Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 19: Undercurrent

This is an extremely wide underground molten cave, with water falling from the overhanging walls. After the originally toxic water flowed through this place, somehow all the toxicity disappeared, leaving only a clear and sweet spring.

Behind the pond are countless strange rocks.

Those white jade stones that exude a faint cold air hanging from the top of the molten cave are clearly formed cold stalagmites.

Cold stalagmite is an extremely rare spiritual material. Although it is hard in texture, as long as it is refined with true fire, it will become soft and fragrant. It can be eaten directly and tastes like bamboo shoots, hence the name stalagmite. However, its real function is to refine elixirs. The addition of this substance can improve the yield and quality of some special elixirs.

The value of spiritual materials depends on the value of the elixirs that can be produced. There are three high-level elixirs that require cold stalagmites, so cold stalagmites are also considered to be relatively precious spiritual materials.

It’s just that cold stalagmites themselves are not too rare, and can even be cultivated artificially, so the price is not too outrageous. However, there are a lot of cold stalagmites in this cave, and they add up to a huge sum of money.

All the stalagmites in front of me have their tips cut off, leaving only the back half of the base. Needless to say, these are Shi Jingzhai's masterpieces. The stalagmites are mainly at the tips, and the back half is worthless.

There are cold stalagmites above the cave roof, and there is a huge pit on the ground. If you jump into the pit, you can see underground passages extending in all directions. These passages were naturally not dug for fun. Even though everything in the passages had been hollowed out, Tang Jie still saw some faintly flickering golden light.

These golden lights were somewhat similar to his own gold sands, scattered throughout the tunnel. Tang Jie picked up some and took a closer look, and quickly recognized that they were golden stones. Golden stone is actually a kind of metal ore, which is mainly used to make weapons. Most of the weapons made are hard and not easy to be destroyed. It is not high enough to be used to make magic weapons. Even though the amount could not be tolerated, Tang Jie took a look at the tunnel and found that it could be regarded as a micro-mineral vein. If it were dug out completely, its value would probably not be lower than that of cold stalagmites.

Shi Jingzhai probably hasn’t done anything in the past two years and has been mining here.

In addition to the stalagmites on the roof of the cave, the underground mineral veins, and the rock walls next to it are also unwilling to be lonely.

Tang Jie finally found the crystallized lugworm he had been looking for.

Precisely, proof that they once existed.

There are small black holes everywhere on the surrounding rock walls.

This is the trace left by Nereis worms. They are like earthworms in the rock, scurrying around and leaving holes one after another in the rock wall. However, they are no longer visible on the rock wall today. Any presence of lugworms is gone.

There used to be a large number of spiritual stones on the rock wall here. It is estimated that they belong to the same vein as the spiritual mine above, but they are separated by cliffs. Only a small part is preserved here. It was this small part that was eaten up by the lugworm. Due to the poisonous moths, the lugworms cannot get out from here, so they cannot reach the top and live here forever.

Only one lugworm, relying on its "strong will" and desire for spiritual stones, managed to get through the long road to the spiritual mine from the stone wall, where it was able to enjoy the spiritual stones and finally crystallize them. Transform into death.

But these were not the root causes that shocked Tang Jie.

What really shocked him was the black track in the deepest part of the cave.

The black track just hangs on the rock wall. At first glance, it looks like a crack in the rock wall. If you look closely, you will find that it is gently twisting, like a black snake, glowing with deep black. When Tang Jie looked at the cracks in the black rock wall, he could clearly feel that his eyes seemed to be sinking into the cracks, as if there was endless depth inside, worthy of his exploration and study.

Space crack!

This turned out to be a space crack!

Tang Jie almost screamed.

In order to confirm his judgment, he picked up a stone and threw it towards the crack. The stone hit the crack and was cut silently, forming three parts. The left and right pieces bounced against the rock wall. Back then, the finer parts in the middle were directly swallowed up by the cracks and disappeared without a trace.

Yes, this is indeed a space crack.

Now Tang Jie understood why there were cold stalagmites and golden stones in the cave.

The space crack is originally an extraterrestrial space. It is vast and deep, difficult to describe, and has all kinds of unimaginable strange characteristics. So far, even those immortals who can break through the boundary and ascend cannot accurately describe the extraterrestrial space. But what is certain is that every space crack will bring a different atmosphere from this world, thus changing the topography to a certain extent.

