Chapter 54 Private Cultivation in the Mine

The situation inside Hongshan Mine was beyond Ji You's expectations.

There are not only miners here, but also some women and children. Some of them work in the mine, some live here with their husbands, and some rush in before the evil species emerges from Qiling.

Hundreds of miners in the mine saw Ji You coming in with a sword in his hand, full of murderous intent, and they all huddled in the corner nervously.

Among them was a man who looked like a supervisor or team leader, named Luo You, a forty-year-old man, standing in front of everyone.

Unexpectedly, he was a private cultivator, and judging from the fluctuations of his spiritual energy, he had been awakening his spirit for several days.

In addition to him, several men hiding in the dark also had fluctuations of spiritual energy.

Hongshan Mine is one of the largest spiritual mines in the entire Qingyun world. One third of the spiritual stones consumed by cultivators come from here.

Because there is abundant spiritual energy in it, many miners can actually feel the innate true spirit in their bodies constantly surging.

But because private cultivation is a capital crime, many people dare not try it.

And now, it seems that they have tried every possible way to save themselves in despair.

"What does the Immortal Master want?"

"We are trapped, and we have... a little food."

This one is braver and suitable to be my hall master. Ji You is still thinking about building his own stronghold.

Seeing that the other party didn't say anything, Luo You glanced at his pregnant wife hiding behind him and said, "There are still some spiritual stones mined. I can give them all to you..."

Food is to save lives, and spirit stones are the hope for training and fighting. If you give them away, there is only one way to go, and that is death.

But what else can they do? To the immortals, once the miners died, they would just wait until the evil spirits here dissipated and then they would get another batch.

"You guys...want to leave?"

Luo You looked up when he heard the voice and was slightly stunned.

Ji You came here to rescue them, but at this moment he suddenly didn't know what to do.

If they were really just ordinary miners, it would be easy for them to get out, but now that they have become private cultivators, they have faced the same choice that Ji You faced that day.

At this moment, Luo You didn't know what the immortal in front of him meant. He was very frightened and didn't know how to answer.

Ji You spoke again: "Do you know that practicing immortality privately is a capital crime punishable by death?"

Luo You fell to his knees and said, "We have made up our minds to die. We only ask the Immortal Master to give us some time to send our wives and children away."

Ji You understood.

It’s not that they don’t know that practicing Taoism secretly will result in death, but they have already prepared themselves for death.

After their spirits were awakened, they probably wanted to protect their families and escape, thinking that even if they died among the evil creatures, it would be a worthy death.

But now a new problem has arisen. If it is just a group of strong men, even if they are ordinary people, as long as they can keep up, they can probably rescue most of them.

But now there are children and pregnant women, so it's a dead end.

Ji You turned to look at Yuan Chen: "Ask your question first."

Yuan Chen nodded and took out a fairy robe from his gourd.

Different from the immortal robes of Tianshuyuan, this robe is yellow all over, with red lapels and a three-legged round furnace embroidered on the back.

"Have you ever seen six people wearing this kind of clothes here?"

Luo You took a look and said, "No... I've never seen it before."

Yuan Chen shuddered again, a little anxious: "Let's take a closer look. He may just be passing by, or he may be being held captive."

“I have not seen it.”

"Did anyone strange come to this area on New Year's Day? They looked like evil beings, with evil spirits all over them."

Luo You looked carefully for a long time: "On the day of Xinyuan, a large number of evil species suddenly emerged from the mountain and killed the immortals guarding the mine. We hid here and didn't see anything."

The Dan Sect needs a closed and stable environment to refine elixirs. In Yuan Chen's opinion, the mine is a very suitable location.

But seeing a bunch of people shaking their heads, he couldn't help feeling a little desperate.

Ji You patted Yuan Chen on the shoulder and said, "Let's go. Now that we have asked all the questions we need to ask, I will take you out of Beisha Town."

