Tong Zaitian thought Chief Zhu was just talking casually. Who would have known that while speaking, the Chief suddenly looked as if he had a sudden realisation. He slapped his thigh, changed his plan, and made a decision. They would wait right here for Duan Yunyou to come to them. He waved his hand to stop anyone who tried to persuade him, running a show by himself.
The new members of the Scorpion Gang neither agreed nor disagreed. After all, it was indeed a viable method. They just felt that fighting and killing were dangerous after all, and it would be safer to go to Kulei City to gather information.
Tong Zaitian was truly speechless. He could not quite stand the habit of the Chief changing his mind on a whim. Duan Yunyou did not want a direct clash here, so he sent Tong to be a mole. Now this Chief decided to sit and wait for Duan Yunyou to clash directly. What was this supposed to mean?
Since he could not persuade him, he, as a mole, could only remain silent and think of a way out quietly.
Sitting with his legs crossed in meditation in the silent desert, he appeared to be resting. In reality, his mind was not at peace. He sat until it was time to change the guard duty.
He took a deep breath, stood up, and when turning to leave, he took an extra glance at Yu Qing.
As soon as he left, Mu Aotie, who was also sitting with his legs crossed and eyes closed, opened his eyes. He looked at his departing back and then turned his head to glance at Yu Qing as well.
Previously, he was on guard duty with Tong Zaitian, bearing the responsibility of monitoring him. This time, Yu Qing deliberately separated the two, meaning there was no more monitoring.
He had asked Yu Qing if doing this would be useful.
Who would have thought Yu Qing would say he did not know, adding that they should just give it a try and see what happens, whether it works or not.
There was still moonlight tonight, only large clouds drifted by from time to time. Such a scene made people feel as if something was hidden in the distance.
The temple was gone, and there was no high place to look far into the distance. The personnel scattered in several directions for guard duty all ran to the higher sand dunes in their respective directions to keep watch.
Tong Zaitian did the same. Lying behind the sand dune, his mind was not on the front, but he kept looking back at the assembly area behind him from time to time.
By this time, the temperature of the sand had dropped, and the air temperature had also fallen. The sand felt cold to the touch. He plunged one hand into the sand. His body blocked the line of sight to the assembly area behind him. After confirming there should be no problem, he slowly pushed a fist out from the sand. Fluorescent light slowly spread from between his fingers. He shielded it with his other hand and sent a signal to the shadowy area in front.
He sent the signal at regular intervals.
He did not wait long before a figure quietly sneaked over. The figure crept to the other side of the sand dune and slowly crawled up to him.
and asked in a low voice, “What are your orders?”
This was the personnel sent by Duan Yunyou to monitor this area, also bearing the task of contacting Tong Zaitian.
Tong Zaitian put away the fluorescent stone, looked back, and then replied in a low voice, “I need to see the Chief, but I cannot leave here right now. Please ask the Chief to come over. Just say I have important information to report.”
The messenger said, “Is there anything I can pass on to the Chief?” Tong Zaitian said, “I need to report this in person. Go quickly.”
The messenger nodded slightly, said no more, and gently left the sand dune, floating down. He followed the sand trench, using the terrain for cover to hide and move away, and soon disappeared without a trace.
Duan Yunyou did not keep him waiting long either. He arrived before too long. However, it was still the same person who came to the side of Tong Zaitian first to check the situation. Only after confirming there was no abnormality did he retreat and summon Duan Yunyou to appear.
Duan Yunyou, who emerged from behind the sand dune in front, quickly reached Tong Zaitian. The two met up closely on the left and right sides of the sand dune shaped like a V.
Duan Yunyou glanced around and asked in a low voice, “What is so important that you must have me come over?”
Meeting like this was actually quite dangerous for him, and it was very easy to be ambushed. For internal communication use only.
Tong Zaitian replied in a low voice, “Please forgive me, Chief. Something has happened here, and I am out of options. Besides, it is hard for me to slip away from them right now, so I had to resort to this desperate measure.”
