Chapter 66: The Unyielding Birdcage

  Wulong Mountain, the building where the military advisor is located has thick smoke rising from it, and the flames inside have already burst out, as if it's about to collapse at any moment!

  "Shi Shidi, why hasn't he come out yet?" Mu Qing looked at the more than 100 bandits being held captive in the distance, then looked at the few remaining fellow disciples, and his face couldn't help but turn gloomy.

  "Could it be that his injuries were too severe and he didn't make it out in time?" Yuan Yong wondered.

  "I don't think so, it was fine at first, did Shidi discover something inside?" Guan Ping said in surprise and uncertainty, everyone looked at each other in dismay!

  Shi Sheng didn't know what everyone was discussing, at this moment he was rummaging through a certain room in disarray.

  "It's strange, since there is a key, there must be some secret, but why can't I find any locked place?" Shi Sheng held the key he got from the old man and searched several rooms, but ended up with nothing.

  Watching the fire getting bigger and bigger, Shi Sheng couldn't help but feel a little anxious: "There are still three rooms left, if not then forget it!"

  As he spoke, Shi Sheng once again entered a room. As soon as he stepped inside, Shi Sheng was taken aback for a moment. The interior was simply decorated with over ten women and several infants imprisoned in a large cage.

  There was a tightly locked door in one corner of the room, Shi Sheng thought for a moment and went straight to the door, hastily taking out the key to try it. With a click, the iron lock opened!

  "Success!" Shi Sheng was delighted in his heart, but as soon as he pushed open the door, his face changed and he hurriedly covered his nose.

  This dark room is not large, with a large blood pool in the center. The room is filled with a pungent bloody smell, and strange symbols are carved on the stone walls around it. Not far away, there is a birdcage, and nothing else!

  "It seems this is a place for cultivating evil powers. I thought there was something good here, forget it, let these people go first!" Shi Sheng turned around and left.

  "Squeak squeak! Wow wow!"

  "Huh?" Shi Sheng turned around and found that the birdcage was making some strange noises, not like birds, a bit like mice, but not quite.

  At this time, the fire was getting bigger and bigger. The bloody smell in the room made Shi Sheng unbearable. He finally decided to hurry up and leave the place with the person, turning his back and ignoring him.

  "Squeak squeak! Wow wow!" The cries seemed somewhat urgent!

  "Whatever, just put it down and talk later. Whether you can escape or not depends on your own skills!" Shi Sheng took a few steps forward to the birdcage and looked inside carefully, only to find that there was actually a small animal the size of a finger, looking at him pitifully. Its appearance and posture were almost identical to those of a monkey!

  "Squeak squeak!" Seeing Shi Sheng return, the little monkey seemed to be very happy, but looked rather weak!

  "This..." Shi's eyes lit up as he suddenly remembered seeing something similar on Taobao when he was bored on Earth, although it didn't look exactly the same, but felt about right.

  "Mother finger monkey? Hehe, remember the little guy is very cute! Stone Sheng initially wanted to buy one to play with, but it was too expensive and couldn't afford it. Remembering the product photo, the little monkey hugged a banana bigger than its own head and ate it, looking very funny, or wrapped around the owner's finger, very cute, so it's called mother finger monkey."

  "Huh? This iron cage is so sturdy?" Shi Sheng tried to open it with his hand, but couldn't, and several wind blades went down without causing any damage. In the end, Shi Sheng used his spiritual tool, but only left a few white marks.

  "Haha, this is indeed a treasure! If we were to forge some weapons with this material, they would definitely be razor-sharp and at least as hard as spiritual artifacts!" He felt that the birdcage's material was extraordinary, so he decided to take it away for further study, but couldn't let anyone else discover his intentions.

  Looking around, the fire was getting bigger and bigger. Shi Sheng picked up the cage and ran out, finally rescuing the trapped women and letting them hold those babies. Shi Sheng set up a water curtain to protect everyone and led the crowd to run towards the door.

