of them have split into three factions, like the Three Kingdoms period, all playing mind games!" Xu Qingfeng rarely smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes; it was full of sarcasm.
"Why did you come down the mountain at this time?" Xu Qingfeng asked, looking at her.
"I found Duan Qing. He was severely injured, with extremely serious internal injuries. He will need a long time to recover. When I brought him out of the cave, I found a lot of internal martial arts masters disguised as villagers on the mountain. I was worried about them, so I thought I'd come and tell you."
After An Moxue finished speaking, Xu Qingfeng looked worried and asked, "How is your strength?"
“The number of us combined is not enough to fight them. They have a lot of people, and they can overwhelm us with a war of attrition. Moreover, we don’t know how many guns they have.” An Moxue felt that they were walking a tightrope every day, and that one wrong step could lead to their utter destruction.
"A lot of people?"
An Moxue said with some concern, "Yes. Captain, we must be careful, especially you."
Xu Qingfeng knew that he was the only one in the six-person team who didn't know internal martial arts. His fighting skills were the weakest among them. However, when it came to escaping, he was not afraid. As a special agent, his greatest strengths were disguise and escape.
"Any other discoveries?"
An Moxue shook her head: "No. Captain, have you found any clues about the gunpowder?"
"No, although they had a disagreement and even argued, no one brought it up."
"That further illustrates the importance of the matter."
"Yes, I think so too. The reinforcements will arrive tonight or tomorrow, and then we can really show our skills. In the meantime, be careful and take good care of Duan Qing."
"yes."
The two separated, and before An Moxue had even left the town, she heard the sounds of a fierce fight coming from an alley not far away.
She carefully followed the sound and saw Wu Sicheng fighting fiercely with five or six people.
She took out her crossbow and fired it in quick succession.
None of the fighters expected someone to interfere. Some were unable to dodge in time and were hit by arrows, while others dodged the arrows but were attacked by Wu Sicheng.
An Moxue put away her crossbow, took out the Mo Dao from her back, and charged forward. Every strike was deadly and drew blood. Her arrival turned what was originally an evenly matched contest into a one-sided beating and slaughter.
The two stood back to back. An Moxue glared fiercely at the group of people in front of her. During the exchange of blows, An Moxue asked, "How did you get discovered?"
"He suddenly rushed out and was spotted. What a cold-blooded fool," Wu Sicheng said helplessly.
An Moxue understood. She had been discovered by accident, and she laughed unkindly: "Well, you're pretty unlucky!"
"Not really, didn't a beautiful woman come to my rescue?" He tried to make light of the situation, teasing An Moxue.
"Beautiful women don't save people for nothing; they ask for a reward."
"As long as there's a price, it's fine."
"Where to retreat to?"
"Outside the town."
"good."
Within moments, the group was fighting again. Although they were all injured, they were all practitioners of internal martial arts and were not people who would give up so easily.
The two fought and retreated simultaneously. Seizing the opportunity, they ran far away in a few quick leaps. Both opponents were injured, and one of them was hit by an arrow and had lost his fighting ability, lying by the roadside.
Before long, the two of them shook off the enemy and went up the mountain west of Maple Leaf Town.
Seeing that no pursuers were following, the two slowed down.
"Mo Xue, why are you coming down the mountain at this time?"
"I found Duan Qing in the cave, but he suffered severe internal injuries. When he gets back, he must find an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor to treat him properly. He can't fight for a while. There are also many more people on the mountain near Maple Leaf Temple."
"Yes, thank you! It's good that we found him and he's alright. He can recover eventually with time and care."
"Do you think we've overlooked something? Why did they send so many more people to Maple Leaf Temple? And they're all experts."
“There’s something important over there that we haven’t discovered yet!” The two of them suddenly stopped and looked at each other.
"What is it?" An Moxue asked.
“We initially came here because of the disappearance of our comrades. They all went missing while investigating the smuggling of cultural relics, so it’s related to cultural relics. But it could also be related to gunpowder,” Wu Sicheng analyzed.
“Yes.” An Moxue agreed. “Then let’s go back to Maple Leaf Temple.”
"Let's go back." The two said, turning around and heading towards Maple Leaf Temple.
"There are many people over there, all of them possess internal energy. Be careful."
When did this happen?
"I discovered it when I went out today."
On their way from West Mountain in Maple Leaf Town to Maple Leaf Temple, the two found that there were hardly any people on West Mountain, but once they entered the territory of Maple Leaf Temple, there were many more people.
The two of them scurried around the mountain, avoiding the people on it, and found a secluded spot to hide.
Wu Sicheng said, "Now we can be sure that there must be something important here, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people."
"Hmm, but we've been searching for so many days and still haven't found it. Where is it? We've searched everywhere we can!"
"Have you noticed? They're circling around Maple Leaf Temple. Is it possible that the item is inside the temple?"
"Inside the temple," An Moxue murmured softly, "Inside the temple. But exactly where is it?"
"I have a guess that we've been overlooking. Listen to me and see if I'm right?"
"good."
"Logically speaking, this temple should have fallen into disrepair long ago, but this place is clearly not. Not only is it not, but it has also been well protected. It is obvious that people lived here before we discovered the anomaly. So why are they going against the country's policies? And so openly. As spies, shouldn't they try to minimize suspicion and make themselves appear as good people or loyal ones? Since they didn't do that, doesn't it prove that there is a huge benefit that is inducing them to do this? So what is it? Power. How much power can it be here? If it's not power, then it must be money, and a huge amount of money at that."
An Moxue listened to Wu Sicheng's analysis and thought it made a lot of sense, but where was it?
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