However, Ye Kong smiled bitterly and said, "If this Immortal Qi listens to my commands, then it would be easy. The problem is that it doesn't listen to my commands at all. How can I use it to kill the corpse poison?"
Ancestor Acheron said, "Kid, why don't you understand? This is corpse poison controlled by someone. As long as the person who poisoned it doesn't die, the corpse poison will replicate endlessly in the miners' bodies. Moreover, if you kill too much of the corpse poison, that person will discover it and alert the enemy. It will be difficult to catch him then!"
Ye Kong nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll go to the mining village and see if I can find the person who poisoned it."
Ancestor Acheron also wanted to go with Ye Kong to the mining village, but Ye Kong refused. Ancestor Acheron's cultivation wasn't high, so he was somewhat afraid of the corpse poison. Moreover, if he left Xiao Ying here alone, he wouldn't feel at ease. It was better to go alone.
Ancestor Acheron didn't argue and said, "Then you go. The Immortal Qi in your body can kill the corpse poison, so the person who poisoned the corpse shouldn't be able to fight you. Moreover, there's still that country bumpkin. I'll set up a simple trapping array here to trap those infected with the corpse poison. Remember the location and send me a message if anything happens. "
"Then be careful." Ye Kong nodded and asked for the direction of the mining village before flying there with his shield-sword.
In fact, the mining village wasn't hard to find. After leaving Clear Canal Village, there was a straight road that led into the mountains. The mountains were surrounded by hundreds of blades, and there was a slight depression in the middle. The road led from there to the mining village.
Although it was a depression in the mountains, it was still quite high. Looking at the deep car tracks on the road, which looked like the ground had been torn apart, one could imagine how difficult it was to drag the carts of refined iron out of the mountains. How much sweat and even blood of the young miners had spilled along the way?
Ye Kong couldn't help but sigh. If those cultivators had amazing magical powers, they wouldn't have needed to use much strength to cut the depression, but how much effort would they have saved for the mortal miners?
But no one would do such a thing. Even if it was just a slight effort, the cultivators would not lend a hand. They regarded mortals who could not cultivate as ants. No matter how hard or tired they were, it had nothing to do with them. If they were in a bad mood, they could just kill a bunch of them with a wave of their hand.
One day, I want this mountain to bow its head, I want this water to flow in reverse, I want this world to be as I imagine it to be!
Ye Kong stepped on his flying sword again and sped up into the mountain.
The mining village occupied a large area, several times larger than Qingqu Village outside. The houses in the village were built in an orderly manner, and the roads crisscrossed like crisscrossed paths, neat and orderly.
In the corner of the mining village, there was a tall building with a tall chimney. It seemed that the mined ore was first smelted here before being transported out of the mountains.
In front of the mining village was a large mound. Below the mound were countless mines, and every mine entrance was like a mouth on the mound. They were so deep that one could not see the bottom.
Because the corpse poison was contagious, there was no one in the mining village. But obviously, the miners had not escaped. Listening carefully, one could hear coughing coming from all directions of the mining village.
But it was not completely empty. At the entrance of the largest mine at the bottom of the mound stood three middle-aged men, looking anxiously at the mine entrance.
Seeing Ye Kong flying over on his flying sword, the three middle-aged men quickly came to greet him. The leading middle-aged man, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, quickly cupped his fists and said, "I am the mine owner, Diao Xianbin. May I ask if Immortal Master is from Huangzhou's Wan Clan?"
"Huangzhou's Wan Clan? Someone from them has been here? " Ye Kong frowned and landed on his flying sword. He jumped down from the sword and cupped his fists. "Mine owner Diao, I am Li Heizi. I am not from Huangzhou's Wan Clan. I am a Rogue Cultivator who was passing by. I found the corpse poison raging here, so I came to investigate. May I know what the situation is with Huangzhou's Wan Clan?"
"Corpse poison?" The three middle-aged men were immediately surprised. When they heard that he was a Rogue Cultivator, they could not help but look down on him. But when this Rogue Cultivator pointed out the reason, they immediately stopped looking down on him.
"Immortal Master Li, this is what happened." The mine owner, Diao Xianbin, explained.
It turned out that not long after the plague broke out, the management of the mine guessed that it was not as simple as a plague. So they gathered some thousand-year-old refined iron and sent it to Huangzhou's Wan Clan to ask for help.
Ordinary refined iron could only be used to refine mortal swords, but miners could occasionally harvest a small amount of thousand-year-old refined iron. It was the most common material for cultivators to refine flying swords.
Huangzhou's Wan Clan immediately sent three cultivators, two men and one woman. The two male cultivators were not old, but they talked big. It was said that they were very powerful Foundation Establishment Perfected Masters. Seeing how arrogant they were, Diao Xianbin also believed that their arrogance was proportional to their strength.
The two Foundation Establishment Spiritual Masters didn't know what was going on before they went down the mine. They went down for six hours, but there was no news at all. The young female cultivator who was originally waiting outside the mine was also worried, so she also went down the mine. But after going down for two hours, there was still no news, causing the three mine owners to be extremely anxious. If something happened to the three cultivators, it was likely that the lives of the mine owners and their entire families would be in danger.
When Ye Kong heard that Huangzhou's Wan Clan sent two men and one woman, he thought that it could not be such a coincidence, right? Could it be that he met them again? He was really fated to meet this Miss Ying 'er.
Seeing that this Rogue Cultivator was deep in thought, Diao Xianbin thought that he was afraid, so he said, "Immortal Master Li, I'm afraid that there is really a powerful demon in the mine. I think Immortal Master should find some helpers. I will definitely thank you when the time comes."
Ye Kong snorted. "Do you think this Perfected Master is greedy for your generous thanks? If it wasn't for those poor miners, I wouldn't have bothered with this matter! "
When Diao Xianbin heard that this was also a Foundation Establishment Perfected Master, he hurriedly knelt down again and said in a panic, "Immortal Master, please don't blame me. I was just anxious. If it is resolved now, this mine owner will definitely treat the miners twice as well."
The two middle-aged men also hurriedly knelt down and said that Mine Owner Diao was already very generous to the miners and that the wages were much higher than other mines.
Only then did Ye Kong nod and send a voice transmission to Patriarch Acheron, telling him not to worry. Then, he went down the mine alone.
After all these years of mining, the tunnels inside the mine were like mouse holes. They were so deep that the bottom could not be seen. Each tunnel led deep into the ground. If he checked them one by one, he did not know how much time it would take.
"These mine owners only know how to let the workers dig down. They don't even have a map of the two mines." Ye Kong frowned.
However, he had a solution. He patted the spirit beast bag, and tens of thousands of Golden-Winged Ants buzzed and transformed into a golden cloud. Immediately, the mine was filled with endless buzzing sounds and golden light.
Ye Kong cast a few spells and opened his mouth. "Go!"
The golden cloud split into five pieces and drilled into five different mines. The Golden-Winged Ants flew down. When they encountered a fork, they split into several pieces. When they encountered another fork, they split again …
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