Chapter 138 Earth Spirit Rat

In a magnificently decorated inner room in the inner courtyard of Wujiabao, an elegant middle-aged man was explaining martial arts knowledge to a handsome and burly young man.

Dangdangdang, three rapid copper bells suddenly rang in the room. The elegant middle-aged man was slightly stunned and stopped explaining. He retreated to the bench beside him, sat down, and leisurely picked up a cup of fragrant tea with a suitable temperature on the coffee table next to him and tasted it.

The young man frowned slightly, bowed to the elegant middle-aged man, walked out of the inner study, walked along the exquisitely carved golden nanmu corridor, walked into a jade-paved corridor, and appeared in the flower hall outside a moment later.

Outside the flower hall, two blue-clothed men stood respectfully at this time. When they saw the young man appear, the two men hurriedly bowed their heads and said, "Meet the master of the family."

"What's the matter? You are so anxious that I have to see it in person?" The young man asked calmly, as if he would not change color even if the sky fell. This young man is none other than Wu Shan, the patriarch of Wujiabao and Wu Yan's younger brother.

"Patriarch, I just found a group of suspicious people wandering outside the fort on the outer courtyard wall. According to the people who came back from the fort, these people are asking about your family, and they even mentioned the name of the master." One of the big men reported to Wu Shan slowly.

The master mentioned by the big man is the respectful title given to Wu Yan by the people of Wujiabao. Before Wu Yan left home, Wujiabao had already been built on a large scale. In the past few years, with the support of the Iron Blood League, the largest gang in Yunzhou, Wujiabao has once again made great progress and has become the largest hidden force in the underworld in Yunzhou. However, Wu Shan did not dare to disobey the instructions left by his brother. Wujiabao did not intervene in any disputes between underworld forces, nor did he participate in any disputes in the government. Therefore, although Wujiabao has developed into a powerful force in Yunzhou with strength second only to the Iron Blood League, its reputation is limited to some small circles.

"My Wujiabao does not participate in the disputes in the martial arts world. Who is so presumptuous?" Wu Shan raised his eyebrows, and seemed to be a little angry.

"Master, I heard the accents of those martial arts people, and they are not from Yunzhou. I have been to many places before and have seen some local customs. From the accents of those people, they seem to be from Tianlang County." Another big man said.

"People from Tianlang County? Hmm? Go and summon the four poisonous warriors of the Tang family to come and see me!" Wu Shan's face suddenly changed, and he said to the two blue-clothed big men in a cold voice.

The two blue-clothed big men were also surprised to see Wu Shan's expression. They hurriedly agreed and quickly left the yard. Wu Shan walked back to the inner room. The elegant middle-aged man was still sitting there drinking tea, and he didn't seem to care.

"Master Lu, I'm afraid things are a bit troublesome." Wu Shan walked back to the inner room and said straight to the point when he saw the elegant middle-aged man.

"Oh? Haha, this is strange. Is Lord Wu afraid of any trouble? Lord Wu has reached the realm of spiritual power transformation at a young age. The Wu family's poisoning methods are even more mysterious. If you don't cause trouble for them, they will be grateful. Is there anyone who dares to mess with you?" The elegant middle-aged man put down the teacup and joked with a smile.

"Master Lu is joking. Without your guidance, how could I have achieved what I have today in martial arts. Let's not talk about this. Master, have you forgotten why my brother sent you and Miss Jiang here in the past?" Wu Yan said with a serious look.

"The Jiang family cultivators are here?" The elegant middle-aged man's face suddenly became gloomy, and his tone of voice changed. This person was Lu Xuanyu, the Cangwu hero who was forced to come to Wujiabao by Wu Yan with the poison of the Corrupted Heart Pill. When he heard Wu Yan's name, Lu Xuanyu immediately thought of the Jiang family, a family of cultivators in Tianlang County.

Lu Xuanyu has been living in seclusion in Wujiabao for more than four years, and has developed a strong attachment to this place. Although he taught Wu Shan the martial arts of Shenjin Huaxu according to the agreement with Wu Yan, and Wu Shan also helped him and his apprentice to remove the poison of the Corrupted Heart Pill according to the agreement in Wu Yan's secret letter, Lu Xuanyu did not leave. Instead, he took the opportunity to join Wujiabao and became a guest of honor in Wujiabao.

"According to the spies in the fort, it seems that no immortal cultivators appeared, but some people from the rivers and lakes. However, it is not ruled out that those immortal cultivators deliberately set up a false formation and sent these people from the rivers and lakes to explore the reality of my Wujiabao. Master, how many immortal cultivators do you think will come this time? My eldest brother killed the most talented immortal cultivator in the Jiang family. Since they have found out our origins, will they send a large number of immortal cultivators to attack my Wujiabao?" Although Wu Shan's martial arts have reached the realm of Shenjin Huaxu, he has no experience in fighting with immortal cultivators. Although Wu Yan was also a cultivator, he did not seem to have taken action when he was in Wujiabao. Except for the time when he left, he stepped on the Qingye magic weapon and broke through the air. He did not use any other methods of cultivators. This made Wu Shan feel a little helpless.

