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Chapter 48 Siege and Killing
Geng Xuan ended his exploration and returned home.

He carefully reviewed the results of this exploration in his mind and made a rough plan for the next few days' actions.

The next day, Geng Xuan spent half a day first resealing the small hole that he had originally dug, which was only wide enough for him to crawl through. Then he dug a tunnel that was more hidden, more convenient for him to pass through, and most importantly, far enough away from the "T"-shaped blocked entrance.

Then, Geng Xuan continued to explore this underground network.

As he explored, Geng Xuan became more and more aware that this underground network was far more massive and complex than he had imagined.

Even though he has avoided all the tunnel branches away from Kangleji, he will often encounter "D"-shaped, "Y"-shaped, and "X"-shaped branch choices.

A spider-web-like structure gradually emerged in Geng Xuan's mind.

It is right under Kangleji, and the "spider silk" that weaves this spider web is the tunnels.

"The coverage of this underground 'spider web' is even larger than that of the above-ground market."

the next day.

When exploring the "spider web" on a larger scale, Geng Xuan first discovered that it was actually layered.

He found an entrance to a lower level.

Just as he entered and planned to explore more about this "spider web" deeper underground, the pungent stench forced him back.

Geng Xuan realized something and quietly stepped out.

Although he didn't look closely, he already knew what the stench was.

There are two main types.

One is human excrement, which can be smelled with the nose.

Another kind is the stench emitted by a corpse, which can make people feel extremely uncomfortable both physically and mentally, and subconsciously want to stay away from the stench.

Geng Xuan did not leave this area and continued to explore other areas.

On the third day, Geng Xuan felt that he had a certain degree of understanding of this underground network. While expanding the scope of exploration, he also began to try to explore the more central areas of the market.

The light was still extremely dim. For ordinary practitioners, after a long period of adaptation, they could only see things vaguely within a few steps.

But after several days of adapting, Geng Xuan found that the "Eye of True Vision" made him more and more adaptable to this environment.

After accurate testing, he can basically see objects clearly within fifty steps and see the general outline of objects within a hundred steps.

This is also the reason why Geng Xuan dares to conduct such exploration.

Although this underground network was not built by him personally, for him, it is at least half his home ground.

At a certain moment, Geng Xuan suddenly stopped and stared into the distance with wide eyes.

It was because he saw several balls of red gas approaching him rapidly.

Because the distance was so far, it initially looked like several small, jumping flames.

It was not until these balls of red gas came within a hundred steps of him that Geng Xuan could vaguely make out the outlines of several human figures.

The sounds of footsteps and shouting could also be heard.

Geng Xuan was shocked, "Is it coming for me?"

He quickly retreated and put some distance between himself and these people.

However, when he heard the severely distorted shouts echoing back and forth in the tunnel, he gradually realized that these people were not coming for him.

Instead, there was one person running for his life, and five people shouting and chasing him.

After realizing this, Geng Xuan slowed down his retreat and gradually closed the distance between him and the group of people.

When the two sides were about fifty steps away, he could already see the conditions of several people relatively clearly. Except for their facial expressions which were still a little blurry, these people no longer had any secrets from him.

The person running in front must have been seriously injured. His breathing became heavier, his running speed became slower, and his footsteps became heavier.

The five people chasing him from behind, holding great swords and pretending to be loud, deliberately slowed down their pace even though they clearly had the energy to speed up and catch up, putting great pressure on the runner and kept running after him.

Finally, the escapee seemed to have realized that he had already become the prey of the pursuer and it was impossible for him to really run away. Instead, he would be exhausted to death bit by bit.

So, at a certain moment he suddenly stopped and then rushed towards the people he was chasing.

His action seemed to catch the pursuers off guard, and one of them who was rushing forward was caught off guard and slashed on the arm by his sword.

If he hadn't dodged in time, he might have been beheaded by a single sword.

The man retreated quickly while screaming and cursing.

The other four also saw the opportunity very quickly and took advantage of it to successfully surround the escaper from both sides.

Afterwards, under the almost playful siege of the four men, the escaper was like a beast trapped in a desperate situation.

Whenever he attempted a mutually destructive attack on a target, he would be thwarted by the other three, leaving a not-too-serious wound on his body.

With a desperate roar, the runner finally fell to the ground exhausted. The pursuer with the injured arm stepped forward, kicked the runner twice, and then stabbed his heart with a sword, ending his life completely.

"Damn it, I've lost a lot this time... Hurry up and search to see if there's anything good."

One of them took out something from his arms and waved it quickly in the air a few times. A ball of fire of medium size ignited at one end, illuminating the space of several meters around the deceased.

The other person squatted down and quickly felt around the dead body.

Together, some items were put aside by him.

There were several silver bars and some small change, as well as two porcelain bottles containing pills and some other odds and ends.

"And that's all."

The frisker stood up and said regretfully.

The man with the injured arm kicked the dead man twice again and angrily cursed, "Poor bastard!"

The five men quickly distributed the few spoils on the spot, then without stopping, turned around and walked quickly in the direction they came from.

"You're not going to deal with this body? Just leave it there?"

One person seemed a little unfamiliar with this and asked another companion.

"What else? Should I move to your house?" another person replied.

Another person said, "Don't worry, this matter cannot be held against us. I don't know how many people die here every year.

Those that have not been discovered can be left to rot.

If they are discovered, most of the time no one will care about it, and only a very small part will be cleaned up and thrown into a pit.

As for who these people are, no one cares.”

"Don't worry. Many years ago, the Grand Master said that he would clean up the area below. But now there have been so many Grand Masters. Apart from the area below the recreation center, have they ever cleaned up the other areas carefully?
Up there, in the area below the recreation center, the patrol team still has some deterrent power, let them try to run wild in other areas!"

"..."

The five people chatted casually as they walked away. Looking at their figures getting farther and farther away, Geng Xuan thought for a moment and quietly followed them.

Just now, he witnessed with his own eyes the scene of several of them torturing and killing one person.

His first feeling was not that these people were cruel, but——

That's it?

So weak.

Based on the actions of several people, he could basically judge that their cultivation was at most between the senior flesh refining realm and the beginning blood refining realm.

This made Geng Xuan reflect: "Am I being too cautious?"

Geng Xuan naturally displayed the minor level of the raccoon leaping technique and followed silently.

Always keep a distance of about fifty to sixty steps from the five people in front.

During the journey, we passed five forks in the road.

Every time they passed a fork in the road, the five of them would talk in a low voice to confirm which direction they had turned from.

This also shows that they are also very unfamiliar with this place.

When they discussed and turned the fifth fork, they could see faint light at the three tunnel entrances ahead, and also heard slight sounds.

"Okay, that's it. I have to go back to the store, so I won't accompany you guys."

"Next time, be more careful and don't always say there's a fat sheep... If you do that, you won't even have enough money for medical expenses!"

"..."

The five people chatted casually for a few words and then entered different tunnels.

Three of them entered the tunnel on the left, and the other two entered the middle and right tunnels respectively.

Geng Xuan, who was approaching silently using the raccoon leaping technique, suddenly accelerated and flew into the tunnel on the right.

The distance between him and the figure in front of him, which was always maintained at about fifty steps, was rapidly closing.

The further you go, the more light there is in the tunnel, and the brighter it becomes.

When the figure in front sensed the danger behind him, he rushed forward and just as he exclaimed "Who" a hand as if cast from iron slapped him hard on the back of his head.

"Om-"

With a muffled sound, the figure rushing forward rushed directly to the ground.

Geng Xuan grabbed the man before he fell to the ground, and then quickly returned with the man who had been knocked unconscious by his palm.

(End of this chapter)