Ma Cheng continued, "I really envy you two. The mine tunnels on the eighth floor here are famously peaceful. There have never been any major accidents. I don't know how you two were assigned here alone. This has never happened before."
Xiao Chen began to really thank Ye Lai now. If it hadn't been for him, he might have been one of the warriors who met the Corpse King, and he might have turned into a corpse by now.
Nothing changed in the following days. Xiao Chen still patrolled during the day and practiced swordplay at night. It's just that two people have become three people. Life is not as boring as usual, and the three of them talk a lot more.
Mu Xinya still went out for a long time every day and met with Supervisor Li every now and then. However, Xiao Chen still couldn't understand what they said, so he could only be vigilant secretly. There was no other way.
brush!
In a dead end, Xiao Chenren was in the air. Before he could draw his sword, a gust of breeze blew up in the air. After the Yueying Sword was unsheathed, the blade flashed with a faint light in the breeze.
In the breeze, it was fleeting. After Xiao Chen landed, his face showed an expression of joy. He had finally mastered the second stage of Qingfeng Slash.
There are three stages of Qingfeng Slash. The first stage is to hide one's murderous intention and eliminate one's own murderous intention so that people cannot quickly sense the timing of the move.
Qingfeng Slash, Qingfeng Slash, does the Qingfeng come first or does the chopping come first? The Qingfeng is in front and the knife is behind. It should definitely be the Qingfeng first and then the chopping. But if you don't use the knife to bring up the airflow in the air, how can there be a breeze.
Therefore, the second stage of Qingfeng Slash is to practice until there is Qingfeng first and then the slash. After working hard for more than half a month, Xiao Chen finally completed this second stage.
To begin the third stage of the attack on Qingfeng Slash, which is the impact of the Dacheng Realm, only the breeze can be seen but the sword cannot be seen.
If you can practice to completely hide the blade in the breeze, so that the enemy cannot find the direction of the sword, then the breeze slash will be completely perfect.
"I've finally mastered it. It seems that my talent is pretty good. It took me half a month to practice the Qingfeng Slash to a medium level. Before the end of the month, I might be able to practice it to a great level." Xiao Chen said happily.
After continuing to practice for a while, as usual, Xiao Chen began to walk towards the stone room after practicing until his energy was exhausted.
"Master Ye!" A somewhat ethereal voice came over.
This voice was very familiar to Xiao Chen. Normally, miners and supervisors would greet Xiao Chen like this when they saw him. They turned around and saw that it was indeed a supervisor they had seen before.
After waiting in the dark mine tunnel for what seemed like a long time, Xiao Chen stopped and asked, "Supervisor Zhao, how did you find me?"
Supervisor Zhao said feebly: "I wanted to find Mr. Xiao some time ago. My miners found out that Mr. Xiao often goes out to practice swordsmanship at night, so I waited here."
Xiao Chen nodded. It was no secret that he went out to practice at night. "What do you want from me? Did you encounter a mummy?"
Supervisor Zhao's face, which had not seen the sun all year round, was extremely pale after cleaning. Matching his numb eyes, it looked a bit desolate. "No, brothers have been mysteriously disappearing recently. I didn't pay attention at first, because from time to time in the mine, It’s normal for a lot of people to disappear.”
"But after I inquired with other supervisors, I found that someone there also disappeared. This is really a disappearance. In the past, even if the brothers disappeared, their bodies could be found, but this time they couldn't even find their bodies."
Xiao Chen frowned slightly. From what Supervisor Zhao said, it was obvious that the disappearances were premeditated. Someone was manipulating all of this behind the scenes. One or two of each Supervisor were missing.
The number may not seem large, but when combined, the number is a bit scary. There are a total of more than 20 supervisors in the mine, and each supervisor leads more than 100 miners.
One or two disappear every time, and the total number may be hundreds. Who is it that makes these miners disappear silently
Xiao Chen retracted his thoughts and said to Supervisor Zhao: "I know this situation. I will tell Elder Ye tomorrow."
Supervisor Zhao hesitated for a moment, with an expression on his face as if he was struggling for something, and finally made up his mind and said: "Master Ye, we have several brothers, and the five-year period will be up after the end of this month. Now this is happening. This kind of thing makes people panic. If you want to go out early, you can get less money. "
Xiao Chen looked embarrassed when he heard this, and said: "There is no precedent for this before, and this matter is not my responsibility, so what I say will not work."
Supervisor Zhao said anxiously: "Master Ye, you are a good person. We all know that the previous caregivers did not regard miners like us as human beings. They laughed at us with cold eyes and sometimes even beat people. You are here to act like this." Jiu, he never gave us a look, everyone knows that.”
