Originally, Lingguang Island was formed by the eruption of a volcano under the sea, but it is now an extinct volcano that has not spewed lava for thousands of years.

Although there is no eruptive activity, some hot gases are occasionally emitted from some extremely deep fumaroles on the hillside, indicating that Lingguang Island is not completely silent, but is dormant.

The island looks wooded on the surface, but deep underground, lava can still be seen flowing through crevices, and the treasure Wei Feng is looking for is buried in the middle of the island.

In such a harsh excavation environment, not to mention that ordinary people could hardly withstand the high temperature underground, even ordinary cultivators who stopped here for too long might die of heat stroke.

Only those who have cultivated water-based spells will become more able to tolerate higher temperatures than ordinary people as their cultivation gradually deepens.

Especially after a water system divine magic master like Xu Chen, who had reached the Xuantian Realm, entered the core area of the island, the red-hot temperature brought by the lava affected his body like a hot breeze, although he would feel a little uncomfortable, but it would not be life-threatening.

That's why Wei Feng thought of asking him to enter the mining area to dig out the treasure, not only that, but Wei Feng also prepared to let Xu Chen be the captain of the mining team and be responsible for the specific excavation work.

Xu Chen sneered after hearing this, and said, "You and I are now fighting to the death, why should I agree to help you as an enemy?"

"Of course, you have the right to refuse. Wei Feng's face turned gloomy, and he said coldly: "If you refuse, you should know the consequences." ”

How could Xu Chen not hear the threat of his words, he was about to grit his teeth and refuse, but saw Wei Feng take out another thing from the drawer, and as soon as he saw it, Xu Chen suddenly hesitated.

"As a sign of my sincerity, I will return this gourd to you. After Wei Feng glanced at the gourd in his hand, he said with a smirk: "And this official promised you, as long as you help me find that thing, I will immediately arrange for a ship to send you wherever you want to go." ”

Xu Chen couldn't make up his mind, but when he saw that the gourd that imprisoned the evil demon soul was in Wei Feng's hands, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the mana has not yet recovered, Xu Chen can't do whatever he wants, but he knows in his heart that if he can open it after the gourd is returned to his hand, the evil man will sell himself a favor, and then he is afraid that he will not be able to clean up Wei Feng's dog offal?

Therefore, Xu Chen decided to bow to the enemy for the time being, and then come to clean up this group of demon dogs when the time is right.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you, but you also have to be the talker." ”

"Okay, that's a deal. But just as Xu Chen reached out to take the gourd, Wei Feng suddenly asked, "What kind of treasure are you in this gourd, and it's still so tightly stuffed?"

"This, this ......" Xu Chen, who was in a hurry, temporarily lied: "What else can be contained in the gourd, of course it is wine." ”

Seeing Wei Feng's aggressive gaze staring straight at him, Xu Chen said smartly: "This is good wine, if I don't seal it tightly, I will already give it to others to drink." ”

After saying this, his face turned red, for fear that Wei Feng would be suspicious because of this, and then interrogated him about the origin of the gourd.

When Wei Feng heard Xu Chen say this, he actually laughed, shook the gourd a few times, and said: "I can't see that you are still a drunkard, if you don't have any alcohol to drink, you can tell me at any time, this official will definitely fulfill your wish." ”

Xu Chen was silent, because when Wei Feng was shaking the gourd just now, he really heard the sound of liquid shaking from inside, which was very likely because the evil man was secretly cooperating, so Xu Chen quietly took the gourd back from the other party's hand and said, "Now you can let me go back to rest, right?"

"No problem. Wei Feng nodded.

Xu Chen was afraid that he would mention the matter about the gourd again, so he said again: "Since you asked me to work for you, you shouldn't let me live in that kind of broken cell again." ”

"Of course, I have to keep you energized. Wei Feng clapped his hands, and a young man walked in outside the door.

Xu Chen only glanced at him, and recognized this young man as the other demon general standing behind Wei Feng that he had seen in the cell that day.

"This is my nephew Wei Chen, he will be in charge of your daily affairs in the future, if you have any requirements, you can just tell him directly. ”

The young man pretended to be polite and said, "Young Master Xu, come with me." ”

"I'm ......" Xu Chen wanted to ask a few more words, but Wei Feng had already gotten up and entered the inner hall, so he had to leave here with this Wei Chen.

Following Wei Chen all the way south, Xu Chen found that the scenery along the way was very different from the situation when he came, his nose could already smell a vicious aura permeating the surroundings, and several vicious and hideous beasts sprang out from time to time in front of the road, which made people extremely uncomfortable to watch.

Although these beasts looked very fierce, they had not cultivated to perfection after all, and Wei Chen, who was walking in front, just glared at them fiercely, and these beasts shrank back into the forest in amusement, and none of them dared to come over and provoke them.

As we walked on, the road grew wider and wider, until we finally came to a barracks.

It could be seen that this was a military place, and even Wei Chen had to take out the token on his waist, and the sentry guarding the gate checked it again and again before letting them into the camp.

