Chapter 682: Stone as the Eye, Dragon Disaster

Everyone started searching in this vast mining area.

Old Dai had already led his men to search thoroughly, including underground and in the mine tunnels. He was just one step away from digging three feet underground. He suspected in his heart that the other party had left the outer mining area and entered some other place.

After all, it's impossible for four living people to burrow into the ground all at once.

Jiang Yi took the lead and came to a place where there was a divination technique that could get results directly. If they didn't believe it, they had to go to the scene to add reasoning and evidence.

"Clue one, the scattered clothes and pants... placed in the mining area, they belong to the daily necessities of Lao Dai and you."

"Just tell me, there were ten of you working here, and four of you are missing."

"Here are ten sets of replacement clothes and trousers. Those workers did not go home, nor did they change their clothes here, nor did they take their luggage with them. This means that leaving the mining area was an accident."

"According to my divination, they were taken away by force."

He told the second clue he got from divination.

"Ah! Who would take a few workers away by force?" Old Dai was stunned. "Besides, they are all young and strong children. If four people were taken away by force, there should be some signs of struggle."

Zhongli glanced around and said, "There are four less pickaxes used for mining, which means they probably brought tools with them. They had time to bring tools but no time to pack daily necessities?"

"So they were taken away to mine?" Paimeng asked, "Someone or someone else disguised and deceived them to go to other places to mine. But Jiang Yi said he was forced, so what's going on?"

"Ah? Could it be that the treasure-stealing group discovered the treasure, but they don't know the mine path, so they threatened these people to go mining and help them?"

Jiang Yi admired Paimeng's imagination and shook his head: "It's not a group of treasure hunters, but a mysterious person. He can use his power to influence divination."

"Hmm?" Ying was curious about who could stop Jiang Yi from fortune-telling. "Could it be the devil? The devil would be interested in ordinary miners."

"Demon?" Old Dai was confused. What were these two talking about?

Things are getting more and more mysterious.

Jiang Yi glanced at Ying and actually guessed part of it right.

It’s because the other party is more terrifying than most demons, so I don’t dare to go alone.

Without Zhongli around, you'll get beaten if you go there.

And there is Kunjun. According to the divination technique, without him, I would have been in a life-and-death crisis.

As for the immortal...he thought about the fortune-telling he had done about the situation of his master and the others.

Sighed.

At this moment, all the immortals in Jueyunjian were too busy to help, and Xiao had already left Wangshu Inn.

Ying found that Jiang Yi neither denied nor confirmed it. She was originally joking, but suddenly she fell silent and became serious.

"Ying, your guess is too far-fetched. How could it be a demon?" Paimon put his hands on his hips, "Don't scare Old Dai."

Old Dai: “…”

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Zhongli pondered based on the information he had obtained.

Paimeng's words make some sense, but Jiang Yi's divination cannot be ignored.

Under what circumstances would a person go out without any luggage and only take tools?

First, they went to work nearby and did not need luggage, but these people have not returned yet, so this statement is self-defeating.

Second, they did not leave of their own volition, so they had no time to think about their luggage.

The treasure-stealing group obviously does not have that much power to influence Jiang Yi's divination.

"Let's go and have a look at other places." Zhongli said.

"Hey! Why is Kunjun gone?" Paimeng suddenly turned his head. Where is this adult?

"He left first and went to investigate somewhere else." Jiang Yi said.

With so many people together, the movement was too slow. Kunjun felt that he was asked to help and couldn't just follow behind and do nothing, so he went for a walk first.

The crowd went to other places and met other workers in the mine.

"This is Ah Hu..." Old Dai introduced the young worker and then everyone else to him. "These three, two are the heroes who saved Liyue, Master Jiang Yi and Miss Ying, and one of them is a helper they found, Mr. Zhongli, a guest official of the Wangsheng Hall. They are here to investigate the missing persons case. Ah Hu, repeat what you said before."

"Thank God, it's the famous Flying Sword Master." Ah Hu's eyes lit up. Everyone in the world dreams of flying, so Jiang Yi, who can fly without relying on the Eye of God but relying on a weapon, is very well-known in Liyue.

As for Paimon, although he often flies among the crowd, people do not regard Paimon as a normal creature. They all think he is some strange race from Teyvat and that flying is a racial talent.

Many people have blind trust and excessive expectations of famous people, believing that they can do anything.

So, Ah Hu grasped at straws and watched Jiang Yi tell the truth.

"Please, you must save everyone!" Ah Hu said excitedly.

"Speak slowly..." Jiang Yi soothed gently, and his voice calmed the other person down.

"I... I don't know what happened." Ah Hu hesitated and scratched his head, not knowing whether the clues he provided would be useful. "It was a very dark day, and the foreman took a few brothers out to do some work."

