Chapter 672 Prison
The area of Baofeng Village is almost the same as a small city. It is backed by a giant tree and faces mountains on both sides. The buildings are in the same style as those in southern Xinjiang. Most of them are made of bamboo, but there are also many stone buildings.
From Li Chengxi's perspective, it is a bit confusing. It feels like they built a village on a ruin.
The most troublesome part of exploring in such a place is not knowing where to go first.
The good news is that the lights in Baofeng Village have basically been turned off. As long as they avoid the regular patrols, it is not difficult for the good hands of the Sixteen Villages. Even Yang Yiyi, who followed behind, did not make any mistakes.
Running around in the dark village without any target at all is like looking for a needle in a haystack or a blind man touching an elephant. In short, it is a very difficult thing.
However, Ran Xiaoyi mentioned that it is best to walk along the ancient stone road when searching. She heard from her sister that the important buildings in Baofeng Village are connected to the stone road.
For example, important warehouses, the residences of the clan leader and the witch, etc.
Following this clue, when we arrived at a place with more bamboo houses, we found that the lights were not turned off in the house, but there was no one at all.
This was very strange.
Where did everyone go when they were not sleeping in the middle of the night?
On second thought, could they have gone to participate in the ceremony that Ran Xiaoyi mentioned?
Thinking of this, everyone quickened their pace.
Going forward, Qin Yan, who was leading the group, suddenly made a concealed gesture, and the people behind him all lay down on the roof.
At this time, we could see a group of Westerners holding torches walking on the stone road below.
"When can we leave? I don't want to stay in this damn place for a day."
"Shh, if someone hears you, you will be whipped."
"I'm telling you."
"Don't try to steal my wine."
The man looked around and noticed that most of his companions were behind him and didn't pay attention. He whispered to the person next to him:
"We can't stay here for a few days. When the ritual of these southern barbarians succeeds, we should go back."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let them do it."
"It's not that simple. I heard that it seems that we have to wait until a certain time and offer sacrifices..."
The voice was lowered, almost whispering:
"Okay, don't ask, patrol well, if anything goes wrong, we will suffer in vain."
As they walked, they talked in a low voice. Unfortunately, everyone on the roof could not understand the Western language, unlike Li Chengxi who had his own translator.
To them, it was just a bunch of gibberish. After the patrolling soldiers passed, everyone got up and continued to explore along the roof.
It was not an illusion. There was no one in the bamboo house. It was obvious that there was no one in one or two bamboo houses. There was no one in all the bamboo houses that they passed by, which made people doubt whether they were going to participate in the ceremony.
As time passed, everyone became more and more anxious. At this time, they flew over the eaves and walls all the way to the left side of Baofeng Village.
As mentioned before, Baofeng Village is surrounded by mountains on both sides. When you get here, you can only see the towering mountain walls.
But the exploration that has yielded nothing has finally given some clues.
They finally saw people.
To be precise, they saw four or five people from South Xinjiang standing in front of a cave under the mountain wall.
The cave was blocked by a bamboo door with a brass lock on it. Several people from South Xinjiang stood in the light under the brazier, as if they were standing guard.
Just like when they first came in, there were people standing guard at the door of the warehouse. This must be a more important place. In this case, let's go and take a look.
Qin Yan led the group and jumped down from the roof, entering the darkness on both sides of the cave entrance. Soon, several figures suddenly jumped up and almost knocked down several southern Xinjiang people standing guard at the door at the same time. When Yang Yiyi came down from the roof, they had already done it.
They dragged the southern Xinjiang people into the bushes next to them. Qin Yan pulled out the wire on her hair and opened the lock in a few strokes.
The moment the door was opened, a cold wind blew from the cave, making people shiver.
Yang Yiyi was not unfamiliar with this situation. She remembered that Li Chengxi said that this was probably the characteristic of excessive negative energy.
Given that the cave was relatively narrow, Yang Yiyi volunteered to walk in front. If she really met someone, she could deal with it in the first time.
There was an oil lamp or torch every few meters in the cave, so it was not particularly dim. Walking forward along the cave, they soon passed a corner.
At this time, everyone saw that there were cubicles of different sizes on both sides of the tunnel, like cells.
Going further, they saw a dozen people sitting on the ground in a large cell.
These people were only wearing inner clothes, with their hair disheveled, and their faces could not be seen clearly for a while.
They also noticed Yang Yiyi and others approaching with fire sticks, and looked up.
Seeing that the leader Yang Yiyi was still a little puzzled, she immediately saw the people from the Sixteenth Village and immediately exclaimed in a low voice:
"It turned out to be the brothers from the Sixteenth Village!"
This voice attracted the attention of many people, and everyone looked up. Some people even rubbed their eyes, thinking that they had seen it wrong.
The people from the Sixteenth Village also recognized them. These were disciples from the Tianjue Palace and from multiple sects.
They were the missing group.
I don’t know how long they have been locked up here. Each of them looked very weak and almost rolled and crawled to the door of the cell.
"How did you get in? Were you discovered?"
"Don’t worry, we came in secretly and have not attracted attention for the time being."
Qin Yan quickly unlocked the cell door, and Brother Jin asked:
"How did you get caught?"
"Alas, it was because we were careless. We were led into an ambush by the traitor and then fell victim to the magic. The poison of those people from Southern Xinjiang is really powerful. We can't even muster our internal strength now..."
Just as he was about to explain, Yang Yiyi suddenly rushed over and asked the disciple of Tianjue Palace:
"Ning Xian'er, where is Sister Ning? Was she also caught?"
"You are..."
"I am Yang Yiyi. I was invited to Baiyun Restaurant, but I didn't find her, so I followed her all the way here."
This name is very familiar to the people of Tianjue Palace, because when Ning Xian'er chatted with them, she always talked about Yiyi and so on, and they were almost getting calluses from hearing it.
"Senior Sister Ning is also here, but she is not locked up with us. She should be in the innermost part."
When Yang Yiyi heard this, she immediately left Qin Yan who was unlocking the cell, and rushed to the deepest part of the cell at the fastest speed.
Passing through rows of cells, regardless of whether there were people inside, Yang Yiyi rushed all the way to the innermost part.
There is a particularly sturdy cell here, and the fences are made of metal instead of wood.
A ray of moonlight fell from the window above the cell, shining right in the center of the cell.
A person, with her hands tied with chains on the left and right, hung on the walls on both sides, sat slumped on the ground, facing the cells, but her scattered hair covered her face.
"Sister Ning!"
Although she couldn't see her face, Yang Yiyi still recognized her.
When the person heard this, his head moved slightly, revealing half of his face:
"Yi, Yiyi? Why are you..."
The face was as pale as a dead person, and a dark, twisted birthmark ran through Ning Xian'er's face, which was very scary.
