Chapter 681 Heading East
The group immediately swam with all their might toward the distant shore.
Kong Wange had just been running and swimming, and gritted her teeth to swim ashore so as not to hold anyone back. But after lying down, she suddenly felt like a salted fish, unable to move at all.
The people around her were in a similar condition, but because they were young boys, they recovered their strength quickly and soon got up again to bandage each other's wounds.
Qin Feng took a breath, turned to look at the young men, and asked Shen Li, who was treating his wounds behind him, in a deep voice, "Tell me, what happened?"
Shen Li had been quite annoyed by these brats before, but after explaining the whole story to Qin Feng, he couldn't help but try to smooth things over for them: "Brother Feng, although they acted first and reported later, it's not entirely unreliable. You trained them all, and their skills are quite good. You saw it just now; they're quite obedient and their knife work is swift. They can definitely handle things if something happens."
Qin Feng glanced at them again: "Am I worried they won't be able to handle things?"
“You’re worried they might encounter danger,” Shen Li said understandingly. “But didn’t you say that soldiers can’t be trained without going to the battlefield? They’re not exactly young, but they’re not exactly old either. Let’s just consider this a training opportunity for them. We can’t protect them forever.”
Qin Feng's gaze deepened, and after a long while he sighed: "Keep an eye on them. The nine of them who came here must return intact."
"Don't worry, Brother Feng, I know what I'm doing."
Qin Feng hummed in response, and was just wondering whether he should give a few more instructions when he saw Kong Wange walk over.
He gave Shen Li a wink, and the latter nodded, greeted Kong Wange with a smile, and then turned to help Hou Kai and the others tend to their wounds.
Kong Wange walked up to Qin Feng and said, "Xu Ruoyun is missing."
Qin Feng was slightly taken aback, then frowned: "When did you disappear?"
"I just realized that it's hard to say when we really got separated."
They were just chased by bats and were in a sorry state; they couldn't even take care of themselves, let alone others.
“You said, there’s no way she could…” Kong Wange pursed her lips.
The situation just now was so dangerous; we might have encountered something terrible.
Qin Feng pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Although those vampire bats are dangerous, it is difficult to quickly eliminate one person. Besides, on our way here, we only found the corpses of Tang Zhi's men and didn't see anyone else."
Kong Wange recalled the scene just now and nodded.
The three of them shared the "firepower," and she and Qin Feng even took care of a large part of it.
Not to mention that Shen Li and his group joined them later.
Kong Wange narrowed her eyes: "She neither ran with us nor met with any misfortune under the bat's claws. She brought us here, but then suddenly disappeared. It seems that Xu Ruoyun really has a problem."
"She knows more information than we do. She might have already found a safe shortcut and escaped before us," Qin Feng speculated.
Kong Wange nodded: "Indeed."
After saying that, she sighed: "Forget it, the biggest problem now is not her, but that we haven't looked at the map and have no idea where we are. It will be even more difficult to find the secret medicine."
Qin Feng frowned: "Can we still find the fluorescent markers we mentioned before?"
Kong Wange shook her head: "I just checked around the area and didn't see any of the fluorescent traces from before. I was thinking that if Tang Zhi did take this route, his situation should be similar to ours. It's possible that he jumped into the river and the fluorescent powder on his body was washed off, and the traces disappeared."
Qin Feng took a deep breath, stood up, and looked around.
They were now on a flat area, with rugged mountain valleys on the side. The valleys were not high, and they could see out at a glance. Unlike the narrow passage before, the surroundings were now quite open.
But it is precisely because of this openness that the question becomes: which way to go?
Qin Feng looked around, and after a while his gaze settled on one spot.
He pointed over there and said, "Perhaps we can try that way."
Kong Wange was taken aback: "What do you mean?"
"This is the underground passage to the tomb. If there really is something as important as the secret medicine, where would it be kept?"
Kong Wange pondered for a moment and said, "The center of the tomb chamber?"
Qin Feng nodded: "Not just the center of the tomb chamber, but the main tomb chamber."
Kong Wange looked at the direction Qin Feng pointed to: "How did you determine that the main burial chamber is in the east, Master Qin?"
“The north belongs to water and is a cold and yin place. If the tomb is located in the north, it will not only fail to retain wind and gather energy, but will also increase the yin energy. The west is the White Tiger position, which belongs to yang. The tomb itself belongs to yin. Yin and yang are mutually destructive, so the tomb will not face west.”
"The remaining options are facing south or east. The ancients always believed that the east represented hope, and that purple aura came from the east. The east was considered the most auspicious direction, so the tomb was most likely located in the east."
“This secret passage is fraught with danger, but we’ve just come this far, and the layout here isn’t entirely without order. Since we don’t know which way to go, why not take a gamble and trust in the wisdom of the ancients?” Qin Feng said slowly.
Kong Wange listened from the side and clicked her tongue in amazement: "Master Qin, I never expected you to know these things."
Qin Feng curled his lips into a smile: "Let's just say it's good to have more skills. What do you think, Miss Kong, about heading east?"
“Since Master Qin has spoken so logically, it seems that going in any other direction would be foolish,” Kong Wange smiled and said, “Let’s listen to Master Qin and head east.”
The two reached a consensus, and the rest of the people would follow Qin Feng's orders.
After resting for another five minutes to replenish their energy, the group shouldered their packs and headed east.
As it turned out, Qin Feng's choice was correct.
Along the way, they discovered traces of pedestrians.
The traces are very fresh and obvious; it must be Tang Zhi's team.
After walking for nearly half an hour, they turned a corner and actually saw Tang Zhi's group in a glimpse.
...
This tomb was not entirely man-made, but rather relied on most of the natural underground structures.
At that time, Tang Zhi and his group were walking towards a natural underground cliff to the east. Tang Zhi was accompanied by a fair-skinned, tall, thin man—Shi Yu, the fourth-ranked assassin on the dark web.
He was the first to spot Kong Wange and Qin Feng heading in their direction, and immediately approached Tang Zhi, saying, "Master Tang, they are from the Shadow Gate."
Tang Zhi paused for a moment, then frowned: "Give me the binoculars."
Shi Yu took out binoculars from the backpack behind him and handed them to Tang Zhi.
Tang Zhi held it up and looked at it. After a while, he sneered, "It seems that the secret of the Five Jade has been leaked, and the Shadow Gate also wants a share of the pie."
Shi Yu was quite puzzled: "We kept this very secret throughout the whole process, how could others have found out?"
“There are no secrets in this world,” Tang Zhi handed the binoculars back to him. “However, I am determined to get this secret medicine. They don’t have a map and are at a disadvantage compared to us. This tomb will be their final resting place.”
Shi Yu immediately said, "That's right. Qin Feng is really too arrogant to think he can steal medicine from you, Master Tang, by entering the secret passage."
Tang Zhi snorted coldly, turned his head and said, "Speed up and cross the cliff. After you cross the cliff, cut the suspension bridge. I want to see if they have wings and can fly over the cliff."
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