Chapter 35: Important information hidden

The man with the somewhat cold voice spoke, and the group of people stopped their “chattering” nonsense and began to carefully search the area.

My master and I were on a large tree, which we had climbed with difficulty that morning, so we had a good view. As they expanded their search, we gradually began to see the group of people, and we were in the shade of the tree, so they couldn’t find us without professional equipment and deliberately looking at the tree.

This is a six-person team, everyone wearing field clothing, in such hot weather, the cuffs and pants are well tied, it seems that they are not bothered by mosquitoes, they may really be afraid of Yang Sheng, and they are also extremely dedicated to searching. Wherever their eyes can see, they will clearly be in an uninhabited place, they will also pull apart the bushes and grass to take a look, and even look under the trees and shake the trees.

This kind of dedicated search made me anxious. If this is the case, they will find me and my master sooner or later.

If they find us, even if Master and I are not in peak condition, we can still get away. What I’m afraid of is that these people will immediately spread the news of our discovery and our exact location.

After all, Master and I are still human beings, and we rely on our two legs to walk. Even if we can sneak into the secret passage, we will have to come out sometime, right? If Yang Sheng receives the news and focuses his search on this area, Master and I will sooner or later… Unless Master and I can fly like Jenny, it’s not going to be easy.

Thinking about this, I suddenly felt that the situation was very serious. In the steamy, slightly sultry sunlight after the rain, my sweat beads hung on my forehead.

I glanced at my master, and his expression also revealed a little anxiety. It seemed that he had not thought of any good solutions either. As he said, even if there were no strategies, it was still up to heaven to decide. We just happened to encounter it, so what could we do?

For the time being, the only thing we can do is to curl up in this tree and hope that we can escape by chance. In any case, there is still a certain probability that this may happen.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the group searched very carefully. It might have been half an hour, but they only searched a radius of a few dozen meters… But gradually they were moving closer to us, and the personnel were gradually gathering. When they gathered again, they were not far from the tree where my master and I were hiding.

I didn’t know the time, but when I looked up, the sun was already setting in the west. It seemed that it was almost dusk in the afternoon. Thinking about it, I had slept for quite a while.

“Captain, it’s almost 6 o’clock now. We’ve been searching for almost an entire afternoon. Can we take a break?” Under the tree, one of the team members said, and it sounded like the one who had just tried to calm the complaining person down.

“Well, take a break for an hour. At 7 o’clock, search the next restricted area again. At 10 o’clock at night, I will be in a better mood and can increase the scope of the search. Don’t think about being lazy. You know the methods above. In short, for these three days, we will repeatedly search this area.” The captain turned out to be the one with a cold voice. No wonder when he spoke, the others didn’t dare to say anything.

I hid behind a tree and saw the captain say this. The team members all looked miserable, but in the face of the captain’s authority, they dared not provoke him, and could only silently agree.

In addition, I also sensitively noticed that this captain was also a person wearing a mask. Could it be that Yang Sheng also cultivated… that kind of weird person who is similar to a zombie? No wonder he shouted that he was in better spirits at night… Just like me and my master, those people always rested during the day and traveled at night. It’s not that they couldn’t move during the day, but they always looked listless during the day.

Except for Liu Shengwang! Is there a secret to this? I can’t figure it out for the moment!

I can’t even imagine how many monsters Yang Sheng has trained. This is a disaster!

After the rest, these exhausted people suddenly fell to the ground and sat down. Only the captain seemed to be full of energy, standing straight… walking back and forth, and occasionally turning his head to look around.

Perhaps it was because the clothes were too hot, at this time, one of the men said to the captain, “Captain, it’s really hot! Let’s go rest under that tree. I think it’s relatively flat under that tree, and there are no weeds, so we can cool off a bit.”

Hearing his men say this, the captain looked up at the big tree where we were hiding. I couldn’t help but shrink a little, after all, I was a little guilty.

