Chapter 909: Entering the Underground Mine Again

Changing the topic, Zhang Xuan asked again: "I heard that the mine entrance of the underground mine can be contracted by individuals. Is this true?"

Xu Luobai nodded and confirmed: "Brother Zhang is right. The mine mouth can indeed be contracted by an individual. Does Brother Zhang have this intention?"

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "I was a miner for ten years and I know the hardships. Now I want to try the feeling of contracting a mine."

"Brother Zhang, you don't know that contracting a mine now requires not only merit points, but also a lot of spirit stones." Xu Luobai reminded.

"I remember that in the past, the contract for the mine didn't require too many connections or spiritual stones. Why did it come to this?"

Xu Luobai sighed and explained, "The battle between Dongming Baoyu and Cangwu Baoyu has made the resources of the Holy Land scarce. As the rare resources of the Holy Land, the underground mines have naturally become the focus of competition, and the control has also been tightened."

"Then, is there any way to contract a mine?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Brother Zhang, are you really interested in this?"

"Yes, I do."

"Didn't you just say that you just wanted to try it?" Xu Luobai asked with a smile.

"I used to be a slave in a mine, and I know the profits. Ancient spiritual ores and rare items are the source of profits at the mine."

Xu Luobai nodded in agreement: "Brother Zhang is right. If we only rely on the Divine Wing Blood Mine, it is not easy to contract the mine. The ancient spiritual materials and spiritual mines are where the real profits lie. It's a pity that the evil spirits of the five elements are difficult to remove, otherwise these things would be priceless."

"That's right. Although the evil spirit of the five elements is difficult to eliminate, it does leave a glimmer of hope for the lower-level cultivators." Zhang Xuan sighed.

"Brother Zhang, you are too modest. You are a fourth-rank official in the prison guards. How can you be considered a low-level cultivator?"

Henry Zhang waved his hand: "Brother Xu misunderstood, what I meant is, if it weren't for the five elements of evil spirit, the Lord of the Holy Land would have been in charge of it himself, so how could the mine be opened to the public?"

"Brother Zhang's analysis is reasonable. Although it is not easy to contract a mine, there are still opportunities for those who are determined." "What channels does Yuemanlou have to contract a mine?" Zhang Xuan took the opportunity to ask.

"To contract a mine, one can do it through a Holy Land auction, but it requires Spirit Stones and Merit Points. The other method is for a cultivator to transfer the mine due to poor management. This method does not require Merit Points, but requires more Spirit Stones."

"Is there any transfer of the mine?"

Xu Luobai shook his head: "There is no news yet."

"Brother Xu, please keep an eye out in the future. If there is any news of the mine being transferred, please let me know."

"How many spiritual stones are you willing to pay for the mine, Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Xuan said resolutely: "If I can contract it, I am willing to invest 300 million high-quality spirit stones."

Xu Luobai's eyes flashed with surprise: "If Brother Zhang can offer this price, I can contact a few monks who have contracted the mine for you. There should be news in a few days."

"Thank you, Brother Xu." Zhang Xuan was overjoyed. He said goodbye to Xu Luobai and left Yuemanlou.

He thought of one thing that had not been done in the holy land, which was about the legacy of alchemist Xu Anming.

At that time in the Chaoxi Sea area, Xu Anming unfortunately died.

At the critical moment, Xu Anming threw his storage bag to him.

Let him leave it to the descendants of the Xu family.

This matter has been suppressed for decades.

Now we can finally help him fulfill his last wish.

He came to the courtyard where Xu Anming had mentioned the Xu family's original residence, located on Guiyuan Road above the third-grade superior spiritual vein.

However, when Zhang Xuan arrived here, he found that there was no Xu family here at all.

He found out after asking around.

Ever since Xu Anming's identity as a fake fourth-level alchemist was exposed, the Xu family has been without a high-level alchemist and has gradually declined.

In the great battle with Cangwu Treasure Territory, the large, medium and small forces in the Holy Land were reshuffled.

The Xu family dwindled in numbers and fell into complete decline.

