12 mineral veins?

"Oh, I cut off your arms and let you go back, and you're not going to cause me any trouble?" He Chen asked with a smile.

"I swear to God, if you release me, I will never cause you any trouble in my life. As for my arm, if my family is willing to spend a lot of money to ask the sect to help me, my arm can be regenerated and restored to its original state!" Young Master Gu agreed decisively despite his young age!

"Your Gu family doesn't have that much wealth to hire someone to do this, does it? The Gu family isn't a big family in the county," He Chen said. He Chen had never heard of the Gu family being among the big families in the county.

"Recently, our Gu family has made connections with a powerful force. We've hired people to mine ore for them. They have a lot of powerful people, many immortals, and plenty of elixirs and miraculous medicines," Young Master Gu said, seizing the opportunity.

'Heh, what kind of mine is it that's worth these powerful figures taking action, and even needing your help?'

"It's said to contain refined iron ore, and there are even rumors of star-patterned steel ore!" To save his life, Young Master Gu told him everything.

"I believe it's refined iron ore, but if it were star-patterned ore, would your Gu family still be alive?" He Chen sneered, but inwardly he somewhat agreed. Jin Feng had indeed given them star-patterned ore, but he couldn't admit it now.

"This is just hearsay, it can't be confirmed, so the news is being kept under wraps. Besides, even if it's refined iron ore, it's an extraordinary treasure trove. The content isn't particularly high, otherwise it wouldn't have been available to the few families in our county!" Young Master Gu also realized that he had gone a bit too far.

If it really is star-patterned ore, I estimate that not only the prefect, but even the immortal sects and the royal family would send troops to seize it. Such ore is a material for forging magic treasures, flying swords, and divine weapons!

'Where is the mine?' He Chen continued to ask.

"If you promise to let me go, I'll tell you the location of the mine. There's a third-tier expert guarding it; any stranger who goes there is doomed!" Young Master Gu calmly demanded. If I hadn't made that demand, I might really have died!

"Do you know where the mine is?" He Chen suddenly turned around and asked the other person who hadn't been killed.

"I know, I know, that mine is a bit far from here, and the location is hidden. Sir, I can lead the way, please spare my life!" the man cried out, as if he were a drowning person grabbing onto a tree branch.

"Okay, draw the map, and I won't kill you," He Chen said.

'Okay, I'll draw it right away!'

"Fool! You're doomed if you draw a map!" The young master of the Gu family was furious when he saw that He Chen was about to compromise, but his subordinate had ruined the whole thing!

"This," the subordinate looked at Young Master Gu, then at He Chen.

"If you draw the map, I promise I won't kill you. I keep my word. Otherwise, you die, and your young master lives. I only need the location of the refined iron ore," He Chen said nonchalantly.

"Okay, thank you, sir. I'll draw it right away. Just ignore me, sir." The subordinate immediately started drawing on the ground!

"Stop it, you dog slave! Stop it right now!" Young Master Gu immediately shouted.

"Pah! You're the lackey! You're just throwing your weight around because you have a powerful father. If I had your resources, I would have broken through to the first level long ago!" the subordinate suddenly shouted.

"Sir, I've finished drawing," the subordinate hurriedly took a few steps back.

He Chen took a quick look and realized that this was the place. It was a relatively deep part of the mountains, where there were many ferocious beasts and it was not a place that could be visited by ordinary people. He Chen had even gone to the foot of the mountain with his father before!

'Indeed, spirits are inherently corrupt; it's rare to find someone you don't have a connection with!' he thought to himself.

Then, he swiftly reached the young master Gu, swung his sword horizontally, and the young master Gu blocked with his short sword at his waist. With a slash from behind, he decapitated the man.

"How dare you!" In a moment of shock and disbelief, she thought, how could she die at the hands of this peasant? How dare he kill her?!

"My lord, I... I absolutely will not tell anyone!" the subordinate exclaimed in astonishment at the scene before him.

"I won't kill you," He Chen said calmly.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!" the subordinate said as he ran away as fast as he could!

Jin Luo and Jin Wen, one in front and one behind, blocked their way, slashing and hacking with their thin knives, blood splattering everywhere, covering their faces, clothes, and shoes!

His face was pale with fear and terror! It was as if he was venting all the fear in his heart, vomiting, terrified, and then calm!

"You guys are not bad," He Chen said to the Jin brothers. "Although it wasted a few kill points, it was worth it!" He then turned to Elder Weng and asked.

"Mr. Weng is quite good. May I ask if you have any requests?"

"My lord, I am old and have no other desires but to try my luck in following you. I come from Wengjia Village, a remote village that is now neglected by the county government and is in great danger. I wonder if it is possible to allow the people of Wengjia Village to relocate here!" Old Weng knelt down and pleaded.

"Okay, you can reserve two of the newly built stores for your Wengjia Village." He Chen nodded in agreement!

"Thank you, sir! Thank you so much!" Old Weng said, overjoyed and weeping with happiness.

He Chen thoroughly searched the bodies of Young Master Gu, Elder Mo, and the other riders. They found no cultivation techniques, no spiritual fruits or pills, but a few precious swords that could be sold for money or given as rewards to their subordinates.

Young Master Gu has really struck it rich! A bag of gold leaves! Several hundred-tael silver notes—it's true that only arsonists can get rich; robbery is the fastest way to get rich!

"Old Master Weng arranged for someone to clean up this place," He Chen casually took out a hundred taels of silver and gave it to Old Master Weng.

"Change your weapons yourselves, and pack up the rest," he said, then looked at Jin Luo and Jin Feng, who had already undergone their transformation.

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