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The thin man said quickly, "Brother Nan, haven't you heard the rumors in the community these days? It is said that a mithril mine was dug up under the Baiyu Silver Mine. If there really is a mithril mine, then the value of the Southeast Mining Area would be hundreds of millions."
Hearing this, Brother Nan glared at him fiercely and said, "You are a toad wanting to eat swan meat. There are only a few mithril mines in the entire Sun-Moon Empire, and all of them are extremely important strategic locations. How could they appear in our mining area?"
The thin man was stunned for a moment, dumbfounded and said: "No way, Brother Nan, is it all for nothing? Didn't they say that they dug up silver ore containing mithril?"
Brother Nan shook his head and cursed, "You idiot, if there really is a priceless mithril mine, how could Mine Owner Ding be so confident in giving the entire Southeast Mine Area to me?"
He took another sip of his drink.
"I secretly sent someone to show the ore sample to Mine Owner Ding. He said that this is just a kind of sunken silver that is slightly more valuable than silver. Its price is far less than the mithril that even the ninth-level soul masters are concerned about."
The thin man scratched his head, then realized that he was daydreaming, and complained regretfully: "I see, we don't understand metals, anyway, they are all the same white, mixed together, who can tell whether it is white silver or snow silver?"
Apart from soul masters, probably only blacksmiths can quickly distinguish metals of similar colors and weights.
At this moment, Brother Nan suddenly said quietly, "But I never said that the ore sample I sent to Mr. Ding was found in the Baiyu Silver Mine."
The fat and thin men were both stunned at the same time. Looking at the sinister smile on Brother Nan's face, they understood his intention after a brief surprise.
The fat man exclaimed, "Brother Nan, what you mean is that there is actually... there is actually a mithril mine?"
Nan Ge's aura suddenly became extremely grim: "There has never been any mithril mine, do you understand?"
The fat man immediately realized his mistake, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he hurriedly smiled and said, "I understand, I understand, Brother Nan."
Brother Nan then revealed a sinister smile and warned with murderous intent: "Keep the matter of the Mithril Mine to yourself. If anyone leaks the news, no one will end up well. But don't worry, you will get the benefits too."
The fat and thin man then nodded blankly, their hearts beating fast.
Obviously, the existence of the mithril mine should be confirmed, otherwise Brother Nan would not have such a reaction.
After a long while, the fat man asked cautiously, "Brother Nan, when the mithril ore was discovered, the news had already been accidentally spread, and many people heard about it. This matter cannot be concealed."
The mithril mine means a wealth that rivals a city, but such a huge wealth also means crisis.
All of them were only at the third ring of cultivation, and the leader, Brother Nan, was only about to break through the fourth ring. It was impossible for them to guard the mithril mine that even ninth-level soul engineers coveted.
Even the guardian of the Sun-Moon Empire, the closest being to a tenth-level soul engineer, Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming, would probably be moved when faced with a mithril mine.
However, Brother Nan said confidently, "Don't worry, I already have a plan."
"Brother Nan, what do you have in mind?" The fat and thin men asked curiously at the same time when they saw Brother Nan was so confident.
Brother Nan put down the wine bottle and said in a deep voice: "Since the Mithril Mine is located below the White Jade Silver Mine, and it was discovered when the White Jade Silver Mine reached the bottom, then it will be easy to deal with."
"In a few days, when the news is at its hottest, we will invite people from the Mingdu Soul Guide Association to hold a mine closing ceremony. The theme of the ceremony is to commemorate this silver mine with decades of history. After the ore is exhausted, we will solemnly remember its contribution to the development of Mingdu."
The Mingdu Soul Guide Association is a non-governmental organization with considerable influence. It has only one requirement for members, that is, they must be soul guides, even if they are only level one.
Senior soul masters from powerful forces do not bother to join the Soul Master Association. This organization is also very free and does not require members to obey the president to complete any tasks. It is more for mutual help among low-level soul masters. Therefore, low-level soul masters from the public account for the vast majority of them.
However, this association has great influence and reputation in Mingdu, and all major forces are happy to discover some talents through the association. After all, maybe these low-level soul mentors will grow into high-level ones in the future.