  "Shi Shidi, you can come out now, what treasure have you obtained again..." Guan Ping saw Shi Sheng rush out of the building gate, and suddenly he also saw so many women following behind him, but his words were cut off mid-sentence.

  "It turned out that Shi Shidi went to rescue people from the fire, and it was us who were careless and forgot that Junshi had imprisoned many women! Mu Qing smiled, and everyone couldn't help but look at Shi Sheng with admiration, indeed a great hero."

  "No big deal, just did it on a whim!" Shi Sheng shrugged his shoulders.

  "Huh? What's that in Shi Shidi's hand? Such a cute little monkey, I've never seen one before!" Lan Min looked at the small monkey in Shi Sheng's hands and said with great fondness. Mu Qing also lit up when she saw it, after all women tend to like small animals, especially ones as adorable as this.

  "Mother pointed to the monkey, a small pet, seeing it very pitiful, so brought it back too!" Shi Sheng didn't dare say his purpose was for bird cage materials, lest everyone's eyes turned red.

  "Unexpectedly, Shi Shidi is not only knowledgeable but also so kind-hearted. If you don't like it, can you give it to me?" Mu Qing asked.

  "This... " Shi Sheng didn't care about this little monkey, the key was that he couldn't take it out and give it to others. Once someone discovered something, they would definitely covet these birdcage materials, after all, so many materials were enough for several people to share.

  "Never mind, since Shī Shīdi likes it so much, I won't take away what he loves. Let's count the number of people and leave quickly!" Mù Qīng saw that Shí Shēng was a bit hesitant, suddenly smiled, and didn't seem unhappy about the matter. Shí Shēng could only nod reluctantly.

  After counting the number of people, there were twelve at first, and now only seven are left: Guan Ping, Yuan Yong, Mu Qing, Shi Sheng, Lan Min, Yun Fang, and Lin Paozi.

  "Alas, this time five fellow disciples actually died!" Yun Fang was somewhat distracted.

  "If it weren't for Shi Shidi's decisive action and solo fight against the evil cultivators to protect everyone, I'm afraid not even seven of us would have been left!" Lin Paozi said with a curl of his lip.

  Guan Ping shouted an order, and the crowd controlled over a hundred bandits, taking with them more than ten women holding babies. In the end, they handed everyone over to the authorities for processing. Then, the group returned to the Men's Gate, spending nearly two months on the road.

  "Wan'er, I'm back!" As soon as he returned to the Gu Xiang Zhai, Shi Sheng shouted out loud and casually threw the birdcage aside. The two of them had already treated this place like home.

  "Ah Sheng? You've finally come back!" Lin Wan'er rushed out of the room and threw herself into Shi Sheng's arms, her eyes red-rimmed as if she had just cried, looking pale and worn out.

  "Wannier sister, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you?" Shi Sheng felt a little heartache, hugged Lin Wannier, and gently patted Lin Wannier's fragrant shoulder.

  "No one bullied me. These days, some disciples completed their tasks and returned, each team had casualties, Sister Wan is worried about you..." Lin Wan'er said with a choked voice.

  A warmth was born in his heart, and he gently kissed Lin Wan'er's forehead: "Sister Wan is so good, don't worry anymore, I'm back safely now, don't do this again, Ah Sheng's life is hard to die, even the King of Hell doesn't take it, haha!"

  "How ridiculous!" Lin Wan'er wiped away her tears, and with a smile, she let go of Shi Sheng. "As long as Ah Sheng is fine, that's all that matters! You must be tired from the journey? Sit down and rest for a bit, I'll go cook dinner for you!" Lin Wan'er said, turning around to rush into the kitchen.

  Shi Sheng looked at Lin Wan'er's busy figure, smiled happily, and sat down on a wooden chair. He glanced at the birdcage and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face! (End of this chapter, next chapter is more exciting!)

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