Chapter 183 Mithril Treasure
After hearing Duanmu Ying's exact answer, Shichui's eyes flashed with excitement.
"After so many years, the Mithril Treasure Map finally appeared again!"
As the crown prince of the Rock Kingdom, the future king was also excited when he heard the news.
Of course, this is not his fault, it is just that the mithril treasure is too huge.
As early as fifty thousand years ago, a Mithril Empire had appeared in this area. The entire empire relied on the vast mithril deposits, and the country was rich and the people were strong. It was a very powerful empire.
However, this powerful empire disappeared overnight, and billions of citizens of the entire Mithril Empire were missing.
When this incident happened, the entire continent was shocked and countries around the world sent people to find out the truth.
But when they arrived, the place had already been occupied by countless monsters.
No one knows where these monsters came from, and people have found that their number is constantly increasing.
For the safety of neighboring countries, all major forces sent troops to encircle and suppress the monsters.
This encirclement and suppression lasted for nearly a hundred years!
Over the past century, the world has changed dramatically. After a century of war and invasions by monsters, the once prosperous Mithril Empire has become a ruined country.
The good news is that the number of monsters here has decreased.
The bad news is that all clues to the disappearance of the Mithril Empire have been completely lost in the past hundred years and can no longer be found.
Moreover, during these hundred years, the access map of the Mithril Mine Area has disappeared, and people can no longer move freely through it.
Coupled with the invasion of monsters, many mines have become monster nests, greatly increasing the danger.
It was at this time that rumors of mithril treasures appeared in the mithril mining area.
It is said that somewhere in the Mithril mining area, the treasure of the entire Mithril Empire is buried, which contains a huge amount of gold coins and Mithril, as well as the empire's treasured treasures.
Whoever can find this treasure can build a country that is no less powerful than the Mithril Empire.
At first, people did not believe the rumor, or were skeptical about the value of the mithril treasure.
But with the intervention of numerous national forces, people began to believe the rumor, and the treasure hunt craze arose.
During tens of thousands of years of treasure hunting, people did find clues to the mithril treasure.
If you want to find the treasure you must find the treasure map!
The entire treasure map is divided into eight parts, all engraved on mithril plates.
After countless years of searching, six silver map plates have been discovered, and only the last two are left to find the location of the mithril treasure.
It can be said that every piece of silver map plate is priceless and everyone wants to get it.
This is also the reason why Shichui is most excited.
"Chen Yuan, notify Eunuch Zhu immediately."
When Zhu Tiedan learned that Lu Ming had the silver map plate, he was overjoyed.
"Great! As long as this news gets out, Lu Ming will die!"
Shi Chui's expression froze: "Eunuch Zhu, did I hear you correctly? You want to spread this news?"
"Your Highness heard correctly."
Shichui immediately became anxious: "But if this happens, the silver plate of the map may fall into the hands of others!"
"But Lu Ming will definitely die."
Shichui frowned, "Eunuch Zhu, I know he is involved in a serious matter, but there is no need to use the map and silver plate as bait!"
"You know, that represents a mithril treasure, a treasure that can support the establishment of an empire!"
“Is it worth it?”
"It's worth it!" Zhu Tiedan said firmly.
Zhu Tiedan’s words made Shi Chui look very ugly.
"I disagree. This matter concerns the future of the kingdom. We must get the map and silver plate."
A trace of helplessness flashed in Zhu Tiedan's eyes. If the other party knew Lu Ming's life experience and how big a incident was involved, he would definitely agree.
But now the other party doesn’t know about this, so it’s normal for them to object.
He sighed and said, "Your Highness, you also know that there are eight pieces of this mithril treasure map. Even if the piece in Lu Ming's hand is obtained by others, the treasure will still not be found."
"In that case, why don't we use it as bait and spread the news so that everyone in the Mithril Mine District will rob and kill Lu Ming!"
"no!"
Shichui refused outright.
"Although getting Lu Ming's silver plate is still not enough, it is also our bargaining chip for dividing the treasure in the future!"
Seeing that Shi Chui was so persistent, Zhu Tiedan had no choice but to bring out Shi Dakai.
"In this case, then I will have to ask Your Majesty to make the decision."
"Okay, I believe that father will not give up the silver map for Lu Ming!"
Afterwards, the two of them sent a message to Shi Dakai on the spot, asking him to make a decision.
After a while, Shi Chui looked at Shi Dakai's reply with a dazed look on his face.
"How could this happen? Father actually agreed to release the news of the map and silver plate?"
"Is Lu Ming really more important than the mithril treasure?"
Shi Chui looked incredulous. He couldn't understand why Shi Dakai made such a decision.
This is also because he did not know the interests involved in Lu Ming's matter, otherwise he would understand Shi Dakai's decision.
Duanmu Ying, who had been standing by from the beginning, was also shocked. He couldn't understand why the Rock Kingdom would rather give up the mithril treasure and kill Lu Ming.
Although he couldn't figure it out, he knew that he had accidentally discovered a big Mi Mi.
He was deeply disturbed by this.
You have to know that you can't just ask about secrets. If you accidentally hear fatal news, you will really lose your life.
Just when he was feeling uneasy, a fire crystal demon appeared in a flash of light.
The Fire Crystal Demon is a monster made of fire crystals. It looks like a human, is a natural fire master, and has very strong physical attacks.
This fire crystal demon was naturally summoned by Zhu Tiedan.
The moment he saw the Fire Crystal Demon, Duanmu Ying felt his scalp tingling.
"It's over. These guys really want to kill people to silence them."
He said quickly: "Your Highness, I, Duanmu Ying, have no other advantages, but I am tight-lipped. I will definitely keep my mouth shut."
When Shi Chui saw the Fire Crystal Demon, he also understood that Zhu Tiedan wanted to kill him to silence him, so he said softly, "Eunuch Zhu, there's no need for that."
"City Lord Duanmu is still loyal to us, and he doesn't know the inside story."
Zhu Tiedan shook his head and said, "Your Highness, I must prevent any possibility of information leakage, even if he doesn't know the inside story."
Before he finished speaking, the Fire Crystal Demon took action.
Duanmu Ying saw this and looked extremely unhappy: "Damn you, you beauty-obsessed person, I didn't cut you, why do you have to kill me!"
Duanmu Ying cursed and summoned his life beast.
"Stop it for me."
He commanded the Iron-Boned Golden Snake, the Blood-Tooth Wild Boar, the Iron-Armored Rhinoceros, and the One-Horned Fire Bull to stop the Fire Crystal Demon, while he himself rode on the Skylark to prepare to escape.
Zhu Tiedan sneered: "A university scholar and fortune teller wants to escape from me? Ridiculous!"
"Resist the Ring of Fire!"
When the Fire Crystal Demon saw that Duanmu Ying was about to escape, he didn't bother to fight with the other life beasts and directly released his ultimate move.
A circular ring of fire spread from its body surface, and the Iron-Bone Golden-Wire Snake and other life-saving beasts that were blocking it were instantly blown away.
"Vulcan's Arrow!"