PS: I had some urgent matters to attend to at night. Sorry for being late. Brothers, please forgive me!
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"How long have you been here? How many people have come to this mine? " Ling raised his blood-dripping sword and forced the three miners and the two prostitutes he had bought from somewhere into a corner. There was no expression on his face.
Ling Dong needed to find out how many people knew about the existence of this crystal mine.
Furthermore, he had just killed Ling Tao without any hesitation. Ling Zhengshan must have known about the existence of these crystal ores. Logically speaking, Ling Zhengshan would transport the crystal ores mined here every once in a while and send them back here to replenish his supplies.
Ling Dong wanted to know how long this supply cycle was. Once he knew the supply cycle, Ling Dong would be able to clearly know how long it would take for the crystal mine to be exposed, and he would be able to calmly make arrangements.
The two prostitutes were very unbearable. They were frightened by the blood-dripping sword in Ling Dong's hand and screamed incessantly. Hearing this, Ling Dong frowned.
With a light flick of his finger, a green light exploded on the forehead of one of the women. At the same time, the screams stopped abruptly, and the three miners all fell to their knees with a plop.
"Young Master, spare us, spare us, we are only … miners!" One of the miners screamed miserably.
"It's no use!" Ling Dong shook his head, "You must die today. But if you can honestly answer my questions, I can help you do one thing, and that is to secretly give the silver that you have worked so hard to earn to your family … "
Ling Dong had already thought of this condition. To be honest, Ling Dong had also been a miner for a period of time in his previous life. He knew that those who could do the hard work of mining were basically men who had families to support their families. Single men generally would not do the hard work of mining.
"In your dreams. If we're all dead, what's the use of the silver? Besides, who knows if you'll give the silver to my family!" Perhaps it was because of fear, but one of the miners burst out with the courage to resist.
It was just a small miner. In front of Ling Dong, he was just an ant. With a light tap of his finger, the miner who had just jumped up had his head blown up like a watermelon.
Killing with a flick of his finger, Ling Dong remained expressionless. Ling Dong, who had walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in his previous life, was definitely not a soft-hearted person.
"You don't have a choice. If you tell me, your family can still benefit. If you don't, you won't get anything!" Ling Dong urged again and pointed at the last brothel girl who was so scared that she lost control of her bladder.
Seeing how ruthless Ling Dong was when he killed with a snap of his fingers, the two miners seemed to have understood something.
"Please ask, Young Master. As long as Young Master can deliver these taels of silver to my father, these six thousand taels of silver will be enough for my parents, wife, and children to eat for the rest of their lives." A miner gritted his teeth and agreed.
The miner who was still hesitating was hit by Ling Dong's Finger Flicking Frightening Gang. Opportunities were only left to those who knew how to choose.
Then, whatever Ling Dong asked, the miner answered without hesitation. After answering, Ling Dong asked for an address and stabbed him to death.
It was not that Ling Dong was cruel, but the news about the crystal stone mine could not be leaked out at all. Otherwise, the Ling family would be wiped out immediately.
Ling Dong glanced at the Interspatial Ring and put away the thousand pieces of low-grade crystal stones. The Interspatial Ring he got from Zi Yao was big enough, and he had not used one-third of its capacity yet.
The thousand pieces of low-grade crystal stones were worth a million taels of silver. For Ling Dong now, it was a small fortune. However, the most precious thing was the 39 pieces of mid-grade crystal stones.
A mid-grade crystal stone was worth more than 20,000 taels of silver. Its total value was not as high as a low-grade crystal stone. However, the most important thing was that mid-grade crystal stone was a strategic resource. It was not necessarily something that could be bought with money. Occasionally, they could be bought in large quantities in the auction house. If they were sold in groups of ten, the price would be more than three or four times higher.
He searched Ling Tao's body again. In addition to finding the array needle of the Illusory Matrix, he found a bottle of half-eaten elixir. Ling Dong recognized the elixir. It was the Three-flower Demonic Gang Pill. Looking at the secret label in the jade bottle, it was the elixir that Ling Dong put up for auction at the Kuixing Pavilion a few days ago.
After getting the bottle of Three-flower Demonic Gang Pill, Ling Dong was more certain of the situation that the miner had told him.
The Second Master of the Ling family, Ling Zhengshan, had sent supplies here alone seven or eight days ago. The five of them had eaten more than a month's worth of food and water. At the same time, he had taken away a lot of crystal stones that they had dug out. Since they entered the crystal stone mine, they had only seen Ling Zhengshan except for Ling Tao, who was supervising them.
This answer made Ling Dong feel relieved. After killing the miners and Ling Tao, only Ling Zhengshan knew the location of the crystal stone mine. The First Elder, Ling Gaofeng, probably knew it too. However, according to the degree of caution of those people, as long as no one found it, they would not leak it out in the near future.
