“Xiao Xing…”

Lin Xu raised an eyebrow as he looked at the message in the regional channel.

He never expected that Xiao Xing would take over Chen Shaojie's mess at this time and take the initiative to admit to the matter of the Golden Ruins.

Moreover, this young master was far more capable than Chen Shaojie. With just a few words, he reversed the tide of public opinion and convinced many island lords to accept the noble group's proposal.

In this way, some island lords might actually notify Xiao Xing after discovering the golden ruins, allowing him to retrieve them.

However, although Xiao Xing handled things very well, he ultimately had to clean up Chen Shaojie's mess.

Xiao Xing's sudden appearance only further confirmed Lin Xu's guess.

Chen Shaojie was indeed not exploring the golden ruins alone.

Xiao Xing is most likely the person behind Chen Shaojie.

Judging from Xiao Xing's tone, there are even more nobles involved behind him; perhaps all the nobles in this region are involved in this matter.

The Golden Ruins are indeed extraordinary.

The interests involved must be substantial enough to unite even the nobility.

Lin Xu's lips curled up.

He has now figured out Chen Shaojie's connection to the Golden Relics.

Moreover, they even found out who was behind Chen Shaojie.

His probing had achieved its purpose and yielded additional information.

Next, we need to explore this golden ruin and then deal with Chen Shaojie and the people behind him.

Lin Xu could already guess that the Golden Ruins were of great importance. As long as he continued to explore the Golden Ruins, he would inevitably come into contact with Chen Shaojie and Xiao Xing's group.

However, he did not feel nervous or afraid; on the contrary, a hint of excitement shone in his eyes.

Chen Shaojie was simply too weak an opponent.

A character like Xiao Xing is more suited to the challenge.

Especially when nobles gather together and fight as a group, Lin Xu's current strength might not be enough to guarantee a victory.

Only in this way can he be more motivated to pursue greater power and richer profits.

A fierce fighting spirit ignited in Lin Xu's eyes. He looked at the golden robe in his hand, then flipped his hand and put the robe into his personal space.

Once the matter of the Black Goat Ruins is resolved, he plans to devote himself fully to exploring the Golden Ruins.

His grudges with Xiao Xing and others will likely come to a conclusion in this process.

Lin Xu then returned to the island.

By this time, Li Ming had confirmed that Lin Xu was alright, so he took his leave.

Meanwhile, Xiaoyu had already manipulated the Infinite Island to move, absorbing the floating soil and the islands of the other Death Island Lords.

As Lin Xu moved and stacked the blocks, he said to Xiao Yu:

"Let's set off immediately! We'll continue with our plan, heading to the Black Goat Ruins first! As for our next destination, someone will surely come to us..."

...

Just as Lin Xu had predicted, after he had Xiao Yu control the island's movement for a while, the number of people contacting him privately through the regional channel had exploded.

Lin Xu set up keyword filtering to filter out most of the people who contacted him.

Then he started looking at the remaining people's messages.

[Lin, the brilliant scholar, we've discovered one of those golden ruins and are preparing to develop it. If you're interested, come to these coordinates. Don't miss out!]

Lin Xu raised an eyebrow as he read the message.

He has received many such messages, but most of them, like the one sent by the person who sent the message, have no photographic evidence.

If this group was setting a trap to catch fish, then the trap they set was far too crude.

If Lin Xu had the time, he wouldn't mind dealing with these island owners.

After all, these island owners' schemes are so obvious; they're probably after the school district head's bounty and want to hunt him down for it.

However, Lin Xu was in a hurry to get to the Black Goat Ruins and didn't have time to pay attention to these ordinary fish.

Therefore, he ignores all such people.

However, aside from those who obviously tried to get something for nothing, some island owners did actually discover traces of the golden ruins.

Two of the island owners sent messages to Lin Xu, along with photos of the ruins, saying they wanted to make a deal with him, offering to give him the coordinates of the ruins in exchange for a reward.

According to these two people, they trusted the commoner idol Lin Xu more than the nobles, believing that Lin Xu would not harm them.

Lin Xu confirmed through the photos that both discovered relics were indeed genuine.

The number of gold relics may be far greater than imagined.

Lin Xu didn't know if the two men's introductions of him were true. Perhaps they were also bounty hunters using the Golden Ruins as bait to ambush him.

However, even for a bounty hunter, the Golden Ruins are real after all, and Lin Xu can still bear the risk of being ambushed.

Lin Xu then replied to the two people.

He told the two men to wait a while, and that he would go find them after he finished what he was doing.

If the golden relics are real, he will naturally offer a reward.

As for whether the two would ambush him, Lin Xu planned to deal with that at the time.

One of the two was not dissatisfied with Lin Xu's answer and was willing to wait where he was, waiting for Lin Xu to find them.

However, the other island owner was somewhat dissatisfied with this answer.

The island owner said he needed to hurry up and develop the island, and if Lin Xu didn't arrive soon, he would sell the coordinates to the nobles.

Lin Xu was somewhat helpless against this kind of direct urging.

After all, the gathering point given by this person is too far away. If we travel now, we will not only have to change directions, but it will also take at least three days.

If we abandon our current plan to find this person, the exploration of the Black Goat Ruins will be delayed for too long, and unforeseen changes are bound to occur.

After thinking it over, Lin Xu decided that he would rather miss out on a more common gold relic than give up the only black goat relic.

Seeing that Lin Xu was unwilling to change his course of action immediately, the island owner complained to Lin Xu for a long time before cutting off contact with him. He probably went to contact Xiao Xing's group.

Lin Xu had no comment on the island owner's actions.

But when he recalled his meeting with Xiao Xing, he knew that this noble young master was not as easy to talk to as he appeared.

If a powerless commoner island lord were to come into contact with Xiao Xing, the outcome would be truly unpredictable.

The lord who abandoned him and went to find Xiao Xing, I just hope he doesn't really "have a good journey".

Aside from handling these communication matters, Lin Xu spent most of his time reading and researching equipment.

Then comes developing supernatural abilities and sword skills to further enhance one's own capabilities.

Especially his life-related abilities; he is now absorbing a large amount of life force and feels that he has reached the point of unlocking the last type of ability.

He hasn't awakened yet, probably because he lacks some kind of trigger, or because his other abilities are not yet sufficient, which is why he hasn't been able to awaken for the time being.

As Lin Xu explored the awakening conditions for this ultimate characteristic, the island continued its journey, gathering a considerable amount of new resources...