Hundreds of thousands of mine slaves stood in the open-pit mine. Disciples of the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect had already stepped forward to maintain order, making the slaves wait where they were and forbidding them from leaving.
But the temperature nearby kept rising, and many mine slaves whose bodies were already failing passed out outright in the heat.
Without treatment, they would certainly die.
Yang Ling felt as though his throat were smoking. Even with his base attributes at the peak of Upper Sixth Rank, his throat felt uncomfortable. Every breath seemed to draw in scalding steam.
Another dozen or so stewards emerged from the Red Fire Iron Ore mine and began leading the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect disciples in guiding the mine slaves away from the area for the time being.
Yang Ling's subordinate Shi Jiu took part as well.
The entire evacuation proceeded very quickly.
Then a group of powerful figures walked slowly into the area.
Those surrounding these powerful figures were all fifth-rank minor grandmasters like Elder Wang.
"White Bone Cave is making a racket out at sea, yet signs of a Fire Spirit Pearl emerging have suddenly appeared here."
"Never mind White Bone Cave. The Sect Master is negotiating with them, so there won't be any problems.
"Normally, we would wait a while after the Fire Spirit Pearl emerged before searching for it.
"But this time, I think we should find it as soon as possible to avoid complications?"
"Agreed. Mobilize the sect's sixth-rank disciples and stewards at once and have them go down into the mine to find this Fire Spirit Pearl."
"Go coordinate this. Stay at least ten li away from here for now. I'll watch over this place for a while."
"Senior Brother Gu Ming, sorry for the trouble of watching