Soon.

Chen Xuan descended to the seventeenth hill he was responsible for.

It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually a mountain range, consisting of more than a dozen mountains.

The mountains are full of caves, and the mountains have been carved into ant burrows, extending in all directions.

Chen Xuan came to the highest mountain, which is the place where the mine town guard lives, standing on the top of the mountain, he can see the mines of the entire mountain range, and you can see countless miners working hard, going in and out of the mine.

On this highest mountain, there is also a spirit gathering array, and the aura of heaven and earth is even stronger.

"I've seen Senior Brother."

As soon as Chen Xuan descended, a mine disciple greeted him.

The mine is very large, and in addition to the fact that each mountain has a foundation building realm guard, there are also many disciples of the Qi Refining Realm who act as mine guards and maintain order in the mine.

These Qi Refining Realm disciples are considered to be the outer disciples of the Yueyang Sect, so they call the mine town guard a senior brother.

Under normal circumstances, the mine guards can be rotated once every five years.

However, the outer disciples of the Qi Refining Realm will only rotate once in at least twenty years.

"Senior brother, this is the list of all the guards, logistics personnel, and miners in our seventeenth mine, as well as the number of ores that have been mined in the mine this year, please take a look."

The mine disciple had several books in his hand.

"What's your name?"

Chen Xuan picked up a book and flipped through it, and asked.

"Senior Brother Hui, my name is Ji Hualiang, thanks to the fact that the previous senior brother of the town guard can afford to promote me to be the deputy supervisor of the No. 17 mine, managing the affairs of the mine."

The mine disciple replied.

"Ji Hualiang." Chen Xuan used the Heavenly Eye Technique to check that this person's cultivation had reached the peak of the ninth layer of qi refining, and nodded: "Since the last senior brother of the town guard promoted you to be the deputy supervisor of the mine, there must be something outstanding about you, I have no interest in mine management, how was it before, as long as you help me manage the mine well, and can hand in the ore on time every year and complete the task, then this deputy supervisor is still up to you."

But if there is a mess and you can't hand over the ore on time, then I'll ask you. ”

"Thank you for your trust, I will definitely manage the mine well and will not let my brother down."

Hearing this, Ji Hualiang's face immediately showed joy.

Becoming the deputy supervisor of the mine has many benefits, not only does he have the power to kill the miners under his hands, but he can also secretly hide some ore and sell it in the outside market with the help of his position.

In a year, you can earn at least a thousand low-level spirit stones.

Of course, not only him, but also the deputy overseers of the various mountains and the ordinary guards of the mines, there is no one who does not hide the ore privately, and even if the mine guards know, they will turn a blind eye.

If you want the people under your command to work hard, you have to give some benefits.

As long as the task can be completed every year, it is not a big deal for the deputy supervisor of the mine guard to hide some ore privately, anyway, this ore is not the private property of the guard disciples, and when the five-year guard time is up, he will leave.

"Why is there so little ore mined this year?"

Chen Xuan asked after looking at the number of ore mined this year.

Half of this year has passed, but the amount of ore mined is less than one-tenth.

"Senior Brother Hui, the ore mined every month this year has been completed according to the task, as for why there is only such a small amount in the account, it should be related to the senior brother who left the town guard."

Ji Hualiang said truthfully.

At this time, he also knew that it was time to show his loyalty, so he did not hide it.

Moreover, if the matter is not explained clearly, then this year's ore mining task will not be completed, Chen Xuan will blame him for the matter, and the position of deputy supervisor will definitely not be guaranteed.

"Something to do with the departing town guard."

Chen Xuan's brows furrowed slightly.

If that's the case, then he's really hard to track.

Even if he reported the matter to the National Teacher's Mansion, there was no conclusive evidence, and the National Teacher's Mansion would not necessarily take care of it, and it was estimated that it would be useless to report it to the guards, and these guards would definitely not admit it.

"There is still half a year to go, do you have any good way to mine enough ore?"

Chen Xuan asked.

