This scene happened too quickly, even Gongsun Yu didn’t react.
Mostly because Gongsun Yu didn’t expect Shangguan Qing to pull off this move, considering they were two people who couldn’t fight—Shangguan Yun used to, but was later disabled. In short, Xie Xingzhou capturing them should have been easy.
So Gongsun Yu didn’t stop them.
Who would have thought he’d see Gongsun Yu right before him getting exploded away.
The terrifying impact brought pressure even to him.
This cavern was considered a transfer point for the major passages, quite spacious. Xie Xingzhou hit the ceiling above, and the massive force nearly shattered the ground.
Dust fell on everyone.
Gongsun Yu raised his hand to shield his eyes from the flying dust.
The others shielded their faces, their heads.
The only one who was not unfamiliar with the sound was Elder Lu.
Back when he and Elder Zhang went into Ghost Mountain to rescue Min Hongyi, Shangguan Qing, claiming to be the Ghost King, killed Elder Zhang with the same method.
This weapon was too powerful, and he didn’t dare confront it directly, so he didn’t avenge Elder Zhang but hurried away with the severely injured Min Hongyi.
Unfortunately, Min Hongyi was shot through the heart with a silver spear by another young man, and he could only bring back a corpse.
He had been apprehensive about this thing since last time, and now, experiencing it closely again, he was even more fearful.
He had a bizarre misconception that Shangguan Qing’s weapon couldn’t be defended against by any master, no matter how strong.
Xie Xingzhou had fallen to the ground, bloodied, not dead immediately, but it was clear he wouldn’t survive.
The stone door on the ground quickly closed after Xie Xingzhou was blown away, yet when Gongsun Yu tried the spot Shangguan Qing had touched earlier, there was no reaction.
Gongsun Yu kicked the stone door open, but Shangguan Qing and Shangguan Yun in the secret chamber were already gone.
He jumped in, attempting to find their escape route, but the walls around were solid, meaning only one possibility: the passage was filled and blocked.
He rarely frowned: "Who set this mechanism?"
Such brilliance!
Compared to this person, Yue Liuyi’s skills seemed lacking.
"General, what do we do now?" Elder Lu suppressed the shock in his heart and asked calmly.
Gongsun Yu said coldly, "Find them, dig three feet down to bring them to me!"
Elder Lu said, "Fear it won’t be easy to find."
Gongsun Yu sneered, "Then set it on fire! I don’t believe a fiery dragon can leave them hidden!"
...
In another passage, Shangguan Qing and Shangguan Yun stopped to catch their breath, sure they were temporarily safe.
Shangguan Yun leaned against the wall behind her, hands on hips, wiped the sweat from her forehead, panting, "Son, why did you come to the border pass? If Jiaojiao hadn’t reported, I wouldn’t have known you were trapped on Ghost Mountain?"
"Who is Jiaojiao?" Shangguan Qing asked puzzledly.
Shangguan Yun was even more puzzled: "Haven’t you met? She went into Ghost Mountain with Tang Yueshan, and took away a newborn child. By the way, the child is temporarily placed with a wealthy family in the city, with a nanny, very safe."
With this, Shangguan Qing understood.
Then he was even more surprised: "He..."
Called Jiaojiao?
What kind of names are these?
Shangguan Yun said, "I’ll tell you about Jiaojiao later, first tell me what’s going on here?"
"Just..." Shangguan Qing’s eyes flashed, suddenly bent his tall stature, rubbed his head against her shoulder, "Miss you, so came to find you, woo, you didn’t praise me, scolded me... Am I still your sweetheart?"
Shangguan Yun’s eyes were calm: "Too much acting."
The lines are quite cheesy!
What sweetheart!
You’re twenty!
A big sweetheart!
Shangguan Qing broke character instantly, stood up, touched his nose embarrassedly: "Well, just came out to play."
Shangguan Yun glared at him: "Played all the way to the border pass?"
Shangguan Qing mumbled: "Never played here before."
Shangguan Yun: "..."
Shangguan Yun solemnly said: "I’ll settle your visit to the border pass later, now tell me how you ended up in Gongsun Yu’s hands?"
Shangguan Qing sulkily pouted: "Wasn’t it Xie Xingzhou that guy..."
Since Xie Xingzhou discovered underground movement, he ordered the Jin army to dig tunnels vigorously, initially digging only in the village, but later Xie Xingzhou had a sudden idea, running to dig in Back Mountain and the forest.
Digging and digging, they actually found quite a few tunnels.
At first, the Jin army dug a tunnel, Shangguan Qing blocked a tunnel, but those twenty thousand Jin soldiers were too good at digging, and at this rate, all passages would be blocked, and they’d never escape.
So Shangguan Qing took a risk, claiming to be the imperial grandson, "luring himself into the net."
To Xie Xingzhou, a thousand worthless lives underground were nothing compared to the imperial grandson, so he truly stopped digging.
He thought simply destroying the passages, Shangguan Qing tricked him, saying there were treasures in the tunnels, so long as the Jin army didn’t kill him, he’d offer the treasures.
Shangguan Yun’s mouth twitched: "Then Xie Xingzhou believed it?"
Such a lie could be believed, how much of a fool was Xie Xingzhou?
Shangguan Qing pointed at himself: "Should be your son I... how capable!"
Shangguan Yun was covered with black lines.
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