Chapter 910 The Current Situation of the Cao Family in the Underground Mine

Henry Zhang went directly into the Cao family.

More than twenty years have passed since I left here.

He actually met an old servant from the Cao family.

The old servant was also surprised when he saw Zhang Xuan.

"You are... you are Senior Zhang?! Didn't you already escape from the underground mine with the Patriarch and others?"

Seeing the old servant's surprised expression, Henry Zhang said: "My crime has been pardoned by the Holy Land. This time I sneaked here through the secret passage. How have you been doing these years?"

"Alas," the old servant sighed, "it's hard to put it into words!"

"I see that the Cao family manor seems to have grown a bit bigger. After the upper-level cultivators of the Cao family left, they should be living well, right?"

"At the beginning, life was indeed not bad. The remaining members of the Cao family united the forces of the eight major families, and the original mine guard had not come to collect taxes for several years. The Cao family accumulated more wealth, and even a new Jindan cultivator appeared. But later, the original guard Haochen's clan took over the underground mine again. Not only did they collect taxes again, but they also had to pay the taxes owed in previous years. In order to make up for the owed taxes, even the Cao family cultivators had to take turns to enter the mine to mine, and many people died."

"The current head of the Cao family is..."

"The current head of the family is a branch of the original Cao family, named Cao Yin. When the upper-level cultivators of the Cao family left, he had already reached the peak of the foundation building stage, but because he was older, he stayed. Later, before his lifespan came to an end, he took the risk of breaking through to the golden elixir stage, and unexpectedly he actually succeeded."

“This is indeed a great opportunity.”

Henry Zhang couldn't help but sigh.

You know, the older the monk is, the slimmer the hope of a breakthrough.

And Cao Yin was able to break through to the golden elixir stage before the end of his life, which truly means he was a man of great luck.

"I will take you to meet the master of the family right away. He will definitely be very happy." The old servant said excitedly.

"it is good."

Soon, Zhang Xuan met the new head of the Cao family.

"Senior..." Cao Yin was extremely excited to see the former top alchemist returning to the underground mine.

After all, the Cao family cultivators were able to leave the underground mine with the help of this senior.

"What is the current situation of the Cao family?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Cao Yin shook his head and said, "It's not very ideal. Now there are only 8 mines left in this mine. It has been losing money for years. The Shouquehao family is even more exploiting them. The life of the underground miners is getting worse day by day. Every year, a large number of miners die in the mines due to the overload."

"This Hao family is really abominable!"

"Yes, a few years after the senior left, there was news that the senior was pardoned, but the Hao family couldn't find any trace of the senior in the underground mine. They probably thought that the senior had died in the underground mine. But in order to report to the Holy Land, they released another person disguised as the senior..."

"Well, I understand."

At this moment, the expression on Zhang Xuan's face was wonderful.

Ten years of experience in underground mines is an important part of his past experience.

He disappeared inexplicably from the underground mines, and returned to the holy land decades later.

Why hasn’t the Holy Land asked?

Zhang Xuan also felt very strange.

Now everything makes sense.

It turned out that the Hao family had made a false report to the Holy Land and had released him.

Naturally, the holy land would not have any doubts.

As for him, one of the ten elders of an unknown force, the Hao family has probably forgotten him completely.

Despite this, Zhang Xuan decided to try to have less contact with the Hao family in the future.

In order to avoid exposing your own affairs.

"I remember there were quite a few mine openings in this mine, how come there are only eight left now?" Zhang Xuan was still puzzled.

"The God Wing Blood Ore in the mine is not endless. In the years when there was no guard to control it, our Cao family used a large number of puppets to dig these God Wing Blood Ore. We mined day and night to accumulate the foundation. Many of the God Wing Blood Ore at the mine entrances were emptied at that time."

"Can't we find a new mine?"

"The underground space is so vast that it is not easy to find new mine openings around this mine. Whether a new mine opening can be found depends purely on luck. Sometimes a new mine opening can be found during the mining process, but sometimes even if you try your best, you may not be able to find a new mine opening."

"How many cultivators are there in the Cao family now?"

"The Cao family has integrated the original seven families into the group. They are the largest and only major force in this mine. However, there are only 150 Qi-refining cultivators, 22 foundation-building cultivators, and 5 Golden Core cultivators left."

"As far as I know, aren't you the only Jindan cultivator in the Cao family? Could it be that other people in the Cao family have also achieved Jindan breakthroughs in recent years?"

"No, in recent years, four Jindan mining slaves have married into the Cao family, so there are five Jindan."

"Hmm..." Zhang Xuan understood.

In this underground mine, there are not only the Cao family, but also a large number of mining slaves.

Among these mining slaves, a large proportion have reached the Jindan level of cultivation.

The Cao family is the local boss of this underground mine, so it is not surprising that they can recruit a few Jindan cultivators to support them.

"However, with the high-capacity mining now, not only are the remaining eight mines almost completely mined of the Divine Wing Blood Ore, but many of the cultivators in my Cao family have also been infected by the Five Elements of Evil Qi, and their lifespans have been greatly reduced. It is estimated that within a hundred years, my Cao family and this underground mine will completely disappear."

As Cao Yin spoke, he was overwhelmed with sadness, his eyes turned red and he almost shed tears.

After hearing this, Zhang Xuan rummaged through his storage ring and took out dozens of jade bottles.

"These are all Qingsha Pills, which should be able to alleviate the severe situation that the Cao family is currently facing."

"Qingsha Pill?!"

Cao Yin was surprised and delighted when he heard this.

Originally, when the high-level cultivators of the Cao family left, they left them a batch of Qingsha Pills.

But those Qingsha Pills were used up more than ten years ago.

And the legendary alchemist in front of him actually took out dozens of bottles of Qingsha Pills in one breath.

This scene seems a little unreal, like a dream.

Cao Yin was stunned for a moment, then excitedly took the jade bottle, knelt directly in front of Henry Zhang and said, "Thank you, senior, thank you, senior!"

"Please stand up quickly," Zhang Xuan helped the other person up, "Please be patient for a while, I will think of a way to see if I can completely solve the problem your Cao family is facing now."

"Thank you, senior." Cao Yin seemed to have thought of something and took out a storage bag. "Senior, this is some of the accumulation of my Cao family over the past few decades. Please accept it."

Henry Zhang looked at the storage bag in Cao Yin's hand.

The Hao family exploited the underground mines.

It goes without saying that these things must have been saved by the Cao family.

However, Zhang Xuan still took the storage bag.

"You all need to be patient for a while, and don't tell anyone that I'm here." Zhang Xuan instructed again.

"Don't worry, senior. Our Cao family will keep this a secret."