novelhk Chapter 118 The Treasure Hunter Died at the Foot of the Mountain
Chapter 118 The Treasure Hunter Died at the Foot of the Mountain
"Did something happen?" Bai Ningyu asked curiously.
Li Shang nodded solemnly. "Originally, the major families and independent cultivators from all over the place were scheduled to enter the mountain the day after tomorrow, but someone broke the agreement last night and entered the mountain ahead of schedule. So, we have to move our plans forward."
"Okay, I understand. This is for you." Bai Ningyu took out the remaining one third of the pill and handed it to Li Shang.
Li Shang was overjoyed after receiving the pills: "Great! These are another layer of protection."
He then regained his composure and solemnly instructed, "Host, follow me closely once you enter the mountain. You can trust Xiao Jing, Li Su, and the Great Elder, but you can't trust the rest."
After saying that, Li Shang handed a storage ring to Bai Ningyu.
After taking the ring, Bai Ningyu took a quick look at it. It was about two square meters in size and was filled with water and instant food.
Following Li Shang, a group of ten people arrived at the airport in a special car.
After successfully boarding the plane, Li Shang began to introduce everyone to Bai Ningyu one by one.
Li Jingze and Li Yanchen, needless to say, have all seen that the Great Elder Du Heng is a martial arts expert in the middle stage of Dan Jin. He is already over a hundred years old, but he looks only about sixty years old.
Xiao Jing is in his early thirties and is a peak-second-grade fire-type psychic. Li Su is the same age, but he is a mid-second-grade lightning-type psychic and is also a geomancer.
The remaining three people, Zhang Er and Sun Lu are both martial arts practitioners in the early stage of dark energy, and Tao Hua is a practitioner in the middle stage of the second level.
Then Li Shang sent everyone a rough topographic map of the outskirts of Yumen Mountain, and told them some stories about Yumen Mountain.
Then several people began to close their eyes and rest on the plane.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed in Yunnan Province, and the group took a two-hour drive to Dian County.
Along the way, they met many strange people like them, and the more remote the place was, the more vehicles there were. They must have been heading for Yumen Mountain.
When they reached Liang Village at the foot of the mountain, it started to rain heavily. In addition, it was getting late. For the safety of the group, the elder decided to stay in the village for one night and go into the mountain tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, not only were all the hotels in the village full of people, but even the residents' homes were filled with strangers from all over the place, and many people had already started setting up tents in the open space outside the mountain.
Just when Bai Ningyu and his group were preparing to set up tents on the spot, a strange noise suddenly came from the mountain, and a madman ran out of the mountain.
His clothes were dirty and torn, and some of his wounds were so deep that the bones were visible, but the man seemed to feel no pain.
He had a strange smile on his face, and laughed with a dazed look in his eyes: "Hahahaha, I saw the fairyland, I found treasures, lots and lots of money, hahahaha..."
However, what was stuffed in his arms and in his hands were paper ingots and yellow paper money!
At this time, some of the onlookers recognized the crazy man.
"Isn't this the treasure hunter who went into the mountains before? Why...why did he go crazy?"
“I heard that the Su family spent a lot of money to invite him.”
"Why is he the only one who came out? Where are the people from the Su family? None of them came out?"
"It looks like it's going to be very bad."
Just as everyone was talking, the man suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, his eyes widened, and he fell straight back and died.
Everyone gasped and sighed among themselves.
The spurting black blood splashed onto the arm of a first-grade peak cultivator, and the man cursed inwardly for his bad luck.
Bai Ningyu hurried forward to check on the treasure hunter, and saw that there seemed to be something tiny wriggling in the blood at the corner of his mouth.
Bai Ningyu's eyes darkened immediately, and she said in a deep voice, "Oh no! It's a poisonous insect!"
The treasure hunter on the ground had his skin shriveled up in an instant, leaving only a shriveled layer of skin on his skeleton. The poisonous insects under the skin were swimming under the skin, and it seemed that they would soon break through the skin.
Seeing this, Xiao Jing immediately stepped forward and pulled Bai Ningyu away, using his fire ability to instantly burn the treasure hunter on the ground, including his body and bones.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this scene. The face of the peak-level first-grade cultivator turned pale instantly, and he quickly took off his bloody clothes.
They saw something bulging under the skin of his arm, moving toward his heart. The man's companion acted decisively, drew out a scimitar, and cut off the man's arm in one stroke.
The man screamed in pain and fell to the ground, struggling and squirming.
His companion quickly stuffed a pill into his mouth and stopped the bleeding.
"Damn it, this mountain is too evil. I just wanted to find a bargain, not risk my life. Whoever wants to go to this mountain can go, but I'm not going!"
"I'm leaving too. The only person who's ever been to the depths of Prison Gate Mountain is dead. What's the point of going there?"
Seeing this, many independent cultivators with low cultivation levels immediately gave up the idea of entering the mountain and turned away.
In the teams of those big and small families, everyone's face was extremely ugly, and they all called their families.
After making the phone call, many teams began to retreat, with smiles of relief and escape on their faces.
The faces of those teams that were told to stay behind were ashen.
The Great Elder hung up the phone. Li Jingze swallowed his saliva, looked at him, and asked anxiously, "What's going on, Great Elder? Are we going back?"
The Great Elder's expression turned grim, and he said in a low voice, "We will stay and go into the mountains. If the situation doesn't seem right, we will withdraw immediately."
Although that’s what they say, once you enter the mountain, how easy is it to retreat?
Li Jingze kept cursing the decision makers in the family in his heart, but when he glanced at Li Shang, he felt a little more balanced.
No matter how much the old man likes it, doesn't he still have to go to Yumen Mountain to die?
At that time, I will join forces with the Great Elder to kill Li Shang and Li Yanchen, and then find something to take back to report.
As long as they die in Yumen Mountain, the position of the head of the family will belong to him, Li Jingze thought secretly in his heart.