The Black Robe Organization captured Qu Ruilin and Wei Shengnan with the aim of obtaining the three beast heads, which are the keys to the underground palace.
The bull's head has already been taken by Ping'an Village, but the remaining sheep's head and chicken's head are in my hands.
In other words, whether it's the Black Robe, Ping'an Village, or other forces, they will all target me.
To avoid attacks from other teams, and also because of Miao Xiaoxian's reminder, after rescuing the monkey, we didn't return to Qingyun Town. Instead, we followed Sun Dahu and the others and hid in an inconspicuous ravine.
While the others were setting up tents, Xue Dong's doctor had the monkey and Manjing carried to a shady spot for examination.
In order not to disturb the doctor's work, I could only wait at a distance until I saw him walking towards me, and then I nervously went up to him and asked: "Doctor, how is my friend? Is he in any danger?"
"Don't worry, everything is fine."
The doctor nodded: "The big guy has been anesthetized. I checked him and he didn't have an overdose of anesthesia. He just needs to wake up! As for the skinny guy, his situation is a bit more complicated. I've already treated his wounds. There are no fatal injuries. The reason he's unconscious is mainly due to dehydration caused by sun exposure. I've given him glucose, and he should wake up soon."
Thank you!
I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard that the monkey and Manjing were both alright.
Even though they are both still in a coma, at least I am not alone anymore.
After Xue Dong finished arranging for people to set up tents and keep watch around the area, he walked over to me and said, "The equipment you requested is all ready and is being transported to the designated town. Is there anything else you need me to prepare?"
"Let everyone get some rest."
I waved my hand: "Our top priority is to get our hands on the three beast heads first, and then negotiate with the man in black robes. But I'm not sure about the location of the remaining beast head yet. What we need to do now is wait for news, get the bull's head, and then negotiate with the man in black robes."
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After rescuing the monkey from He Hai, I focused all my attention on rescuing Jiang Man.
As dusk fell, Monkey was the first to wake up. He squinted at the light from the tent, then forced a smile at me: "Damn it, it's so good to see you alive. When those people were messing with me, I thought you were dead in the cave!"
"I've been looking for you all day long."
Looking at the bandages on the monkey's body, I asked, "Before the cave collapsed, you were knocked unconscious by Song Laosan's explosives. I thought you fell into the cave with me!"
"Anyway, it's good that you're alive... When I woke up last night, you had already been taken away. I didn't know about the cave collapse. I thought they had killed you! When you called my name before, I even thought it was a hallucination before I died!"
A look of relief appeared on the monkey's face: "After I was captured by He Hai's men, those bastards kept forcing me to reveal the location of the Judge's Record! Don't say I wouldn't betray you; even if I wanted to, I couldn't find that book! Later, those bastards forced me to become their lackey and go back to Shenyang to find the whereabouts of the Judge's Record! I hated them so much at the time, how could I possibly agree? So those bastards beat me to death. To be honest, before I met you, I was already prepared to die!"
"You've suffered."
I knew that what the monkey said was not an exaggeration, so I opened a bottle of water and handed it to him: "I originally thought that He Hai was only looking for me for revenge, but I only found out today that he wanted to use the Judge's Record to save his life and use it as a stepping stone to get to know some big shot."
The monkey chimed in, "Originally, I didn't take He Hai seriously. I thought that as long as we could avoid him, we could wait for the police to catch him. But after contacting them, I found that He Hai's criminal gang is well-organized. I'm afraid the police won't be able to catch him anytime soon. We need to find a way to get rid of this trouble!"
I sighed: "The most urgent task is to rescue Jiang Man from the black-robed man first, and then deal with Duan Jinyan. We don't have much energy to devote to He Hai for the time being."
“That’s right. Once we’ve dealt with Duan Jinyan, we can go back to Shenyang. The city is much safer than a barren place like Qingyun Town.”
The monkey licked its lips: "Young Master Duan, how's your plan to rescue Jiang Man coming along?"
"It's a long story. We did enter the Golden Bull Cave yesterday, but we encountered a lot of trouble, and we were too late. The bull's head had already been taken away by the people from Ping'an Village."
I paused for a moment, then whispered, "We've located the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace. It's right below Qingyun Town. Miao Xiaoxian has decided to cooperate with us to seize the Bull Head. Once we get it, we can negotiate with the Black Robe Organization and rescue Jiang Man!"
"Is the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace located in Qingyun Town?"
After hearing my words, the monkey looked at me with disbelief: "Did you find the entrance?"
I scoffed and said, "It is said that the entrance to the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace was sealed off during the Qing Dynasty, and currently only a general area can be identified! Since Qingyun Town was built later, it means that the feng shui here must have been altered, so we can only test it little by little."
"Leave this to me."
The monkey volunteered, "Now that we have a general location, I can go to Qingyun Town to explore and find out the approximate area of the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace."
I replied, "I've already had Xue Dong bring over the machinery. Miao Xiaoxian said she has a way to clear out Qingyunzhen's people. Once they've left, we can start. You're injured, so you don't need to operate it yourself. You just need to provide some technical support."
While I was chatting with Monkey, Song Laosan called: "Xiao Duan, as you instructed, I have already begun surveying Qingyun Town, but I haven't found any changes in the underground soil layers. Could your intelligence be wrong?"
I countered, "How large an area did you measure?"
"In one day, we measured at least 1.5 kilometers, traversing the entire Qingyun Town, with a borehole every 100 meters, and the depth was over 30 meters!"
Song Laosan paused for a moment: "The soil samples we took were all naturally formed sedimentary soil, and we did not find any trace of a tomb."
"None of us have ever seen Miao Jianxian Palace, nor do we know its size. Perhaps Qingyun Town only occupies a small corner of it. It's normal that we didn't find anything after digging just a horizontal line."
I checked the time: "Something's happening in Qingyun Town tonight. Take your people and leave first. I'll contact you if I get any new leads."
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