After dinner, Liu Xiaoyuan and Lin Xin sat on the sofa and chatted. As they talked, the conversation turned to Zhao Zihao.
Lin Xin asked with a smile, "Xiao Yuan, do you have some kind of grudge against this Zhao Zihao?"
What grudge could Liu Xiaoyuan possibly have against Zhao Zihao? With Liu Xiaoyuan's current abilities, Zhao Zihao is simply not worthy of being Liu Xiaoyuan's enemy.
If they really wanted to make a move, killing Zhao Zihao would be as easy as killing an ant.
"There's nothing between us, I just think he's arrogant and looks down on poor people, so I don't like him," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
Lin Xin nodded in agreement. He certainly didn't know what Liu Xiaoyuan was talking about, because people like Zhao Zihao would attack those who were poorer than themselves in every way, while bowing and scraping like a grandson to those who were richer.
Lin Xin smiled and said, "I really don't know that. By the way, Xiao Yuan, I heard that something strange happened at Zhao Zihao's company."
Although Liu Xiaoyuan wasn't one for gossip, hearing Lin Xin mention it naturally piqued his curiosity, so he asked, "What strange thing?"
So Lin Xin told Liu Xiaoyuan what he knew.
Zhao Zihao's family owns a cement factory. The raw material for producing cement is stone, so they have to mine stone. Zhao Zihao's family also contracted a mountain, which is full of stone and has been mining it for several years.
However, a strange thing happened recently: the quarry workers couldn't blow up the rocks even with explosives. This was very strange, and experts were called in, but they were also unable to do anything about it.
Given this strange occurrence, Zhao Zihao's family factory naturally couldn't let the matter get out, but there were always some gossipy workers who leaked it out.
"Xiao Yuan, isn't this strange? Even explosives couldn't destroy the rock. Do you think there might be something fishy going on?" Lin Xin asked.
After witnessing Liu Xiaoyuan and his companions' extraordinary skills, Lin Xin felt that nothing strange in this world was surprising anymore.
No one has the right to speak without investigation. However, in Liu Xiaoyuan's view, this matter is really strange, because even the hardest rock cannot withstand the power of explosives when blasting a mountain.
Now, the rocks in the mountains cannot be destroyed by blasting, which is indeed illogical.
"Uncle Lin, I can't make a judgment on this matter either. Do you know where the mountain where Zhao Zihao's family quarries stones is?" Liu Xiaoyuan wanted to take advantage of the night to investigate and see if there was anything strange about it.
Lin Xin shook his head and said, "I really don't know the place, but I can ask for you. Xiao Yuan, are you planning to go and investigate?"
Liu Xiaoyuan nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle Lin, I'd like to go take a look. Could you please help me find out the address?"
Lin Xin immediately took out his phone, found a number and dialed it. After a conversation, Lin Xin got the address.
"Xiao Yuan, the mountain where the stone is quarried is in a village called Longtan Village, which is a bit far from the county seat. I don't know if we can navigate there," Lin Xin said.
Liu Xiaoyuan immediately turned on the navigation function on his phone, entered the three characters "Longtan Village", and immediately got the information.
"Uncle Lin, if you can navigate to this village, then I'll be going now," Liu Xiaoyuan said, standing up with a smile.
Seeing that Liu Xiaoyuan was in such a hurry to leave, Lin Xin did not try to stop him, but said, "Be careful on the road."
Liu Xiaoyuan drove his car towards Longtan Village following the navigation. When he arrived at Longtan Village, he discovered another problem: the village was so big, so where was the mountain where the stone was quarried?
Although you can find it by searching slowly, it takes a lot of time.
However, things just happened to be so coincidental. Liu Xiaoyuan ran into a middle-aged couple on the cement road in the countryside. They must have just returned from outside and were walking on the road with flashlights on.
Liu Xiaoyuan slowly brought the car to a stop, rolled down the window, and asked with a smile, "Uncle, Aunt, I have a question for you. Where is the mountain where Xiufeng Cement Plant is quarrying stones in your village?"
"Young man, why are you asking this?" the auntie asked immediately, sounding a bit gossipy.
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "I have something to ask, so if you know anything about it, please let me know."
The aunt said, "Young man, let me tell you, something strange has happened in these mountains these past few days. It's probably something unclean. If you go there late at night, be careful that something unclean doesn't possess you."
It's clear that this auntie is quite superstitious; she immediately associated such strange occurrences in the mountains with supernatural phenomena.
"I'm just asking around; I'm not going tonight," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
Finally, the middle-aged couple gave Liu Xiaoyuan their address. After receiving the address, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately drove to the mountain.
After arriving at the destination, Liu Xiaoyuan parked the car, got out, and went inside.
There used to be people keeping watch here at night, but ever since this strange thing happened, no one dares to stay here at night anymore.
It was already a bit scary to be alone in this open space late at night, surrounded by mountains. Now that such a strange thing has happened, no one would dare to sleep here anymore.
So Liu Xiaoyuan swaggered in, and upon entering, he found a rocky mountain over a hundred meters high in front of him, with a few pine trees and some small shrubs growing sparsely on it.
Because of the quarrying, the side facing Liu Xiaoyuan is like a cliff, with exposed rocks.
The place where Liu Xiaoyuan stands is a large square. Originally, this area was all mountains, but due to mining in recent years, it has now become flat land.
After surveying the surroundings, Liu Xiaoyuan began to examine the situation in the mountains.
"Coo coo..." In the mountains at night, an unknown bird made a few calls. If a timid person were to do that, they would definitely shrink back in fright and look around to see if there was anything wrong.
Liu Xiaoyuan remembered Lin Xin saying that the location in the middle of the mountain couldn't be breached with explosives.
So Liu Xiaoyuan released his divine sense and explored the middle of the cliff. He immediately discovered something unusual.
"Something's strange here!" Liu Xiaoyuan noticed a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy in the middle.
There's a fluctuation of spiritual energy here. Could there be some magical treasure inside?
If there really is some magical treasure in these mountains, that would be fantastic! To get a magical treasure for no reason would be an incredibly wonderful thing.
At this moment, Liu Xiaoyuan was extremely excited, eager to know what kind of magical treasure or other good thing was inside.
The presence of spiritual energy fluctuations indicates the presence of something valuable inside; this can be confirmed without a doubt.
(End of this chapter)
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