"Don't worry, Lord of the Fort. As far as I know, cultivators cannot easily attack ordinary people, otherwise they will be punished by heaven. They will not come in large numbers this time. Back then, I heard in Tianlang City that your brother could easily kill cultivators with poison. There are many poison masters cultivated in Wujiabao over the years, so they may not be defeated by them." Lu Xuanyu pondered for a while and then explained and analyzed to Wu Shan in an orderly manner.

After hearing what Lu Xuanyu said, Wu Shan was really relieved.

At this time, Wu Shan suddenly turned his head to look outside the house, then smiled and walked out.

Four young men with strange animal skin bags on their waists and deerskin gloves on their hands stood in a row with indifferent faces under the eaves outside the house. When they saw Wu Shan, their indifferent faces showed a trace of respect, and they bowed their hands and said: "The four brothers of the Tang family greet the head of the family!"

"Well, no thanks. Mr. Tang, there are now suspicious people outside the fort peeping at my Wujia Fort. I suspect that these people are my Wu family's former enemies. The four of you go out and capture these people for me, and ask about their origins and purposes." Wu Shan nodded to the four people, and then ordered in a cold voice.

The four people bowed their hands and agreed, then left the yard, and disappeared strangely at the gate of the yard. The footwork used by these four people was the Fengyun footwork that once shocked the Yunzhou Jianghu.

After arranging the four people, Wu Shan was still a little worried, and sent the fort guard to call a young man with thick eyebrows to give him some instructions. This young man with thick eyebrows is a mechanical engineer trained by Wu Shan in recent years. He is well versed in mechanical engineering and is very familiar with several powerful mechanical trap arrays in Wujiabao. In order to prevent outsiders from sneaking in, Wu Shan ordered this person to personally check whether all the mechanisms are open.

After arranging these, Wu Shan went back to the inner room and discussed with Lu Xuanyu again.

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Wu Yan flew out of the Xiuzhen Gate and headed southeast. On this day, he flew for most of the day and arrived above a valley called Hongshi Gorge. He was about to fly over. Suddenly, a loud squeaking sound like a mouse came from a leather bag on his waist.

Wu Yan was startled at first, but then he was overjoyed. This leather bag was a spirit beast bag given to him by his senior brother Feng Hanxiao before he left. It contained a first-level upper-level spirit beast, the Earth Spirit Rat. This Earth Spirit Rat has no other skills, but its nose is surprisingly sensitive, especially to spiritual objects and rocks and earth. Therefore, this Earth Spirit Rat is also called a treasure hunting rat. Since this spirit beast is so agitated, it means that there is either a treasure or a spiritual place in the valley below.

Wu Yan quickly flew his sword to a small hill, then took off the spirit beast bag and opened it. The earth spirit rat, which looked like a golden cat, squeaked and jumped to the ground, then pounced towards the canyon below.

Wu Yan followed the earth spirit rat closely and flew into the valley.

This canyon is about a hundred miles in radius. Because the rocks in the valley are mostly dark red, it is called the Red Stone Canyon. The Red Stone Canyon is about five thousand miles away from Jinji Ridge. Because it is located in the deep mountains and wild forests, the mountains are not high and the water is not dangerous. In addition to the dense red stones, there are no other characteristics. Usually, when someone passes by here, they also fly away in a hurry without stopping.

The earth spirit rat ran quickly along the red rocks all the way to the depths of the valley below. Half an hour later, a beast and a man appeared under a huge rock on a cliff at the bottom of the canyon.

This cliff is abrupt and steep, with an area of ​​about ten feet. It is like a roof, covering a small cave that is more than ten feet in size.

At the entrance of the cave, there is a clear and deep stone pool. The small stone pool is connected to the red stone stream upstream. When the stream reaches here, it gathers into this small pool. However, the water in the pool did not stop there, but flowed into a stone cave of unknown depth and size through a crack in the stone below the cave.

When the earth spirit rat arrived here, it raised its nose and shook for a moment, then it plunged into the stone cave without hesitation and disappeared. Wu Yan naturally did not dare to delay, but he did not dare to be careless. The sword and shield that protected his body appeared on his body surface, and then he took a step and followed in.

The cave in front of him was winding and many places were so narrow that even one person could not pass through. The earth spirit rat kept drilling forward along the water flow below the cave, and Wu Yan had no choice but to follow behind it and keep moving forward. When he encountered an impassable place, he used the Molin Sword to cut a small path that could allow people to pass through.

This cave extended all the way down to the ground. It was deep and dark, and you couldn't see anything. Fortunately, Wu Yan carried with him a common lighting item, the Moon Fluorite. Wu Yan held the Moon Fluorite in one hand and the Molin Sword in the other, and followed the Earth Spirit Rat down for more than ten miles, and appeared in a cave. The Earth Spirit Rat finally stopped by a pool of water in the cave.

Wu Yan embedded the Moon Fluorite into the rocks next to him and carefully looked at this underground cave and the Earth Spirit Rat.

He found that this was actually a deep underground cave that went more than ten miles underground. This cave seemed to be a naturally formed cave. The rocks on the four walls of the cave were covered with dark green moss, which looked very damp. The entire cave was about ten feet in size. The rock crack leading to the cave was on the edge of the cave. Water flowed slowly from the crack and flowed into a small natural pool on the side of the cave. The water in the pool was dark and deep, and no one knew how deep it was.