Volume 2: Yun Ji Cang Hai Chapter 346: Enemies Arrive
Chapter 346: Enemies come to visit
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? This is a very remote valley.
There are a dozen straw huts crookedly sitting in the valley. After breakfast, some men with bare chests and backs are busy around two deep wells. A wheel is placed on the deep well, and a muscular man shakes it vigorously. After a long period of "squeaking" sound, there are several shouts, and a basket is pulled out from the well mouth, which is filled with white salt grains.
The basket is unhooked, and two men work together to lift it to the straw hut not far away.
"This basket of salt is full of salt. It seems that Leopard is not lazy down there! Haha!" The speaker is an elderly man who wears more clothes than others, and seems to be a manager.
"Haha! Leopard is just afraid that you, Uncle Wu, will not give him food!" A strong man in his twenties or thirties joked on the side. The latter smiled, sat down against a stone, and said gently: "I just wanted to scare him, so that he wouldn't have to use all his strength!" His words drew another round of laughter.
Not long after, a long shout came from the bottom of the well: "Get up!"
"Hey! Leopard is really working hard today!" A man put down the water bowl in his hand, wiped the sweat on his forehead, strode forward, grabbed the arm of the wheel and shook it vigorously.
With a "squeaking" sound, the taut rope was wrapped around the wheel. I don't know if it was because the salt in the basket was too heavy or for other reasons, the man's neck veins were bulging and his hands became strained. He hurriedly shouted to his companions: "Don't stand there, help!"
The two men on the side did not dare to neglect and strode over. Before they touched the arm of the wheel, they heard a crisp "crack" sound. The man who was shaking the wheel lost his hand, stumbled, and fell to the ground with a "thump". The straight well rope suddenly became soft.
"Ah! Not good!" The two men exclaimed and stood there in a daze. Wu Bo, who was not far away, stood up suddenly, his face changed drastically. He pointed at the well mouth, his mouth trembling, not knowing what to do!
A few more men noticed the movement here and ran over. Someone shouted: "The well rope is broken! There are people below!"
Just a breath, everyone by the well heard a muffled sound coming from the ground, and there was a faint cry. Wu Bo felt his legs and feet weak, thinking, this is over! The basket filled with salt grains must weigh at least 200 kilograms. If it hits someone, how can he survive? Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he could not help but force himself to stay calm and shouted, "Quick! What are you all standing there for? Find a rope to hang someone down!"
The two smarter men responded and ran away. The man who fell to the ground had a cut on his mouth and was helped to get up. He spat with blood in his mouth and shouted in a daze, "The leopard is finished! The leopard is finished! How can his mother live alone?"
"You ***, can't you say something nice!" Uncle Wu was anxious and angry, jumping to his feet and cursing.
"The person is just injured! His life is not in danger!" A strange voice suddenly sounded, causing Uncle Wu and others to turn their heads and look. They saw a young man in a gray robe coming over, with a wine gourd and a jade plaque hanging from his waist.
"How does this young man know the situation underground? Could you be...?" Uncle Wu was knowledgeable and saw the extraordinaryness of the person at a glance.
"This uncle guessed right. I am just a cultivator passing by here. I wonder what you are doing here?" The visitor asked curiously.
After hearing this, everyone was moved. Uncle Wu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "It turns out that the immortal has arrived! My surname is Wu, and I am the manager of the salt business in Wuniu Town. These two salt wells belong to my salt business. Who would have thought that the rope of the well broke just now? I am afraid that the lives of the people in the wells were injured, so I panicked."
This place is remote, not far from Guiling Valley and some families, and it is where the cultivators appear. The people in the mountain villages and towns are not unfamiliar with these immortals who go up to the sky and down to the earth. A young man suddenly appeared in the deep mountains and could see deep underground at a glance. What else could this be if not an immortal!
"Haha! My surname is Lin, not an immortal. You don't have to be polite!" The visitor was Lin Yi. He was afraid that the black-clothed man last night would not let him go, and he did not dare to sacrifice the green cloud yarn. Seeing the smoke rising here, he came to take a look and ask what this place was. But I didn't expect that this place was actually the location of the salt well, and one person was injured by the basket.
Since he knew that this place was within the jurisdiction of Wuniu Town, according to the map in his hand, even if he walked on foot, Lin Yi thought he would not get lost. He saw these people busy tying ropes to the wheels. Uncle Wu had something on his mind, but was afraid of neglecting himself. He was anxious and said, "Since I have encountered this matter, I should lend a hand. You guys get out of the way!"
