Chapter 2008 - 1825: Primeval Forest (Part 2)
They were planning to assassinate Song Yun, but little did they know, Song Yun turned the tables on them completely, and even seriously injured Beni.
This defeat was truly devastating.
Beni asked, "Keno, have you tracked Song Yun’s whereabouts?"
Keno said, "After you contacted me last night, I immediately started investigating, trying to intercept Song Yun. But he escaped. He changed his identity, disguised himself as a French national of Huaxia descent, and went to Sha Country."
"Sha Country!"
Beni frowned slightly and said, "It seems Song Yun infiltrated Bailuode Manor and gathered a lot of information. He went to Sha Country, surely to seek the Ice Crystal Holy Grail. Our people must set out immediately. This time, we must kill Song Yun and make him pay a heavy price."
As he spoke, Beni turned to Keno and instructed, "Dispatch eight high-ranking Earls, and you lead them personally. As long as you guard against Song Yun’s Black Light Sword Qi, you can kill him."
"Yes."
Keno responded, and he immediately led his men to Sha Country.
...
Komi Primitive Forest.
Song Yun had just entered the forest when his path was blocked by a wide river.
At this point, a boatman steering a small boat shouted to him, "Hey, handsome guy, need to cross the river? It only costs ten thousand Rubles."
Ten thousand Rubles converted to Huaxia Coin is almost two thousand.
Song Yun sneered, "That’s so expensive, why don’t you just rob someone."
The boatman grinned, "Heh heh, you’re right, I am actually going to rob."
As soon as he spoke, several tall and sturdy men from Sha Country emerged from the nearby bushes, each with a wicked grin, approaching Song Yun.
Song Yun looked at the Sha Country men closing in on him; he hadn’t expected that even in the Komi Primitive Forest, there were people blocking the path.
No, it should be blocking the river for robbery.
In fact, many people venture into the Komi Primitive Forest, and most of them are foreigners, so the locals from Sha Country make good money extorting here.
After Sha people surrounded Song Yun, the boatman said with a smile, "Respected traveler, the price for crossing the river has now risen to twenty thousand Rubles. Would you like to cross the river?"
This has always been their way; if you’re willing to spend ten thousand Rubles to cross the river, of course there’s no issue.
If you don’t want to, they’ll directly raise it to twenty thousand Rubles.
Faced with such an array, most people will compromise.
However, Song Yun is not most people.
He pointed at the boat behind the boatman and said with a smile, "Give me your boat, and I’ll pretend like nothing happened."
The group of Sha Country men paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Haha, did I hear that right, this skinny Monkey is threatening us."
"Kid, did you forget your glasses when you went out? Take a good look at the situation in front of you."
"Hmph, kid, I could punch you dead five times over."
Facing their provocation, Song Yun smiled, "I gave you the chance, but unfortunately, you didn’t cherish it. Since that’s the case, I have no choice but to act. What a sin, I am a person who really loves peace."
"Stop acting, attack him!"
The boatman was the leader of the group, he shouted once, and they all rushed towards Song Yun in a frenzy.
Bang, bang, bang, bang...
Three seconds later, the previously aggressive warriors all lay flat on the ground.
They initially thought Song Yun was weak, but now they were completely dazed; no one saw how Song Yun made his move.
Although they weren’t seriously injured, they dared not stand up.
Standing now would be asking for trouble.
"Get up and take me across the river."
Song Yun walked to the boatman and kicked him.
The boatman didn’t dare play dead, quickly stood up, and said fearfully, "We didn’t know you were so powerful, please..."
Song Yun interrupted, "Stop the nonsense, take me across the river."
The boatman hurriedly got on the boat and nervously took Song Yun across the river.
After crossing the river, he was afraid Song Yun would hit him, but Song Yun didn’t even glance at him, directly entering the forest.
The boatman breathed a sigh of relief, and cursed, "Today must be cursed, fuck, the next person, I must extort fifty thousand Rubles from them."
He rowed back to the previous shore, the others were also full of anger, thinking about taking it out on the next person.
