That night, Ang Lee also arrived near Ghost Snake Island and learned about what happened there. He was not surprised that there were a large number of poisonous snakes on the island. Since the island was called Ghost Snake Island, there should be snakes on the island. Otherwise, why would there be snake in the island's name? For this reason, Ang Lee had already prepared realgar and other medicinal materials. Some were for repelling snakes, and some were for detoxifying. His preparations were quite sufficient. However, Black Tiger and his men left too quickly and did not have time to prepare them. If he had prepared them earlier, those Black Tiger's brothers would not have been poisoned to death.
"There are actually a large number of poisonous snakes on Ghost Snake Island. Not long after the men sent by Black Tiger arrived on the island, three of them were poisoned to death. Fortunately, they were all Black Tiger's men. Our soldiers were not bitten by the poisonous snakes."
Chen Long looked at Ang Lee and said with lingering fear.
Chen Long naturally did not feel heartache about the Black Tiger's brothers being bitten to death by poisonous snakes. As long as they were not his soldiers, it was fine.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "There are so many poisonous snakes on Ghost Snake Island. This Black Dragon must know about it. He deliberately did not tell us. Obviously, he has bad intentions. However, he is smart and did not hide the name of the island. This is also to prevent us from having a chance to explain if we can't kill Black Tiger with the help of the poisonous snakes."
"Then what should we do? We have a lot of realgar on board. Should we go to the island tonight and arrange it? This way, we will have the advantage when we enter the island tomorrow."
Chen Long asked for instructions.
Ang Lee thought for a moment and nodded, "This is not impossible. However, we must be careful. Sprinkle more sulfur on our bodies. Explore the island in groups of five. If it is difficult to make progress, then give up."
"Yes, if we can find the treasure cave by ourselves this time, we don't need the Black Dragon tomorrow. We can just capture him directly."
Chen Long said.
Soon, more than a hundred Tang dynasty soldiers, after being fully prepared, quietly landed on Ghost Snake Island from another direction. They were ready to investigate the island and see what was on it.
The island was covered in deep grass and dense forests, and there were many kinds of poisonous snakes. However, all snakes were very afraid of the taste of realgar. Therefore, as long as the soldiers prepared realgar, they could avoid being bitten by the poisonous snakes to the greatest extent. Even if they were bitten, they did not need to be particularly nervous. There were many antidotes on the ship. These antidotes were enough to detoxify the snakes. The soldiers would not be poisoned.
The area of the entire island was not very large. It was only a few miles in radius. However, because the island was covered with grass and trees, it was not easy to search the entire island. Moreover, there were so many poisonous snakes on the island. Even if the poisonous snakes were afraid of realgar, there was no guarantee that they would not be bitten by the poisonous snakes. They had to be very careful.
After searching for an entire night, many of the hundred-some Tang soldiers had been bitten by the venomous snakes. However, the injured had received timely treatment and had not lost their lives. The results of the investigation had also been pretty good. They had a very clear understanding of the terrain of the island, but there had been no treasure cave. If the Black Dragon was not lying, then that treasure cave had to be extremely well-hidden, such that the Tang soldiers had not been able to find it even after a careful search.
"How is it? Still no treasure cave?"
Ang Lee asked.
Chen Long nodded and said, "Is it possible that there is no treasure cave and it is just a lie made up by the Black Dragon?"
"We will know tomorrow. Let's go to bed quickly!"
Ang Lee said.
The next morning, the Black Dragon and Black Tiger both got up very early and went ashore on the beach of Ghost Snake Island.
"Brother Black Dragon, where is the treasure cave? Can you tell me now? "
Black Tiger asked straightforwardly.
The Black Dragon said with a smile, "Brother, don't worry. We are going there soon. We will know when we see the treasure inside."
Black Tiger smiled and nodded, "Brother Black Dragon is right. What are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Then, the two entered the hinterland of Ghost Snake Island together. The Black Dragon took almost all of his brothers, but Black Tiger only took half of them. The rest stayed on the ship.
Because there were many poisonous snakes on the island, the group was very cautious. They were afraid of being bitten by a poisonous snake. That would be bad. They did not believe that realgar could be 100% effective.
