What’s more terrifying is that these monsters have extremely sharp claws, and their nails even gleam with a black light, indicating they are highly toxic. If such monsters were released, how could the soldiers of flesh and blood be their match? It would be an endless source of trouble.

At this moment, Gu Qingheng was missing Gold very much. Where on earth did that little one go? Hurry up and deal with these monsters!

Meanwhile, in a warehouse somewhere in the base, Gold, who had just swallowed several bottles of poisonous insects, suddenly felt a shiver run down its spine and quickly disappeared.

Flame led Gu Qingheng directly through a passageway next to where the monsters were being held, into another cave.

There was a row upon row of herbalists there.

Strangely, there was a person nailed to the wall, completely exposed, with their hands and feet pierced by steel nails. Their body was covered in densely packed symbols.

A masked man in black was transmitting instructions to some herbalists. If any of them made a mistake, another man in black would pierce the person nailed to the wall with a silver needle, and each time they were pierced, the herbalist who made the mistake would roll in pain on the ground.

"All of the herbalists have been implanted with insects, and the mother insects connected to them are all planted in that person," Flame pointed to the person nailed to the wall, "Different positions correspond to different herbalists. This one mother insect can train five hundred medicinal soldiers."

Gu Qingheng then noticed that all the herbalists had different marks on their foreheads, corresponding to the symbols on the person on the wall.

"Three thousand medicinal soldiers have already been trained before, and now a thousand are still in training." Flame led Gu Qingheng to the adjacent stone cave where the situation was the same. "It will probably be completed in half a month."

"Flame, surely you won’t die a good death," Gu Qingheng said with a smile.

Flame hesitated for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "No, I will definitely live a long and prosperous life."

Gu Qingheng shook his head: "Do too many bad things, and you’ll face retribution. Even I, the General, can foresee your fate."

"Is that so? I’m quite curious now, so shall we wait and see?"

"Sure," Gu Qingheng nodded.

Flame didn’t say anything further but turned to leave. Gu Qingheng also turned and followed, but suddenly paused, his gaze falling to the ground where there were a few small stones. This was quite common in the cave, but one stone caught his attention—a colorful stone with patterns.

Earlier, Qian Er mentioned that when he and Liang Zi and ChengZi had sworn brotherhood, because they had no money, they picked up three beautiful stones by the river as tokens, polished them to be especially smooth, drilled small holes, and each carried one.

Earlier, Qian Er said that ChengZi and Qi Jingyun’s Hidden Guard, Weng Xin, had been out of contact for quite a while. They even sent people to investigate, but had no news and thought the two had probably met with mishaps. Little did they expect to find the stone here.

This indicated that ChengZi was inside this stone cave, causing Gu Qingheng to glance over the herbalists.

"What’s wrong, General Gu? Reluctant to leave?" Flame turned back.

"I suddenly wondered, between your insects and the insects of the Tang Sect, which is more formidable?" Gu Qingheng smacked his lips.

"Hearing you say that, I’m quite curious too," Flame nodded, "So, I’m very much looking forward to the upcoming showdown. It’s just a pity..."