In Jinshi Village, there is peace.

Gu Tian hid behind a private house and secretly observed the situation in the village. Through the window, he found that although the lights were lit in the house, no one was left in the house, and the next few houses were the same.

The village is small, but it is actually a dozen ordinary cottages that serve as dormitories and a three-story inn that doubles as a canteen and teahouse. The huts were arranged in a ring that enclosed the inn in the middle, with a wide gap in the northwest for entry and exit to the village.

The mine was at the foot of a hill less than 100 meters from the entrance of the village, which was even larger than the village, and the entire mine was fenced off with tall wooden piles, so that the interior could not be seen. However, due to the change in the terrain, the small hill where Jinshi Village is located is now higher than the wooden pile wall, so Gu Tian can still see some of the internal situation of the mine from the village.

It was pitch black over there now, and there seemed to be no one, but I could faintly feel that there were several violent breaths of about the twelve layers of martial arts coming out of it, and this violent aura was not like a human being, it should be a spirit beast hiding and waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack.

Going back to the situation inside the village, Gu Tian carefully stretched out his observation and found that most of the villagers were gathered in the open teahouse on the first floor of the inn to chat, and from their expressions, it seemed that they didn't care about the current abnormal situation at all, but because the distance was too far, he couldn't hear the villagers' conversations clearly.

"Could it be...... The whole village has taken refuge in the enemy?" Gu Tian boldly speculated. It was an earth-shattering earthquake that happened not long ago!

He looked at it a few times and found another problem, these villagers were basically wearing similar uniforms, and they were very familiar with each other, and they should have been colleagues who had worked together for a long time. If he, an outsider, wants to blend in, I'm afraid that everyone will soon find out, and it will be even more difficult to replace someone's identity, and it is estimated that as long as he behaves differently from the past, he will be questioned by the people around him in an instant.

"Then what should I do?" Gu Tian retreated into the darkness in distress. He can't reveal himself without knowing anything, right? Even if the enemy doesn't control the villagers, he must have planted eyeliner in it, and as soon as he appears, he will definitely be exposed.

It seems that I have to subdue a villager to ask about the situation first! Gu Tian secretly made a decision in his heart, and immediately turned into the empty house next to him, hid in the closet, and waited for the owner of the house to return.

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Under the unknown tunnel, the strange miner led Shangguan Xinlan into a remote path, and at the end of the road was a pile of damaged tools, shovels, minecarts, hoes, and a large pile of wooden stakes that almost touched the roof of the cave.

The man hid behind the pile of garbage, threw Shangguan Xinlan, who was protected by the golden barrier, aside casually, and then sat cross-legged against the wall and closed his eyes to recuperate. The tunnel outside the trail was not walked by spirit beasts, but they all invariably ignored the remote path and did not find the two people who were hiding.

Not long after, Shangguan Xinlan, who was still in a coma, finally woke up. She immediately took out the Soul Binding Order and glanced at it, and the dim Soul Binding Order once again confirmed the reality that she was far apart from the other two.

"You're finally awake?" said the strange miner slowly. He still sat and rested with his eyes closed.

"Who are you!" Shangguan Xinlan trembled, jumped up from the ground, retreated to the wall on the other side, and nervously took out the small black sword that could kill the tenfold martial artist in an instant, and aimed it at the strange miner.

"I am the one who saved you. The strange miner was still so calm that he didn't even want to open his eyes.

"Save me?" Shangguan Xinlan stared at this person, but found that the other party didn't even have a little aura on his body, and seemed to be an ordinary person without any martial arts cultivation?

How could an ordinary person move freely between a group of martial arts twelve or thirteen spirit beasts? She couldn't sense the other party's martial arts cultivation, it didn't mean that the other party must be an ordinary person, and it was also possible that the other party's strength was too strong to perfectly hide her aura.

She pulled out a hedron that emitted white light and held it in her hand, and then the white light of the hedron carefully examined the person in front of her again. He looked to be about forty or fifty years old, his miner's uniform was a little shabby and dusty, his face was covered with black stains, and he still smelled of sweat on his body, presumably hiding in this dark underground for several days.

No matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary middle-aged uncle working in the mine!

Despite this, this middle-aged uncle did not have the slightest fear when facing Shangguan Xinlan's small black sword, if it was really an ordinary person without any martial arts cultivation, he would have been frightened by the terrifying sword intent in the sword.

Combined with the current environment and the other party's behavior of saving her, Shangguan Xinlan still has some guesses about the identity of the middle-aged uncle.

"Senior, you are the one who received us?" Shangguan Xinlan asked.

"What do you say? The middle-aged uncle lazily opened half of his eyes and said with some disgust, "How could they send such a weak little girl as you?"

"I'm weak, just rely on these treasures on my body to deal with those spirit beasts outside that are not enough for the fifteenth level of martial arts!" Shangguan Xinlan said confidently, patting her chest.

The middle-aged uncle shook his head and sighed, "Relying too much on these things outside your body will only make your martial arts cultivation stagnate, not to mention...... If the user is too weak, even if he gets the best weapon, he will not be able to exert his full power. ”

"Wow, why are you talking so ...... It's so direct!" Shangguan Xinlan was speechless, the other party's words hit her key point everywhere, and her own martial arts cultivation was indeed her biggest weakness.

"Shhhhhhhhhhh The middle-aged uncle warned.

"I ...... I'm just a craftsman, and I'm not determined to become a martial artist!" Shangguan Xinlan said as low as she could.

"The craftsman's own strength is not enough, what can he do to deal with those extremely powerful heavenly treasures?" the middle-aged uncle asked mercilessly, "Even the Shangguan family has a unique miraculous skill that specializes in improving the craftsman itself." ”

"I know everything...... Wait, how do you know that I am from the Shangguan family?" Shangguan Xinlan was stunned, the two had just met and had not even told each other's names, so this uncle immediately found out her identity?

"You can be recognized by everyone by dressing so ostentatious, right?" the middle-aged uncle smiled disdainfully, "However, you are the weakest Shangguan family heir I have ever seen." ”

"Senior, don't go too far!" Shangguan Xinlan was really mad. She always felt that this uncle was targeting her!