The Xu family sold their old house and moved out of Guiyuan Road.

Zhang Xuan continued to inquire along the way and finally found the Xu family's location on a nine-way line of a second-level spiritual vein.

He came to the door.

"Excuse me, who are you looking for, senior?" asked a Qi-refining cultivator.

"Do Daoist Fellow Xu Anming's descendants live here?"

When the Qi-refining cultivator heard this, he showed a trace of panic.

"Don't worry, I'm just here to help Fellow Daoist Xu do something for me," Zhang Xuan explained.

The Qi Refining cultivator looked at Zhang Xuan warily again and said, "Please wait a moment, Senior. I will go call the head of the family."

After a while, an old lady with white hair came out, but she was only at the Golden Core level.

"Senior... I wonder what is the relationship between you and my great uncle?" The white-haired old lady seemed very nervous.

Zhang Xuan sighed secretly in his heart.

I didn’t expect that the Xu family had fallen to the point where a Jindan cultivator served as the head of the family.

"I am acquainted with Fellow Daoist Xu, and he asked me to deliver a storage bag back to the Xu family."

As he spoke, Zhang Xuan handed the storage bag to the white-haired old lady.

The white-haired old lady was stunned for a moment, but still took the storage bag.

She swept her spiritual sense around and found many recipes and pills, as well as the alchemy furnace used by Xu Anming and other items.

"This... is my uncle's stuff. How is he doing in the underground prison now?"

"He's dead." Zhang Xuan said directly.

Next, Zhang Xuan saw the white-haired old lady in front of him crying helplessly like a little girl.

"Condolences."

Henry Zhang said two words, and he seemed to have thought of something again.

"This fourth-level blood spirit fruit is also his."

As he spoke, Zhang Xuan handed over the fourth-level blood spirit fruit that he had promised to give to Xu Anming in the Chaoxi Sea to the white-haired old lady.

The cause and effect of this matter was settled, Zhang Xuan didn't say anything more and left directly.

He returned to Jiazi Prison again.

The areas that were damaged in the Ten Thousand Layer Demon Tower last time have been completely repaired.

Moreover, Zhang Xuan's token had 1 more merit points for no reason because of this incident.

The only thing Piao Miao Zhenren asked of him was to keep it secret.

He entered the secret passage again from Jiazi Prison.

Go down and see the towering Ten Thousand Layer Demon Tower.

This time, he had no intention of climbing the Ten Thousand Layer Demon Tower.

I don't even want to get close to this thing anymore.

Too dangerous!

He was familiar with the route and went straight along the original mine tunnel to explore the depths of the underground mine.

On the way, he also saw traces of the battle with eight Nascent Soul cultivators decades ago.

The remains of the eight Nascent Soul cultivators were still lying on the ground after their bodies were destroyed.

"It seems that the Holy Land did not find out when the eight Nascent Soul cultivators died. At least, they did not find out where they died."

Zhang Xuan finally felt relieved.

Underground mines are an important part of his past experience.

It would be bad if the Holy Land found out that he participated in killing eight Nascent Soul Guardians and then took the opportunity to escape from the mine.

Fortunately, the Holy Land has not found any problems for the time being.

After all, it was the time when the Dongming Treasure Territory and the Cangwu Treasure Territory were fighting.

The holy land is extremely busy, and the disappearance of a few Nascent Soul cultivators probably won't attract much attention.

Zhang Xuan continued to walk forward along the mine tunnel.

Finally he arrived at a place he was familiar with.

There are mine openings that are like honeycombs, a strong aura of the five elements, and Xihong Street, where the miners live.

What surprised him was that the cultivators left behind by the Cao family were still there, and they had built a larger courtyard on the original site, using formations to isolate the five elements of evil spirits.

You have to know that when the Cao family left, they took away most of the elite children.

Only Qi Refiners and some elderly Foundation Establishment Monks were left.

This is a serious blow to the Cao family who owns the underground mine.

Unexpectedly, after decades, the Cao family seemed to have recovered.