Chapter 2482
by Moonlit_Scholar_C There must be a connection between the Yin Fires, so among the silk threads he saw at this moment, wherever the two silk threads were connected, there must be a cluster of unburned Five Elements Yin Fire hidden.
From this, it could also be inferred.
Wherever there was no area where the silk threads were connected in pairs, there must be an invisible Yin Fire hidden.
Finally, when Xu Taiping almost took the entire world in front of him into his eyes, a passage without a single filament of the True Meaning of Lingering Attachment appeared in Xu Taiping’s sight.
In order to verify his own guess, Xu Taiping made a “zheng” sound and summoned the Rust Lion Sword from the gourd around his waist, and then let the Rust Lion Sword walk forward along the passage he saw using the True Meaning of Lingering Attachment.
Finally, the Rust Lion Sword had been traveling in that passage for hundreds of zhang, and then with a “shua” sound, it was inserted into the ground.
This was precisely the limit that Xu Taiping’s True Meaning of Lingering Attachment could see at present.
Seeing Xu Taiping send the Rust Lion Sword into that forbidden area, Dongfang Yuejian on the side immediately said joyfully：
”Great！”
Dongfang Yuejian looked at Xu Taiping with a smile and said：
”In this case, even without the old hunter leading the way, we can still go up the mountain！”
Xu Taiping also let out a long sigh of relief like a burden off his shoulders at this time and said with a smile：
”Although the speed of finding the way will definitely be much slower than that of the old hunter, it should still be no problem to go up the mountain before dark.”
At the same time, he asked Liantong in his heart：
”Now you should always tell me why we must enter the mountain today？”
The reason why he wanted to enter the mountain so much today was entirely because of Liantong’s warning.
It’s just that Liantong didn’t tell him the specific reason at that time.
Then, Liantong’s voice rang out in Xu Taiping’s mind：
“When you set off a few days ago, I sensed the vision of the void in these three days. It’s just that I didn’t know what that vision meant at that time. It was not until I saw this vision with my own eyes today that I understood.
Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping nodded secretly with a look of sudden realization.
And just as the four of them were about to set off, the Military Merit Book Scroll that Xu Taiping had placed in his sleeve suddenly trembled slightly.
Taking it out and opening it to take a look, it was found that under the just issued reward, there was actually another line of reward added——
Apart from the thirty thousand military achievements the three of you will each receive three million gold essence coins from the Xuandan Palace as a gift.”
Dongfang Yuejian, who was on the side, was very surprised when she saw this line of reward text and said, “The Dragon-Slaying List really went all out to get us to agree to watch the battle！”
Xuanzhi just smiled faintly and said：
“If it were in the past, these three million gold essence coins would indeed be very tempting, but now, the thing we lack the least is gold essence coins.”
During that trip to the wilderness Xu Taiping and the other three got a large amount of gold essence stones in the lair of the Yin God Suyan, and they simply didn’t lack gold essence coins.
Although Xu Taiping was also curious as to why the Dragon-Slaying List so hoped that they would agree to watch the battle, but now they had to hurry up and go up the mountain, so he didn’t think too much about it and directly handed the battle book to Dongfang Yuejian on the side and said:
“Prepare to go up the mountain.”
The entrance to the South Heaven Gate Ruins is right in that volcanic crater. Going up to the volcanic crater is equivalent to finding the entrance.
Just as he was thinking like this, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind them：
“Bandits！ They are bandits！ You guys go and report to the officials quickly. The bandits are coming！”
Turning around, I saw a group of bandits riding on horses chasing an old man holding a hunting knife.
Taking a closer look, the old man was actually the old hunter who had previously prepared to lead them the way.
Seeing this, Gu Yu immediately turned around and asked Xu Taiping：
”Taiping Shangxian, what should we do？”
Xu Taiping asked Gu Yu in return：
”What do you want to do？”
Gu Yu hesitated and said：
”I… I want to save people.”
Xu Taiping nodded and said：
”Then save them.”
Gu Yu’s face immediately lit up with joy.
And just as they were talking, the old hunter had already rushed to them. At the same time, the hundreds of sand bandits had also galloped their horses and surrounded them tightly.
Seeing this, the old hunter immediately stomped his foot with a heartbroken expression and said：
”Alas！ Why didn’t you run away！”
Gu Yu put her hand on the handle of the knife and took a step forward, saying：
”We can’t just watch you, an old man, die without helping, can we？”
The old hunter let out a heavy sigh and said：
“If you could escape and call the border troops, then only I would die. But now that no one has gone to report the news, I’m afraid the people in Huosha Town will not be able to escape either!
Just as the old hunter was saying this, the leader of the sand bandits suddenly sneered and said：
”Old thing, whether there is someone to report or not, my Wolf Killing Gang will surely massacre your Huosha Town this time！”
The old hunter “miso” soundly pulled out the long knife at his waist and then said to Xu Taiping and the others with his back turned:
”Later, in the chaos of the battle, if there is a chance, let that girl find an opportunity to escape. The few of us men will block these sand bandits for a while.”
Hearing this, Xuanzhi gently patted the old hunter on the shoulder and then smiled and said：
“Old man, don’t worry. They are just a group of bandits.”
Xu Taiping then said to Gu Yu：
“Gu Yu, make your move faster. We still have to reach the top of the mountain before dark.”
Gu Yu immediately nodded vigorously and said：
“Understood！”
Immediately, in the astonished gaze of the old hunter, Gu Yu “clang” pulled out the knife from its sheath and directly rushed towards the group of sand bandits with the knife in hand.
When the leader of the sand bandits saw Gu Yu rushing over alone with a knife and looking like an old man, he immediately sneered and said：
“You all don’t make a move. I’ll deal with this old thing myself！”
As he spoke, the sand bandit leader with a full beard was seen, holding the long knife in his hand and riding a horse to rush towards Gu Yu.
At the moment when he was about to collide with Gu Yu, the sand bandit leader suddenly lifted the long-handled big knife in his hand and slashed at Gu Yu’s head with a sudden knife.
“Swish！”
But just after a harsh breaking wind sound, with a dazzling knife light flashing past the front of the sand bandit leader, the long knife in the hand of the sand bandit leader “bang” broke apart.
Immediately afterwards, only a “boom” was heard, and the body of the sand bandit leader together with the war horse under him split into two halves at the same time.
After seeing this scene, the old hunter’s eyes were filled with horror as he said, “This, this, what’s going on？”
However, before Xu Taiping and the others could open their mouths to answer, the scene that happened next had already given the answer.