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A few people appeared in the cave. There were many mountains here, hollowing out the mountains to form a cave. Within each cave, there were different buddhist statues and murals.

Because of this, Jiuquan's management was extremely complicated, and the branch's management of Jiuquan was also relatively lax. In order to facilitate the exchange of gifts and buddhist services between the various clans, these people would bring huge profits to Big Moon Branch. Therefore, the development of Jiuquan alone would not prohibit anyone from reaching it.

Even the enemies of the past could swagger or secretly go to the spring of wine.

The Thousand Buddha Cavern was located at the edge of the desert, hundreds of miles away from the wine spring. It was surrounded by a vast expanse of desert. Within the endless yellow sand, countless people came to pay their respects.

Outside the cave that Yue Chanjuan was worshipping, the bodyguards of the royal palace were on their guard and were not allowed to approach this cave. Even those who were worshipping would have to wait until Princess Wuyou had finished her prayers and left.

After all, this place was under the jurisdiction of the Great Moon Sect, so the people from the various tribes and tribes didn't dare to offend the bodyguards of Wang Ting alone, so they kept their distance from this place.

Chung Ou Shuang was enchanted by the exquisite sculptures and murals here, and observed them carefully in the caves. Not only were there Huns, but also Chinese and even people from distant foreign countries. Therefore, no one paid attention to Chung Ou Shuang.

Those who paid attention to Zhong Ao Shuang were mostly women from other races who were passionate like fire. They would glance at Zhong Ao Shuang from time to time, or even go up to talk to her.

Zhong Ao Shuang had a cold face, and was in a position to not let anyone near him. Beside him were a few guards from Wang Ting, so no one dared to be too excessive with him.

However, when the guards of the Royal Court saw that many of the other races had come over to tease Zhong Ao Shuang, they only revealed smiles on their faces and did not stop them.

Zhong Ao Shuang had no choice but to return to the cave that Yue Chan had paid her respects to, looking in through the door. The cave was dark, with a door blocking the light.

Looking through the gap in the door, Zhong Ao Shuang did not see Yue Chanjuan's figure. She felt uneasy as she called out softly, "Princess, the time is late. Please get up and go back."

The cave was so quiet that not a single sound could be heard, nor did Yue Chan Juan's answer.

Originally, they couldn't make a ruckus while worshipping Buddha in the cave. Zhong Ao Shuang knew that Yue Chan Juan didn't have the habit of worshiping Buddhism, so she didn't have much scruples. Seeing that there was no response, her heart sank.

"Princess, Princess, please answer this subject …"

If Yue Chanjuan was still in the cavern, she would not have heard his call and not have responded at all.

He hastily reached to push open the door, only to discover that the door to the cave had already been locked from the inside.

Zhong Ao Shuang waved her hand and drew her sword from under her ribs. He wasn't a Buddhist either, even though he had studied Buddhism before, he was only interested in it.

The expressions of the guards changed drastically. To dare to destroy the Thousand Buddha Cavern was a matter that angered the humans and deities alike. It was just that Zhong Ao Shuang's movements were too fast, so they didn't have enough time to stop him.

The guards somewhat looked down on this gentle and handsome man who seemed to be more elegant than the women. If it weren't for the fact that Zhong Ao Shuang was fluent in the Hun language, they wouldn't have bothered with this scholar.

Unexpectedly, ZhongAo Shuang was actually not weak at all, but he never revealed it.

With a wave of his sword, the wooden door was split open. Zhong Ao Shuang kicked open the door and quickly jumped in.

Under the dim light, he flew into the innermost area of the cave. The cave was empty, and there was no sign of Yue Chan.

The shadow of the candle swayed in the wind, illuminating the buddhist statues until they were dark and gloomy. The temperature outside was rather high, but the interior of the cave had a sinister feeling.

Two guards ran over. "Sir, you …"

Just as they were about to reproach Zhong Ao Shuang, their eyes swept around and found that the princess had disappeared.

Zhong Ao Shuang's face was ashen: "Someone stole the princess away, there must be a secret passage in this cave. Search, I must find the secret passage and rescue the princess. "

"Yes."

When the guards saw that Yue Chanjuan had disappeared, they did not dare to be negligent and their expressions changed drastically. Princess Wuyou of the Great Prefecture and Big Moon Sect's future clan were all taken away. This was a monumental matter.