Xu Chen thought that he was going to live in the barracks, but Wei Chen took him straight away, but he walked through the barracks and out through the back door.

There was only one sheep intestine trail ahead, but what Xu Chen didn't expect was that this trail was even more heavily guarded than in the barracks, almost to the exaggerated point of three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and all the way Wei Chen showed the token to be able to travel unimpeded.

Feeling this tense atmosphere, Xu Chen had already concluded in his heart that Wei Feng was not lying to himself, it seemed that there was really a big treasure buried in this island, otherwise how could he have stationed heavy troops here.

When Xu Chen thought he had arrived at his destination, he found that they had come to the foot of a steep mountain, surrounded by no grass, and there were two huge stone gates in the center of the cliff.

Just when Xu Chenhu was uncertain, the soldiers guarding the door had already checked Wei Chen's token, he nodded to his companions, and several soldiers vigorously pushed open the heavy stone door and let the two of them enter the cave.

As soon as he entered the stone gate, Xu Chen found that this was an extremely wide large cave, surrounded by many simple houses, and in the middle was a stone cave nearly three people high, and the entrance of the cave was also guarded, and from time to time the soldiers of the demon clan could be seen entering and exiting the cave.

Wei Chen took Xu Chen to a private house, handed him a key, and said, "This is where you live, go in and have a look." ”

Xu Chen entered the room and took a look, although the area was not large, there were furniture and furnishings that should be there, so he nodded and said, "This is about the same, much stronger than that broken cell, you should have arranged for me to live in such a place." ”

"Well, let's get acquainted with the working environment with me now. ”

After entering the cave, the lights were bright all the way, and from time to time there were ragged men pushing the minecart out under the escort of the soldiers, and they all looked at Xu Chen with some aw, and they were surprised that this young man could let Wei Chen accompany him into the cave.

But in Xu Chen's eyes, he saw a different scene, because he found that although these miners had different appearances, they were all yellow and thin, which made him immediately know that these people who were mining did not have a good life.

However, Xu Chen also found an incomprehensible phenomenon, that is, every miner he met was a cultivator, and he secretly surprised himself: "Strange, the demon soldiers in the cave are all low-level cultivators in the Yuan Infant Realm, and the small leaders among them are just cultivators in the Qi Transformation Realm, although the number is a bit large, but there are also a lot of miners in the cave, if everyone makes trouble, can these demon dogs stop it?"

With this question, Xu Chen walked deeper and deeper in the cave, and the more and more demon soldiers he encountered, seeing Wei Chen all nodding and bowing his head one by one, Xu Chen couldn't help but smile: "It seems that you are the person in charge here, no wonder Wei Feng wants you to take me to this ghost place." ”

"You're wrong, my uncle is in charge here, and outsiders are not qualified to interfere. After a pause, Wei Chen said again: "But my uncle is only responsible for giving orders, and I am still responsible for specific affairs." ”

"Hehe, it turns out that you are the second leader here, so I have to obey your orders. ”

Wei Chen didn't make a sound, and walked forward on his own, Xu Chen was bored, so he had to silently follow him to the deeper part of the cave.

After walking for another half pillar of incense, Wei Chen led him to the left, and they entered a cave that was only one person high.

As soon as Xu Chen walked in, he noticed that the temperature in this cave was obviously higher than outside, and he could already faintly hear the sound of the hammer hitting the rock.

After turning another corner, Xu Chen's eyes suddenly brightened, and he came to a very spacious cave, the center of the hole was a red lake, but instead of water, it was hot lava, from which from time to time bursts out of the starry molten and fell on the ground, and then slowly solidified.

Around the lava lake, there were thirty or forty people digging with hoes, hammers and other tools, while others loaded the stones they dug up into minecarts and poured them directly into the lava lake.

And this lava lake is like a gluttonous monster that can never be filled, no matter how much garbage it pours, it can swallow it in one bite, leaving not even a bit of slag behind.

Due to the existence of this lava lake, the temperature in the cave was extremely high, and even a Xuantian Realm master like Xu Chen, who had cultivated the Water System Divine Method, felt like he was sweating profusely at the moment, and he couldn't wait to take off his clothes and take a cold shower.

And those miners are even more miserable, staying in such a high temperature environment, how can they withstand such high-intensity work for a long time, from time to time someone puts down the tools in their hands to take a breath, lest they fall to the ground due to physical exhaustion.

But the demon soldiers around them who were shirtless and monitoring their work did not have the slightest mercy, as long as they saw someone lazy, these guys rushed over and scolded, and even picked up the leather whip and whipped it, until the other party returned to work before retracting the whip in his hand.

Seeing such a scene, Xu Chen was immediately furious, if it weren't for the loss of his mana, he would have rushed up and killed the demon dog who beat people with one palm.

But at this moment, he could only swallow his anger and watch these inhuman guys committing murder, but he had to hold back the anger in his heart and pretend that he had not seen anything.