The settlement area of the Dayue tribe is a high hillside and valley deep in the Yulong Mountain. From a distance, the entire hillside and valley are surrounded by green forests. In the middle of the forest, there are low houses made of wood or stone everywhere, which looks like a huge village. The entrance to the valley has only one mountain road going from bottom to top, and the entrance to the valley is very narrow. In the back area of the valley, that is, behind the big village where the Dayue tribe lives, there is a wide alpine meadow covering an area of dozens of kilometers, with fertile and abundant water and grass...
The people of the Dayue tribe built two checkpoints at the entrance to the valley leading to the settlement. The first checkpoint that was just appearing had been destroyed. There was a gradually widening valley about a thousand meters long between the two checkpoints. At this moment, in that valley, before the second checkpoint, countless Shatu warriors wearing gray leather armor were attacking the checkpoint and fighting with the warriors of the Shatu tribe who were guarding the checkpoint. The roars of both sides shook the sky, and bows, arrows and rocks flew back and forth like locusts. Swords, spears, and halberds poked back and forth, colliding head-on. Almost every second, warriors of the Dayue tribe and Shatu warriors guarding the second checkpoint fell on the battlefield...
From a distance, the Shatu people were obviously on the offensive and were very powerful. There were about two thousand Shatu warriors who rushed into the valley, while the Dayue tribe seemed a little panicked. Except for the Dayue warriors stationed at the second checkpoint, countless people were running around in the Dayue tribe's settlement like headless flies. Yan Liqiang felt that there seemed to be problems with the organization and command of the Dayue tribe at this time.
Thick smoke was billowing out of several buildings in the gathering place of the Dayue tribe. The fire was raging. The people of the Dayue tribe seemed to be in a state of confusion at this time. Many of them didn't know how to choose between putting out the fire and resisting the Shatu people, and they ran around.
Others might feel nervous when seeing such a scene, but when Yan Liqiang saw this scene of fighting, he suddenly felt his blood starting to heat up and he became excited.
"Brother Long, you must help us..." When seeing the situation of the Dayue tribe, Salina immediately grasped Yan Liqiang's hand tightly and spoke in a crying voice.
"Of course I won't stand by and watch, but now I feel that your Dayue tribe seems to have some problems, we need to think about how to save them..." Yan Liqiang pointed at the people of the Dayue tribe who were running around like ants in the valleys and hillsides in the distance, and licked his lips, "At this time, why is there no one in your tribe to command them? Why do they seem to be completely at a loss? Where are the leaders and elders of your tribe?"
"I know, they must be in the Qiyue Hall, they must be in the Qiyue Hall..." Salina shouted.
"Where is the Moon Prayer Hall?"
"The Moon Prayer Hall is over there, near the top of the mountain..." Salina pointed to a place on the hillside where the Great Moon Tribe gathered. "Normally, our tribe would discuss important matters there. At this time, there is no one in the tribe to lead. My mother and the elders should all be there!"
"Your mother?" Yan Liqiang was slightly stunned.
"Well, Brother Long, my mother is the current leader of the Dayue tribe..."
Yan Liqiang had always thought that the chief of the Dayue tribe was Salina's father, but he didn't expect it to be Salina's mother. This was a small accident, but at this time, it was not the right time to ask the reason, so Yan Liqiang put this little thing aside. Since the people of the Dayue tribe could recognize a woman as the chief, then there was no need for him to make a fuss. The most critical issue now was what the situation of the Dayue tribe was like...
"Do you remember how you almost fell into the hands of the Shatu people? I'm afraid your elders are also in trouble at the moment, otherwise there wouldn't be such a mess down there..."
"Brother Long, I know there is a secret passage that leads from the back mountain to the Moon Praying Hall..." Sha Lina looked at Yan Liqiang with pleading eyes, her eyes were red, and tears rolled down from her eyes. "No one else knows about that secret passage. Only the clan leader of our Dayue tribe knows about it. My mother took me there before. I know it's very dangerous to go down there now, but..."
"Stop talking. Just take me to where the entrance to the secret passage is. Let's go in through the secret passage first and then go to the Qiyue Hall to see what the situation is!" Yan Liqiang said firmly.
"Thank you, Brother Long!" Sharina wiped her tears and pointed in a direction behind the gathering place of the Dayue tribe. "The entrance to the secret passage is in a cave in a rock crevice under the cliff on the back mountain..."