There were about 10 to 20 salt workers in this group. Except for the cooks and the salt diggers, the remaining ten or so people all surrounded them. Hearing that Lin Yi was willing to help, they all showed an excited look.
"Get out of the way! Please ask the immortal to cast a spell!" Someone called out, and everyone gave up the place near the well.
"There are two salt wells here, and this one is the deepest, no less than 20 feet. Ordinary people dare not go down, so there is only one person digging salt in the well..." Uncle Wu led Lin Yi to the wellhead, and did not forget to talk about the situation under the salt well.
Lin Yi said nothing more, and nodded to Uncle Wu, signaling him not to worry too much. He took a look at the well mouth, which was more than three feet wide, and stepped over, then gently descended.
Wu Bo and others couldn't help but praise the young monk for his calmness. But Lin Yi didn't take these people's reactions to heart. He followed the wall of the well and soon reached the bottom of the well.
The salt well of more than 20 feet deep was not deep for Lin Yi. After reaching the bottom of the well, he used his eyesight to see a sturdy man lying on the ground next to a broken basket, half of his body covered by salt grains, groaning. Behind him was a cave of more than ten feet in size, white, and an oil lamp was hanging on the pile of excavated salt.
"Who are you? Are you here to save me?" The man nicknamed Leopard was in his twenties or thirties, with a body of tendons, thick eyebrows and big eyes. Seeing Lin Yi fall down like this, he was not terrified, but wanted to struggle to sit up. But his feet were hit hard by the basket, and he grimaced in pain, and couldn't help cursing the people above.
Lin Yi stepped forward and grabbed Leopard's arm, chuckled and said, "Don't be impatient, big brother! You just broke your leg bone, it will be fine after three or two months of rest. Just follow me up!"
"This bunch of idiots! If I hadn't dodged in time, I would have been crushed to death!" Leopard still cursed angrily. Seeing that the other party moved the salt pile with a flick of his hand, he hurriedly praised in a rough voice: "Brother, good tricks!"
Lin Yi smiled, grabbed Leopard's arm and said, "Big brother, I'll take you up." As he said, without waiting for him to say more, he dragged him up. Due to the narrow well mouth, Lin Yi jumped five or six feet high, grabbed the well wall with one hand and paused. He saw that the leopard being carried was staring at him with wide eyes, full of surprise, but not panic.
This man is a brave man! Lin Yi's fingers grabbed into the rocks of the well wall like steel claws, and his arms exerted force. After jumping more than ten feet, he jumped out of the well mouth. In just a moment, everything on the ground made his heart sink.
There was no joyful sound as imagined, not even the sound of talking. In the valley, the dozen men stood there in a daze, as if they had lost their souls, revealing an indescribable weirdness. What was even more surprising was that there was a young man in purple clothes, staring at Lin Yi with a smug look on his face.
Leopard was confused and wanted to speak, but Lin Yi sealed his sleeping point and gently put him on the ground.
"Haha! You know what's interesting!" The other party's tone was not without ridicule!
Lin Yi slowly straightened up and frowned slightly. He saw that Wu Bo and others had their heart meridians sealed by spiritual power, but they were not worried about their lives. The person in front of him was actually a **, how could he come here so coincidentally? This matter would not be so simple!
"Senior Zheng, you are here for these ordinary people!" Lin Yi did not salute, and his words lacked respect. Sure enough, the other party did not take it as an offense, but sneered, snorted and said: "Zheng is naturally here for you, Lin Yi!"
"Oh! I believe that I have no grudges with the senior, I don't know what advice the senior has?" Lin Yi raised his eyebrows and asked back.
** He glared, stepped forward and said coldly: "No grudges? Are you from Da Shang? Have you been to Huzhu Island? Have you killed many of my Zheng family members? Do you dare to deny it?"
Huzhu Island? Lin Yi's pupils shrank, and the Xuantian Shield came out of his body to block in front of him. So that's it! How could he forget Huzhu Island, where Bian Zhenduo, Li Caiyi, and Zhen Yuanzi died! Then he suddenly realized, "Are you from the Zheng family?"
"Hmph! You are a cultivator from overseas, but you dared to cause trouble on Huzhu Island, killed several of my Zheng family members, and escaped from my father's pursuit! You fell into my hands today, and it is retribution! I wonder what you have to say before you die!"
**After saying this, he was sure of victory, and casually sacrificed a flying sword, staring at Lin Yi coldly.
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