The fluorite mine is located in the southeast of the Daxue Mountains. Compared with the harsh environment of wind and snow outside, this place seems much calmer.
The reason is simply that the entire mine is shrouded by a cyan barrier that is more than seven feet high and two miles wide. It is its existence that blocks the extremely cold weather outside.
In this large sunken hole, there are dozens of vegetables planted in the ground, and they extend far away. Behind a well not far away are rows of simple houses, which look dilapidated and dilapidated. The walls outside the house have a shabby and old feel.
The team arrived at the mine in the early morning of the fourth day. No one of the seventy-three miners who came to work was killed. They were all taken away by the Lin family members who stayed here.
The first step is to allocate accommodation, followed by the distribution of tools, but Lin Yuqin and Li Qingyang do not need to worry about such trivial matters.
The mine is on the other side of the house. There is a faint sound of wind flowing freely in the passage full of torches. It is obvious that there is a cave at the end of the passage.
"Come in, you can tell by the footsteps that someone from outside is visiting." A voice that was neither salty nor cold came, causing the flames in the passage to tremble.
"It's such a familiar voice. Is it Fourth Uncle?" Lin Yuqin asked doubtfully, "Can't we tell if we go over and take a look?" Li Qingyang took the lead to open the way. There was also a cave hall in the passage. The space was not big. When the man turned around and looked at them , said with a smile: "Yuqin, Qingyang, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
"Uncle Fourth, it's really you!"
Lin Yuqin also looked happy and hurriedly held the middle-aged monk's hand, as did Li Qingyang on the other side.
"This is a good saying..." the middle-aged monk said with emotion: "A woman's eighteenth transformation! Yuqin, when you were young, you were not as beautiful as you are now."
Li Qingyang continued: "You have grown up, and you have learned to dress up." The three of them laughed heartily again: "I didn't expect that the family sent you two, tsk tsk, two genuine foundation-building monks, the family is Getting stronger!"
"This is all thanks to the elders of your generation, Fourth Uncle. Without you bearing the pressure of the family and carrying forward the burden, where would the future of cultivation for us juniors be?"
Regardless of whether Li Qingyang's words came from the bottom of his heart, it was true that the middle-aged monk in front of him was completely moved. He patted Li Qingyang hard: "Okay! Okay..." He seemed to want to say something more, but he finally held back: "Let's not talk about this anymore. Fourth uncle, I can't delay you from doing your business. Come, let's sit down. Let’s talk later.”
The three of them entered another cave hall. On the wall opposite the door, there was a paper map of the Snowy Mountains. Water sources, storage points, terrain, areas where monsters were active, and even every dangerous location were marked. Very detailed.
It is conceivable that the Lin family has paid an invisible price for this map.
"Sit." The middle-aged monk motioned for the two of them to sit on the chairs. He stood up, walked to the map, cleared his throat and said slowly:
"Two months ago, due to the accidental breakage of the restriction, hundreds of ice beasts raided the mine, causing the death of six monks in the family's Qi refining stage and the death of more than 40 miners. Do you already know this news?"
"We both heard about it before we came here."
"Well, triple this number and you'll get the real number of deaths." The middle-aged monk's tone was very low. He didn't care about the shocked looks on their faces and continued:
"It's not me, Lin Yongxian, your fourth uncle is afraid of being punished by the family, and most importantly, eighteen Qi Refining Stage monks died. Do you think it's serious?"
Lin Yuqin didn't expect that his respected fourth uncle would deceive the family. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. Instead, Li Qingyang's face was serious: "Of course it's serious!"
"My child, you are still young," Lin Yongxian shook his head: "Do you know what consequences will happen to the family if I report truthfully?"
"The spies hidden in the family will immediately report the news to our arch-enemy Guo family. Nearly two hundred miners died. Let's not talk about how much money will be spent on the pension. Do you think the news has spread, who will? Will you risk us to mine?"
"Once the fluorite mine is shut down, the progress of our supply of materials to the previous family will stop. This is a big business that can maintain the operation of the Lin family. If the fluorite mine is stopped, the Lin family will immediately face difficulties. Hundreds of smelters in the family will There is no place for cultivators in the Qi stage to earn resources. The Lin family's early investment in the fluorite mine has been reimbursed, putting the family in turmoil. It is likely to arouse the covetousness of the Guo family and lead to war... Is this for the sake of the family? ?”
"But with so many people dead, there must be an explanation!"
Li Qingyang's tone was still tough, but it had less weight than before.
"Child, let's stop here. If we really want to get to the bottom of it, yes, I am indeed to blame, but the person who purchased the ban and the person who was appointed by the family to manage the fluorite mine was sent to kill the ice beast in the previous rounds. People... Do you think they can escape the relationship? Among them are the senior family members in the foundation period, and your third uncle, Yuqin. If you want to kill your relatives out of justice, your fourth uncle has nothing to say. "
A Great Perfection in the Qi Refining Stage left the two Foundation Establishment Stage monks speechless. The three of them were silent for a long time before Lin Yuqin regained consciousness: "What about the dead people?"
"For monks, if they can use spirit stones, use spirit stones to solve the problem. If they can't solve the problem, let them find the clan leader. Mortal matters can only be postponed. Every time more people are reported to have died, in a few years, this matter will be It’s over.”
"The old patriarch knows all this?!" Li Qingyang said in surprise.
"Balance, it's better if you understand these two words." Lin Yongxian walked behind him and patted his shoulder: "If I weren't worried that you would go back and talk nonsense, wouldn't the monks in the mine be compared with the miners before? Go on, I will never let you know about this kind of thing."
No matter what, Lin Yuqin still couldn't accept this fact. At this time, she remembered what Chen Mo once said, "If he were here...could he fully understand the fourth uncle's difficulties?"
Looking at the lost Li Qingyang, Lin Yuqin realized the gap between the two people again. This was not a competition about cultivation, nor was it a comparison of appearance. Why did two people of similar ages experience completely different things?
"alright."
Lin Yongxian knocked on the table with his hand: "No matter what you think, what needs to be done still needs to be done. The mine has a radius of fifty miles. I have marked the place where the ice beasts gather on the map. You can make rubbings, but One thing to remember is that you must destroy it immediately after reading it.”
"I know...fourth uncle."
Hearing that Li Qingyang was still willing to call him this, Lin Yongxian secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "My child, you are still young. Take your time in the future and don't be impulsive. This is your greatest improvement."
"Fourth uncle, I have a question." Lin Yuqin suddenly said: "Why do ice beasts attack our mine for no reason? Is there some hidden secret that we don't know about?"
Lin Yuqin's question was completely imitating Chen Mo's thinking habits. However, her question made Lin Yongxian startled and he thought about her words seriously.
