Zhan Chen and Xun Hu walked for two hours with the footsteps of Wu Zun before they reached the No. 18 pit, which was located at the farthest point of the entire Chihong vein, in the middle of the lofty mountains, and was covered by dense forests on all sides.

This is already a place that goes deeper into the mountains, and there are often some third- and fourth-order demon beasts, which are relatively dangerous places, and it has always been a mine with the most accidents.

Zhan Chen looked at the sinister environment around him and thought: "This place is really remote, Pang Snake arranged me in such a place, it is normal for something to have an accident, it seems that I have to be careful." ”

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Xun Hu behind him. The latter smiled at him as well.

Zhan Chen clearly saw a mocking look in the other party's eyes, as if a hunter was staring at his prey.

The two continued to walk to the camp area, only to find that the miners were now resting in their tents, and that they were given such a short break on the day of the deacon's changing of the guard. But the rest of the days, they had to work for the Demon Luo Sect day and night, and it was rare to stop and rest.

So they always cherish such a good time, and when they saw Zhan Chen and Xun Hu coming, their faces showed a look of boredom, and they reluctantly walked out of the camp tent and gathered in the open area in front of the camp.

Xun Hu saw their movements slowly, his face changed, he stepped forward and scolded loudly: "You lazy worms, don't hurry up!"

Only then did the group of martial artists quicken their pace and quickly gathered.

Seeing this, Xun Hu turned his head and smiled at Zhan Chen: "Zhan Chen, you are a deacon, say a few words." ”

Zhan Chen replied: "Senior Brother Xun, your cultivation is lower than yours, and you are new to the city, so you don't understand anything, so it's better for you to be the master." ”

"Then I'd be respectful and obey. Xun Hu glanced at him, then turned his head and shouted at the crowd: "Who are your team leaders?

One after another, twenty people came forward, and they were the leaders of this group of laborers.

"Count your miners. ”

The team leaders also said the number of people they were responsible for, and each captain managed more than 80 people.

So Xun Hu smiled at Zhan Chen: "Zhan Chen, how about we lead ten squads by ourselves." ”

"Okay!"

"Okay, the ten of you, just follow this deacon Zhan Chenzhan, and the rest of the people follow me, my name is Xun Hu, everyone put their tricks on the spot, and Hugh is lazy!"

"Yes. The laborers replied weakly.

"Okay, you guys go into the hole for me right away!"

The miners had no choice but to turn and enter the deep cavern behind them. After they all entered the cave, Xun Hu said to Zhan Chen: "Let's go, let's go into the cave and have a look." ”

Zhan Chen nodded, and followed Xun Hu into the mine, the pit here was very deep, and the light was also very dark, and with Wu Zun's eyesight, he couldn't see anything hundreds of meters away.

The passages in the cave are criss-crossed, more like a labyrinth, if there is no old miner to guide the way, it is easy to get caught in it, so Xun Hu had to find someone to lead the way.

Zhan Chen originally thought that there were already a lot of more than 1,600 miners, but he didn't expect to be scattered into this tunnel, but it seemed very sparse, and he didn't see a few people after walking for a long time.

"This is really a place where 'accidents' are easy!" Zhan Chen's eyes flashed, as if he had thought of something.

At this moment, there was an earth-shattering roar from the depths of the passage, accompanied by the screams of some people.

Zhan Chen and Xun Hu glanced at each other, and then rushed forward, only to find a huge demon beast rushing from the other side, with the corpse of a martial artist in its mouth.

"This is—the Gold Devouring Beast!" Zhan Chen couldn't help but exclaim.

The Gold Devouring Beast is a fourth-order primary demon beast, with a sturdy body, which can rival the high-level martial artists of Wuzun, hiding in the veins all year round, and likes to eat all kinds of metals.

As soon as this beast saw Xun Hu and Zhan Chen, he pounced on them.

Seeing this, Xun Hu was not afraid and said: "Haha, I just came, I met the big guy, Zhan Chen, you and I will take it down." With that, he took out a pair of mountain-opening axes and slashed at the gold-devouring beast.

"Good. Zhan Chen shouted, drew the Tiger Roar Sword, and joined the battle group.

At this time, the strength of the two was superior, Zhan Chen's sword could not even split the carapace of that fight, it could only serve some pincer purposes, but Xun Hu's big axe could easily tear through its defenses and hurt its flesh.

Although the defense of this gold-devouring beast was strong, its actions were ineffective, and it could not withstand Xun Hu's attack, and it fell in a pool of blood in a moment.

