The two headed deeper into the mine.
The farther down they went, the darker it became.
Waves of rank odor also filled the air around them.
He Pingsheng asked, "Senior Brother Qingxuan, what kinds of materials are most commonly produced here?"
He did have quite a few low-tier equipment-forging materials on him.
But if he rashly swapped the beams and pillars and took out something that was not produced locally, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.
So He Pingsheng needed to fish for information to give himself a reasonable excuse for the substitution later. That way, no one would have any other suspicions.
"Lots!"
"And all sorts!"
Qingxuan said, "They say there are more than twenty kinds altogether, but [earth dragon azure gold] and [immortal mystic red copper] are the main ones!"
"Junior Brother, you must search carefully, especially for earth dragon azure gold. If you don't look closely, it's very easy to mistake it for ordinary stone!"
"All right!" He Pingsheng nodded and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother Qingxuan!"
The two followed the descending mine tunnel for about two incense sticks' worth of time before they saw a fork.
One passage became two.
"This way!" Qingxuan picked one at random and continued downward.
Every so often, they came to another fork like this.
After reaching roughly the seventh or eighth fork, they saw two smaller mine tunnels, each only thirty feet wide.
Qingxuan said, "We're here... we've reached the entrances to the secondary tunnels... I'll search this secondary tunnel, and you take the other!"
"Generally, these secondary tunnels don't branch again as they extend farther in. They're also close to the mineral core zones, making them the easiest places to find ore!"
"We just need to search them one by one. This main tunnel alone will keep