Something’s Wrong with This Game — I Became a God by Mining!

The bone-flute woman ran, and the smaller Frost Force Bears immediately quieted down.

Yang Ling removed their silver needles as fast as he could.

Once freed, the Frost Force Bears howled once, then turned and dashed out of Calamity Valley without stopping for a moment.

“Your boss is still here, and you run off on your own? As expected, rotten leadership makes for rotten subordinates.”

Yang Ling frowned. He was still wondering whether the Frost Force Bears would go after the Rong tribe spies.

“Chief Constable Yang, thank you.”

Yun Ruo stepped forward and cupped her fist in thanks.

“Director Yun Ruo, where are the Fourth Prince and the others right now?”

Yang Ling asked curiously.

Yun Ruo pointed toward the glacier.

“So they really went over there.”

Yang Ling: “Did Tong Yi and the others also go to the glacier?”

“This mountain is called Frost-Mist Mountain.”

Yun Ruo: “The Ironclad Department has records on it. Frost-Mist Mountain is the deepest part of Water Qilin Cave. It’s also where the Water Qilin sleeps. Not only did the Fourth Prince and Tong Yi go into Frost-Mist Mountain, Chi Qingyao and the others went in as well.”

“Director Yun, are they sure there’s a Water Bodhi seed inside?”

Yang Ling asked with interest.

Yun Ruo smiled slightly: “Think about it—people occasionally find Water Bodhi seeds outside. How could Frost-Mist Mountain not have any? But the seed is too rare; without enough luck you can’t come across one.”

Yang Ling thought for a moment: “The Heavenly Wolf Guard wouldn’t go to all this trouble just for a Water Bodhi seed, would they? It is precious, but it’s only one of the Twelve Sacred Martial Medicines. The Heavenly Wolf Guard mobilized hundreds of Seventh-Rank experts and exposed them to us. Such losses wouldn’t make sense unless they expected much greater gains. Do you think their commander would risk that for only the seed?”

Yun Ruo’s expression shifted slightly: “You mean…”

“The Heavenly Wolf Guard must have a bigger objective, something more important than the Water Bodhi seed.”

Yang Ling’s face grew somber: “If the Fourth Prince runs into trouble in Frost-Mist Mountain, we…”

“Removal from office and an investigation would be the first step.”

Yun Ruo’s expression changed drastically: “They might even confiscate property and execute.”

Yang Ling felt helpless. Being with the Ironclad Department had advantages, but it also brought many entanglements. Fortunately, the Fourth Prince was powerful and possessed the Divine Crossbow. Under normal circumstances, Tong Yi would have little chance against him.

Just then, one of the Frost Force Bears returned, carrying the bone-flute woman in its mouth.

Yang Ling and Yun Ruo exchanged a glance and watched the bear warily.

About ten meters away, the Frost Force Bear stopped, dropped the bone-flute woman to the ground, gave a howl, glared at Yang Ling, and then rapidly ran out of Calamity Valley.

Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief. The bear showed some understanding and truly didn’t bother them further.

Yun Ruo came up to the bone-flute woman. The woman was extremely weak, with several wounds on her body; the worst was near her heart. She had clearly been savaged by the Frost Force Bears.

“Name, age, place of origin, and sect.”

Yun Ruo drew her Eighth-Rank Official Saber and pressed it to the bone-flute woman’s neck.

“Don’t—don’t kill me…”

The bone-flute woman was feeble and full of terror: “I come from the Rong clan Cui family. My name is Cui Ying. I’m not with the Heavenly Wolf Guard.”

“You’re not with the Heavenly Wolf Guard? Then why did you come in with them?”

Yang Ling stepped forward as well: “You’re facing Yun Ruo, Director of the Ironclad Department’s Eighth-Rank Ironclad unit. Don’t lie.”

Cui Ying hurried to say: “I’m telling the truth! I am not with the Heavenly Wolf Guard. The Heavenly Wolf Guard paid our Cui family handsomely to send a beast-taming expert to enter Water Qilin Cave with them.”

“Paid you well? It seems your role is minor—just to control a group of Frost Force Bears?”

Yang Ling frowned: “None of this makes sense. You’re lying. Director Yun, kill her. There’s no need to keep her alive.”

Yun Ruo’s saber pressed down with force, the blade cutting Cui Ying’s neck.

Cui Ying turned pale with fear and hurriedly said:

“I said it, I said it! I also controlled several other beast mounts. The bone flutes used to control them are in Tong Yi’s hands. Those beast mounts are very powerful, around Sixth-Rank level. They are lying in ambush near the entrance’s Freezing Pool, waiting to delay you when you retreat. That way, you won’t be able to leave before the Water Qilin awakens, and you’ll be annihilated!”

Yang Ling and Yun Ruo exchanged looks and both saw seriousness in the other’s eyes.

Yang Ling frowned: “Your beast-taming technique is that strong? You can casually control a group of mutant beasts—who could stand against that?”

Cui Ying whispered: “The higher the beast’s grade controlled by beast-taming methods, the shorter the control period. We can’t manipulate beasts for a long time. The few beasts Tong Yi controls can only be maintained at most for ten days.”

“She’s lying.”

Yang Ling looked at Yun Ruo: “Sixth-Rank beasts aren’t that easy to handle, and several at once is unrealistic.”

“You can go now.”

Yun Ruo said calmly and pressed the blade down again.

Cui Ying squeezed her eyes shut and screamed: “I’m telling you! Those beasts were prepared by my family’s elders outside and entered Water Qilin Cave with us! Water Qilin Cave is different from the outside. Martial artists above Seventh-Rank will be detected by the Water Qilin and wake it, but beasts are exempt.”

“You Rong clan brought quite a few experts this time, waiting outside?”

Yang Ling pondered. It seemed the Rong clan’s preparations were ample. They likely had Sixth-Rank, even Fifth-Rank experts near the Tianyuan River waiting.

“What exactly does the Heavenly Wolf Guard’s commander intend? Our group of Seventh-Rank experts can’t be his target.”

Yun Ruo replied calmly: “This is your last chance.”

Cui Ying was silent for a long time, then slowly said:

“Before I came, I eavesdropped on my family elders. They suspect the Heavenly Wolf Guard commander’s objective is a Second-Rank Human Immortal who disappeared in Water Qilin Cave two hundred and forty years ago.”

“They intend to dig up that Second-Rank Human Immortal’s corpse because they think that if the immortal was frozen here, he might still be alive.”

“Recent forays into Water Qilin Cave also involved our Rong clan scouts. After several reconnaissance missions, the Heavenly Wolf Guard may have already pinpointed that Second-Rank Human Immortal’s burial site.”

At those words, Yun Ruo’s expression changed dramatically.

Yang Ling recalled Huikong’s words and frowned: “Indeed, centuries ago a Second-Rank Human Immortal died here, but he should have been from the Nine Immortals Dao Palace.”

Yun Ruo nodded slowly, her brow tight: “That’s right. The Human Immortal who perished here two hundred and forty years ago was a predecessor from the Nine Immortals Dao Palace.”

“Cui Ying, are you implying that this predecessor was also a spy for your Rong clan?”

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