Chapter 78: The People of Nanyue Country (Seeking Recommendations!!)

  In recent years, the Xiwu Empire's control over the lower counties has been weakening. The county kings have powerful armies and are unchallenged emperors in their own domains. The Duke of Donglin, apart from the high-ranking officials in his government, also has a Black Armor Guard composed of over 1,000 seventh-rank experts, as well as an army of 100,000 soldiers. It can be said that the entire county of Donglin is Liu Xun's domain.

  Although the strong in this world have decided that ultimate power is the final say, an army of one or two hundred thousand troops wearing armor and possessing three to four stages of mysterious energy can still drag down a few ninth-stage experts to their deaths. What's more, an army composed of over a thousand seventh-stage experts like the Black Armor Army! However, when facing off against a tenth-stage expert, the role that an army can play becomes extremely limited.

  "Report to His Majesty, it's from Yejia Fort," Liu Zhen said respectfully.

  "What's going on at Yejia Manor again?" Liu Xun said in a low voice, with an air of authority that commanded respect.

  "Yunjiabao has been exterminated by Yejiabao, Yun Yiyang is dead, and most of the industries in Yunjiabao have been taken over by Yejiabao. Moreover, the mine behind Yejiabao's mountain is also preparing to continue production." Liu Zhen said, his heart filled with anger, the dignity of the Junwangfu had never been so provoked before.

  Liu Xuan secretly frowned, originally in his view, Yejia Fort was like an ant, he could crush it with just a flick of his finger. The order he gave to Yun Yiyang was to unify the eighteen forts of Lianyun, and Yejia Fort was not even on his mind. When Ye Zhantian came to ask for medicine earlier, he was directly driven out by him. Unexpectedly, the situation changed drastically, Yejia Fort had the support of a mysterious strong expert, its strength soared, and it counter-destroyed Yunjia Fort. If Liu Xuan mobilized his troops to exterminate Yejia Fort, he would worry about offending some strong experts and bringing unnecessary trouble. However, if he didn't exterminate Yejia Fort, Yejia Fort would still be a thorn in his side, and the deep grudge they had formed couldn't be resolved by just talking it out.

  "Father King, what should we do? Should we send a large army to besiege Ye's castle?" Liu Zhen asked, thinking of his previous loss of face at Ye's castle, he was filled with resentment towards Ye's castle.

  Liu Xun shook his head and said, "First send someone to investigate the strong person behind Yejia Fortress's back, what kind of people Yejia Fortress is in contact with before speaking. As for Father, he will be closing up soon to break through to the 10th stage!"

  "Father, you want to break through the tenth stage?" Liu Zhen was taken aback for a moment, but instead of being excited, he asked anxiously, "If Father successfully breaks through the tenth stage and is summoned by Emperor Mingwu, what should we do?"

  "Now we can only take it one step at a time." Liu Xun sighed, "The news of Father's breakthrough to the tenth stage must not be known to anyone!"

  "Yes!" Liu Zhen's face turned stern, he knew the severity of the situation.

  "In a few more days, the underground Crystal Palace in the Lianyun Mountains will be opened. At that time, many masters may come to our Donglin County, and we must be careful to prevent any conflicts from happening. Also, Left Chancellor and your grandfather may also come."

  "Qiong Lou is open, Father rushed to the tenth floor, are you going in?" Liu Zhen was stunned and asked, somewhat flustered, "In all these years, few strong people who entered the underground Qiong Lou have come out alive!"

  "We'll talk about this again in a few days." Liu Xun said calmly.

  Ye Family Fort's back mountain mine, after the withdrawal of Yun Family Fort's civilians, this place was in a mess, everything that could be destroyed was destroyed. The mining tunnels dug out by Ye Family Fort's ancestors were also blocked with giant stones. Seeing this scene, the people of Ye family were extremely angry, but Yun Family Fort had already been destroyed, and their anger had been vented.

