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"Yes!" everyone answered.
"Deputy Captain Ren, you needn't go down into the mine. Stay outside and supervise!" the middle-aged general said to Ren Yundu.
"Mm!" Ren Yundu nodded. With his status as deputy captain, he naturally would not be going down into the mine.
"It so happens that I will be returning to the fortress in three days to report the mine's situation to General Zhu Long and deliver the mined Spirit Stones back to the fortress. While I am gone, Deputy Captain Ren, you will be responsible for the mine's defense!" the middle-aged general added.
The mines here all fell under Black Mountain Fortress's jurisdiction, and everything had to be reported to General Zhu Long.
"Deputy Lieutenant Wang, rest assured. Go ahead without worry!" Ren Yundu said.
The middle-aged general's surname was Wang, and people called him Deputy Lieutenant Wang.
"Excellent!" Deputy Lieutenant Wang nodded.
Then, he immediately arranged for people to lead Su Mo and the other hundred or so men down into the mine.
The mine's entrance was a large cave within the valley.
The group entered the cave and proceeded downward along the deep, sloping passage. Only after descending a full thousand li underground did they reach the Spirit Stone Mine.
A thousand li beneath the earth, the passages branched in all directions. The underground was filled with hard rock, within which milky-white Spirit Stones occasionally appeared.
The farther down they went, the more Spirit Stones there were.
After they descended more than fifteen hundred li underground, the hard rock was densely covered with irregular chunks of Spirit Stones.
These Spirit Stones were basically all top-grade Spirit Stones.
This kind of Spirit Stone Mine formed from the Dragon Vein Qi that leaked out from an underground dragon vein.
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