Although Lu Tianxing and Situ Fei had high status in the White Lotus Sect and were among the Eight Vajra of the White Lotus Sect, in the mansion on Bishijia Mountain, the two men acted as humble and responsible as guards who were guarding the house. Less than two hours after Yan Liqiang entered the cave, the two men came to inspect again. Finding that everything was normal, they locked the iron door of the cave and left.
And late at night, almost every hour, the two people would come to inspect, just as if there were countless gold and silver treasures in this cave. Only when they saw that everything was normal would they leave.
Yan Liqiang did not go anywhere, but stayed in this cave, hiding in the crevice of the rock wall behind a stalactite and stalagmite on the top of the cave, waiting quietly.
The crack in the rock wall at the top of the cave is more than 30 meters from the ground, more than half a meter wide, and extends more than two meters into the mountain, like a scar in the cave. There are more than ten hanging bell-like stones around it, which is very hidden. Below this crack is the small pool in the cave. Looking down from here, you can see the scene in the cave below at a glance.
It was certainly uncomfortable to hide in such a crevice. Yan Liqiang curled up his body like a gecko crawling in the crevice of the wall, trying his best to squeeze his body into the crevice. In order to stabilize his body, his two hands had been inserted into the rock wall of the crevice, firmly stabilizing his body. The sharp edges and protrusions in the crevice of the rock wall scratched Yan Liqiang's clothes and pressed tightly against the skin on his back and legs. Yan Liqiang said nothing.
Now that he has come here, Yan Liqiang will not give up until he has figured out the White Lotus's tricks. And as for those strange things in the water tank below, Yan Liqiang thinks that instead of going outside and searching aimlessly, which might even alert the enemy, it is better to stay here and see what tricks the White Lotus is playing. The things in the water tank seem to be consumables, and there are not many left. If the things in the water tank are used up, the White Lotus will definitely replenish them, and then he will know where those things came from.
It would be best to figure this out and then decide what to do next. Now that the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, it's time to let these people from the White Lotus Sect have a taste of what it feels like to be plotted against in the dark.
Yan Liqiang, who was hiding in the crevice, waited quietly while silently practicing the Guiyuan Ru Ding style of the Dingshen diagram in the Yijing Xisui Jing, allowing his entire aura to blend in completely with the surrounding environment, with almost no sound. He hid in the crevice in the cave ceiling like this for a whole night.
Before dawn, the iron door of the cave was opened again, and then a sound of footsteps was heard from below. Hearing the footsteps, Yan Liqiang opened his eyes suddenly and looked down quietly. Judging from the footsteps, there were three people coming into the cave from below.
Lu Tianxing and Situ Fei walked in. Yan Liqiang could recognize their figures at a glance. Lu Tianxing was holding an oil lamp in his hand. Behind these two people, another person followed them in. That person walked behind Lu Tianxing and Situ Fei. It seemed that he had a very high status, because Lu Tianxing and Situ Fei were completely respectful in front of that person.
Because of the angle of view, Yan Liqiang couldn't see the man's face. He could only see that the man must be very old, with silver-white hair tied up with a jade hairpin, and wearing a black robe that looked a bit elegant...
The three of them entered the cave and came directly to the large water tank. Lu Tianxing hung the oil lamp on the rock wall next to him, while Situ Fei opened the cover of the large water tank and let the silver-haired old man take a look at the remaining things in the water tank...
"Are these the only holy insect eggs left now?"
The old man opened his mouth, and a slightly hoarse voice echoed faintly throughout the cave. This voice was not unfamiliar to Yan Liqiang, as he had heard it yesterday. So as soon as he heard this voice, he knew that the old man was the imperial physician, and also the evil demon he had targeted yesterday.
The words "holy insect eggs" made Yan Liqiang's heart tighten suddenly. Could it be that the sticky things in the big water tank were the eggs of some animal? The White Lotus Sect mixed the so-called holy insect eggs into the vitality soup, hoping that the people in the capital area would drink the eggs and let the eggs parasitize in the human body...
Damn it, Yan Liqiang felt a chill in his heart when he thought that there was such a thing in the Yuanqi Soup.
"Yes, that's all there is left. We have collected a lot of water here these days. We both followed your instructions and added some holy insect eggs to each bucket of water. The holy insect eggs in this water tank have been used for three days. I'm afraid the rest will be used up by this evening..." Situ Fei's voice came from below.
"Okay, I understand. You guys use them first. If these holy insect eggs are not enough, I will report to the Holy Lord, and the Holy Lord will bring the holy insects over at night to replenish the holy insect eggs. You must keep a close eye on them here in the next two days. Don't make any mistakes. You know, when I went to court yesterday, the emperor was already arranging his itinerary after leaving the capital. At the same time, he asked the Imperial Hospital to make vitality soup in the next few days to prevent chaos and plague in the capital after he leaves. This is a godsend opportunity for our Holy Church. The more times like this, the more careful we must be..."
"We understand. Please rest assured, Your Excellency. The Holy Lord has entrusted us with such an important matter. We will not make any mistakes!" Lu Tianxing said in a deep voice, "We are both here during the day. Even at night, we will patrol this cave and the manor several times a night. There will be no problems!"
"Well, I will leave here during the day and go to the Imperial Hospital to prepare the Yuanqi Soup. I will leave this place to you two. Everything will continue as usual!"
"yes!"
The three men talked for a few words, and the imperial physician turned around and left the cave. Less than three minutes after Lu Tianxing and Situ Fei sent the imperial physician out, the two returned here again - two great masters of the White Lotus Sect, and they started doing the heaviest work in this cave.
Yan Liqiang was upstairs, watching Lu Tianxing take a large wooden barrel, fill it with water from the pool, and then bring it to the side of the large water tank. Lu Tianxing took the long wooden spoon next to the water tank, scooped up a spoonful of the sticky holy insect eggs from the water tank, poured it into the wooden barrel, and stirred it.
A bucket of water and a spoonful of holy insect eggs, no more, no less. With the busy work of the two people, in just a short while, the wooden barrel in the cave was filled with the "added" spring water. Then the two people brought the spring water out of the cave, brought in a bunch of empty wooden barrels, and repeated the above steps...
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ps: Holy insect egg, guess what this thing is in the Black Iron Castle, you should not have forgotten it!
(End of this chapter)