513 THE CHILDREN

At the time she wanted to ask one of them about Utara's whereabouts, Senja caught a glimpse of Yang Yu's figure from the corner of her eyes.

"Yang Yu!" Senja waved her hands and ambled over toward his direction.

They meet at the side of the training spot, with a battlecries of man brawling and clashing metal, Senja raised her voice when excused Yang Yu who bowed his head respectfully in her presence.

"Where is Utara?" Senja asked.

"Lieutenant Utara is out, leading man for scout." Yang Yu said.

"Where is Qi Xunyi?"

"Prince Qi Xunyi had gone since two days ago with Leader Ye Bai for a mission, but this subordinate didn't where they go."

"Uncle Su is here?" Senja didn't see Uncle Su or Utara before, so she didn't know how they would be when the war broke, but she was sure that Utara would be having terrible end.

"Yes, Leader Ye Bai brought people from Greenhill Mountain."

"Do you know where are they put the children from the Mountain Sui Sword Sect?" Senja referred to those Children who they had managed to save, which were part of Modama and Elder Zhong's scheme.

Yang Yu tilted his head, didn't know why Senja asked about this. Those children whereabouts supposed to be a secret, but weighing Senja's importance now he didn't dare to lie, thus he answered her question nonetheless.

"They are here in the secret place." Yang Yu lower his voice, lest someone who has nothing to do with this, hear it accidentally.

"Here?" Senja's brows shot up questioningly.

"They are in the dungeon, fifteen minutes away by riding a horse."

Senja stroke her chin and arched her brows. "Bring me there." She said that surprised Yang Yu.

"But, Young Miss Senja, that place is not proper for you to come." He said hesitantly.

"Why is that so?"

"Those children…" Yang Yu lowered his head as the images of the children crossed his eyes and he shuddered involuntarily.

"Yes?" Senja prodded, wasn't able to sense his emotion, but she could say there was something with those children that frightened him.

"They don't look like normal children." Yang Yu pronounced carefully.

"What is that mean?"

"I don't know how to put it, but… it would be better if Young Miss Senja refrains from going." He tried to advice her.

As if she had not heard Yang Yu's advice, Senja waved her hand leisurely as saying. "Show me the way."

"Young Miss Senja…" He whined in grievance upon seeing Senja had strolled away.

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The yellow and brown horses galloped on the rocky road, after they were out of the military camps this deserted area was the first condition that greeted them.

The sun slightly slipped on the west, above their head that indicated Senja had enough time to coming back before they returned.

Yang Yu reined on his brown horse and raised his hand, gesturing to stop the movement of the other horse behind him. "We are here." He said and then dismounted the horse.

Behind him, Senja pulled the rein and came to stop. In front of her was a small rickety hut that wouldn't fit the description of dungeon filled with hundred children, however, Senja had long understood to not make an early judgment.

So, simply dismounted the horse and followed Yang Yu.

The hut was in very poor condition that made people reluctant to come near it, afraid the roof that made of weathered wood would collapse.

Yang Yu shifted the wooden door that hadn't attached to its hinges to the side and let Senja to come in first before he put it back to original place.

Inside the hut was no better, looking at the place of the hut was located, it was expected though.

Senja looked at her surrounding when Yang Yu lifted a tile on the floor that revealed a secret stairs that would bring them to the place under the ground.

Yang Yu lit up a torch and led the way.

"Why they put children in a place like this?" Senja asked while looking the gloomy and dim place around her.

They were walking down the stairs before they came at a corridor where she saw three people were guarding the place.

The three of them lowered their head and singing their greetings solemnly at Senja and Yang Yu, afterward they opened the steel door behind them.

Behind the door were more guards in front of each cell, there was dozens of it as it was only a small cubical room divided by steel rod that accommodated five children inside which only in the age of six to eight years old.

They were caged when they still in the Mountain Sui Sword Sect and with them being there, there was no different from before they were saved by Xiao Jun.