Volume 1: Long Yueyuan Chapter 109: Exploring the Mountain
It was only one day before the start of Ling Wu's trial, but Luo Tian was ordered to find Ziyu in danger.
As mentioned above, the general trade of the mortal people above the Yuan Dynasty was some gold, silver and jewelry, and the Yuan Shi trade was jade, and there were three types of jade, green jade, red jade and purple jade.
Many years ago, purple jade was as common as green jade and red jade, but after that great war between gods and demons, purple jade gradually disappeared, until now, it is as rare as a heavenly treasure.
Luo Tian went to Qingfang early, trying to ask for some from Di Fei'er, originally thinking that even if it was precious, Qingfang would definitely be able to get some, but it turned out that the preciousness of purple jade was completely beyond Luo Tian's imagination, and even Qingfang, who was rich and rivaled, could only take out a small piece of purple jade, and it was still at the helm, so Luo Tian was completely dead.
"See! I can't even take out the Qingfang, where am I going to get you Ziyu. Luo Tian waved his hand and said helplessly, he lay back on the bed, sighing and looking at the ceiling.
"Stinky boy, just this little, you put on this dead look, how can you become a big thing in the future. Yi Sheng ran out with a cigarette, pointed at Luo Tian's nose and scolded.
"I don't have that kind of thought, I don't even know what the big thing is in your mouth, become a fart! After Luo Tian finished speaking, he turned his body to the side and slowly closed his eyes.
Seeing that Luo Tian was like a frosted eggplant, Yi Sheng shook his head slightly and sighed: "Qingfang doesn't have it, it doesn't mean that there are no other places, isn't there any place in Dongque that is rich in jade?"
After listening to Yi Sheng's analysis, Luo Tian was still unmoved, but he continued to think about it in his heart, and said that he knew one of the places rich in jade, that is, Xingyu City, but it was the realm of his rival Shangguan's family, if he went now......
"It's just right now. Luo Tian suddenly thought of something, sat up excitedly, with a sinister smile on his face, he thought that now it was Ling Wuxian, and everyone in the Shangguan family who had a little status had come to Weiming City, wasn't it time for him to collect interest.
"Just what?" Seeing Luo Tian's sudden excitement, Yi Shenghu wondered.
"It's just going to collect interest! Luo Tian replied categorically and ran out in a puff of smoke.
"Where are you going?"
Luo Tian directly used Yuan Force, flew through Weiming City, and ran to the outskirts of the city in one breath.
"Go and find Ziyu! Didn't you old fool just ask where there is a place rich in jade?" Luo Tian replied as he flew and galloped.
"You kid! I've figured you out these days, typical unprofitable, and I like to pretend when I have nothing to do. Yi Sheng quipped, happy that he had chosen such a host with his discernment.
"Is that what I thought through? It's still early, old boy. Luo Tian said with a smile, even he couldn't see through himself, let alone others.
Galloping all the way, Luo Tian frantically operated this Yuan Force, without stopping for a moment, and in just one morning, he rushed to the outskirts of Star Jade City.
At the beginning, I heard Luo Ziyao introduce the layout of Xingyu City to herself, and there is a large area of undulating mountains in the suburbs of the south of the city, among which there is a big mountain called Yu Mountain, and behind Yu Mountain, there is a black mountain range that spans hundreds of miles, called Lantau Island.
It can be said that the main industry of the Shangguan family is that this mountain is a jade mine, which is controlled by the Shangguan family, and most of the green jade and red jade in Dongque flow from here, which is why the Shangguan family is the 'God of Wealth' of Dongque.
But now that he has been tossed by Luo Tian repeatedly, Dongque's 'God of Wealth' is afraid that his status will be shaken, and he will be in danger. The so-called unpredictable world, it is difficult to guarantee that this time the Shangguan family will not be the same as last time, not only sweeping away all threats, but also fame, fortune and status can be greatly increased, but this time the danger is greater.
Not to mention the common hostility of the three major families, the Luo family, the Han family, and the Nangong family, just Qingfang is enough for the Shangguan family to drink a pot.
"Old boy, this purple jade is also the same as green jade, is it born and grown?" Luo Tian hid in a bush, looking at the mountain in front of him, at this time, many craftsmen-like people were walking in and out of the cave in the mountain, as if they were mending something.
