Yan Sihai nodded, and the two of them walked forward into the woods.
It was dark and quiet in the woods.
The two of them kept looking straight ahead. Wan Chaoyang was still calm, but Yan Sihai had sweat on his forehead.
It's so quiet here, so quiet that there's no sound of birds, animals, or insects. It's like a dead forest.
Moreover, Yan Sihai felt that every step he took on the ground had a soft feeling. The ground in the woods was actually much softer than ordinary ground. An indescribable feeling made Yan Sihai extremely uneasy.
It felt like stepping on farmland.
And as Wan Chaoyang said, as soon as he walked into the forest, he felt countless pairs of eyes staring at him.
After about a relatively long period of time, a glimmer of dawn appeared in front of Yan Sihai's eyes, and light began to shine in from the front of the forest.
This shows that they have reached the end.
However, as Yan Sihai walked further, a strong wind howled, and as he got closer to the exit of the woods, the strong wind became more violent.
When they walked out of the forest, Yan Sihai was shocked to find that at the end of the forest, there was a cliff!
The strong wind roared toward his face, and Yan Sihai's eyes were filled with shock.
Wan Chaoyang looked at Yan Sihai's expression and smiled.
"I used it the first time I came here, and I was as surprised as you."
Yan Sihai smiled bitterly
"If I remember correctly, the Central Plains are all plains and there shouldn't be such cliffs."
"Unless it is excavated manually!"
He licked his tongue and laughed
"Now, I am becoming more and more interested in this white area."
His head poked down
"This cliff doesn't look very deep. Even so, it would take several months to dig it manually. It seems that someone has already started planning here."
At this time, Wan Chaoyang grabbed Yan Sihai's hand, and the two of them jumped down. Yan Sihai looked at Wan Chaoyang with despair on his face, but saw that the two of them did not fall after jumping. Wan Chaoyang held on tightly with his other hand. Buckled into a rock on the cliff, five finger holes are clearly visible on the cliff.
Yan Sihai took a breath of cold air
"Your finger strength is a bit scary."
Wan Chaoyang smiled and said
"This hole was reserved here when I came here last time. Apart from Brother Chang An, who else in the world can make such a deep hole with just one finger."
As he said that, the two of them used their inertia to swing back and forth on the cliff twice. Wan Chaoyang let go again, and the two of them fell straight down.
What he didn't expect was that they didn't fall off the cliff. For just a moment, Yan Sihai felt like he was standing on the flat ground. He looked up and saw that there was a raised platform a few feet below the cliff. As long as the person fell correctly, he could position, you can land firmly on this raised platform.
A feeling of intense busyness rushed over him, and a cave entrance appeared in front of Yan Sihai. Inside the cave, people were coming and going, and basket after basket of stones were being carried back and forth.
"You two! What are you doing!"
A strong man saw them. He seemed to be the steward here.
Wan Chaoyang calmed down his expression and smiled.
"Master Li, I am Xiao Lu who was sent by Manager Ping a few days ago to inquire about the progress."
This strong man is Li Er, who is also the person in charge of the White Area. A few days ago, Wan Chaoyang sneaked into the White Area under the guise of Pingchuan.
"It's you, why, what are you doing here again?"
Li Er glanced at Yan Sihai standing aside, his face full of vigilance.
"I want to find a job for grandpa here. I think this white area is much easier than outside. I'm here to ask Mr. Li."
With that said, Wan Chaoyang took out a money bag with a hole in it from his waist and handed it to Li Er shivering.
Li Er took the money bag, weighed it a few times, nodded and said
"Okay, but..."
He suddenly came up to Yan Sihai and said viciously:
"No running around, no looking around, just mind your own work."
Yan Sihai nodded hurriedly and bowed
"Okay, okay, thank you, Mr. Li."
"Come with me."
Li Er took Yan Sihai into the underground mine, but Yan Sihai felt more and more strange.
Logically speaking, they were walking back now, under the forest above, and Yan Sihai finally understood why the forest above was so soft when stepped on. The forest had obviously been hollowed out from top to bottom. , then spread a thick layer of soil, and then plant trees on top of the soil, so that no one can notice.
But, are there really mines in such a place?
Soon, his doubts were dispelled. He followed Li Er and found that this place was completely different from the quarries in the outside world. It was surrounded by rock and mud walls, and no one was mining at all.
He observed carefully. In addition to the people inside who were constantly carrying baskets after baskets of ores that came from unknown sources, in every area, several people would be seen in groups, with a large boiler next to them. , someone put the white stones into the pot and steamed them together with the basket.
Yan Sihai frowned. He didn't understand minerals, so naturally he couldn't understand what they were doing.
"Follow up!"
Li Er's urging came from the front.
