Hongyan Ridge as the world's most prestigious fire spirit material production place, widely known on the mainland, Hongyan Ridge's many spirit mines, have always been occupied by many families, these spirit mines are also the most terrible and difficult on the mainland, because it is located in the extremely hot fire area, the mining environment is staggering, and the miners here are almost all fighting with their lives.

Between the vast mountains and wilderness of Hongyan Ridge, there are countless spiritual mining sites of all sizes, but the high yield and good quality are all in the hands of a small number of families, which have provided them with a steady stream of wealth for countless years.

In the deep mountains of Jiahe City, in a valley called Weigu, here is a relatively well-known spiritual mine production area in Jiahe City, there are many large and small mines, among which the original four major families have spiritual mining sites here, with the Wang family and the Shen family being destroyed one after another, their mines have also been divided by the Lu family, the Cai family and the bandits, and now the power of the bandits has been driven out of Jiahe City by the Lu family and the Cai family.

The bandits naturally refused to give up, in order to make a comeback over the years, the bandit forces have taken root in the mountains, networked countless outlaws, and launched many raids on the valley, and many spiritual mines of the Lu family and the Cai family have suffered huge losses, and they have also lost a lot of mines, and even the miners have been captured by the bandits.

The primary goal of the joint action of the Lu family and the Cai family this time is to completely eliminate the bandit forces in the valley, and there are huge interests at stake here, even if they pay a big price.

The ten-day deadline set by the Lu family for the mercenaries is coming soon, and this is also the day when they are preparing for action, Shi Xuan has been accompanying his parents in Stone Village for the past few days, and he is also preparing for this purging operation.

The bandits have been threatening the safety of the entire Red Rock Ridge for many years, and many families have wanted to eradicate them completely, but no one has done so for many years.

This trip to encircle and suppress the bandits was not easy for them, but it was imperative, and Shi Xuan didn't dare to say that he could easily complete this operation, so he didn't choose to tell his parents about it, he just said that he was going to carry out a mission and let them not worry.

Shi Xuan's parents also knew that the child had grown up and had his own things to be busy with, and they couldn't stop him, so they could only let him be careful.

After Shi Xuan was ready, he rushed straight to Jiahe City, at the entrance of the Lu family's office, a large number of mercenaries had already gathered at this moment, these mercenaries were all low-level spiritual masters who licked blood from the knife edge, many people had been busy for half their lives, and finally received such a huge task, for many people, as long as they completed this vote, it was worth their struggle for several years, although it was very dangerous to exterminate the bandits, but such a reward was worth their gamble.

Shi Xuan came here again, the entrance of the hall gathered a lot of mercenaries at the moment, Shi Xuan looked at these bustling people, Shi Xuan also found that most of them were monks from the Ning Yuan Realm, and there were not a few people in the Tianmai Realm, these mercenaries lacked high-quality cultivation resources, and their talents were average, it was not easy for them to rely on their own cultivation to get to this point.

The main force of this liquidation is still the children of the Lu family and the Cai family, and these mercenaries can only be regarded as supplementing their shortage of troops, and they may not be reliable at critical moments, so it is impossible for both families to really rely on these mercenaries.

Steward Lu arrived with several family members at this moment, and then registered them one by one according to the roster, which was also a proof for them to receive commissions in the future.

Steward Lu's face was a little heavy, after some statistics, he found that the mercenaries recruited this time were quite different from their previous expectations, first of all, the strength was far from reaching the standard, and there were very few mercenaries who exceeded the Tianmai Realm, and the number of mercenaries was also a lot less.

"Butler, today is the deadline, but the goal set for us by the head of the family is far from being achieved?" said a disciple of the Lu family.

"The arrow has to be sent on the string, and besides, this operation cannot all rely on them, and outsiders may not be able to rely on it at a critical moment," said Steward Lu and his disciples.

"Then I can only tell the head of the house about this?"

"No need, the head of the family has already expected this situation, you organize these mercenaries first, and we are ready to enter the mountain", Steward Lu said.

"Yes".

"All the spirit masters and friends present, my Lu family has given a very high commission for this mission, and I also hope that you will make a strong move, if the mission fails, it is nothing for us to lose some commissions, and it is not worth your life, please obey my Lu family's arrangement at that time, do not act without authorization, otherwise you will lose your life, if you are ready, we will leave immediately?" said Steward Lu.

The mercenaries were gearing up at the moment, and they had already prepared properly, weapons, food and grass supplies, and healing elixirs were all ready to take off.

When Steward Lu saw Shi Xuan again, he also nodded at him, with Shi Xuan's strength he had already won the audience here, these spirit masters of their Heavenly Vein Realm were the key to this operation, and the success or failure of the Lu family's action often depended on them.