It can be said that this is one of the most prestigious non-governmental organizations in Mingdu. Inviting them to witness the mine sealing ceremony can be regarded as a big news in Mingdu.
After hearing Brother Nan's plan, the fat and thin men were a little confused: "Brother Nan, why did you invite the people from the Soul Instructor Association? They will definitely find the mithril mine."
Brother Nan just chuckled and said, "It's time for us to dispel the rumors."
"We have to prepare in advance and bury the prepared silver ore, and invite the Soul Guide Association to find it during the mine sealing ceremony."
"At this time, we can send out the miners who discovered the mithril mine and point to the sunken silver and say it is mithril. By then, we won't need to come forward. The people of the Soul Instructor Association will naturally help us dispel the rumors to the whole Mingdu."
Listening to Brother Nan's story, the fat and thin men were dumbfounded, and after a long time they both gave thumbs up.
"Gao, Brother Nan is really tall."
In the eyes of miners, all white metals are the same, and they can't tell the difference between silver, sulphur and mithril. After the Soul Guide Association's indirect verification, the people of Mingdu would only think that it was a rumor spread by miners who didn't know much about metals, and they just boasted about what metal was expensive.
There is no need for much explanation. The rumors about the mithril mine will become a laughing stock in Mingdu, dispelling the ideas of those powerful forces who are secretly watching. No one will think that the existence of the mithril mine is actually true.
The more they thought about it, the more they felt that Brother Nan's plan was ingenious.
However, the three of them didn't know that while they were planning how to conceal the truth, the plan they were discussing was seen by someone hundreds of meters away.
Huo Yuhao sensed the information within the range of his spiritual detection and fell silent.
He located Brother Nan's position almost the moment his mental detection was opened, just a few hundred meters away from the market.
To find the person with the highest status nearby, he doesn't need to care about each person's cultivation level. He can find him in the first place using one method, and the accuracy rate is incredibly high.
That is to find the most luxurious or tallest building around, and if there is a person sitting in the middle of the most prestigious room, it is most likely the other person.
This method can be applied in Mingde Hall, Sun and Moon Palace, and Xishui League.
Then look at whether there are other people around that person and whether their cultivation is the highest. If the answer is yes, the result is almost certain.
Obviously, this one-eyed man meets all of the above characteristics.
After hearing about Brother Nan's flawless plan, Huo Yuhao didn't know how to accurately describe his behavior. He just wanted to laugh. To be honest, he actually felt a little admiration at the beginning.
Brother Nan is quite a talent to be able to come up with such an idea. It's a pity that he knows neither metal nor soul masters.
On the other hand, Brother Nan had no sense of crisis and was still complacent about his plan.
He drank up the wine in the bottle and wiped his mouth. Perhaps due to the effect of alcohol, the skin on his face began to turn red and he became extremely excited.
"After so many years, I finally became a mine owner. I don't know what those previous mine owners were thinking to pay these lowly miners such high wages. Damn it, I can't collect many gold soul coins even if I rob a village in Xingluo."
"Look at these miners. Which one of them doesn't have dozens of gold soul coins hidden at home? When I become the mine owner, these good days will be over."
The thin man was stunned and hurriedly advised: "Brother Nan, the wages are agreed upon by the mine owners and cannot be reduced any further. If they are reduced any further, the miners will not go to the mines."
Brother Nan let out a breath and said, "One silver soul coin a day is too much for me. If they think it's too little, they can ask the women to go to the mines with them. Anyway, if they don't want to work, there are plenty of people who can."
"Let's see where they can escape to. Anyway, in Mingdu, they have nowhere to go except this mining area."
Looking at his arrogant look, the fat and thin men didn't dare to persuade him too much, but they already felt a little uneasy in their hearts.
They began to suspect that it was not a good thing for the former mine owner to give the entire mining area to Brother Nan.
Brother Nan has been working for the previous mine owner for such a long time, but it seems that he has not learned how to mine.
At this time, the door of the house was pushed open by someone: "It's bad, Brother Nan, someone is causing trouble in the tavern, and the other party should be a soul master."
The thin man was startled and asked hurriedly, "What kind of cultivation?"
"Brother Snake said it should be around the second ring road, and shouldn't exceed the third ring road."
