Chapter 56: Rat Infestation

"I don't know what the mission is. When I first entered the mine, I didn't say anything about other things besides mining."

Qi Yunxian said to Zhao Wei,

"This task is not difficult. Even for a person of Lin Daoyou's strength, it is an opportunity to make a fortune. There are many monsters living in the Huangshi Mine. I believe Lin Daoyou has seen a lot of them.

Among them, the most harmful thing to the Huangshi Mine is the swarm of gold-devouring rats. This kind of monster has low strength, only a first-level low-grade strength, but it is a group of monsters, often thousands of them. Once it reaches a large scale, it will attack them. Mineral veins cause massive damage.

So every once in a while, we will arrange monks to kill the gold-eating rats and limit the growth of their numbers to ensure the safety of the entire mine. "

Zhao Wei explained to Qi Yunxian,

"Since this gold-devouring rat is so harmful, why not let the foundation-building elders in the Black Water Gate personally eliminate it once and for all?"

"It's not that simple. One is that the gold-devouring rat is one of the food sources for the big rock snakes in the mine. If they are all killed, the big rock snakes might attack the monks or gorge on the ore crazily if they have no food.

The second is that this gold-eating rat is good at digging holes, and there are countless small holes under this mine. It is impossible to kill them all, and they can only barely control their number. "

"I see, how many people are participating in this mission?"

"As usual, this matter has already been dealt with by Daoist Qiu's side. You can just listen to his arrangements tomorrow. This matter is related to the safety of the Huangshi Island Mine, so I hope Fellow Daoist Lin will take it to heart."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yunxian secretly put this person on his must-kill list. If he could escape from the mine, he would definitely kill this person and let him know who he had offended today.

"Then thank you Supervisor Zhao for your appreciation. I will definitely go there on time tomorrow. I will take my leave first and go back to prepare."

After Qi Yunxian said something meaningful, he turned and left.

Zhao Wei watched Qi Yunxian's back slowly walking away, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart. When he thought of Qiu Tian who had never missed in so many years, he reluctantly suppressed this uneasiness.

"Junior Brother Zhao really values ​​that fellow Daoist Qiu. He has protected him several times, and I don't know how many benefits he has given you."

"I don't understand what Senior Brother Li means. I, Zhao Wei, work for the sect wholeheartedly and have never had any selfish motives. But not long after Senior Brother Li came to the mine, he got together with that fellow Taoist Hao. What outsiders don't know is clear. Do you think Senior Brother Li and him are from the same sect?"

Zhao Wei did not give in to Li Ming's words at all. Whether it was Qiu Tian or Hao Dayou, they were both related to their vital interests. They were both at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and neither of them would give up their money bags.

"Hmph, I advise Junior Brother Zhao to be cleaner in his work. There are many rumors in the mine. Junior Brother Zhao, together with his fellow Taoist enemy, killed many miners in the mine. If a few managers find out, I'm afraid Junior Brother Zhao's position will have to be replaced by someone else. Sit down."

Zhao Wei's face turned dark when he heard this.

"Senior Brother Li is joking. Such rumors cannot be taken seriously. I, Zhao Wei, am absolutely loyal to Heishui Sect."

Li Ming just smiled and said nothing more.

Qi Yunxian stepped into the passage and found that a strong man in purple robe had been waiting here. It was Hao Dayou who was beside Li Ming before.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, do you know that you have already stepped half way through the gate of hell?"

"Why did Fellow Daoist Hao say this?"

Qi Yunxian knew that this person was waiting for him in the passage, so it was definitely not without purpose.

"I guess Manager Zhao must have given you a task to eliminate the rat infestation, and told you that the task is not difficult, there are many monks involved, and there is no danger.

But in fact, starting from a year ago, people died every time the rat infestation was eliminated, and often the people who died were people other than Boss Qiu's men.

Two of my men died last month, but none of his men were lost.

Originally, there was not much difference in strength between me and Boss Qiu, but in just one year, more than 20 of my men have been lost to the rat plague. What do you think he means by assigning you to this task? "

"I see, then why didn't you report it to Supervisor Li?"

Qi Yunxian was a little curious. Behind Hao Dayou was obviously Li Ming. He lost more than twenty people a year. This kind of loss was enough to affect the mining progress of the entire mine.

Even if Zhao Wei deliberately intervened, it would be impossible to suppress this matter.

"Although there is something fishy about this matter, there is no evidence to prove that it was the old ghost Qiu who did it, and those people all died at the hands of monsters, so it can be left alone."

Hao Dayou said helplessly,

"Thank you, fellow Taoist, for reminding me!"

"No need to thank you. I just can't stand what Qiu Laogui is doing. Seeing that Fellow Daoist Lin has a high level of cultivation, are you interested in joining forces with me to kill Qiu Laogui?"

Hao Dayou smiled and extended the invitation. Qi Yun's immortal cultivation had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining, and he was one of the best in the entire mine, second only to Qiu Laogui and Hao Dayou in front of him.

He had also seen the fight between Qi Yunxian and Qiu Laogui before, and then he had the desire to recruit.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist, for your kindness. I'm just used to living alone, and I have no intention of joining any force for the time being."

Qi Yunxian had no intention of getting involved in the struggle for interests between them, so he politely declined and turned to leave.

"Brother Hao, this person is so ignorant of praise, why do you need to come here to remind him!"

A female cultivator next to Hao Dayou said angrily. This woman was Zhao Yun who entered the mine with Qi Yunxian.

"Hmph, what do you know? This man has good skills. There are many people who can take down Zhuo Hu brothers in a one-on-two situation.

But there are only a few who can escape unscathed. I'm afraid that Wang Fang can't do it. I didn't expect that this group of newly joined miners is really full of hidden talents.

In any case, he has a grudge with Qiu Laogui. If he can survive the rat plague, he will turn to us sooner or later."

Hao Dayou said confidently,

"How strong can he be alone? Wang Fang has agreed to join forces with us. He has dozens of people under him, and he is not much stronger than Lin Yun."

Zhao Yun said coquettishly with some dissatisfaction,

"Yes, yes, yes, Yun'er, you are right!"

Hao Dayou took her into his arms and said with a smile.

Zhao Yun also leaned on Hao Dayou's shoulder quite tactfully, but she didn't realize that in the place where she couldn't see, there was no emotion in Hao Dayou's cold eyes.