Chapter 241 – Response

“My responsibility this time is mine. I was careless!” Liu Zhifei said guiltily.

The bandit group that had been planning for a long time had almost losing Ran, putting a shadow over the bandit group that should have reaped a great harvest.

third team’s hurried return was already on the second day, and the fifth and seventh squads had not returned yet. However, the news of Heaven-Shaken Sect’s side killing bandits had already spread, and it was not just the Heaven-Shaken Sect’s side.

By the second day, almost everyone within the field had heard of this news, causing all the merchants of different sizes in the field to panic.

From the news that came from these two days, other than the unforeseen and unanticipated success of the three forces on the first day, the results of the second day’s battle were few. On the contrary, news of three sects’ border guards being injured would come from time to time, and there were still reports of caravans being robbed and killed by Fei Xiu.

Even though the places that Fei Xiu had touched were extremely scattered, and those Fei Xiu s were mostly just harassing him, and just left after robbing him, most of the caravan’s losses were not too serious. However, this time, those Fei Xiu merchants were no longer robbing and killing the caravans that had returned from the field s, but rather, the caravans that had rushed over from the outside world.

Not only were these Fei Xiu’s numbers increased, they were also a little too daring. The border guards from the three counties had joined hands, how big of a force was this, to think that Fei Xiu actually dared to go against the wind and commit crimes?

There were even some people who thought that this exchange of field s was a kind of conspiracy, a dark method used by certain powers to harvest various cultivation resources. They directly pointed their fingers at the three big sects that were hosting this exchange of field s.

In a warehouse in the ring of field, the Xishan Village’s few Martial Realm Cultivator s were all gathered together to discuss when they would leave the field.

“Although the bandits have been rampant for the past few days, most of the caravans have been able to safely travel back and forth. Currently, our Xishan Village Merchant Group only has four to five people from the Martial Realm Cultivator, and Lord Village Head is even a cultivator at the late stage of the martial arts realm. Shi Nansheng said.

An Xia immediately shook her head: “It’s not wrong to have the power to fight, but from the news that I’ve heard, the current robbers are no longer trying to snatch the entire caravan away, they’ve all rushed forward to snatch them away!”

An Xia shook her head as she spoke: “Although our caravan is not as large as it was when we were here, there are still more than ten large carriages. Even if we meet bandits, they would not fight with us, and would adopt the method of surprise attacks, breaking several large carriages, and snatch some things before running. They wouldn’t even give us the chance to fight with them, and even if we wanted to chase them, we would probably have to worry about the rest of the carriages as long as we can free them.”

“Right, don’t leave the field at this time, the field is the safest!” A voice suddenly sounded within the room. It was Shi Jingxuan who had never spoken.

However, just as he finished speaking, Shi Nansheng glared at him, and Xu Sanniang said: “If we don’t leave, then the rent of this warehouse is extremely valuable. After staying for two or three more days, we will have to pay a total of nearly a thousand Jade Coins.

Shi Nansheng asked Yang Tiangang: “Brother Yang, is there any news from your son?”

“Right, right, Yang Junshan is in the border guard squad, since he can spread the news earlier, then we can ask him about their patrol routes, and make an agreement with him, and choosime to leave the field that is similar to the one the caravan is returning to Wasteland Town on, that way, we can have the border guard team protect us, right?” Shi Jingxuan said proudly.

“Shut up!”

The others had nothing to say, so Shi Nansheng could not bear to continue listening to them.

Currently, the entire border guard team is under martial law, every town and village has their own child within the border guard squad. I have also asked the merchants of other Village Head to send a message, but none of them have received any news from the border guard squad. The previous message was only sent when the border guard cultivators have yet to carry out their mission!

When Yang Tiangang said this, his gaze swept across Shi Jingxuan without leaving a trace. Then, for some reason, the bottom of Shi Jingxuan’s heart started to panic, and his entire face paled.

An Xia sighed: “These few days, more than half of the Terra Village’s caravans were robbed after they left the field, the village’s Martial Realm Cultivator was killed and one was injured, the village’s caravan was also robbed, if not for the news that Meng Shan obtained from Third Brother and returned back to the field upon seeing the situation, I’m afraid that it would not have been as simple as losing two carts of supplies.”

Just as everyone was at a loss for words, Yang Qianhai suddenly knocked on the door and entered. He said: “Third uncle, there is news from outside.”

Yang Qianhai did not mention it, but Yang Tiangang knew that he was talking about the latest news that Yang Junshan had sent over, and immediately said: “Quickly show it to me!”

Shi Jingxuan saw that Yang Tiangang was anxiously opening a secret talisman using a specific method of spirit energy, his eyes flashed for a moment, but then he heard Yang Tiangang heaved a sigh of relief and said: “Everyone, tomorrow we will set out to return to Wasteland Town, inform the merchants of Meng Shan and the few other villages there, tomorrow morning we will leave via the path of Wangshan Town!”