Soon after, they came to the depths of the cave, and saw a huge stone mountain made of white crystal blocks leaping in front of Yan Sihai's eyes.
The white stone mountain was so high that it almost touched the top of the cave. Yan Sihai almost screamed, but luckily he held it back.
Is this the white area, he thought to himself.
And those white stones piled up into mountains, row upon row, exuding an unspeakable smell.
It was the smell of fireworks, and Yan Sihai's eyes lit up. It was very similar to the usual smell of fireworks.
Saltpeter, these white stones are saltpeter.
Yan Sihai immediately figured it out. This so-called white area turned out to be a huge saltpeter processing place!
No, Yan Sihai thought about it. They clearly had a saltpeter mining area and a special processing area outside the quarry just now. Why is there a secret processing area here?
"Just stay here."
Li Er pointed to a group of people sitting around in front of the saltpeter mountain. Yan Sihai found that the people here were all older, but he saw that those people were holding a brush in their hands and applying paint to the white saltpeter.
"Learn to do it from them."
"you!"
Li Er pointed at an old man who looked to be in his sixties.
"Teach him how to do it."
Immediately, Li Er patted Yan Sihai's shoulder meaningfully, perhaps taking advantage of it, and he was much kinder now than when he was outside the cave.
"Work hard and I won't treat you badly in terms of wages."
After saying this, he left.
The old man waved his hand and motioned for Yan Sihai to sit down next to him.
Yan Sihai curled his lips and leaned forward. The old man didn't say anything. He pointed at the saltpeter in his hand and motioned for him to watch his demonstration.
I saw the old man casually grabbing a piece of saltpeter from the saltpeter mountain, which frightened Yan Sihai into a cold sweat.
"Be careful, don't explode."
This is all processed saltpeter. If you are not careful, it may explode.
The old man didn't take it seriously. He picked up the brush in his hand. There was a bucket next to him. The bucket was full of earth-colored viscous liquid. He dipped the brush in the liquid and easily brushed the entire piece of saltpeter. Earthy color.
The old man showed the stone to Yan Sihai and then put it into the basket on the side. The basket was already half full of stones.
Yan Sihai then understood that their job was to disguise the saltpeter as ordinary stone.
He sneered secretly, this quarry was indeed full of weirdness.
"Bah bang bang!"
But at this moment, a burst of clapping came from outside the cave, and Li Er's voice rang out.
"Old rules!"
"Boom!"
Then, the whole cave shook violently, and Yan Sihai was shocked. The sound of boulders rubbing against the ground came from behind, and then "Bang!" There was a terrifying loud noise and dust filled the air. Yan Sihai looked back and saw that the entrance of the cave was broken off by a piece. The dragon stone was directly sealed!
It's an agency! Yan Sihai secretly thought it was not good. He looked around and saw that except for these workers, Li and other officers and soldiers had all left the place.
He patted his head and secretly cursed himself for being careless. No wonder Li Er was so easy to deceive. He believed Wan Chaoyang's lies without asking for proof.
Basically, he doesn't care about the truth or falsehood, he will always be sealed in this cave and never see the light of day.
But things continued to develop beyond Yan Sihai's expectations. Not long after the Dragon Broken Stone fell, the cave was dark, but many torches slowly appeared.
The workers stopped what they were doing at this moment and raised the torches that seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Then Yan Sihai was surprised to find that the old men beside him also stood up and raised the torches.
What was even more shocking was that all the workers were slowly walking towards him!
Yan Sihai looked ugly
"What are you doing!"
No one answered him, and everyone gathered around him in unison until they surrounded him in a corner. Countless torches shone on his face, making Yan Sihai's face turn red.
Suddenly, an old man opened his mouth towards him, and then everyone slowly opened their mouths. Yan Sihai looked horrified, and he discovered that all these people had their tongues cut off!
No wonder since entering the cave, apart from the officers and soldiers, he didn't find anyone making a sound. No wonder the old man didn't speak either!
Yan Sihai quickly calmed down. As a ghost doctor, he has naturally seen many more horrific scenes than this.
His sleeves fluttered, and two pairs of cold green lights were like bright pearls in the dark night.
In an instant, two snakes sprang out from his sleeves. When the workers saw this, they showed fear and retreated ten feet away.
Yan Sihai finally understood at this moment that what Li Er called the old rules meant that the workers who came here had to become mute like these people.
"snort!"
He snorted coldly and stared at everyone. For a moment, no one dared to take a step forward.
But despite his majesty at the moment, he felt unsure of himself. He just looked at those people's mouths and saw that the wounds on each of them were extremely smooth. They were obviously caused by a single blow from a master. In other words, there are definitely more than just these workers here.
Before he could figure it out, two cold rays of light struck, stabbing the two poisonous snakes in front of him, pinning them to the ground, unable to move.