Less than half an hour later, someone else arrived.
The boatman originally wanted to extort them, but upon seeing the other party consisting of eight people, all dressed in black suits, although thin and pale with a sickly appearance, each sporting a cold expression that exuded danger.
Faced with such a formidable presence, the boatman dared not extort.
He obediently ferried them across the river without even collecting money.
The boatman thought, when the third group arrived, he must extort eighty thousand Rubles to make up for his efforts today.
Who knew the third group consisted of ten people, all fierce and menacing, filled with murderous intent.
The boatman obediently ferried them across the river.
After a long time, when the boatman thought no one else would come, the fourth group arrived.
This group had nine people, all appearing very friendly yet tall and robust, and extremely well-built.
The boatman opened his mouth but dared not ask for a high price, ultimately only receiving two hundred Rubles.
Finally, the fifth group arrived, consisting of both men and women totaling eight people, very amicable.
However, the boatman’s courage had been thoroughly worn down; he did not dare to extort, only collecting two hundred Rubles.
...
The map was complete, but it did not mark any routes, only the destination and several key points.
Therefore, for Song Yun to reach the destination, he needed to decide the route himself.
Based on several key nodes and the jungle distribution described on the map, Song Yun planned his path and moved forward.
The Komi Primitive Forest was picturesque and posed no danger to Song Yun.
He admired the scenery along the way, as if it were a tour.
Still, he remained vigilant, knowing that finding the Ice Crystal Holy Grail would surely not be easy.
Otherwise, the three major Western forces wouldn’t be discussing cooperation.
Of course, that negotiation was more about sharing interests rather than establishing cooperation.
Everyone wanted the Ice Crystal Holy Grail.
Thus, it’s expected for Wolf Castle, Dark Holy See, and Desla Family to part ways unhappily, which Song Yun anticipated.
Upon arriving at the destination, Song Yun encountered nothing capable of threatening him.
He now saw a well before him.
Shrubs grew thickly around the well, concealing its mouth. If Song Yun didn’t know it was the destination, he would never have noticed the well.
Moss covered the edge of the well, rendering it unknown how many years it had been abandoned.
"Could it be that I need to enter this well?"
Doubt arose in Song Yun’s mind; he only had the map, knowing nothing else, so he couldn’t determine if the well ahead was the entrance to some secret cache.
After a brief thought, he hid himself atop a large tree 300 meters away, quietly waiting.
The tree where he took cover provided an unobstructed view of the well’s mouth through its gaps.
The Desla Family, Dark Holy See, and Wolf Castle people would surely come.
They were so cautious; there must be unknown danger below the well. It’s safer for Song Yun to wait until they explore first before venturing down.
Song Yun waited quietly for an unknown period before finally seeing someone appear at the well’s mouth.
These people wore black suits with gaunt faces and pale complexions, clearly members of the Blood Clan.
"There are footprints here; could it be that Song Yun has already gone down?"
"No, these vines aren’t parted, so Song Yun probably didn’t dare to enter and left."
"What should we do now? Master Beni instructed us to eliminate Song Yun."
"Killing Song Yun can be done anytime, but the Ice Crystal Holy Grail is unique. If we’re slow, it will fall into the hands of the Dark Holy See and Wolf Castle."
"Let’s move and get the Ice Crystal Holy Grail first. We must leave before the Wolf Castle and Dark Holy See people arrive to avoid conflict."
With Keno leading, eight members of the Blood Clan jumped into the well one after another.
"Eight high-ranking Blood Clan Earls, and that old fellow seems close to reaching Marquis status; it must be Keno from Bailuode Manor. The Blood Clan’s team is quite formidable!"
Song Yun thought to himself, and after a while, seeing no movement from below the well, he decided to go down as well.
Just then, another group of people appeared.
This group, with varied appearances and stern expressions, barely conversed with one another.
They circled around the well’s mouth, glanced at each other, and a leader-like man nodded first before jumping down.
Following him, the others quickly followed suit.
Song Yun speculated internally: "These people should be from the Dark Holy See."