Chapter 1399 Crossing the Mountain (2/2)

They waited nearly a day until the police arrived in the afternoon.

The police went into the cave and freed the poachers from their cages, then handcuffed them and led them down the mountain.

Li Du left behind the poachers' mobile phones, which contained enough evidence for the police to send them to prison.

There was no need for him to stay, and now that the poachers were captured, there was no more incentive for the brothers to appear again.

Li Du wanted to go and say hello to the police, but he was afraid they would not let him keep the young condor, so after some thought, he decided to leave.

After this unexpected run-in, three more days passed.

Li Du and his team returned to the ruins of the Kochena tribe, and according to the scenes seen in the time-reversal of the film, Li Du found the way that the chief and the photographers had followed, climbing up the mountain to find the treasure.

The buried treasure was not supposed to be very far away from the tribal location, but as the terrain was so rugged, trekking all the way was a lot longer than could be expected from the air distance. It would take them a full day to cover the four or five kilometers separating them from the spot.

According to the photographer, they only traveled more than half a day, which many treasure hunters used to estimate the distance between the site and the tribe's location.

The reason for this was that the chief and the photographer took a short cut to the hidden treasure, and the short cut led them through a few caves.

In this area, there are many caves in the mountains, and the camp of the Kochena tribe was the same one where the poachers, Li Du, and the others stayed.

What's more, many of the caves had two entrances, running up and down. Therefore, climbing from one hole to the other could take half an hour, while walking through the caves would only take a few minutes.

The photographer was blindfolded, and natives helped him along, so he had no idea that they had walked through the caves, and that some of the caves were filled with trees, vines, and weeds that were hard for the unacquainted to spot.

Li Du easily discovered the location of the caves through the film experience, and he led the way through six caves that were not far from the treasure.

It was not easy to walk through the caves. After more than a hundred years, no one knew exactly what was going on inside them now. He sent Ah Ow and Ah Meow to check out the situation. Sometimes Ah Bai would go in too.

The tribal medicine was very effective indeed. Ah Bai's wound was healing rapidly and he was no longer in pain at all. After it ate heartily for a few days, it gained back its energy.

Li Du was prepared to buy a few bottles of this kind of medicine when he went down the mountain. It was very effective for external injuries, and he thought he might be able to gain a patent.

Fortunately, he was aware that the caves were indeed dangerous. Bats inhabited some of them, and some were almost turned into snake nests. Ah Meow would bring out a few snakes sometimes. There were venomous snakes among them too.

Every time they came across a cave on a more populated road, they would take a rest and pretend to be mere tourists, which was a waste of time. By the time they arrived at the gold treasure area, a whole day had passed.

Lu Guan and his entourage were amazed that Li Du could always find the hole in some seemingly impossible places, as if he were familiar with them, which made everybody feel strange.

However, Brother Wolf and Firecracker knew what to ask and what not to ask. Godzilla and Driver were naturally taciturn, so only one person who would ask questions persistently was Lu Guan.