"Okay, let's go now!" Yan Liqiang said, then he hugged Salina and rushed towards the place Salina pointed.
Because the two men were far away from the battlefield, and in the dense forest, Yan Liqiang deliberately hid his body and avoided places where there were people, so no one noticed that Yan Liqiang, with someone, had quietly approached the back mountain where the Dayue tribe gathered.
The back mountain was full of jagged rocks and a steep cliff. There were caves and crevices everywhere on the cliff, which looked a bit ferocious. The topography was somewhat similar to the valley where Yan Liqiang practiced in seclusion. As soon as they arrived here, Salina pointed to the cliff more than 200 meters above their heads and said, "Brother Long, there is an entrance behind the bushes on the cliff at that location..."
Yan Liqiang suddenly rose from the ground, stepped on the mountain wall, and rushed towards the cliff. In just over ten seconds, he brought Salina to the entrance of the cave under the cliff.
The entrance to this cave looks no different from other entrances. Outside is a patch of shrubs and weeds growing on the cliff, completely blocking the entrance. Moreover, the entrance to the cave is not big, with only a gap of more than one meter high. You have to bend over to enter, but after entering, it becomes wider and wider after walking less than ten meters.
After going thirty or forty meters deep into the cave, the light at the entrance dimmed and the cave became dark.
"Brother Long, there are torches for lighting here..." Salina ran to the front and found a torch among a pile of rocks in the cave. In the blink of an eye, she lit the torch, making the cave bright.
In fact, even without a torch, Yan Liqiang could see everything clearly in the cave, but Salina might not be able to do that.
Next to the torch, there is a bundle of ropes, which is probably used to leave the cave in an emergency.
"Just follow me and tell me the direction!" Yan Liqiang took the torch and pulled Salina towards the front of the cave. Although the cave was natural, the further they went, the more traces of artificial excavation there were. On the way, Yan Liqiang also discovered several secret rooms in the caves. In those secret rooms, there were many weapons, armors and other things. Seeing that there were long iron spears among those weapons, Yan Liqiang just picked up one.
After walking for almost two miles in the winding cave, an iron gate embedded in the narrow passage in front of the cave finally blocked Yan Liqiang's way.
"Brother Long, behind this iron door is the underground retreat room of the Qiyue Hall..." Salina ran to the side of the iron door, pulled it hard, and then her face changed, "Oh no, this iron door is locked from the inside. It's usually not locked here..."
"Come here, let me do it..." Yan Liqiang asked Salina to stand aside with a torch, and he placed his iron spear against the rock wall of the cave. He walked over, reached out and touched the thick iron door, found two places where he could hold the force with his hands, and pulled it hard...
With a loud bang, the entire iron door was suddenly deformed by Yan Liqiang, revealing a gap more than one meter high. Yan Liqiang pulled it again, and the deformed iron door was completely removed by him. Salina, who was standing next to him, was stunned by Yan Liqiang's strength and was speechless. The solid iron door was like a piece of paper in Yan Liqiang's hands...
Yan Liqiang left the iron door in the cave, took the spear, and continued to move forward with Salina. Behind the iron door, there was indeed a retreat room built with hand-made materials. There was a bed and some food in the retreat room. When they walked out of the retreat room, there was an underground passage outside. There were oil lamps on both sides of the passage. Salina also left the torch and walked up with Yan Liqiang. They had not walked many steps when a shrill scream came from above...
"Is there any place here where we can see what's going on in the hall?" Feeling that Salina's palms were full of sweat at this time, Yan Liqiang gently squeezed her hand and said in a low voice.
"Yes, there is a hidden window in front, which is high up. You can see the scene in the Moon Praying Hall..."
A moment later, Salina brought Yan Liqiang to the place where the hidden air vent was. That place was indeed high. From the underground secret passage to that location, one had to climb up the stairs for dozens of meters. The air vent was just an arc more than a fist high and half a meter long. There was faint light coming through the window of the air vent. Yan Liqiang and Salina came to the location of the air vent and stretched their heads to look outside. The entire scene in the Moon Prayer Hall of the Dayue Tribe was in sight. Yan Liqiang then discovered that this so-called air vent was high up, and it seemed... it seemed to be the opening of the lips of a huge stone statue. Above and below the air vent window were the lips of a human figure. If someone hadn't stood at the height of the statue and looked straight ahead, of course it would be impossible to discover the trick inside the statue...
(End of this chapter)