Twisted Fate (7)

 

Mu Jin's expression changed moment by moment as he read the contents of the letter sent by Zhuge Jinhui.

The size of the book was limited, so it contained only a brief explanation of Zhuge Jinxi.

But that was enough. Mu Jin knew what the Zhuge family was like in the future.

"Was it a rebellion after all?"

I was expecting it to some extent, so I was left with a sense of regret. I wish Zhuge Jinxi had noticed before the rebellion began.

But she also thought there must be something wrong. And the current situation wasn't so bad if it could be resolved.

'The Rebels and the Sole Successor·'

And the daughter and entourage of the sole heir asked for help.

As long as he could solve this problem, he would be able to attract the Zhuge Sega who had joined the anti-Shaolin side to the allies at once.

He can also deal with the forces of the Divine Heaven who have come to help the Zhuge family.

Mujin, who had gathered his thoughts so far, looked at the middle-aged man who had given him the survey.

"Can you tell how many days ago Zhuge Jinxi sent this inquiry?"

"Zhuge Jinhui Sozer stopped by Uichang to deliver this report, and I ran from Uichang to here for two whole days. It is thanks to Miss Liu Xuehua that if Zhuge Jinhui Sozer is looking for Kanghyuk Xiao, he should go to Tianseommen Gate in the county of Zhou Prefecture in advance."

Mu Jin breathed a sigh of relief at the middle-aged man's answer.

"I owe her another one."

Liu Xuehua prepared for him in advance, so he was able to shorten the time.

If Zhuge Jinxi's inspector had to come back here after stopping in Hunan City, it would have been after the situation had already been settled.

But if it's only been two days, I wonder if I'm still holding out.

Mujin, realizing that the situation was quite urgent, opened his mouth.

"I'm sorry, but please ask for help from the Heavenly Stream in my name. What I ask you to do is to escort the people of Tianseomen Gate here to Dengfeng County safely."

"Miss Liu Xuehua has instructed you to help Kang Hyuk as much as possible, so I will send a communication to the nearby branch to ask for help immediately."

"Thank you·"

Mu Jin, who had paid his respects to the middle-aged man as the class leader, turned his head and looked at Do Ji Huan.

"We have an urgent matter and we won't be able to be together. I'm sorry that I couldn't keep my promise to be with you until Deng Bong-hyun."

"No, I don't. If Monk Mujin were to do that, it would be very urgent. I'm just grateful that you saved my escort..."

Thinking that the title of Kang Hyuk Sohyup was not just a legal name, but a real name, Do Ji Hwan pushed the back of Do Wolcheon, who was sitting next to him, and sent him towards Mujin.

"Instead, if you don't mind, why don't you join my son? I don't think it's comparable to Mu Jin's, but I've recently gained some accomplishments, so it will help me in a small way."

"If you don't mind, I'll do it."

Mu Jin and Do Ji Huan looked at him, and after thinking about it for a while, he finally approached Mu Jin's side and stood up.

"I'll do my best to help you in a small way..."

"It's urgent, so we're going to leave right away."

Just like that, Mu Jin and his party didn't even have a proper greeting with the gatekeepers of Tianxuan Gate, and set off for the Great Gorge of Yunxi, Hubei Province.

* * *

The distance from the county in the northwestern part of Hunan Province to the Yunxi Grand Gorge in the southwestern part of Hubei Province was not too far. By continental standards, that is.

Mu Jin and his party actively carried out a light attack and were able to reach the Great Gorge of Eunshi in a day.

But there was still a problem.

“··· It's filthy wide..."

True to its name, the Grand Gorge was surrounded by vast mountains and gorges.

We need to find out where Zhuge Jinxi and his companions are hiding here.

"Do we have to search all over here?"

“··· It will take at least half a month to find them in a scattered way, right?"

"Will you be able to find it soon?"

One after another, when Mu Yue Chen was spitting out negative stories.

"Wow... I remember the first time we saw each other. Isn't it, Lingling?"

"Uki! Uki!"

After all, the sunny Mu Yul and Lingling were talking nonsense.

'Hmm?'

However, when Mujin heard the nonsense, a strange thought appeared in his mind.

Come to think of it, it was Lingling who found the place where the elixir was hidden in the mountain where I first saw Lingling.

Of course, this place and the mountain are different places, so even Lingling will find the hiding place of Zhuge Jinxi and his group.

"What are you doing?"

Mu Jin suddenly rummaged through the baggage he was carrying, and the group asked with a puzzled expression.

'This is protein supplements, this is alcohol, this is money...'

Regardless of whether he did it or not, Mujin searched hard and was able to find what he was looking for in a short time.

"Mu Yul-ah· Can you let Lingling smell this?"

Saying that, what Mu Jin offered was a letter from Zhuge Jinxi.

A method commonly used to find a castaway or missing person in modern times· It was to use a trained dog with a highly developed sense of smell.

Of course, Lingling wasn't a dog, but...

"More than a dog, not less..."

It was the same in Xintu Bidong, and Mu Jin had already experienced Lingling's wondrous sense of smell a few times, so he thought about it.

"Uki! Uki!"

Lingling stuck his nose into Zhuge Jinxi's examination and began to sniff it, and Mu Jin added.

"Lingling, apart from my smell and the smell of the old man who brought me the inspection, do you smell anyone else?"

Only then did the other children realize Mu Jin's intention, and they also looked at Lingling with anticipation.

