The Flying Feather Family, on the martial arts training ground in the outer courtyard, including Han Yi, a full fifty ordinary disciples of the Flying Feather Family stood quietly.

On the high platform in front of him, there was a burly middle-aged man, with a tall posture, a majestic face, a cyan robe, fluttering in the wind, this person was Li Qing, the head of the outer courtyard of the Feiyu family, and his martial arts cultivation was the ninth peak of the Houtian Realm, and he was only one step away from stepping into the Zhongtian Realm.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have gathered you here today to tell you the news that my Flying Feather Family's mineral vein located in the north of Liuyun City was attacked by unknown figures, and the three disciples guarding the vein all died sideways, and none of them survived. ”

On the high platform, Li Qing glanced at all the disciples on the martial arts training ground with an expressionless face, and slowly spoke.

After hearing the news of Li Jiaotou, there was a burst of discussion from the audience.

"All dead, who is so bold and impatient to live. ”

"The mineral veins in the north of the city are related to the interests of the entire Feiyu family, if they are lost, the loss within the clan is not small. ”

"It's, it's, in my opinion, it's bound to offend people. ”

"Offend people, who is so bold and dares to touch the Feiyu family. ”

......

Seeing that the audience was not talking, Li Qing waved his arm to stop the sound of everyone's discussion.

"Today, the patriarch issued a clan order, intending to recruit five ordinary disciples among the ordinary disciples of my outer courtyard to go to the north of the city to guard the veins for a month, and pay five hundred taels of gold, if any of you are willing to volunteer, please take a step forward. ”

Hearing this, everyone's hearts froze, obviously, this is not a good errand, since those people can kill once, it is possible to kill a second time, and if they don't do well, they will be explained there.

Therefore, after the disciples present heard the news, they all looked at me, I looked at you, and no one was willing to stand up voluntarily, and Han Yi was no exception.

Seeing this, Li Qing's face darkened, and the reaction of the disciples in the audience made Li Qing angry, and pointed at the disciples in the audience and reprimanded loudly:

"The clan provides you with food, shelter, and teaches you the method of cultivation, and now the clan needs you to do something small, and you are all cowering, what is the point. ”

Hearing Li Qing's reprimand, the audience was silent, and still no one dared to stand up.

"Hmph! In that case, only the lottery will decide. ”

Li Qing snorted coldly, and finally decided by drawing lots to decide the disciples who went to the ore vein to guard, this method is also fair, five people are selected for fifty, with a probability of one in ten, and the disciples in the audience have no complaints, and they can only blame their luck when they are selected.

Li Qing stretched out his hand, and a servant walked up to the high platform with a wooden box, placed it in front of Li Qing, and then left.

"From now on, you will step forward one by one, draw a wooden card from this wooden box, if you draw a disciple with the word "loyalty" engraved on the wooden card, who will go to the north of the city to guard the errand. ”

After speaking, Li Qing let go of his body and stood quietly to the side and waited.

The rules have been set, and the disciples in the audience can't shirk it, so they can only step forward to draw wooden cards.

The whole lottery process lasted about half an hour, and after all the disciples drew the wooden cards, the disciples who were engraved with the word "loyalty" were also selected.

On the high platform, the disciples who were selected were all listless, crying and mourning, while the disciples who were not selected were snickering with joy on their faces, looking at the five people on the stage with sympathetic eyes, among them, Han Yi's thin figure was impressively listed, including Wang Teng, who almost beat Han Yi to death at the beginning.

Seeing that the selected disciples were a little depressed, Li Qing comforted him:

"You don't have to worry, this time the clan will arrange for a core disciple of the Middle Court to go with you, and by the way, investigate the cause of death of the disciple on duty in the ore vein. ”

Hearing that the core disciples of the clan had been arranged to go together, the five disciples on the high platform immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it was not for the other three major families to make a move, and there were core disciples in the clan sitting in the ore veins, the unknown person who killed the disciples guarding the mine also had to weigh their own strength.

After determining the candidates for the five disciples guarding the mine, Li Qing explained to Han Yi and the other five disciples, and then dismissed everyone.

