"This person doesn't know what to do, he has to sneak into the lake to play, and we wait for the river beast to devour him, and taking away the goods he left behind is not considered looting, isn't it happy? Miao Xiong, what do you have to remind this guy about?" The white-faced young man next to the bearded man looked at Chen Hai for something, and blamed the bearded man for not reminding Chen Hai. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This person thought that he had lowered his voice, but he didn't want to be here, even if the wind and water were surging here, Chen Hai could still hear the slight sound of ants chirping in a hundred zhang, and smiled in his heart, the same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, the bearded man seems to be rude, in the end, he has good intentions, but the white-faced young man is eager for others to encounter natural and man-made disasters, and he is a good fisherman.

"We are all hard journeys at the end of the world, and it is fate to be able to meet, how can you have such a mind, Brother He?" the bearded man reprimanded his companion unhappily.

The white-faced young man was reprimanded by the bearded man, his face was a little unbearable, and he said angrily: "Is this guy seeking death by himself, what's in my way? I was just a joke just now, Miao Xiong, can you take it seriously?"

The other young man was a peacemaker, persuading the white-faced young man to say a few words to the bearded man, and finally landed in Lukai Gorge, they couldn't be in a bad mood for unrelated outsiders.

Chen Hai just smiled in his heart, and slowly dived to the bottom of the lake against the rocky shore of the lake, but he didn't just dive to the bottom of the lake, if there was really a quenched gold placer at the bottom of the lake, it would inevitably precipitate under the extremely deep sand and mud.

At this time, Chen Hai destroyed the true yuan mana of his whole body, and there were bursts of light golden divine brilliance on his body, and his body was like a light golden shuttle, and he drilled into the lake mud.

There is no special mystery in this method of earth escape, and almost everyone can cultivate the spiritual realm, but compared to the method of resisting the wind and water, drilling into the soil or even the rock formation, the true yuan mana consumed is much greater, and the movement is much greater, but fortunately, the lake is hundreds of meters deep, and the waves are turbulent, and others standing on the edge of the lake cannot detect the movement at the bottom of the lake.

No one knows how thick the sediment has accumulated in the lake for six or seven thousand years, Chen Hai destroyed the soil and squeezed into the depths of the sand and mud to a depth of nearly 400 meters, although the gravel layer is getting denser and thicker, but there is still some distance from the real rock layer at the bottom of the lake.

Chen Hai did not continue to drill deeper, he drilled to a depth of almost 300 meters, and he could already confirm that the quenching gold sand content in the lake mud has smelting value, and he has now penetrated into the lake mud to a depth of 400 meters, which means that this Tianhang Lake has at least a nearly 100-meter-thick quenched gold sand layer.

Although the area of Tianhang Lake is much smaller than that of Juquan Ridge, it is also worth the Jingjudu Protector Army to occupy it.

Chen Hai surfaced, it was already dark, but the three young men were still lighting a bonfire by the lake, and they were drinking around the seat, they didn't expect Chen Hai to dive at the bottom of this lake for so long, and thought that Chen Hai had gone from the bottom of the lake to something else.

Of course, although Chen Hai was only a cultivator in the late stage of the Xuan Realm under the eyes of the three young people, it was not surprising that anyone who had a few extraordinary grade water repelling talismans in his hands when he ran out of the door in these years.

"This brother, have you found any treasures at the bottom of this lake?" The white-faced young man had deep eye sockets and narrow eyes, and at a glance he knew that he was a Qianghu person, his eyes stared at him gloomily, and he asked playfully.

Chen Hai has been diving to the bottom of the lake for so long, it is easy to think of him diving to the bottom of the lake to find treasures - many Xuan Xiu and Wu Xiu have often done this when they travel the world, otherwise it would not be possible to explain that Chen Hai would have dived at the bottom of this lake for so long.

Chen Hai didn't mind that others misunderstood him as a treasure hunter, but at this time, he was dressed in a short shirt, wet and sticking to his body, spreading his hands, signaling that he would come ashore half-naked, and if he could find any treasures at the bottom of the lake, there would be no place to hide.

"Don't mind, this brother can come over for a glass of wine to warm up?" the bearded man raised his voice to invite Chen Haidao.

"Thank you, Chen Lin of Mengcheng in Tianshui County has seen many brothers," Chen Hai walked over and introduced himself first, and said, "Zhang Xiong suddenly started a war, seized the capital of the Ye family, and drove the daughter of the Dong family, and I don't know Dong's attitude at this time, I am afraid that I will be arrested by the Dong family as a spy, so I dare not easily borrow the road from Hexi to return to Tianshui County, these days I was trapped in Cargill, Heiqiu and other cities, and I only ran to Lucheng today to see if there is a caravan to go to Hexi......"

Lucheng still chose to be neutral at this time, and was relatively lenient with people entering and leaving, but Chen Hai wanted to listen to more information alone, and he also needed to fabricate a relatively reliable identity to contact Lucheng's business travelers.

"Oh. The bearded man frowned, not believing Chen Hai's words, and it was directly shown on his face, and his attitude suddenly became cold, as if he regretted inviting Chen Hai over to drink.

Chen Hai liked this bearded man with a straight personality and a blind heart, but if he wanted to enter the city today, it was really difficult for him to make up a flawless identity; the young man who was used to being a peacemaker did not think that Chen Hai was suspicious, so he warmly invited him to sit down, poured a bowl of wine and handed it over, and introduced their identities.