Duan Yunyou said, “Alright, I am here. Tell me what happened. What is the situation?”
Tong Zaitian first reported on the excavation situation. “They have started digging again here and found relevant clues. That Zhu Qing rubbed some patterns from the stone carving. I paid close attention, but before I could understand it, he put it away. He also had the stone carving destroyed and filled the dug pit back up.”
Hearing that clues were truly found, a look of excitement could not help but flash in the eyes of Duan Yunyou.
“The problem now is that Zhu Qing has his eyes on some ancient handwritten journal in your possession, Chief. Do you really have such a thing?” Tong Zaitian showed curiosity in his eyes. The Chief in front of him had told him about the clues to the Qilin Ginseng, but had not mentioned any handwritten journal.
The face of Duan Yunyou darkened slightly. “It seems our Left Guardian really explained things clearly enough.”
Tong Zaitian said, “It was the only way to save my life. He probably did not confess too much, otherwise I would not have been able to infiltrate.”
Duan Yunyou was puzzled. “What does this have to do with the handwritten journal?”
Tong Zaitian said, “He probably knows in what environment the Qilin Ginseng will appear, but there are too many comprehensive factors of terrain and environment. He does not know where in Tianji Mountain it is. He needs some things for reference, and he feels the handwritten journal in your hands can help him. He even coveted the map of Tianji Mountain in the hands of Nie Rifu, but ultimately did not dare to act rashly.
So he set his sights on you, Chief. He believes you will not give up the clues in the temple and will definitely come looking again. For internal communication use only.
He has made a decision to go with the flow and wait here stubbornly for you to appear. He said he will not let you run away again,
and will capture you to snatch the handwritten journal from you.”
Duan Yunyou said, “Is he sick in the head? Even if I am eager for this temple, I would scout the situation clearly before coming. With him here, how could I easily walk into a trap?”
“Sigh!” Tong Zaitian sighed. “He is still young and has not settled down. You should have seen it. He is completely a person who acts on every whim. Relying on his fighting skills, he calls the shots in the gang and allows no dissent. I do not know which trash he is.”
Duan Yunyou said, “It is impossible to give him the handwritten journal. Find a way to instigate him to look for the clues. Tell him that things like terrain and environment can be investigated in Kulei City. In this way, it will also be convenient for you to know what kind of terrain and environment he is looking for,
so you can report to me in time.”
Tong Zaitian sighed and said, “If they really go to Kulei City to investigate, I am afraid it will have nothing to do with me. They will not let me know what kind of terrain and environment they are looking for.”
Duan Yunyou frowned. “What is going on? Do you feel you have been exposed?”
“I am not exposed. That Zhu Qing considered going to Kulei City to investigate from the very beginning, but he directly excluded me. He said it openly in public, because I joined later and it is not good to spread some news,” Tong Zaitian recalled and recounted some of the words of Yu Qing. After finishing, he could not help but sigh again. “These guys still do not let me know they are looking for the Qilin Ginseng. I have to pretend I do not know, for fear that I might slip up and reveal a flaw.”
After saying this, he could not help but shake his head with a bitter smile.
Duan Yunyou was somewhat speechless. He frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly asked, “Do you have a chance to assassinate him? We can coordinate from the inside and outside, take him out, and then get the rubbed pictures from him.”
Tong Zaitian said in astonishment, “Chief, not only did I not understand the pictures, but when I discussed it with those Scorpion Gang members, everyone was confused. No one understood what those pictures meant. Now the only one who has solved and mastered the secret of the stone carving is Zhu Qing. If you kill him, are you sure we can still dig out the clues we want?”
Duan Yunyou asked in surprise, “Apart from him, no one else knows at all?”
Tong Zaitian said, “That is right. There are few people here. Before, apart from his Chief who had the leisure to look at those wall carving patterns, everyone else was working continuously. They simply had no time to figure it out. Currently, only he knows. It would be useless to pry open the mouths of the others.”