Shi Xuan and his group of mercenaries together have at least two hundred people, but there are less than ten spirit masters in the Heavenly Vein Realm, which also makes Shi Xuan speechless, this is still the result of the Lu family's thousands of choices.

The situation of the Cai family in Jiahe City is not much better, most of the newborn spirit masters and people with good talent in Hongyan Ridge have left here and gone to the mainland to develop, and those who remain are these people with poor talents.

Soon Shi Xuan and the children of the Lu family converged, this time the Lu family also dispatched several key figures, all of whom were very strong, including many masters of the Spirit Realm, and their disciples added up to more than two hundred people, which can be said to be the best of the best, although this kind of strength is not as good as those big forces on the mainland, but in a place like Jiahe City, it can definitely be regarded as a hegemon.

From the equipment, it is almost clear at a glance that the mercenaries are wearing some unpopular spirit armor, and even many people do not even have a complete set of spirit armor, and almost all the children of the family are wearing spirit armor that suits them, and their combat ability is not the same.

Soon the Cai family's men and horses also appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and this operation would inevitably suffer heavy losses if any of them were dispatched, and the two could minimize the losses by attacking together.

There are seven or eight hundred people in the two families plus mercenaries, and this kind of strength is enough to go sideways in Hongyan Ridge, even the bandit forces do not have the ability to fight head-on.

The person led by the Lu family this time is Lu Xu, and the Cai family leads the team is Cai Kun, both of them are well-known powerhouses in Jiahe City, and their status in the family is extremely high, and they will not go out at all in ordinary things, but today, this matter is related to the interests of the two families, and the two of them must also show enough strength.

"Brother Cai Kun, I didn't expect that today's event would invite you out?" Lu Xu said.

"Isn't Brother Lu here too? The valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the thieves have a huge advantage by relying on the mountain, if you and I don't show some sincerity, I'm afraid we really can't deal with them?" Cai Kun said.

"Yes, this time you and I are going out together, is it necessary to make Zhu Jiu's old thief pay the price?" Lu Xu said.

"Zhu Jiu is really a toad who wants to eat swan meat, and he doesn't pee and take pictures, is Jiahe City the place he touched?" Cai Kun said.

"Brother Cai doesn't need to be angry, a thief is a thief, he can't pull the cards, he used to have the Shen family as their ally, but now that the Shen family is gone, why should he fight with us?" Lu Xu said confidently.

"But we can't be careless in this action, Zhu Jiu must have planted an eyeliner in our Jiahe City, our action may have been known to them a long time ago, this time in the trough, it must be a bitter battle?" Cai Kun said.

"Our two families can be said to be elite this time, and there are seven or eight hundred disciples in the clan plus mercenaries, are you afraid that he won't succeed?" Lu Xu calculated.

"Zhu Jiu is not an idle person, he has been able to mix in Hongyanling for many years, and he is also a person who licks blood from the knife edge, with his cunning and ruthless character, he will definitely not sit still, this time we go, it is better to be careful", Cai Kun is also known for his caution in the Cai family, and he is never too uncertain.

"Brother Cai is resourceful, and this operation still depends on Brother Cai's guidance?" Lu Xu said.

"You and I have been friends for many years, and we should support each other and cooperate sincerely," Cai Kun said.

Shi Xuan and his seven or eight hundred people, under the leadership of Cai Kun and Lu Xu, entered the deep mountains in a mighty way.

Hongyan Ridge is known as one of the two major fire areas in the world, the environment here is more cruel than many places on the continent, although the valley produces a large number of spiritual ores, but it is definitely not a good place to go, it is in the canyon valley of a group of volcanic groups, the surrounding volcanic groups have often erupted for many years, and the valley is threatened by volcanic groups at any time.

Countless miners have died here over the years, but many poor people have no livelihood, most of them either become hunters, or come to the mines as hard laborers, and there is no other source of income, forced to make a living, many people choose to enter these hard mines, in exchange for a meager income to support their families.

On the mountain road where Shi Xuan and the others walked, they could see the transportation teams of many families at any time, and they continuously transported the spirit ore from the deep mountains to the dock, and finally these spirit ores flowed to the far reaches of the continent, exchanging countless money for their family.

The Cai family and the Lu family's big move in Jiahe City this time naturally attracted widespread attention in the city, and even caused a lot of panic, every time there was turmoil in Jiahe City, it would have a huge impact on the surrounding area. When the hundreds of people in the city and the merchants in the past saw that the two families had assembled a team of seven or eight hundred people at one time, they made a big move at a glance, and it spread everywhere in the market.

