There Was a Plot

Upon seeing a stranger enter, the miners in the mine instinctively looked up at him, then continued digging, hammering their picks against the rock wall, without uttering a single word.

Long Xuan nodded, but didn't greet the people much, instead focusing his attention on the mine.

After glancing around inside, he finally understood why ordinary people couldn't mine the Geng Metal Ore Vein, and why only Gu cultivators skilled in body refinement could be used.

Because there is no soil here, only rocks, and not ordinary rocks at that. These rocks are extremely hard and cannot be broken with ordinary pickaxes. Only Spiritual Pickaxe can be used, and the higher the quality of the Spiritual Pickaxe, the faster the digging speed.

Geng Metal is the hardest metal in the Gu World, and everyone can imagine how rare it is.

Therefore, even if this is a huge Geng Metal Ore Vein, Geng Metal cannot appear in clusters; its density must be extremely low, and each miner would need to dig for a very long time to find a single piece.

Moreover, what was mined was all rough ore full of impurities. It took about dozens of pieces of rough ore to be refined by flame to form a piece of Geng Metal smaller than a fist.

Geng Metal Essence Geng Metal Essence even rarer; it's considered good if you can dig up a piece the size of a walnut after two years of digging.

Furthermore, the rocks here are extremely hard; if Earthworker were to dig a hole, it would break their teeth. Therefore, this place can only be dug by hand, resulting in very low yields.

Otherwise, why would the Western Land Long Family be so generous as to allow these geniuses to mine here for a month?

Even if they were given a month, they wouldn't be able to extract much Geng Metal.

There were too many people here, making it inconvenient to dig for the Geng Metal Essence. Long Xuan's eyes darted around, and an idea came to him. He took out his pickaxe and began chiseling at the stone wall, which was far from the location of the Geng Metal Essence.

In his line of sight, a Coarse Geng Metal Ore was hidden behind this stone wall.

These talented miners received special treatment, using High-grade Spiritual Pickaxe, while the other ordinary miners used Low-grade Spiritual Pickaxe.

The moment he produced his High-grade Spiritual Pickaxe, it immediately attracted the attention of many miners, who glanced at him with envy.

Long Xuan was a master of body refinement with great strength. In addition, he had a High-grade Spiritual Pickaxe, so his mining speed was far beyond that of ordinary miners.

His hammering produced deafening noise, and stone chips fell in large swaths. The hard stone wall could not withstand his chiseling. Before long, he saw the Coarse Geng Metal Ore hidden behind the stone wall, which was about the size of a basketball.

Of course, this was just crude ore with many impurities; after purification, very little was left.

Long Xuan was overjoyed and quickly took out the piece of Coarse Geng Metal Ore. Then he went to dig out the next piece of Coarse Geng Metal Ore with a clear goal.

Others are just guessing with the Fishbone Mining Method, and even if they dig a hundred times, they will hardly find a piece of Coarse Geng Metal Ore.

However, Long Xuan was able to dig out Coarse Geng Metal Ore every time he made a move; he always reaped a harvest whenever he used his pickaxe.

That's why he asked Long Qian for a bunch of Storage Bag. Because with his mining efficiency, one Storage Bag wouldn't be enough. If he kept mining like that, he probably wouldn't even be able to get five, let alone one.

Before long, Long Xuan dug out five pieces of Coarse Geng Metal Ore, then inserted them into a stone Coarse Geng Metal Ore where two pieces of Coarse Geng Metal Ore were hidden, and then shouted excitedly.

"Hahaha... This mine is so rich! I just casually dug and unearthed five pieces of Coarse Geng Metal Ore connected together. What incredible luck!"

Long Xuan's loud laughter immediately attracted the attention of all the miners.

"What? Five pieces dug up in the same spot! Where? Let me see!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up with excitement, and they rushed into the mine where the sound had come from.

Let me see!

"Shall I take a look too?"

"There really are! There really are five pieces of Coarse Geng Metal Ore!"

After witnessing Long Xuan chisel five pieces of Coarse Geng Metal Ore from the stone wall, everyone's eyes turned red. Then, they all swung their Spiritual Pickaxe and began chiseling the stone wall next to Long Xuan.

According to normal thinking, if you can dig up five pieces of Coarse Geng Metal Ore here, then the density of Coarse Geng Metal Ore here must be very high, so of course they would rush to dig here.

Everyone rushed to dig into the stone wall in front of Long Xuan, and the crowd grew larger and larger until Long Xuan was quickly pushed to the outside.

Long Xuan shouted angrily, "Hey! I found this place first!"

However, no one paid him any attention. Everyone was like madmen, frantically chiseling at the stone wall. With so many people, the stone wall was quickly smashed down by countless Spiritual Pickaxe, revealing two pieces of Coarse Geng Metal Ore hidden inside.

The crowd's eyes immediately reddened, and a chorus of rapid breathing filled the air.

"Hahaha... There really is! This place is truly a goldmine!"

"It's mine, nobody can take it from me!"

"What do you mean 'your'! I found it first!"

"You're talking nonsense! I struck first, okay?"

"You're asking for it..."

The crowd initially made a lot of noise, but soon descended into chaos, with sounds of fighting emerging.

