The morning air was exceptionally cold, and eagles could be seen circling in the vast sky from time to time, with the occasional clear cry echoing through the sky for a long time.

In the distance on the horizon, a tall mountain range twists and turns, and it is amazing that the snow-covered part of the mountain shines like gold in the sunlight.

"That's Jinhui Mountain," Geng Chang said, "Childe, let's continue east, at the end of the mountain range, and we will be able to reach the mine you are going to." ”

So the group rode eastward and marched forward under Geng Chang's lead.

As he approached the foot of Jinhui Mountain, Jiang Yuan could clearly see the workers mining the open-pit mine on the mountainside, and he encountered more and more convoys transporting minerals along the way.

Geng Chang often selects and purchases iron ore here, so he is familiar with many people, and constantly greets the team all the way.

Occasionally, when there were no outsiders, Geng Chang would introduce to Jiang Yuan:

"Don't look at the people here who look like they are kind and rich, but in fact, every mine here is like a mountain, if the strength is strong, it can be occupied, and if the strength is weak, it will be killed and robbed by others. ”

At noon, everyone finally came to the mine that the Lan family's children had occupied.

They dismounted and began to enter the mountain along the dug path.

The stone staircase did not extend very long, a long part of the road was a solid plank road, after passing the plank road, zigzag and walked forward for a while, and a mountain clearing appeared in front of everyone.

A wooden fence has been erected around the clearing, and the fortifications are complete, like a cottage.

If you look down from the height, you can see many houses inside the fence and the tools used for sifting and excavating.

What Jiang Yuan didn't expect was that there were a lot of people gathered in the open space.

It stands to reason that this place was once occupied by the children of the Lan family, and then attacked by the Five Ghost Dao, so there should be no living people alive.

I don't know what the living people gathered at this time are doing.

The group began to walk towards the mountain flatland, and entered the inside of the fenced cottage.

A straight road leads to a tall house built under a mountain wall.

The door to the house was open, and it was clearly visible that there was a very deep cavern inside.

Most of the living people are gathered outside the mine.

As Jiang Yuan and the others approached, the living people outside the mine cast unkind glances one after another, and some of them had even begun to draw their blades.

Geng Chang looked calm and greeted his acquaintance warmly:

"Boss Wang, why did you come here? Yo, Boss Li is also here, what are you doing here?"

Among this group of living people, the two middle-aged men who looked like businessmen at the head seemed to be Boss Wang and Boss Li in Geng Chang's mouth.

I saw Boss Li waving to the people around him and said:

"Put away all the weapons, it's the people who came to Gengjiabao to procure, not to rob the mine. ”

Boss Wang looked at Geng Chang suspiciously:

"Geng Chang, you are here to buy iron ore, why don't you go to my mine and come here instead?

Geng Chang smiled and turned sideways, revealing Jiang Yuan:

"This time I'm just an errand runner, and the main customer is the boy next to me. ”

Boss Wang and Boss Li immediately looked at Jiang Yuan, only to feel that the young man in front of them was very naïve and had never dealt with each other.

Jiang Yuan stood up and asked:

"What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing?" Boss Li said, "Of course I'm here to rob the mine!

Boss Wang also said:

"The mysterious man who occupied the mine was suddenly gone for a few days, so we came over to see what was going on. At this glance, there was no one in the entire mining workshop. ”

Boss Li continued:

"I sent two men down to the mine to take a look, but there was no news as soon as I went. Then Boss Wang also sent two down, and we waited here for a long time, but they also never returned. ”

Boss Wang shook his head and sighed:

"I'm afraid that the ventilation in this mine is not done well, or there is a problem with the bellow box, which causes the mine gas to suffocate to death. ”

Jiang Yuan asked the questions he was interested in:

"Haven't you even seen anyone in this mine?"

Boss Wang nodded and replied:

"It's been a few days, and the people here seem to have disappeared out of thin air, don't you think it's strange?"

Jiang Yuan smiled, turned to Han Chao and Yuan He and said:

"Clear!"

Yuan He and Han Chao immediately drew their sharp blades and shouted at the people around them viciously:

"Irrelevant people, get out of here!"

In response to them, there was a dense sound of knives being drawn.

Boss Wang pointed at Jiang Yuan and said angrily:

"Just a few of you, you dare to rob us-"

Before he could finish his sentence, there was a deafening loud noise.

"Boom !!!"

I saw a boulder at the entrance of the mine shatter instantly, and the flying rocks smashed into the nearby living people screaming.

Everyone looked in horror, but saw Yu Ling withdraw her white and tender fist with some embarrassment, and glanced at Jiang Yuan nervously.

Everyone was stunned and looked at this beautiful girl in amazement.

Yu Ling hesitated for a moment, plucked up the courage and shouted:

"Still not rolling?"

For a while, the entrance of the mine was suddenly in chaos, and Boss Wang and Boss Li fled with their respective subordinates without even hesitating.

The strength of this girl has far exceeded that of the warriors raised under them, and if they stay, everyone knows that there will definitely be no good fruit to eat.

After a while, all the outsiders escaped.

Yu Ling came to Jiang Yuan's side nervously:

"Childe, I just ...... Isn't it the right thing to do?"