How could they assassinate him then? Duan Yunyou was choked with silence. After a long while, he seemed to have made a decision. After taking a deep breath,
he asked with a dark face, “Gong Ziting is still alive, right?”
Tong Zaitian did not know why the topic would turn to this, and replied truthfully, “He is alive. He lost both legs and is heavily injured. Even if he can keep living, it is just a lingering existence.”
Duan Yunyou said expressionlessly, “He is actually my biological uncle.”
Tong Zaitian was stunned. What the hell? He is your biological uncle, and you still told me I could kill him to silence him at my discretion?
Killing him to silence him is nothing much. The key point is, since such a cruel decision was made, it is a scandal. How could it be made public? For internal communication use only.
Especially since he did not even ask, why take the initiative to tell him? He immediately asked in surprise and doubt, “Chief, did I hear wrong, or are you joking?”
“Later, if possible, tell Gong Ziting about this identity and have him cooperate, so as to avoid ruining things,”
Duan Yunyou muttered for a while before leaving.
Tong Zaitian suddenly realised and finally understood what it meant. Watching the departing back, he could not help but shake his head and sigh.
It was not until dawn that he, who was on duty in the second half of the night, changed shifts. After going back, he did not avoid anything and went straight to find Gong Ziting. He wanted to verbally humiliate Gong Ziting. Who would have known that Gong Ziting had lost a lot of vitality and was still sleeping soundly.
He simply kicked him, directly kicking Gong Ziting awake. While verbally abusing him, he turned his back to the others and showed the writing in his palm to Gong Ziting.
After seeing it, Gong Ziting was quite excited inside, but very calm on the surface. He lay down and continued to sleep, turning his body to face away.
Tong Zaitian knew he had understood it, so he kicked his buttocks two more times before flicking his sleeves and leaving.
When it was bright and everyone was doing their own things, most people who saw this did not care. After all, Gong Ziting had killed many friends of this Mr. Tong. Only Yu Qing and Mu Aotie had meaningful looks in their eyes after seeing this action.
After the two walked away from everyone, Mu Aotie asked in a low voice, “Targeting Gong Ziting again. It should not be without a target. What does it mean?”
Yu Qing said, “I do not know. It looks like things have made progress, and it seems faster than I imagined. The change might be on Gong Ziting. Keep a closer eye on him. I want to see what tricks that sickly guy is going to play. By the way, does not the shop of Old Seven have some cloth? The sun is about to come out. Get some to set up a canopy. Treat it as if we bought it with money, and count it as gang expenses.”
Mu Aotie hummed and left. Yu Qing, on the other hand, walked up a sand dune and looked out at the increasingly brilliant sky.
After the big sun rose into the sky, Mu Aotie also carried a few bolts of cloth and a bundle of branches. Together with everyone, they set up a cool canopy,
however, it could not prevent the temperature from rising all the way.
Of course, providing shade and coolness was not the main purpose. What Yu Qing wanted was to put on an attitude of staying for a long time.
It was not until noon that a guard suddenly flew back urgently, shouting at the same time, “They are here. The Flying Eagle Gang is here.”
The members of the Scorpion Gang moved quickly and drew their weapons one after another.
Yu Qing looked around and chuckled, “I was right, was I not? The Flying Eagle Gang will definitely not give up here.”
Soon, two scouting personnel appeared in the line of sight of everyone. They landed on the sand dune ahead to look around, with the flying eagle embroidery on their chests clearly visible. Yu Qing, however, looked up at the sky and saw two eagles soaring in the air.
Soon, people were seen flying over in the distance, rising and falling. A group of five people. The leader in the middle was none other than Duan Yunyou.
Seeing him come, Yu Qing smiled. The gang members, however, were as if facing a great enemy. No matter how well the Chief could fight, he had to take them on one by one. The members of the Flying Eagle Gang they saw that night were no less than a hundred.