681: Chapter 460 681: Chapter 460 Those who used to live in places like pigsties, their lives so difficult, now had a new life.
They were full of fighting spirit and hope, and they worked very hard.
The Marquis had already divided these thousand or so people into several groups, and then these groups were further divided into several teams, taking care of the elderly and children, and construction had to be carried out at the same time.
He had also handed over more food items to the members of his clan, asking them to wait here at ease.
Jiang Tang was still not at ease about Su Chang’an leading so many people back alone, especially since there were adults outside and other figures seeking opportunities.
Encounters with them might lead to conflict.
He could not let his sworn brother take a risk, so he dispatched Lai Jianlin and Luo Yaxuan to accompany him.
It would provide mutual support and, in times of danger, they could send him a message.
Su Chang’an activated the Magical Treasure, lifting the Marquis onto the Treasure’s flying ship.
Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin quickly bade farewell to their fellow disciples and flew onto the Magical Treasure.
With the Jade Token given by Jiang Tang, the flying ship quickly exited the Array.
The Marquis kept pointing out directions while Su Chang’an’s Magical Treasure also had something like a compass.
Once a location was marked on the map, it would automatically fly to the destination.
Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin were like invisible presences, sitting with closed eyes in meditation, but in fact, their ears were listening to the sounds outside.
Su Chang’an did not use his own Spiritual Energy, instead inserting Spirit Stones into the Magical Treasure.
Then he sat inside, silent in the face of the Marquis.
The Marquis was actually not a talkative person either.
Grateful for Su Chang’an’s help time and again, he certainly harbored gratitude in his heart.
If they were to talk about their Cultivation, the two practiced different Cultivation Techniques and couldn’t really find common ground in conversation.
Besides Cultivation Techniques, the Marquis also relied on his Magical Treasure.
After being helped by others several times, he fully understood that they were powerful, but not as formidable as the figures in the Cultivation World.
Su Chang’an was originally a quiet person, not fond of interacting with others or engaging in idle chatter.
His help for the Marquis had been entirely out of sympathy and because the other recognized Jiang Tang, doing it all for the sake of Jiang Tang’s face.
The four of them thus sat in the Magical Treasure without chatting or even looking at each other, waiting for the flying ship to reach its destination.
The flying ship quickly arrived high above the location of the Marquis’ Stockade.
From this high vantage point, they could see houses below, but the buildings beneath were eerily quiet.
The Marquis found it strange, as it was the middle of the day, time for cooking.
Even though they lived high in the mountain stockade, they did not eat raw meat, but rather grains and cooked meat, which required firewood for cooking.
There should be smoke from the kitchen.
As the Marquis felt puzzled, Su Chang’an, Luo Yaxuan, and Lai Jianlin used not only their eyes to look down but also extended their Divine Sense to probe further.
“Marquis, are you sure there are people in your stockade?
Could it be that everyone has moved out?” asked Lai Jianlin.
“No, that’s not right.
Even if the young people and adults are out working, the elderly and children would still be left at home.
It’s impossible for everyone to have gone out!”
The Marquis was nervous—in fact, he was worried that something had happened to everyone in the stockade.
Apart from his Magic Wand, his clan was essentially defenseless, composed of the elderly and children.
Even if the young ones could put up a slight resistance with their martial abilities and the girls hadn’t cultivated, without Magical Treasures, how could they withstand a powerful adversary?
Just one Golden Core Practitioner had almost wiped out their entire existence last time, and that was only avoided because he possessed a Magic Wand and his opponent had been contemptuous.
“Let’s go down and take a look, we might be able to find some information.”
Su Chang’an had his suspicions, but the closer the Magical Treasure got to the ground, the more he smelled an increasingly intense foul odor.
The Marquis jumped off the Magical Treasure, rushed into his stockade, then directly into his own home, bursting into each house one by one.
