Chapter 42 Guarding Silver
After leading the chase for a while, the three of them slowly blended into the team, then found an opportunity, left the team while no one was paying attention, and returned the same way.

Thanks to Ling Yuanbao's diversion of the main force, the journey was much smoother when they moved towards the center of the cloth village. The three of them moved forward along the hidden place, and only then did they feel like they were really sneaking in.

The reason why she was asked to play the role of leading away the man in black was very simple.

First, her cultivation level is high enough, so she can definitely escape.

Second, she is not very smart and may not be able to help even if she stays.

In comparison, the two young men from the Zhuxie Yamen are much more reliable.

As they walked forward, Liang Yue also asked curiously: "Why did you come here?"

Logically, this kind of underground money house should have nothing to do with the evil-punishing office.

Could it be that this place was run by the Nine-Ying Spy?
"We interrogated the two spies we captured last time." Wen Yifan did not hide anything and answered directly: "They are hiding in Longyuan City. Their main task is to guide the criminal officials in the court to escape to Jiuyang."

Liang Yue said: "So this is the kind of person who is doing this."

After the Battle of Tianxia, ​​the Jiuyang Wood Wolf Tribe existed in name only, and its territory has now become the territory of the Yin Dynasty. Now Jiuyang is actually eight tribes. Among these eight tribes, some are extremely hostile to Jiuzhou and resist all the artifacts and culture passed down from Jiuzhou, while others actively learn from Jiuzhou.

The most powerful of the Nine Yang tribes, the Canglong tribe, was the first to learn from the Jiuzhou Dynasty. They built many cities in their territory. Among them, there is an ancient ruins city that has been built for hundreds of years. It is said to be a complete imitation of the design of Longyuan City. Its prosperity is known as "not inferior to the capital of the gods."

Although this statement is certainly exaggerated, this ancient city concentrates the wealth of the entire Jiuyang and may indeed be the most outstanding city outside of the Yin Dynasty.

Over the years, some criminal officials have considered fleeing to Guxu City as a way out. As long as they can escape with the stolen money before being arrested, they can still live a life of luxury there.

These things were all rumored in the market, but no one expected Jiuyang to send someone special to pick up these guilty officials.

"Yu Wenlong had helped them contact the criminal officials many times in the court, and he was very familiar with their base, so they were worried that Yu Wenlong had revealed secrets to Fengdie. Your guess is completely correct. Yu Wenlong took the heart-destroying poison himself, and Fengdie was killed by that group of spies."

"But during the interrogation, we also learned another piece of information. They helped the criminals escape, and the price was very high, a piece of gold silk." Wen Yifan said, and asked: "Since you are here, you should know this thing, right?"

Liang Yue showed the golden silk in his hand and exclaimed: "That's one hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Those guilty officials paid 100,000 taels of silver as an escape fee and were able to live a luxurious life there, which shows how ruthlessly they were extorted while in office.

"That's right." Wen Yifan nodded. "This underground bank provides great convenience for the criminal officials to escape. They can exchange the stolen silver for gold and silk and give it all to the Nine-Yarn spies. When they arrive at Guxu City, the Canglong tribe will deduct 100,000 taels and transfer the rest to them. And if the spies need it, they can come here at any time to complete the exchange."

"This is really hateful." Liang Yue said.

When the criminals were on the run, they would definitely travel light and with a small group of people, and they would not have been able to carry such a large amount of money. These underground banks opened the door to convenience, which really provided them with a great help.

When those criminal officials arrived at Jiuyang, they certainly hoped that Jiuyang could defeat Jiuzhou so that their crimes would never be investigated. They would become Jiuyang's accomplices, spare no effort to help Jiuyang think of ways to deal with Jiuzhou, and become the vanguard of attacking Yin Dynasty.

No wonder Wen Yifan and the others came here.

This matter is indeed much more serious than a single corruption case.

"So we sneaked in here to check it out, and found that there was indeed something fishy here. Now we not only want to get rid of this bank, but also want to dig out the person behind the scenes." Shang Yunhai continued.

As they were talking, the three of them had already arrived at the middle of Longsheng Cloth Shop.

There was indeed a three-story attic in front of them, and there were about seven or eight men in black guarding it. It looked like it must be keeping secrets. Even though there was a lot of noise over there just now, the black guards here did not leave.

The three of them hid their bodies temporarily and observed.

"This should be where they store important items!" Liang Yue said.

"Then let's go in and take a look." Shang Yunhai said.

Wen Yifan didn't say anything, and her response was to point her fingers forward.

chi chi chi...

The silver light from the flying sword in his sleeve turned into eight rays, and the sharp sword energy pierced through the air, directly piercing through the eight guards, without any of them being able to make a sound. After the eight sword rays circled for a circle, they merged into a stream of light and were retracted into his sleeve.