In the depths of the valley, the bandit forces have taken root for many years, they have become lonely this time because of the demise of the Shen family, at this moment, in the face of the strong encirclement and suppression of the Lu family and the Cai family, Zhu Jiu will naturally not sit still, the maintenance of any force is indispensable to a huge source of income, and the same is true for the bandits, they have networked countless outlaws, and the development of the force also needs a source of income, and this mine is the biggest guarantee.

In order to defend the mine in Vigu, Zhu Jiu had already sent several of his other masters to guard the town, and also set up an ambush in an important area, waiting for the arrival of the two families, they were not ready to give up the fat here.

In the valley, Scarface, the second leader of the bandits, has already led a group of outlaws to ambush at the dangerous pass, waiting for the arrival of the two families, they occupy the terrain advantage, and they can withdraw from the battle as soon as the ambush is completed.

On top of the cliff, Scarface with a large group of bandits and a group of hard laborers is stepping up preparations for an ambush position, with a large number of rolling stones, sassal wood, fire oil, and various surprise weapons.

"Qi Yu is the second master, our spies report, Lu Xu and Cai Kun led a large number of men and horses towards the valley, the momentum is violent, and they want to kill us", a bandit spy said.

"Our Huoyun Mountain has been able to stand for so many years, is it because they are afraid? We came just in time, we prepared gifts for them, but we are afraid that they will not dare to come?" Scarface said.

"But Lu Xu and Cai Kun are super powerful, and they are by no means idle, how do we deal with them?"

"Don't worry, this time we went to the Southwest Continent and bought a batch of terrifying weapons, just in time for them to try the power of these weapons?" Scarface motioned for the other bandits to carry out a few boxes of secret weapons.

"Second master, is this thing reliable?" asked a bandit.

"Let me tell you this, this thing, no spirit master under the Heavenly Vein Realm can stop it, even if it is a spirit master of the Heavenly Vein Realm, even if he doesn't die, he will be seriously injured", Scarface said confidently.

Shi Xuan, as a spirit master who has been on the battlefield for a long time, does not know how many troops and spirit masters have died under his ambush over the years, and his understanding of the ambush terrain has reached a point where no one can match.

Shi Xuan's men marched along the rugged mountain road that day, the surrounding mountains of the valley were towering, and there were many dangers everywhere, and many places were suitable for setting up ambush positions, once the bandits occupied the advantageous position, their actions would inevitably suffer huge losses.

Shi Xuan was different from the other mercenaries, the rest of them were only in a hurry, and did not observe the surrounding terrain at all, Shi Xuan walked all the way, observing the surrounding environment at any time to guard against the surprise attack of the bandits.

Although Lu Xu and Cai Kun are strong, they have rarely made a move for many years, and they do not have rich experience in actual combat.

The teams of the two of them were almost disorganized, without any organization and discipline, and without scouts to explore the way, and almost swaggered into the valley, which made Shi Xuan feel very dangerous.

He felt that it was necessary for the two families to send someone to explore the way first, otherwise it would not be practical, Shi Xuan found Steward Lu and said, "Steward Lu, why haven't you excluded any spies on this trip, if the bandits set up an ambush in a dangerous place, wouldn't it be very dangerous for us?"

"In this matter, Brother Lu Xu is free to measure, there are seven or eight hundred of us, what are the fears of a few thieves?" said Steward Lu.

"Steward Lu's words are wrong, the bandits are cunning and changeable, they must know about our actions this time, if they rush in, I am afraid that they will be ambushed terribly, can we guarantee that they have no special means?"

"This..."Steward Lu also hesitated at the moment when he heard what Shi Xuan said.

"Little hairy boy, what do you know? Why are these hairy thieves so much up against so many of us? If I had slipped away a long time ago," said an old mercenary god.

"I don't know how many fools like you have died over the years," Shi Xuan sneered.

"Boy, Lao Tzu eats more salt than you eat, what kind of scene has Lao Tzu never seen?" the old mercenary said angrily.

"It's really amazing, I'm afraid that when the enemy ambushes you, you will run faster than anyone else?" Shi Xuan said.

"Okay, our operation is very critical this time, what the little brother said is not bad, there is no problem in being cautious, I will discuss it with Brother Lu Xu?" Steward Lu said.

If it weren't for the prestige of the Lu family, these old mercenaries would have already made a move with Shi Xuan, but Shi Xuan didn't look at them at all, which made them angry.

After Lu Xu and Cai Kun heard Steward Lu's report, Lu Xu spoke: "What we want in this operation is to be taken by surprise, if we wait for the spies to come back, when will it be?

Shi Xuan didn't expect that the masters of the Lu family would be so sloppy, although they were outnumbered in this battle, they would inevitably suffer a big loss.

Shi Xuan was just a mercenary of the Lu family, and the right to speak was still in Lu Xu's hands, and Shi Xuan couldn't change their plan of action, but he was secretly prepared.

