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"Fourth Brother, thanks to you just now."

Zhang Zhongfeng smiled faintly, "I told you, just trust me, no need to worry."

Over ten minutes later, Ling Chen’s men had control of the entire Dangyang Sect. Fortunately, Qi Yong had taken away the elite disciples of the sect, leaving only a disorderly crowd. Apart from the defensive power at the mountain entrance, there was no resistance at all.

"Sixth Brother, the members of the Dangyang Sect have all been locked up, a total of over 130 people."

"So many people?"

"That’s not considered a lot," Qiu Yong said. "Qi Yong took nearly a hundred people, and some other small sects, although they’ve joined the Dangyang Sect, they’re still guarding their own small territories. Altogether, the sect should have around three to four hundred members. Unfortunately, although numerous, they are just a bunch of cowards, without any strength as martial artists." He paused before asking, "How do you plan to deal with these people?"

"Keep them locked up for a while, then drive them away," Ling Chen replied. "Keeping them here serves no purpose, and we’d have to take care of their food and drink, which would be too wasteful. I have no intention of supporting idlers."

Qiu Yong chuckled and said, "If Qi Yong finds out his home has been raided, he might get so angry that he spits blood."

"He brought it on himself, being so ambitious and daring to mess with our Dragon Tiger Hall." As they spoke, Xu Ming walked over.

"Second Brother."

"Seventh Brother and Eighth Brother are calling you, they seem to have something for you."

"Where are they?"

"In the main hall of the Dangyang Sect."

Ling Chen responded and followed Qiu Yong toward the main hall of the Dangyang Sect. The sect had over two hundred years of history in the Martial Arts world, and could be considered an old established force. All the buildings were in an ancient style. The three of them proceeded to the central hall, where they found Wei Jiahao and Yang Chen standing in the middle, chatting about something with excited expressions on their faces.

"Seventh Brother, Eighth Brother, you were looking for me?" Ling Chen asked while inspecting the interior arrangement as he entered the main hall.

Although the architecture followed an ancient style, the interior decoration was very luxurious, even the chairs in the corners were crafted from precious wood, not to mention the valuable calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, Sixth Brother, it’s good that you’re here," Wei Jiahao ran excitedly to Ling Chen, grabbed his hand, and led him to one side of the main hall wall, saying, "Sixth Brother, there should be a hidden mechanism in this hall."

"A mechanism?" Ling Chen asked curiously, "What kind of mechanism?"

"Not sure yet, but Seventh Brother and I can definitely tell there’s a mechanism in this hall." Saying this, Wei Jiahao pointed to the adjacent wall and said, "If you don’t believe it, listen for yourself."

Ling Chen placed his ear against the wall and listened carefully. Indeed! It seemed as if there were faint sounds from inside the wall, very rhythmic. But it sounded like water dripping.

"Eighth Brother, it seems like a dripping sound inside, maybe it’s just water leaking, after all, it’s an old building."

Yang Chen shook his head and said, "I know it’s a dripping sound, but although this wall is hollow, the sound inside is definitely not just that simple."

"Sixth Brother, Seventh Brother’s hearing is very accurate, it won’t be wrong. Besides, Eighth Brother is skilled in Mechanical Techniques, since they both say so, there shouldn’t be any mistake," Qiu Yong said.

"In that case, let’s break open the wall and see what’s inside." With that, Ling Chen found some tools and began hammering at the wall forcefully. With everyone’s combined effort, a large hole was soon smashed in the thick wall. At the same time, everything inside was fully revealed to the five of them.

Looking at the things inside the wall, Ling Chen couldn’t help but be surprised. It seemed Wei Jiahao and Yang Chen were correct; there was indeed a hidden mechanism inside.

The mechanism inside the wall was quite old, undoubtedly with many years of history, even the gears were rusty, although still operating, it was very slow. As for the dripping sound earlier, it came from a kind of mechanical device similar to a funnel, with water dripping drop by drop inside, falling onto a flat plate below, then sliding along the plate into a bottle. At the bottom of the bottle, there was a thin string connected to it.

Unfortunately, the hole in the wall was too small to see what the string was connected to. Ling Chen and Qiu Yong continued to break the wall, wanting to clear out the entire mechanism.

At this moment, Wei Jiahao suddenly called the two of them, saying, "Big Brother, Sixth Brother, let me take a look first." After saying this, he moved to the wall and carefully studied the connections inside the mechanism.

After some time, he extended a finger and pressed on the top of the bottle containing water, and with a gentle push down, everyone immediately heard a sound of mechanical gears turning beneath the floor, as if many gears were moving.

The sound beneath their feet lasted for over a minute before disappearing, yet inside the entire main hall, there was no change at all.

How strange!

Since the mechanism had already been activated, why was there no visible change?

Ling Chen glanced around, feeling somewhat puzzled. Not just him, everyone else was the same way, tapping and knocking around on the surrounding floor and walls, hoping to discover something.

Looking at the floor beneath his feet, Ling Chen rubbed his chin in thought. After a while, he seemed to come up with something, his eyes lit up slightly, and then he touched the floor beneath him with his hand.

Noticing Ling Chen’s actions, Wei Jiahao asked, "Sixth Brother, did you find something?"

Ling Chen pointed to the floor and said, "This layer of wooden flooring was put over the original floorings, which were probably covered, so we can’t see the changes after the mechanism was activated."

Hearing this, Qiu Yong immediately ran outside the hall, calling over ten disciples from the Dragon Tiger Hall to help pry open the entire floor.

Half an hour later, their efforts paid off. Just as Ling Chen speculated, once they pried up the newly laid wooden flooring, they discovered a square hidden passage beneath. Standing at the edge of the passage, Ling Chen took out his phone, turned on the flashlight, and shone it inside. He saw a wooden ladder on the side of the passage. After so many years, it was uncertain if the ladder could still bear their weight.

For safety reasons, Ling Chen found a rope, secured it to a pillar in the hall, and threw the other end into the passage.

"Big Brother, I’ll go down first and check. If there’s no danger, you can follow after."

Qiu Yong nodded and advised, "Be careful."

Ling Chen nodded in agreement, then slowly moved downward along the rope. The entrance of the passage was more than five meters above the bottom. Upon reaching the ground, Ling Chen turned on his flashlight again, observing the surrounding environment. He was currently in a spacious underground chamber, covered in dust and devoid of anything noteworthy.