And when Lingling was asked by Mu Jin, he shook his head up and down and barked.

"Uki! Ukiki!!"

"You smell like someone else! You think it smells like a female?"

"That smell! Tell me to look for that smell in this canyon!"

At Mu Jin's words, Lingling set aside Xu Xuan, jerked his head upward like a meerkat, and began to sniff.

"Uki! Ukiki!!"

Then, as if she smelled something, Lingling ran out towards something.

"Let's follow!"

Mu Jin and the others followed him, wading through the bushes so as not to lose sight of Lingling.

How long would it have taken to dig through such a pathless canyon?

Lingling, who had been leading for a long time, suddenly stopped and pretended to cover his mouth with his hand.

“???”

When Mujin and the others were tilting their heads at the bizarre behavior. Mu Yule, who had finished the conversation with Lingling with only hand gestures and foot gestures, sent a telegram.

– There's a lot of people gathered in front of me. The smell comes from a little deeper than where the people are gathered.

At Lingling's words, Mu Jin held the children behind him and carefully headed forward, using the Secret Walker and the Ghost Bullet.

As expected, I stepped forward through the bushes and saw dozens of unmanned people gathered in the distance.

A number that looks like it's over forty at a glance. But there was something else that stood out even more.

'What are you doing?'

More than forty warriors surrounded the area, and three or so of them stepped forward, looking around the bushes in front of them, and snuck rocks and twigs at them.

'Oh! It's true!'

Come to think of it, Zhuge Sega was also famous for its true method. It wouldn't have been surprising if the True Law had been set up in the place where the heir had fled.

Apparently, it was thanks to that technique that Zhuge Jinxi and his group were able to hold out for a few days.

After grasping the situation, Mujin immediately turned around and told the group what he had discovered.

"So what are you going to do now?"

"Are you just going to attack from the front, like in Guangxi?"

Mu Jin thought for a moment at the question of Mu Qing and Mu Gung.

The simplest way would be to wipe out the siege as Mu Gong said, but it wouldn't be easy.

"They've been sent by the rebels to capture the last remaining heir... I don't think they would have sent them away."

There was a high probability that they would have sent only those with outstanding skills.

Besides, there was no guarantee that all of them were there, so it wasn't the same as dealing with bandits and black merchants in Guangxi Province.

In addition, there were other problems that remained.

With only six of them here, even if they were able to win, there was a risk that some of them would run away.

This was due to the large difference in the number of people.

If that happens, Zhuge Se will soon know that they have joined. In many ways, the situation was bound to be complicated.

"If I could help you from the inside and wrap it up in front and back, I think it would be possible."

However, without knowing what the situation was inside, Zhuge Jinhui hoped that the side would respond favorably, and it was only a handshake to dig in.

If so·

'You just need to get in touch!'

Mu Jin, who had gathered his thoughts so far, looked at Lingling again without a doubt.

"Didn't I mention you could smell it from the inside of those people? So can you find it all the way inside?"

"Uki! Ukiki!"

In response to Mu Jin's question, Lingling replied with a bang on her chest, as if to tell her to trust herself.

"Okay· Then I'll go inside with Lingling separately. You're a little bit out of the way. It's dangerous to be spotted by the guys waiting over there... And if you ever get caught, we'll get out of the canyon first."

"Huh? So how are you going to find us?"

"He's here, so what's worrying about that..."

Mu Jin pointed to Ling Lingyi and replied, and exclamations burst out from the mouths of the group, "Ah!"

In the end, Mu Jin sent the group to the rear, and began to move with Lingling.

"Can you go around a little bit and go the other way instead of the direction where the people are gathered?"

Hearing Mu Jin's question, Lingling shook her head up and down loudly several times and began to make her way through the bushes.

Passing through a path that is so dense that it is difficult to walk, the cliff-like terrain is worthy of its name.

Take advantage of the air and climb the cliffs with your bare hands, and try to navigate the difficult terrain that no human would even dare to think about.

Lingling, who was leading the way, hurriedly pointed to the side with his hand and turned the path.

Curious as they moved along Lingling, they saw a human ambush in the distance in the direction they were going.

It seemed that he had smelled the hidden human beings and deliberately avoided them.

"I'm glad I didn't eat you then... Really...'

When I first saw Lingling, I didn't expect it to be so helpful.

He took Lingling's guidance and avoided the hidden warriors for a long time.

Pointing to the vast expanse of bushes, Lingling began to hop and jump.

Apparently when I went inside, there was Zhuge Jinxi.

'Is this the other side of what I saw earlier?'

Mu Jin thought of this and entered the bush with Lingling.

Lingling took the lead and went head-on.

When the tide flowed, and the angle flowed, and the angle flowed.

"Uki?"

Lingling tilted her head with a look of 'Alabash?'

And Mujin intuitively understood.

'Damn· I should have boiled the monkey soup back then!'

That he was trapped in the True Law.

Apparently, the true method here had the effect of disturbing even the sense of smell.

"Huh..."

Mu Jin let out a deep sigh and began to pull up the huge bet in the hall.

Anyway, it was enough to break through the true law with just force. I couldn't stay here for the rest of my life.

When Mu Jin, who had raised the bet, was ready to blow up the forest with a gold ball all over his body.

"Monk Mujin!?"

Zhuge Jinxi emerged from the depths of the bushes·