HPDBC #304 - We do it ourselves
#304 - We do it ourselves
Liang Jin slowly scanned the crowd.
He turned and left.
Since others didn't take him seriously, he couldn't be bothered to get entangled with them.
Throughout Liang Jin's departure, Bai Qiuying and Cang Du didn't try to persuade him to stay; they seemed to be hoping he would leave so they could talk.
Only L\u0026#252; Yingrong called out:
"Young Hero Meng!"
As she called out, she hurriedly got up and ran after him.
In the tent, many people from the Great Snow Mountain Sect couldn't help but burst into laughter.
They didn't even try to hide their mockery:
"Formally withdrawing? When did he ever formally join us?"
"A fifth-rank martial artist with no background or power; he really thinks too highly of himself, doesn't he?"
"This guy is ridiculous, he has no self-awareness at all. Looking at him, anyone would think he was the leader of some great sect!"
"Our Sect Leader has already been polite and courteous enough to him. If it were me, I would have kicked him out long ago."
......
The mocking continued.
They didn't even bother to lower their voices, as if they didn't care if Liang Jin outside the tent heard them.
Bai Qiuying watched Liang Jin's departing figure and couldn't help but shake her head helplessly:
"He really is a... curious person."
There was inevitably some sarcasm in her words.
Cang Du's face showed even more embarrassment.
He had always thought Liang Jin was a sensible person who understood his own position.
But now it seemed that Liang Jin's emotional intelligence was too low, and he was too blind to his own limitations.
"Forget it, Sect Leader Bai, let's discuss serious matters."
Cang Du said.
Bai Qiuying nodded.
So, the tent's curtain was lowered.
Nearby, Great Snow Mountain Sect disciples stood guard, strictly forbidding anyone from approaching.
Far from the tent.
L\u0026#252; Yingrong finally caught up with Liang Jin.
She pulled Liang Jin to a secluded spot and said apologetically:
"Young Hero Meng, I'm really sorry."
"There are some things that the Sect Leader really can't say to you."
Liang Jin said calmly:
"Palace Master L\u0026#252;, don't worry."
"Since your sect doesn't want to cooperate with me, then I won't make a nuisance of myself."
L\u0026#252; Yingrong could only sigh helplessly.
She had a good relationship with Liang Jin.
She just didn't expect the sect to look down on Liang Jin so much.
But this strength was only equivalent to a third- or fourth-rate small and medium-sized sect, not even a large sect.
So, naturally, he wouldn't be taken seriously by top sects like the Great Snow Mountain Sect.
Perhaps some people, after recognizing their own position, wouldn't mind these things.
But Liang Jin's temperament was obviously not like that.
L\u0026#252; Yingrong sighed:
"Young Hero Meng, I can only apologize for the sect's affairs."
"But I can tell you what I know about the situation."
The sect is the sect, and individuals are individuals.
L\u0026#252; Yingrong herself, or the disciples in her palace, would inevitably have to deal with various forces in the martial world in the future.
There might be times when they would need Liang Jin's help.
L\u0026#252; Yingrong felt that her relationship with Liang Jin was good in the first place, so she didn't want their relationship to break down because of this.
So, L\u0026#252; Yingrong began to talk about the general situation in Hidden Wind Valley.
It turned out.
When the Great Qian army withdrew from the Western Desert, they had hidden all the treasures in an abandoned mausoleum of an ancient kingdom in Hidden Wind Valley, using the mausoleum's solid defenses and mechanisms to prevent outsiders from getting their hands on the treasures.
Recently, after the various forces searched and excavated in Hidden Wind Valley, they finally dug out the entrance to that mausoleum.
Seeing that there was a chance to obtain the treasure, it immediately triggered a frenzy of looting and battles among the various forces.
Because there were many casualties, the scene became crazy.
So, the Boundless Bright King Sect and the Star Demon Sea, these two major forces, intervened, first completely sealing off the entrance to the mausoleum, and setting up checkpoints to strictly prohibit anyone from approaching.
Recently, the two major forces have also been negotiating with various forces to discuss how to divide the treasure.
Unfortunately, human nature is greedy, and the various forces have been talking for several days without reaching a conclusion.
Now that the Sect Leader of the Great Snow Mountain Sect has personally led a team to arrive, he will naturally get a share of the pie.
According to L\u0026#252; Yingrong's statement, tonight Bai Qiuying will also take Cang Du to participate in the negotiations of the various forces.
"Young Hero Meng, that's all I know."
"I don't know those things you want to know."
"And even if I did know, I wouldn't be able to say."
"Please forgive me."
L\u0026#252; Yingrong said.
After listening, Liang Jin roughly understood the current situation.
Although he still didn't know the key information, that is, what the three major forces were really plotting, it didn't matter.
After all, Liang Jin's main purpose for this trip was different from others.
"Thank you, Palace Master L\u0026#252;!"
"I will remember this favor."
Liang Jin thanked L\u0026#252; Yingrong.
L\u0026#252; Yingrong nodded:
"Then I'll go back first, Young Hero Meng, take care."
