I Have An Impenetrable Fortress

There are guards around the mine, most of them are disciples of the Hanshan School and the Chen family.

With their level of strength, they naturally couldn't stop Ren Chao from the sixth level of martial arts.

Ren Chao wants to hide his whereabouts and get involved quietly, but it is not without a chance.

But he sent here on behalf of Ling Xiao to form an alliance with Chang'an, so it is naturally impossible to act so rudely.

Ren Chaoda generously arrived at the entrance of the mine, and explained his identity and purpose to the guards.

If the other party does not allow him to enter, he will just give up.

"Mr. Ren, your portrait has been circulated in the city. This place is not a forbidden place for you. I will accompany you in and be a guide for you."

The person guarding here is Cao Feng.

For Ren Chao who passed through, Cao Feng was not as arrogant and fierce as he was when he faced the people in Wangzhengguan.

"Thank you little brother." Ren Chao nodded and followed Cao Feng into the mine.

After walking away with a punch, Ren Chao knew that this was the vein of Bisong Shijing, and he couldn't help but feel slightly alive.

The turquoise crystal has a wide range of uses and limited output, and the market is generally in a stage of short supply.

Warriors use turquoise crystals to warm and nourish the body all the year round, which can increase Qi and blood and regulate meridians.

Smelting it into a weapon can guide spirit and energy, and have a certain restraint effect on the power of illusory spells.

The Lingxiao sect was established with martial arts and is famous for its swordsmanship. Their demand for Bisong Shijing is even greater than that of Dahe Longmen.

After a general inspection, Ren Chao found that the jade pine crystals produced in Chang'an City were of high quality, and he couldn't help but feel even more excited.

Judging by the appearance of the convoy entering and leaving just now, the mining of bispine crystals here has already reached a large scale, and there is a stable market, so transportation is not a problem.

Don't know where the buyer is?

There are still more Bisong stone crystals in Chang'an City right now, sell them to the Lingxiao faction?

This is related to the mining speed and reserves of the mine here... Ren Chao thought in his heart.

He followed Cao Feng into the mine and watched a large number of miners coming in and out of it.

"Right now, how many people are working in the mine?" Ren Chao tried to ask.

Cao Feng didn't hide anything, and replied casually: "In the whole mine, all the mines are added together, there are about 2,000 people."

Ren Chao nodded slightly.

There are a lot of people, but since the mined minerals are jade pine crystals, the daily output is probably quite limited...

As he was thinking, he suddenly realized that the person who was mining the mine in the deepest part of the mine looked familiar.

Moreover, this mining speed is obviously not comparable to ordinary mortals.

"...Tang Jian?!"

After watching carefully for a while, Ren Chao couldn't help blurting out.

Hearing his voice, the other party looked back subconsciously, and then immediately turned his back to him without making a sound.

Either super tongue-tied.

The moment the other party turned his head was enough for him to confirm that the person who was mining the mine just now was an elder from Jingyue Tower.

The Lingxiao faction and Jingyuelou are among the "five factions" of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and they have dealt with each other in the past.

Therefore, Ren Chao had a relationship with Tang Jian on several occasions.

But he hadn't expected at all before that he would meet the other party on such an occasion.

Because they had inadvertently discovered that the Cheng family was secretly mediating the affairs of Jingyue Tower, Wangzhen Temple, and Qingfu Palace, the Lingxiao faction had heard about it. These three families had disciples and were planted in Chang'an City.

But Ren Chao originally thought that those who were arrested would either be killed or imprisoned. He really didn't expect that Tang Jian and others would be thrown here to mine.

In terms of punishment, it is not surprising.

It's just that Ren Chao didn't expect that a sixth-level martial arts master like Tang Jian would be punished as a miner.

The main reason is that no cultivator has ever been punished like this before, and similar tasks have always been undertaken by ordinary people.

In the minds of practitioners, this is undoubtedly a kind of humiliation.

Many people would rather die than submit to this.

Ren Chao wondered, Tang Jian could bear it willingly?

Seeing that he turned his back and kept silent, pretending not to know him, his face was obviously dull, and he took it as an insult.

But look, he must not be here for a day or two.

Ren Chao felt strange, and followed Cao Feng around the mine a few more times.

Then, he discovered that it was more suitable for those ordinary people to be so-called miners, rather than porters and handymen.

The hard work of real mining is all done by practitioners.

Among them, there are people who practice martial arts, and there are also Taoist practitioners.

Powerful physical strength, as well as graceful spells, are all in the service of mining the jadeite crystal at this moment.

Ren Chao even saw two Confucian practitioners, honestly, using pen and ink, calligraphy and painting, and mining ore with unique means.

Everyone is well-behaved, even if they don't want to, they can only work hard.

No one dared to be perfunctory, and all tried their best.

Ren Chao was full of doubts.

He can understand the mining of turquoise crystals.

But a large group of practitioners, honestly acting as coolies, this scene once again hit his blind spot of knowledge.

At the moment when Ling Xiao was sent as an elder, he felt that his old worldview and outlook on life were being impacted.

What makes them so obedient?

He was dizzy, and Cao Feng went out of the mine together.

Seeing the sun again, and the mountain wind blowing, Elder Ren finally came back to his senses.

Well, now there is no need to worry about the mining speed of the jade pine crystal here in Chang'an City.

Dozens of hundreds of practitioners work as coolies together, and many of them are masters of the fifth and sixth realms. Can the speed not be fast?

Ren Chao smiled wryly in his heart.

At the same time, there was a chill behind him.

Is it really the right choice to cooperate with Chang'an and fight against the Eastern Tang royal family?

Fighting against the defeat of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, there is no need to say anything after death.

If they were caught and refused to give in, they would often suffer physical torture.

But if it falls into the hands of Chang'an, not only will he be physically tortured and punished, but he may even be thrown into a mine for mining, humiliating all aspects from dignity to personality.

Judging from their harsh methods for captives, they may be more iron-blooded rulers than Eastern Tang in the future.

The situation of the Hanshan faction and the Chen family who have completely surrendered here seems to be doing well.

But the Lingxiao faction raised the banner of rebellion precisely because they were unwilling to completely obey the orders of the Eastern Tang royal family. Naturally, they were also unwilling to completely submit to other people.

They are now resisting the Eastern Tang royal family and vow not to surrender.

But what will it be like facing Chang'an City in the future?

I'm super heavy-hearted.

The other party didn't mind him going to the mine, so it was hard to say whether he was giving him a bad impression on purpose, or he didn't care about his opinion at all.

If it's the latter, to some extent, it's even worse.

After leaving the mine, Ren Chao returned to his residence.

Passing the school, he was a little dazed again when he heard the sound of reading inside.

There is a huge contrast between the harshness under the mine and the vitality here.

For any Chao, both of them are beyond the previous cognition and are difficult to understand.

The elders of the Ling Xiao sect felt that they were facing an unprecedented challenge in their lives.

At the same time, the Taoist priest of Wangzhen Temple, who is the master of the contemporary temple, is also facing a choice.

The news of the detention of Elder Yunchen in Chang'an City has already come back.

Taoist Zhichen didn't care about scolding Chang'an for being too deceitful, he had to deal with the invasion of Jingyue Tower and Qingfu Palace first.

At a critical moment, someone from the Cheng family came to make peace.

But on the other hand, the other party wanted Wangzhen Temple, Qingfu Palace, and Jingyue Tower to join them in encircling and suppressing Chang'an City.