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Chapter 191 Investigating the Lair, the Results Come Easily

"Big brother, second brother, please wait a moment, let me check first."

Wenwen has just upgraded to the second level of Qi Refining. At this moment, her body is full of spiritual power, her five senses are more sensitive than before, and the range of perception she can reach is also a level higher than before.

Wenwen sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, controlled the outflow of spiritual energy, and immediately cast a detection spell.

Guided by her, wisps of invisible spiritual energy drew closer to the cave.

Wherever the spiritual energy reaches, from a small pebble to a lifeless tree stump, Wenwen can sense their condition.

The spiritual energy reached the vicinity of the cave entrance and quickly spread, covering the entire entrance like a net, catching everything inside.

Sure enough, as their abilities improved, their detection range expanded significantly.

At this moment, the situation inside the cave was completely clear in Wenwen's mind.

Unlike the dark entrance outside, the cave is spacious and bright inside.

The central hall inside the cave is quite large, with several inner chambers on the side, each with a door for privacy.

At this moment, a man with a full beard and a bandit-like appearance sat on a stone bench in the middle of the hall.

A dozen or so people were having a lively discussion around the stone bench.

"Boss, we entered the city today and have already made contact with them. We can deliver the goods in a few days."

"Boss, once this batch of goods sells, shouldn't we celebrate?"

"There's no time like the present, let's celebrate today!"

"Report! The second-in-command is back."

"Ah, the second-in-command and the others really killed that black bear? They're that capable!"

Soon, the second-in-command appeared in the central hall looking disheveled, as if he had been chased by dogs.

Upon seeing the person sitting on the stone bench, he immediately knelt down and shouted, "Boss, Black Bear..."

The leader interrupted him impatiently: "Second brother, where's the black bear? Did it escape again?"

The second-in-command looked as if he had suffered a great injustice: "Boss, the black bear has been killed, and its pelt has been stolen!"

As soon as the second-in-command finished speaking, the people in the cave immediately began to criticize him.

"What? Who dares to oppose the boss?"

"Yeah, who would be so bold?"

"Ah, don't they know this area is the boss's territory?"

"They're tired of living, boss. Let's go raze them to the ground."

The leader raised his hand to quiet everyone down, then pointed at the still-kneeling second-in-command and said, "Tell me, who did this?"

"They were some exiled prisoners, along with a few yamen runners and a few soldiers escorting them."

"Ah, government officials?!"

"Officials my foot! I have my token, what can they do to me?"

"That's true. We not only have the token, but we also have people above us!"

"Boss, let's go out for a walk and see if they're broke. Let's go out and make a quick buck!"

The head of the gang, sitting on a stone bench, stroked his chin with his dark hand and asked, "Second brother, how are those soldiers' skills?"

How's your kung fu?

This question put the second-in-command in a bit of a dilemma.

He had no idea how skilled those soldiers were.

They chased after the black bear all the way, but they didn't see the process of the bear being killed. They only saw the black bear being carried back, skinned, and the bear skin stretched out and hung to dry on the roof of the carriage.

The second-in-command closed his eyes and said confidently, "Boss, we had already seriously injured that black bear. Those people intercepted it halfway, ate its meat, and skinned it."

"That's unreasonable!"

The leader, his face dark and eyes wide, uttered harsh words, "They're a bunch of bastards. If we don't teach them a lesson, they won't know this is my new territory."

"Boss, wanna fight? How about we try out these new guys and see how they perform?"

"Alright, let's grab our weapons! Let's earn some extra money; even a mosquito's leg is meat."

Several people pushed open the door to an inner room next door.

Wenwen listened to the people's discussion, then channeled her spiritual energy and followed them into the inner room.

Wow, the interior surprised her greatly!

The inner room was filled with boxes. Out of curiosity, Wenwen couldn't wait and went to examine each box one by one.

Ah, a box of bows and arrows!

Oh, bow and arrow!

Another box! And it's still full of bows and arrows!

Until they reached the corner, things finally changed.

Wenwen was a little excited.

There are a few boxes in the corner that are different from the ones next to them.

Out of curiosity, Wenwen guided her spiritual energy to quickly explore.

Wait, rocks? No, wait, several boxes of iron ore!

There was a stack of papers on top of one of the boxes. Was it waste paper?

Wenwen investigated in detail again.

Wow! It's a stack of wanted posters, and every page has the same content. What's this?

A wanted poster for bandits!!!

What a quirk! Collecting wanted posters!

On second thought, wait a minute, who would be so bored, unless? Unless?

Unless the person on the wanted poster is hiding in this cave!

It has to be said that Wenwen's guesses are always spot on.

She remembered what the soldiers guarding Yanta Town said at the time: "The camp where the villagers were stationed was on the mountain near Linfeng Town. They wiped out a band of mountain bandits, but they didn't catch the biggest leader..."

Could there be a bandit leader here? Perhaps the chief?

Wenwen recalled the portrait on the wanted poster and compared it with the image of the gang leader in her mind. They seemed somewhat similar, yet also somewhat different.

"Boss, I'm ready, shall we go?"

"Go!" came a domineering and arrogant voice.

This completely pulled Wenwen back to reality.

Inside the cave, each person carried a large bow and arrow, and had a quiver full of arrows on their back, and they all walked towards the cave entrance.

The sound of footsteps indicated that Wenwen's investigation was nearing its end.

Wenwen finished her work, opened her eyes, took out two bags of powder, and handed two pills to the two people beside her. "Big brother, second brother, take the antidote first. When they come out, sprinkle this powder at the cave entrance. Don't let any of them escape. Tie them up first."

The leader and his men had just stepped out of the cave when a gust of wind suddenly blew in their faces, accompanied by a cloud of white powder falling from the sky.

"Ah ah ah ah..."

"Ah ah ah ah..."

Sudden screams filled the air.

The once arrogant and domineering leader and his men were now crouching on the ground, covering their eyes and crying out in pain, "What was that? Ahhh, I can't see! Boss..."

"Who is it? Ah, who is it?"

The three siblings easily tied up the dozen or so people and gagged them.

They pushed these people back to a corner of the cave and tied them to the side of a large rock.

Wenwen grabbed one of her brothers by the hand and said, "Come on, let's take a look around here."

They first went into the inner room they had just explored.

The boxes were opened one by one, revealing more than a dozen boxes of bows and arrows.

There were also several boxes of iron ore and a stack of wanted posters.

After reading it, Wen Chengjian pointed outside and asked, "That leader!"

Wen Chengbin pointed to the portrait and concluded directly, "That's right, it's him."

See? They all guessed very accurately.

The three siblings wandered from one inner room to another.

These bandits were quite adept at categorizing their goods. They had everything imaginable: weapons like bows and arrows and swords, dry rations like rice, flour, and oil, and daily necessities like clothing, bedding, and fabrics.

I went inside and explored almost all the inner chambers of the cave.

Only one room remains.