In addition, according to the miner's answer, Ling Zhengshan's cycle of transporting supplies and crystal stones was not very stable. Sometimes he would come once every thirty or forty days, and sometimes he would come once every thirty days. In other words, Ling Zhengshan would need at least twenty or thirty days to know the situation here. Such a long time was enough for Ling Dong to calmly make arrangements.
Once again, he came to the Illusory Array and prepared to collect the flag plate.
With the array needle of the Illusory Array that he had obtained from Ling Tao, it was extremely easy to collect the flag plate. The array needle was inserted into the flag plate, and the crystal stone was removed. The stone wall created by the Illusory Array immediately disappeared.
"Who is it?"
The moment the illusion in front of him disappeared, several cries of surprise rang out at the same time. The sound of clothes flapping in the wind could be heard.
The moment he heard those cries of surprise, Ling Dong did not hesitate at all. He sent out his Gang Qi, and the Cloud Chasing Boots on his feet shone with a green light. His entire body floated out like a piece of cotton. Yes, he was retreating out, not into the crystal stone mine.
The situation between the enemy and himself was unclear. If he retreated into the narrow tunnel of the crystal stone mine, and if this enemy was extremely strong, Ling Dong's retreat would be suicidal.
On the other hand, if Ling Dong flew forward and these people lunged at him, Ling Dong would instantly be outside the mine. The tunnels outside the mine extended in all directions. If the enemy was too strong, Ling Dong would have a path of retreat. Moreover, by standing guard outside, Ling Dong could prevent this unknown enemy from escaping and reveal the secret of the crystal stone mine.
Bang!
As a ball of energy was released, the place where Ling Dong had been was blasted into pieces of rubble. Ling Dong landed on the ground with a beautiful twist.
"Eh? It's you?"
"How come you're here?" Just as Ling Dong had expected, the two sides had instantly swapped positions. Ling Dong was at the outer tunnel, where he could attack or retreat, while the mysterious person who had suddenly appeared was inside the crystal stone mine. The two sides who were standing still exclaimed the same thing at the same time.
"Young Master, who is this person? Do you know him?" Hearing the exclamation, an old man on the other side asked in a low voice.
"Elder Zhu, Elder Mu, you should have seen this person before, but you might not remember him. He is the only son of the Ling family, Ling Yuanshan, Ling Dong. Brother Ling, I've searched for you many times, but I couldn't find you. I didn't expect to see you here, "Zuo Guangtian, who was dressed in exquisite leather armor, said loudly.
"Ling family?" The two old men called Zhu and Mu Elders exclaimed in a low voice at the same time. They took a small step forward, intending to stare at him.
"Zuo Guangtian? Why did you barge into my Ling family's mine for no reason? "Ling Dong already had a bad feeling in his heart. Otherwise, the Zuo family's Young Master, the future successor of the family head, would definitely not come to this mine personally. He must have received some news and come to investigate.
Moreover, Ling Dong had also heard of the Zhu and Mu Elders beside Zuo Guangtian. They were the personal attendants of the Zuo family's ancestor, Zuo Liwei, in his early years. The two of them were twin brothers, and were skilled in joint attacks. They were only a few years younger than Ling Dong's grandfather, and their cultivation was definitely not low.
"Can't I just stroll around? Of course, I'm mainly here to compete with Brother Ling. Last time, Brother Ling defeated me in one move, so I'm very unhappy! But when did the extravagant Third Young Master Ling have the leisure to stroll around the mine? "Zuo Guangtian snorted coldly, but his eyes swept over the surroundings.
"Formation plate?" One of the Zhu and Mu Elders' eyes turned cold. "It actually uses a formation plate as a guard. This place is not simple!"
As he spoke, he took a few more steps forward, closed his eyes, and sensed for a moment before saying, "Young Master, the Stellar Energy of heaven and earth is extremely dense inside. Moreover, there is a pile of bones that have been incinerated not long ago. If my guess is correct, the thing that Master asked us to find … should be here."
Hearing this, Ling Dong's eyes turned cold. He could tell that these three people were very likely here to look for the Crystal Stone mine. But how did the Zuo family know about the existence of the Crystal Stone mine?
Moreover, they had now discovered the existence of the Crystal Stone mine. Since this mine was related to the survival of the Ling family, then Ling Dong had no choice but to risk his life!
No one on the opposite side noticed that Ling Dong's originally shocked expression suddenly became extremely calm, without any expression.
"Are you sure?" Zuo Guangtian frowned slightly.
The Zhu Mu Elders chuckled, "Eldest Young Master, do you even need to say it? Otherwise, what else could make Third Young Master Ling, who lives a luxurious life, want to drill into this mine? Not to mention, there is an array disc that is worth millions."
After saying this, one of them suddenly took a step forward and shouted in a low voice, "Young Master, let me kill this little bastard, and that thing inside will be our Zuo family's!"
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