Transmigrated As Shen Fei - Chapter 38

We entered the Ancient Orchid City Ruins and everywhere we can see that the city is in shambles.

Nie Li seemed very happy from his expression but his smile will froze when he sees that the Shadow Devil Lamp has already been taken.

“Everyone be careful as there can still be Demon Beasts around.” Chen Linjian said.

“Everyone walk in a Circle Formation, with the weakest members being in the centre.” He commanded.

We formed a circle formation and in centre stood most of the Genius Class Students leaving only me and Ning’er.

As we entered deeper, sounds of demon beasts roaring is being heard from every direction and some members of Chen Linjian’s group became very insecure.

After sometime Giant Blue Armed Apes started to show up as they jumped from one tree to the other.

“Everyone be careful, these demon beasts aren’t that much high level but can still hit you as they are very dexterous.” Chen Linjian said. Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com www.webnovel.com for visiting.

“As we’ve reached the Ancient Orchid City Ruins! Now, we have two routes that we can take. Here’s the map!” said Chen Linjian, spreading out the map and pointed to the lines on the map.

Everyone began to surround the map and started to discuss which route to take.

“The first route is towards the west gate. By walking along the walls, we can reach the main city quickly. However, what can we find on this route? We’ll definitely want to enter the houses in the city so that we can get some spoils!” said one of Chen Linjian’s underlings.

“I agree to his view!”

“Yeah, we should search around this house area!” Everyone parroted.

Chen Linjian was silent for a moment. He raised his head, looked towards me and asked “What do you think?”

Everyone got a little surprised. They never thought that Chen Linjian would ask for Shen Fei’s opinion at this moment.

Ye Ziyun also looked at me with her bright eyes. Huyan Lanruo was also unable to take her eyes off me. She had came with the group of Chen Family.

Chen Linjian became my good friend after our meeting in some family situations. And he also knew that I have read many books from the library, so he asked me which caused Nie Li to not show off his knowledge.

I spread my hand out and said, “If you guys came here just to search the houses, then that would be a big mistake! Those that came before have already searched the commoner’s houses. Even if we were to search them again, we wouldn’t get any gains. Generally in a city, who is the wealthiest? Is it the commoners? Of course not. 90% of the wealth of a city are in the hands of the big families.”

“There’s a radius of hundreds of miles in this place. There are so many commoners houses and a lot of the places here have been destroyed. How would we know where these big families are located?” Some underlings retorted at one side.

“Continue speaking.” Chen Linjian said, looking at me in an interesting manner.

“It’s easy to find the inhabitant of big families. Which building in this map is the most sparse? That is the location! Generally, big families would have their own courtyard.” I continued.

Everyone’s eyes fell on the map upon hearing my speech.

“Here!” Huyan Lanruo said, pleasantly surprised.

“Correct. This should be this place. A lot of buildings here are very large!”

Chen Linjian frowned and said, “This area has already been searched. Although some goods were found, it wasn’t much. Some of the people even dug 3 feet down into the place and couldn’t find any chamber related areas!”

“It’s normal for this area to have already been searched. Lets continue to look at the map. This big family’s house is located at the central axis of the city. Because of this, the place would be the most guarded area, as well as the safest.” I pointed to the area behind the house and said, “This area should be where the City Lord Mansion is located!”

Chen Linjian nodded.

“Lets continue looking at the map.A few hundred miles from the City Lord Mansion, there are three areas. Do you know what these three areas are?” I asked Chen Linjian.

“Within these three areas, one of them is the military ground, which is where the City Lord’s soldiers trained. Another one is a heavily built stone fort. It is empty inside, and made from black marble. Even a chisel couldn’t damage it. As for the last one, I don’t know what it is for. It’s right beside the stone fort and is forested with trees and weeds.” Chen Linjian answered. Perhaps before coming here, he had already memorized the Ancient Orchid City Ruins area.

Hearing Chen Linjian’s word, I smiled and said, “Not far from my guesses!”

Chen Linjian’s eye lit up and said, “What you mean is that these three areas are very suspicious? Could it be that stone fort? But It has already been searched!”

“That stone fort should be a disaster refuge. When a disaster arrives, they probably hid in the stone fort. Therefore, there should be some kind of secret room hiding the treasures. The piece of land near the stone fort is obviously a trap area, which was used to ward off demon beasts. If they come near to investigate, they wouldn’t even know when they died. Furthermore, I find that the most suspicious area is this military ground!” I said, faintly smiling.

“Why would the military ground be the most suspicious place instead?”

The military ground is a piece of mud land, which is the training ground. Why would it be suspicious?

“The most inconspicuous area would be the safest place! Moreover, this City Lord placed the military ground at the central axis of the city and, with this alone, proves that it isn’t that simple. There should be something important hidden below the military ground!” I pointed to the map and said, “We’ll search around this area!”

“Okay! So, it’s decided, then!” Chen Linjian picked up the map, and slightly chuckled. Since the direction has been decided, they can save a lot of time and take less detours.

Chen Linjian’s underling’s eyes had traces of admiration in them when they looked at me.

As we started to move I felt someone strong pass through the forests.

I didn’t know who it was but still I nudged Chen Linjian slightly.

“What is it?” He asked.

“Someone is tailing us, I don’t know how many but they seem powerful.” I said.

“Are you sure?” He seemed surprised.

I nodded.

He nodded then told something to his guards, then we continued.