Chapter 118 – Suspicion

When Yang Junshan returned from the outside of the cave, he had already clearly sensed the competing atmosphere within the cave that the other people were eager to try.

Fang Xuansheng stood up and said: “Count me in for the second group!”

But then he turned to the Tan Xi Sect disciple that followed Yan Qinxi back and said: “Junior brother Guo, take the time to rest and find Senior Brother Zhu and the others in the cave. We are already surrounded by a group of snakes, does he still have the mood to loot treasures?”

Although a large amount of mud had fallen off from Yang Junshan’s face, he still looked expressionless; but Zhang Yueming’s expression changed slightly, then, in the cave before, Senior Brother Zhu might have encountered this person before, but since this person did not have any injuries, then the one who was at a disadvantage was Senior Brother Zhu.

Zhang Yueming nodded to Xu Jing, who was beside him. Xu Jing stood up and followed behind Fang Xuansheng, and walked out of the cave.

Xu Jing had been severely injured by Xue Ziqi’s sneak attack earlier, but was still able to go out and cut the snake today. Yang Junshan could also tell that the injuries on her body had already been completely controlled, and it could be seen that she had consumed an extremely good healing pellet.

The three of them had endured outside of the cave for merely two hours before retreating due to the depletion of the spirit energy in Xu Jing’s body. By that time, Fang Xuansheng and the other disciple of the Tan Xi Sect had also reached the end of their strength, so even if Xu Jing did not return, they would not be able to last long.

After Fang Xuansheng returned, he looked at the rest of the people and was slightly surprised, “Junior brother Guo went to look for Senior Brother Zhu, but he hasn’t come back yet?”

Zhang Yueming and Senior Brother Zheng had already exited the cave with the remaining Tan Xi Sect disciple. Not long after, Junior Brother Guo came back witanicked expression on his face, while Yang Junshan still sat there steadily and circulated the spirit energy in his body. His expression did not fluctuate in the slightest.

“Senior Brother Zhu is dead!”

Hearing the news, Fang Xuansheng jumped up from the ground, his eyes fiercely sized up Yang Junshan and Xu Jing, but he suddenly felt someone tugging on his sleeves, turning his head, he saw Yan Qinxi shaking her head at him with a serious expression.

Fang Xuansheng thought that Yan Qinxi was trying to persuade him to endure patiently. After all, the danger outside the cave had not been resolved, so he snorted coldly and sat back down on the ground.

He did not know that the reason why Yan Qinxi advised him to do so was because he was afraid that he would suffer a loss. Although Fang Xuansheng had double the number of people on his side, the shadow that he had left on Yan Qinxi’s body was just too heavy, especially outside the cave entrance just now. When Junior Brother Guo and she were exhausted of her spirit energy, Yang Junshan had used his own strength to stop all of the snakes, and he had only used the power of his fleshly body.

After a full hour, Zhang Yueming and the other two finally returned from outside the cave. They had endured the longest among the three groups, and even Senior Brother Zheng and the others who returned with them had looks of admiration in their eyes.

Zhang Yueming and the rest congratulated him with a fake smile, and Zhang Yueming quickly noticed the strange atmosphere around them. Xu Jing told him the news of Senior Brother Zhu and the others’ deaths, although Zhang Yueming’s face did not change, his gaze continued to glance at the unmoving, mountainous Yang Junshan.

Only Yan Qinxi and the previous Senior Brother Guo who went with Yang Junshan were not surprised by Zhang Yueming’s display of strength, because they had seen Yang Junshan’s abnormal strength with their own eyes.

Just as Yang Junshan was about to stand up and walk out of the cave, Zhang Yueming called out to him, “Don’t worry, fellow cultivator.

“He retreated?” Yang Junshan immediately frowned.

Fang Xuansheng’s face was filled with admiration, and said: “Brother Zhang is so mighty, actually forcing the snakes to retreat.”

Zhang Yueming shook his head: “It’s not because of my contributions, but because these snakes have voluntarily retreated, as if they were under someone’s command. When they retreated, they did not panic at all, and had only retreated to a location thirty meters away from the cave to lurk, seems like these snakes will not let this matter rest.”

The Senior Brother Zheng said: “Speaking of which, how come you guys think that the snake swarm is looking for us, could it be a snake tide?”

Yan Qinxi sneered: “There are far too many snake tide mud snakes that are beyond what the swamp can endure, I have no choice but to gather all of them to move out of the swamp. When have you ever seen snake tide happen in the swamp?”

Fang Xuansheng coughed, and said: “Alright, now is not the time to talk about this. Senior Brother Zhu and the other three have died, and not a single one of them survived.”

However, he smiled again, and said: “Don’t worry, this one is alserson who understands that now is not the time for internal strife, but this one just wants to know who killed him. If today, I am able to escape from this group of snakes, then there will always be a time for these matters to end, no?”