And there were many people inspecting the surroundings, seeing this scene Luo Tian couldn't help but feel that the Shangguan family was really very strict in family rules, of course he would not have thought that as early as a few days ago, Yushan was brought over by Yun Xuan and Luo Yuyan to make a big fuss, not only damaging the two mines, but also letting go of the Crystal Light of the Beast.
As for why Luo Tian asked this, it was also because he thought that the scarcity of purple jade, if purple jade and green jade were generally excavated from stone, it would not cause today's situation, so he concluded that the growth process of purple jade was extremely unusual, so he asked tentatively.
"Of course not. As soon as Yi Sheng spoke, he determined what Luo Tian was thinking.
"The accurate term of this purple jade should be called 'amethyst jade', because of the large number of jade in the past, and this amethyst jade is indeed the same as green jade, so people directly circulated it as a higher level of currency, and the name was naturally changed to purple jade. Yi Sheng slowly explained the origin of the purple jade.
"Amethyst jade, how is it formed?" Luo Tian listened to Yi Sheng's explanation, and at the same time thought that the effect of this purple jade must be many times better than that of ordinary jade.
"His formation is related to the underworld beast, there is a kind of underworld beast called crystal light, which continuously devours the green jade, and then dissolves and refines, expels the impurities in the body, and then after a period of sedimentation, it will become purple jade. After listening to Yi Sheng's introduction, Luo Tian's brows furrowed, and embarrassment appeared on his face.
According to Yi Sheng's statement, this precious purple jade turned out to be the feces of the crystal light of the beast, to put it mildly, the purpose of running here with all his might was to find a piece of?
"Stinky boy, you're thinking nonsense again. Yi Sheng immediately scolded, looking at Luo Tian's expression, he knew that he was thinking about something dirty again.
"No foolishness, let's go! Let's go find! Oh no, go find Ziyu. Luo Tianyi accidentally leaked the thoughts in his heart, and hurriedly covered it up.
Taking advantage of the fact that the patrolling people created a little gap, Luo Tian hurriedly rushed out of the grass, followed the example of those craftsmen, took a hammer from the cart on the side, and walked in in a grand manner.
Walk into the mine, the inside is extremely open, here is the entrance, the more you go inside, it is slightly narrow, only two or three people can be accommodated, the two sides of the tunnel are scattered with some gems that glow with a pale green light, not green jade, it has always been for lighting.
Every one or twenty meters, you can see a guard with troops, presumably to prevent people from entering and exiting to take advantage of the opportunity to fish, there are many forks in it, and a red number is written on the wall of each fork.
Luo Tian followed the craftsman and kept going inside, at this time it could not be exposed, otherwise it would cause a riot, and it would be a failure, although the people with status in the Shangguan family had already gone to Weiming City to participate in the Ling Wu test, but after all, this was a big family, and there were many masters who had cultivated to reach the Dingyuan Realm sitting here, so just in case, Luo Tian still chose to hide obediently, and it was also convenient to find out the details of the entire mine with himself.
I followed the craftsman and walked in until I came to a three-way junction, then I stopped and looked up at the stone wall, where a red 'seven' character was written.
Thinking that these digital markings were all numbered for the tunnel, Luo Tian couldn't help but think of watching those craftsmen carrying some wooden planks one after another, walking upward, knocking and repairing the zenith stone wall of the tunnel.
Seeing that the man in front of him was loading mud and sand from the cart with a sad face, Luo Tian slowly leaned over.
"Big brother, how long has this hole been repaired?"
Hearing this, the man raised his head, his face was depressed, and there was wanton stubble standing on his dark yellow face, which was very rough.
The rough-faced man looked at Luo Tian, looked up and down, continued to bury his head in the mud and sand, and did not answer.
Luo Tian couldn't help but purse his lips and walked to the side boredly.
"You're here!"
He hadn't taken two steps when the rough-faced man suddenly spoke.
"That's right! I just came here today. Luo Tian saw that there was a play, so he came up again.
"This place suddenly collapsed for some reason half a month ago, so I was asked to repair it in a hurry. The rough-faced man said with a look of loss, obviously extremely reluctant to do this kind of work.
"I don't think my eldest brother is an ordinary craftsman, and I don't know how he was sent to do this kind of labor. Luo Tian asked suddenly, helping the rough-faced man to pack up the mud and sand.