The bearded man's name is Miao Xiong, the white-faced young man is named He Chengzhang, and the peacemaker young man is named He Dechang, all of whom are from Changle City in the western part of the Pinglu Oasis, and they are low-level military attaches in Changle City.

The position of the lord of Changle City, after the Yitian Emperor's war in the west, has always fallen into the hands of the He family, and He Chengzhang and He Dechang should be the side disciples of the He family. The He clan did not clearly stand up and say that they were attached to the rebellion, nor did they explicitly say that they supported the remnants of the Ye clan, and they were still neutral like the several clans that jointly controlled Lucheng, so Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang, and He Dechang did not have much hostility towards Chen Hai, who was born in Yanzhou.

However, sitting down to drink, Chen Hai could still feel that Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang, He Dechang and others, although they did not mind doing business with Hexi, and even looked forward to the early opening of the trade routes interrupted by the rebellion and war, they did not forget the bloody war twenty years ago, and did not support the Dong family's transitional intervention in the affairs of the Pinglu Oasis.

Even on issues such as Dong Ning's identity at this time and Ye's restoration of the country, Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang, and He Dechang all have different opinions and positions.

In the eyes of He Dechang, who has a weak temperament, since Dong Ning has married into the Xiqiang Kingdom, then as the people of the Xiqiang Kingdom, they should also identify with her identity as a young concubine and should support the Ye family's restoration of the country.

He Chengzhang looked indifferent, and hoped that when the Ye family and the Zhang family were fighting for the country, he could find a personal opportunity to soar.

In the eyes of Miao Xiong, who has the most straightforward temperament, Dong Ning is just a puppet and chess piece of the Dong family involved in the Pinglu Oasis, and the Ye family's use of Dong's power to restore the country will inevitably be controlled by the Dong family, and at this time, the Ye family can no longer be regarded as the royal family of the Xiqiang Kingdom, but Miao Xiong does not recognize the rebellious usurper Zhang family.

If you stand in the position of the people of Xiqiang Kingdom, Miao Xiong can be said to have extraordinary views and the most determined mind, if Xiqiang Country really does not have so many troubles, Miao Xiong's future achievements should be far above He Chengzhang and He Dechang.

Drinking wine, admiring the beautiful moonlight of Lukai Gorge, in the early morning, Miao He and the three of them packed their bags and returned to Lucheng, He Dechang also invited Chen Hai to go to Lucheng with them; Chen Hai did not refuse, walked down Lukai Gorge, and saw that the old thin black horse he left at the foot of the mountain when he climbed the mountain was still tied to the poplar tree by the waterhole.

From Heyuan to Lucheng by horse for more than 100 miles, the sky has been bright, and the city gate is open and you can't help but enter and exit.

Although Lucheng is still neutral at this time, it has greatly strengthened its combat readiness compared to the past.

Regardless of where the business travelers walking in the West Gorge Corridor start and end point, Lucheng, located on the eastern edge of the Pinglu Oasis, is the stop chosen by the vast majority of business travelers, which highlights that Lucheng is not only in the scale of the city, but also in the status of the Pinglu Oasis, second only to the royal capital located on the north shore of the Pinglu Sea.

In addition to the development of business tourism, Lucheng is also extremely developed handicraft industry, which is closely related to business travel - this is also the second important factor that Chen Hai values Lucheng, the development of handicraft industry means that Lucheng has a large number of skilled craftsmen, craftsmen, and also has many handicraft workshops and workshops.

Lucheng alone has as many as 70,000 or 80,000 inhabitants in the city, which is much higher than the city that mainly focuses on animal husbandry and agricultural management.

After Emperor Yitian's war in the west, the Xiqiang Kingdom was reestablished, but the Ye royal family failed to extend their hands to Lucheng, and no family monopolized Lucheng.

At this time, there were five relatively important clans in Lucheng, all of which were presided over by the powerhouses of the Ming Realm, and it was these five clans alliance that controlled the military and political, handicraft industry and business affairs of Lucheng;

In the past, there were a total of 2,000 guards under the city lord's mansion in Lucheng, so Lucheng was extremely wealthy, in addition to recruiting the city's strong and brave soldiers, it also recruited a large number of martial arts cultivators in the entire Pinglu Oasis to serve as military attachés, and the armor was also extremely sophisticated, making the Lucheng city guards in more than 40 cities in the Pinglu Great Oasis, which was not a weak city lord's mansion combat force.

Of course, the Lucheng Guards were ultimately in the hands of the children of the five clans in Lucheng.

Chen Hai looked closely at the city walls and streets of Lucheng at this time, and suspected that Lucheng had expanded its armaments during this time, and the size of the city guards had more than doubled, which should have been more than 4,000 at this time.

Lucheng did not exclude the children of Yanzhou from entering and exiting at this time, Chen Hai paid a tax with the guards guarding the city, and after entering the city, he separated from Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang, and He Dechang, saying that he was going to find a place to live, walked to an alley in the west of the city, and knocked on the door of a courtyard, but saw that it was Qi Hanjiang who opened the door and welcomed Chen Hai in.

"You're really here, sir?"

Qi Hanjiang watched Chen Hai's face distort slightly for a while, and then changed back to his original rough and unruly appearance, and was startled.

Wu Meng, Qi Hanjiang, and Ge Tong did not serve as generals in the Elite Army, and they did not have the heavy responsibility of commanding the army and governing the army on their shoulders, Chen Hai wanted to send strong people to infiltrate Lucheng to reconnoiter the situation and wait for the opportunity to move, there was really no more idle candidate than Wu Meng, Qi Hanjiang, and Ge Tong.