"Brother Black Dragon, you have to give us a general direction! How long will it take? "
Black Tiger asked cautiously.
Black Dragon said with a smile, "Brother Black Tiger, you are too cautious. We are already on the island. Ghost Snake Island is only so big. We will arrive in a short while. Hahaha!"
Black Tiger heard this and agreed. He did not ask any more questions. Anyway, the power he had now was not inferior to the Black Dragon. Moreover, there were the troops of the Tang dynasty outside. He was not worried that the Black Dragon would play tricks. He had enough strength to deal with the situation in front of him.
Black Dragon personally led the way. Black Tiger and Black Dragon walked side by side. The brothers under their command were on the left and right sides respectively. They were wary of each other, but overall, they were able to maintain peace. At least, there would not be any conflicts in the short term.
Because there were poisonous snakes blocking the way from time to time, they had to stop and deal with the poisonous snakes blocking the way. After clearing the poisonous snakes blocking the way, they could continue moving forward.
Because there were too many poisonous snakes, it was almost difficult for them to walk on the island. They could no longer be called walking. It seemed more appropriate to call it crawling. After walking for a long time, they still could not reach the location of the treasure cave. They had only walked a few hundred steps.
"Why are there so many poisonous snakes on this island? This is too scary. Brother Black Dragon, did you not encounter so many poisonous snakes the last time you were here?"
Black Tiger asked doubtfully.
If there were so many poisonous snakes last time, Black Dragon had no reason not to know the situation here. He did not tell the truth about the situation here. It was obvious that he had bad intentions.
Black Dragon smiled and said, "The last time I was here, there were not so many poisonous snakes. Otherwise, I would have been dead if I had rashly stepped on the island. How could I have survived until now, let alone discover the treasure cave? "
This was clearly a lie from Black Dragon. The last time he came to Ghost Snake Island, there were quite a number of poisonous snakes on the island. He was just lucky that he was not bitten, and his companions who had followed him to explore the island were all bitten to death by poisonous snakes. It was precisely because there were too many poisonous snakes here and there were too many treasures in the treasure cave that he could not take many with him. Carrying many treasures meant that he would have to risk his life to enter Ghost Snake Island many times. The Black Dragon naturally did not want to take many risks, so he never came back to take these treasures. Furthermore, after he became the leader of the pirates, his life was not bad and he did not lack money at all. There was no need for him to let his subordinates take risks for these treasures. Furthermore, he felt that this island was so dangerous that no one would discover the treasure cave that had been sealed for a long time. Fangzheng would not be able to escape even if it was placed there.
This time, it was because he had encountered a great disaster that he could not overcome that he wanted to use the treasures here to obtain a chance to survive so that he could live well.
The group of people spent a lot of effort and finally arrived at their destination. It was the location of the treasure cave that Black Dragon had mentioned. However, there was no entrance to the cave at the scene. This made Black Tiger look surprised.
"Brother Black Dragon, this is the treasure cave? Where's the cave? Why can't I see a cave? "
Black Tiger questioned with a look of dissatisfaction.
Black Dragon pointed at the cliff in front of them and said, "The treasure cave is covered by the climbing vines on the cliff. If we pry open the climbing vines, we will be able to see the treasure cave inside."
Black Tiger looked at Black Dragon suspiciously and said with a smile, "Alright then. Brother Black Dragon, please pry open the climbing vines and let us see if the treasure cave is inside the climbing vines."
Black Dragon smiled and beckoned for his brothers to move forward with him. They first used a wooden stick to alert the snake. After confirming that there were no poisonous snakes around, they walked over boldly and used a knife to cut off the climbing vines on the cliff. Suddenly, a cave really did appear. This made Black Tiger very surprised. At least this proved that Black Dragon was not lying. There was at least a cave entrance here.
"Brother Black Tiger, this treasure cave is here. I have already fulfilled my promise. You should also fulfill your promise!"
Black Dragon said with a smile.
Black Tiger looked at Black Dragon warily and said, "Brother Black Dragon, don't be anxious. This is just a cave entrance. It's hard to say if there are large amounts of treasures inside. Who knows what's inside? We should at least see what's inside! "
Black Dragon said understandingly, "Brother Black Tiger is right. Let's check the goods first. Should we go in together or should Brother go in first?"
