"Yes, Mr. Guan."
The mandrill was not a fool. He clearly felt that there was something in Guan Heng's words, so he waved to King Jia Xiu, Tu Gong Toad, and White-browed Old Monkey, signaling everyone to be on guard in secret. Immediately afterwards, everyone followed Guan Heng into the branch tunnel leading to the iron sand mine.
Sure enough, along this fork in the road and on the surface of the rock wall, there were stone layers mixed with iron sand ore everywhere.
As he walked, Guan Heng nodded, and then said: "As long as the rock formations here are mined, gathered together, and slightly squeezed with Tu Xuan spiritual energy, you can get iron sand."
"Indeed." The demonic mandrill nodded repeatedly and agreed. It asked: "Master Guan, do you want me to leave the grey-brown demon hedgehog, ice gluttonous beast, and round-eared strange rat to mine the rock formations containing iron sand here? "
"Well, I will ask the insect mother to leave fifty vicious clams to protect everyone's safety." Guan Heng said casually: "Then there are also some ancient iron-clad clams left behind. They can play a key role in detecting the location of the iron sand. "
Immediately afterwards, the gray-brown demon hedgehog and the others left behind to mine the rock formations, while Guan Heng and everyone continued to move forward. Not long after, everyone finally came to an area full of iron sand ore. Directly in front of them was a huge Deep pit.
"It seems like this is a real iron sand mine."
"Huh?" As soon as he said this, Guan Heng suddenly whispered: "Toad, prepare to take action!"
"Okay, I can't wait any longer!"
"Hoo! Boom!" It was too late to speak, but soon after, the Tugong Toad, which was already ready to attack, suddenly waved its webbed claws and hit the ground nearby hard, causing the earth and rocks to fly everywhere, and the ground was suddenly filled with water. Concave collapse.
At the same time, the white-browed old monkey, the magic mandrill and the big-headed raccoon all flew over, and a huge guy emerged from the sunken hole. The three beasts held the metal short stick, the ancient gold ice-breaker and the scorpion claw. The two sticks hit the opponent's body surface in unison, instantly breaking its body into pieces.
This is a gold-eating earthworm with black and yellow patterns all over its body and exuding evil aura. Judging from its size, it should be a leader-level guy. The girls were a little surprised when they saw the earthworm die tragically.
"Is this guy so close to us?" Qian Xin whispered, "I didn't realize how it came from the ground."
"So are we." Ruotao, Gu Sangnu and An Yan said one after another: "I didn't feel a trace of gold-eating ferocious earthworms or evil spirits. This is a bit abnormal."
"That's true." Qinghuang nodded, and then asked, "A Heng, is there any special reason for this?"
"That's because there are iron sand ores all around. They prevent everyone from releasing their mental power to detect the enemy's situation."
Guan Heng explained at this moment: "This is one. Second, I speculate that these leader-level gold-eating earthworms have the ability to assimilate the breath of iron sand ore. Because of this, they can approach us quietly from the ground." , it’s a pity that it was not hidden from my eyes and ears.”
"Squeak, squeak." At this moment, several armored ancient clams landed on Guan Heng's shoulders and made a cheerful low sound. Guan Heng nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, I didn't hide it from you either. .”
Immediately afterwards, Guan Heng explained: "As I said just now, the ancient worms are more sensitive to the smell and detection of iron sand mines. There is fast-moving 'iron sand' underground, which is naturally abnormal. Even if the ancient worms don't know it, Even if he is a ferocious earthworm, he can understand that he is an enemy with evil intentions and will immediately notify me of his presence."
"I see. In an area like this, it's really convenient to have the Iron-Armored Crab around you."
Qinghuang stroked her hands and smiled. Guan Heng said: "Actually, we all carry a few ancient earthworms with us. I will issue an order now. As soon as we detect an enemy like the gold-eating earthworm appearing nearby, we will notify you immediately to take precautions. In the future.”
"Okay, let's do it." After hearing this, the girls immediately nodded in agreement. At the same time, Guan Heng had already asked the Demon Mandrill and Tu Gong Toad to start collecting iron sand ore around them.
Soon, the surrounding iron sand ore had piled up into a hill-like shape in front of everyone.
But Guan Heng looked at these iron sand ores and remained silent, even noncommittal. Seeing this, Ruotao asked beside him: "Sir, what's the matter? Are you not satisfied with the ore we have harvested now?"
"Well, the amount of iron sand contained in these ores is only average."
Crossing his shoulders with both hands, Guan Heng said in a deep voice: "I feel that there must be ores with better quality than these iron sand mines nearby, but we haven't found them yet."
"Then let's look for it again." Qianxin said, "There are iron-clad ancient clams and road signs with green vines, so we don't have to worry about getting lost."
"That's true, but there's no need to go out to search for them all. Just separate some of your companions."
Guan Heng thought for a moment and then ordered: "Pangpang, you and Toad will take the Queen Ant to the left area. Mother Insect, you, Xiaojin and Roaring Crab will go to the right side to check out the situation."
"Yes, Master (Guan Ye), then we will set off immediately." In this way, King Jia Xiu, Tu Gong Toad and Crazy Poison Ant Queen were responsible for searching the right side, while the three insects hurried towards the left.
…
Let’s talk about King Jiaxiu and the others first. Not long after walking, five large and small forks appeared in front of them.
"There are so many side roads, which one should I take?"
"It's time to ask the Iron-armored Ancient Clan at this time."
Hearing the questions from King Armor and the Crazy Poisonous Ant Queen, Tu Gong Toad casually said: "Then you have to ask the Iron Armored Ancient Crab, they should know very well."
Having said that, the big toad looked up and saw that the armored ancient clam and his black swamp evil fly were clashing tentacles, saying hello and chatting with each other. As long as these insects are sure that they are in a friendly relationship with each other, they will quickly get into a heated relationship.
Hearing the call from the Earth Palace Toad, an ancient iron-armored cricket suddenly landed on the head of the Earth Palace Toad and uttered a low cry: "Creak, squeak, squeak."
"Yeah, yeah, I understand." The big toad nodded, indicating that he understood. King Jiaxiu asked the crazy poisonous ant queen next to him in a low voice: "Hey, can you understand? What are the ancient toads talking about?"
"Oh, basically it just expresses a few simple meanings." The Crazy Poison Ant Queen explained at this moment: "Zhengdong, iron sand breath, evil spirit, that's it."
"So, there are iron sand mines due east, and there are also evil spirits?" Upon hearing this, King Jiaxiu's eyes widened, and then he asked: "Is this news accurate?"
"It's basically certain." Tu Gong Toad nodded at this time and said: "Okay, let's go there quickly and try to find high-quality ore rich in iron sand."
"That's right, this is the main mission for you and me. As for other enemies, we can just get rid of them after we encounter them."
"Hahaha, just what I want."
