amaotonovel Chapter 283 The Great Elder’s Idea
Chapter 283 The Great Elder’s Idea
The magic crystal vein controlled by the Shi family is only a few hundred meters away from where Leng Zhuxin and Jiang Baimo meet.
The Shi family has been mining magic crystal ore for some time, looking down from a high place.
The first thing you see is the magic slaves who are constantly carrying magic crystal ore out of the mine.
There are both male and female demon slaves, with more male ones. They are all wearing tattered clothes and are covered in dirt. Only the whites of their eyes are white, and the rest of their faces have been dyed gray and black by the dust in the mine.
Every few meters there is a demon cultivator responsible for guarding them. Most of them hold whips in their hands, and if they see a demon slave moving slowly, they will go up and whip him.
The clothes worn by some demon slaves were torn, revealing the not-so-clean cotton pieces inside.
Just when Leng Zhuxin was standing on the high ground, a demon slave was beaten to the ground and had to struggle to get up and continue working.
Most of the demon slaves are small demon cultivators who have no cultivation or are only at the fifth level of demon refining stage or below.
Regardless of gender, age or status, everyone was pale and thin, looking listless, and their exposed wrists were as thin as a piece of dry bone.
Few of the demon slaves in the magic crystal mine lived such a miserable life. It was obvious that the Shi family did not regard these people as human beings.
Just treat them as tools that can be replaced at any time.
Mo Qingshan stood next to Leng Zhuxin and looked down as well. He frowned after just one glance.
He had some impression of some of the guards down there; they were from the Shi family.
It’s just that I haven’t seen them in the Demon King City for a long time. Some of them are people from the Shi family who have been reported dead a long time ago, and a few of them are still in the Demon Pill Stage.
Those at the Demon Pill Stage can only serve as guards here. Needless to say, there must be at least a Demon Infant Stage cultivator in charge here.
The entrance to the mine below was very large, there were several of them, and they could only see less than ten meters inside the mine from their high place.
It had been hollowed out a long time ago and you can't see anything inside.
Although Leng Zhuxin could let Xiaohan go in to help, she didn't want to expose Xiaohan, so she didn't say anything and just waited for Mo Qingshan and the Great Elder to make a decision.
They decided whether they should find a way to go down and take a look now, or go back and discuss with the other two elders before catching all the Shi family members in one fell swoop.
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Mo Qingshan scanned several mines and then moved to a secluded place to observe.
Based on the number of demon slaves constantly entering and exiting the mines below and the number of mines dug by the Shi family, combined with the terrain, they made a rough estimate and came to a preliminary conclusion.
The magic crystal mine controlled by the Shi family here is not small, it is at least a medium-sized vein. Their Mo family should not be able to stay.
The Great Elder also came to the same conclusion.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the Great Elder only released a little of his spiritual sense to investigate the quality of the magic crystal ore.
Most of them are high-grade magic crystals and top-grade magic crystals.
The low-grade and medium-grade magic crystals on the outermost layer should have been almost dug out by the Shi family.
He swept his sharp eyes over the guards below and the row of houses not far from the mine, "Qingshan, Yun'er, let's go back first. Our Mo family can't take this mine, but we can use it to bring down the Shi family."
The Great Elder said with a smile, obviously he already had an idea in mind.
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The few of them quickly returned to the Mo family's stronghold in the Great Wilderness Mountain without disturbing any members of the Shi family.
The Fourth Elder had also returned from the Mo family's mine and was sitting opposite the Second Elder under the blood lotus tree drinking tea.
Seeing the Great Elder leading Leng Zhuxin and a few others into the stronghold, he hurriedly waved, "Come quickly, the Third Brother found a bunch of black phoenix tea in the mountains some time ago and made some tea. It tastes much better than the ones sold outside.
He doesn't make much, and he wouldn't give me any when I asked. It's a rare visit, so we have to drink as much as we can."
The second elder smiled and said to the first elder and the others, and the subordinates beside him immediately brought four stools and placed them in front of the stone table.
The third elder poured the tea and smiled as he glanced at Leng Zhuxin and Jiang Baimo who was standing next to Leng Zhuxin.
"On the day of the Miss's family reunion banquet, I was really busy and couldn't go back. I wonder if the Miss liked the gift?
The guy next to him should be the eldest lady’s senior brother, right?
He is indeed gifted and handsome.
Come and sit down. I made this tea in my spare time, just for fun. If you like it, I'll fill some for you when we get home."
The third elder was very polite when speaking to Leng Zhuxin, as if he was putting himself in the position of a subordinate.
The look in his eyes when he looked at Leng Zhuxin was full of nostalgia. I guess he was thinking of Mo Qingshan's mother, who looked very similar to Leng Zhuxin now.
Leng Zhuxin kept in mind that she was now Mo Qingyun, and the people in front of her were her elders.
The Third Elder can talk to her as if she were his subordinate, but she cannot become arrogant because of his favor.
She curled her lips slightly and smiled, "Thank you, Third Elder. I really like the things you gave me. You don't have to call me Miss. Just call me Qingyun."
Leng Zhuxin said as he sat down confidently, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then praised with a smile, "Great tea, Third Elder is truly amazing."
The third elder was overjoyed when he heard the call of Grandpa. He laughed a few times and took out a can of tea from his storage bag.
"If you like it, drink more. Take these back with you. Next time Grandpa makes new ones, I'll have someone bring them back for you.
So, how's your investigation going?"
The third elder was asking about the magic crystal mine.
The Great Elder, who had also taken several sips of tea and was refilling his own cup, immediately said upon hearing his words, "Senior Brother Qingyun indeed found a new mine that does not belong to the Demon King's Palace and is unknown to the nobles.
The Shi family must have been digging for a long time.
There are seven mines. I explored them with my spiritual sense and found quite a lot of top-grade and high-quality magic crystals. The mineral veins must be quite large.
Even if our Mo family takes over this mine, it will still be a hidden danger in the Demon King's Palace.
It would be better to report it directly to the Demon King.
But we can’t just hand it over so easily. We have to mine the ore inside.”
"Dig them all away?"
“You don’t have to dig it all up, just leave a small part.
Qingshan and I just checked and it seems that the Shi family has just shipped out some magic crystals. It will take quite some time to ship out this batch of magic crystals that are being mined.
The location of their mineral vein is very remote. Aren't you the best at identifying mineral veins?
The Shi family has opened a mine, so it shouldn't be difficult for you to find the direction of the vein.
Dig a mine in the middle, go in and dig out all the magic crystal ore at the back, and try to dig out some of the one at the front. As long as you don't dig through it, the people from the Shi family shouldn't find out.
Even if they found out, they wouldn't make a big fuss, after all, they were just stealing.
When we have almost dug out all the magic crystals, you should find a way to block the hollowed-out area at the back and then report the matter to the Demon King.
Let’s say that our Mo family discovered that the Shi family was acting suspiciously, and it seemed that they had found a new mineral vein and were mining it illegally.
Stealing magic crystal ore is a serious crime. Even if the Shi family doesn't die, they will suffer a heavy loss."
The Great Elder drank his tea slowly, and waited calmly for the Second and Third Elders to agree.
His idea is of great benefit to the Mo family, but it will make the third elder more tired.