"As for the rest...
Luo He didn't finish his words, he just left a meaningful look.
Zhang Yao understood instantly.
Since the rise of the GCC, it has usurped and occupied many interests inside and outside Fangzhou, and it is inevitable to have fierce collisions with other aristocratic families and sects.
Most of the mining slaves in Suiyu Mountain are probably members of small sects and small aristocratic families. After being defeated by the GCC, the children of the sect were demoted to mining slaves and worked hard until death.
These people have fallen into a desperate situation. Naturally, they will try to riot and escape whenever they have the opportunity, and they will never sit still and wait for death.
"No wonder the Jade Mountain has been in need of foundation-building monks for a long time..."
Zhang Yao understood clearly and asked for some details, and Luo He answered them wholeheartedly.
Sitting in Suiyu Mountain, generally speaking, it is relatively peaceful. Large-scale riots by mining slaves may not happen once in several years, and invasion by powerful enemies is even rarer.
As for some small-scale mining slave riots, mine collapses, or people stealing or stealing ore, as long as there are no serious consequences, the people below can handle it by themselves, and just inform him afterwards, without him having to worry about it at all.
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu, wait a moment."
Luo He said with a smile:
"I have sent a message with my spiritual mind to inform the supervisors below that they are here to wait for an interview."
"This mine is mainly managed by a few of them. When fellow Taoists meet them, we will check the accounts and inventory, and the handover will be completed."
Zhang Yao nodded happily and chatted with Luo He about his mining career and discussed some cultivation experiences.
After a while.
"Meet the Reverend Luo He and the Reverend Qingxu."
In the hall, the four mine supervisors bowed deeply and showed respect.
"Well, no need to be polite."
Zhang Yao nodded and glanced at the four supervisors.
These four people, three men and one woman, are all with perfect Qi-refining abilities. They range in age, and the youngest one still looks like a young girl.
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu."
Luo He on the side pointed at the four supervisors and introduced them one by one:
"This is Lao Zhou, responsible for the management of thousands of mine slaves; this is Lao Chen, responsible for matters related to mine production."
"There is also Zhang He, a skilled master who is responsible for purifying and refining the ores of black jade and Taibai fine gold."
Luo He said, paused, and his tone was a little strange:
"And the last one, Li Shuixian and Miss Li, are responsible for the storage and safekeeping of the refined ore. They have great responsibilities."
Zhang Yao nodded to the four people and said politely:
"Here comes the four supervisors."
"In the next ten years, Pindao will be in charge of this Suiyu Mountain. I hope you can work closely together to maintain the stability of this important place."
"Don't take it seriously, a real person's words hold true..."
The four chief executives responded in succession, bowing in fear.
"Okay, you go down first."
After Zhang Yao encouraged them for a few more words, he asked them to retreat, but Luo He on the side said:
"Miss Li, you stay."
"yes."
The pretty Li Shuixian responded in a low voice, and the other three supervisors bowed and left.
Immediately afterwards, Li Shuixian took out the general accounts for the past ten years. Luo He and Zhang Yao checked them and after confirming that they were correct, they went to the warehouse together.
This small mountain city on the main peak of Suiyu Mountain is covered with strict and powerful formations, and it mainly functions as a refining workshop and warehouse.
Most of the more than a hundred immortal cultivators living in the mountain city are subordinates of Master Zhang He. Their daily job is to refine two kinds of ores.
There are also dozens of supervisors in Suiyu Mountain, who are more advanced in cultivation and more effective in fighting, and they live in the mining areas deep in the mountains.
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu, we are here."
Luo He led Zhang Yao to a warehouse inside the mountain city.
He took out half of the command talisman from his sleeve, combined it with the other half in Li Shuixian's hand, absorbed the mana, and created the corresponding spell.
"Rumble..."
After bursts of spiritual light, the formation slowly closed, and the door opened with a roar.
After Zhang Yao followed Luo He in, he discovered that although the warehouse was not big, it was made of spiritual gold and was considered indestructible.
With the layers of protective formations, as long as there are no traitors or traitors, even monks in the foundation-building stage will have a hard time breaking through this small warehouse in a short time.
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu, please take stock."
Luo He pointed at the two types of ores piled up in the warehouse and said with a smile:
"This is all inventory from the last year."
"If the inventory is correct, I will take it away when we set off and send it back to Cangjiang Water Mansion."
Zhang Yao nodded slightly, swept through with his spiritual thoughts, and completed the count in an instant.
There are one hundred and twenty-four pieces of black jade ore in the warehouse, and even less, only seventy-six pieces of Taibai fine gold ore - this is nearly a year's inventory.
These two ores have only been initially purified and refined, and will continue to be refined in the hands of the master refiner. The final product is a second-level spiritual object, which is extremely valuable.
Refined ore from Suiyu Mountain used to be transported once every ten years, but there were often people who took risks by eyeing this inventory. Later, it was changed to transported once a year, and the risk was greatly reduced.
"no problem."
After Zhang Yao finished counting, he nodded happily.
"That's fine."
The smile on Luo He's face did not diminish and he suggested:
"I just have to leave, how about we go to my cave to have a little gathering again?"
