bayedsolid Chapter 241 Leaving
Chapter 241 Leaving
Boom!
A thunderclap suddenly rose from nowhere, spanning the nine heavens, and then vanished into the horizon.
"Ok?"
Ding Yi, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, a look of confusion in his pupils.
"Just now, it seemed like a burst of malevolent energy flashed by?"
Even while lying in bed, Ding Yi still covered a range of 100 meters with his divine sense, so that he could react immediately to any disturbance.
Just a moment ago, his outermost divine sense clearly sensed a strange fluctuation coming from the void, which startled him awake.
Ding Yi quickly scanned the surrounding soldiers with his divine sense. Seeing that they had not woken up, he slowly took out the Flowing Sand Map from his bosom, glanced at it briefly, but found nothing unusual. His tightly furrowed brows then slowly relaxed.
Perhaps I'm overthinking it?
Ding Yi shook his head and then closed his eyes again.
Soon, the rain began to pour down.
The raindrops pelted the ground, making a "patter, patter" sound.
The people in the camp began to put on straw hats and raincoats, while the soldiers on the city wall looked nervously at the pitch-black distance ahead.
After all, in such heavy rain, the people of Baiyun Temple might launch a surprise attack.
Those previous acts of suicide in small groups were seen by them as a test to lull them into a false sense of security.
At this moment, inside a barracks in the city, several oil lamps illuminated the entire room.
Wu Yusong, the garrison commander of Guanyue City, sat upright in the center, listening to the pattering rain outside and gazing at the sand table in front of him, lost in thought.
"General, will the people from Baiyun Temple attack tonight?"
A lieutenant general in armor asked with a frown.
"Not like."
Wu Yusong shook his head, and after a moment he slowly spoke.
Although Yin Yang Palace and Baiyun Temple have not yet truly gone to war, everyone knows in their hearts that this calm before the storm is the most difficult and terrifying to endure.
Who knows, beneath that boundless plain might lie tens of thousands of troops from Baiyun Temple, just waiting for the right opportunity to launch a frenzied attack!
However, until now, all the reports from the scouts have been that there is no trace or news of the Baiyun Temple army. After all, once the army moves out, there will inevitably be supply trains transporting provisions.
Therefore, Wu Yusong felt that Baiyun Temple was unlikely to make any major moves recently.
But if Baiyun Temple doesn't attack, he can't figure out what Baiyun Temple is up to during this time.
"Strengthen patrols; there can be no negligence."
Wu Yusong said slowly.
"Yes!"
The others responded in unison, and Wu Yusong sighed and continued to stare at the sand table in front of him, lost in thought.
Several days passed in this way, and Ding Yi gradually became familiar with life in Guanyue City.
Besides daily drills and patrols, the remaining time is spent cultivating.
In this Guanyue City, countless warriors strive to gain merit and become gods every day. After all, controlled by evil energy, they have no basic freedom and are like walking corpses.
During these days, Ding Yi also met several other people who had infiltrated the area.
It must be said that these people are quite good at acting and adaptability, which is why they can become elders of the Chaotic God Cult.
Ding Yi could tell that they had completely adapted to their roles and could even chat and laugh with the people next to them.
A few days later, Ding Yi and his team finally received their mission: to go outside the city to investigate.
These scout-like tasks were also carried out in shifts.
The difference is that scouts are more professional and can explore a wider range, while Ding Yi's team was only tasked with a simple job: patrolling the grass outside the city to see if there were any tunnels dug by Baiyun Temple.
After Ding Yi followed Chen Shu out of the city, the group dispersed in a fan shape and walked along the grassland, occasionally thrusting their spears into the ground.
Similarly, along with Ding Yi's team were several other teams from other battalions, since a ten-man squad was far from enough for such a large-scale search.
Soon, the group had traveled a considerable distance, estimated to be about ten miles. If they looked back now, they would see that the towering Guanyue Tower had become a blurry square shape.
After a while, Ding Yi's teammates around him were now quite far apart, about 100 meters apart.
As for the gaps in the land they searched, other teams would fill them in.
At this moment, they had searched an area overgrown with bushes.
These bushes were about half a person's height, and the uneven earthen slopes greatly obstructed the view.
Ding Yi, seeing that the time was almost up, suddenly roared:
"The wicked monk from Baiyun Temple!!"
After saying that, Ding Yi took the lead and charged forward, clearly ready to fight to the death.
"Du Ming, come back!!"
"Du boy, are you crazy?! This isn't how you steal credit!"
Ding Yi's actions quickly attracted the attention of others, who shouted in his direction.
But Ding Yi seemed not to hear, and ran forward like a madman. After rounding a bush, his figure completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
Chen Shu looked at Ding Yi's voice, a strange light flashing in his eyes, but he also shouted to the others in time:
"Don't chase him! Let him die alone!"
Hearing this, the others were somewhat worried about Ding Yi, but since the captain had spoken, they all stopped and did not rush out with Ding Yi.
Meanwhile, similar things were happening elsewhere, with several people breaking away from their groups and rushing forward, seemingly having spotted the people from Baiyun Temple hiding in the bushes ahead.
Some teams rushed in, while others remained silent, watching the scene unfold.
Half an hour passed, and the soldiers who had rushed into the bushes returned one after another. From their dejected faces, it was easy to see that they had not found anything.
Soon, some teams discovered new problems.
They've lost some players!
At this moment, Chen Shu, who had been standing there, saw that Ding Yi had not returned for a long time, and immediately ordered them to turn back, without intending to continue waiting for Ding Yi to return.
Seeing this, some of the other team members looked reluctant, while others gloated. Without exception, they all followed Chen Shu back towards Guanyue City.
Every time they went out on patrol, some people discovered that the evil monk had been beheaded and had his ears taken, thus gaining merit, but there were also fools who were lured into a trap by Baiyun Temple.
Regardless, the patrol mission was completed, as it proved that demonic monks from Baiyun Temple had appeared here, indicating that they had not given up their spying on Guanyue City.
Soon, the exploration teams began to return, and the once noisy area fell silent again.
At this moment, in a pit at the bottom of a slope, several figures were sitting quietly.
Ding Yi was one of them.
According to the established plan, they would try to break away from the group while on patrol and regroup outside the city.
They only brought half a day's worth of food and water when they went out, and with the Yin-Yang evil spirits entering their bodies, outsiders would never have imagined that they would do such a thing.
Inside the pit, Li Wanyun glanced around briefly, then said:
"We're just missing Chief Wang. We'll wait for another batch. If he's not there, it'll just be the few of us on the operation."
The people inside the pit nodded slightly upon hearing this.
Sometimes, things are like this: even if you have the best ideas and execute them smoothly, luck still plays a big role.
For example, most people managed to escape during the first round of patrols, except for the man surnamed Wang, who didn't get a turn. That's just luck.
This is one of the reasons why Li Wanyun decided to invite Ding Yi over as soon as she saw him.
Quantity can sometimes provide a better margin of error, allowing risks to be controlled within a certain range even if there are some errors.