"Alright!" Xiao Yan steered the hovercraft towards the south.
The hovercraft generated even more noise.
People in the small town emerged to watch.
However, Xiao Yan did not fly the hovercraft directly over the town but skirted around the outside of the city walls.
After all, Su Han did not want the people of this world to feel that the forces from Dragon Country were bullying them.
When Xiao Yan reached the south gate of the small town, he did not see any text on it. He asked, "By the way, there's no writing on the city gate of this small town at all. What's this small town called?"
Su Han said, "We didn't ask the name of this small town when we entered just now. By the way, did you guys know the name of this small town?"
Zhou Xiaoyue replied, "This small town is called Jihu County."
Su Han exclaimed, "So it's called Jihu County!"
The name Jihu County held no special significance for Su Han. After all, every place had its own name. Perhaps this name had a special meaning to the locals.
The hovercraft soon reached a speed of several hundred kilometers per hour. In just a few minutes, it arrived above the Black Wind Stronghold.
The bandits in the Black Wind Stronghold saw the object flying towards them and thought it was someone's magical treasure.
"Boss, we have a powerful magical treasure here!"
"Do I need you to tell me? Of course, I saw it. Everyone, brace yourselves. We must welcome these adults properly."
Thus, the bandits of Black Wind Stronghold stood in a neat row, respectfully awaiting the arrival of the massive hovercraft.
Su Han and the others on the hovercraft found the behavior of these bandits very strange.
Lin Dong remarked, "Huh? What are these bandits doing? Are they welcoming us?"
Ye Fan replied, "It looks like it."
Xiao Yan asked, "Young Master Su, what should we do?"
Su Han said, "There might be a trap. Let's anesthetize them all with tranquilizer guns first."
"Yes!"
The group immediately took out their tranquilizer guns, loaded them with anesthetic darts, and aimed them at the bandits below.
The bandits below, still unaware of what was happening as the adults on the hovercraft held strange rod-like objects, found themselves hit by tranquilizer darts. Soon, more than a dozen bandits lay unconscious on the ground.
Su Han remained uneasy. "Let's use the detector to scan the surroundings for any dangerous items. They might have used dangerous items to make bombs, or there might be others ambushing us."
Ye Fan and Chu Shi immediately used metal detectors to scan the area. Zi Han and Zhou Xiaoyue used binoculars to look for any traps in the surroundings.
After more than ten minutes of observation and confirming that there was no danger, they finally tied all the bandits below to the hovercraft.
Su Han did not intend to let the Black Wind Stronghold go. He directly piloted the hovercraft over the buildings within the stronghold. After a thorough search, they found a considerable amount of stolen wealth. However, this wealth was of no use to Su Han and his companions.
Su Han examined a few coins, then tossed them aside. "These coins are useless to us. Let's see if there's anything else."
During their search, they found some stored provisions and other items.
Finally, they searched the bandits themselves and found something resembling a green jade-like object on the one who appeared to be the leader.
Upon holding the stone, Su Han felt that it was unusual.
"Chu Shi, what kind of jade is this stone?"
Chu Shi picked up a detector and scanned it. "This stone contains some kind of energy."
Su Han examined the stone. "Could this stone be a spirit stone?"
Soon, after completing the search of the Black Wind Stronghold, Su Han instructed Xiao Yan to fly the hovercraft to the riverbank.
Su Han asked, "When will those tranquilized bandits wake up?"
Chu Shi replied, "Based on the dosage, they should wake up in about two hours."
Su Han looked at the river below and asked, "Can we wake them up by splashing river water on them?"
Chu Shi shook his head. "No. If we were to use water, we would need to wait for at least an hour before splashing them to wake them up."
Su Han looked at the tranquilizer darts. "It seems the dosage of these tranquilizer darts is a bit too high. We have to wait an hour before we can wake them up with water. Don't we have any tranquilizer darts with a lower dosage?"
Ye Fan explained, "These are already the lowest dosage. The other dosages are meant for large dinosaurs. Using them on these bandits would be fatal with just one dart."
Su Han sighed, "It seems we'll just have to wait. Alright, go and fetch some water. After an hour, we'll splash these bandits awake."
The hovercraft descended to the surface of the river, and Lin Dong, leaning to the side, used a collapsible bucket to scoop up a bucket of water.
After completing this, Su Han decided not to rashly go to the Qingfeng Sect for now.
"Alright, let's return to the portal first. We'll interrogate these bandits along the way."
Xiao Yan steered the hovercraft back towards the direction of the portal.
After an hour of flying, the time was almost up. Su Han directly splashed water on the bandits' heads.
"Ahhh! What's going on?"
"Where are we?"
The bandits, after being splashed awake, were still groggy.
After their confusion subsided, they saw that they were tied up and bound to a flying artifact in the air, which immediately caused them to panic.
"Esteemed sirs, what are you doing?" one of the bandits said.
Su Han looked at the bandit and asked, "Well, are you the leader here?"
The bandit quickly replied, "I'm not, I'm not."
Su Han scanned the group again and asked, "Then who among you is the leader?"
Soon, the tallest among the bandits said, "No need to look. I am the leader. I am their boss. Who are you? Why do you have such a magical artifact? Release me quickly! You should know that I work for some important people."
Su Han followed up on the bandit leader's statement. "Then tell me, who do you work for?"
The bandit leader boasted, "Telling you would shock you to death! I work for the Qingfeng Sect. Do you know the Qingfeng Sect? They are the most powerful sect within three hundred li. You've gotten yourselves into big trouble."