"The little brother has good eyesight, and he can see at a glance that I am the craftsman in charge of mining jade in this mine, and I only need to see if the pit can continue to mine on weekdays, and determine the direction and time, but now because of the lack of manpower in the hurry, I was temporarily sent to repair the damaged pothole. The rough-faced man was obviously complaining, and he happened to find Luo Tian to confide in his grievances.
"I see, I didn't expect my eldest brother to do such a great job. Luo Tian's eyes showed envy and boasted.
Seeing that Luo Tian was so knowledgeable, the rough-faced man seemed to have found a bosom friend, put down the work in his hand, pulled Luo Tian to sit aside, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and smoked a dry cigarette.
"I'm not exaggerating, I'm responsible for mining at least half of this pit, and countless jade stones have been mined. ”
"Really?" Luo Tian pretended to be surprised, smiled, and continued to ask, "Then how many tunnels are there in this mine?"
The rough-faced man's eyes narrowed slightly, obviously smoked by the drought smoke in his hand, I saw him take a sharp sip and suck back with a leisurely expression, slowly spit out with relief, his face became pleasant, and he relieved for a while, and replied: "There are a total of one hundred and seventy-four tunnels in this mine, except for the ninety tunnels in the east that are rich in green jade, that is, the north tunnel where we are, there are a total of seventy of them, all of which are rich in red jade. ”
Seeing that the rough-faced man didn't say anything anymore and continued to smoke a dry cigarette, Luo Tian hurriedly asked, "What are the remaining fourteen tunnels for?"
Hearing this, the rough-faced man knocked the dry tobacco he smoked a few times towards the stone wall behind him, shook off the remaining cigarette ash inside, his face became nervous, and he said seriously: "I advise you not to ask more, work honestly, we have never entered this remaining tunnel, it is the forbidden land in this mine, and it has been ordered from above, and it cannot be mentioned about those tunnels, as long as anyone dares to leak out, they will be killed on the spot." ”
"I see!" Luo Tian smiled and nodded, thinking that the Shangguan family was hiding some shady deeds inside, thinking to himself, could it be that he was quietly cultivating purple jade.
"Does the big brother know where those tunnels are?" Luo Tian suddenly asked.
Hearing this, the rough-faced man's face became more and more nervous, and he looked at Luo Tian blankly, with puzzlement on his face.
"Big brother, don't get me wrong, I'm just asking, lest I accidentally walk into it by mistake that day, wouldn't it be a waste of my life. Luo Tian sneered, hiding the embarrassment on his face, and said with a smile.
"It scared me to death, I thought you were going to go just now when I saw your expression. The rough-faced man took a breath and said hurriedly.
"Big brother said and laughed, how can I have that ability, I just don't want to lose my life in vain!"
"Don't worry about that, there are heavy guards over there at all times, and you can't get in. The rough-faced man said and subconsciously pointed behind him, Luo Tian immediately understood, it seems that it is impossible to get out of the back body.
"Eh, little brother, you go and help me bring the bucket over there. Just as Luo Tian was thinking about how to implement the plan, the rough-faced man turned his head and shouted at Luo Tian.
"Okay. Luo Tian responded with a smile, stepped aside, lifted a large bucket of water over there, and easily placed it beside Rough Face.
"I didn't see it, little brother, you are born with divine power!" looked at Luo Tian with a rough face, obviously surprised on his face, and then praised with a smile.
"Big brother has won the prize, I'll go outside and push some more sand. Luo Tian waved his hand, found an excuse to leave here, and quietly walked inside.
Luo Tian walked extremely carefully along the way, released his soul consciousness, and wandered more than a hundred meters ahead, this is the limit covered by Luo Tian's soul consciousness, once he found that a person was coming, he jumped and stuck to the stone wall above, hidden.
"This method is good!" Luo Tian suddenly thought, at this time he was lying on the top wall of the tunnel, his fingers were clasped on the stone wall, not letting himself fall, he originally planned to move slowly super inside, but after thinking about it, the mud and sand on it were not very firm, and it was inevitable that there would be movement, which made it easier for people to notice.
As soon as Luo Tian turned his body, a figure came from his soul sense, there was still a distance of more than thirty meters from him, and he arrived at a corner, Luo Tian calculated, and hurriedly climbed to the top to hide.
When the man walked by, Luo Tian jumped down and stood behind the man.
"Who is it?" said the man, who turned his head sharply, dressed in iron armor, and hurriedly drew the sword in his hand.
Luo Tian didn't answer, but started with a punch and hit him in the face, and the man fell to the ground and passed out.
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