Chapter 668: Clansmen
Of the fourteen, eight had the waist jade pendants of the Zhenyue archipelago, while the others wore exquisite robes, revealing their noble status.
"The Yunlan city lord is too daring." Jiang Yue said, and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
They already knew that some Zhenyue cultivators had disappeared in Yunlan City. However, it was one thing to know it and another to witness it.
"Rescue them first." Yu Nianzhen nodded and casually waved his hand.
Soon after, the fourteen regained their senses and hurriedly stood.
"Who are you?" A female cultivator questioned as soon as she saw the three.
At the same time, she moved her consciousness, wanting to take out her weapon, but soon realised that she no longer had her storage ring.
"Where is my storage ring?" She asked with a horrified expression.
"Calm down." Yu Nianzhen said, drawing the fourteen people’s attention to himself and Jiang Yue.
"Ancestors." The Zhenyue cultivators called, looking at Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue with surprised faces.
"How were you captured?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Ancestor Jiang." A male cultivator called, bowed, and began explaining.
"We came to Yunlan city to look for several of our people, but we were ambushed while searching for clues." He said, and Jiang Yue nodded before speaking.
"Follow us first. We will take you out in a few days." He said.
"Thank you, ancestors." The Zhenyue cultivators said, but the others were not so easily convinced.
[Brother Hao, are they really the ancestors of your Zhenyue Archipelago?] Someone transmitted.
[They are. Everyone in our Archipelago knows the ancestors’ faces.] A male cultivator answered.
[Why are your ancestors here? Could someone have impersonated them?]
[Don’t be absurd.] A female cultivator said and quickly continued.
[Although I don’t know why our ancestors are here, I can be certain that they are the real deal. After all, our ancestors are immortal kings, and even if someone dares to impersonate them, do they have the power to do it?]
[This...] Someone started, but a voice interrupted him.
"The little girl is right." Jiang Yue said and continued.
"No one dares or can impersonate us." He said with an amused expression.
Hearing this, the fourteen exchanged glances and couldn’t help but feel embarrassed. After all, it was a little unnerving to be caught gossiping about higher realm cultivators.
"Seniors, where are we?" Someone asked, and Jiang Yue turned to see someone he recognised.
’Isn’t this the young master Qin we met at the city gate?’ He thought but didn’t mention it.
"We are in an underground mine." He said and quickly continued.
"We have already controlled this guard, and he is about to take us to the mining shafts."
After saying that, Jiang Yue looked at the fourteen with serious eyes.
A moment later, he took out a storage ring and threw it to one of the Zhenyue people.
"Meeting is fate, so we will help you out." He said and continued.
"That storage ring has enough bigu pills to last several years. You can use them as you wish."
"Thank you, ancestors/seniors." The fourteen said, and Jiang Yue nodded.
"You can collect as many immortal stones as you can while waiting for our return." He said.
After that, Wang Dahe led the group to the nearest mining shaft and entrusted them to another guard.
"These are the newcomers." He said, and the other guard nodded before speaking.
"They are just in time. The new tunnel is not stable, and it recently collapsed, killing more than thirty. These slaves are too fragile; they break easily." The guard, Zhang Er, said and laughed with a mocking expression.
"I knew you needed replacements, so I brought all the new ones here." Wang Dahe said, looking at Zhang Er with meaningful eyes.
Seeing the look, Zhang Er smiled and threw a storage bag.
"Brother Wang has worked hard." He said.
Soon after, Wang Dahe left, and Zhang Er forced Yu Nianzhen’s group into the tunnel.
When everyone was inside, he sneered and began speaking.
"One hundred mid-grade immortal stones for a seven-day bigu pill, one high-grade immortal stone for a one-month bigu pill, and one immortal crystal for a one-year bigu pill. Work hard if you don’t want to die." He said, waved his hand, and tried to shove everyone further into the tunnel.
However, he overestimated himself and, after waving his hand, none of the people was pushed inside.
"This..." He muttered, but his eyes suddenly became unfocused.
"Find an excuse to gather all the guards in this mining shaft." Jiang Yue instructed, and Zhang Er couldn’t resist.
Without delay, he took out his communication jade and messaged his fellow guards.
As a result, within a cup of tea, nine guards rushed to the tunnel entrance and were unceremoniously controlled.
"I have controlled all the guards in this mining shaft." Jiang Yue said, looking at the fourteen.
"The mine has more than one thousand guards, scattered in different tunnels. Don’t run around until we control the overall situation." He warned, and the fourteen nodded.
"Don’t worry, ancestors/seniors. We will mine while we wait for your return." They said, and Jiang Yue chuckled.
With that, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen vanished into thin air, but they didn’t actually leave the tunnel. Instead, they walked around, hoping to find the strange thing that had caused the immortal stones to mutate.
Time passed, and after searching for two days, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue left the tunnel and went to another.
Similar to the previous one, they controlled the guards and searched the tunnel, but they still didn’t find anything strange.
In this way, the two moved from tunnel to tunnel, controlling the guards and searching the shafts.
However, they didn’t find anything until the tenth month of entering the mine.
On this day, the two entered a mining shaft as usual, controlled the guards and began searching.
However, after walking several metres from the entrance, the treasure compass began buzzing, and Jiang Yue couldn’t help but be surprised.
"Azhen, the treasure compass is reacting." He excitedly said.
After all, it had been ages since the treasure compass reacted, so the two were naturally happy to finally encounter something good.
