1076. Theft
The more high-quality ores, the sparser the distribution.
Because the ore needs to absorb the aura or the heaven and earth vitality, if there are ores of the same quality nearby, it will inevitably affect the quality if they compete for the aura.
However, this area is an exception. Because, this basin is a place of spiritual eyes, and there are nearly 100 spiritual eyes distributed in just a hundred miles away!
This peculiar terrain is because Baoshan happens to be the intersection of several great spiritual veins in the Qingfeng Realm, and there may not be a place like this in a large world.
The distribution of the spiritual eye is not evenly tiled, and it may go deep into the ground or it may be bare, so some ores are very hidden and not easy to excavate.
Ye Yizhou didn't part ways with Lingyu. First, he decided in his heart that Lingyu was likely to be a disciple of Jianzun's clone, and he intended to take care of it and brush up on his favor. Second, a place like Baoshan is one of the important sources of ore in the Arctic Shangzhen Palace, and he promised to bring Lingyu in, so he must be responsible. Lingyu is not in his sight, if he does something, where will he cry at that time?
"Look, where should we go down from here?" Ye Yizhou asked Huang Fuming and Ouyang Simin for advice.
When it comes to mining, these two are experts.
Huang Fu Ming looked at the nearby terrain, Ouyang Simin squatted down, dug up the earth and stones, and the two of them judged by their own means, and pointed to a certain place together: "Over there." ”
Ye Yizhou smiled lightly: "The two heroes see the same thing!" ”
Huang Fuming and Ouyang Simin were expressionless, and they didn't feel that it was an honor to share the same opinion with each other.
When he arrived at that place, Huang Fuming immediately found traces of going to the ground.
He brushed the layer away. Sure enough, I saw a passage.
"It seems that this is the mine opened by the predecessors." Huang Fuming said, "This saves us effort." ”
Ye Yizhou also nodded. The last time he came, it was still in the Transformation Period, and the quality of the ore here was too high to be used. Since there are ready-made mine tunnels, safety is guaranteed.
He pulled out a sword, and as soon as Zhenyuan moved, the sword aura overflowed, forming a faint light shield.
"K-" a sword groaned. The blade sank between the rocks. A sword formation was formed.
After the sword array was formed, the light shield faded and disappeared into invisibility.
"Let's go."
Huang Fuming nodded, followed by Ye Yizhou. Lingyu is in the middle. Ouyang Simin is at the end.
Lingyu carefully observed all the way. This mine road, apparently has a long history, and there are some traces on it. It was too long for her to imagine. I don't know how many of the predecessors of the Arctic Shangzhen Palace have come down from here, taken an ore, and refined it on their flying swords.
"The True Palace in the North Pole should be more than just a place like Baoshan, right?" Lingyu asked casually.
"Of course." Ye Yizhou replied, "As far as I know, there are no less than three mines like this. In addition, there are more than a dozen worlds named after minerals, and they will regularly send high-quality ore to Shangzhenu. ”
The Baoshan of the Qingfeng Realm is of course the best place, but there are so many worlds in the entire Beitian, and there is not only one mining realm.
After walking for several miles, Huang Fuming suddenly stopped: "Wait." ”
Because of his words, the other three were immediately on guard. Ye Yizhou asked, "What?" What's out of the ordinary? ”
Huangfu Ming nodded and said slowly: "Here, it seems that there should be an ore." ”
Since there is ore, of course there are veins. This treasure mountain is actually a whole vein. It's just that because of the abundance of xenomorphic ores, the rest of the ore veins have been sucked dry, leaving only the gray ore and rock, and you can't feel the aura.
The place where Huang Fuming pointed was slightly concave, but other than that, there was no other abnormality. Lingyu looked left and right, and couldn't see whether there was an ore here.
"Sister Simin, your Ouyang family is good at looking at the texture of mineral rocks, is there a fault here?"
Lingyu and Ye Yizhou are two laymen, and Huang Fuming can only tell Ouyang Simin at this time.
Ouyang Simin leaned over, carefully touched the entire surface of ore and rock, and said with certainty: "Yes, there should be an ore here." ”
Ye Yizhou said strangely: "Even if there should be an ore, what should it be?" Maybe it was taken the first few times. ”
Ouyang Simin shook his head with a heavy face: "No, the mineral rock texture is not dead, it is actually a unique aura formed with the ore. Losing ore, the texture of the grain rock will slowly change until a new equilibrium is formed. Since you can feel that the texture of the ore is wrong, that is, the ore has not been taken away for a long time......"
Ye Yizhou's heart sank: "How long?" ”
"Less than a hundred years." Huang Fu replied, "In a hundred years, a new balance must have been formed. ”
"A hundred years?" Ye Yizhou thoughtfully: "Last time I went to the True Palace, I ...... someone"
"Two hundred years ago." Huang Fuming replied that they were also responsible for receiving it.
There are not many disciples who are qualified to come here among the monks of the True Palace in the North Pole. Moreover, there are many ores enshrined in the Shangzhen Palace, and they will only look for them in other realms if they can't find a suitable ore in their own realm. In this way, it will only open once in an average of more than 100 years - the formation of ore takes a long time, and if it comes too often, this treasure mountain would have been hollowed out long ago.
