Chapter 327 Rescue
"That's true, but the sect has recently increased the monthly share of the Flame Scale Mine, and the mine is in need of manpower. If someone dies here and the supervisors find out, there will definitely be trouble." The thin-browed monk advised.
The long-haired male cultivator frowned and cursed again, then ordered the Qi Refining Stage guard disciple who was also watching the battle below with great interest to go down immediately and use the magic weapon to catch the stone lizard back to the cage.
"Speaking of this, what's going on in the Western Region? Wasn't it said that it was still chaotic a few years ago, with the major sects fighting each other endlessly? Why are they now united against the outside world?" The fat monk asked with some confusion.
"Who knows? However, those Rong people are all uncivilized savages. We didn't care about them when they bowed down to us before. Now they dare to bar their teeth at our Great Qin. I think they must be crazy. I think there will be a lot more Rong people in the mine soon. Then we can set up a bet to see what's so special about them." The long-haired male cultivator said with a smile.
At this time, the thin-browed cultivator suddenly turned his head to look at the side and called to the corner.
"Hey, I remember you are from South Xinjiang. Tell me, who is more powerful, you South Xinjiang people or North Rong people?"
Hearing this, Wulu, who was holding a wine jar in the corner, smiled and said:
"Reporting to Lord Gong, of course our South Xinjiang people are more powerful."
"Oh, in that case, I will let you go up and fight with the Rong people to see if what you said is true." The long-haired male cultivator said so after hearing this.
"Alas, Lord Gong, please don't embarrass me. With my mediocre skills, anyone can get rid of me. Then no one will pour the spiritual wine for you adults." Wu Lu smiled bitterly.
"Haha, you sly guy, come up and fill the cups, and then get out." The long-haired male cultivator laughed twice and waved his hand.
Wu Lu hurriedly stepped forward and filled the cups of spiritual wine for several people with familiar skills. When he turned around and left, a barely perceptible coldness flashed across his face.
At this moment, a voice that was quite familiar and very surprising suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Brother Wu Lu is lurking here, so humiliated, I wonder what good things you are eyeing this time?"
Hearing this voice, Wu Lu's heart was startled, and Yuan Ming's appearance flashed in his mind. He subconsciously looked up and looked around, but did not find Yuan Ming's figure.
He quickly realized his situation, quickly covered up the surprised look on his face, walked back to the corner quickly, put down the wine jar, and stood honestly with his hands hanging down.
At the same time, he also said silently in his mind: "Brother Yuan? Are you sending me a message through your soul? When did you learn this secret technique?"
"We have been separated for so long, how can I not make any progress? But Brother Wulu was living happily in the East China Sea before, why is he here now and playing the role of a miner again?" Yuan Ming continued to ask through the soul crow transformed by the split soul.
"This, the specific reason is a long story, and it is not convenient for me to reveal too much. Brother Yuan, please don't ask too much. However, Brother Yuan, you are also here, doesn't it mean..." Wulu said vaguely to change the subject.
"Haha, Brother Wulu, don't worry. I am not trapped. I am still free at this moment. I came here for some personal matters, and by the way, I wanted to save the miners here from the water and fire, but I happened to run into you. But seeing Brother Wulu here, I am afraid that my plan here will be delayed for some time, so as not to disturb Brother Wulu's layout." Yuan Ming said half-truthfully.
Hearing this, Wu Lu replied with great righteousness: "Liberate the miners here? Haha, Brother Yuan is really a role model for our generation of immortals. This move can save hundreds of cultivators from suffering. How can it be delayed by me alone? Brother Yuan, just go ahead and do it, don't mind me."
Yuan Ming heard this and smiled knowingly in his heart. He immediately realized that Wu Lu was not as comfortable as he seemed. There must be some unexpected changes in this lurking.
However, he did not point it out, but invited: "In this case, why don't you help me rescue all the miners here?"
Wulu pondered for a moment and nodded: "That's good, but I don't know if Brother Yuan has a way to deal with the Jindan cultivators sitting here?"
"Don't worry about this, Brother Wu Lu, I see that you need to serve the foundation-building cultivators here now, and contact the uprising later. Do you want me to help you find a chance to get out?" Yuan Ming asked.
"No need, I have a way to sneak out and discuss the plan with you." Wu Lu said.
"Okay, then when Brother Wu Lu finds an opportunity, you can go to the miners to find a cultivator named Zuo Qinghui. He is my subordinate. Now he pretends to be arrested and hides in the mine. You can discuss the specific plan with him." Yuan Ming continued.
Wu Lu waited for a while and found that Yuan Ming stopped talking. He silently wrote down the name "Zuo Qinghui" and silently calculated his plan in his mind.
