Half an hour later, Lin Bai, dressed in the uniform of a Dayue Kingdom scout, entered Nanning Pass.
"Tian Jiang, why are you back instead of surveilling outside?"
As soon as Lin Bai approached the city gate of Nanning Pass, a group of warriors clad in yellowish-brown armor guarding the gate stopped Lin Bai and sternly questioned him.
At this moment, Lin Bai’s face was green, blending well with the forest.
Thus, the warrior couldn’t make out Lin Bai’s face when he saw him. To make matters worse, Lin Bai’s hat was pulled low, so that the warrior could only see Lin Bai’s chin and not half of his face.
"Brother Linde, I’ve discovered important intelligence and need to inform General Li Xiao. Could you take me to see the general?" Lin Bai replied with a faint smile.
The warrior blocking Lin Bai was named Linde, a member of the City-Destroying Cannon Guard Army.
After soul searching Tian Jiang, Lin Bai had learned all about the affairs of the City-Destroying Cannon Legion.
Linde cracked a smile, "Alright, looks like you’ve made a great find again. I reckon it won’t be long before you’re promoted to a lead scout. I suppose I’ll have to address you as a general in the future, eh?"
Lin Bai grinned, "Brother Linde, stop joking around and take me to General Li Xiao quickly."
"Alright, but before we go, we should check the password," Linde replied, laughing, but he knew business was business.
Immediately, Linde said to Lin Bai, "Moon in the Water."
Lin Bai answered without hesitation, "Sword of Victory!"
"Moon in the Water, Sword of Victory" was the City-Destroying Cannon Legion’s password for the day.
This password changed every day to confuse infiltrators and prevent enemy warriors from sneaking in.
But after Lin Bai searched Tian Jiang’s soul, he not only saw all of Tian Jiang’s memories, but also had a clear understanding of the password.
Hearing Lin Bai’s straightforward reply, Linde immediately chuckled, "Alright, follow me. I’ll take you to see the General."
Immediately, Linde led Lin Bai into Nanning Pass.
Upon entering Nanning Pass, Lin Bai saw that far into the distance, there was a large hole, comparable to a mountain, in the thousand-meter-high city wall that was crumbling.
This large hole, the result of external bombardment, exuded an incredibly powerful force.
Even at this point, Lin Bai could still feel the terrifying energy emanating from the large hole.
"Don’t stare, that’s the power of the City-Destroying Cannon. One shot and it can create such a large hole in the thousand-meter city wall."
"It’s because of the presence of the City-Destroying Cannon that our army from the Dayue Kingdom is invincible in battle."
"It’s our great honor to be members of the City-Destroying Cannon Legion."
Linde laughed proudly.
Lin Bai spoke softly, "Indeed, such a powerful City-Destroying Cannon, even a thousand-meter-high city wall with Magic Circle Prohibition embedded, cannot withstand a single shot from it. It really is formidable."
Linde laughed triumphantly, "Of course, for this battle, we have deployed twenty-five City-Destroying Cannons. Lined up and fired at full power, they can shatter Shenwu Kingdom’s Imperial Palace in an instant."
"Therefore, we will surely triumph in this campaign."
Linde started laughing cheerfully.
Lin Bai quietly asked, "Brother Linde, do you know where the City-Destroying Cannon is now?"
Hearing Lin Bai’s question, Linde said, "Why are you asking this? Have you forgotten the rules? Don’t ask about things you shouldn’t know. Don’t you want to be subject to a military trial!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Bai shuddered, "Brother Linde, please don’t be angry. It was only out of curiosity since I’ve been working as a scout and haven’t had a chance to see the City-Destroying Cannon up close."
"So while there’s no major battle going on, I wanted to see it with my own eyes."
As a scout for the City-Destroying Cannon Legion, Tian Jiang had no permission to approach the City-Destroying Cannon closely.
Linde snorted coldly, "The City-Destroying Cannon isn’t something you just go and look at, Tian Jiang. You’d do well to mind your own business."
Lin Bai murmured, "Yes, Brother Linde is right."
"What are you muttering about, I bet you don’t know either."
The last sentence, Lin Bai spoke very softly.
He meant to say it so softly, on purpose, and for Linde to hear.
When Linde heard it, he was infuriated indeed, saying, "As a Decurion of the Destroyer Cannon Guard Army, how could I possibly not know where the City-Destroying Cannon is placed? What a joke."
"However, General Li Xiao has just given an order not to disclose the location of the City-Destroying Cannon to anyone," Linde said, his brow furrowing.
Lin Bai laughed and said, "Brother Linde, then does this mean you know where the City-Destroying Cannon is placed?"
As he said this, Lin Bai followed Linde into a passageway in the North City of Nanning Pass.
Lin Bai closely observed that there were no other warriors around.
Linde laughed, "I naturally know, I just can’t tell you."
"Tian Jiang, I have noticed that you are acting somewhat abnormal today."
The more Linde thought about it, the stranger it felt. He suddenly stopped, turned his head, and looked at Lin Bai, saying coldly, "Tian Jiang, take off your cloak."
Lin Bai slightly raised his head. Linde squinted his eyes and saw the cold sneer at the corner of Bai Lin’s mouth beneath his cloak, and a sense of impending doom pervaded him.
Linde suddenly exclaimed.
Just as Linde exclaimed, Lin Bai rapidly reached out, grabbing Linde’s throat.
Having his throat locked, Linde couldn’t utter a word.
Lin Bai slowly took off his cloak and said, "My name is Lin Bai. I come from the Spirit Sword Sect of Shenwu Kingdom."
"You... You... You..."
"You’d better stop dreaming; I won’t tell you where the City-Destroying Cannon is."
Linde glared at Lin Bai, his face flushed from being tightly choked by Lin Bai. He was even finding it hard to breathe.
"Hehe, as long as you know where the City-Destroying Cannon is, that’s good enough. I don’t need you to tell me. I can find it myself."
"Martial Soul Secret Skill, Soul Searching!"
Lin Bai used his palm to strike at Linde’s head, like a heavenly blade tearing open Linde’s skull, and examined his memories.
A moment later, Lin Bai gripped tighter and twisted Linde’s neck to pieces, then threw him to a secluded place.
Lin Bai came out from the shadows, sneering as he spoke.
Immediately, Lin Bai exited the passageway and darted through the North City of Nanning Pass.
After a short while, Lin Bai arrived at a vast square in the North City of Nanning Pass.
According to Linde’s memories, the City-Destroying Cannon was placed here.
Lin Bai stood outside the square, looking from afar, "In Linde’s memory, the City-Destroying Cannon is within this square, but it’s covered with a cloth that has a concealed Magic Circle, concealing the gigantic shape of the City-Destroying Cannon."
"The guards within this square..."
Once Lin Bai confirmed this was the location of the City-Destroying Cannon, he immediately looked towards the Guard Army.
"There are so many Guard Armies, there must be about fifty or sixty thousand soldiers guarding here!"
"There can be no mistake, the City-Destroying Cannon must indeed be here!"
With so many armies guarding this place, Lin Bai couldn’t believe they were guarding just empty land.
If there were armies to protect, then this place must definitely be the location of the City-Destroying Cannon.