Making you a son-in-law is not about making you conquer the world.

Chapter 658 Blowing Open the Cave

Meanwhile, Lin Ping had already led tens of thousands of troops into the mountains and quickly surrounded the entrance to the Lotus Palace.

Instead of launching an attack, he laid layers of ambushes around the area, so that any enemy who came out would face the agony of being pierced by a thousand arrows.

Entering the Lotus Palace underwater is indeed dangerous, but coming out of it is equally unpleasant.

If Lin Ping hadn't been too busy to wait, he could have easily spent several months here, starving the Lotus Palace disciples to death.

Of course, the Lotus Palace has a large territory, and as long as the disciples work diligently, they can be self-sufficient.

Looking at the surrounding terrain, Lin Ping was filled with emotion.

If the king had sent guards to seal it off earlier, even if the Lotus Palace had great abilities, it would not have been able to escape, and there would have been no possibility of it threatening the court.

However, blocking the exit of Lotus Palace is no easy task. First, the location of Lotus Palace must be found, and then the encirclement and suppression by the Lord of Ningguo City must be overcome.

"Your Highness, should we rush in now?" Pang Xingji said impatiently.

Besides defeating Lotus Palace, their more important goal was to rescue Jiang Yunying, which explains why Pang Xingji was so anxious.

Only with Jiang Yunying's return can Lin Ping wholeheartedly assist the city lord of Jiangcheng, and only then can the power of the private army grow stronger.

"Charge in? You try charging in!" Lin Ping glanced at the roughneck and said.

With over 100,000 troops at his command, Pang Xingji became arrogant and disregarded all factors, including timing, location, and popular support. His motto was: just do it.

I have an army of 100,000, and I fear no one.

After being scolded by Lin Ping, Pang Xingji scratched his head and chuckled, "I don't know where the entrance is either. I'll have to ask you, Your Highness, to lead the way."

“Look, it’s right here underwater. Go ahead and rush in,” Lin Ping said, pointing to the turbulent river.

"Your Highness is joking. How could Lotus Palace possibly be underwater? Wouldn't that make it Lotus Root Palace? Besides, Old Pang can't swim either." Pang Xingji chuckled, still thinking Lin Ping was joking.

"I said the entrance is underwater, but I didn't say the Lotus Palace is also underwater," Lin Ping explained.

"If water gets in through the inlet, won't we be flooded?" Pang Xingji asked, puzzled.

Lin Ping slapped his forehead, forgetting that Pang Xingji was a roughneck, and said seriously, "After the great battle, you must go to Huiwen Academy for further study. The communication device is a very basic knowledge point. As long as the Lotus Palace is higher than the river water, the water will not overflow."

“Water backflow? How come I didn’t think of that?” Lin Ping had a flash of inspiration and began to study the rushing river.

As a disciple of the Lotus Palace, he naturally knew that the entrance to the cave was only one meter higher than the river. If the river were to rise one meter higher, it would submerge the cave entrance.

"Flooding the Lotus Palace?"

The idea popped into Lin Ping's mind, but then he thought it was inappropriate.

First, it is not easy to build a one-meter-high dam in a turbulent river. Second, the terrain inside Lotus Palace is complex, with many deep canyons. Even if the river overflows, it will only flow into the canyons. Moreover, most of the disciples of Lotus Palace live on the mountain peaks.

This method is not very effective.

"Forget it, let's just raze the entrance to Lotus Palace to the ground with bombs," Lin Ping sighed. "Hopefully, the disciples of Cold Moon Peak won't be guarding the entrance."

After all, he had spent some time in the Lotus Palace and developed feelings for many of the disciples, and he didn't want to harm them for no reason.

Lin Ping waved his hand, and five catapults were neatly arranged in front of the cliff.

To be honest, Lin Ping wasn't sure either. He didn't know if those thirty bombs could level the entrance to the cave. After all, he had studied professional demolition techniques and could only win by sheer numbers of bombs.

Of course, this wasn't his only option.

If bombs aren't effective, then build thousands of hot air balloons and fly them directly over from the sky.

If the army is restricted, then switch to the air force!

"Does this thing really work?" Pang Xingji pressed his head close to a bomb, examining it closely.

"I'm not confident I can level the cave entrance, but I can definitely blast your brains out," Lin Ping said irritably.

Upon hearing this, Pang Xingji instinctively jumped back a step, almost falling into the water.

In order not to waste a single bomb, Lin Ping used X-rays to penetrate the cliff and find the weakest point.

Bang!

With a gunshot, a crater the size of a peanut appeared on the cliff.

"That's it, all the bombs are aimed in that direction," Lin Ping said, pointing to the cliff.

"What's happening outside?" Inside the cave, the Lotus Palace disciples were somewhat flustered.

The bullet made a crisp sound as it pierced the stone wall, which echoed for a long time in the cave.

"Hmph, I suppose that kid is at his wit's end and is throwing stones at the cliff!" Mei Jiecao said dismissively, not taking Lin Ping seriously at all.

Boom!

Just as Mei Jiecao was feeling smug, the entire cave began to tremble violently, and even the river below began to boil.

"Master, what kind of stone did they use, and why is it so powerful?" Du Tianhong, the second disciple of the Enforcement Hall, asked tremblingly.

Not only him, but everyone was wondering: could a stone really have such power?

"Don't worry, he can't possibly break through the cave entrance with just a few broken rocks," Mei Jiecao said, mustering his courage.

As a disciple of the Lotus Palace, he was also curious about the hardness of the cliff and even lifted a stone weighing over 100 kilograms to strike it.

Finally, the stone broke, leaving only a tiny mark on the cliff face, without causing the entire cave to shake.

Boom!

Another loud bang, this time the cave shook even more violently, and even the rocks on the cave ceiling began to fall down.

"Don't worry, they can't get in!" Mei Jiecao said, trying to convince himself.

Outside the cave entrance, a huge crater had appeared on the cliff face. The stones that had been blasted into the river were faintly visible above the water, and it looked like they were about to fill the river.

Pang Xingji was so frightened that he took a few steps back.

He was thankful that he hadn't gone head-to-head with the bomb; otherwise, he would not only have been in danger of having his brains blown out, but his entire body would probably have been shattered into pieces.

"Hopefully the third bomb will have a better effect," Lin Ping said, shaking his head.

With that kind of power, thirty bombs wouldn't be enough to level the cave.

Lin Ping was looking forward to the third bomb because the first two bombs had already created a deep crater. As long as the third bomb fell into the crater, it could use the entire cliff as a shell for the bomb, or even cause the entire mountain to collapse!

It must be said that these projectiles were very accurate; the third bomb landed perfectly in the crater.

Rumble!

With a flash of light, the bomb exploded, causing the entire mountain to tremble violently, and even the ground beneath Lin Ping's feet shook.

Inside the cave, chaos reigned. Mei Jiecao was the first to collapse to the ground, his face filled with terror.

"This must be a boulder weighing a thousand pounds..." Mei Jiecao muttered to himself, refusing to believe that Lin Ping could collapse the cave.