The flames of the torch fires flickered in the night’s darkness. Over ten thousand men excavated the earth with hoes and shovels.
Dirt was flying all around, and Zhan Fei stood by the side in disgust, waving away the dust in the air.
The Wolf Smoke Regiment soldiers were very good at digging. They had good practice when filling up the hole in the mountain behind the Moonset Valley.
As a result, it didn’t take them much time to dig up a gigantic crater in the ground. Beneath their feet were moist brown earth.
Zhan Fei peeped in and looked at Ji Fengyan standing beside him. He smiled scornfully. “General Ji, you brought us here in the middle of the night to dig a hole in the ground. Are you planning to dig all the way through to the other side? I am afraid that even if we do so, we still won’t find your demons?”
Zhan Fei had never heard of anyone being able to find a demon’s nest by digging.
He just felt that Ji Fengyan was putting up a false show to avoid admitting that she had failed her military pledge.
Nevertheless, Ji Fengyan ignored Zhan Fei’s taunting and had her soldiers continue digging.
No one noticed that Chang Pu, who was tied up on a horse, had gone completely white with fear. He stared fixedly at the digging site, as his pupils quivered.
Just as Zhan Fei was about to end this farce and force Ji Fengyan to admit her failure.
One soldier suddenly unearthed a layer of fine yellow sand. The moment he dug into the sand, it gave way beneath him and he fell right in!
“There’s something here!” A panicked shout rose from soldiers.
That shout startled Zhan Fei and he rushed over to the side of the crater.
After digging two meters, an underground tunnel was uncovered right before everyone’s eyes.
The soldiers dropped some ropes and proceeded to widen the entrance to the tunnel bit by bit.
“This… how can this be possible?” Zhan Fei was utterly shocked.
The tunnel was extremely wide. It was several meters high and astonishingly wide.
The inside of the tunnel was lined with rocks and the surrounding walls were supported by multiple rock pillars. In addition, the rocks paving the walkway bore numerous scratch marks. They were obviously left behind by demons’ claws as they made their way through it.
“Does Lord Zhan want to take a look?” Ji Fengyan raised her brows at the dumbfounded Zhan Fei.
Zhan Fei looked completely sick to his face. He couldn’t believe that Ji Fengyan was really so capable. She could even find an underground demon tunnel hidden more than two meters beneath the surface.
Meanwhile, Yang Shun breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn’t help feeling amused at Zhan Fei’s distressed expression.
Ji Fengyan had come prepared. Zhan Fei’s scheming had been for nothing!
Zhan Fei went pallid under Ji Fengyan’s gaze. He pushed aside a soldier. “Fine, I’ll look if you insist.” With that, he slithered down a rope.
Ji Fengyan and Yang Shun exchanged glances and followed suit. Situ Ba stood at the side, frowning at the entire scene.
Zhan Fei could detect a demon aura the moment he landed on the ground. Although it had dissipated, the aura was still clearly discernible.
Yang Shun stared at the massive tunnel. One could not see either end of it. The scale of this tunnel was far beyond anyone’s imagination.