Chapter 6: Captured!

"Ah!!! Fresh air, at last!" Chen Zigang screamed after coming out from the dungeon, where he spent a night without worry. Needless to say, Chen Tu followed him closely but didn't behave as freely as Chen Zigang.

After all, he was a mere servant while they were still inside the Chen Manor. Unlike Chen Zigang, who had absolute privilege inside this manor, Chen Tu would be punished if he followed everything Chen Zigang did.

To him, Chen Zigang is the reincarnation of a law obstructor. Each step he took was right on the track to trashing all established rules. Still, it's not like Chen Tu is anywhere better.

If Chen Zigang was the bulldozer of rules, then Chen Tu is definitely the stead that went amok for no reason.

After returning to their respective room, they quickly clean themselves from all the filth before stepping outside the Chen Manor again. As Chen Tian Peng had guessed, the two did keep a secret from the family.

The two proceeded without noticing they were followed. It was a group of mysterious cultivators, with the weakest amongst them at the sixth level of the Body Tempering Layer.

It took them close to thirty minutes from the Chen Manor to the Crimson River Town's southern gate. After making their way out of the town, they used another half an hour before stopping outside an abandoned house.

After an hour or so, the two arrived outside a farmhouse that could collapse at any moment. Appearance-wise, there's nothing much to talk about in this building. But it wasn't the case for the two youngsters.

There must be a reason for the two to treasure this piece of land with nothing but a collapsing building. And what was so valuable about this place? From the front to the back, nothing exudes the appearance of value.

If the sight above was worthless, then the valuable part should be underground.

To be precise, the significance of this land was the hidden shelter below this abandoned house. As a matter of fact, the two found this spot by pure coincidence when escaping from the rain.

It took them a while to ensure that nobody was coming back to reclaim this piece of land. And to ensure nobody would have an idea, they even bought the place but left it unattended to avoid suspicion.

Using his savings over the years, Chen Zigang bought this land for around a thousand Spiritual Coins. They braved themselves to explore the shelter afterward.

The shelter was completely abandoned, without a piece of furniture. While it can't be considered spacious, it could hold three rooms. Most importantly, it was entirely concealed from the outside, with the mechanism allowing them to lock the entrance from either side.

The inspection also revealed that airflow still comes into the space even after they shut the entrance, making this spot a suitable hiding location. The downside was the lack of self-sustaining ability, which meant they'll have to prepare their own food and water.

Both Chen Tu and Chen Zigang stay inside for a while.

As the people tailing them start to have a pointless thought, the two emerge from their hiding spot. This time, they had changed into black attire, covering their identity from head to toe.

The two continued moving forward, still failing to notice people were following them. An hour later, they came to the outside of a cavern outskirt of the Crimson River Town.

From the rumors, this place was said to contain a Spiritual Iron Vein but turned out to be a fraud. Still, the mining process had run for a while., By the time the project stopped, part of the inside of this cavern had been excavated.

Right now, this place is had turned into a perfect hideout for a certain force.

The reason Chen Tu and Chen Zigang were here was certainly to steal something. But they're still too green to understand the ugliness of a human's heart. To make things worst, this place is precisely the base of the people tailing them.

Without further ado, the two surrounded people from both front and back, encircling them and leaving no space to run.

These people had the same marking on random parts of their bodies. From how it looks, this pattern is compulsory for them as a form of identity to their mysterious forces. But it does not necessarily have to be located exactly on the same part of their body.

The drawing of a tower with a mythical bird perching on the building's tip can be seen if Chen Tu and Chen Zigang study them carefully. If one continues to stare at the pattern much longer, you'll notice the obscurity hidden inside.

As if... There's an invisible thread tying the people with this marking together.

"Oh... Shit! What do we do now?" Chen Tu immediately asked Chen Zigang to see what kind of idea he had in his head.

Let alone running; even fighting is impossible with so many people encircling them. Unless a pair of wings suddenly grow on their back, the chances of making a move are practically impossible.

"I thought the farmer says there's nobody here? How come so many people appear here like we came to their house, not the treasure vault?" Chen Zigang questioned himself. With his level of maturity, how can he fall into some lies a mere farmer spouted.

Unfortunately, what happens, happened.

It was too late for regret. Even if the two suddenly turned out to be peak stage experts in the Body Tempering Layer, the number of people here are more than capable of countering them.

There was a saying that dragon stills must give a face to the snake while passing across its turf. And by being here, all struggle is futile.

The two were quickly captured and got taken further inside the cavern. But a commotion quickly came midway, where screams came in from the entrance. Needless to say, the place got attacked, and there's a third party here.

"What happened at the entrance? Lock the two brats into the dungeon. Everyone else, follow me and check what is happening outside!" the group leader said before leading the others back to the entrance.

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