The rare metal industry plays a pivotal role in Mingdu.

The cultivation of the soul master and the production of a powerful soul guide require the use of a large number of rare metals. As long as you can participate in this huge industrial chain, even if it is just a small piece of the pie, it is enough to bring huge benefits.

No force would resist such a temptation, but in Mingdu, only the top forces are qualified to touch it.

Part of the metal industry was firmly in the hands of the royal family, and the other part was fought over by the three underground forces. In the previous Underground Soul Master Competition, the three underground forces launched a fierce duel on the bet on the underground rare metal industry in Mingdu, and finally won the crown by the Ordinary Alliance.

The Second Emperor of Ice and Snow was indifferent to the uselessness of rare metals, but Huo Yuhao, as a soul master, certainly understood the importance of rare metals, and the Ordinary Alliance was willing to give up a part of the rare metal industry to cooperate with the Northland Alliance, and this sincerity was not insignificant.

But Huo Yuhao didn't think that the Ordinary Alliance would give up such a big interest for no reason, and the other party must have some kind of demand.

He looked at Shao Jie with a smile on his face, and said meaningfully: "This gift from the Ordinary League is indeed valuable, but it seems that it is a little too valuable, I'm afraid the Northland League can't afford it." ”

It sounded very modest and ordinary, but to Shao Jie's ears, it was full of knocking. A few drops of cold sweat fell on his forehead, and he forced himself to calm down: "Our Ordinary Alliance naturally understands that such a big industry as rare metals is not something that our family can eat. ”

"It's no secret, if it was placed in the past, the Ordinary Alliance would have chosen to cooperate with the royal family, but now, the Ordinary Alliance has a better partner."

Huo Yuhao followed his words and said, "This better partner is the Northern Earth Alliance, right?" ”

"Exactly." Shao Jie bowed, "If you cooperate with the royal family, you will inevitably have to go through the hands of the crown prince, so you will naturally be an enemy of the Northland Alliance." ”

"We believe that Prince Xu Sheng will become a wise man with more foresight and talent than Prince Xu Tianran, so we will present such a great gift with the sincerity of the Ordinary Alliance."

The corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth raised slightly: "It seems that the vision of the people behind the Ordinary Alliance is really extraordinary, and this will be the most correct choice you have made." ”

Seeing that Huo Yuhao was very satisfied, Shao Jie was overjoyed, and said: "The first gift that the Ordinary League gave to the Northland Alliance was the ownership of the Southeast Mining Area. ”

Hearing these four words in the southeast mining area, Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. He had heard a little about this mining area.

Located on the outskirts of the southeastern part of Mingdu, this mining area is a huge mining area with a long history, which has been developed for at least a few hundred years, and once had rich metal deposits, and is also considered a famous place in Mingdu.

But the mine is of little value.

First of all, although this mining area is large and rich in metal deposits, it is basically common metals such as copper, silver and iron, and the development value is far less than that of rare metal ores.

Moreover, after hundreds of years of development, the metal resources in the southeast mining area have also been dug up, and they have gradually declined in the past few decades.

Generally speaking, the Southeast Mining Area is not a good mining area now, so that the royal family and other forces do not look down on it.

The Ordinary League gave the ownership of the southeast mining area as a gift to the Northland League, which seemed to be perfunctory.

Noticing Huo Yuhao's brows frowning slightly, Shao Jie hurriedly explained before his face turned ugly: "You don't know, although everyone in Mingdu knows that the Southeast Mining Area is a mess, but soon, this place will be rushed by major forces. ”

"Why?" Huo Yuhao was a little interested.

Shao Jie explained: "This year, the largest silver mine in the southeast mining area, the Baiyu silver mine, has been gradually mined, and if this silver mine is depleted, then the value of the southeast mining area will be even lower. ”

"And yet ......"

He changed his words and showed an excited smile: "Who would have thought that in the lower layer of the white jade silver mine, Mithril was actually found, and the content was not low. ”

"In other words, under the white jade silver mine, there is also a mythril mine that has not been discovered before."

His expression was extremely excited, the difference between silver and Mithril was only one word, but the value was not an order of magnitude at all. The value of this Mithril mine alone is not comparable to that of other metals in the Southeast Mining Area.

Hearing that there might be a Mithril mine, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but be stunned: "How come such a precious treasure mine hasn't been discovered before?" ”

Shao Jie explained: "The development of the white jade silver mine was more than 100 years ago, when people thought it was just an ordinary silver mine, and it was only this year that the white jade silver mine gradually bottomed out, and people discovered the mythril hidden underneath. ”

"This news also came out not long ago, and the mining area was immediately blocked, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the news of the Mithril mine has slowly spread in the southeast of Mingdu, but it has not yet reached the city center. And in addition to Mithril, there may also be Ugin and Ugine. ”

His eyes kept flashing, and he looked a little excited. Beneath the depleted ore layers are more precious and rare metals, and this benefit is enough to move any power.

