Chapter 174 Your house was raided!
Inside the dark cave, there was a strong stench. Thousands of children were locked in cages, helplessly looking at the outside world.

These children were dressed in rags, their faces covered with dirt and grime. They huddled in a corner, their eyes filled with despair and sadness.

There were thousands of children in cages, some huddled in the corners and shivered, some lay powerlessly on the ground and trembled, and more children hugged their knees, buried their heads in their knees and cried silently.

Yang Ling slowly walked towards the imprisoned children. They quickly retreated and huddled in a corner, their eyes filled with fear and anxiety.

Yang Ling comforted them softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I'm here to rescue you."

Although the children were still afraid, they gradually stopped trembling after being comforted by Yang Ling. A few brave children even began to look at the sudden savior with curiosity.

At the same time, the immortals and gods in the distance saw that the movement in the cave had suddenly stopped, and they felt a mixture of curiosity and fear in their hearts.

They quietly approached the cave, wanting to find out what was going on.

However, when they saw that Zhou Xin, Li Qi and others had disappeared, and only Yang Ling and a group of children were left in the cave, they were immediately frightened out of their wits and turned around to run away, fearing that they would be the next to disappear.

"Stop right there!" Yang Ling shouted coldly, his voice as chilling as a strong wind in the cold winter.

The immortals froze, not daring to move, and could only turn around tremblingly.

"Where is Lu Yue's retreat?"

Yang Ling's eyes were as fast as lightning as he scanned these immortals and gods.

The immortals and gods looked at each other and lowered their heads. No one dared to look Yang Ling in the eye.

"You won't say it, right?"

Yang Ling's expression turned cold, and as soon as he thought about it, a golden hand appeared out of thin air and grabbed a young immortal in a Taoist robe.

"Please spare my life, Immortal!" The captured Immortal trembled in his mouth, his voice as thin as a mosquito's: "We are just ordinary disciples, we really don't know where the master is in seclusion!"

An old Taoist with white hair also said quickly: "The place where the master is in seclusion has always been mysterious. No one knows it except his direct disciples."

Yang Ling frowned slightly, he knew that what these immortals said might be true.

However, his direct disciples such as Zhou Xin and Li Qi have already been put into his gourd, and they are probably about to turn into ashes.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yue is quite cunning.

Yang Ling's gaze was like a sharp arrow, piercing the hearts of the immortals. He asked in a deep voice: "Have you used these children to practice martial arts?"

The immortals and gods looked at each other, seemingly a little surprised by this question, and then realized the murderous intent hidden behind Yang Ling's question, and all of them shook their heads and waved their hands desperately.

The white-haired old Taoist took a step forward and answered in a trembling voice: "We...we really don't know. This place is the master's training place. Ordinary disciples like us cannot get close to it."

A hint of coldness flashed in Yang Ling's eyes, but he did not get angry. Instead, he quietly observed the expressions and auras of the immortals and gods, trying to find falsehood in the fluctuations of their souls.

After a moment's observation, he found that the fluctuations of the immortals' spirits were stable and they had no intention of deceiving. He nodded slightly and said in a slower tone: "In that case, you can leave. However, if I find out that you dare to use humans to practice poison skills, I will not let you go."

Upon hearing this, the immortals and gods felt as if they had been pardoned. They did not dare to stay for a moment and quickly fled the cave in panic, fearing that they would suffer Yang Ling's wrath if they hesitated for a moment.

Yang Ling watched them leave, then turned to face the children. His eyes softened a lot, and he said softly, "Don't worry, I won't let anyone hurt you again."

When the children heard Yang Ling's words, the fear in their eyes gradually dissipated, replaced by a glimmer of hope.

With a gentle wave of his hand, pale golden rays of light shone on the chains. With a few crisp "crackling" sounds, those sturdy iron cages were easily cut like tofu.

The children watched everything happening before their eyes. Although they were still afraid, the despair in their eyes had been replaced by a glimmer of hope.

Yang Ling waved his hand lightly, the space fluctuated slightly, and a huge painting slowly unfolded. The mountains, rivers and streams in the painting were lifelike, as if it were a real world.

The children looked at the strange sight in amazement, not knowing what was happening.

"Don't be afraid, it will be safe here. You can rest here for the time being."

Yang Ling waved his hand gently, and warm rays of light enveloped the children. Then they were like being picked up by a gentle breeze and slowly floated into the painting.

After taking all the children into the world of the painting, Yang Ling's eyes became sharp.

