Long Xuan's Sinister Grin
The three people who disembarked from the ship were Spirit Sea Peak Gu cultivator and two Late Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators.
Bai Haoran, who was leading the group and exuding the aura of the Spirit Sea Peak, glanced in the direction of the mine and said, "With me here, breaking any formation is no problem. The only difficulty is the risk of alerting the Long Family's Gu cultivators."
"If the Long Family hears the commotion and discovers that cave abode, things will become very difficult."
Bai Yu sneered, "It's just that the Long Family was lucky. When they drew lots to allocate the land, they happened to draw that mining area that hides the Ancient Cultivator's Cave Dwelling. Otherwise, why would we have to go through all this trouble, why would we have to be so careful?"
"That's true. Those bastards from the Long Family cheated and seized most of the mine. Naturally, they'd have a higher chance of getting the mining area hidden in the Ancient Cultivator's Cave Dwelling."
Bai Hua, who looked older than the others, sighed, "That Ancient Cultivator's Cave Dwelling is of great importance. If the mining area had been divided 50/50 back then, the Lineage couldn't guarantee that the mining area where the cave abode was hidden would have been allocated to us."
"Therefore, in order to ensure stability, the Lineage had no choice but to try to monopolize all the mining areas. That's why the patriarch proposed to divide the mines by holding Genius Arena Tournament, and then win all the mining areas at the cost of the extinction of a generation of geniuses."
"Who would have thought that the Long Family would be so unethical, bringing in a whole bunch of outside help, resulting in our clan only getting a small portion of the mine. This generation's genius has been wasted; it's truly a double loss."
"We didn't get a share of the mining area that concealed the Ancient Cultivator's Cave Dwelling. We've really lost out this time."
"Hopefully, nothing else goes wrong this time. As long as we get our hands on what's inside that Ancient Cultivator's Cave Dwelling, we'll be able to recover our losses."
"Heh! There's absolutely no chance of anything going wrong this time." Bai Ye looked towards the mine, his eyes narrowing slightly, a sharp murderous intent flashing in the slits of his eyes.
"How could there be any changes this time? We currently have six Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators, but after the Long Family Long Qian Spiritual Sea Stage only has three."
"It's a six-against-three situation that's a sure win. Since you're already here, why not take advantage of the situation and make some extra money?"
"And I just saw that all of the Long Family's strongest geniuses came here to mine."
"If we can eliminate these geniuses, it will be enough to severely damage the Long Family."
"Hmph, my Bai Clan has run out of geniuses, how can I not let the Long Family taste the bitterness of a genius shortage as well?"
Bai Ye grinned maliciously, then turned to the others and said, "Don't worry, you don't need to worry about the consequences of doing this."
"The city lord repeatedly instructed that if any conflict occurs between the various tribes, it must be a trick used by the Great Yin Dynasty, and that such matters should be handled by him."
"At that time, we won't need to fake a battlefield; the city lord will directly characterize this as a divisive tactic used by the Great Yin Dynasty."
"If the Long Family wants to make a big fuss over this matter, no other Lineage in the city will agree. The city lord will personally intervene to mediate, and then the Long Family will have no choice but to suffer in silence, so angry they'll want to curse. Hehe."
Bai Ye let out a vicious, sinister laugh.
Upon hearing this, the three people opposite him were stunned by his words. They looked at each other, and saw the shock and excitement in each other's eyes.
This tactic is incredibly vicious and ruthless, and it seems perfectly feasible. Just go ahead and do it; there's no risk involved.
"Brilliant! Brilliant! This plan is brilliant! You're really wicked, kid. It's amazing that you could come up with such a treacherous idea!" Bai Yu suddenly clapped his hands hard, looking very excited.
"Hahaha... Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! That's incredibly thoughtful, let's do it!" Bai Hua's eyes lit up, and his face showed excitement.
"You're utterly despicable! With such a vicious and ruthless scheme, the Long Family will be furious to death. You're such a cunning brat."
Bai Haoran glanced at him with surprise, his eyes gleaming with interest.
He had just been considering how to break the cave abode's formation without alerting the Long Family and quietly take all the treasures inside.
But now it seems I was overthinking things. Why not just kill off the entire Long Family? What was there to be so careful about?
With six Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators on our side and three Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators on the other side, isn't that a sure win?
Bai Haoran's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he exclaimed, "This is absolutely doable. One thing is certain: once we wipe out all their geniuses, the Long Family will never wage war against our race."
"You're right, the city lord will definitely step in to stop it, and the other major Lineage won't let our two clans fight."
"There have been many conflicts Lineage, and even the death of a genius, but the city lord has suppressed them all, labeling everything as a conflict deliberately provoked by the Great Yin Dynasty."
"All ethnic groups are convinced of this, because the recent conflicts between them have been unusually frequent and far from normal."
"It really is just as the city lord predicted. The Great Yin Dynasty indeed wanted to provoke conflict among the various ethnic groups before the war. The city lord's prediction was truly accurate."
Bai Haoran narrowed his eyes and continued, "The city lord estimates that the possibility of the Great Yin Dynasty launching a large-scale invasion of the Western Land is now one hundred percent."