Black Tiger thought about it doubtfully and said, "Brother, you should go in first and take a look! I'll wait outside. "
Black Tiger did not dare to enter rashly because he was worried that it would not be safe inside. It was undoubtedly a good idea to let Black Dragon explore the way first.
Black Dragon smiled slightly and led five or six of his confidants into the treasure cave. Black Tiger waited patiently outside.
"Snakes, there are snakes inside. So many snakes. Brothers, come down and help catch the snakes."
Soon, the Black Dragon's voice sounded from inside.
Black Dragon's subordinates immediately entered the cave one after another when they heard that the Black Dragon was exchanging. They kept asking about the situation inside. Black Tiger and his subordinates, however, refused to enter immediately. After all, they naturally did not want to take the risk when they heard that there were poisonous snakes inside. They wanted to let Black Dragon and his subordinates deal with the poisonous snakes inside first. Then, they would go in to avoid excessive casualties.
It did not take long for Black Dragon and his subordinates to enter the cave. Black Tiger and his subordinates, as well as the soldiers of the Tang dynasty, waited quietly outside. From time to time, they could hear the sounds of snakes being caught coming from inside.
In the cave, Black Dragon and his subordinates were not catching snakes. They were busy opening a secret passage outside the cave. There was a secret passage in this cave. This secret passage had existed for a long time. Black Dragon knew that he wanted to escape through this secret passage. The other end of the secret passage was near the beach. After they escaped from the secret passage, they could immediately enter the pirate ship and quickly escape. Although half of Black Tiger's subordinates were at the place where the ship was parked, Black Dragon felt that as long as he took them by surprise, he could quietly return to his pirate ship before these people could react. Then, he would quickly sail away. By the time Black Tiger caught up, everything would be too late.
"Your Majesty, the secret passage is open."
"Let's go. Let's leave through the secret passage immediately. Then, one of us will reseal the secret passage so that Black Tiger's men can't use it."
Black Dragon said.
It was very difficult to build a secret passage, but it was very easy to destroy it. There were many ways to destroy a secret passage that had been built. It was not difficult to stop the pursuing team at all.
Soon, Black Dragon and his subordinates all entered the secret passage. They quickly left through the secret passage and asked their subordinates to destroy it.
"It's strange. Why is there no movement inside? Have they all been bitten to death by poisonous snakes?"
"That's unlikely. Something is strange."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go down and have a look."
Black Tiger and the soldiers of the Tang dynasty, who were waiting above, were very shocked when they could not hear the movement below. They felt that things might have changed.
Black Tiger and several of his subordinates went down to check first. Suddenly, they found that there was no one down there, let alone a snake. The entrance to the secret passage was soon found.
"There are no people down there. There are no snakes either. They escaped through the secret passage."
Black Tiger shouted.
The captain and the soldiers of the Tang dynasty immediately entered the secret passage one after another. Looking at the situation in the secret passage, they were speechless for a while.
"Damn it. They escaped through the secret passage and even destroyed it. But there are only two ships here. As long as we rush back to control the ships immediately, they can't escape."
The captain of the Tang dynasty said calmly.
Black Tiger was suddenly stunned and said, "General, there are a lot of poisonous snakes along the way. It will take us a lot of time to go back. But there are no snakes in the underground passage. They may return to the ships earlier than us. Fortunately, we left nearly half of our men here. But I don't know if the men left here can be vigilant and not be caught off guard."
The captain of the Tang dynasty smiled and took out a signal transmitter. After walking out of the cave, he immediately sent a signal to the people on the ships to be vigilant.
"General, treasure has been found. Although the Black Dragon escaped through the secret passage, there are treasures in this cave. He didn't lie."
Black Tiger and his subordinates soon found a lot of treasures in the cave, mainly gold and silver and a small number of gems. The total number was really a lot. There were at least five or six hundred boxes of treasures, which was really a lot. "Oh, there are really treasures.
This is really great. We didn't come here in vain. Don't worry. The Black Dragon can't escape. Although we only left less than 50 people here, our troops here are no less than 500. At least a dozen ships are searching in the nearby waters. If the Black Dragon can escape, the sun will come out from the west. "
The captain of the Tang dynasty said confidently.
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