At this time, Zhan Chen, who had been against the enemy for a long time, was already out of breath and sweating, and he raised his sleeves to wipe his forehead.

Seeing this, Xun Hu smiled contemptuously again, even the last trace of vigilance was lost, and he picked out the demon pill, but turned around and left alone.

Zhan Chen came to a deeper place, but saw more than a dozen miner corpses lying on the ground, and several seriously injured, leaning against the stone wall and groaning.

He hurriedly asked, "How are you doing?"

Those people looked at Zhan Chen, a trace of gratitude flashed in their eyes, and said: "Deacon Zhan, you are really a good person, the deacons in the past have never cared about our life or death, we are fine, at least our lives are still ......"

Looking at these people, Zhan Chen couldn't help but sigh slightly, the Demon Sect really doesn't take people's lives seriously.

This is just a small microcosm, in fact, the incident of demon beast attacks is staged every day, so every once in a while, the Demon Luo Sect will send laborers here, and the supernumerary disciples can only struggle up from the bottom of this.

After inspecting for a day, he didn't find anything abnormal, and when it was late, Zhan Chen came back with the absentees, but he saw Xun Hu drinking and eating meat by the bonfire from a distance.

When the guy saw Zhan Chen, he laughed and said, "Zhan Chen! Why work so hard? We only need to walk a few times a day!"

Zhan Chen walked over and smiled at him: "Brother Xun, you can't say that, we are sloppy, if there is an incident of miners embezzling refiner materials, what should we do?"

"Hmph! This is not simple, as long as you catch the typical, anyone who finds that I have hidden refining materials during my inspection or when I get a report will be executed, and under heavy punishment, naturally no one will dare to commit adultery again. A ruthless look flashed in Xun Hu's eyes.

Zhan Chen glanced at him, didn't say anything, and went back to his room alone. But the house here is far worse than that in Chihongzhai, there is nothing in it except a bed, a table, and a few chairs.

Zhan Chen found a chair to sit down, and was about to get water to drink, but he heard a gentle knock on the door, so he asked, "Who is it!"

"Deacon Zhan, it's me, Lin Hong. ”

"Lin Hong?" Zhan Chen muttered, and suddenly had the impression that it was one of the ten captains under his jurisdiction, and he wondered in his heart, it was so late, what did this guy do when he came to me?

But he got up anyway and walked away, opened the door for him, and invited him into the house.

The two sat down, and Zhan Chen asked, "Lin Hong, what are you looking for me?"

"I'm here to send you a monthly payment?"

"Monthly payment?" a trace of doubt flashed in Zhan Chen's eyes.

I saw Lin Hong take out a Qiankun bag and pour it on the ground, and immediately dozens of refining materials rolled out of it, piling up a "small peak" on the ground, they were large and small, but the grades all reached level four.

Zhan Chen looked at these things and asked, "Lin Hong, what are you doing here?"

Lin Hong said: "What, Deacon Zhan, is it too little? It's a pity that we can only take out so much, please open the net." ”

"You want to bribe me?" Zhan Chen asked in a deep voice.

"Deacon, you just came here and don't understand the rules here, this is not called bribery, but the 'example money' handed over to you by our miners, and the deacons in the past will also collect it. ”

"The deacons of the past will take it, are you sure?"

"Yes, or how to say that this vein is a fat difference, even if it is very dangerous, many people are willing to come, and the reason why we pay you tribute is that we hope that you will turn a blind eye while you are on patrol. ”

Hearing his words, Zhan Chen also had a straight thought: "Yes, why should I think about the Demon Luo Sect, I will still need a lot of refining materials in the future, although there are not many things here, but it is better than nothing." ”

So he put all these materials into a Qiankun bag and said to Lin Hong: "Okay, I accepted the things, it's not easy for everyone." ”

Seeing this, a hint of joy flashed in Lin Hong's eyes, and he said, "Lord Deacon, don't worry, in a few days, we will have good things to honor!"

......

In the following days, Zhan Chen really reduced the number of inspections, and only walked two or three times a day, sometimes seeing the miners put some things into their pockets, and they didn't make a sound, so after more than ten days, they also seemed calm.

But Zhan Chen's heart became more and more unsteady. Yes, he was on guard against Xun Hu day and night, but now that it was about to come to the day of returning to the village, the other party did not act.

"Am I overly concerned?" he began to wonder in his heart.

"No, the more I get to the end, the more careful I have to be! the fox will show its tail after all!" Zhan Chen silently clenched his fists.