The Legend of Min Hong

"Even if all 800 of them agree to join us, and we add it to the 100 men in this place, that would still only amount to 825 Dan Formation, 75 Nascent Souls, 10 Saint Stage, and you who could battle a Nirvana stage expert."

"If you compare that with the 830 Dan Formation, 170 Nascent Soul, 9 Saint Stage, and 1 Nirvana stage expert of the DCM, you will notice we are already at a strong disadvantage in this battle." Little Fei gave a logical explanation…

"This is because a single Saint Stage expert cannot handle 95 Nascent Soul experts on his own, and that is also excluding the fact that even the 9 other core court disciples  you came with are not as strong as those in the top ten rankings of this place..." Little Fei added;

"Except we have enough time, which we are severely lacking because at most we can only spend three weeks here before we have to move on to the next mission region…"

Min Hong added with a sigh; something which surprised Daniel and Little Fei, because this was the first time ever that Min Hong would truly sigh about something not pertaining to himself…

This was the first time they would see him truly intent on doing something and actually sparing no efforts to do so, and as a result, Daniel and Little Fei burst every single logic in their minds just so they could come through for him when he needed them the most…

"If we are going to fight this war, then we will need all the help we can get, train all the experts on our side as soon as we can, and also be as cunning as a fox…"

Daniel said with an absentminded tone signifying he was currently in deep thoughts…

Everyone within this underground hideout were looking at Min Hong who had shut his eyes for the past 15 minutes now, and if it wasn't for the occasional movement of different parts of his body, they would have thought he had fallen asleep, but just as the half hour mark stuck, Min Hong's eyes opened as he looked towards Jun Tao and asked;

"Which part of the cornerstone clan can we get to?"

This wasn't much of a surprise to everyone, but the fact that this 15 year old child didn't choose to flee in the face of such fearsome threat and instead chose to find a way to fight it head on and resolve the situation, and this not only made them begin to see him in a new light, it also made them want to put their beliefs in him…

He was a no nonsense person who could kill several Dan Formation and even Saint Stage experts without batting an eyelid, one with a very orthodox appearance but unorthodox spirit and way of thinking, and to top it all off, all that was packed into the body of a teenager;

If they didn't know any better, or perhaps because they know nothing at all, they would have thought he was a reincarnated ancient expert…

"Master, the Dark Stone tribe is just about 30 miles from here, and they are only 300 men strong, but the stronger experts of the Corner Stone Clan are in the Dark Stone tribe…" Jun Tao answered;

"Good… Jun Tao you will be coming with I and Gong Yi to the Dark Stone tribe, we need to get them to join our cause, whilst you Teng will head over to the Diamond Crust Inn with four Nascent Soul experts, and you are to bring the rest of my group back to this hideout and have them wait for our return…"

Min Hong spoke before looking towards the rest of the expert and added;

"The rest of you should dig deeper into this tunnel, because, should everyone we set out to invite agree to join our crusade, they will need somewhere to stay…"

Min Hong stood up as he finished his statement, and was instantly joined by Gong Yi and Yun Tao before departing from the hideout and headed further into the land of stones…

Teng also waited behind for a bit and ensured that the rest of the expert that would be staying behind began the work which his master had assigned to them before picking four of all the Nascent Soul expert available and also leaving the hideout, going back the way they initially came…

Meanwhile…

About 40 miles away from the Diamond Crust Inn and Jun Tao's hide out…

A youth with about 30 men were walking through another part of the Land Of Stones as if they were in search of something;

"Yi, are you sure we are in the right place!?"

The youth asked with a deep frown whilst the man named Yi who was just an average middle aged man with a hunched back that caused him to look like one of those scheming and cunning expert who had the ability to stay alive no matter the situation;

"Yes, young master…They should be around this area…"

The man looked at the makeshift map on his hand to confirm they were in the right place, and immediately he nodded his head to reaffirm his words, the youth simply raised his hand over his head, and then looked toward a certain position and then waved it downwards…

In that instant, the expert that came with him began to rain attacks on a part of the area;

Boom!

Bang!

Dang!

Several explosive sounds began to reverberate in this place as Gu Ya looked on with a straight face, and before long;

Boom!

Doof!

Toof!

Several figures began to fly out from deep beneath the ground, but just as they landed on the ground, they were welcomed by the experts of the Diamond Crust mercenaries who came along with Gu Ya;

"Are you courting death!?"

"You dare come to our humble abode and began to attack, do you know who owns this-"

The man wasn't even allowed to finish his ranting before his head was already rolling on the floor…

An action taken by only one of Gu Ya's men who looked on like as if the person who had just died wasn't human but an annoying housefly who had simply been swatted away;

"Where is your leader?"

He asked with a solemn tone, and then a lady's voice came out from behind the group of people who had just came out of the underground hide out as she spoke with a chiming, melodious but pissed off tone;

"You little brat! Even if your father was here, he would still approach me with deep respect!"

Then a six foot tall, slender, lithe and extremely sexy lady stepped forward, dressed like ancient South American tribes with their head gears which had feathers attached to it, and mark on their faces made by two fingers which had been dipped in charcoal and then used to draw two lines across their cheek like warriors…

She erupted with a Saint Stage cultivation that blasted the sand all over her body into oblivion before a miniature whirl wind kicked up gathering the sand on the rest of the figures who just came out of the ground and then moving over to Gu Ya's group and then dumping all that sand on their head, including Gu Ya…

This lady was the boss of these seventy or so figures who had flashed out of the ground and she was also one of the top ten experts within the Land Of Stones, and finally, she was the one in charge of information networking in the area, from as little as in depth details about anyone who steps into the region to the next merchant caravan that was going to pass through the Land of Stones…

Thus, many experts were friends with her and she was friends with none of them, including Gu Ming; Gu Ya's father who was the head of the DCM…

She feared no one since she had a lot of allies, and she had been rumored to have been invited and spent a night with the mysterious expert everyone in the Land of Stones believes to have a Nirvana Stage battle technique…

No one could fight her, because that would be a very stupid decision, since everyone else in the Land Of Stones who relied on her information gathering skills would have to protect and defend her…

As a result, she was much more popular and feared than Gu Ming, but that doesn't mean some expert still don't just frustrate her at times just because her group only consisted of weak people in the Dan Formation stage who had innate stealth abilities and hiding abilities…

She was one of those people everyone wanted to hang out with, because not only was she young with an age of just over 20, she also had a high cultivation, was beautiful and extremely sexy;

But she has always been all about her business of gathering information and always wanted to know about anything going on at whatever end of the Land Of Stones which means she rarely had time to associate with anyone…

Finally, she also had these repulsive attitude towards everyone in the land of stones since they she thought them to be no more than a set of bandits and criminals, and Gu Ya being one of her suitors was the one she hated the most...

Perhaps because he was the youngest, most successful male in the area, who she would have at least managed, but as everything would seem, he was a lustful idiot who would go after any skirt, even if it was on a mannequin…

Then here he was again, disturbing her at work and even killing one of her messengers, and though she was strong and had a very strong business going on, she still knew better than to kill any member of the Diamond Crust Mercenary, especially when the news of them colluding with the Nirvana Stage expert was already spreading around…

She wanted to leave this place and had tried to on several occasions, but many of the experts and businesses within this Land of Stones were just so reliant on her that they couldn't afford to let her go, which put her and her group in a bit of a pinch.

"What are you going to do about my men you just slaughtered, you scoundrel!?"

She raged at Gu Ya who just stood there smiling interestingly at the girl like a fool;

"Yu Min, I have told you to let me have you, and you will never work with these weaklings of yours anymore…" Gu Ya replied smugly…