Chen Jieqi did not return to the college directly.
After riding into the city, we went directly to Crown Prince's Residence.
The guard at the door saw him turn over and dismount, his face was a little darker than usual, and after looking at each other
Without daring to ask any more questions, he stepped out of the way and led Chen Jieqi to the study.
Xue Qinghe was reviewing official documents at this time. He raised his head when he heard footsteps and saw Chen Jieqi coming in.
His brows furrowed slightly.
"Is there anything going on at this hour?"
Chen Jieqi found a chair and sat down by himself without exchanging pleasantries.
"Something happened at the mine."
Xue Qinghe put down the pen and his eyes darkened.
"Say."
Chen Jieqi told what happened early this morning. There were three people, three Soul Ancestor. The leader was two yellow and two purple, and the other two were white Soul Ring.
Martial Soul are Nether Wolf, Bone Spike, and Corrosive Poison Mist, which work well together and integrate attack, control and auxiliary functions.
He repelled them, but the opponent was not defeated, but retreated on his own initiative.
"They know you gave that land as a gift,"
Chen Jieqi paused,
"But I don't care."
Xue Qinghe tapped his fingers on the table twice, but did not answer the call.
"Before retreating, the leader said something." Chen Jieqi looked at her,
"Don't let him discover the things under the mine."
Xue Qinghe's fingers suddenly stopped.
It didn't stop slowly, but stopped suddenly, like a string breaking.
Chen Jieqi noticed that her fingers were slightly white from clenching hard, as if she was pressing something hard.
But that was only for a moment. The next second, she picked up the tea cup and took a sip, her expression as usual.
"Keep talking."
"White Soul Ring, with a cold and mixed aura, I don't take the prince seriously."
Chen Jieqi looked at her reaction with a steady voice.
"Do you think it's Evil Soul Master?"
"Eight or nine are inseparable from ten." Chen Jieqi said.
"Although many orthodox Soul Master add Ten-Year Soul Ring to themselves, the Soul Power aura will not be mixed.
You won't be afraid of my Holy Light restraint."
Xue Qinghe nodded. She did not ask how Chen Jieqi could repel three Soul Ancestor.
She was well aware of his strength, but she was just thinking about other things.
"I picked that piece of land from the royal family's property," she said.
"East Foothills of Tiantou City, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with underground rivers, good terrain, I asked someone to check the land title file.
That mine has been abandoned for seven or eight years. It used to be a mine directly under the royal family, but it was closed down because the mineral veins were exhausted."
She paused.
"But if the mineral veins are just exhausted, it won't lead to Evil Soul Master."
Chen Jieqi didn't speak, just looked at her.
"The files don't say there's anything special underground."
Xue Qinghe stood up, walked to the window, turned his back to him,
"But you also know that some things will not be written in the file."
Chen Jieqi pondered for a while.
"Can we check?"
Xue Qinghe turned around and looked at him,
"Yes, but it takes time."
She walked back to the desk, spread out a blank piece of paper, dipped her pen in ink, and wrote a few lines.
Then he picked up a square seal from the document, stamped it on the paper, waited for the ink to dry, folded it and handed it to him.
"Take this, go to the 'Ruifeng Warehouse' in the east of the city and ask for the shopkeeper. He will help you send a message to Crown Prince's Residence's intelligence network,"
She looked into his eyes,
"I'll check on the mine. Don't go alone these days."
Chen Jieqi took the piece of paper, folded it and put it in Soul Tool.
"Thanks, Brother Xue."
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me."
Xue Qinghe sat down again, picked up the teacup, and looked at him.
"You just said that they knew that the land was a gift from me, but they didn't care."
She took a sip and put down the cup.
"In Heaven Dou City, there are not many forces who dare not take me seriously. Evil Soul Master... Count me.
But if there is someone behind them, it cannot be explained by the words Evil Soul Master."
Chen Jieqi nodded. "I know."
"One more thing." Xue Qinghe looked at him,
"Put your Defense Clan plan on hold for now until I find out what's underneath the mine.
