The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl-Chapter 727 - 724: Crisis

"It seems we’ve all been tricked. The ruler of Longteng Country must have set a trap inside the cave ahead of time. The moment we entered, we were detected."

Wu Xuan’s face was filled with displeasure.

Longteng Jin Taishi was rather well-known, and they had heard of him. He was supposed to be a Spirit Master-level existence.

"It’s not just the cave, but that crystal coffin, or more precisely, the Ice Horned Dragon itself."

Xin Lin analyzed.

Several groups had entered the Dragon Ancient Tomb.

The ones who entered before them might not have been discovered.

But they were detected solely because they touched something inside the Crystal Coffin.

Xin Lin had always thought that Grandmaster Jin was the pawn of the Empress. Now it seems, Emperor Longteng also held him in high regard; toppling him would only be more difficult.

Grandmaster Jin put on a show at the Black Water Lake but got no response from the cave.

"Check thoroughly, have you identified who is inside yet?"

Grandmaster Jin, accompanied by five hundred elite soldiers, was stationed by the Black Water Lake.

Several Hidden Guards stood by his side.

These people were scattered around nearby, closely monitoring the situation in the Dragon Ancient Tomb.

But these useless wastes had completely failed to notice that outsiders had broken into the tomb.

Furthermore, they allowed the intruders to penetrate deep into the tomb and disturb the Ice Horned Dragon.

This matter was not trivial; the Ice Horned Dragon had awoken once again.

After the Emperor discovered what had happened, he dispatched him immediately to lay siege and use any necessary methods to keep this secret.

When Grandmaster Jin arrived, he found several corpses at the cave entrance, some from neighboring countries, signaling that the news about the Ice Horned Dragon had already leaked.

Grandmaster Jin could have easily trapped those inside the cave.

Yet considering the Emperor’s worry that the news had leaked to even more people, he was commanded by the Emperor to clarify the source of the intruders’ information before silencing them.

"Reporting to Grandmaster, we’ve found no clues."

Several Hidden Guards reported with fear and trepidation.

"A bunch of good-for-nothings, what uses do you serve for the Emperor."

Grandmaster Jin was grim-faced.

"Those inside, listen! The Emperor is merciful and grants you a chance. If you explain clearly how you came to know of the Dragon Ancient Tomb, you may be spared your lives."

Inside the cave, the three looked at each other.

"How did you come to know of the existence of the Dragon Ancient Tomb?"

Xin Lin was curious as well.

"We got a treasure map, bought at an auction in the Black Brilliance Market."

Wu Xuan and his companion did not hide anything.

Hearing this, Xin Lin took out several other maps from her Tuling hairpin.

"This is it." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Wu Yuan recognized the treasure map in Xin Lin’s hands right away.

"One for every hand, it looks like you’ve either been fooled by somebody, or the Black Brilliance Market has fooled you."

The treasure maps Xin Lin held were found on the bodies earlier.

Before things were clear, she couldn’t wrongly accuse Jiang Qing.

"You insist on courting death instead of drinking a toast, then don’t blame me, Grandmaster Jin, for being ruthless. Within half an hour, Black Water Lake will freeze three feet thick, and you’ll just wait to starve to death inside!"

Seeing no response from inside, Grandmaster Jin huffed coldly, and his voice vanished.

Inside the cave.

"This is troublesome, how much food do you have?"

Wu Yuan’s first reaction.

"I don’t care to bring those tasteless things."

Wu Xuan was blunt and to the point.

"Two days."

Xin Lin hadn’t brought much food either; she collected some from the corpses, but it would last at most five days.

Over Black Water Lake, the water rapidly froze beneath an Ice Seal.

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