He extended his divine sense and carefully searched every corner of Jiulong Island. Whenever he encountered a forbidden formation, he would go over and break it himself.

He wanted to find Lu Yue and make him pay for his crimes.

Yang Ling's divine consciousness was like a dragnet, covering the entire Jiulong Island.

Finally, in the southwest corner of the island, he sensed a unique spiritual fluctuation. With his precise search, a cave hidden in the belly of the mountain was revealed. This cave was covered by a layer of light mist. If it weren't for Yang Ling's keen sense, it would be almost impossible to detect.

He flashed and appeared in front of the cave. He saw two huge stone pillars in front of the cave entrance, engraved with ancient runes, which was obviously a powerful defensive formation.

But for Yang Ling, such a magic array is just child's play.

It didn't take much effort to find the center of the formation. With a flick of his finger, a beam of sword light hit the center of the formation accurately.

The magic circle suddenly shattered and turned into tiny points of light that dissipated into the air.

Yang Ling stepped into the cave.

The cave looks small, but it is actually a different world inside, like Mount Sumeru contained in a mustard seed, the space inside is very vast.

Yang Ling looked around and found that Lu Yue was not in the cave. Instead, he found a flourishing medicinal garden.

This medicinal garden is large in scale, and is planted with exotic flowers and herbs of various shapes, some of which are as bright as gems, and some of which have a subtle fragrance that is refreshing.

He had a sharp eye and could tell at a glance that many of them were rare herbs that would be of great benefit to practitioners.

Lu Yue is an expert in using poisons, which is why he cultivates so many rare medicinal herbs here.

Yang Ling pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hand and waved it. Lines of spiritual power transformed into invisible arms, which carefully collected the ripe herbs and properly stored them in his storage space.

These herbs may not be precious to him, but they are rare treasures to other practitioners.

Then, Yang Ling's eyes flashed, and a flame danced in his palm. He blew gently, and the flame turned into a fire dragon, sweeping across the entire medicine garden.

In an instant, flames shot up into the sky, and all the exotic flowers and plants in the medicine garden turned to ashes.

After burning the medicinal garden, Yang Ling did not stop. He continued to go deeper into the cave and soon discovered a huge spirit beast garden.

There are all kinds of rare and exotic animals kept there, some of which are huge in size, some of which are strange in shape, and each of them exudes a powerful spiritual energy.

Yang Ling frowned, these spirit beasts were obviously forced to be imprisoned here to be used for people to refine poisons or for other ulterior purposes.

The defense of the magic circle was much stronger than that of the medicine garden, but it could not withstand Yang Ling's attack and was soon destroyed.

As the magic circle collapsed, the rare and exotic animals in the garden felt the removal of their restraints and broke free from their cages. They quickly fled the spirit beast garden and disappeared into the dense jungle.

Yang Ling burned all of Lu Yue's kung fu with fire. He turned Jiulong Island upside down, but still couldn't find any trace of Lu Yue.

Obviously, Lu Yue was not on Jiulong Island, otherwise he would not have watched his cave being destroyed.

Considering that the children could not stay in the Mountain and River Map for too long, Yang Ling finally decided to return to Chaoge first, and after properly arranging these children, he would come to trouble Lu Yue.

As the black dragon disappeared into the sea of ​​clouds, the immortals and gods on Jiulong Island finally breathed a sigh of relief.

One of the old Taoist priests in a gray robe had a sinister look on his face. While the others were not paying attention, he quietly turned into a streak of light and left Jiulong Island.

The old Taoist in gray robe moved quickly in the night, crossed tens of thousands of miles of sea, and finally came to a dangerous isolated island.

"Senior Brother Lu Yue!"

The old Taoist in gray robe called out several times.

After a moment, a dull voice suddenly came from the island: "Junior Brother Chen Gen, what are you doing here?"

The old Taoist in gray robes nervously replied: "Brother, your cave has just been robbed!"

In a few words, he told everything that had happened today without hiding anything.

"what?!"

A roar sounded, carrying with it unspeakable rage and disbelief.

The next moment, the entire island began to shake violently.

Rocks collapsed, the sea water churned, and the entire isolated island was shattered into pieces with the sound of the explosion, turning into countless fragments and dissipating into the vast sea with the waves.

An old Taoist priest wearing a bright red robe and with three eyes soared into the sky and roared, "Damn you, you dared to destroy my cave? I will make you live a life worse than death!"

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(End of this chapter)