This change may be good or bad, it may bring about a resource-producing area, or it may cause a natural disaster.

Now it seems that this is a relatively good space crack. It is precisely because of its existence that the underground cave has become a land of treasures.

In addition, space cracks often bring something themselves. As for what it is, it’s hard to say. It may just be some garbage, or it may be a rare treasure, depending on what falls out of the crack at that time. . Now that there is nothing under the crack, it does not mean that it did not fall out. It is more likely that it was put away by Shi Jingzhai after it was caught.

Tang Jie roughly counted the scale of the resources here. Among them, the crystallized lugworm has the highest value and the smallest quantity, and the golden stone has the lowest value and the largest quantity. The three resources are combined together, plus the spirit secretly hidden by the Shimen sect. Stone, the total value can basically be determined to exceed 100 million.

Of course, as black goods, the Shimen Sect will definitely not be able to sell this much. It is estimated that it can be sold for tens of millions.

However, there is no inflation in Qixia Xiujie. Tens of millions of spiritual coins are enough to transform a small sect into a medium or even stronger sect.

The Qijuemen also benefited. You must know that some things cannot be measured with money. The cold stalagmites and golden stones are fine, but if the crystallized lugworms are put up for auction, the value of this item may increase to tens of millions. If the benefits are so great, they may even exceed those of the Shimen sect.

Therefore, this approach is undoubtedly siding with the enemy.

This is a serious crime, but in the face of huge temptation, they did it even if they killed everyone.

Such a scene emerged in Tang Jie's mind:

With year after year of excavation, the mineral vein gradually reached its end and came to the edge of the cliff.

The miners continued to dig day and night. They were happy to have such a cliff, because this way they could throw the quarried waste rocks directly into the cliff without having to pull it out.

This undoubtedly saves a lot of manpower.

But they didn't know that deep in the bottomless cliff, a group of vicious poisonous moths slept.

A large amount of rubble fell from the sky.

Some poisonous moths were awakened by this.

They did not move out in large numbers, perhaps because they did not feel the danger. Only a few poisonous moths flew along the cliff and up the mine tunnel.

There, they found the culprit who disturbed their sleep, so they dragged some humans off the cliff. They didn't even need venom to deal with these mortals.

So the earliest disappearance case in the mine happened.

As the disappearance case occurred, the Shimen faction came to investigate.

What happened next seemed much more natural. They first discovered the poisonous moth. The difficulty of dealing with the poisonous moth attracted three real people to come in person. Then three real people should have discovered some clues about the cave.

So they followed the river deeper and ventured into the cave, where they discovered the wealth.

From now on, everything will become more logical.

Under great temptation, the three real people decided to embezzle the wealth. They first dealt with the disciple who discovered the secret, and then released an Earth Demon Ape into the mineral vein.

The Earth Demon Ape was raised by Shi Jingzhai. It was ordered by Shi Jingzhai to personally intimidate and kill some miners. As a result, the miners naturally did not dare to approach the depths of the mine veins.

The poisonous moths are no longer disturbed and will not fly up again easily, so the secret is kept.

The three real people used poisonous moths as the natural guardians to further preserve the secrets of this place. For two years, they frequently entered and exited the cave to dig out all the benefits that could be mined. Finally, they actively contacted and prepared Sell ​​something.

Of course, in addition to money, they want things that can bring them a bright future.

For example, the method of promotion to the Zifu.

This is also the reason why after learning that Yu Wanniang had gone to Li Country, Tang Jie was sure that she belonged to the Qijue Sect and not other sects, because only the six major sects could so easily come up with the secret to be promoted to the Zi Mansion.

The only thing that makes Tang Jie feel strange is that, looking at the current situation, they have not sold any part of their resources. After all, it is difficult to hide the temperament of a nouveau riche.

Especially for immortal cultivators, they can resist buying other things such as magic weapons, but they cannot use the resources that can increase the speed of cultivation. But this is not the case for the three of Yu Wanniang. Although they are Tianxin, they are still only at the Tianxin stage, which is the inner demon stage. Yu Wanniang has not even reached the inner devil stage, only in the spirit ring stage.

