After a moment of thought, seeing that the sky had already darkened, Qin Xuan could only sigh and prepare to return.
"Huh, what is that?"
Just as Qin Xuan was about to leave, Han Ye, who was off to the side, suddenly spoke.
"What's wrong, Senior?"
Qin Xuan hastily asked.
"Look over there, beneath the rock pile, isn't there a mine shaft there?"
Beneath the rock pile?
Qin Xuan's gaze swept over; at the edge of all the mines, there was a considerable rock field.
It was clear that this should be the place where stones were cut.
And over there was a very tall rock pile.
"Is there anything here?"
Qin Xuan frowned, glanced at the bustling crowd, and instead of walking over, he used his Mental Energy to investigate.
After a while, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
There was indeed a mine shaft beneath that pile of rubble.
However, the mine shaft had clearly been filled with stones; it should be an abandoned mine shaft.
Although this mine shaft had been abandoned, Qin Xuan's heart still skipped a beat.
No other reason.
He sensed a trace of Taihuang Aura in this mine shaft.
It wasn't the Taihuang Aura emanating from the stones, but truly an aura emanating from something from the Tai Huang Era.
There really was something down here!
Qin Xuan's heart trembled, and he tried to calm himself.
He didn't walk over.
That was just an abandoned mine shaft; if he walked over, others would definitely suspect what he was trying to do.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Xuan suppressed the urge and began to return to the stone house.
This place was a bit strange; he had to observe it carefully before proceeding.
As soon as he reached the stone house, Nannan ran out, her face full of joy.
Tears still hung on Nannan's face; she had clearly just been crying.
"Big Brother, you're not dead, that's great!"
Dead?
Qin Xuan was startled, and then he saw Xing Bo walk out of the stone house, looking at Qin Xuan in surprise.
"You didn't go to Mine Shaft A-12 today? That shouldn't be right; he took you to another mine shaft, but then he himself went to Mine Shaft A-12?"
The Heavenly Fiend Sect's mine shafts were all divided according to A, B, C, D, and then numbered after each grade.
Several of Xing Bo's mine slaves were in Mine Shaft A-12, and they all died there.
He had thought Qin Xuan was also there and had died.
"No, after he took me to a mine shaft, he just told me some things to pay attention to and then left."
Hearing this, Xing Bo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Several of his mine slaves had died, and now was a time when manpower was scarce; if Qin Xuan had also died, it would have been troublesome.
After all, this was when he needed manpower the most.
"It's good that you're not dead, it's good that you're not dead; if you had died, I would have had to send them both down the mine shaft."
Hearing Xing Bo say this, Qin Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly and handed the voucher for the thirty raw stones to Xing Bo.
"Don't worry, not a single one of the thirty raw stones will be missing; since I promised you, I will do it, you don't need to make things difficult for them."
Xing Bo took the voucher with surprise and nodded in satisfaction.
"Good, as long as you can complete the quantity of thirty raw stones every day, those two can do whatever they want, and I will absolutely not interfere."
Hearing this, Qin Xuan nodded.
As long as Xing Bo was sensible, he wouldn't say anything more.
Watching Xing Bo leave, Nannan and Wang Laobo welcomed Qin Xuan inside.
"Thank goodness, I thought something had happened to you, you really scared me to death."
Wang Laobo said, sighing with emotion.
He and his granddaughter relied on Qin Xuan to be able to establish themselves here; if something happened to Qin Xuan, it would really be troublesome.
Qin Xuan smiled, comforted Wang Laobo and Nannan for a while, and then gave them some food.
"By the way, Wang Laobo, is there any news of your son and daughter-in-law?"
After all, helping someone to the end, if Wang Laobo could find his son and daughter-in-law, it would save a lot of trouble.
Hearing this, Wang Laobo sighed.
"No, still no news, but I've entrusted the search to a few people, to see if they have any clues."
Hearing this, Qin Xuan nodded and did not ask further.
It was most appropriate for Wang Laobo to look for this kind of thing himself.
When the night deepened, Qin Xuan walked out of the room.
"Young Master, it's so late..."
Seeing Qin Xuan about to leave, Wang Laobo hastily spoke.
But he stopped himself before he finished speaking.
He understood that these matters were not for him to inquire about.
Qin Xuan nodded and then walked out of the stone house.
A dark and windy night.
It was most suitable for murder and arson.
However, tonight Qin Xuan had no intention of murder or arson; he just wanted to find what he wanted.
Leaving here, Qin Xuan immediately concealed himself in the darkness and hurried towards the rock pile.
"Be careful, it looks like there are quite a few patrols along this path."
Han Ye reminded Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan nodded; along the way, he was extremely careful, giving those people no chance at all.
Soon, he bypassed these patrols and arrived at the rock pile.
"If I go through here, I should be able to follow this old mine shaft down."
Qin Xuan nodded, carefully sneaking to the side of the rock pile, and cautiously descended through the crevices of the rock pile.
"There really is an old mine shaft here, but this mine shaft has been filled in, so it might be difficult to get in."
Han Ye was a little worried.
Qin Xuan, however, shook his head,
"No matter, I have ways to get in; we just need to be careful not to be discovered by others."
Qin Xuan walked to the entrance of the mine shaft, flicked his fingertip, and flames surged from his hand.
"Just use the spiritual fire to burn a passage through the rocks here; don't worry about the other places."
Saying that, Qin Xuan began to scorch the rocks with the spiritual fire.
Soon, a passage large enough for one person to enter and exit was burned open by the spiritual fire.
Qin Xuan went downwards, and soon he drilled inside.
Along the way, Qin Xuan just focused on moving forward.
Relying on the spiritual fire's ability, Qin Xuan quickly reached the very bottom.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Qin Xuan finally reached the bottom of the mine shaft.
The upper part of the mine shaft was filled with various stone materials.
However, the lower part of the mine shaft was not filled in.
Looking around, Qin Xuan was slightly stunned.
"This mine shaft is different from the other mine shafts."
Qin Xuan said with certainty.
"Different? How so?"
Han Ye asked Qin Xuan somewhat strangely.
Qin Xuan pointed to the surroundings of the mine shaft.
"Judging from the traces left by the excavation of the other mine shafts, the mine shafts here should have been excavated many years ago."
"In my opinion, the existence of this mine shaft should be much earlier than the other mine shafts; it might even have existed since the ancient era."
Qin Xuan said, and then he looked around, clearly wanting to see if there were any problems here.
After looking around, Qin Xuan frowned with a strange expression.
"That shouldn't be; there are still many raw stones in this place, so why was it filled in so easily? This is too wasteful."