  "Chen Er, Zhan Tian, let's work together to move this boulder!" Ye Cangxuan said, looking at the massive stone in front of him. This boulder must have rolled down from the mountain, and even for three Ninth-Order peak experts like them, it would still take some effort to move it.

  "Father, Uncle, you can stop now, watch me." Ye Chen smiled mysteriously.

  Ye Cangxuan and Ye Zhantian were quite perplexed, the giant stone in front of them was as tall as four or five people, could Chen Er still move it by himself?

  Ye Chen let the crowd retreat a distance, looked at Ye Meng and others, Ye Meng and others each carried several cloth bags, Ye Chen took one of the cloth bags and stuffed it under the boulder, lit the fuse, and ran away. Suddenly, there was a loud explosion, and the boulder burst into four or five pieces, as if heaven and earth were shaking, making people's hearts tremble with fear.

  The amount of black gunpowder in this cloth package is quite large, and since it's stuffed into the narrow space within the rock crevices to explode, its explosive power should be comparable to a tenth-stage expert's single strike.

  Ye Cangxuan and Ye Zhantian's faces changed color, unable to help but say that the thing Ye Chen came up with was quite terrifying in its power. This thing wasn't much use against enemies, as it was easy to dodge, but when used to blast open mountains and shatter rocks, it was invincible.

  Next, Ye Chen started a large-scale blasting of the mountain. Under the impact of gunpowder, more than half of the mountain collapsed, and the xuan tie mine stones were scattered all over the ground. In the past, the miners hired by the Ye family had to use pickaxes to slowly excavate the rocks before they could collect the ore. Now, they only needed to pick up the scattered ore, select the good ones, and transport them down the mountain, which was still quite simple, with an efficiency increase of at least several dozen times.

  With this thing, Yejia Fort's annual income can increase by several times at least!

  A crowd of people were overjoyed, and the more than 300 laborers who had been hired also arrived. They began to transport the ore, load after load of ore was transported out, and the mine site was bustling with activity.

  A sudden shout came from the center of the mine.

  "Ancestor, come quickly and see, there is a cave here!"

  Ye Chen and Ye Cangxuan exchanged a glance and quickly darted in that direction.

  The entire mountain of this mine was blasted by Ye Chen with black gunpowder, and in the middle of a pile of rubble, there was a deep cave, which led to unknown places, and gusts of cold wind blew out from inside the cave.

  "Is it a natural cave, or something else?" Ye Chen thought to himself, looking into the cave and picking up a stone from the wall. It was silver-white in color and emitted a bright glow. The walls of the cave around him seemed to be made of this kind of stone as well. "Uncle, what is this stone?"

  Ye Cangxuan took the stone from Ye Chen's hand and looked at Ye Zhantian excitedly: "This is a Silver Xuan Stone, an excellent material for forging armor, several dozen times more valuable than Xuan Iron. I didn't expect that there would be a Silver Xuan Stone vein here!"

  "Notify all members of the Ye family that the discovery of the Silver Mystic vein must be kept confidential!" Ye Zhantian said, "This vein must be handed over to a trustworthy person for excavation!"

  "This cave doesn't know where it leads to, could it be leading there?" Ye Zhantian suddenly thought of something and paused.

  "Are you referring to the Crystal Palace beneath the earth?" Ye Cangxuan was taken aback.

  "What is this place called Di Di Qiong Lou?" Ye Chen asked in puzzlement, the conversation between Ye Zhan Tian and Ye Cang Xuan had filled his heart with curiosity.

  "Notify all clansmen, no one is allowed to enter the cave more than 20 meters deep, otherwise they will be dealt with by family law!" Ye Cangxuan made a decisive decision and said in a low voice, "Seal this place off and do not reveal any news to outsiders."

  "Uncle, what exactly is this place called Di Bi Qiong Lou?" Ye Chen asked again, looking at the serious expressions of Ye Cangxuan and the others.

  It's three o'clock again