On the other side, after talking with Wu Lu, the Soul Crow flew out of the arena and explored the structure of the entire mine.
What he said to Wu Lu about liberating the miners here was not empty talk. Anyone who believed in, appreciated, and worshipped him could provide him with willpower. Now there are so many miners in the mine. If they are given a little guidance and help, and then liberated by him, they will definitely get a lot of willpower income.
With his current strength, with the help of other miners, it is not difficult to deal with the foundation-building cultivators here. The only problem is Elder Hai, the Jindan cultivator who is in charge here.
The Soul Crow flew around the mine, and Yuan Ming had already sketched out the topographic map of this place in his mind.
The mine is an elliptical structure, which can be roughly divided into four areas, namely the residence of the Guiyuan Sect monks in the east, the residence of the monks' mining slaves in the south, the residence of the mortal mining slaves in the north, and the largest mine distribution point in the west.
Except for the Yanlin Ore, some ordinary ores produced here are handed over to those mortal mining slaves to dig.
The monks of the Guiyuan Sect did not pay much attention to the management of mortals. Most of the affairs were handed over to the mortals who were willing to surrender, leaving only a few Qi-refining monks in charge of the general management.
If a riot was to be set off, these mortals would undoubtedly not play any role, but as one of the important sources of willpower, Yuan Ming would not ignore them.
Unlike mortals, the Guiyuan Sect's management of monks is relatively strict. In addition to using magic tools to suppress the mana in the body, there are also monks who lead the team when going down to the mine, and there will be several foundation-building monks in the dormitory area every night to patrol and guard.
The only way out of the entire mine to the outside world is located on the east side of the residence of the Guiyuan Sect monks. If the miners want to escape, they must break through the many obstacles of the Guiyuan Sect monks.
In addition, Yuan Ming also found that the layout of the entire mine building seemed to be arranged according to a certain array pattern.
Through analysis, he deduced the locations of several nodes of this array, and then controlled the soul to transform into a soul crow and searched for it. Sure enough, under a stone wall deep in the mine, he found a gray-white stone pillar.
Then, he found several similar array nodes and wrote down the locations one by one. After a brief calculation in his mind, he set his sights on the four-story building in the center of the mine.
As the residence of the "Jiedan monk" with the highest cultivation in this mine, this high-rise building was obviously covered by someone with a rather mysterious array.
However, Yuan Ming's soul is essentially just a group of soul power condensed. Unless it is a formation that specializes in shielding the power of the soul, he will not be affected by any formation.
The soul crow flew into the tall building without any hindrance, but after searching up and down for several times, it did not find the figure of Elder Hai in the building, or any other suspicious things.
This puzzled him.
When the soul splitting just arrived here during the day, he noticed that there were people on the top of this building looking at the mine, but now there was no one in the building.
However, as this place is the residence of Jindan cultivators, Yuan Ming did not think that any disciples would break in at will.
With a trace of doubt, he searched the corners of the building again carefully, and finally found a secret door leading directly to the underground behind the stairs on the first floor.
The soul crow immediately flew into the door, crossed a section of stairs going down, and suddenly saw a clear view in front of him.
This is a spacious room, with large and small porcelain bottles and pottery jars placed on the stone platforms on both sides, some of which contained unknown elixirs, and some transparent or translucent bottles, containing strange liquids with a certain odor.
The whole room was spotless, without a trace of blood or dust. However, on the stone platform in the middle of the room, a dark corpse with its belly ripped open was lying on its back.
The blood in his body seemed to be restrained by some special magic and did not flow out. Through the huge incision on the chest of the corpse, the internal organs could be clearly seen.
The lungs contracted and expanded, and the heart beat "thump" and "thump" again and again. It was not until then that Yuan Ming was surprised to find that this "corpse" was still alive.
However, there was no light in the eyes of the "corpse". It was obvious that the long-term torture made his soul painful and he had lost the desire to live.
The soul crow looked at the face of the "corpse", and his eyes swept over his shoulder, and found a red tiger head tattoo engraved there.
Yuan Ming's heart moved, and he instantly recalled that this person was Mu Li who had been on a mission with him in Biluo Cave that year?
After Biluo Cave was destroyed by Poxiao Sanmeng, all its disciples were captured by Poxiao. I didn't expect that they were sold here and suffered such tragic treatment.
Yuan Ming sighed in his heart. Considering that they had known each other for a long time, he couldn't bear his suffering and wanted to help him get rid of it completely.
But at this moment, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from far away outside the door, which startled him slightly.
Not long after, with a slight "creak" sound, a door deep in the room was pushed open.