mtlumby2d Chapter 372 Too Risky
Chapter 372 Too Risky
There was pitch darkness below, and the feeling of unknown fear and weightlessness of falling came together, making Yi Qianhuan nervous and subconsciously grabbing Ji Chilian's collar tightly.
Fortunately, Ji Chilian had estimated the distance just right. He stopped steadily when he was about to touch the ground, and landed with Yi Qianhuan in his arms.
His feet finally touched the ground again, Yi Qianhuan breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Ji Chilian with some resentment: "Master Du, you are taking too much of a risk!"
Other people came down slowly, but this man was different. He jumped down directly, scaring her so much that she even forgot to resist.
"Isn't it because the child is scared?" Ji Chilian looked at Wang Man who was already stunned. "I brought your mother down with me. Are you happy?"
"I'm so happy! Uncle, who are you? Why can you hug my mother?" Wang Man remembered that he had never seen any man appear next to his mother before.
"I'm your father." Ji Chilian handed Wang Man a paper bag of preserved fruits, "Call me dad."
Wang Man stuffed his mouth with preserved fruit and said incoherently: "Dad!"
Seeing Ji Chilian responded, Yi Qianhuan was speechless.
Soon after, Yi Mobao, Shen Yubao, He Jiashu, Zhang, and Liuli all went down into the cave, while the Jinyiwei were responsible for keeping watch outside.
After entering the cave, there is a rugged road that looks like a maze, with several forks.
Fortunately, Wang Man knew the way. He seemed to come here often and knew everything here well. He led everyone around and finally arrived at a mine.
There are traces of excavation everywhere in the mine, and there are large and small pits on the mountain walls. If you look closely, you can find a lot of black stones and some colorful powder scattered on the ground.
Yi Qianhuan carefully illuminated the night pearl in her hand: "These colorful powders seem to come from ore."
"This is the powder left by the villagers after they mined the colorful stones." Wang Man said as he squatted beside the powder, looking at it with greed in his eyes, "This powder is very precious. Before, if any of it fell on the ground, the villagers would lick it clean."
"Wang Man!" Seeing Wang Man sticking out his tongue to lick the powder on the ground, Yi Qianhuan's heart tightened and he quickly stopped him, "Do you know what this powder on the ground is? How can you eat it carelessly?"
Wang Man was frightened by Yi Qianhuan's harsh words. He shrank his neck and said, "Mom, didn't you always say that this is a good thing? You and the villagers like it so much, and I like it too! After taking this powder, my whole body feels strong and comfortable!"
"You can't eat that either." Yi Qianhuan looked at the powder of the minerals and for some reason he suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Her sixth sense has always been effective, and these colorful mineral powders are most likely not good things.
When Wang Man heard this, an expression of obvious frustration appeared on his face.
However, he did not disobey Yi Qianhuan's order. He just licked the remaining powder and black soil on his lips and laughed out loud.
"Everyone, look carefully to see if there is any more of this ore called seven-colored stone in the mine." Ji Chilian said.
Everyone quickly began to search.
But the entire mine had been completely mined and the colorful stones had been dug out. Everyone worked for three hours until almost dawn, and everyone only collected some fragments.
All these fragments added together are not even the size of Qian Huan's fingernail.
With the light of the Night Pearl, Yi Qianhuan clearly saw the colorful light flashing on these stones: "This is the first time I have seen colorful minerals."
"It's really magical. I don't know what the function of this mineral is." Ji Chilian said.
"Could it be possible to sell it for money? Didn't He Jiashu just say that the villagers in Qili Village are very rich?" Yi Mobao made a bold guess.
"So, you have also seen these colorful stones?" Shen Yubao turned his head and looked at the couple.
Both the husband and wife looked puzzled and shook their heads frantically to deny Shen Yubao's guess.
"This is impossible! We have never seen this kind of colorful stone before!" He Jiashu was very sure, and his serious look showed that he was not lying.
"Could it be that the thing the village chief said is hidden in the ancestral hall and you can't see it for the time being is this colorful stone? Maybe when you pass the test in the future, the village chief will bring you here." Yi Qianhuan guessed.
"So, there is no evil god in Qili Village. The key to all problems lies in these colorful stones." Yi Qianhuan understood everything at once.
They guessed wrong from the beginning.
There are no evil gods enshrined in the ancestral hall, and the villagers are not considered to be members of a cult.
This ancestral hall is actually just a cover-up for a mine. The villagers are probably pretending to farm, but in fact every household is digging these minerals for sale, which is how every household can make a fortune.
Because He Jiashu and his wife were outsiders, the villagers did not trust them at first, so they gave them some temptations and tests.
If there had not been the fire that year, the He couple would have passed the test in a while and would have been qualified to enter the mine.
"The villagers dug up these colorful stones, so where did they transport them?" Ji Chilian looked at Yi Qianhuan and asked.
Yi Qianhuan shook his head, having no clue.
"Sold! Sold! We sold these stones to a group of people wearing red clothes! Those people were very handsome. They wore scarves with a big insect on it, shining with gold!" Wang Man laughed again at this time.
"A big golden beast? What does it look like specifically? Can you draw it for mother to see?" Yi Qianhuan immediately came to Wang Man.
After hearing this, Wang Man looked conflicted. He held a small wooden stick in his hand and scratched the ground for a long time. Finally, a long strip shape appeared.
But the shape looks messy and rough, making it difficult to tell what Wang Man wanted to draw through the pattern.
Yi Qianhuan patiently guided Wang Man: "Wang Man, everything you are doing now is a test from mother. You need to pass mother's test before you can live with mother in the future. Draw the golden insect well, come on, don't be in a hurry."
Wang Man spent a long time drawing but couldn’t finish it. He looked at Yi Qianhuan nervously and finally burst into tears: “I lied, I didn’t see the golden bug. It was Xiao Douzi from the village who told me that he saw the golden bug’s face scarf, but I didn’t see it! Woohoo, mother, don’t be angry, don’t let the village chief kill me!”
Seeing Wang Man's sudden emotional collapse, Yi Qianhuan patiently coaxed him, "Why did the village chief want to kill you?"
"Because, because Xiaodouzi died because he said he saw the golden tiger! At that time, everyone said that Xiaodouzi drowned accidentally, but, but when I went to play with Xiaodouzi that day, I saw that he didn't drown, but was pressed into the river by the village chief and couldn't climb out..."
"So, those who purchased the colorful stones did not want their identities to be revealed, so Xiaodouzi was silenced by the village chief after just seeing some of them." Yi Qianhuan said.