Pei Zheng looked solemn, his lips tightly pursed, and his footsteps became faster and faster. His sturdy figure was like an agile leopard cat in this passage, moving forward quickly.
The spiral passageway was like a labyrinth with no end in sight. It was simple and boring.
After turning one corner after another, Pei Zheng's facial expression was still like a stone sculpture. Even if the surrounding temperature had risen to an unbearable level for ordinary people, even if the corners of his clothes had begun to roll up because of the high temperature airflow around him, his expression remained the same. Inside his indifferent heart, which was like a ten-thousand-year-old glacier, was already tumbling endlessly, like the rock flow in the underground fire vein, surging endlessly.
This was an underground fire vein!
There was no need for him to elaborate on how valuable it was. Each of the four smelting families of the Great Jin, Wu, Pei, Luo, and Jian had its own characteristics and each had its own backer. In hundreds of years of fighting and compromises, they had formed an unstable state of balance. Some were strong, some were weak, but the difference was not big. No one dared to guarantee that they could destroy the other, or even completely suppress the other. Even the underground fire vein could not change all this.
Among the four families, no one really owned the underground fire vein, and the underground fire vein in front of him could not be owned by any of the four families. Even Jin Nanqing could see this clearly, let alone Pei Zheng.
Even so, he had to come here. Not for anything else, just for the possibility of getting the Spiritual Stones of Fire Attribute. It was worth coming here. The news of the discovery of the underground fire vein in Zhonghejun City came out four days ago, and the lost Zhonghejun City had just returned to the hands of the Great Jin. Judging from the usual efficiency of the imperial court of the Great Jin, four days were not enough for them to react. Now, the underground fire vein was still in a vacuum period. Anyone could go in and benefit from it.
His only worry now was that he came too late.
Four days was just a matter of a breath for the imperial court of the Great Jin, but for the greedy people in the martial arts world, it was enough to do a lot of things.
Apart from worrying, there was also some news that made him feel relieved. For example, the passage of the underground fire vein was filled with fire poison. Unless one's cultivation was above Level Three, he would definitely die if he went in.
This was good news. Within a thousand miles of Zhonghe Prefecture, there were not many people whose cultivation had reached Level Three. Even if they had reached Level Three, they would at most be interested in the Spiritual Stones of Fire Way. Even if they were lucky enough to find the Spiritual Stones, they would sell them in the end. And the Pei Family was not short of money.
Besides, even if their cultivation had reached Level Three, Level Four, or Level Five, they might not dare to come in.
Because today he heard a ridiculous news. Prince Xiaoming of the Sect of Flame had reached Level Nine in the underground fire vein and killed Wang She of the Tian Long Taoism there. For a while, the public was in an uproar. Of course, this was only limited to the whole Zhonghe City, because this news had just come out yesterday.
It was a very strange news. In normal times, people might laugh it off when they heard this news. But now, it seemed a little different. This was because the underground fire vein was discovered by the people of the Sect of Flame, so they planned a rebellion that most people with IQ thought was very unreasonable. They occupied Zhonghe City, which was located in the hinterland of the Great Jin. Even now, when the underground fire vein was revealed, many people were still puzzled. Because the Sect of Flame did not lack underground fire veins. Prince Xiaoming was the youngest Venerable in the sect and also the most promising expert. Why would he rely on an underground fire vein located in the hinterland of the Great Jin to improve his cultivation?
This was a matter where the loss outweighed the gain. Although the value of an underground fire vein was great, it was not worth the loss of the Sect of Flame this time. Because everyone knew that once this fire vein was discovered, it would belong to the imperial court of the Great Jin in the end. The behavior of the Sect of Flame was equivalent to paying a huge price for the imperial court of the Great Jin. It was obviously a losing deal. If one did not know this, he would really think that the Sect of Flame and the imperial court of the Great Jin were a family!
Of course, Pei Zheng did not care about this. He was not interested in the purpose of the Sect of Flame!
But there was a fact that he could not ignore. Wang She led a group of people from the Ziwu Camp into the underground fire vein three days ago and had not come out until now.
This was the crux of the problem. In the past few days, people entered the huge passageway leading to the fire vein one after another, and some people came out one after another. The situation of the underground fire vein began to become clear. Because it was full of fire poison, most of the people from the Ziwu Camp who entered with Wang She at the beginning were dead. Their bodies were lying in the passageway. Only a few of the bodies were carried out by people who were familiar with them. As for the other bodies, perhaps they would have to wait until the imperial court of the Great Jin took over the fire vein in the future to deal with!
The life of a martial artist was full of contradictions. On one hand, if they had enough strength, they could rely on their own strength to fight for their own sky with their own hands and seize endless wealth. On the other hand, if they did not have enough strength, they would face the helplessness and sorrow of dying at any time.
The existence of Wang She was a trouble. Pei Zheng did not want to get into this trouble. But as an Elder of the Pei family who was closest to the underground fire vein, he had to come. Even if it was just a gesture, he had to come!