An Xia frowned, and said: “Notifying Tu Meng Village is one thing, but although there are only a few big carriages in the caravan, and at least there is the Martial Realm Cultivator, the one holding the fort, the other villages did not organizroper caravan, it was scattered all over the place. If I had notified them, then I would have been distracted in taking care of them on the way, and it would have slowed down the journey.”

The other few people evidently did not agree to inform the other village’s cultivators. Yang Tiangang thought for a bit, then said: “Then let’s inform Meng Shan, if the others know, they are willing to follow.”

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Because of Ning Ran’s injuries, the members of the second group were once again sent out on the third day after resting for one day. This time, Ning Ran did not accompany them.

But this time, before leaving the stronghold, Liu Zhifei revealed the route of his patrol ahead of time, and Yang Junshan once again used the Golden Orchid Seal to inform Hu Niu, who had been hiding in the nearby forest the entire time, to get her to send Bao Yuer over. Yang Junshan then used the loophole in the stronghold’s protective array to reveal the route of his patrol, and allowed his to pass the information to Yang Tiangang, who was waiting for the news inside the field.

It was at this moment, near a sand dune in the Sandtown, that Zhang Sunxing carefully avoided the attention of the Martial Realm Cultivator in the Sha Tian Village and entered a sandstone at the back of the village.

After a few days of secret investigation, Zhang Sunxing finally confirmed that one of the Mengyu County’s family treasures should be at the bottom of a sand rock at the sand dune behind Sha Tian Village.

However, after a few days of investigation, he found out that Village Head Tian Zhen of Shatian Village was a very prestigious late stage martial arts realm cultivator of Shatian Town. Shatian Village was also the strongest village in Shatian Town.

Finally, three days ago, when the field had already started, Village Head Tian Zhengwang organized a merchant caravan and hurriedly went to the field to participate in the other market. Without a cultivator of the late stage of martial arts realm overseeing the exchange, Zhang Sunxing finally took the opportunity to sneak into the village.

However, after he had finally managed to infiltrate Sha Tian Village, the expected entrance to the treasure deposit had not been discovered, yet in the end, Zhang Sunxing gained nothing. He originally thought that he remembered the location wrongly, but after many investigations, Zhang Sunxing finally returned to this place.

He firmly believed that the clan’s treasure deposit was here, but after continuously searching for it and finding nothing, Zhang Sunxing believed that there waossibility of deceiving himself of the fact that the entrance to the treasure deposit had been sealed off by someone else.

In order to not attract the attention of the cultivators guarding Sha Tian Village, Zhang Sunxing, who was already prepared, used both of his hands to imprint onto the ground, and then beat the ground with it aapid frequency, to the point that even the area within a hundred meters around the sandstone cliff started to tremble. Countless grains of sand bounced about on the ground, and then, under a sandstone wall behind him, a ripple of spirit energy also rippled outwards.

The formation that Yang Junshan had set up at that time was used to cover the entrance of the cave, but the formation itself did not have much power, and Zhang Sunxing had already made preparations beforehand, so once the formation was found, it could be easily broken.

However, about an hour after Zhang Sunxing broke through the array and entered the cave, he came out from the cave with a gloomy expression.

After sneaking out of Sha Tian Village, Zhang Sunxing headed southeast toward the border between the three counties. The distance from here to where Yang Junshan and the others were at was only about five kilometers.

Zhang Sunxing seemed to be extremely familiar with the terrain of this generation, riding on the wind while flying on the ground, after going through a slow slope, he seemed to have sensed something, and suddenly lost the wind that he was controlling the turbid air, and then, two people came out from behind a small hill. They were Fang Xuansheng and Yan Qinxi.

“How is it, did you find the clan treasure?” Fang Xuansheng asked with a smile.

Zhang Sunxing nodded his head, but his expression was still gloomy, he observed his surroundings and asked: “What’s wrong?”

“The treasure is in the sand dune behind a village. If we want to transport away the family’s stored goods, it will definitely startle the entire village.”

Yan Qinxi was startled, and said: “Brother Zhangsun does not need to mind, the treasure deposit is already there. In the future, if there is time, we can find an opportunity to bring it back, and the current development of Changsun Family is not lacking in those materials!”

It was hard for Zhang Sunxing to hide the disappointment on his face, and he sighed: “It’s not because of the resources inside the treasure, but because someone had definitely already discovered the treasure.”

Fang Xuansheng was shocked, and said: “We’ve been discovered, the materials stored inside are all gone, and we were discovered by the people of Sha Tian Village?”

Zhang Sunxing shook his head: “The majority of the materials are still inside, they are definitely not from Shatian Village!”

Yan Qinxi looked solemn, and said: “Has the treasure been touched by someone?”

Zhang Sunxing nodded his head and said: “Among the six secret treasures in the Yuxian, each clan has designed a secret cave and they use exquisite formations to hide them. Inside the cave are all extremely valuable treasures and now that secret cave has been opened, just like the two treasury in the Mengyu County, the things inside the secret cave are all gone.”