Fortunately, the captain quickly looked down and said, “Okay, let’s go over there. Don’t just rest, hurry up and eat dinner.”

As he spoke, the group really came under the tree and began their rest and dinner.

My master and I were at a loss. Could this be considered the worst luck? According to the habits of this group of people, could the tree we were in be the first target of their search?

The people didn’t know that their target was right above their heads, and they were still talking as if nothing had happened. The one who had complained before was chewing on some dry food and said to the person next to him, “Do you think we can find those two people here in a few days? Since yesterday, we have searched this area over and over again, and we have almost turned over the ground, but we haven’t found a single clue.

“This person is mobile. Yesterday he didn’t come, but that doesn’t mean he won’t come today or tomorrow.” The person next to him seemed to be a little worried about the captain, and he said something slippery anyway.

“According to what you say, it’s possible that they left this area the day before yesterday… Who knows these things? We’re not professionals, and we can’t even find footprints… Besides, it’s a wild mountain, and there was a heavy rain this morning, so there are no traces left.” The person complaining was being a bit unreasonable.

However, he was right about one thing: my master and I had been very careful not to leave any traces of our movements… Perhaps the rain had helped us, but the main reason was that in the vast wilderness, it was easy to hide traces of movement if you were careful.

I was silent, and no one spoke for a while, except for the one complaining under the tree. It was as if they were being held back by something.

But the complaining person was relentless, continuing to say, “Do you really think it’s a good thing to get me here? You say that those two people are self-proclaimed righteous people who won’t kill easily, and that finding them is a great achievement… but in fact, they’re just wandering around in the wild mountains and desolate plains, right? If I had the time, I would rather practice more with my uncle and learn more…”

“First, you can shut up, and second, you can leave right now. Do you dare?” Amidst the silence, the captain, whose voice was cold, finally spoke up.

From his point of view, what the complaining person said was indeed excessive. At the very least, it could affect the hearts of his subordinates. If he didn’t speak up to stop it, that would be a strange thing.

“Why should I shut up? What are you going to do if I don’t shut up? And you want me to leave alone in this wild mountain and wilderness? What are you up to?” The person who complained said without showing any weakness.

I am an outsider, and I am in danger at the moment, but seeing this quarrel under the tree, I can’t help but think it’s interesting. At least I can feel that this arrogant person must have some background.

“Zhang Zheng, since I am the team leader, I naturally make all decisions outside. Don’t think that your uncle is a saint and can protect you. You must know the rules here. When the time comes, I will say that you deliberately influenced people’s minds and disrupted the search operation. Can you take the blame? Can your uncle protect you? Besides, did I lie? Do you think the two saints would not know?” The captain’s attitude towards the provocative man named Zhang Zheng also hardened, and he left no room for compromise.

I thought to myself, what exactly is Yang Sheng trying to do? Is he the Holy Lord, the Holy King, the Holy General? Is he trying to build a “court” in the circle of cultivators?

I was thinking about these things here, and under the tree, the arrogant complainer also became silent.

Perhaps the captain’s words really threatened him, and he didn’t dare to say anything more, but his expression on his face was somewhat resentful. After all, his uncle was a holy general, and if he really let this little action captain threaten him, wouldn’t it be very unhappy?

But the captain is a smart man. I can feel his emotions, so how can he not feel them? Perhaps he didn’t want to offend this Zhang Zheng too much, so he suddenly said, “Zhang Zheng, your master is a great general, so how could his subordinates not take care of you a little? Look at the people in our squad, which one of them doesn’t have a little background? It’s just that your background is the biggest. Think about it carefully, isn’t there a reason for this?”

“What do you mean?” Zhang Zheng was obviously intrigued by the captain’s words, and he forgot to complain and resent, and was absorbed in the words.

My master and I were also curious about what he was going to say. I always felt that the captain was about to reveal a very important piece of information.

As it turned out, my intuition was correct. Under the influence of my powerful spiritual awareness, my intuition had rarely been wrong, and this time was no exception.