Jiang Yuan smiled:

"Well done. ”

Yu Ling let out a long breath.

Jiang Yuan began to look at the mine in front of him.

The whole cave is about two meters long and wide, just like a giant mouth born on the mountain wall, and the inside of the black hole seems to lead to the belly of the mountain.

It seems that if you want to search the Five Ghost Paths and obtain the fragments of the Evil Spirit Mirror, you can only go deep into them.

He found some torches nearby, which were made of dried bamboo strips bundled together, had a low ignition point, and produced very little smoke during the burning process, which was the first choice for lighting in the mines.

The group then began to step into the mine.

The road in the cave is very flat, but there are a lot of ores scattered around, some of which have a red shimmer, according to Geng Chang, they are gemstones.

After entering the cave for a while, the surroundings began to become colder and darker, and the light became darker and darker, and only the faint light of the stone walls could still be seen on the wet moss.

The tunnel was not very long, and it didn't take long to reach the end.

At the end of the ground there was a deep mine, and on top of the mine was a large, intricate wooden wheel, and a thick rope went vertically downward, disappearing into the darkness deep in the mine.

At the edge of the mine, there are also bamboo pipes connected to the blower box to form the ventilation device under the mine.

Geng Chang came to the wooden roller, turned the winch, and the sound of friction continued to echo on the stone wall of the mine.

After a while, a large, sturdy barrel was slowly lifted from the depths of the mine.

Jiang Yuan instructed everyone:

"Stay outside and don't let anyone come near. ”

Yu Ling took a step forward:

"Childe, I'll accompany you!"

Jiang Yuan looked at Yu Ling:

"There may well be unknown dangers down there, and I won't care about you if something happens. ”

Yu Ling replied:

"I want to be brave and stop being cowardly....... Childe don't worry about me!"

Jiang Yuan hesitated, according to Yu Ling's strength, he also had a certain amount of self-preservation. If there are really five ghosts and demons below, this time it will be just right for her to adapt to the real battle.

So Jiang Yuanbian agreed.

The two lit the torches and stood in the big wooden barrel, Geng Chang began to turn the winch, and at the same time reminded:

"Childe should be careful, this is a vertical well, there may be a inclined shaft and a flat alley below, I haven't gone down this time, I don't know if the alley inside will be too complicated, so don't get lost. As soon as the torch is about to go out, please return immediately!"

As the wooden wheels turned, the ropes hung the barrels and began to descend towards the deep well.

Yuan He and Han Chao also began to push the bellows to deliver fresh air to the mine.

I don't know how deep the mine is, but as the barrels continue to be lowered, the surrounding light becomes darker and darker, and the torches in their hands can only illuminate the surrounding stone walls.

Looking up, the wellhead was getting smaller and smaller, and there was only a faint point of light at the back.

In the beating firelight, Jiang Yuan and Yu Ling were face to face, and they could see each other's faces.

The descent process is oppressive and boring, and the surroundings are also quiet and terrifying.

Yu Ling seemed to want to say something, but Jiang Yuan suddenly frowned:

"The smell of blood!"

As the blower delivered air into the bamboo pipes underground, Jiang Yuan in the barrel could feel the air rising from under the mine.

In the midst of this updraft, there was a thick bloody pungency.

Yu Ling's face couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and she moved closer to Jiang Yuan.

The barrel is still falling, as if it will never go down.

I don't know how long this heavy depression lasted, and the barrel suddenly trembled slightly, followed by the sound of water.

Jiang Yuan held the torch and shone it out of the barrel, only to find that the barrel was floating on the water at this time.

In the firelight, the water under the barrel was as black as ink, and there was a layer of red foam on the surface.

A crumpled pale face emerged in the black water, a dead male corpse.

The corpse was swollen and swollen, rising and falling with the waves of black water, and the face was stained with large red foam.

Seeing this corpse suddenly, Yu Ling couldn't help but grab Jiang Yuan's arm and forcibly refused to scream.

Jiang Yuan held the torch and shone around, only to see a deep flat alley appear on the side of the well wall, and one-fifth of the height of the hole was flooded with black water.

He grabbed the rope that hung the barrel and shook it, signaling that Geng Chang above did not need to continue lowering the rope.

Then Jiang Yuan turned over and jumped out of the barrel, splashing a piece of black water.

The black water only reached Jiang Yuan's knees, and he walked towards the entrance of the Pingxiang cave with the floating red foam water.

Yu Ling hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and jumped into the black water, avoiding the floating corpses floating in the black water, and followed Jiang Yuan.

The deep alleyway was low, and the two had to bend down to move forward.

The roadway twists and turns, and in the light of the torches, you can see the surrounding wooden frames used for support.

As we go deeper, the alleys get shorter and shorter.

At the end, the two had to crawl forward on the ground, and if they raised their heads slightly, they could hit the stone wall above.

The cramped and depressing stone walls pressed towards the two of them from all directions, and in such an environment, Yu Ling only felt depressed and uncomfortable.

She just wanted to say something to ease this depression, but a cold hand suddenly stretched out from the crack in the stone on one side!

The twisted human hand grabbed Yu Ling's hair at once, and she couldn't help screaming loudly anymore.