Chapter 27: The Secret of the Mine (1)
"Ladies and gentlemen, please come here. "The name of the person who spoke was Yun Ping, the son of Yun Yin and the steward, and he was taking Shao Heng and the others to the entrance of the Yuanjing vein.
It's not that complicated.
The Yun clan has been operating ore veins for Cunweishan here for many years, and they have cultivated with the clan's disciples, but with the precautionary formation arranged by Cunweishan, it has always been extremely normal, and no one dares to provoke the prestige of Cunweishan.
However, some time ago, the production of spars in the veins decreased suddenly, which made the Yun family quite strange.
Although it has been mined for many years, it is said that there should still be ten years of Yuan Jing to be mined.
The decrease in output not only made the Yun clan strange, but also the ordinary miners who were mining were also a little anxious.
The Yun family is kind, although they work as coolies, they have never been treated badly, and they can arrange their families properly.
Some experienced miners volunteered and went deeper into the veins without reporting to the authorities, only to know that a dozen or so people were gone and never returned. The remaining miners hid it for a few days at first, but later found that there was no trace of those people, and even a few people who had gone to look for them disappeared again before they panicked and reported to the Yun family.
After Yun Yin learned about it, he sent the Yun family escort team into the mine, and the result was still the same.
Yun Yin was furious, and his eldest son, Yun Bo, Yun Ping's brother and Yun Hao's father, personally led a team of people deep into the ore vein, but in the end, after leaving only one place traces of the fight and a little blood, he also disappeared without a trace.
Accidents happened one after another, although Yun Yin was in the late stage of condensation, but due to serious injuries, he could not use his true qi, and the depression in his heart was condensed in the unknown life and death of his eldest son, which aggravated his condition, so he had to ask for help from the sect, and then came to Liu Jing, the deacon of the outer gate.
Liu Jing was a monk in the late Zhuyuan period, and in addition to Yun Yin in the Yun clan, the highest cultivation was only in the Qi cultivation period. Coupled with the identity of Cunweishan's registered disciple, Yun Yin thought that he should be able to find out the truth and even save his eldest son.
Who knows, Liu Jing should indeed find something, but the person is still dead.
And only one of the people who went with him also fell after taking Liu Jing's body out of the mine with his last breath.
Before he died, he only said two words: "Run...... run"
Yun Yin was furious and personally inspected Liu Jing's body, but found no scars, only some bruises on his wrists. Before he could further find a way to investigate the cause of Liu Jing's death, Liu Jing's body disappeared out of thin air in the Yun family's heavy land.
Every day that followed, for the people of the Yun clan, it was panic and they couldn't get by.
Every day, someone disappears from the Yun Clan's land, it may be a miner who has been protected by the Yun family, it may be a person from the Yun family, it may be an old man, a woman, and even six children under the age of ten who have disappeared together one day.
After listening to Yun Yin's narration, Shao Heng asked a few detailed questions, pondered for a while, and asked him to arrange someone to lead the way.
Yun Yin had planned to send another team of the last remaining guards with them, but Shao Heng refused.
"Shangxian, although the Yun Clan's disciples are useless, it is always better to have one more. Yun Hao said in a hurry at that time, his father was also missing, so he was naturally anxious, and even wanted to go together.
"No, there are a lot of strange things about this matter, and a lot of people is not a good thing. Shao Heng refused.
Yun Hao wanted to say something, but Yun Yin noticed that these young people were extraordinary, especially the aura exuded by Shao Heng's body made him quite frightened, and he no longer insisted at the moment.
"Immortal, this is the entrance. Yun Ping paused and pointed ahead.
Shao Heng looked up, and the mountain walls in front of him were all pitch black, with only a little emerald green winding irregularly towards the peak.
He sniffed lightly, a moist breath came from under his nose, and said in his heart: "Except for the mining equipment piled up at the entrance of the cave, this place is more like a beautiful place. ”
Before Shao Heng could speak, a somewhat unpleasant voice sounded behind him: "Hmph, since it is the entrance to the Yuanjing ore vein, why is it unguarded?"
"Yuan Qi!" the other scolded.
Shao Heng didn't look back, only a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.
Yes, he rejected the people of the Yun Yin faction, but there were still people who pasted it like kraft candy.
When they came to the Yun family, they came out with Yun Yin to greet them with three Shen family disciples. Speaking of which, these three people and Shen Yuanxi are all brothers and sisters of the same clan, but neither Shao Heng nor Nangong Beidou have the slightest good impression of them.
The name of the person who spoke before was Shen Yuanqi, the name of the person who stopped him was Shen Yuanzhi, and the other woman was about seventeen or eighteen years old, named Shen Yuanxiu.
As soon as you hear the name, you can see that these people are the same generation as Shen Yuanxi.
The one with the highest cultivation of the three is Shen Yuanzhi, who is already in the late stage of Zhuyuan, and Shen Yuanxiu, who has the lowest cultivation, has just refined and refined Qi, but is only in the Qi cultivation period.
Among them, Shen Yuanqi and Shen Yuanxiu are both disciples of the Zhongliu faction, while Shen Yuanzhi is a disciple of the Shenxiao faction.
The three of them insisted on exploring the mine with Shao Heng, and they called it "their own brothers are also in the micro", "the same qi and branches" and so on. However, Shao Heng naturally knew that the other party should want to get close to one or two as their inner disciples, so as to catch up with Shen Yuanxi.
