After Nanshan City was promoted to a middle city, it already looked very grand, but compared with the ancient city in front of him, it suddenly became much weaker in terms of momentum.

Not to mention that its walls that have reached a height of 30 meters are already difficult to attack, and the extra urn city outside the city gates on three sides greatly increases the difficulty of breaking the city gates.

What's more, in the case of Yuanshi, the real defense method of the city is still its own protective formation.

And looking at the scale of the ancient original city, the grade must have surpassed that of the middle city.

In this slightly barren Gobi land, it has not been affected by any environment, but has burst into vigorous vitality.

In the ancient plain city, millions of residents are doing what they have to do as usual, and each resident has more or less acquired strength under the influence of strong vitality.

And among them, there are many acquired eight or nine and innate martial artists, with a look of arrogance on their faces.

Two central axes divide the city into four districts, each crisscrossed by countless streets, shops, and shouts and shouts.

It's just that the further back you go, the quieter the streets become, and there are fewer and fewer people on the road.

In the end, there were no residents in the city within a radius of several hundred meters, only a strong sword-wielding guard with an indifferent face.

This is the forbidden place of the ancient original city - the city lord's mansion.

In the depths of the City Lord's Mansion, in a cultivation room, a middle-aged man was sitting cross-legged on a futon and cultivating with his eyes closed, holding a fist-sized Yuan Stone in each of his hands.

As he breathed, a stream of rich vitality gathered in and around the Yuan Stone and quickly poured into his body.

On his body, a palpitating aura loomed and grew.

I don't know how long later, with the sound of "click", the two yuan stones in the hands of the middle-aged man that had lost their luster suddenly shattered and fell to the ground one after another.

The middle-aged man seemed to have a sense, and slowly opened his eyes.

Radiant and then calm again.

He looked down at the broken Yuan Stone in his hand, frowned and muttered: "With the improvement of strength, the speed of Yuan Stone consumption is getting faster and faster, but that place ......"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the closed door.

"Who?"

The middle-aged man looked away from the fragment of Yuanshi, looked at the door and said lightly.

"Father, it's me, Jeruxiong Zhen."

"Come in!"

Creak!

As the door opened, a burly middle-aged man walked in from the outside.

The middle-aged man's name was Yelu Xiongzhen, and he was one of the sons of the man in the room, but if you didn't take into account the previous name, the two of them looked like brothers.

And Yelu Xiongzhen is more than fifty years old, but he is a little young because of his strength.

As for the man sitting on the futon, it was Yelu Hongming, a true great master martial artist!

Looking at Yelu Xiongzhen who came in, his face softened slightly, and said, "Is there anything to come to me?" ”

"Father, because of the army's use, there are not many Yuan Stones in the city, and with the daily cultivation of Uncle and Child, I'm afraid the remaining Yuan Stones won't last long."

"The child came here this time to ask his father, when will he send someone to the ore vein to collect the yuan stone again?"

Yelu Xiongzhen reported.

The reserve of Yuan Stone is running out again?

Hearing Yelu Xiongzhen's words, Yelu Hongming was stunned for a moment, and then his face sank.

The Ta Yelu family had an adventure and obtained three yuan stone veins, which allowed them to bring the entire Outer Mengze Kingdom into their family's control in such a short period of time.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Yelu family is the king of the Outer Mengze Kingdom, and they can't and dare not provoke it.

But Yelu Hongming himself knows that his Yelu family is facing an uncontrollable crisis, if he is not careful, the entire family may be wiped out in an instant!

Thinking of this, Yelu Hongming did not immediately answer Yelu Xiongzhen's words, but asked, "How many medium-grade Yuan Stones are left?" ”

"Because the army consumes all the low-grade Yuan Stones, the Middle Grade Yuan Stones collected last time did not consume much, and now there are more than 500 left." Yelu Xiongzhen hurriedly replied.

Are there more than 500 left?

It should be enough to use for a while!

Hearing Yelu Xiongzhen's words, Yelu Hongming breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, he pondered for a moment before saying, "In that case, first send someone to mine the lower grade yuan stone to support it for a period of time, and let go of the matter of the middle grade yuan stone." ”

"But what should be prepared is still to prepare, this time you also openly recruited miners under the previous conditions, and the number was directly increased to 10,000."

"Still want to recruit people?"

Yelu Xiong was really surprised, and couldn't help but hesitate: "Father, haven't you recruited people several times before in order to collect medium-grade Yuan Stones, isn't it enough?" ”

"And since those miners went, they haven't come back, and now many people are worried about whether something is going on, and they don't want to come to apply!"

Although the Yelu family controls the three Yuanshi veins, their location is very secret, and only Yelu Hongming, who is the head of the family, knows about it.

Every time he brought someone to the location of the Yuanshi vein, it was also Yelu Hongming himself who went there, or the secret dead man he cultivated was dispatched.

Yelu Xiongzhen had always been puzzled before, but now when he heard that his father was going to recruit people again, and it was directly raised to 10,000, he finally couldn't help but ask.

However, hearing Yelu Xiongzhen's words, Yelu Hongming's face sank instantly.

He glared at Yelu Xiongzhen and scolded: "There are some things that should be told to you, and they will naturally be told to you, don't ask more!" As for what you said about no one coming to apply...... Improve the treatment, I don't believe that no one has come to this Outer Mengze Country! ”

"Is there anything else I need to teach you more?"

"The lesson of the father is that the child will do this well!" Yelu Xiong was really awe-struck in his heart, and hurriedly said.

Yelu Hongming stared at Yelu Xiongzhen for a long time before his face softened again, and said, "Well, just remember, I will tell you some things when I should tell you." ”

"In addition to the matter of Yuanshi, you should also pay attention to Yelu Xiongran stationed at the border, and send someone to inquire about the investigation of Mengze Province."

"After all, my Outer Mengze Kingdom is short of resources, and only by expanding and developing to the Xia Kingdom can we obtain more resources to support our cultivation!"

"Son, let's do it!"

Yelu Xiongzhen bowed down and closed the door again.

Suddenly, Yelu Hongming was the only one left in the room.

Thinking of the previous conversation, his eyes revealed a touch of anxiety and determination, and he muttered: "No matter what, I must continue to fight for time, as long as my strength is one step closer, what about the people who sacrifice more!" ”

Then, after taking out the two Yuan Stones, he closed his eyes again and began to cultivate.