"It's not just because those two princes died at our hands; the Shi Haojun incident has caused heavy losses to the major powers in the Western Land, with countless Gu King perishing."
"Shi Haojun used Forbidden Gu to slaughter too many cities and kill too many people. It is no exaggeration to say that at least 30% of the population and 30% of the powerful people in the Western Land have vanished into thin air."
"The Great Yin Dynasty has long coveted this land in the Western Land. Now that the major powers in the Western Land have suffered heavy losses, how could they not seize this opportunity to expand their territory?"
"So whether those two princes live or die, the Great Yin Dynasty will still invade the Western Land. It's just that the death of those two princes gave them a legitimate excuse to start a war."
"Since the possibility of the Great Yin Dynasty launching an invasion is now 100%, the various tribes in the city will definitely prevent the Long Family from waging war against our tribe. We can confidently and boldly implement your proposal without any concerns."
Bai Haoran revealed a wicked smile, then added, "However, this matter should be addressed after we have deciphered the Ancient Cultivator's Cave Dwelling."
"If we kill all three Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators and that group of geniuses from the Long Family first, it will definitely cause a stir in the Long Family, and they will send a large number of powerful experts to investigate this matter. There might even be more Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators stationed there, making it much more difficult for us to crack that cave abode then."
The other three Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators nodded in agreement. Bai Ye's eyes flashed with a sharp glint, and he said with a sinister look, "Fine, then let them live a little longer."
The group let out a chilling laugh, then stealthily crept towards the mine.
Little did they know that far away, Flame Clone hiding in a tree had recorded the entire scene using Image-Recording Gu.
He stared blankly at the scene recorded by the recording Image-Recording Gu, a wave of fear washing over him.
This entity is truly prescient; with just a glance, it suspected this person intended to harm it and sent it to monitor this person.
Unexpectedly, this person really did have ulterior motives. If he hadn't sensed something was wrong beforehand and sent me to monitor him, our group would have been in big trouble.
This Bai Ye is truly ruthless. Unfortunately, no matter how clever his schemes are, he ultimately chose the wrong person, and his conspiracy is destined to fail. He might even lose his own life.
Flame Clone sneered and quickly ran towards the mine with the Image-Recording Gu.
After some time, Long Xuan produced an identical Image-Recording Gu in his hand. He projected the short film recorded by the Image-Recording Gu onto the stone wall and watched it carefully.
Although the footage was recorded from a great distance, he didn't need to use lip reading to decipher the sounds; this Image-Recording Gu was transformed using his unique method.
It not only has eyes that can Thousand-Mile Sight, but also Wind-Hearing. It can directly hear those people talking in a sarcastic tone, as well as their creepy chuckling sounds.
Long Xuan got goosebumps from hearing this, couldn't help but tremble, and broke out in a cold sweat. He thought to himself, "That was close! Luckily, I didn't look at that person properly, so I made a conscious move. And that conscious move was right; that person was indeed suspicious."
I never imagined that he wasn't targeting me, but rather plotting to kill all the geniuses and overseers of the Long Family here, and then frame the Great Yin Dynasty. How vicious!
At this moment, he finally understood why the secret passage had been dug.
It turns out that the mining area controlled by the Long Family actually concealed an ancient cultivator's cave abode, containing astonishing treasures.
Therefore, the cave abode should be located not far from this mining area; if we search carefully, we should be able to find it.
A glint flashed in Long Xuan's eyes. It was impossible for an ancient cultivator's cave abode to be hidden in a place where miners frequented.
The only places where the miners didn't move were the areas marked with crosses on the map.
The areas marked with an "X" on the map are extremely dangerous and miners are prohibited from entering.
The place where the Ancient Cultivator's Cave Dwelling was hidden was filled with array formations, so it must be extremely dangerous. How could it not be dangerous?
In this way, the location of the Ancient Cultivator's Cave Dwelling is not difficult to find; all you need to do is walk through all the mine tunnels marked with an X.
He was very familiar with using the Origin Realm to navigate, and this technique posed no danger to him.
At this moment, Flame Clone spoke up, "I didn't expect the Bai Clan to dare to pull such a trick. If we hadn't been alert, they might have actually succeeded. Should I hand this Image-Recording Gu over to those Long Family supervisors outside now?"
Long Xuan shook his head, his eyes flickered for a moment, and then he calmly said, "No rush. Judging from their words, they plan to steal that cave abode first, and then kill all the Long Family Gu cultivators here. They won't make any moves in the short term."
"In that case, why don't I first see what's inside that cave abode?"
"What treasures are inside that would make the Bai Clan willing to risk the extinction of a generation of geniuses to obtain them? I'm incredibly curious."
"After I quietly break the protective formation of the cave and take the treasures inside, it won't be too late to hand over the Image-Recording Gu to the Western Land Long Family. By then, those few people will be in for a rough time. I'll let them chuckle there; this time, I'll see if they can still laugh."
Long Xuan's lips curled into a sinister smile.
His smile was exactly the same as the faces of those Bai Clan Gu cultivators on the stone wall.