Looking at the other person's frightened eyes, Shao Xuan whispered, "I'll ask you a few questions. Answer obediently!"
The other person nodded again and again.
Shao Xuan loosened his grip on the other person's throat. Seeing the other person breathe a sigh of relief, he asked, "What is Dao Yu doing down there?"
The other person suddenly looked up. Obviously, he did not expect Shao Xuan to directly mention Dao Yu's name. The fear in his eyes deepened. He was obviously very afraid of the name "Dao Yu".
Shao Xuan once again grabbed the other person's throat, as if to directly break it.
The man nodded and shook his head, as if he had something to say, but could not make a sound. When Shao Xuan released him again, he coughed nonstop.
"Speak."
"Here … here … die!"
The man's frightened eyes suddenly dissipated, leaving only a murderous look. He took a step back, twisted his body, and swept his leg like a whirlwind toward Shao Xuan. At the front of his leg, his toe was clamped with a sharpened bone. If it was cut, he did not know how much blood he would lose.
However, Shao Xuan had long been prepared. He did not move forward, only his hand moved.
A wooden thorn pierced the other person's neck.
This was something Shao Xuan found in the desert. It was a kind of tree with hard thorns all over. The thorns also had a certain hardness. Shao Xuan also smeared poison on the thorns. The person who was stabbed would be like a deep drunk and then fall asleep.
After the man fell, Shao Xuan added a knife and buried him. Then he came to the place where the man had just come out. Following the man's practice last night, he brushed aside the sand and buckled the slate there.
The slate opened a gap, and the person inside looked outside, but did not see anyone. He doubtfully opened the slate a little more and stretched his head to look outside. As soon as he exposed his head, he felt a sudden pain in his neck and his vision quickly blurred.
After the man fell, Shao Xuan waited for a while. When he didn't hear any movement from below, he went down through the open crack and helped the unconscious man to sit down. He made a pose for him to look as if he had fallen asleep.
Shao Xuan pulled the stone slab close and looked at the lock behind it. He also saw a polished stone stick next to it. Shao Xuan picked up the stone stick and stuck it there. This way, he could prevent people from outside from pulling the stone slab and coming in.
After the stone slab was pulled up, the passage below was completely dark.
There was a torch nearby, but Shao Xuan didn't need it.
The passageway was nearly two meters high and less than one meter wide. Shao Xuan listened to the movements in the passageway and walked forward. The dark environment was not much of a problem for him. He just needed to change his field of vision.
They walked until they reached a fork in the road, where there were three branching paths.
Shao Xuan intuitively chose one. The deeper he went, the brighter the "shell" wrapped in totemic flames in Shao Xuan's mind. But at the same time, Shao Xuan also had a very uncomfortable feeling. Every nerve in his body was screaming for danger. This danger did not come from people, but from other reasons.
The deeper he went, the wider the passageway became. There was wind flowing in the passageway, which proved that there should be other exits. This place didn't look like it had just been built. It looked like it had been built for a long time.
Moving forward, Shao Xuan found that there were many warehouses here. There were people guarding the warehouses with a torch. Three people were sitting on the ground next to the torch. However, looking at their slightly lowered chin, they were all dozing off.
Shao Xuan sneaked into one of the warehouses. The three people guarding outside did not notice.
The warehouse had no door to block it. There were many stones of different sizes inside, and the quality of the stones was not bad. They were at least mid-upper grade. Shao Xuan's first thought was that this was the place where Baishi City stored stones to make stoneware. But thinking about it, it didn't make sense. There was no need to hide the stones so far away. They hid it so well, as if they had other plans.
At this moment, Shao Xuan heard a noise outside. He hid behind a few stones, and then observed the situation outside through the gaps of the stones.
A group of people came in from outside, holding torches to illuminate the inside.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, move a few more!" Someone said.
"Move more? There are already a lot of stones there. "
"Swordmaster told us to move, so let's move quickly! He's watching over there. "
The sound of stones being moved came from one of the warehouses outside. Someone said in a low voice, "I heard that a few more died. Their bodies are all rotten. Hiss … Do you think we'll become like them?"
"But as long as we survive these few days, we'll be able to improve. This is what Swordmaster promised. He will tell Young Master."
Those people moved the stones and gradually left. It was dark outside again.
The three guards outside talked for a while. One of them went to urinate and left temporarily. This was the place where the stones were placed, so they didn't dare to scatter them here.
Of the remaining two guards, one yawned and continued to sleep. His spirit was particularly bad recently, while the other looked at his companion who was sitting on the ground and dozing off. The skin on his face began to fester, and his heart became more and more afraid. He knew in his heart that his companion would not last long.
Just when he was upset, he suddenly heard the sound of stones falling. Startled, he went over to look but didn't see anything. He returned to his original place and continued to think.
Shao Xuan had come out of the warehouse and quickly left. The sound of the stones falling to the ground was made by him.
Shao Xuan remembered the direction of the people who moved the stones and went directly there.
The sense of danger was getting stronger and stronger, which may be related to the cause of those people.
What was hidden here?
Was the "Swordmaster" in those people's words Dao Yu?
Just as Shao Xuan continued to sneak in, Dao Yu looked at the small thing not far away, his eyes fanatical.
Around Dao Yu, there were many large and small stones piled up. The stones were at least medium.
This place was originally built by the Baishi City's former Baishi King to hide gems and also as a cemetery after his death. In order to build such a palace like cemetery, hundreds of slaves died. The remaining slaves were all killed after the underground palace was built. Therefore, very few people knew about this place. Only the Baishi King who took over could know about it. Others, even if they knew that there was such a place, did not know the exact location.
Later, the dead former Baishi King opened this place again and threw his deceased ancestor's bones and coffin into the corner. He also turned this underground palace into a place to hide stones. Because he knew a secret, a secret that the three major cities had been hiding. He also thought that one day, he could steal things from the three major cities.
Unfortunately, before the former Baishi King could implement his ambitions, he was killed by a partnership. Probably, he never thought that the one who finally picked up the bargain would be the slave who followed him. There was more than one traitor. Of the three close guards, two betrayed and the only loyal one had been killed.
Dao Yu looked at the thing that was not much bigger than a fist. It was the "core seed" that the Baishi King had been thinking about. With the help of Shi Shu, he stole it from the Snowfield City when the tribesmen were causing trouble. Being allowed to leave the core seed, he was really ecstatic.
The shiny weapons used by the three major cities, such as the armor and weapons used by the Snowfield's young master that day, came from the core seed. The core seed could turn stones into ores, and then extract the needed things from these ores.
These were all his in the future!
This was Dao Yu's underground palace alone!
Was he afraid of the Yanjiao tribe's revenge?
At first, when he heard the news of the Yanjiao tribe, he was naturally worried. But with the enhancement of his strength, with more and more things in his hands, and knowing some secrets about the tribe's fire seed, he could not see the tribesmen. The slave owners would be the future overlords!
And he, Dao Yu, would also try his best to become a slave owner!
Thinking that Shao Xuan had such an ability, Dao Yu's mood suddenly became hazy, but soon became happy again. With Baishi City and the core seed, he did not have to be afraid. If he really could not solve the difficulties, he could still go to Shi Shu.
There was a cleansing in the desert. After this cleansing was over, there may be no three major cities. As for how many other cities could exist, Dao Yu did not know. However, Luoye City may continue to exist, and the Baishi City that Dao Yu took over … No, it could not be called Baishi City in the future. It had to be changed.
Dao Yu, who was fantasizing about a better future, did not know that the most unpleasant person was coming to his side.
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