"I stayed in the mine with four other brothers to work, and I took a short break from work... just a little while!"

"I was sleeping in the innermost shed. When I woke up, everyone had disappeared without a trace..." He showed a trace of fear, "I just talked to them not long ago, and suddenly...suddenly they were gone..."

"Tell me, is the mine haunted? I often hear about accidents in the mine... Could it be that it will be my turn someday..."

"Ahem!" Old Dai warned, "Ah Hu, don't let your imagination run wild. Where did the ghost come from in the mining area?"

Paimon suddenly felt a gust of chilly wind, as if this statement made sense, after all, she had indeed seen a ghost.

"The people hiding in the shed are not missing, but the people working outside are nowhere to be found. That means the accident happened in the work area." Zhongli said.

"Then let's go to the work area and take a look!" Jiang Yi was helpless.

I have somewhat neglected the cultivation of my reputation. Although it is rumored that the Master of Flying Sword can tell fortunes and draw talismans, people's impression of him using the sword is greater than his fortune-telling.

The art of divination is not famous enough. I will set up a fortune-telling stall someday and get the reputation of a fortune-teller. Probably, people will believe it as soon as I open my mouth.

It also saves the trouble of collecting evidence.

Right, Old Dai?

Old Dai has turned around and gone back to the work area.

Near the work area, everyone saw Kunjun.

"Xiao Kun, what are you looking at?" Paimeng looked at Kunjun who was squatting on the ground and touching a stone.

You actually have the nerve to imitate Old Dai and call him Xiao Kun. Jiang Yi looked at the little Paimeng in astonishment.

"It's you!" Kunjun looked at Lao Dai and said with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"I used special methods to deduce the same result as Master Jiang Yi's divination. Those people were taken away by someone. The person who took them away was a child."

"Huh? You can also tell fortunes?" Paimon asked in surprise.

"No! It's not divination!" Kunjun shook his head.

Zhongli saw the other party's dilemma and helped him out, "No matter what means Brother Kun used, since his inference is similar to Jiang Yi's, then, Old Dai, you should believe it."

"Yes!" Ying said, "Jiang Yi's fortune-telling skills are very good."

"Okay!" Lao Dai was actually a little anxious. Those brothers had disappeared for six days. Since all the invited people said so, let's go to the Nantianmen in the north to take a look.

I was a little confused. There were only a few residents nearby. It was impossible for a child to run into the mining area. What was going on?

Could it really be a ghost, or a person possessed by a ghost?

"The South Heaven Gate is a bit far away. There are many ruins and monsters on the road. Although I am not afraid with the Flying Sword Master, I still plan to bring some people with me. If my brothers get injured and can't move, I can carry them back."

"Let us do this kind of thing ourselves!"

He pretended to be calm and said with a wry smile, "Master Jiang Yi, could you please go over and take a look first? We will meet up at Nantianmen when the time comes."

Now we can only believe in the strength of the Master of Flying Sword.

If you encounter abnormal monsters, you will be killed if you go up to them.

A lot of time has been wasted. I hope those brothers are safe.

"Okay!" Jiang Yi nodded.

"Wouldn't it have been better if you did this earlier?" Paimeng said speechlessly.

Let’s go.

"Now, I can tell you." Kunjun said, "I actually had a hunch that I could find clues in a piece of ore. Then, I saw from the ore... four adults followed a figure that looked like a child out of the mining area."

"See?" Paimon scratched his head.

"It literally means 'saw'. After you heard it, don't tell anyone else! I think this is a rather strange thing, so I have never dared to tell anyone."

"For me, minerals also have 'memories'. They occasionally record what happened around them, and I can see those 'memories' by just touching them and feeling them with my heart."

Zhongli pondered for a moment, "Not a guess, not an estimate, but 'seeing'? Using stone as eyes, a rare ability."

"Help! Help!" Suddenly, a loud shout came from below.

Jiang Yi looked down and saw three young rock dragon lizards crawling out from the ground, scaring several people so much that they ran away in a panic.

The clouds flying in the sky paused for a moment.

A flash of sword light swept down, and the earth cracked.

The three young rock dragon lizards shrank back in fear and hid back underground.

Ying looked down and saw the crisis below.

"Save people first." Zhongli looked around.

Jiang Yi sent down clouds not far from those people.

Those people ran with their heads in their hands, and did not notice the people descending from behind them.

"Hey! Wait, we have repelled the dragon lizards." Paimon looked at the injured people who were covered with wounds and wished they could grow two more legs to escape.

Hearing the sound, several people turned around and indeed did not see the dragon lizard, but only a group of neatly dressed men and women. They immediately breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on the ground.

Here you have passed Lingju Pass and are close to Tianqiu Valley.

"It's bad, it's bad, go tell the General Affairs Department quickly, Tianqiu Valley has been hit by a dragon disaster again."