But now, the Ordinary League wants to give this treasure away as a gift.

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment and said lightly: "I understand, we will send someone as soon as possible." ”

Shao Jie saluted: "If you need the Ordinary Alliance, please just ask, the leader of the Shangguan League has an order, and I will do my best to help the Northern Alliance." ”

"Don't bother you, I have my own arrangements."

Huo Yuhao declined his help.

Shao Jie didn't force it, and said consciously: "Since that's the case, we won't bother." The largest mine owner in the Southeast Mining Area is named Ding Yi, who is a fifth-level soul master, as long as he is found, he can take over the entire Southeast Mining Area. ”

As he spoke, he got up and prepared to leave.

"Well, then I won't leave any guests in the Northland Alliance."

Huo Yuhao waved his hand slightly and bid farewell to several members of the Ordinary Alliance.

After Shao Jie left the Qingshi Hotel, he exhaled deeply. Although a big gift was given, once this investment is successful, it will bring a hundredfold and thousandfold return to the Ordinary Alliance.

In the Qingshi Hotel, Huo Yuhao's face was happy, and he muttered to himself.

"It's a Mithril Mine, what a big deal......"

Huo Qiu'er couldn't help but exclaim: "It's really a big deal, if you are bought by the Ordinary League because of this, I can understand it." ”

Huo Yuhao asked casually on a whim: "Since you are also a soul master, then I will test you, what kind of soul guide is this rare metal like Mithril generally used for?" ”

Huo Qiu'er shook her head and said, "I don't know." ”

Huo Yuhao said with a puzzled expression: "Why don't you even know such a basic soul master knowledge? There are four ways to use Mithril, I'll teach you, remember. ”

"Hey, who wants you to teach, you won't have a backache when you stand and talk." Huo Qiu'er snorted coldly, "The first time I saw a metal like Mithril was in the previous Underground Soul Master Competition. ”

"Before that, let alone using it to make soul guides, I haven't even seen it in the Heavenly Soul Empire."

Huo Yuhao was even more puzzled: "No, you must know that in Mingde Hall, each person has a certain quota of Mithril every month, and at least one hundred grams can be distributed." ”

Huo Qiu'er glared at him fiercely: "You also know that it's Mingde Hall, where is the Mithril Mine in the Heavenly Soul Empire?" ”

"The Sun and Moon Empire strictly controls the export of rare metals, and many rare metals have to be smuggled to get some."

Huo Yuhao came back to his senses at this time, the doubts on his face were relieved, and then he showed a melancholy expression.

Soul guide technology is the general trend of the times, don't the Douluo Three Kingdoms know this? Of course, they also want to vigorously develop soul guide technology to enhance their national strength, but in addition to the resistance from the traditional soul master thoughts, the objective conditions of lack of metal resources are also difficult to overcome.

Without enough metal resources for those young soul masters to learn trial and error, how could the Douluo Three Kingdoms, which were already hundreds of years behind the Sun and Moon Empire, catch up with the Sun and Moon?

Huo Qiu'er shrugged her shoulders and glanced at the Ice Emperor next to her.

The Ice Emperor was frowning and replied, "The four uses of Mithril ...... The elements are adaptable, isolate the breath, strengthen the core circle, and there is also a ......"

She looked down in thought, unable to think of the fourth use of Mithril.

Huo Qiu'er was stunned for a moment, and looked at the Ice Emperor in surprise: "You even know?" ”

The Ice Emperor said lightly: "This Emperor also dabbled in soul guides before. ”

Huo Qiu'er was stunned for a while, not understanding that the Ice Emperor, who was a soul beast, would also be interested in the soul guide.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao slowly stood up.

"In that case, let's go to the southeast mining area to have a look, and then go to the southern suburbs to check how the construction progress of the Temple of Heaven is."

……

called Good Morning and briefly instructed him to pay attention to it, and told him that if Ji Jiechen came, he would arrange for him to be in the hotel town. Then, Huo Yuhao stepped on his flyboard and quickly walked towards the southeast of Mingdu.

Heavenly Dream and the Second Emperor of Ice and Snow returned to the Sea of Spirits, while Huo Qiu'er flew side by side with him, with another flyboard that Huo Yuhao had built for her at her feet.

The flyboard is completely different from the common wing-type flying soul guide, and it pays more attention to the mastery of balance when used, but only the second time it is used, Huo Qiu'er can be skillfully controlled, and the appearance of flying in the air is not chic.