The last time Baoshan was opened was two hundred years ago, but the ore here was taken within a hundred years......
Ye Yizhou broke out in a cold sweat when he thought about it.
Huang Fuming and Ouyang Simin turned even pale.
Someone entered Baoshan silently, and their families in the Qingfeng realm must be held responsible!
Baoshan is lost, and they can't afford the anger of the True Palace in the North Pole.
Ye Yizhou's thoughts were different from the two of them, he himself was from the True Palace in the North Pole, and no matter how angry he was, he couldn't vent his anger, the first thing he thought of was that there were so many prohibitions in Baoshan, and without the True Transmission Token of the True Palace on the North Pole, even if he was a combined monk, he couldn't enter. This person was able to come in silently, is it a traitor from the True Palace in the North Pole, or is he good at breaking the ban?
"Quick, let's take stock right away, if there are any other losses."
It would be bad if all the best ores in Baoshan were taken away.
Huang Fu Ming and Ouyang Simin had no objections, and Huang Fu Ming even asked, "Brother Ye, did you notify my family master?" ”
Ye Yizhou shook his head: "Have you forgotten?" The true inheritance token of the True Palace on the North Pole is not a ...... that can be banned at any time."
Huang Fuming's face changed instantly. By the way, the prohibition in Baoshan is very mysterious, and it is opened with a true token, and it is only once in a hundred years. Otherwise, what is it like to go in and pick and choose? Because of this, every time someone comes to the True Palace in the North Pole, he will act carefully when selecting ores, so as not to pick the wrong one and come in vain.
Right now, this restriction prevents them from getting reinforcements outside. In case it was a great cultivator of the Merge Stage who was proficient in breaking the ban, how could the four monks of his own early stage of refining be the opponent of the other party?
Huang Fuming turned so many thoughts, and his face became paler and paler.
Now, one can only hope that the man is gone.
"Let's count it first." Ouyang Simin was calmer, "Things may not be as strict as we thought, maybe the ore here was just dragged away by the mining rats......"
Having said that, Ouyang Simin knew that the possibility of his statement was extremely small. What is Baoshan? There are too many treasure mines here, and even the aura is disordered, and it is impossible for ordinary mine rats to survive here.
Ye Yizhou nodded: "If there is an accident, I have something on me from my master, I can take us to escape, and notify Shangzhen Palace." ”
Huang Fuming's face only then improved.
Seeing this, Ye Yizhou was slightly disappointed in him, feeling that although Huangfu Ming was a rising star of the Huangfu family, he was not bold enough, and he was not as good as Ouyang Simin.
Thinking so, he looked at Lingyu: "Cheng Daoyou, what do you think?" ”
When they discussed, Lingyu had been standing quietly aside, and then heard Ye Yizhou ask, and replied: "I can enter Baoshan beneficiation in the next place, because I borrowed Ye Daoyou's light, and if there is something right now, I naturally want to share my worries with you." ”
Her expression was calm and fearless, which made Ye Yizhou secretly appreciate. is worthy of being the apprentice of Jianzun, this calmness and courage compare the other two.
Ye Yizhou was in a good mood and said, "Then let's go." ”
As a result, what was originally a simple prospecting trip turned into a search.
The expected enemy may be a merger period cultivator, and the four of them will not be separated. Ye Yizhou and Lingyu couldn't get along with the matter of investigating the mine, so the two of them were guarding outside, Ouyang Simin checked the texture of the ore and rock, and Huangfu Ming checked the terrain.
This kind of inspection method can't be fast, and it can only be pushed in little by little.
Huangfu Ming prayed in his heart, they hadn't gone back for so long, hoping that the old ancestor would find out that something was wrong, in that case, maybe reinforcements would arrive.
However, he also knew that this hope was small. Unless they haven't gone out for a year or two, the Huangfu family will report it, and it is common for them to rummage for a few months in order to be cautious, after all, for sword cultivation, improving the quality of flying swords is a first-class matter.
After two days of searching, they finally found another place where the ore had disappeared.
Then the third, the fourth......
The further down you search, the more common it becomes.
Huang Fuming's heart is getting heavier and heavier, and the theft of Baoshan has basically been confirmed. People from the True Palace in the North Pole, one person has never taken one piece of ore, how can it have disappeared so much in a hundred years?
The atmosphere of the four-member group became more and more solemn.
The more they searched, the more they found that the incident was stricter than they had imagined.
This man does not steal every ore, but selectively. What exactly this selection criterion is, they don't know. However, some of them were clearly exposed, but they were not taken, and some of them were buried deep in the veins of the mine, but they disappeared, which shows this fact.
Ye Yizhou thought of another possibility: "You say, will the theft be earlier?" ”
Huang Fuming and Ouyang Simin were both stunned. Earlier......
"Do you think that after we searched, the ore here is too sparse?"
This is a place where the spiritual eye gathers, and it stands to reason that it should be much denser than outside.
Huang Fuming's face turned even paler: "No, Brother Ye, this matter has to be reported, we can't afford it!" (To be continued......)
PS: Yesterday there was a memorial service for my cream......