Chapter 167: Red Fire Copper Ore

After leaving Chen Ziya's house, Lin Changqing flew into the mountains on his sword, and many villagers in Tongshan Village saw him.

Of course, Lin Changqing did this on purpose, his purpose was to let everyone know that he had gone into the mountains, so that the villagers would not bother Chen Ziya's house anymore.

After flying for more than twenty miles, he landed and summoned Chuyi down. They communicated through the contract and learned that Chuyi had met five monks in total in the past seven or eight days.

The good news is that they are all in the Qi Refining Stage. As for how many cultivators are inside the formation and whether there are any Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, Chu Yi has no idea.

So after considering it, Lin Changqing decided to capture a living person to ask about it. After communicating with Chuyi, he chose a place, took out the array plate of the Small Five Elements Maze Array, and set it up.

This time, special adjustments were made to maximize the coverage of the array, which had a radius of one hundred meters and was located at the place chosen by Chuyi.

That’s right, it was the one chosen in the first grade. It had been observing for a few days and naturally knew that the monks in the magic circle would often pass by there.

Now everything has been arranged, and the amethyst scorpions are scattered inside and outside the magic circle, waiting for the fish to take the bait. As long as they enter the magic circle, they will be handed over to the amethyst scorpions. Lin Changqing will not do it himself.

Anyway, the sound will not be transmitted because of the magic circle. This is also the reason why Lin Changqing specially set up this magic circle, which is to soundproof it so that the cultivators inside can shout at the top of their lungs and no one will know.

Lin Changqing is now in the magic circle, but he is covered with the magic veil, so others cannot see him.

Soon more than two hours passed, and finally a figure came rushing over, holding a person in his hand, but he did not come out of the magic circle, but came back from other places in the mountains.

But it’s all the same, Lin Changqing just needs a living person to understand the situation inside the magic circle.

When the figure broke into the coverage of the magic circle, Lin Changqing cast a spell and the Small Five Elements Maze Array was officially activated, and white mist immediately floated in the magic circle.

The monk who entered the formation immediately became alert, dropped the person in his hand, and immediately took out two magic weapons, one for attack and one for defense, from his storage bag, and shouted loudly to the people around him: "Who is it? Come out."

Unfortunately, Lin Changqing ignored him and handed him over to the Amethyst Scorpion Group.

The maze array was filled with white mist. The cultivator was obviously an experienced veteran in fighting. He immediately stuck two defensive talismans on his body, held a defensive magic weapon in his hand, and began to wander around the array.

It can be said that he responded very appropriately, but unfortunately he encountered the Amethyst Scorpion. When the Big Sun Purple Light Needle penetrated two layers of defense barriers and stung his foot.

An extremely shrill scream was heard, echoing inside the magic circle, but it didn't get out. The Amethyst Scorpion succeeded.

Lin Changqing hurriedly stopped the Amethyst Scorpion from attacking him, otherwise if he was stabbed a few more times by the Amethyst Scorpion and killed, then the two hours of waiting would have been in vain.

When I came to the monk, I saw that the person lying on the ground twitching was a middle-aged monk, about forty years old.

After making sure that he has lost the ability to resist, take off everything on him and tie him up.

He looked at the person he had just thrown to the ground and found that he had fainted. He was a villager dressed as a hunter. He knew that he had not found the wrong person.

He returned to the middle-aged prisoner and, not wanting to waste any time, threw a water ball at his face, awakening him.

Lin Changqing asked expressionlessly: "What's your name? Why are you here? What's the point of catching these hunters?"

When the middle-aged monk woke up and saw this situation, he knew that he had been captured. He thought that he would not have a good ending, so he simply shut up and said nothing.

Seeing him like this, Lin Changqing knew that he was a tough guy. With a thought, a purple crystal scorpion came to the base of his thigh and hit him.

This time the screams were even more shrill and sharp, and Lin Changqing was worried that his vocal cords might be torn.

