Chapter 149 Put on a big show!
Not long after Mao Jun and his companions left, they were called back by Xie Liuyin with a message.
Fortunately, they didn't find anything important after they went out. When they learned that Xie Liuyin had some new ideas, they immediately rushed back.
After everyone had gathered, Xie Liuyin did not hide anything and quickly shared his discovery: "I asked people who knew the missing miners again, and found out that on the day they disappeared, they were all walking at the back of the team."
"This means that the people who took them didn't choose them specifically, but took a random miner!"
Shang Yunzhi was confused and asked curiously, "So what if they randomly selected the miners? What does this have to do with us finding the miners?"
Unexpectedly, Chang Yue's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what Xie Liuyin meant: "Of course it is related! Because this means that the people who kidnapped them came for their identities as miners!"
"That's right! That's what I meant." Xie Liuyin nodded affirmatively.
She had just figured this out. At first, they were all wondering why those people were kidnapped.
"Our previous target was the evil cultivators, and we thought that the miners disappeared because they were being taken away to practice some evil methods. But if we look at it from another angle, we can see that they disappeared just because they are miners." Xie Liuyin reorganized his thoughts.
After listening to their explanations, Shang Yunzhi finally understood a little: "But who would take the miners away? What do they need the miners for?"
"Of course it's mining! The miners hired by our Qingxiao Sect's mine are all good workers, and the sect does not deduct their wages. The food they arrange for them is also good. These miners are in good health and have good skills. They can become team leaders if they go to other mines." Mao Jun knew more about this and quickly explained it to Shang Yunzhi.
Xie Liuyin nodded after listening to this: "I suspect someone has discovered some hidden mineral veins near the outskirts of Yuecheng. I guess that mineral vein is probably of extraordinary value. The other party doesn't want to leak the news, nor does they want to pay to recruit miners, so they choose to come here to rob us."
"If I'm not mistaken, perhaps before our miners disappeared, there were mortals missing in Yuecheng. The other party probably found that other mortals were not working efficiently, so they took the risk of taking our miners away to teach other mortals how to mine."
When several people heard this, their eyes lit up again.
Although this is just Xie Liuyin's guess, if they can really find cases of missing adult laborers in Yuecheng and nearby villages, then this matter can basically be confirmed.
However, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, no one disclosed the matter and continued to pretend to be at a loss.
Xie Liuyin and Shang Yunzhi stayed in the mining area to look after the remaining miners, asking them to stay together and not leave the house for the time being.
Chang Yue continued to go to the suburbs to inquire about the situation, both to see if any mortals had been abducted and to explore whether there were any abnormal spiritual fluctuations around.
Mao Jun secretly went to the City Lord's Mansion to find out if there were any missing mortals in the city.
After dark, the mining area was as quiet as usual, and Xie Liuyin finally waited for Mao Jun and Chang Yue to return.
Chang Yue was the first to speak. She said briefly, "We didn't find any abnormal mineral veins, but several villages nearby said that several adult men were missing."
Mao Jun learned even more: "I have visited the city lord, and she told me that nearly a hundred mortals in Yuecheng have disappeared in recent months. But she has not found out who committed the crime, so she can only ask the city guards to patrol and investigate more closely."
"I also asked if there was any force in the city that was acting strangely, and she said there wasn't any. I don't know if she didn't find anything or if there really wasn't any."
As Maojun spoke, his brows unconsciously frowned.
Xie Liuyin said: "Since we have confirmed that our guess is basically true, let's first inform the sect of the situation here and see if the sect can send an elder or a powerful senior brother to help."
Although Mao Jun is a Jindan cultivator, he is not the type who focuses on killing. Xie Liuyin is worried that if they encounter danger, he will not be able to protect so many people.
Mao Jun also took this into consideration. He quickly agreed to Xie Liuyin's proposal, went to the sect as soon as possible, and also informed his master of the news.
Then the four of them used the formation plate brought by Xie Liuyin to protect the mining area.
Of course, it was Mao Jun who activated the formation. After all, with Xie Liuyin's current spiritual power, there was no way to wrap such a large mining area in the formation.
The formation plate given by Xianyue is naturally not an ordinary item. With the protection of the formation, the mining area should be safe from now on.
Before the sect makes any new arrangements, Xie Liuyin and his companions plan to first investigate where the mineral vein they guessed to be is.
However, the location of the mineral vein is difficult to find. It would be okay if they had the help of magical tools, but it is still difficult for them to find it on their own.
Xie Liuyin felt that even if they found the mineral vein, it would be inconvenient to do anything if they didn't know the situation inside.
She wanted to see if she could disguise herself as a miner out on the town and lure the other party to capture her.
This idea is not a bad one, but the problem is how to lure that group of people into taking action and how to make sure that they don’t notice anything is wrong.
After discussing it to the end, they unanimously decided to put on a big show!
So, within two days, a weapon cultivator who was said to be very powerful came to Yuecheng.
The most proficient skill of this weapon-refining monk is the special magic tool for mining ore.
It is said that once this magic weapon is activated, it can mine tens of thousands of spirit stones a day, and this magic weapon can also detect top-grade spirit stones, which saves a lot of manpower.
Not long after this weapon cultivator entered Yuecheng, Qin Rong, the manager in charge of the mining area of Qingxiao Sect, took the initiative to find the other party's inn and hired him to work for Qingxiao Sect with a large salary.
It is said that the weapon maker even demonstrated a mining tool he had refined on the spot. The mining speed was indeed very fast. In less than half a day, he completed the amount that those powerful miners could not complete in five days.
However, just when everyone thought that the weapon cultivator would stay in the Qingxiao Sect's mining area, it was heard that an elder's direct disciple sent by the Qingxiao Sect started an argument with the weapon cultivator because he was dissatisfied with the steward's desire to dismiss some of the original miners.
The disciple said that these miners now depend on the mining area for their livelihood, and if they were driven away, it would cut off their livelihood. He complained about the magic weapon made by the instrument and said it was a magic weapon that harmed people.
When the weapon cultivator heard this, he was extremely unhappy. After a big quarrel with the Qingxiao Sect disciple, he turned around and left Yuecheng, muttering that he would find another mining area to make good use of his magic weapon, in order to piss off the disciple to death.
The monks and mortals in the city were enjoying the fun, but no one knew that the weapon cultivator was kidnapped right after he left Yuecheng.
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