“Hahaha, that is the funniest joke I’ve ever heard. I want to see who will die outside this time. Let’s go!”
Murong Shao laughed crazily before leaving with his people.
“Let’s go too!”
Ling Xiao indifferently said. He had deeply concealed his killing intent.
A real expert wouldn’t ever reveal his killing intent because it was a stupid decision to reveal your goal before taking action.
After 15 minutes, the four left Hollow Cloud City.
However, there was no trace of Murong Shao or his team.
Ling Xiao was not in a hurry. Killing Murong Shao was a secondary matter, leading the team and accumulating military merits as soon as possible was more important. After all, this involved whether he could advance to the Martial Master realm.
“Brother Ling, what is our target this time?”
Along the way, Yin Ran asked in confusion.
Ling Xiao hadn’t stopped after leaving the city or even taken out a map to look at. He simply went straight in one direction.
He didn’t know that Ling Xiao had the Landscape Map that displayed all of Hollow Cloud City. The specific locations of the transportation corps, stores, warehouses, and manufacturing sites of Dream Pills were clearly marked.
Because of this, Ling Xiao only needed to follow the directions of the Landscape Map.
“A Dream Pill Factory is hidden in the mountains.”
Ling Xiao replied.
“Dream Pill Factory!”
Yin Ran exclaimed, “Generally, Dream Pill Factories are deeply hidden. How do you know?”
“Brother Yin, you have too many questions. If you are not at ease, you can leave now.”
Ling Xiao frowned.
Some things, even if he wanted to explain them, he couldn’t. If he lied now, he would need to continue lying.
Yin Ran was briefly dumbfounded before responding with a bitter smile: “Brother Ling is right. Since I have joined your team, I should just follow your lead. There’s no need to ask.”
This person was absolutely a wise person.
He knew when to shut his mouth and be humble.
Although he still wondered how Ling Xiao had determined that there was a Dream Pill Factory in this direction, he decided to avoid asking.
Now that he had made his choice, there was no need to worry too much.
The four of them quickly went deep into the forest that had no traces of other humans or even wild beasts.
This confused Yin Ran even more.
However, he endured his curiosity since he was waiting for Ling Xiao’s explanation.
“Stop!”
Suddenly, Ling Xiao waved his hand and quietly ordered.
“Is there something?”
Yin Ran asked.
Ling Xiao nodded, pushing aside the bushes in the front to reveal a strange scene.
Unexpectedly, there was a utopia here. Who would have thought that a large Dream Pill Factory would be in such a place?
Farmland around the factory was not used to grow grains but rather a plant called “Beautiful Fairy”.
Just like its name, this plant was very beautiful. Its flower was not only fragrant but also slender and elegant like a beauty.
People who saw this plant would never think that it actually was the main ingredient to create Dream Pills, those harmful things.
“You truly found it!”
Yin Ran was surprised since he had not expected Ling Xiao to immediately find such a large Dream Pill Factory. He wondered how many Dream Pills traffickers were here.
As long as they dealt with this place, they would gain a lot of military merits.
“I don’t see any guards, but there must be some hidden lookouts. Don’t be impatient. Let me take a look first.”
Ling Xiao closed his eyes and released his soul power. At the same time, his Landscape Martial Soul activated, and after a moment, he opened his eyes.
“We can’t go down from here; this cliff is too steep. With our movement technique, a slight moment of carelessness, and we might fall to our deaths. However, there is a hidden passage not far from here. Although there are guards, the four of us can handle them.”
Ling Xiao said while rushing in one direction. This time, Yin Ran didn’t ask any questions. Ling Xiao had already brought him a pleasant surprise, so it would be stupid to further question him.
Not long after, the four people arrived in front of a waterfall.
“Jump over.”
Ling Xiao took the initiative to punch out, creating a hole through the waterfall and instantly rushing through it.
The other three followed suit.
Behind the waterfall was a cave. Although plants covered it from the outside, it could be found following careful inspection.
Yin Ran was surprised once again. Had Ling Xiao been born with miraculous foresight? How had he known all this?
However, he didn’t ask any questions.
With such a leader, he could only be happy.
As for Ling Xiao being a planted agent of the Ren Race, he had also thought about it but quickly denied it.
If Ling Xiao were truly one of the Ren Race’s planted agents, he wouldn’t have stupidly exposed a hidden Dream Pill Factory to scheme against some paltry disciples of the Hidden Dragon Battalion.
He would scheme against General Lin Ze.
“Roughly 30 meters away are four hidden lookouts, hiding on both sides of the cave. However, their vigilance is low. Most likely, no one has intruded for a long period of time, so they lost their vigilance.”
Ling Xiao didn’t hastily rush in, carefully observing the situation via his Landscape Map. “There are three people patrolling in the middle of the cave. These people are not that strong. The four hidden lookouts are at Initial to Peak Rank Five Martial Vein. Among those three patrolling, one is an Initial Rank Six Martial Vein martial artist, and the other two are Initial Rank Five Martial Vein martial artists.”
“Listen to me: leave the three people in the middle to me. Yin Ran, you will be responsible for the two on the left side, and Leng Mei, you are responsible for the two on the right side. As for Senior Apprentice Sister Yixue, conserve your strength. I’m afraid that Martial Masters will appear soon, so we’ll have to rely on you at that time.”
“Understood!”
There was no issue with Ling Xiao’s arrangements, and no one had any objections.
“Start!”
At Ling Xiao’s words, everyone moved out.
“So fast!”
Although this was not the first time that they had seen Ling Xiao’s movement technique, Yin Ran and Leng Mei were still a little surprised. Nevertheless, they didn’t dare to be careless and hastily followed him.
“Duplicate Shadow Sword Technique——One Sword Three Shadows!”
Ling Xiao’s Duplicate Shadow Sword Technique was very suitable for one-against-many fights. He only used the second layer of Duplicate Shadow Sword Technique to create two clones.
The three patrolling Dream Pill traffickers had no chance to send out a warning.
Ling Xiao’s sword was too fast.
Moreover, the strongest among these three was just an Initial Rank Six Martial Vein martial artist. If Ling Xiao couldn’t shut them up instantly, he would be too incompetent.
Clang!
Ice Glaze Sword returned to its sheath, and the three figures merged into one.
Simultaneously, the three Dream Pill traffickers fell to the ground without any noise.
After dealing with these three people, Ling Xiao didn’t act any more, simply examining both sides of the cave.
Actual combat was the sole standard to test one’s combat power.
The usual competitions were nothing, so he truly wanted to know how strong Yin Ran and Leng Mei were.