"The easiest way is to increase the number of miners and mine overnight." Ji Hualiang said: "The miners in the mine are divided into two kinds, one is the prisoners of Zhao Guo who have violated the law, these people have no wages for mining ore, and the other is the miners hired over, the wages are paid by the mine, the prisoners of Zhao Guo are sent once a year, and a group of prisoners have been sent over this year.

Don't hide it from the senior brother, when the previous senior brother came over, he also encountered the same situation as the senior brother, and he could only go to Fang City to recruit casual cultivators, and he barely completed the mining volume for one year in half a year and completed the task of handing over. ”

"Go to Fang City to recruit casual cultivators." Chen Xuan nodded slightly and said, "In a few days, I will go to the nearest Fang Market, and besides, is there anything else I need to pay attention to in the mine." ”

"Yes." Ji Hualiang said: "The location of our mine is in the Barbarian Mountain Range in the territory of Zhao State, in the depths of the Barbarian Mountain Range, there are many demon beasts, among which there is a group of monsters called gold-eating beasts, which feed on gold and iron, especially like to stay in places with metal veins, which can devour gold and iron to improve cultivation."

It is said that this vein was originally occupied by a group of gold-eating beasts, and the vein was discovered by the monks of Zhao State, and the National Teacher's Mansion took over to drive the gold-eating beasts away and fled to the depths of the wild mountain range.

But every once in a while, the hordes of gold-eating beasts will come and raid in droves, plundering the ore we have mined, devouring our miners, and if they can't resist it, the miners will die too much to complete the mission. ”

"Why don't you wipe out all the gold-eating beasts?"

Chen Xuan asked.

"Because in the depths of the Barbaric Mountain Range, there is a Great Demon of the Jiedan Realm, and the gold-eating beast group has fled to the depths of the Wild Mountain Range, whether it is the monk of the National Teacher's Mansion or the senior brother of the town guard, they dare not continue to pursue, for fear of provoking the Great Demon of the Jiedan Realm in the depths of the Barbarian Mountain Range."

Ji Hualiang explained.

"I see."

Chen Xuan nodded slightly.

Zhao Guo itself did not have a real person in the Dan Realm.

Only the national teacher of Yueyang Sect stationed in Zhao State, this great demon of the Yudan Realm.

Therefore, for the big demon of the Yudan Realm, it is natural that if you can not provoke it, you will not provoke it.

Although it is not difficult for Yueyang Sect to kill a great demon of the Jiedan Realm, the demon clan is not only the Great Demon of the Jiedan Realm, there is also a Demon King of the Yuanying Realm among the 100,000 mountains, and the Demon Venerable of the Transformation God Realm.

Therefore, after discussion, the Yueyang Sect and the high-level of the demon clan have set the rules, reaching the level of the Yudan realm, whether it is the human race or the demon race, it is forbidden to take the initiative to provoke a war, unless it is to run to the opponent's territory and spread wild, then it can be directly killed.

For example, if the Terran monk runs to the territory of the Great Demon of the Jiedan Realm, the Great Demon of the Jiedan Realm can directly kill him, and if the Demon Clan runs to the capital of Zhao to spread wild, the national teacher stationed in the capital can also kill him.

Under normal circumstances, even if the Demon Beast Rebellion broke out, it was basically a fight between the Demon Beasts and the Terran monks under the Jiedan Realm, and the outbreak of the Demon Beast Rebellion was actually to consume a large number of low-level Demon Clans and avoid the Demon Clans from killing each other.

In the rebellion of the demon beasts, there are basically very few big demons in the Yudan Realm and real people in the Jiedan Realm participating in the war.

Therefore, even if Zhao Guo had the ability to exterminate the gold-eating beast group, but the gold-eating beast group fled to the depths of the barbaric mountain range, they did not dare to continue the pursuit, once they stepped into the hidden cultivation territory of the Great Demon of the Jiedan Realm, it would be self-defeating.

Since it is impossible to completely wipe out the Gold-Eater Beast Clan, it can only withstand the attacks of the Gold-Eater Beast Clan again and again.

"What is the strength of this gold-eating beast group, and how often do you attack?"

Chen Xuan asked.