Shao Heng said to Yun Ping: "You go back, I already know the route in the mine, and there are drawings here, so don't go in." ”
Yun Ping himself was still a little indignant about Shen Yuanqi's words, and when he heard Shao Heng speak, he hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I'm still waiting for you here......"
Shao Heng shook his head: "Since there has been an accident here, no one should be alone here, the Yunyin patriarch has lost a son, and Brother Yunping still doesn't let his father worry." ”
Yun Ping thought of his eldest brother and said yes gloomily.
Nangong Beidou glanced at the three members of the Shen family obliquely, and said coldly: "Senior Brother Liu Jing has unfortunately died, are you sure you want to enter together? ”
The words were said to the three members of the Shen family, but Nangong Beidou's eyes only swirled on Shen Yuanqi and Shen Yuanxiu, which made Shen Yuanqi angry and Shen Yuanxiu ashamed and angry.
Shen Yuanzhi knew that what the other party said was not bad, and Shen Yuanqi was just fine, Yuanxiu was too low in cultivation, and if there was any case, he might not be able to protect her. But he knew the temper of the two of them, and he was afraid that it would be useless to persuade him, so he said: "I have learned about Brother Shao's heroic appearance from Senior Brother Ji before, and if I want to be a hero like Brother Shao, I will not stand by to my colleagues." ”
Shao Heng's eyes flashed and he didn't speak.
The senior brother Ji in the other party's mouth is about Ji Xueyi, who was rescued by Li Fengtai by Quanli Lake back then.
Shen Yuanzhi's words, Shao Heng didn't want to pay attention to them, but it was impossible to refute them, so he only said: "Don't waste time, let's go." ”
Nangong Beidou snorted coldly, turned around and left.
Ning Qingyun and Shangguan Chengtai were indifferent to these matters and followed Shao Heng into the mine.
Shen Yuanqi only felt that there was no one in the eyes of the few people in Weishan, and he trembled with anger, and said angrily: "Sixth brother, they deceive people too much!"
"Yuan Qi, if you don't say anything, I will report to my uncle in person when I go back!" Shen Yuanzhi's face was also a little ugly.
"Sixth brother, why did you help them bully the tenth brother?" Shen Yuanxiu had a little grievance on his face.
Shen Yuanzhi looked at his younger brother and sister, sighed, and thought, "I am nearly ten years older than that illegitimate child, but it is rumored that that person has been condensed a few years ago, and now I don't know what the realm is. The identity of the head of Cunwei Mountain is enough to overpower all the children in the clan, and he has such talent...... It's just that the other party and the family are like fire and water, how not to let the patriarch worry. ”
Shen Yuanzhi appeased his younger siblings, and he didn't want to lag behind Shao Heng and the others, so he hurriedly entered the cave, and continued to think in his heart: "This time, I thought that Shen Yuanxi should take the initiative to take over this matter to level the pass, but I didn't expect it to happen." But it's okay to run into him head-on, according to Yuanqi's temper, I'm afraid it's going to be bad. That Shao Heng is rumored to have a lot to do with Shen Yuanxi, and the patriarch had said that he could start with him, but he never found a chance. This time, I'm going to take advantage of it. ”
In the mine, because the production is Yuanjing, the air is filled with a rich aura, and you can feel relaxed and happy just by sniffing it.
Shao Heng only felt that his true qi had accelerated a little, and he suddenly understood the importance of this place in his heart.
"If a monk cultivates here, it will be of great benefit, but it is strange that the cultivation of the Yun family is not outstanding. This thought flashed through Shao Heng's mind.
Normally, ordinary people living here will live a much longer life than other ordinary places, and even have no major illnesses or minor pains.
The inside of the mine was very clean and tidy, and it was obvious that the Yun clan was very well kept, and there was not even a stumbling block along the way.
Following the map given by Yun Ping, Shao Heng first went directly to the place where Liu Jing met the enemy.
"Shao Heng, I have dealt with Senior Brother Liu, he is careful and meticulous, and he is proficient in magic. I don't believe that someone can easily kill someone when they are alone. Nangong Beidou said in a low voice.
Ahead is the place marked on the map, Shao Heng nodded, quickened his pace, and walked to the place where Liu Jing was said to have had an accident, but he couldn't help frowning.
The ground in front of him was flat, and there were only traces of knives and axes on the surrounding stone walls, but there were no traces of fighting.
Shao Heng brushed aside the soil on the ground, gently picked up a handful and sniffed it under his nose, smelled a very faint smell of blood, stood up suddenly, flicked his sleeves, and released Xiao Jin.
A golden demon snake suddenly appeared, which startled Shen Yuanzhi and the others, and only later did they realize that it was Shao Heng's demon pet.
Seeing that Xiao Jin's body was full of aura and was not an ordinary snake bloodline, even Shen Yuanzhi showed a little envy.
Xiao Jin raised his head and tilted his head as if asking Shao Heng.
I don't know what Shao Heng conveyed, Xiao Jin writhed in place, and the snake's tail slapped the ground everywhere, lifting the dirt.
With Xiao Jin's movements, except for Shao Heng, everyone's faces gradually changed.
Under the ground, which had been extremely compact, some blood gradually appeared, and there was even a place where the hand that had been half-raised in the air was revealed.
The hands, pale from the bloodlessness, were covered with black dirt, creating a striking contrast.
And the little golden snake's tail flicked more and more urgently, Shao Heng and the others slowly took a few steps back, looking at the several unrecognizable corpses exposed on the ground, everyone's faces were cloudy.