Chapter 671 - A Loss of Face (6) (1/2)

The flames of the torch fires flickered in the night’s darkness. Over ten thousand men excavated the earth with hoes and shovels.

Dirt was flying all around, and Zhan Fei stood by the side in disgust, waving away the dust in the air.

The Wolf Smoke Regiment soldiers were very good at digging. They had good practice when filling up the hole in the mountain behind the Moonset Valley.

As a result, it didn’t take them much time to dig up a gigantic crater in the ground. Beneath their feet were moist brown earth.

Zhan Fei peeped in and looked at Ji Fengyan standing beside him. He smiled scornfully. “General Ji, you brought us here in the middle of the night to dig a hole in the ground. Are you planning to dig all the way through to the other side? I am afraid that even if we do so, we still won’t find your demons?”

Zhan Fei had never heard of anyone being able to find a demon’s nest by digging.

He just felt that Ji Fengyan was putting up a false show to avoid admitting that she had failed her military pledge.

Nevertheless, Ji Fengyan ignored Zhan Fei’s taunting and had her soldiers continue digging.

No one noticed that Chang Pu, who was tied up on a horse, had gone completely white with fear. He stared fixedly at the digging site, as his pupils quivered.

Just as Zhan Fei was about to end this farce and force Ji Fengyan to admit her failure.

One soldier suddenly unearthed a layer of fine yellow sand. The moment he dug into the sand, it gave way beneath him and he fell right in!

“There’s something here!” A panicked shout rose from soldiers.

That shout startled Zhan Fei and he rushed over to the side of the crater.