Everyone was silent for a while, then Fang Xuansheng gave a “hehe” sneer: “What, you dare not accept my punishment?”

Xu Jing could not help but say: “Now that there are only the two of us, your questioning of us has already determined that we are the ones who killed him, the two of us entered the Nanxuan swamp together had a total of fifty people, and now that there are only nine of us left who have fought and died, our hatred is already as deep as the ocean, if Fellow Daoist Fang wants to take revenge for the Zhu Family, why did you leave the other dead behind?

“That’s not right!”

Fang Xuansheng said in a deep voice: “You are wrong on two points. First, the nine of us are not from two sides, but three sides!”

After saying that, Fang Xuansheng looked at the still silent Yang Junshan, and continued: “Second, the reason why this one spoke of matters without mentioning the other fallen senior brothers and sisters, is because we all clearly know how the latter died, and we all clearly know who was the one to seek revenge for it. However, we were all muddled by Senior Brother Zhu’s death, and even though we know that the culprit is amongst the three of you, we still have to clarify who exactly did it.”

Yang Junshan suddenly opened his eyes and stood up, the mud on his body rustled and fell. Fang Xuansheng and the rest looked at him warily, but they heard Yang Junshan say: “Prepare to fight, the snakes are coming up again!”

Everyone was baffled. How did he know about the snake swarm?

But Yang Junshan was already walking out of the cave, so the rest of them had no choice but to follow him.

When everyone rushed out of the cave to check, they could not help but inhale a breath of cold air. They had even forgotten to ask Yang Junshan about how he knew that the snakes would attack.

Four huge snakes that were as thick as buckets and about four to five meters long waded through the snakes and headed towards the entrance of the cave.

“This is the Snake King?” Yan Qinxi asked the crowd in bewilderment.

“Prepare to join hands. If we can kill these four Snake Kings, the snake horde might fall into chaos. At that time, it will be our chance to escape.”

Yang Junshan sheathed his blade back into his waist, and once again, he held the Seven Stones Iron Body Bow in his hand. An Iron Feather Arrow was already drawn onto the bowstring, and said: “This time, I will be the support to kill the Snake King, but do not be careless because of this, you have been plotted against by the other Mud Snakes.”

Yan Qinxi asked anxiously: “How did you know about the arrival of the snake horde at the cave previously?”

Yang Junshan said indifferently: “That is not important, killing the Snake King right now might be our only way out.”

Yan Qinxi, witrace of stubbornness in her heart, said: “No, this is very important to me.”

“He’s still as stubborn as before!” Yang Junshan muttered to himself, he stared at Yan Qinxi, and suddenly revealed a sinister smile, and said: “Do you remember that little girl? She told me. ”

Speaking of the little girl, not only Yan Qinxi, even Xu Jing’s face paled a little. Yan Qinxi pointed at him and said, “No, that’s not right.

“Hehe, hello sisters!”

Just as Yan Qinxi finished speaking, a voice that made her and Xu Jing tremble in fear rang out, scaring the two people to the point that their faces turned pale.

Yang Junshan laughed and said: “She won’t die that easily, she’s a little kid after all!”

Yan Qinxi thought about the little girl’s mysterious ability and felt chills down her spine. She asked in a raspy voice, “You subdued her? Did she always tell you about the movements of the snakes? ”

Yang Junshan nodded, and said: “Therefore, if you have any plans in the future, think that I won’t be able to see it if you stand behind me, then you’d better be careful.”

With that, the seven stone bow in his hands was suddenly filled, Yang Junshan shot out an arrow, using the Shattered Rock Technique, he struck one of the iron arrows onto the snake king’s swinging tail, causing blood and flesh to explode. A fist-sized hole appeared on the snake king’s tail, pulling everyone to attack the four snake kings together.

In the instant that Yang Junshan made his move, Zhang Yueming and the rest also moved, Fang Xuansheng stepped with strange steps towards the huge snake that Yang Junshan had shot at lightning speed, his entire being looked erratic, but from Yang Junshan’s point of view, the fact that Fang Xuansheng had displayed this movement was more like him preparing for Yang Junshan’s sudden sneak attack.

Zhang Yueming brought Xu Jing to fight against a Serpent King, and with one shot, Yang Junshan pierced seven inches of the snake king’s body, although it was only using ordinary iron arrows, but seven inches was the king of the snake beasts’ famous technique, the powerful force behind the arrow was already enough to make the snake king’s entire body weak, thus Zhang Yueming took the chance and struck a spell on the snake’s abdomen, slicing a huge hole in it, causing blood to almost spurt out all over the body of the snake king.

Compared to Fang Xuansheng and Zhang Yueming who had the absolute advantage once they started, Yan Qinxi who was leading a junior brother from the same sect to besiege a Snake King could only temporarily stay in a stalemate. On the other hand, the Senior Brother Zheng who was being attacked by the Snake King and other normal mud snakes in the vicinity already appeared to be in a sorry state.