The Xuanmen sword-wielding technique can pierce through a person without even a drop of blood getting on him.

Then Miss Wen stood up and walked over calmly without blinking.

Liang Yue, who was following behind, secretly smacked his lips in his heart: "How cruel."

The man is cruel and the sword is also cruel.

There was a lock on the door of the attic. When touched, it would emit a faint golden light, lingering around. It seemed to be a magical instrument with an inscription of a formation. This naturally could not stop Miss Wen. With a flash of sword light and a clang, the two halves of the lock fell to the ground.

The entire infiltration process did not involve any skill, it was all violence.

As soon as they opened the door, the scene inside shocked all three of them!
……

This attic looks like it has three floors, but in fact it only has one floor. It is empty inside, except for the extremely high dome. There are more than a dozen wall pillars around it, and there are iron chains with talismans printed on them extending from them.

All these iron chains were connected to one place - in the center of the attic, there lay a hideous beast, its skin and flesh were rough and purple, with large scale-like protrusions, and it looked rough. Its head was like a giant lion, with an extremely wide mouth and nostrils. It was in a sleeping state at this time, and the white smoke it exhaled between its breaths condensed into clouds above its head.

It was nearly two meters high when it lay there. Once it stood up, the attic would be filled up immediately.

"What a big...monster?" Liang Yue exclaimed.

This was the first time he saw a monster with his own eyes.

Although it has always been said that there are gods, ghosts, demons and monsters in this world, ever since the four major demon lands were divided in ancient times, except for a few times when the Nine Provinces were plagued by demons, it has been very difficult for ordinary mortals to see demons.

People living in remote mountainous areas might be lucky enough to encounter wild monsters that appear once every few hundred years, but they would soon be ruthlessly wiped out by the disciples of Xuanmen.

The mirrors hanging on the four gates of the Divine Capital do not allow any monster to pass through. It would be strange for a kid like Liang Yue, who was born and raised in Longyuan City, to have ever seen a monster.

Of course, it was not the first time for Wen Yifan and Shang Yunhai to see monsters, especially Shang Yunhai. He was born in the Xuanmen Hualong lineage, and his master's school was located in the northern wilderness, where there was no shortage of wild monsters.

But when he saw the one in front of him, he was still slightly surprised: "Shou Yin?"

"What?" Liang Yue felt a little strange.

"If I'm not mistaken, this monster should be a bloodline passed down from ancient times, and it's called the Silver Guardian Monster." Shang Yunhai explained, "This beast likes to swallow gold and silver to accumulate wealth, but it only stores it in a space in its stomach. If someone can make it recognize its master, then it can swallow and spit out treasures at any time, storing them in normal times and taking them out when needed, without any mistakes. Ancient monks raised it lavishly to protect their wealth, so it was named 'Silver Guardian'. In the past few thousand years, this beast has rarely appeared, and many people thought it was extinct."

"Maybe it's because people nowadays are short of money." Liang Yue murmured.

It is obvious at first glance that this big guy cannot be supported by an ordinary amount of gold and silver.

It’s time to say it or not.

This name sounds auspicious.

"So it is the silver vault here?" Although Wen Yifan had never seen this beast before, he immediately reacted.

Shang Yunhai smiled and said, "That should be correct."

Wen Yifan's eyes were sharp, and he immediately raised his flying sword, pointed his finger forward, and attacked with the sword again.

laugh--

The sword flashed and cut off a rune iron chain.

"Miss Wen's sword-wielding skills are so strong." Liang Yue said with emotion.

Since they met, he had never seen anything that could block Miss Wen's sword.

"Of course." Shang Yunhai smiled and said, "Junior Sister Wen was born with an immortal body, and Youlin is on the list. This sword is the famous ancient sword Qingqiu in the Xuanmen. How can it not be powerful?"

Clear Autumn...

The sword's narrow, white blade and the sharp sword energy really carry a sense of desolation.

As three or four iron chains fell to the ground, the silver-guarding monster seemed to have some sense. It began to spew out hot air from its huge nostrils, and its eyeballs began to roll, as if it was about to wake up.

Wen Yifan continued to cut the iron chains, as if he was not worried at all about subduing the monster after it woke up.

Just when everything was going smoothly, a roar suddenly came from behind: "How dare you touch my silver-guarding monster beast!"

Accompanied by a gust of evil wind.

Liang Yue turned around and saw a fierce black-robed man walking towards him! This black-robed man had a silver mask on his face, and it was obvious that his rank was higher than the others.

And under him, three other huge black shadows were leaping towards him, accompanied by a gust of evil wind and low roars. The fishy and smelly wind made Liang Yue suffocate!
The murderous intention suddenly came.

"Ow—"

(End of this chapter)