Outside Qingzhou City,

After disguise, Xu Lan and Chen Ci rode on horseback on the official road, and according to the location of the ore vein marked on the map, it was about 100 kilometers away from Qingzhou.

An hour later,

Xu Lan and Chen Ci stopped, and the location of the ore vein was in the forest in front of them.

"There's a smell of blood all around..."

Xu Lan and Chen Ci stopped at the same time, looked at each other and saw the surprise in their eyes.

After Xiuwei arrived at the first realm, everyone's five senses were greatly improved.

The faint smell of blood in the air around them naturally couldn't hide from the two of them.

"There are also horseshoe prints on the ground, and it looks like someone is one step ahead of us."

Xu Lan jumped off the horse and squatted down to look at the horseshoe prints on the official road, and there were some conjectures in his heart.

"People from the Sun family?"

Chen Ci sniffed slightly as he looked around, trying to find the direction where the smell of blood came from.

"Probably not."

Xu Lan shook his head, if the Sun family wanted to forcibly occupy this vein, they didn't need to send a housekeeper to wait for him for two days.

"The Qian family has spent a lot of effort for this vein, and even does not hesitate to compete with the Sun family, although they did not mine it as soon as they got it, they must have sent some people to stay here and station."

Xu Lan calmly analyzed: "This place is more than a hundred kilometers away from Qingzhou, and it is quite time-consuming to go back and forth, and they should not know that the Qian family has been destroyed." ”

"So what do you mean..."

Chen Ci thought for a moment before continuing: "There is a third party who rushed here to kill the others after the Qian family was destroyed?" ”

"Well, the horseshoe prints on the ground are a mess, and there are quite a few of them."

Xu Lan said indifferently: "The most important point is that the horseshoe prints here are all going in the same direction, but there is no opposite direction. ”

"That group of people is still in the vein?"

Chen Ci's eyes tightened, if this was the case, it would also verify Xu Lan's previous conjecture.

The importance of this vein is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

"If I'm not mistaken, they should still be there."

Xu Lan stood up and patted the dust on his palms and smiled: "Maybe it's still our old friend..."

Friends...

Chen Ci was stunned at first, and then his eyes widened as if he had thought of something.

"Demon cultists?!"

Chen Ci subconsciously put his hand on the hilt of the sword, if this matter involved the Demon Sect, then the nature would change.

"If you don't guess wrong, the reason why the Qian family wants to win this vein is most likely to be used as a bargaining chip for trading with the Demon Sect."

Xu Lan nodded and said, "And the Sun family is also interested in this vein because of Sun Hongying. ”

It is difficult for a woman who has returned from a study trip since she was a child not to suspect that she has some special ability or means.

There is a high probability that Sun Hongying also knows the special features of this vein, so he tries his best to get it.

"I'll go back and find someone."

It is a matter of the Demon Sect, so naturally it is better to let the people of the Yamen deal with it.

"There is some distance from Qingzhou, and it takes two hours to go back and forth."

Xu Lan said with a smile: "When you finally gather people to come here again, it will be dark, and then it will be time to startle the snake." ”

There was another reason he didn't say.

That is, if Chen Ci returns to Qingzhou Yamen to find someone, it will inevitably alarm the Sun family.

"But..."

Chen Ci frowned slightly, could it be that he wanted to let this group of demon sect traitors escape?

"You and I join forces, it's enough."

Xu Lan slowly spoke: "Unless there are cultivators from the Four Realms in this group of people. ”

Hearing this, he was silent for a few seconds before he spoke: "Okay, if you really meet a cultivator of the Four Realms, you can run, I can be sure to hold back." ”

"Okay."

Seeing this, Xu Lan was not surprised, he guessed that Chen Ci's identity was not simple.

There must be some means to press the bottom of the box on her body, even if she meets a cultivator of the Four Realms, she can still run.

Then the two walked forward step by step in the direction of the smell of blood, and after walking about a hundred steps, Xu Lan felt that the smell of blood was getting stronger and stronger.

"Their bodies were buried."

Xu Lan saw that the dirt under his feet had traces of turning, and the source of the smell of blood was here.

"It looks like a lot of people died..."

Chen Ci looked around and found a tent on the left, which should be the stronghold of these people.

"There's no one here."

Xu Lan sensed it carefully, and there was no trace of other people's breath near the tent, and finally his eyes fell on a hole dozens of meters away from the tent.

This is the entrance to the vein, and there are countless mountains of waste rock next to it.

Seeing this, Xu Lan and Chen Ci glanced at each other, and at the same time determined one thing.

In fact, the Qian family has already mined this vein, but it has not been announced to the public.

"They should all be in."

Xu Lan and Chen Ci approached and found that there were many messy footprints at the entrance, which were of different shades, giving people the feeling that they had carried something in.

"Looks like they've been mining for a while."

Chen Ci visually measured the amount of waste rock around him, and deduced in his heart that he had started mining this place at least half a month ago.

"Go in and take a look."

Xu Lan's curiosity is now getting heavier and heavier, what is hidden in this seemingly ordinary vein.

"Be careful."

Chen Ci opened his mouth to remind,

The terrain inside the vein is complex and extremely unfamiliar, so the two of them have to be careful.

The two of them then entered the vein one after the other, and after a brief period of adaptation, the two easily adapted to the dim vision inside.

The two of them walked like this,

After walking in for about half a stick of incense, Chen Ci, who was walking in the front, stopped.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in front of him, and Chen Ci slowly stretched out two fingers, which meant that there were two people.

Xu Lan nodded, and then he understood that he and Chen Ci stood separately from the left and the right, holding his breath and waiting quietly.

In the next second, the two figures in front of them gradually approached,

Xu Lan and Chen Ci drew their swords almost at the same time, and the two sword rays in the dim cave disappeared in a blink of an eye.

The two corpses fell silently, and Xu Lan took the opportunity to find something similar to a token on their bodies.

Handing the token to Chen, she tried to speak but was afraid of alarming the others.

Then he motioned for Xu Lan to stretch out his palm, and then wrote a few words on his palm.

"Demon Cult Token."

Xu Lan nodded and motioned to continue walking.

Soon the two of them reached the end of the passage, and a slight light of fire came from the corner in front of them, which cheered them up.

Then the scene in front of them surprised them,

The demons dug a deep pit deep into this vein, and built an altar-like structure here.