"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."
Zhang Yao readily agreed and returned to the cave with Luo He. Li Shuixian behind him did not dare to disturb him, so he could only bite his lower lip and watch the two of them walk away.
After the two returned to the cave, they drank spiritual wine and jade dew, exchanged monastic experiences, and held candlelight talks until early the next morning.
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu."
Over the small mountain city, Luo He looked away and sighed:
"In the next ten years, Yushan will be handed over to you at this age."
"Luo said goodbye. Let's meet again at next year's Dharma gathering."
"Okay, Fellow Daoist Luo, walk slowly."
Zhang Yao saluted and said goodbye, watching Luo He's escaping light flying through the sea of clouds and quickly disappearing from the horizon.
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In Suiyu Mountain.
The replacement of the foundation-building monks in charge caused a small disturbance, but it soon subsided.
Except for the four major supervisors and other high-level officials, the other Qi Refining monks were not even qualified to meet Zhang Yao, and the order of the entire mine was still running in an orderly manner.
After Luo He left, the original cave became vacant and Zhang Yao moved in.
"The aura environment here is really not good..."
In the quiet room of the cave, Zhang Yao opened his eyes and shook his head.
Suiyu Mountain is not a place of spiritual veins, and the cultivation environment is very poor. The GCC monks here are basically 'assigned' in disguise, and their future is worrying.
The treatment of the foundation-building monks stationed here is much better. There is a whole layer of spiritual stones laid under the cave, and the spirit gathering formation is laid out on this basis.
But the overall effect is equivalent to a miniature spiritual vein, which is far from Cangjiang Water Mansion.
"It doesn't matter, it's only ten years anyway."
Zhang Yao quickly calmed down:
"Since the cultivation speed is not good enough, then take more time to practice the Divine Soul Taoist method and the Yellow Talisman Taoist method to improve your combat effectiveness."
"In addition, it seems that the search for true blood in six directions can also be started from the mines..."
He remembered that Luo He said that among the thousands of mining slaves in Suiyu Mountain, there were demon cultivators.
The number of these demon cultivators may not be large, and their cultivation may not be high, but at least it is a breakthrough that will prevent him from being clueless again.
"It's just that this matter is not easy at the moment, so we need to plan carefully."
Zhang Yao was silent, thinking secretly in his heart.
For all demon cultivators, the first step in practicing demon clan skills is to change one's own bloodline, and this step requires the demon clan's true blood corresponding to the skills.
These monster true bloods either come from monster beasts or from the same monster cultivators.
This means that the blood connection between demon cultivators is very close, and there is basically a strict organization behind any demon cultivator.
But the problem is that these demon cultivators who have been exposed and captured have most likely been abandoned by the organization behind them and cut off all ties.
If you want to start from them and follow the clues to find the whereabouts of the demon cultivators in the foundation building stage, you need some special means.
"Inside the demon cultivator, in addition to the level of cultivation, the main thing is to look at the quality of blood."
"It would be great if I could find a way to distinguish the level of the demon cultivator's bloodline..."
Zhang Yao fell into deep thought, constantly thinking about possible strategies.
"Real person."
Suddenly, a pleasant voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Li Shuixian is here to report something to the real person."
Zhang Yao came back to his senses and frowned slightly when he heard the sound outside the cave.
At this time, he had been in charge of Suiyu Mountain for more than a month. The other supervisors were very peaceful, reported regularly, worked conscientiously, and never let him worry.
Only Li Shuixian, who was in charge of the warehouse, didn't know what was wrong with him, so he would find an excuse to come over every now and then.
"Could this person be a spy? Deliberately spying on me?"
Zhang Yao squinted his eyes and felt a trace of doubt in his heart.
He opened the cave door with a wave of his sleeves and said calmly:
"come in."
"yes."
Li Shuixian walked into the cave, bowed respectfully, and took out an account book.
"Master Qi, this is the specific output after refining the black jade ore last month. Compared with the previous month..."
"okay."
Zhang Yao waved his hand, stared at the young girl in front of him, and said in a slightly cold tone:
"Miss Li, Pindao thinks you have been acting suspiciously recently."
"Pindao doesn't have that much time to beat around the bush with you. Just tell him what you have in mind. It will also save you and my time. Otherwise, don't blame Pindao for using his tricks."
Hearing Zhang Yao's words, Li Shuixian's face turned pale, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said repeatedly:
"Real person, misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding!"
"I, I just..."
Her voice suddenly paused, and after gritting her teeth, she lowered her head and said:
"I just admire the real face and want to get close to him."
"If the real person doesn't mind, the little girl is willing to recommend herself as a pillow, just asking for the real person's mercy."
"Um?"
Zhang Yao was startled for a moment, looking strange.
He didn't expect that Li Shuixian would have such thoughts.
"Is it because I haven't had in-depth communication with women for so long that my thinking has become slow?"
Zhang Yao muttered something secretly in his heart and looked at Li Shuixian condescendingly with a cold expression:
"Full of lies, not a word of truth."
"I'm afraid you have said this to Fellow Daoist Luo, right?"
(End of chapter)