The scarface at the pass had long been hidden, waiting for the arrival of their team, and at this moment, the valley was simply lifeless except for the scorching sun, and many marching mercenaries could hardly endure such a harsh environment, except for those fire spirit masters.

Shi Xuan and the others walked continuously for more than an hour, and nothing happened, and the old mercenary mocked again: "Boy, we have walked through so many passes, where is the thief?"

Shi Xuan didn't bother to explain to him, and walked straight to the side, they came to a place with steep cliffs at this moment, the cliffs here are so high that ordinary spirit masters are difficult to climb, except for spirit masters above the Heavenly Vein Realm who can fly over, other ordinary spirit masters have no way.

As soon as Shi Xuan saw such a terrain, he immediately thought of the situation where they ambushed Yao Jingcheng's troops of the Danyang Empire in Beicang, once such a terrain was ambushed, the enemy would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

The vanguard of the two families had already entered the ambush position of the bandits, and at this moment Scarface could be seen clearly from the cliff.

"They've already started to get into an ambush position, it's time to close the net?" said the bandits.

"Wait, their main force hasn't entered yet, this time completely disintegrate their will to fight, and see if they dare to come to Vigator to fight us in the future?" Scarface said.

Shi Xuan didn't follow up at the back of the team, he sensed the crisis, but Lu Xu didn't listen to his advice at all, there was no way, he could only act on his own.

Shi Xuan suddenly jumped up towards the cliff alone, and he was about to investigate the situation himself.

"Second master, do you see that spirit master flying up?" a thief noticed Shi Xuan.

"Damn, how did he find out about us?" Scarface was incredulous, if he attacked at this moment, the main forces of the other side had not yet entered it, and their effect would not be good.

Under the canyon, Steward Lu and the others also noticed Shi Xuan's movements, "This kid, I can't imagine how many times there really is?" Steward Lu said as he looked at Shi Xuan who flew into the air.

"He's just consuming his physical strength, so let him be," Lu Xu said.

However, just as their main force was about to enter the ambush, all of a sudden, the rocks on the cliff fell, the sassal wood tumbled down, and the terrible tar burned and splashed down, and many mercenaries who entered the canyon fell into chaos at once, many people were stoned to death by the huge boulders, and some spirit masters were covered with tar, and the fire burned wildly, and the people who fell into chaos let out a terrible cry.

Lu Xu, Cai Kun and the others suddenly lost their faces, fortunately Shi Xuan's actions startled the snake, otherwise if all of them entered the ambush position, they would inevitably be wiped out.

Immediately afterwards, the bandits threw down a large number of arcane **, these are their hole cards, and they spent a lot of money to exchange for these terrifying arcane ** from some forces in the southwest continent.

The terrible explosion killed and injured many mercenaries at once, and the spirit masters of the two families hurriedly retreated, but many people were still consumed by the flames and died tragically.

Only then did Lu Xu and Cai Kun realize that the bandits were not as easy to deal with as they imagined.

"Brother Cai's matter has come to this, you and I flew up the cliff and killed these dog thieves?" Lu Xu said as he looked at the people who were in chaos.

Shi Xuan flew to the top of the cliff and just broke through Scarface's ambush, forcing them to make a move in advance, Scarface stared at Shi Xuan angrily, it was a good thing that he was pregnant with him.

"Boy, you deserve to die, the old man wants you to survive or die?" Scarface drew his knife and prepared to kill Shi Xuan.

"Second master, let's go, and Cai Kun are coming up one after another?" a thief shouted.

He felt Cai Kun and Lu Xu, who were flying up, with his strength, he couldn't do it with one against two, he looked at Shi Xuan and said, "Boy, the next time I meet you, you will understand, what is pain?"

"Old thief, let's go", Shi Xuan looked at the many retreating bandits, he didn't want to let the tiger return to the mountain, and chased directly towards Scarface.

"Boy, you are looking for death", Scarface didn't expect Shi Xuan to come after him, with the strength of his Spirit Realm, he was already walking sideways in Hongyan Ridge.

Shi Xuan cast the flame shackles from a distance, and suddenly trapped Scarface, and dragged him hard, preventing him from escaping.

Scarface cut off Shi Xuan's shackles and flew forward, he was ready to fight quickly, so as not to be chased and killed by Cai Kun one after another.

Shi Xuan saw him flying over, just as he wanted, the strength of Tianlong Botian rose tenfold, and he waved his fists at this moment to fight with Scarface.

"Boy, arrogant, you haven't even shown your weapons yet?" Scarface said.

"To deal with you, the two fists are enough", Shi Xuan's whole body scale armor is possessed, the defense of the whole body is comparable to the spirit armor, the flames above the two fists are raging, his two fists and Scarface's knife are attacking head-on, and he does not fall behind at all.