Chris glanced at the map and quickly found his target: a fire-attribute magic mine. Cultivating there would be very beneficial for him.
Su Qing didn't say anything about it, since he had already memorized the distribution of the mineral veins throughout the entire Rock City.
For the next three months, Su Qing secretly mined and excavated at various mines, taking away nearly 90% of the ore from each one. If he hadn't been worried that the large number of mines would become waste and alert the Rock City Lord, Su Qing would never have left these stragglers behind.
Even so, Su Qing felt heartbroken and couldn't breathe; these leftover ores were all valuable assets.
As all the mineral veins were excavated, Su Qing's wealth finally approached twenty million.
Su Qing had a feeling that when his wealth value exceeded 20 million, his skills would be upgraded.
Although his skills improve as his strength increases, this upgrade may break through a bottleneck and allow him to develop new uses for these skills.
Su Qing narrowed her eyes and looked at Chris.
After several months of arduous training, Chris's strength has improved significantly, and he has already reached the sixth level of Glory, not far from the peak.
"It's time to make a move!"
Su Qing spoke up, explaining that he only had six months, and four months had already passed. He needed to quickly capture the two cities and go to the lord of the Lily Territory to exchange for the rewards.
"How do you plan to make your move?"
Chris opened his eyes, somewhat curious: "A hard assault?"
Although he didn't know much about the black dragon's strength, he felt that it wouldn't take too much effort for it to conquer the entire Rock City.
That's so uncivilized!
Su Qing narrowed his eyes. In the past three months, he hadn't just been focused on mining.
Almost every two or three days, a letter would be sent to the city lord's mansion in Chris's name to deepen the bond between father and son.
Many of these letters were seen by that beautiful lady.
The letter contained nothing shameful; it was mostly greetings and simple everyday talk. What was particularly intriguing were the expressions of his promise to be very filial.
Others wouldn't think much of it, and even the City Lord of Delayed City didn't pay much attention to it, but the beautiful lady felt uncomfortable.
Such attentiveness clearly indicates that the other party is interested in the position of city lord, and these letters seem to be intended to leave a good impression on the Rock City Lord.
Su Qing then spread rumors and spoke ill of Chris.
Brutal, ruthless, vicious...
One hat after another was unceremoniously thrown onto his younger brother's head by Su Qing.
These rumors naturally reached the ears of the Rock Lord. At first, the Rock Lord was very skeptical, but after secretly observing for a period of time, he found that Chris only practiced asceticism every day and rarely went out. He was also very kind to his subordinates, so he did not take the rumors to heart.
But another person believed it. The beautiful lady thought that the guy named Chris must be the kind of shameless bastard who whispered sweet nothings in the Lord of Rock's ear every day.
Gossip about Chris.
But the Lord of Rock, having observed Chris, knew these were all rumors. In addition, Lady Mei slandered her son every day, and the relationship between the two inexplicably cooled down.
The time spent intimate with the beautiful lady also shortened, and this change could not escape the keen observation of the beautiful lady.
This infuriated the woman.
However, she wasn't entirely without a background; as a member of the Purple Fire Mercenary Group, she had powerful backers.
The newly appointed deputy city lord stationed in the Rock City is her backer.
With a powerful backer, she naturally exerted pressure, and she directly lost her temper in front of the Rock City Lord.
As the lord of the Rock City, although he was a bit lecherous and womanizing, he was not without temper.
If you apologize politely and stop speaking ill of my son, then there will be no problem. If that doesn't work, we can go back to our previous relationship after a short period of cold war. But if you try to pressure me with other people, I'll turn on you.
The atmosphere in the Rock City is tense, with the two sides potentially clashing at any moment.
Su Qing herself did not expect that her casual attempt to sow discord would have such a miraculous effect.
"There are two methods now. One is to help the Lord of Rock City regain control of the city and then directly lead him back to Lily Territory."
Chris thought this was a good plan, after all, the other party had been his nominal father for a period of time, so he could accept it.
"The second option is for both sides to suppress them together, kill them all, and then replace them with a new, obedient city lord,"
Su Qing herself preferred the second option, but considering that they really didn't have any trustworthy people, they had no choice but to use the first option for now.
The two sides in the city are currently in a state of equilibrium. As the veteran city lord, the Rock City Lord still has quite a few capable people under his command.
The deputy city lord, supported by the Purple Fire Mercenary Group, was himself at the sixth level of the Glorious Realm. Although he was at a disadvantage in terms of terrain and people within the city, his strength far surpassed that of the Rock City.
Su Qing and her companion blended into the city and immediately spotted two groups of people fighting fiercely in the street.
There were about a dozen people on each side. One side was covered in purple and had a fierce expression, while the other side was dressed in different clothes but did not back down.
The two sides clashed, with the Purple Fire Mercenary Group clearly having the upper hand.
Su Qing and Chris squatted in the corner, watching the two groups fight to the death, occasionally uttering some insults.
"The divide-and-conquer strategy worked even better than I expected!"
Su Qing smacked her lips and stroked her chin as she commented.
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