His whole body arched up in pain, and then he fell heavily to the ground. Cold sweat broke out all over his body, and he gasped for breath. It took him a while to recover.

"Do you want another try?" Lin Changqing asked expressionlessly.

The middle-aged cultivator said in a hoarse voice, "No, no, that's all I want. My name is Bai Jingde, and I'm a casual cultivator. We found a red copper mine here, and we want to mine it as quickly as possible, so we will capture any hunters we meet and make them miners."

When Lin Changqing heard about Red-Refined Fire Copper Ore, his heart skipped a beat. Lin Changqing knew about such a famous thing. Red-Refined Fire Copper Ore was the first choice for refining first-level alchemy furnaces and refining furnaces.

In addition, red-refined fire copper can be refined into red-refined crystal copper, which is the main material for refining a second-level spiritual artifact furnace.

Even the second-level red-refined crystal copper can be used as an auxiliary material for a magic-grade alchemy furnace.

So ever since he heard that there was a red-refined copper mine here, Lin Changqing has been thinking about how to occupy it.

He continued to ask: "How many of you are there in total? What are your cultivation levels?"

The middle-aged cultivator hesitated for a moment, but in order to avoid suffering, he answered, "There are six of us, including me, and we are all cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, with cultivation levels ranging from the sixth level to the great perfection of Qi Refining."

Lin Changqing frowned and continued, "So there are five more people in the formation. Introduce them to me in detail."

The middle-aged cultivator nodded and continued, "Our boss, Chen Biao, has reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. He has a first-order peak Gale Thunder Leopard spirit beast and a Spirit Seeking Rat. This Red Refining Fire Copper Mine was discovered by this Spirit Seeking Rat.

Chen Hu is our boss’ younger brother. He has the strength of the eighth level of Qi Refining and has two first-stage late-stage Gale Wolf spirit beasts.

There is also a Liu Dongming who can be considered as a military advisor! The boss always likes to discuss things with him, and he also has the strength of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Li Siniang is our boss's mistress, and she also has the strength of the eighth level of Qi Refining. She doesn't usually take part in hunting and is mainly responsible for the logistics of the team.

Li Youxiang has just joined the team not long ago. He is usually close to Liu Dongming and has the strength of the sixth level of Qi Refining."

Hearing this, Lin Changqing's heart moved. The remaining five people, and a few spirit beasts, were already very powerful when combined, but Lin Changqing still had confidence in catching them all in one fell swoop.

But the problem is, why do their two eldest brothers look like disciples of Yuling Sect?

He continued to ask, "Are your two eldest brothers disciples of the Yuling Sect?"

The middle-aged monk thought for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know. I have never heard them talk about their origins."

"Are the missing hunters from several nearby villages all captured by you and forced to work in that mine? What is the scale of the red copper mine inside, and when will it be mined out?"

"Yes, except for one or two who tried to escape and were killed by the boss in front of everyone to make an example of them, the rest are still in the mine.

Our boss believes that this Red Fire Copper Mine should be considered a small vein. As for when it can be fully mined, I really don't know.

But our boss is afraid that the night will be too long and he is already trying his best to urge the miners to work, so I guess it won’t be long.”

Lin Changqing nodded and continued, "Tell me about your division of labor, and also tell me the formula for entering and exiting the magic circle.

Think carefully and don't try to deceive me, or you will be stung by a scorpion every day in the future."

The middle-aged monk shuddered and said quickly, "I dare not, I dare not, our boss is in charge of the mine entrance himself, the array disc of the hidden magic array is also there, and the fire copper ore we dug out is also placed with him first.

The five of us will each be responsible for patrolling for a day to ensure the safety of the mines, and to capture any hunters we encounter to work as miners."

After that, he demonstrated again the method of entering and exiting the hidden magic circle, and Lin Changqing memorized it in his mind.

Fearing that he was making it up, she asked him to demonstrate it several times. After he was sure they were all the same, she knocked him out and put him into the spirit beast bracelet.

(End of this chapter)