"Roster?"
Lao Zhou was stunned for a moment, and after he came to his senses, he quickly said:
"Yes, yes."
He took out a white jade slip from his storage bag, wisely handed it over without asking any further questions:
"This is the roster of one thousand, two hundred and ninety-four mining slaves. Please check it."
"Um."
Zhang Yao nodded, took the roster, scanned it with his spiritual mind, nodded with satisfaction, and said:
"Okay, you go down first."
"Come back tomorrow and pick up this roster."
"Yes, real person."
Lao Zhou responded, bowed, and exited the cave.
After he left, Zhang Yao maintained his spiritual thoughts and carefully checked the roster in his hand.
This roster not only records the name, age, and gender of each mine slave, but also their origins, reasons for being arrested, and even a portrait of their body and appearance.
Among them, there are a total of thirty-four people marked as demon cultivators, all of whom are from the same family and have a double blood connection - they are both true relatives of the human race and the same kind in the sense of the demon race.
"Just a few people..."
Zhang Yao frowned, the number of people was smaller than he expected.
Since the demon cultivators have a very close relationship with each other, as long as they catch one, they usually pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, and catch a large group at once.
But such a small number of people means that this family is probably just a small role among the demon cultivators, and their bloodline level is probably not high, so it is unlikely that there are foundation-building cultivators behind them.
"Well... I still need to find a chance to verify it."
Zhang Yao thought of this and quickly had an idea in his mind.
"But before that, we must first master the Divine Soul Taoism to prevent some unexpected situations from happening."
"I am researching the bloodline of demon cultivators, and I still have to do it in secret as much as possible to prevent the news from leaking..."
…………
The next day, early morning.
Amidst the pale yellow bed curtains, Li Shuixian curled up on the big bed, revealing a large area of white and tender skin, with a hint of flushing and laziness in her face.
"This thing is really interesting..."
Zhang Yao sat beside the bed, looking at the light curtain in front of him with concentrated mana, showing great interest.
After a night of in-depth communication, he actually discovered a lot of the mysteries of blood spells from Li Shuixian's body, and used magic power to imitate them. He finally had a comprehensive understanding.
But this is his first time coming into contact with this evil secret method for vitality, and his current progress is still very limited.
"Real person."
Li Shuixian came closer, with a hint of hope in his eyes, and couldn't help but ask:
"Can you really break this blood spell?"
"It's hard to say, I'm not sure yet."
Zhang Yao shook his head and said:
"Whether I can succeed or not depends not only on my ability, but also on your luck."
Hearing his words, Li Shuixian felt a little complicated.
Although she had made a decision before, last night when she was actually preparing to move into Zhang Yao's cave, she hesitated several times, and she felt regret and hesitation when things came to a close.
But now, she is really happy with her choice.
After following Zhang Yao, even if she couldn't resolve the blood curse by herself within ten years, there was still a new hope.
"Real person!"
At this moment, the formation outside the cave was touched, and a slightly familiar voice came:
"Zhou Xianhe came to see the real person."
"Hold on."
Zhang Yao responded, stood up and left the bed, and the Taoist robe hanging beside him flew out automatically and was put on his body.
After Zhang Yao left the bedroom, Li Shuixian on the bed rolled his eyes and got up and dressed hurriedly.
After a while, Zhou Xianhe came to the main hall to meet Zhang Yao. The two sat down and exchanged a few words. Zhang Yao returned the roster to him and casually asked about the situation in the mining area.
"Thanks to the blessing of the real person, everything is normal in the two major mining areas. Among them, the black jade vein was discovered a few days ago..."
Lao Zhou routinely reported to the mine slaves that there was a small riot a few days ago and several people died.
There was no term of imprisonment for those who were captured as slaves in the mining industry at Suiyu Mountain. They had only two options - to work until death, or to not work and be beaten to death on the spot.
Under such high pressure, resistance is inevitable.
"Well, it doesn't matter how many people are killed or injured. Just remember to control the situation and not let it expand and cause a chain reaction."
"I remember that this year's batch of mine slaves will be delivered soon..."
Zhang Yao gave a few casual instructions, but obviously didn't take it to heart.
"Zhenren, Director Zhou, please have some tea."
The graceful Li Shuixian walked over carrying an ebony tray, leaned over and put down two cups of spiritual tea, and spoke softly.
Zhang Yao responded with a 'hmm', picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and Li Shuixian on the side took the initiative to step back.
"this……"
The stunned Lao Zhou came to his senses, quickly picked up the tea cup, lowered his head and pretended to drink tea, but his heart was filled with excitement:
"Good guy! It seems that the rumors are true. This woman Li Shuixian is really in love with Master Qingxu..."
While there was some disdain in his heart, he also felt more envy and jealousy.
The GCC's properties are spread all over Dali. There are more than a thousand Qi Refining monks under their command, but there are only ten Foundation Establishing Masters in total.
It can be said that every foundation-building monk enjoys a lofty status and great power. A single sentence can determine the future and even life and death of a large number of Qi-refining monks.
He didn't know that Li Shuixian was under a blood spell. He only knew that the other party had met a foundation-building master, and his fate had changed!
"With Master Ji Zhu taking care of her, moving her away from the mining area in the future is just a matter of words."