Suddenly, there was a slight tremor in the quiet passageway. The tremor was so slight that it was hard to notice.
Pei Zheng frowned. He was a Level Five expert. His five senses were already extremely sharp. Even the slightest abnormality in the surrounding air could not be hidden from him.
"Someone seems to be injured!"
With this thought flashing in his mind, the advancing figure slightly paused and slowly hid in a dark place on the side of the passageway. After about the time it took to burn a stick of incense, two figures walked out from the passageway.
"Jian Yulei?!" With the faint light in the passageway, Pei Zheng saw the appearance of the two people clearly. A man in his thirties was carrying a strong old man in his fifties, walking out with some difficulty.
"And Jian Yu, they are injured. Who injured them? Could it be Wang She!"
Looking at the two figures that were gradually getting farther away, Pei Zheng's pair of thick eyebrows furrowed more tightly.
Jian Yulei and Jian Yu were both members of the Jian family. The Jian family, like the Pei family and the Wu family, belonged to one of the four smelting families of the Great Jin.
Jian Yulei was also an Elder of the Jian family. His cultivation was one level lower than his, at the peak of Level Four. Jian Yu, who was carrying him out, was an expert of the younger generation of the Jian family. At such a young age, his cultivation had already reached Level Three. It was said that he would soon be able to break through to the Bone-Forging Realm.
Looking at the situation of the two, it was obvious that they had been beaten out.
"Could it be that Wang She is really inside, and that he is so tyrannical in this underground fire vein?!" Pei Zheng's mind flashed a trace of a bad premonition. After the two people of the Jian family disappeared around the corner of the passageway, he emerged from the shadow on the side of the passageway. After a slight hesitation, he continued to walk forward. No matter what was in front of him, he had to move forward. Anyway, it was definitely not a dragon's pool or a tiger's den. Since the two guys of the Jian family could come out alive, of course, he would not have any problem.
After walking forward for another half an hour, he saw a few more people walking out from the depths of the passageway. Their faces were similarly ashen and they were similarly injured. Among them was an Elder of the Luo family, another smelting family.
"Pei, Luo, Jian and Wu, including me, three out of the four smelting families have already appeared. What about the Wu family? I heard that they were in the Military Camp from the beginning. One of them made the greatest contribution in breaking the city. I don't know if he survived in the fire vein. A 13-year-old Level Three expert. If it weren't for the brats of the Wu's bragging, then the Wu's would be the one who got the biggest benefit this time! "
In his heart, Pei Zheng went through all the news he had received these few days. He felt a little emotional. However, before he could finish feeling emotional, his footsteps stopped.
This was a corner of the underground passageway. It was very narrow, much narrower than the thick passageway he had just passed through. It was so narrow that only two or three people could pass through side by side. In the middle of the passageway, there was a person sitting. He was very young, about 12 or 13 years old. His face was very delicate and his smile was very gentle.
He sat cross-legged in the middle of the passageway with two silver hammers in front of him. His hair was a little messy and his breath was not that calm. With a strange expression, he looked at Pei Zheng and laughed. The most important thing was that this youth's cultivation was Level Three!
"You are … Zhou Bao!"
Very easily, Pei Zheng searched for this youth's information in his mind. After all, this kid's performance in the last siege of Zhonghe City was really too eye-catching. His age and his strength could provide enough gossip in Jianghu. Moreover, Zhonghe City had just been conquered not long ago and this topic was still very hot.
"Zhou Bao, a disciple of the Wu Family, greets you, senior!" He was not surprised that the dignified middle-aged man in front of him knew his identity. Half of the people who came here these two days knew who he was after a glance at him. Obviously, he was famous outside. Unfortunately, he was trapped in this damn passageway. Otherwise, he wouldn't mind going out to enjoy the legendary treatment of a young hero. Junior Leopard smiled faintly. He was not surprised that this dignified middle-aged man in front of him knew his identity.
"At such a young age, you already have such a cultivation. I'm not as good as you!" Pei Zheng said, "With a talent like you in the Wu Family, they didn't keep you in the headquarters like a treasure. Instead, they let you out to wander around. It's either that Wu Yansheng's brain is damaged or he wants to disable you!"
Junior Leopard smiled. He didn't care about such words that were obviously meant to sow discord. It should be known that this time, it wasn't the Wu Family's intention to carry out the task. It was his teacher who fought for it for him. As for the purpose, it was even more secretive, but it was definitely not to disable him.
"Who are you?!" Junior Leopard asked in a very gentle tone.
"Pei Zheng of the Pei Family!"
Junior Leopard nodded slightly and pointed behind him, "Do you want to go over?!"
"That's the purpose of my trip!"
"Kill me and you can go in!"
"Kid, I admit that you're very outstanding and very strong. You've already reached Level Three at such a young age. However, you're not strong enough to stop me!"
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