Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 43 Treasure Hunt in the Secret Room
The person at the cave entrance at this moment was most likely the one who killed those warriors. Jiang Xuan's heart was in his throat at this moment. He raised his spear and made a move to prepare for a stab. This was the fastest attacking move he could think of at this moment.

"Crack...crack..."

The man at the cave entrance clapped his hands, brushed off the dust, and then walked out of the cave, calling out, "Guard Jiang."

Jiang Xuan was a little slow to react to the voice of Guard Jiang. He was dazed for a moment, and the spear in his hand accidentally hit a rock outside the cave.

"clang."

As the spear made a sound, the man at the cave entrance immediately realized Jiang Xuan's presence and walked over quickly.

Jiang Xuan's heart trembled. He stepped forward and retreated quickly, putting some distance between him and the man, preparing for a fight.

"Hey, little kid, it's already been an hour, right?"

Jiang Xuan looked closely and saw that the person who spoke was none other than Sha Lao. Sha Lao was standing outside the cave entrance, looking at Jiang Xuan's fighting stance and speaking with a hint of mockery.

"Mr. Sha? Why is it you?" Jiang Xuan asked with some confusion.

"Why me? If it weren't for me, the old man, how could you find this cave?" Old Sha complained.

"Those people..." Jiang Xuan looked at the people lying in disarray outside the cave entrance, and looked at Old Sha in confusion.

"Oh, it still took some effort. There are still a few inside, and one of them is at the peak of the Heavenly Rank. It is indeed a bit troublesome." Old Sha pointed into the cave and said calmly.

Looking at the stunned expression on Jiang Xuan's face, Old Sha waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I've just checked and there are no elixirs. You can search the people inside and outside the cave for anything usable, and put these things into your rag bag." After Old Sha said this, he pointed to the pile of things he had just thrown on the ground.

"Okay." Jiang Xuan agreed, put the black rhino spear on his back, squatted on the ground and began to search the body.

Upon closer inspection, Jiang Xuan discovered that although the several people lying outside the cave were all wearing simple standard armor, their shapes were different and the patterns on them were also different.

Among these different patterns, two particularly caught Jiang Xuan's attention. One was a picture of a fish with a bulging back, and the other was a picture of a heavy hammer.

Obviously, those two sets of simple armor were the standard armor of the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group and the Heavy Hammer Mercenary Group.

However, judging from the hidden location of these people and some settings outside the cave, they are most likely a group of robbers. Their specific identities cannot be determined based on their armor alone, and it is even more impossible to determine their specific relationship with the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group and the Heavy Hammer Mercenary Group.

After a thorough search inside and outside the cave, Jiang Xuan found nothing of value except some small change. He took back the Yanxing Spear and packed the small change and the items that Sha Lao had brought out into a rag bag.

"It would be nice if I had a storage bag or a storage ring." Jiang Xuan complained as he carried the heavy rag bag filled with many things.

"If a warrior cannot condense his true qi, he cannot mobilize his spiritual power. Even if he has a storage bag, he cannot use it. Instead of thinking about this, it is better to practice hard and enter the Jade Cultivation Realm as soon as possible to become a true cultivator. When the time comes, you can get a high-level storage bag or a high-level storage ring that can hold as many things as you want." said Old Sha.

As he spoke, Old Sha looked at the black rhino spear on Jiang Xuan's back and said to him, "However, at this stage of a warrior's life, it's good to carry more heavy objects. It will help improve your physical strength."

"That's right." Jiang Xuan understood what Old Man Sha said. He stopped worrying about the heavy rag bag and asked Old Man Sha, "Old Man Sha, since this cave isn't where the elixir is hidden, then where is the other cave?"

Before Old Sha went down to the mountainside, there was a rumor that there were two caves on the mountainside. Now that one of them has been searched, the other one is most likely the cave the two of them want to find, which is where the fat man hid the batch of pills.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan suddenly felt a surge of relief. If these numerous precious elixirs, including some like the Blood-Sufficient Pills, fell into the hands of the dozen or so warriors in this cave, who knows how much commotion they would cause nearby. By then, those elixirs would likely be lost to history, their whereabouts unknown.

Old Sha chuckled, pointed at Jiang Xuan, put his hands behind his back, and walked in front.

...Two cups of tea later, an elderly man, hands clasped behind his back, appeared cheerfully in front of another cave. A moment later, a young man carrying a large rag bag appeared behind the elderly man, hunched over and panting.

This cave is more hidden than the previous one, and the entrance is narrower. Although there is no cover outside the entrance, the entrance is integrated with the surrounding rocks. If you don't walk close, it is really difficult to tell where the entrance is.

After a brief observation at the entrance of the cave, Mr. Sha walked into the cave and heard someone say, "Follow me."

Jiang Xuanfang evened out his breathing, only to be prodded again by Old Sha. He complained inwardly, "Is this Old Sha targeting me specifically? He doesn't even get a moment's rest."

After entering the cave and passing through a long and narrow passage, Sha Lao and Jiang Xuan arrived at a relatively wide space. Due to the lack of light entering, the cave was rather dark.

Jiang Xuan took out a tinder and lit a few of the lamps. Although the space here was large, it was empty except for rocks and some plants commonly found in caves.

"Go and see if there is any hidden space." Old Sha said to Jiang Xuan with his hands behind his back.

Thanks to his intermediate Heavenly Rank body recovery ability, Jiang Xuan's pain from the fall and collision had been greatly reduced. However, the fatigue caused by the continuous journey was getting worse, causing Jiang Xuan to complain bitterly.

After groping around in the rather large cave for several times, Jiang Xuan pointed to one of the cave walls and said in a very uncertain tone, "The cave wall here is slightly different from the others."

"Let's look for it again." Old Sha still stood there and said calmly.

"Click."

A moment later, with a sound from the cave wall, a stone door slowly opened.

"There is actually a hidden space." Jiang Xuan said in surprise.

Just when the stone door opened, Jiang Xuan had a vague feeling that this hidden space was most likely where the fat man hid the elixir.

Thinking of the terrifying Blood-Prospering Pill that Fatty had taken before, and Fatty's description of the young pharmacist, he couldn't help but imagine the quality of that batch of pills and the great help they might bring to his advancement to the peak of the Heavenly Rank. Naturally, he couldn't hide his excitement.

As soon as the stone door opened, Jiang Xuan wanted to go in and find out what was going on. However, after thinking about the help Sha Lao had given him along the way, he looked back at Sha Lao, waiting for his response.

"Why are you looking at me? Go in." Old Sha waved his hand, signaling Jiang Xuan to enter the hidden secret room.

Jiang Xuan nodded, walked into the secret room, and lit up several lights in the secret room.

"It's here as expected." Jiang Xuan looked at the bottles and jars piled up in a corner of the secret room and said in a low voice.

Old Sha did not enter the secret room, but just leaned against the door and watched Jiang Xuan check the pills one by one.

Sitting cross-legged in front of the pills, Jiang Xuan opened the bottles and boxes one by one and roughly identified the pills. Most of his knowledge about pills came from his sister Jiang Xian.

"Ok?"

After opening a wooden box, Jiang Xuan found that there were two storage spaces for porcelain bottles, but at this moment there was only one porcelain bottle, and the other one was missing.

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