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Early the next morning, Han Yi, who was lying on his shoulder, and the other four mine-guarding disciples who were selected came to the gate of Feiyu Villa early to wait according to Li Qing's instructions.

After a stick of incense, Li Qing's figure appeared in everyone's sight, and he was followed by the core disciples of the clan who had arranged to be on duty together.

Seeing Li Qing appear, the five ordinary disciples present all looked up behind Li Qing.

"I didn't expect it to be him!"

Han Yi looked at the very familiar figure in front of him, and muttered to himself in his heart.

This person is Li Yun, who rescued Han Yi from the well, but he didn't expect him to be the core disciple of the Feiyu family, and he had never heard him mention it when he brought Han Yi into the village before.

After seeing the figures of Han Yi and the little wild boar among the five disciples guarding the mine, Li Yun was also a little surprised.

"It's only been a long time since he entered the village, Han Yi, this kid probably hasn't cultivated his internal strength yet! He was actually sent to the north of the city to guard the mine, this kid is a little lucky. ”

"Hello Senior Brother Li Yun!"

When several other ordinary disciples saw Li Yun's figure, they greeted in unison.

"Hello junior brothers!"

Li Yun nodded lightly, responded politely, and then pointed at Han Yi in the crowd, turned his head and suggested to Li Qing:

"Li Jiaotou, I remember that this Han Yi has not been in the village for a month! I haven't even practiced my internal strength, and I am afraid that it is a little inappropriate to arrange him to guard the ore vein. ”

Hearing this, Li Qing explained with some embarrassment:

"Senior Brother Li Yun, this is not deliberately arranged by Senior Brother, this time the candidates on duty are decided by drawing lots, and the way is particularly fair, if there is a sudden replacement, the other disciples may be dissatisfied. ”

"I see"

Li Yun nodded slightly, with a hint of understanding on his face, and then said to the other disciples:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are under the orders of the clan and have the responsibility of guarding the mineral veins in the north of the city, and I hope you will do your best. ”

"We will obey the clan orders!"

Han Yi and the other five ordinary disciples looked serious and responded in unison.

Under the leadership of Li Yun, Han Yi and the others rode on the horses that had already been prepared by the slaves and galloped towards the direction of the mineral vein in the north of the city.

Without saying a word, the group ran for about an hour, passing through two villages and coming to a remote valley.

On the right side of the valley stood a dozen or so sparse simple wooden houses, and a group of ragged miners gathered together in twos and threes, basking in the sun with a lazy expression.

After seeing Li Yun and the other disciples of the Flying Feather Sect appear, this group of miners immediately stood up in a hurry, holding the mining tools beside them, their eyes flickered, and they looked at Li Yun and the others with a look of fear.

"Who of you is the head of the mine?"

Li Yun's face was solemn, and he glanced at the more than thirty mining slaves present, and asked in a fierce voice.

The miners present, you look at me, I look at you, and no one dares to stand up and respond.

"This master, the head of the mine was killed a few days ago along with several masters guarding the mine, and there is no mine head in this place now. ”

There was silence for a while, and in the crowd, a sturdy man spoke cautiously with courage.

"In that case, from now on, you are the head of the mine, what is your name?"

Hearing that the disciple of the Feiyu family in front of him let him be the head of the mine, the sturdy man's expression was stunned, but he didn't expect that just a reply, he got an errand for the head of the mine, he didn't have to work in the mine, and he had to take the money, which was the smoke of the ancestral tomb.

"Multi-...... Thank you, master, the little slave's name is Zhao Ergou. ”

Zhao Ergou looked excited and thanked incoherently.

"Tell us to go down, continue to open the mine, do not delay the mining period, find someone to lead the way, and lead us to see the corpse of the disciple guarding the mine. ”

Li Yun commanded expressionlessly.

After hearing Li Yun's order, Zhao Ergou happily took the order and left, arrogantly urging the miners to enter the valley to continue mining, and then ran over and took Li Yun and other disciples of the Feiyu family to the mortuary.