As Huo Qiu'er flew, she asked Huo Yuhao, who was flying side by side with her, "I don't know much about metal knowledge, how much is this Mithril Mine worth?" It's worth your attention. ”

After Huo Yuhao thought about it, he gestured with his right hand in a small circle: "Let's put it this way, the low-level researcher of Mingde Hall only has a monthly quota of one hundred grams of Mithril, which is such a small amount, but it is enough for him to strengthen a high-quality fifth-level soul guide." ”

"The more advanced the soul guide, the more Mithril needs to be used, and a Mithril mine, even if it is the lowest scale, is completely worthy of several ninth-level soul masters coming to rob regardless of their image."

"Not to mention, according to known information, there may be associated mines such as Ugin Black Steel underneath this Mithril Mine."

He paused for a moment and muttered, "Moreover, this Mithril mine is below the southeast mining area, so it also has a unique geographical advantage. ”

Huo Qiu'er quickly understood what he meant: "You mean...... Is this mining area close to Mingdu? ”

Huo Yuhao nodded, confirming her guess: "Hmm." Most of the mining areas of the Sun and Moon Empire are near the Jingyang Mountain Range, Mingdou Mountain Range and other ore veins. And the southeast mining area is under the feet of Mingdu, I think, if this news spreads, the royal family will never sit idly by. ”

"With such a valuable strategic material as Mithril, there will never be too many forces in any force."

The speed of the two flew very fast, and during the conversation, the two stepped on the flyboard and left the center of Mingdu and slowly entered the southeast suburbs. In the distance in front of them, a vast plain gradually appeared, followed by undulating hills and hills not far away.

The other side of the horizon was far beyond the range of spiritual detection, but Huo Yuhao could still see the buildings in the distance with his excellent eyesight.

It should be a sparsely populated suburb of Mingdu, but a large number of villages and towns have appeared. Just a preliminary estimate is that at least a thousand people live here.

The villages and towns slowly entered Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection, and under the cover of the vast perceptual power, in addition to the residents living here, an unusually strong aura also appeared.

Metal.

The thick strata and high-density metals all have a strong inhibitory effect on Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection, and penetrating them will consume more spiritual power, and under normal circumstances, Huo Yuhao would not waste his spiritual power here.

Beneath the low hills, within the few nearby low hills, in the intricate underground passages, it was possible to detect a number of people walking around and digging at the same time.

Apparently, it was a metal deposit, but it was not a precious and rare metal, but a very common copper and silver mine, and the workers who shuttled through the underground passages used simple tools to mine the ore, collect it, and wait for it to be shipped out for further refinement.

Huo Yuhao, who detected this, couldn't help frowning slightly.

These mines are of inferior quality, not only the ore has low metal content, but there are not many mines left, and the entire mountain is almost hollowed out, so he can easily explore, and there is no development value.

However, these are only a few mines in the near distance, and there are several other residential areas and more low mountains with no end in sight beyond his mental detection range, and it is impossible to know the specific information about them.

This is the southeast mining area of Mingdu.

Huo Yuhao and Huo Qiu'er controlled the flyboard and quietly landed in the woodland outside the residential area, without attracting anyone's attention.

After receiving the information shared by Huo Yuhao, Huo Qiu'er couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "It seems that there are no soul masters, and the highest cultivation is only the third ring." ”

"Hmm."

Huo Yuhao replied lightly, the southeast mining area is a relatively famous place in Mingdu, but it is the first time he has come, and the accident in his heart is no less than Huo Qiu'er.

Most of these workers involved in mining have less than level 10 soul power, and the tools in their hands are not relatively efficient soul guide hoes and pickaxes, but just ordinary steel, and the mining operation is laborious and laborious.

As for the people living in this residential area, most of them are civilians without soul power.

However, what surprised Huo Yuhao even more was not these, but the way those residents communicated.

Huo Yuhao has already approached the residential area, and there are several families chatting about their parents' shortcomings, and the content is nothing more than gossip about whose private life is the mainstay.

Huo Yuhao looked at them from afar, listened carefully to the way they spoke, and was extremely serious.

"What are you doing?" Huo Qiu'er asked suspiciously.

"Listening to the tone of their voices, did you notice anything wrong?" Huo Yuhao realized.

Huo Qiu'er also listened carefully, and replied uncertainly: "What a heavy accent." ”

Huo Yuhao nodded: "Yes, this is the accent of Xingluo, which means that they should originally be from the Xingluo Empire." ”

But it's not just these families who have Xingluo accents, almost everyone in the neighborhood has a similar accent.

"I guess these people should all be immigrants from the Star Luo Empire. It's a community of immigrants. ”

(End of chapter)