Not a single person was found in the entire stockade; it seemed as if it had been unoccupied for two to three days, as he could even feel a layer of dust on a table.
“What’s going on here?
Everything was fine when I left!”
The Marquis was young after all.
In the face of such a significant crisis, he panicked, in a frantic search for the enemy and clueless about how to find leads, he started to cry.
Lai Jianlin…, how to console him?
Luo Yaxuan…, what’s the situation?
“Are there foxes on this mountain?
Are there other fairies?”
Su Chang’an asked with a composed expression, as he had already used his Divine Sense to trace the source of the fox smell.
A while back, a fox appeared in our stockade, trying to kidnap people.
I went and injured the fox.
We also have a Vine Tree Monster on the mountain that used to be an old Demon with Divine Sense.
I’ve seen them fighting each other before.”
The Marquis answered honestly, slowly realizing that the fox and Vine Whip he mentioned must have taken away the people from his stockade and his family.
“It seems they have been captured for several days now, let’s head up the mountain to search!” Su Chang’an concluded.
Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin nodded, they had the same thought.
“Marquis, was there anything special about where the fox used to live, like a cave you know of?”
“Yes, there’s one on the mountain ahead.
We found a cave there with medicinal herbs, and deep in the mountain is where the fox and the Vine Monster used to live.”
“Let’s bring out the Magical Treasures, we’ll have a look!” Su Change’an, who had just stowed away his Magical Treasure, now brought it out again and together they leapt onto it.
The flying vessel ascended into the sky and in an instant, they reached the deep areas of the mountain.
Marquis…, it was good that he asked Jiang Tang for help this time.
If he had come back from that base, it would have definitely taken several days, then climbing the depths of the high mountains, and so many days past, the danger to their loved ones was even greater.
Moreover, if he ventured alone into the territory of the fox and the Vine Tree Spirit, they could easily detect him, let alone rescue anyone; there was also the possibility of being ambushed by them.
Su Chang’an had already started looking down from the flying vessel; he felt many presences in a cave, then sensed the location of the fox and the Vine Whip.
There, captured by the fox, were two young people in a cave.
The two young men were enchanted and asleep on the bed.
The fox seemed to be wounded and had not transformed into a human.
Its white eyes opened as if it also sensed the presence of strangers.
At this time, Lai Jianlin and Luo Yaxuan also located the fox and the Vine Whip with their Divine Sense.
“Marquis, the cave you mentioned, does it have a lot of medicinal herbs planted inside and peach fruits that bloom and bear yearly?”
The Marquis was startled and then admired those from the Cultivation World.
Standing in the same place, they could not see the land below the mountain, yet they were able to explore.
“Yes, we found that cave a while back and have sent people to guard it.”
There are more than a hundred people from your stockade hiding in that cave.”
The fox didn’t capture my tribespeople?” The Marquis knew that having injured the fox before, it would certainly come back for revenge.
He didn’t know it would return so quickly, taking advantage when he was out.
“Still, two young people have been captured, and that Vine Tree Monster is guarding the fox’s cave.
Your two tribe members are unconscious.”
At Su Chang’an’s words, the Marquis grew anxious again, knowing that danger for any of his brothers would be harmful to the families.
“How can we rescue them?”
The Marquis knew that if he took a Magic Wand, he could contest with the Vine Whip and the fox.
The two brothers would need someone to rescue them.
“Let’s act separately, Luo Yaxuan, Lai Jianlin, while we attack the Vine Whip and the fox, you two rescue the people.”
Su Chang’an brought the flying vessel lower, rushing down to the forest at top speed.
The fox below sensed enemies approaching; “Gu-da,” it called for the Vine Whip’s help.
The fox burst out of the cave, fearing the enemy would block the entrance and set off fireworks inside.
The Vine Whip, too, was on high alert, with its roots and vines stirring, sensing the great threat of their opponents.
The fox then smelled a familiar scent, the scent of the enemy who had injured it, and that enemy had brought companions.