Brother Nan threw the wine bottle, and the broken porcelain pieces made a crisp sound on the ground.
"Dare Sanhuan to come to my mining area to cause trouble?"
He stood up and exhaled a strong breath of alcohol: "As the new mine owner, I should also establish my authority."
After saying that, Brother Nan strode out. The fat and thin men looked at each other and hurriedly followed him.
Inside the cafeteria, Huo Yuhao frowned slightly, and his expression became increasingly gloomy.
What this Brother Nan said kept hitting his minefields. Just listening to it made him feel like ants were crawling all over his body.
He faced the gate and walked slowly forward. Huo Qiuer stood against the wall, watching the next development with interest.
boom--
With a loud bang, the door of the cafeteria was pushed open again by a huge force, and the tall one-eyed man who rushed in was Brother Nan.
Soul power surged from his body, and three soul rings, one white and two yellow, leaped behind him.
"Who dares to..."
Before he finished speaking, he flew towards Huo Yuhao. He did not jump over on his own initiative, but was pulled over by a huge unknown pulling force.
Huo Yuhao held his head in front of him and asked coldly.
"Are you pretending to be stupid or are you really retarded?"
"Your mine owner was so scared that he ran away, leaving you here to die alone."
"You are still so complacent, thinking that all the soul masters in Mingdu are fools, right?"
I'm sorry, but I'm really tired.
I had been thinking that I would write tonight, but I was too sleepy after writing just over a thousand words in the middle of the night. I didn't want to sound pitiful, but I have been troubled by so many things recently. I was criticized by my boss last week, and all the book reviews were abusive. I am thin-skinned, but I can't take it lightly like other authors.
Recently, the author is about to get a permanent job. I have to cook every day when I get home. I feel exhausted from all the work. In the evening, when I have some free time, I have to socialize. I am not in a good mood to write in the middle of the night. I keep putting it off like this and feel like I don’t get enough sleep every day.
There will definitely be an update tomorrow, I will quickly skip this part and go straight to the main storyline...
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 448 Someone is coming
"it is good!"
Seeing that Brother Nan, who was usually so high and mighty, was easily controlled and had no power to fight back, the miners watching from a distance couldn't help but cheer heartily.
As for the so-called Brother Nan, he also followed the footsteps of the two big men and fell in the corner. However, he did not seem to have lost consciousness. Instead, his expression was distorted and the veins on his face were bulging, as if he was carrying a thousand-pound weight.
Huo Yuhao stared coldly at his painful face. He had never been a bloodthirsty person, and facing such a villain, he would now adopt another milder labor reform method.
He used his two major spiritual attribute soul skills, mental agility and mental illusion, to construct a scene for Brother Nan that seemed both real and illusory.
There was a deep cave, with only a few dim soul guide lamps providing weak light in the dark mine, making it even more difficult for Nan Ge, who only had one eye left, to see the surrounding environment. But in fact, this only remaining eye was not useful, and it looked particularly empty and dull.
Nan Ge held a pickaxe in his hands and dug at the hard ground again and again. He didn't know why he did this, as if it was an instinct engraved deep in his soul.
He could not feel the existence of soul power at all. The mechanical digging had long been transformed into the instinct of the limbs. He numbly mined the ore deep in this unknown cave. Time lost its meaning as it passed by unnoticed, leaving only endless physical and mental fatigue and pain.
Another major application of mental sensitivity is mental exile.
What may seem like a normal second to outsiders may mean eternal torture to the exiled.
Huo Yuhao’s eyes became more and more indifferent.
The man in front of him was only at the third or fourth ring level, yet he dared to carry out such an operation. Even he couldn't help but praise him. But his greed didn't stop there. In addition to the mithril mine, he even wanted to further deduct the miners' wages, which were already not much.
The fact that he was originally from Xingluo made Huo Yuhao even angrier.
He took one last glance at Brother Nan, then stopped looking at him and glanced at the two people, one fat and one thin, who were following behind him.
The two of them were also brave men who could adapt to the situation and immediately tried to please Huo Yuhao: “No, I don’t know who this gentleman is…”
"The North." Huo Yuhao uttered a few words lightly, and made sure that the volume was only heard by the two of them.