Shen Ruiling closed his eyes tightly and slowly controlled his consciousness to explore the mountain.

After a few breaths, his consciousness had penetrated the deep snow layer and contacted the snow-covered mountain.

He found that the snow layer in contact with the mountain was slowly melting, and the melted snow water gathered into a thin stream, flowing under the ice layer.

At the same time, an evaporated white mist also quietly rose from the snow.

Although the white mist was blown away by the cold wind as soon as it rose, it was still perceived by Shen Ruiling's keen consciousness!

…

Looking at the mountain in the distance, Shen Ruiling couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

"Finally found!"

Shen Ruiling murmured secretly in his heart, and then he picked up a spiritual technique, dispersed three rays of spiritual light, and then let the spiritual light fly in three directions.

After a moment, three figures quickly rushed to Shen Ruiling's side.

After seeing Shen Huanzong and the other three people arriving, Shen Ruiling slowly spoke:

"The hill in front of you should be a secret entrance set by bandits!"

"Front……?"

For a moment, Shen Huanzong and the other two people all looked towards the mountainous area.

After looking at each other for a few times, the three old men looked at each other again, with puzzled looks in their eyes.

The three of them have searched that place, but they haven't found anything suspicious, it's just an ordinary mountain covered with heavy snow!

But now Shen Ruiling told them that there was a secret opening, which made them unable to react.

After seeing the expressions on the faces of Shen Huanzong and the others, Shen Ruiling also knew what they were talking about, and then spoke again:

"Look carefully, the snow is melting there!"

Being reminded by Shen Ruiling, Shen Huanzong and the others quickly looked towards the mountainous area again and examined it carefully.

After a few breaths, they soon discovered signs of the ice and snow melting.

The three of them, Shen Huanzong, are all old foxes who have lived for half their lives, and they suddenly thought of something.

In this world of ice and snow, the snow will only accumulate thicker and thicker. How could it melt away for no reason?

Unless there is heat radiating out from under the ground and melting the ice and snow that touches the ground.

Thinking of this, and thinking of the cutting marks on the tree stumps they just discovered, Shen Huanzong and the others were basically sure of what Shen Ruiling said.

At this moment, Shen Ruiling, who was originally silent, suddenly spoke:

"Hide, there's something going on!"

After saying that, Shen Ruiling's figure moved quickly and hid in the crown of a huge tree.

On the other side, after hearing the reminder, Shen Huanzong and the others reacted instantly and quickly found a place to hide nearby.

After Shen Huanzong and the others hid, they all began to carefully observe the surroundings.

After a while, the snow at the foot of the mountain suddenly shook, and then a cave entrance appeared.

Seeing this scene, Shen Ruiling and the others were sure that this was a secret trap set up by a bandit!

As the entrance to the cave appeared, a burst of men's complaints came from below.

"I said, you kid, you can't stay well in the crypt below, why do you have to come up here to suffer!"

Immediately afterwards, another voice replied:

"We're running out of firewood down there, so the boss asked me to bring some bundles of firewood back."

…

As the voices became clearer and clearer, two figures slowly crawled out of the cave entrance and soon appeared in the sight of Shen Ruiling and the others.

The two people who walked out of the cave were one a thin-looking young man and the other a middle-aged man dressed like a hunter in the mountains, wrapped in the fur of an unknown monster.

Shen Ruiling's consciousness swept through and saw the cultivation of these two people.

The middle-aged man's cultivation reached the seventh level of Qi training, while the young man's cultivation was only the fifth level of Qi training.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind whistled past, and a middle-aged man couldn't help but wrap his fur coat tightly around his body and said shivering:

"Damn, why is it so cold today!"

Immediately afterwards, the middle-aged man turned around and said to the young man beside him:

"You kid, hurry up and chop wood, so that I can go back quickly and save myself from being here in the cold with you!"

"Okay, Brother Peng!"

With that said, the young man raised the ax in his hand and walked towards the dense forest not far away.

On the other side, Shen Ruiling, who was standing on the canopy of the tree, watched the two people separate, with a sneer flashing on his face.

I saw his lips move a few times, and a few secret words mixed with spiritual power flew towards the direction where Shen Huanzong and the others were hiding.

After receiving the message from Shen Ruiling, Shen Huanzong immediately looked at each other, and then the three of them moved towards the two bandits.

…

After a while, Shen Ruiling slowly jumped down from the canopy of the tree and came to the side of Shen Huanzong and the others.

After seeing Shen Ruiling coming down, Liu Quanyong and Shen Huanzong immediately threw the people they were holding in front of him.

"Elder, the man has been captured alive!" Shen Huanzong said to Shen Ruiling.

The two people who were tied up were the two bandits who had just walked out of the underground cave.

After seeing these two people coming out just now, Shen Ruiling did not order Shen Huanzong and the others to kill them, but asked them to capture the two bandits alive.

After all, the four of them were unfamiliar with the place, and they didn't know how many bandits were hiding in this cave, nor their strength, nor the means of communication between these bandits.

If we just rush in like this, it would be okay if all the bandits inside are wiped out, but it would be bad if one or two escape and let them spread the news to the outside world!

Shen Ruiling came down from the tree and slowly looked at the two bandits. The pressure of the foundation-building monks immediately enveloped them.

When the two bandits carrying uniforms felt Shen Ruiling's tremendous pressure, their whole bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Looking at the two people kneeling on the ground and shaking constantly, Shen Ruiling said in a deep voice:

"You just answer honestly whatever I ask, and maybe I can spare your life!"

"Yes, yes, as long as the little one knows, the little one will know everything and answer it! If he knows everything, he will answer it!"

Faced with Shen Ruiling's threat, the middle-aged man quickly begged for mercy to show his loyalty.

Seeing him like this, Shen Ruiling couldn't help but laugh in his heart, but there was still a murderous intent on his face as he said:

"Is this the base you use to monitor various movements in the mountains and forests?"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

"How many monks are hidden underground here? How strong are they?"

"There are fourteen people in our hall, five are monks in the late stage of Qi training, and seven are in the middle stage of Qi training..."

…

In this way, under Shen Ruiling's threat, the celebrity gangster told everything he knew.

The name of their secret place is "Niutou Mountain", which is one of the eighteen bends of the Nine Hills. The little boss here is a fat man who practices Qi Dzogchen.

Now the remaining people are hiding in the cave and sleeping. The two of them came out to chop some firewood and go back to light the fire.

Their various secret messages and the connection with the main village on the mountain are conveyed by a kind of blood-colored bat.

After a while, Shen Ruiling seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked:

"How many exits do you have in this underground fortification?"

"Including the one here, there are five exits in total!"

"Five..."

As Shen Ruiling murmured, he began to make plans to wipe out this gang of bandits.
Chapter completed!