Yuan Chen shook his head desperately: "My sister must have been here. Since she didn't say it here, maybe she was taken into the mountain."

"You don't have to jump in just for a guess. I guess you ran away from home, right? Then I suggest you go back and talk to your family first, and make a long-term plan. It would be best if you find some trustworthy masters of the upper fifth realm, and then make preparations."

"How can I go back when I don't know whether my sister is alive or dead..."

"Since they captured the alchemist in order to modify the elixir, your sister will not be in any danger in the short term."

"real?"

Ji You pointed to his head and said, "This thing is actually quite useful sometimes."

After he said this, he twisted the green jade gourd in his hand, and with a flash of spiritual light, a pile of grain stored in it was summoned out and fell like a small mountain.

Luo You looked at this scene, a little panicked, and looked at Ji You at a loss.

"I wanted to get you out, but now it seems that I can't do it."

"You guys should continue to practice, maybe you can still find a glimmer of hope. After you get out, flee to the east. If you are lucky, you probably won't meet any disciples from the Immortal Sect."

"We got the food from the Beisha Town granary before we came here. There's no one there to look after it now. It's enough for you to eat for a while."

After Ji You finished speaking, he took out two silver coins from his pocket and said reluctantly: "I took the money to save you. I don't know whose mother or wife she is, but she still cares about you. But if I don't save you, I won't take the money."

Yuan Chen stared at him for a long time, and finally flicked his fingertips, and a square box appeared on the ground in front of him.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The box contained elixirs that he had brought with him, originally intending to use them as a price to seek help from other immortal sects.

Now that the clue is gone, the pills in the box can no longer be used.

But he didn't say how to eat it. He just pushed it to the miners in the mine and walked to the door without saying a word.

“They came here and then went into the mountains.”

"?"

Luo You's wife looked at the grain, silver coins and elixir boxes, and suddenly spoke as they turned around: "People wearing clothes like that went into the mountains, and were escorted by people wearing cloaks."

Luo You turned to look at his wife and fell silent, but ultimately did not stop her.

Yuan Chen was stunned for a long time, and suddenly turned to look at Ji You: "Brother Ji, one thousand taels, yellow!"

"I am only a lower third realm perfection, I can't go."

"I can give everything I can, just to save my sister."

Luo You raised his head upon hearing the voice, hesitated for a while and then said: "If you want to go into the mountain, you can take the mine tunnel, which is closer. There is a mine tunnel in Hongshan Mine that leads to the mountain."

Ji You looked at the honest miners in front of him in disbelief, thinking that you were hired by Yuan Chen to play me together.

I just want to become a bandit, why is it so difficult?

Yuan Chen looked up at Ji You: "My sister is very beautiful..."

"I don't want it. It's the most beautiful one I've ever seen."

"Then it's okay to be the younger one..."

Ji You looked at him in disbelief: "Have you asked your sister what she thinks?"

The Yuanchen people were almost wilting: "Life is the most important thing. In this world, apart from life and death, everything else is trivial..."

"Add another thousand taels. My village needs initial capital."

"make a deal!"

Ji You turned to look at Luo You: "Can you tell me everything you know about Qi Ling? Some of the things may be useful to us."

Luo You looked at his wife who nodded silently, and finally sighed: "Over the years, people often come in and out of the mountain. We only dared to watch from afar and did not dare to follow them into the mountain. The only thing we know is that they not only captured people wearing that kind of clothes, but also many immortals from the immortal sect."

Seeing this, Luo You's wife added, "And the baby."

Ji You turned and looked at her: "What?"

"During the past three years, the sound of a baby crying could be heard in the mountains every day. Someone from the mine went to look for the baby, but never came back."

Hearing this, Ji You was stunned.

Kuang Cheng was looking for a lost baby and finally found a clue from the records of the Yanxing Post Station. Ji You had asked in Beisha Town, but everyone in the town said they didn't know.

He thought the clue was broken, but he didn't expect it to be reconnected here.

(End of this chapter)