"If you have better luck, maybe after the ten years are over, you may have the opportunity to follow Master Qingxu into Cangjiang Water Mansion to practice, and even get greater benefits..."
When Lao Zhou thought of this, he felt more and more envious, but he did not dare to have any more thoughts.
After a while, after Lao Zhou finished reporting on the mining area, he respectfully stood up to say goodbye and left the cave.
"You are quite clever."
Zhang Yao glanced at Li Shuixian, who appeared in front of him again, and his tone was very calm.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm used to being bullied. It's only when my head gets hot that I..."
Li Shuixian said, with a hint of grievance in his tone, and said pitifully:
"I did this act of deception without the consent of the real person, and I am willing to bear the punishment of the real person."
What she said wasn't entirely a lie.
The position of being in charge of the warehouse is usually a lucrative position. However, it is precisely because Suiyushan's lucrative position has led to extremely strict supervision that no one dares to reach out.
A mere Qi Refining monk, unlike the Foundation-building monks who have the privileges to dare to covet the property of Master Haihe, would definitely be a dead end.
This resulted in her having the least power and the heaviest responsibility among the four major supervisors. If she was not careful, she would take the blame for others. Now she finally had the opportunity to show off her power, and it was also a way to show that she had a backer.
"punish?"
Zhang Yao glanced at her, waved his hand and said:
"Okay, I won't do this next time."
"Go down."
"Yes, real person."
Li Shuixian's eyes flashed with joy and he respectfully stepped back.
Her daily work is also very leisurely. She is in charge of the warehouse and does not need to watch all the time, so she has a lot of time to work on her magic.
Now after following Zhang Yao, others don't dare to say anything, and no one dares to take care of fishing in the cave openly.
In a quiet room.
After sending Li Shuixian away, Zhang Yao closed the quiet room formation and began to practice the 'Light of the Lost Soul'.
This is the divine soul method in the 'Pingdu Twelve Techniques'. It is specifically aimed at the spiritual soul of monks. It is extremely powerful and is almost impossible to defend without targeted means.
This divine soul method is also one of the prerequisites for Zhang Yao to implement his plan.
…………
In the blink of an eye, more than two months passed.
On this day, in the quiet room of the cave.
As the magic power circulated, a forest-white brilliance suddenly emerged silently, covering the entire quiet room like a water curtain.
This ray of light was exactly the same as the secret treasure used by the three Dongge sect disciples that Zhang Yao met in the deserted area on the border of Dali.
"Uh-huh!"
The forest-white brilliance disappears at the touch of a finger, demonstrating superb control.
"good."
Zhang Yao nodded with satisfaction.
It took him more than two months, and he finally mastered the 'Divine Soul Light', which was far beyond the path of the Yellow Talisman.
Although the current power of the 'Desolate Soul Divine Light' is not great and it is difficult to play any role in the same level of battles, it can definitely be used to deal with some monks in the Qi refining stage.
For example, the secret treasure he saw that day:
The power that a one-time secret treasure can carry is often much lower than that used by the refiner himself, but it still ignores all protections, and even the leaders of the three great tribulation cultivators who have perfected their Qi refining are defenseless.
Late that night.
"Buzz..."
The soil beneath the ground trembled slightly, and a ray of yellow light shuttled under a hundred feet.
The entire GCC branch, Tanshan City, and the formation hubs of the two major mining areas are all under Zhang Yao's control. It is extremely easy to avoid the eyes and ears of others.
Just a moment later, Zhang Yao came to the mining area of the black jade veins. His powerful spiritual thoughts penetrated hundreds of feet of soil and scanned the surface.
"Hoo, hoo..."
In the area where the mining slaves live, the snoring is loud, and almost all the mining slaves are sleeping soundly.
The mining area occupies a very large area, and it is unrealistic and cost-effective to lay out formations across the board. Therefore, formations exist in only a few key places.
For example, in the rest area of these mining slaves, a formation was constructed to dispel spiritual energy and suppress mana, creating an environment similar to that in the desolate zone, making it impossible for these mining slaves to meditate, refine their energy, and restore their mana.
They could only recover their mana while mining at work. They worked exhaustingly every day, trying their best to complete the target, and then they could only fall asleep when they came back.
"It's really a life worse than death."
Zhang Yao shook his head secretly, suppressed a trace of pity in his heart, and quietly bypassed the obstacles of the formation.
He had the formation control talisman on him and sneaked into the mining slaves' rest area without alerting anyone. Not even the guards who were meditating and refining their energy outside noticed him.
After a while.
Zhang Yao used his spiritual thoughts to lock his target underground, and immediately his thoughts moved and his magic power started to move——
A forest-white brilliance spread out like a water curtain, covering the bodies of hundreds of Qi Refining monks around.
These people were already in a deep sleep and didn't feel anything happened at all. They just slept more deeply, their souls were suppressed, and they couldn't wake up even if their hands were cut off and their feet were stamped on.
In silence, Zhang Yao maintained his silence technique, walked up from the underground, and came to a shed.
The floor of the shack is covered with straw, which is a simple big bunk, with more than a dozen mining slaves, both men and women, sleeping on it.
Among these people, there are two monks from the demon cultivator family.
"Let me take a good look..."
(End of chapter)