After speaking, L\u0026#252; Yingrong sighed and then turned to leave.
Liang Jin immediately left the Great Snow Mountain Sect's camp.
He returned to his own camp.
In the camp, the two hundred or so slaves were still cleaning up.
When they saw Liang Jin arrive, they hurriedly saluted:
"Greetings, Master!"
Liang Jin had told them many times not to call him Master anymore, but they couldn't change it.
Later, Liang Jin slowly understood that this group of slaves was full of insecurity.
If they couldn't be Liang Jin's slaves, then they wouldn't be Liang Jin's assets, and there would be a possibility of being abandoned by Liang Jin.
In this vast Gobi Desert, it would be difficult for them to survive after losing their master's protection.
Either they would starve and thirst to death, or they would be caught by slave hunters and wait to be sold.
If they were to become slaves again, then they might not meet a master as good as Liang Jin next time.
Most slave owners never treated slaves as human beings.
Only Liang Jin not only gave them good food, drink, clothing, and shelter, but also gave them a certain amount of respect.
So, everyone was still willing to treat Liang Jin as a slave and hoped that Liang Jin would continue to take them in.
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Liang Jin looked at everyone and said:
"I have withdrawn from the cooperation with Cang Du and the Great Snow Mountain Sect. From now on, we will do it ourselves."
"Pack up everything in the camp, we're moving."
Since he had chosen to leave the team, Liang Jin naturally wouldn't put his camp together with the camps of these two forces.
Speaking of this, Liang Jin turned around.
He stretched out his hand and pointed to the back of the mountain:
"We're going there."
The back of the mountain was a little farther from Hidden Wind Valley.
So, no one was camping there at all.
But Liang Jin had seen that it was not only sheltered from the wind, but also had a large flat open space.
Setting up camp in that place would not be noticed by others, and would not be easily drawn into disputes.
Then, Liang Jin continued to issue tasks:
"Half of the people are responsible for moving the camp."
"The other half, I have something for you to do."
Liang Jin's gaze looked towards Hidden Wind Valley below, and he said in a deep voice:
"See the people in the valley inside?"
"I want you to find out their names and record all the names for me."
Each name represents a person's head.
Yunlong stepped forward and asked:
"May I ask Mr. Meng, what specific people's names do you need?"
Liang Jin replied:
"Everyone!"
Speaking of this, Liang Jin looked at the neighboring Great Snow Mountain Sect and the Bureau of Investigation's camps:
"Including them."
After Liang Jin gave the order, everyone immediately took action.
Yunlong was responsible for taking the martial artists and some young slaves to inquire.
The rest of the people began to move the camp to the place Liang Jin requested.
After the camp was moved, the sky had already darkened.
Yunlong and the others brought back stacks of name lists.
Hidden Wind Valley now has at least tens of thousands of people gathered.
Yunlong and the others only found out a small part today, and the remaining tasks can only be continued tomorrow.
Liang Jin also recorded all these names one by one into the [Thousand Mile Tracking].
By midnight.
Liang Jin left the camp alone.
He came to the top of the mountain alone.
The wind howled at the top of the mountain, terrifyingly cold.
The stars and moon in the sky were also exceptionally close, as if you could reach out and grab them.
Liang Jin sat on the top of the mountain, coldly watching below.
Hidden Wind Valley at the foot of the mountain was like a bright strip of lights, which were the lights lit by the people gathered in the valley.
Liang Jin took out the [Si Mask] and put it on his face.
"Fire Eye, open!"
The red eyeball painted on Liang Jin's mask seemed to come alive all of a sudden, even twitching slightly.
It rotated as Liang Jin's gaze moved.
Liang Jin's vision also changed.
Everything in his eyes gradually became transparent.
Only each individual person was particularly clear in his eyes.
He seemed to have the effect of "X-ray vision" and "clairvoyance" at this time.
"Let me see, where exactly is this treasure?"
Liang Jin's vision easily penetrated the mountain, even penetrating the ground.
Sure enough.
He quickly saw some unusual structures inside a mountain in the valley.
Those structures were man-made buildings, seemingly tombs and passages.
It seemed that this was the abandoned mausoleum of the ancient kingdom that L\u0026#252; Yingrong had mentioned.
A section of the entrance to this abandoned mausoleum seemed to have collapsed, and a large number of stones and soil blocked the passage.
And many laborers, like ants, were excavating day and night.
Looking at their progress, it was estimated that in another two days, they would be able to dig through this collapsed area, thus officially entering the abandoned mausoleum.
"I really want to see how much treasure there is, that is worth these three major forces coming out in full force?"
Liang Jin's perspective gradually zoomed in, and he began to search in this abandoned mausoleum.
Soon.
He saw one large wooden box after another.
These large wooden boxes were in the deepest part of this abandoned mausoleum. They were stacked together, almost forming a small mountain.
The number was simply too many.
Liang Jin's vision easily penetrated the large wooden boxes, clearly seeing the things inside.
However.
The moment Liang Jin clearly saw the objects in the wooden box, his eyes widened, and an unbelievable expression appeared on his face:
"This is..."
"How could this be?!"