Yesterday, Tang Jie went out for a day and found out the background of these three people. Only Shi Jingzhai has improved his realm within ten years. He has entered the inner demon stage from the spirit ring stage, and this happened last year.

This fully proves that these wealth have not yet been transformed into the resources that everyone needs in time to strengthen themselves. The only one who might benefit is Shi Jingzhai.

This is unreasonable. The three people slowly dug out the resources over two years. There is no need to wait until the end to sell them together.

Unless...

Tang Jie thought about his previous guess again.

"Internal instability." Tang Jie muttered these words.

On the day he got drunk at the banquet, Tang Jie knew that these three people and Qiu Shuyu were not of the same mind. Now it seems that these three people may not completely trust each other. Because of this, many things that should be done are not done well.

"If this is the case, there will be a ready breakthrough." Tang Jie said to himself.

In fact, after discovering this place, Tang Jie found the evidence and completed the task. But at that moment, he suddenly realized that he might be able to do more and better.

His natural adventurous spirit made him try to move forward. The first thing he did was to start with Shi Jingzhai.

He wants to find evidence that Shi Jingzhai embezzled goods.

But this time, it was not to explain to the Moon-washing Sect, but to the other two people.

Tang Jie started with a clear understanding.

Yiyi's voice rang in her ears: "Brother, do you still know how to find me?"

Tang Jie smiled and said: "Of course I do, brother has never forgotten you. How have you been lately?"

"Very good, very happy!" Yiyi shouted in a cute voice.

Following Tang Jie to the Wei Mansion, Yiyi probably lived the most comfortable life. She was attractive in appearance, and after years of training from Tang Jie, she learned to be sensible and well-spoken, which attracted the adults in the house to love her. Even though they knew she was a spirit, they were not afraid of her. The old ladies and gentlemen in the house treat Yiyi's baby as if they were their own granddaughters, and serve her with all kinds of delicious food and fun every day.

After Wei Zheng Shufeng learned about the relationship between Yi Yi and Tang Jie, he even made a garden specifically for Yi Yi and officially raised him as his own child.

So if you want to say who is the happiest during this period, it has to be Yiyi.

Hearing what Yi Yi said at this moment, Tang Jie said: "It's good to be happy, but next, brother needs you to do something for me."

"Brother, tell me!"

"Go tell Master Wei and ask him to help me check the material transaction records of the Xiuzhe Market in the past two years."

"Records of material transactions in Xiu Zhe Market?" Yiyi repeated this awkward statement.

"Yes, we mainly check the three materials of crystallized lreuri, cold stalagmites and golden stone, and see the sales situation in the past two years. This matter is quite complicated, and the young master alone cannot do it, I'm afraid The Wei family is about to be mobilized. Madam, please take action. You must be quick!"

"Oh, I know." Yiyi quickly ran out to find Wei Tianchong.

At this time, the advantage of having a family to rely on becomes apparent. With the large number of manpower, contacts and information network the Wei family has, it is definitely much easier to check the material transactions in the past two years than it is for Tang Jie to do it alone.

It is not an easy task to find out the transaction records of the national materials market, especially from Tang Jie's tone, I wish I could help him get it done in a few days. However, after learning about this, Wei Zheng Shufeng only hesitated for a moment and decided to do her best to help Tang Jie.

This is not only because she trusts Tang Jie, but also because Zheng Shufeng realizes that this is a time to show the meaning of mortal existence. Only in this way can the two become more inseparable, and at the same time give herself more status.

With Zheng Shufeng personally handling the matter, the huge business machine of the Wei family began to roar. The first thing Zheng Shufeng did was to find the other three big families in Canglong Mansion, the Jin family, the Zhou family and the Zhang family. In this way, the four major families would work together and the workload of the Wei family would be greatly reduced. Then, in the name of Tang Jie, Wei Tianchong sent a letter back to the academy with a flying sword, asking Qi Shaoming, Liu Hongyan, Ping Pingyue and other students to leave the academy to help.

As soon as these students heard that Tang Jie needed it, they left the academy one after another in the name of accepting tasks without saying a word, especially those students who had received Tang Jie's guidance at the Immortal Fate Meeting and had benefited a lot. Some people were afraid Tianchong didn't even notify them, so they took the initiative to ask Ying to go down the mountain to help.

