Douluo: Yun Ming in the Spirit Hall Era

Chapter 58 Entering the City, the Operation Begins

Old Master An was heartbroken to see his young lady running so easily towards Yun Ming!

Mingming Yali has met many talented young men over the years while practicing medicine and traveling around, so why is she so interested in Yun Ming? Being interested is one thing, but she's also so unreserved, completely forgetting the old rules of propriety and keeping a respectful distance between men and women.

Yali was unaware that her guardian, Elder An, was criticizing her, but even if she knew, she would still do as she pleased and continue to do as she pleased.

Yun Ming released his hand from Ya Li's and began to discuss the plan after entering Saga City with the others.

Yun Ming spoke first to Yang Wutian.

"Fifth Grandfather, could you please interrogate that leading Grand Soul Master first and see if you can get any information from him about who gave him the order to prevent the information from leaking out, as well as any other useful information about the city?"

"By the way, don't hurt your face."

Yang Wutian grinned maliciously and spoke.

"Very well, I will definitely make him ask!"

After saying that, he picked up the great soul master and left the place.

Not long after, Yun Ming and the others heard some faint screams from afar! It seemed that they refused to confess and were being tortured by Yang Wutian.

Before long, Yang Wutian returned carrying the Great Soul Master with blood streaming from all seven orifices. Yang Wutian threw the man to the ground and began to tell everyone the information he had obtained.

"This kid's name is Zhang Tong. He's one of the captains of the ten city defense detachments."

"The reason he personally came out to arrest them was because two of the fleeing civilians were his former subordinates who had gotten their hands on him through his connections. He was afraid of being implicated, so he asked two other branch captains who were on good terms with him to cover for him, while he personally came out to resolve the potential trouble."

"The person who relayed the order to cover up the information to this kid was the deputy military commander in charge of the city lord's mansion's soldiers, named Lin Xiao."

"Besides him, the captains of five other city defense detachments also received the same order. Moreover, during this period, in order to maintain stability, three of the city defense detachments were sent to the city to maintain stability, and the last detachment was responsible for management and overall coordination."

Oscar clicked his tongue in amazement when he heard this.

"The city lord's men issued orders to the city defenses, and all ten city defense units that weren't his own were sent away? The mastermind behind this is indeed very powerful!"

Yang Wutian continued.

"He didn't know the exact number of deaths in the city, but he heard the detachment leader who had been transferred to maintain stability guess that it might be over 10,000, and the rate of death was increasing."

"The atmosphere in the city is already very tense; he feels that conflict could erupt in just a few days!"

That's about all I know.

Yun Ming nodded, pondered for a moment, and, combining the current information, summarized aloud.

"The tense and oppressive atmosphere in the city is now approaching a critical point."

"If we hadn't encountered the pursuit that happened today, or if we weren't the ones being pursued, Saga City would have been in complete chaos in a few days."

"Based on the intelligence we have now, the person behind this has gone to such great lengths to block the news and deceive the entire city. We have no idea what their true purpose is, nor do we know the extent of their high-level Soul Master power."

"But what we can be sure of is that the person behind the scenes has power and money, and to achieve his goal, he will definitely need a lot of people to die."

"Time is running out. Even if we call for reinforcements, we don't know if we'll be able to get there in time. So if we want to save more people, we must take advantage of the fact that there has been no unrest or bloodshed in the city and quickly quell this situation ourselves."

"So this is the only way we can do it."

Half an hour later, a troop of soldiers in black armor, their clothes stained with blood, arrived at the city gate. Zhang Tongliang revealed his identity through his martial spirit and spirit rings. The detachment commander on duty, seeing that the leader was a friend, ordered his trusted aide to quietly open the city gate and let him in.

After entering the city, the detachment leader approached Zhang Tong and asked him a question.

"Old Zhang, how's it going?"

Zhang Tong pretended nothing had happened, gave his friend an affirming look, and spoke up.

"It's all resolved! Thanks, Lao Lei!"

The squad leader, known as "Old Lei," waved his hand and said.

"Good brother, why are you bringing this up!"

"Alright, it's your shift again in two hours. Go back and get some rest!"

Zhang Tong gave a shout and led his men toward his post.

"Okay, I'm off now."

After the man left, the detachment leader returned to his post and continued guarding the city.

After Zhang and his group returned to their lodgings, he addressed the group.

"We've arrived, come out!"

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One of the black-armored soldiers sensed his surroundings and, finding no one watching, signaled to the other two that it was safe. The three then stepped out of the ranks. A young man in the middle of the group spoke to the black-armored soldiers.

"Don't worry, I will give you the antidote as promised after it's done!"

The three who emerged from the group were Yun Ming, Ya Li, and Elder An, while Oscar and Yang Wutian were nowhere to be found.

Outside the city, Yun Ming selected three lucky men from Zhang Tong's subordinates and instructed them to lead other fleeing residents to a nearby town for temporary accommodation, while simultaneously reporting to the nearest Spirit Hall. Yun Ming and his two companions then used an imposter tactic, posing as Zhang Tong's men, to allow him to lead them silently into the city.

As for how to make them obedient and ensure they don't leak information, it's simple! Give each person a secret poison made by the Broken Clan, the kind that requires regular antidote intake. If they don't take it on time, the consequence will be a fate worse than death. Add to that a system of collective punishment: if one person informs, the entire group will lose their antidote, allowing them to monitor each other.

As long as they don't cause trouble and remain silent, Yunming will naturally give them the antidote to completely cure the poison as agreed.

Hearing Yun Ming's words, Zhang Tong had no other choice but to believe him. Yun Ming continued.

"Where's the city map I requested?"

Zhang Tong returned to his tent, retrieved a scroll, and handed it to Yun Ming. Yun Ming gave it to Elder An to open and examine. Elder An quickly climbed to a high point, compared it with the path they had just taken, and other landmarks. After confirming that everything was correct, he nodded. Upon seeing this, Yun Ming took out a medicine bottle and tossed it to Zhang Tong.

"This is today's antidote!"

Zhang Tong carefully caught the medicine bottle, then watched as the three men took off their military uniforms, left the city's garrison, and headed towards the quarantine zone.

After the three menacing figures left, a soldier in black armor stepped out from the ranks and asked Zhang Tong a question.

"Boss, are we really just going to follow these guys' orders?"

Zhang Tong recalled Yang Wutian's interrogation methods and the Soul Saint cultivation that Yang Wutian had displayed in front of him, and said in a low voice with some fear and some helplessness.

"Go ahead! We have no choice."

When the black-armored soldier heard Zhang Tong say this, he understood what his leader meant: nothing would happen today.

After leaving the garrison, Ya Li looked at Yun Ming's profile beside her and asked softly with some doubt.

"Brother Ming, how did you manage to persuade your fifth maternal grandfather?"

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