Zhong Ao Shuang led the guards in searching carefully, but they did not discover the so-called secret passage. His gaze swept across every corner of the cave, and finally rested on the huge Buddha statue.

The cover was gorgeous, and the expression was bland. With a look of pity, he looked down at the people below him.

This was the largest Buddha statue in the Thousand Buddha Cavern. It was three zhang in height, sitting on a throne. The surroundings were painted with colorful flying colors that stretched from the walls to the top of the mountain.

Zhong Ao Shuang walked a few steps to the Buddha statue's foot. In this place, only the Buddha statue had not searched for her. He circled the Buddha twice, hammering the hilt of his sword around the statue.

At this moment, the guards were still tightly sealing the Buddha Cavern. Everyone had a cold expression on their faces. The princess had gone missing. They were the guards who had failed in their duty and no one could bear the punishment.

Seeing Zhong Ao Shuang hitting the Buddha statue, the leader of the guards, Shade, did not say much and just spun around the Buddha statue. However, he did not dare to do it like Zhong Ao Shuang did, hitting the Buddha statue and desecrating the Buddha, so he could only watch Zhong Ao Shuang do it.

From behind the Buddha statue and beneath the throne, came an empty voice. Zhong Ao Shuang squatted on the ground and looked carefully, and found that under the throne, there were traces of crushed earth. He tapped the sword in his hand, and discovered that there seemed to be a stone tablet beneath the dirt.

Using the sword, a hole appeared at the bottom of the stone slab.

The Thousand Buddha Cavern was built on a mountain. It rotated in accordance to the mountain and formed many paths. The surrounding area of the mountain was filled with caves.

The Buddha had to dig a tunnel from the top of the mountain, leading to the Buddha's cave. The project was obviously very complicated.

"My lord, please get out of my way. I will send someone to chase after the princess through the hole in the ground. We must save her."

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy. Send someone to scout ahead."

Zhong Ao Shuang was panicking inwardly, but what had happened had already happened. There was no other way around it, so she could only think of a way to chase after the bandits and rescue Yue Chanjuan.

"Shade, send someone to the top of the mountain to investigate and see if there are any suspicious people. Order people to guard the paths to this place and search immediately." In addition, keep this cave under martial law. Say that the princess is going to pray here and that no one is allowed to enter. "

"Yes."

Seeing how ZhongAo Shuang had arranged everything in an orderly manner and was very meticulous in his thoughts, Shade felt admiration in his heart. He hurriedly ordered his subordinates to search for suspicious people and seal off all paths.

The guards had already gone down the tunnel. As the guards continued forward, Zhong Ao Shuang's heart was filled with anxiety. How could he wait? He also followed the guards along the tunnel, advancing forward.

The passageway was not wide, and in many places, he could only bend his body to move forward. Zhong Ao Shuang touched the walls on the left and right side of the tunnel: "It seems to be a newly dug tunnel, it must have known that the Princess had arrived at Jiuquan, that she would definitely come to the Great Buddha Cavern to pay her respects, thus they secretly dug this cave."

"Lord, you are indeed wise."

Many of the guards spoke simple Chinese. There were even some who were mixed Chinese and Huns from the Central Plains.

The Huns plundered women from the Central Plains, thinking that they would inherit and reproduce. The Huns would kill the men of the Central Plains, take the women back, and replenish their population.

Using this method, within a few hundred years, the population of the Huns had greatly increased, and their strength had increased. As a result, among the races in the Western Regions, there were many mixed bloods.

Travelling forward, the path was narrow and rugged. After walking for a while, ZhongAo Shuang noticed that they seemed to be moving towards the peak of the mountain, and couldn't help but feel that it was strange.

"Sir, there's no road ahead. It's blocked."

The road ahead was obviously blocked by the people who had kidnapped Yue Chanjuan. The thieves also expected that someone would discover the tunnel. In order to stop the pursuit behind them, they used the soil to block the way.

"They shouldn't be too far away from the hole. Clean up the soil and dig open the hole."

The guards of Wang Ting had no equipment with them, so they could only dig up the accumulated dirt and clean it up to the back with their hands and weapons. The people at the back wrapped the remains of the earth in their clothes and sent them to a slightly wider area at the back.

A ray of daylight was revealed, and the guards' hearts also lit up. They hastily made their way to the entrance of the cave.

Ah!