What’s interesting is that Peng Yaolong and Ye Tianshang, who have already graduated, also came over, and it was Qi Shaoming who informed them. This kid's reason is that it will be easier to do many things if there are formal disciples of the Xiyue Sect.

Peng Yaolong, Ye Tianshang and others naturally agreed immediately. Not only that, they also brought a group of close disciples from the sect to accompany them.

With Wei Tianchong as the core of information transfer, and with Zheng Shufeng's advice, a massive operation was carried out in an orderly manner.

The official disciples of the Xiyue Sect headed by Peng Yaolong are responsible for the transaction records of the Xiyue Sect. As the ruling sect, they actually possess a large amount of material transaction information. In addition, check the relatively high-end Xiuxianfang City. It is easiest to produce high-end products here, but ordinary people are not qualified to enter. Only formal disciples of the Xiyue Sect like Peng Yaolong and others can run rampant wherever they go.

The students headed by Qi Shaoming and Liu Hongyan were responsible for investigating some low-level markets and auction houses. These places were a mixed bag of dragons and snakes, immortals and mortals alike, and occasionally good things like crystallized lugworms appeared.

As for Gu Weizhou and several other people, they are responsible for checking some mortal shops. However, rare treasures such as crystallized lugworms are basically impossible to appear here. Another important task they are actually responsible for is data analysis. . Xiyue disciples and students are only responsible for collecting accounts, but the authenticity of these accounts, whether they are duplicates, validity, etc., still need to be screened by professional shopkeepers.

Just like that, because of Tang Jie's idea and Zheng Shufeng's temporary plan, a wave of audits was inexplicably set off in the entire Wenxin country. Tang Jie had no idea that Zheng Shufeng would create such a big show, and Zheng Shufeng had no idea how popular Tang Jie was. The result of the extraordinary help is an action beyond the plan. An action to verify the accounts has unknowingly begun to show signs of an anti-corruption storm...

In Wenxin's country, the storm is rumbling, and at the bottom of Yongsui Mountain, the undercurrent is surging.

At this time, Tang Jie, who was still ignorant of all this, after explaining what Yi Yi wanted to do, returned from the waterway and came to the foot of Shimen Peak. The clone Tang Jie also took a walk. Yi Ming came to the foot of the mountain to wait, and disappeared at the same time as Tang Jie appeared. Tang Jie then returned to the house to sleep.

This expedition was uneventful, with no twists and turns. Apart from a pair of underwear, Tang Jie lost nothing.

Have a good night's sleep.

What Tang Jie has to do in the next time will be much simpler.

After figuring out what Shi Jingzhai and the others were up to, all Tang Jie had to do was to stay here and try his best to use himself as bait to attract the main force of the Shimen sect and prevent them from being sent out to hunt down Xi Can. opportunity to mark.

So Tang Jie wandered around every day, trying to get to know every Shimen disciple he could, especially those who were extraordinary and above, and he didn't let any of them go. What no one knew was that during this contact process, Tang Jie had silently put some small things on them.

These little things are either just a leaf, or a stone, or just a piece of dust.

The only thing they have in common is that they are all made using duplication.

Through these replicas, Tang Jie can clearly understand everything that each disciple has done, and thus determine the real target who was sent to hunt Xi Canhen.

At this time, Tang Jie will appear at the right time, as if he met by chance, and say with a surprised expression, "Huh? Why are you here too?" "What a coincidence." "Yes, let's go shopping together." If you’re busy, I can help you. We’re all friends, so don’t be polite.”

Occasionally, there are people who don’t understand the situation. ~IndoMTL.com~ At that time, this ignorant friend might have lost his life without even finding the traces of Xi.

Of course, when all this happened, Tang Jie could find a hundred witnesses to prove his alibi.

The next night, Yu Wanniang came back.

The three elders of Shimen Peak gathered together again.

Looking at the faces of Shi Jingzhai and Liang Xingbang, Yu Wanniang looked solemn:

"They admitted that they did it."

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PS: Brothers are really good, we still have 400 votes left to catch up, let’s keep going!

If you feel dissatisfied, you can treat football as a fate and kick it in the butt... Well, I really either don't canvass for votes, or I do it to the point where I don't have any moral integrity or underwear at all?