It's up to you to decide how and what to build. Starting construction now is like exposing a living target to others."
Chen Jieqi didn't refute, he originally thought so.
"Then what do I do during this time?"
Xue Qinghe raised the corner of his mouth slightly, as if he thought this question was a bit silly.
"Cultivation, don't you want to participate in Continental Soul Master Tournament?
In two years' time, what are you going to do with others?"
Chen Jieqi also smiled and did not answer. But the smile faded quickly.
He looked at Xue Qinghe, his eyes a little more serious than before.
"Brother Xue."
"Hmm~?"
"Don't stay alone these days."
Xue Qinghe was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean?"
"About the mine, they know that you donated the land." Chen Jieqi's voice was not high, but every word was clear.
"If they find out about you..."
"Find it on me?"
Xue Qinghe interrupted him, his voice a little colder,
"I am Heaven Dou Crown Prince, do they dare?"
Chen Jieqi did not give in. He looked at her with calm eyes, but there was an unusual persistence in his tone.
"They don't even care about the land you gave me."
The room was quiet for a few moments.
Xue Qinghe looked away, picked up the teacup, found it was empty, and put it down again.
She circled her fingers around the rim of the cup, then took them back and tucked them into her sleeves.
"... I am measured." She said, her voice lower than before.
Chen Jieqi looked at her for a while and did not continue.
He stood up, turned around and walked out without saluting.
"Xiao Qi."
He stopped.
"Be careful yourself."
Xue Qinghe's voice came from behind, neither light nor heavy, as if he was talking about a very common thing.
"Your holy light can defeat them, but they have more people."
Chen Jieqi turned back and looked at her.
She was sitting behind the desk, her face looking as usual, as if the words she just mentioned were just mentioned casually.
But Chen Jieqi knew that she didn't say it casually.
"I know." he said,
Then he left.
Xue Qinghe was sitting in the study, listening to his footsteps gradually go away and disappear outside the courtyard door.
She picked up the pen she was writing on and rubbed it up and down on her fingertips a few times.
East Foothills of Tiantou City.
She had a vague feeling that the things buried under the mine might be more than just mineral veins.
She spread out a new piece of paper and began to write.
It's not for the intelligence network, it's for Spirit City.
There are some things that Heaven Dou Crown Prince's intelligence network cannot do, but Qian Renxue can.
Chen Jieqi Walking out of Crown Prince's Residence, the sun has already set to the west.
He stood at the door, looked at the people coming and going on the street, and took a deep breath.
Xue Qinghe is right, check it out first before starting work, don't rush it.
Ruifeng Warehouse, Chengdong, go there tomorrow.
He got on his horse and galloped in the direction of the Royal Academy.
He didn't notice that after he left, a vendor selling candied haws on the street corner
He quietly closed the stall and turned into the alley next to him.
East Foothills of Tiantou City, twenty miles north of the mine.
In a hidden cave, the light of fire flickered.
The three men in gray robes were kneeling on the ground, with a slender black figure standing in front of them.
That person's breath was colder than theirs, like a bottomless dry well.
"Do you think his light can defeat you?"
There was no emotion or anger in the black shadow's voice.
"Yes."
The leader lowered his head,
"Golden, pure, and full of divine light."
The shadow was silent for a moment, then turned around,
Looking at the dug stone deep in the cave, there were vague runes carved on it.
"It is recorded in ancient books that the runes on Stone Gate belong to this kind of light."
His voice dropped, with a suppressed excitement,
"He's not here to get in the way. He's the key."
The leader raised his head. "Then let's..."
"No hurry." The shadow interrupted him,
"He will come sooner or later. Only he can drive that Stone Gate. We just need to wait."
"But that piece of land was donated by the prince."
"The deeper the prince investigates, the more Chen Jieqi wants to know what is behind Stone Gate."
The black shadow sneered,
"He thought he was protecting him, but actually he was pushing him into a pit."
He turned around and walked deeper into the cave.
"Keep staring. Don't do anything. Don't disturb him. Wait until he can't help but do it yourself."
The fire went out and darkness swallowed everything up again.