What Supervisor Zhao said, Xiao Chen heard from Ma Cheng that many of the disciples of Tiandao Pavilion who took on this task could not stand the boring life in the mines, and would take it out on the miners. It was a very common thing.
Xiao Chen smiled bitterly. If he did nothing, even if he was a good person, good people in this world might be too cheap.
"Master Ye, I kneel down for you. You must help me with this. Those people will have their five-year period expired at the end of the month. If something unexpected happens, it won't be worth it!"
Seeing that Xiao Chen was silent, Supervisor Zhao plopped down and knelt down directly in front of Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen was shocked and quickly helped Supervisor Zhao up and said, "I can tell you on behalf of Uncle Ye, if it can be done." OK, I don’t dare to vouch for it.”
Supervisor Zhao said gratefully: "As long as you can say something, I would like to thank Mr. Ye first, and I will take my leave."
Watching Supervisor Zhao leave, Xiao Chen fell into deep thought. He had always looked on with a cold eye to Mu Xinya's affairs, but now it seemed that things were getting more and more wrong.
The next day, Xiao Chen began to secretly visit other supervisors and inquire about the situation. He always acted cautiously, and what Supervisor Zhao said was more serious.
Regardless of whether he lied or not, he can never understand the truth of the matter by telling one side of the story.
In one day, more than 20 supervisors had completed their inquiries. As Supervisor Zhao said, almost all the miners under the supervisors had mysteriously disappeared.
There were five or six more, and one or two less. After thinking for a long time, Xiao Chen found Supervisor Li and his group of miners with Mu Xinya and Ma Cheng on his back.
"Hey, Mr. Ye, why are you alone, and where are the other two little adults?" As usual, Supervisor Li greeted Xiao Chen warmly after seeing him.
Xiao Chen nodded in agreement and said, "Supervisor Li, have any of your miners mysteriously disappeared recently?"
Supervisor Li recalled it carefully, and then replied: "I haven't heard of it. There is no one missing here. Why, did something happen to the young master?"
The moment he spoke, Xiao Chen carefully observed his expression, but still found nothing. Xiao Chen said lightly: "It's nothing, just ask, I'll leave first."
Xiao Chen walked to a corner and stopped. His consciousness turned into a thin thread and he continued to observe. I don't believe you can hide it so well.
"Supervisor, what did the supervisor ask you just now?" Several miners ran over and asked.
Supervisor Li waved his hand and said, "Do your job and don't ask any questions."
After observing for a long time, Supervisor Li was still digging the mine seriously as usual with a group of miners. His expression did not change at all, and there was no abnormal expression at all because of Xiao Chen's question.
Could it be that the person who had been meeting with Mu Xinya in the past few days was not Supervisor Li? Xiao Chen withdrew his consciousness and wondered in his heart, how could a normal person hide it so deeply
Xiao Chen withdrew his consciousness and shook his head, somewhat confused about the problem.
After Xiao Chen's figure disappeared, Supervisor Li threw away the mine manuscript in his hand. His eyes seemed to penetrate the wall, looking at Xiao Chen's leaving back, with murderous intent in his eyes.
When he arrived at the headquarters on this floor, he happened to meet Ye. Xiao Chen quickly stepped forward and told Ye everything about what he found out today, and finally told him the requirements mentioned by Supervisor Zhao.
After hearing this, Ye said calmly: "Yes, I understand. You can go back first."
Seeing that Ye didn't care at all, Xiao Chen said uneasily: "Master Ye, those people's five-year period is almost up anyway. It doesn't matter if they reduce some of their remuneration and let those miners leave."
Ye seemed very busy and was about to leave. After hearing Xiao Chen's words, he stopped and said: "You only look at the problem from your perspective. Fifty miners, it's okay to leave for a while. It's about to expire anyway." ”
"But have you ever thought about what will happen if a large number of miners leave at this time? There are more than 2,000 miners in the mine. People's hearts are already unstable. Have you ever thought about what will happen?"
If a large number of miners really leave at this time, it will definitely trigger a complete panic among other miners. When it spreads, the matter may not end.
Xiao Chen instantly thought of the scene after this, but this is the truth, but Xiao Chen always felt that something was wrong.
"Let's go. I know all the things you said, and I will deal with them in two days." Seeing Xiao Chen's silence, Ye comforted him.
Xiao Chen thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Ye, don't leave yet. I have something to report."
After thinking for a long time, although there was no evidence, Xiao Chen finally decided to tell Ye that there was something wrong with Mu Xinya and Supervisor Li.
The expression on Ye's face remained unchanged after hearing this, and he said: "We are all from the same sect. If there is no evidence, don't make random reports."
Xiao Chen said unconvinced: "Uncle Ye, I..."
Ye directly interrupted him and said: "You don't have to say anything, go back quickly. If there is no evidence in the future and you make such a small report again, I won't be polite."