There were just too many people flocking here, all believing they had discovered the two Coarse Geng Metal Ore Coarse Geng Metal Ore first, and they even started fighting over them.

After Long Xuan, the instigator, lured all the miners into that narrow mine shaft, he immediately returned to his original spot and went to dig for that piece of Geng Metal Essence with great enthusiasm.

Now that everyone has left, no one will notice that he dug out the Geng Metal Essence.

However, his little trick unexpectedly triggered a huge melee, which he never anticipated. He can only apologize.

Next, Long Xuan used the same trick again, traveling back and forth through the major mines and plundering all the Geng Metal Essence that could be mined.

He spent less than a day digging out all the surface layer of Geng Metal Essence here.

Patting the bulging Storage Bag, Long Xuan was in high spirits, grinning from ear to ear. This wasn't ordinary Geng Metal; it was all Geng Metal Essence.

The Geng Metal Essence that could be collected has been basically collected. The remaining Geng Metal Essence is buried very deep and will take a long time to dig out. It cannot be collected in a short time, so Long Xuan can only give up for the time being.

He turned his attention to the mining area controlled by the Bai Clan next door, and his mind began to race.

Although the Bai Clan controls a smaller mining area than the Long Family, the Geng Metal Essence buried on the surface of their mines is far greater than that of the Long Family.

How could Long Xuan not be envious? Seeing the progress next door with many five-digit decimals, he wished he could fly over right now and mine all the Geng Metal Essence.

Long Xuan's eyes darted around, and he felt that the risk of this matter did not seem to be too great.

After all, boundaries can be drawn on the ground, but how can they be drawn underground?

It's perfectly normal to accidentally dig too far, and it's difficult for either side to determine whether they've crossed the boundary; they probably don't even know where the underground boundary is.

Even if one side does cross the line, they'll just argue and then settle the matter with a ring match, and eventually the matter will just fizzle out.

Long Xuan was all too familiar with this scene; when various races in the Far Western Lands were digging for Fossil Ore Vein, it was common for someone to dig beyond the designated area.

The Dragon and Phoenix clans, in particular, have been the source of countless conflicts, which have all been resolved by resorting to martial arts contests.

Therefore, even if he dug beyond the boundary and was discovered, it wouldn't be a big deal. However, Long Xuan quickly shook his head again. He was naturally suspicious and always cautious, and he was unwilling to take even the slightest risk.

In his view, mining across the boundary was still somewhat risky, and he should not act rashly unless he could find a way to kill all of the Bai Clan's Spiritual Sea Stage supervisors. Otherwise, it would be impossible to be 100% safe to go over there rashly.

Just as Long Xuan was thinking this, he suddenly frowned, as if he had noticed something, and reached out to tap the stone wall next to him, and heard a hollowing sound.

He was startled to find a secret passage leading to the Bai Clan family's mining area. He was just wondering whether he should dig one to reach the other side when a ready-made passage appeared right in front of him.

Is this a coincidence? Isn't this enticing him to commit a crime?

He had just suppressed the idea of digging a secret passage to sneak over, but now a ready-made secret passage had appeared to tempt him. How could he resist such a temptation?

Long Xuan took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

No, this secret passage blocked with stones was clearly dug by man. Ordinary miners wouldn't dare to use a secret passage. It was probably done by a supervisor at the Spiritual Sea Stage.

Was it the work of the three overseers from the Long Family, or the three overseers from the Bai Clan?

What were they planning to do by digging this secret passage?

Long Xuan's mind raced. He had to prepare for the worst, so he could rule out the three Spiritual Sea Stage supervisors from the Long Family. He could only assume that the secret passage was dug by the three Bai Clan supervisors on the other side.

What was their purpose in digging this secret passage? What were they trying to do by sneaking in here? It couldn't possibly be anything good; there must be a conspiracy.

He foolishly sent his clone to keep watch outside, even though those few Bai Clan Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators could come directly from here.

Long Xuan broke out in a cold sweat. He no longer dared to sneak through the existing secret passage. What if he ran into the three Spiritual Sea Stage supervisors who were about to arrive?

Let alone going in, he didn't even dare to stand next to this secret passage. So he quickly left, keeping a safe distance, for fear of accidentally bumping into the Bai Clan overseer. This place was not a safe place to stay.

At this moment, some distance away from the Geng Metal Ore Vein, a small boat flew across the sky and slowly landed here.

Because this place was far from the mine, the people at the mine did not notice that a small boat had sailed towards it and that several uninvited guests had disembarked.

"Hehe, we've finally welcomed our three clan brothers. With their help, the six of us Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators working together are enough to break that formation, and it won't take more than half a month."

Bai Ye smiled and walked over to greet the three. If Long Xuan were here, he would definitely recognize this person as the Bai Clan Spiritual Sea Stage supervisor who had looked at him with such venomous eyes earlier.

He was the only foreman who came to greet the three of them; the other two Bai Clan foremen were still in the mining area. After all, the mining area couldn't be without foremen, and it was already the limit if one of them left.

However, it's intriguing that the three Bai Clan Gu cultivators at the Spirit Spiritual Sea Stage, who arrived in their spirit boat, didn't land directly on the mine. Instead, they landed far away from the mine, making sure no one noticed them.