CHAPTER 324: CHAPTER 186: WHO IS HE?

Yun Sheng had no choice but to withdraw her hand. Whatever lay behind this odd wall, she didn’t have the time to break through it today.

When Yun Sheng returned, the Illusion Gold Beast proved to be quite helpful. In just over an hour, it had mined Purple Gold Ores weighing no less than a hundred catties, which was enough for Yun Sheng and Liu Zi to complete their task.

As the two carried the Purple Gold Ores out, Sixth Son’s father found it somewhat peculiar how they suddenly acquired so much Purple Gold Ore, but he didn’t ask any further questions.

The mysterious people brought in a new group of miners who worked tirelessly day and night, continuously for 24 hours, clearly intent on extracting the entire Purple Gold Vein within a short period.

Yun Sheng estimated that with the current number of villagers and the pace of extraction, this vein would be completely mined out in about ten days; she didn’t have much time left.

"Well done, tonight each of you will get an extra bun. Now, transport the ores you’ve mined to the western zone," the leader of the mysterious people examined the progress and found that even the seemingly frail young villagers had dug up fifty catties of ore each.

"Is this the Purple Gold Ore that was mined?" Yun Sheng heard a female voice while she was bending over to move the Purple Gold Ore.

Hearing this voice, a shiver went down Yun Sheng’s spine, and she quickly lowered her head.

Xuan Meimei entered the mine and casually picked up a piece of Purple Gold Ore to weigh it in her hand.

The appearance of Xuan Meimei made Yun Sheng realize that Dihong City might somehow be connected to this vein.

She immediately thought of the city-slaughtering battle from years ago and surmised that Dihong City might have been eyeing this vein since then.

"Lady Xuan, please put down the ore. According to the agreement between our master and you, all ores must be transported out before they can be divided," the leader of the mysterious people spoke in an official tone, which displeased Xuan Meimei greatly.

The spoiled Xuan Meimei raised her eyebrows and snapped at the leader, "Who do you think you are, speaking to me in that tone? Without us, could you even have found this Purple Gold Vein?"

"Lady Xuan, you provided the ore vein map, but without our master, could you get a share of this Purple Gold?" The leader was also a shrewd person.

For Dihong City’s siblings to reign so dominantly here had long been a source of dissatisfaction for the mysterious people, who had kept the initial agreement and thus far refrained from breaking ties with them.

Although the Purple Gold Ore had been mined, as the most special kind of ore on the continent, it could only be purified after special smelting.

The technology of smelting and purifying ore is, across the entire continent, something only a few specially trained mages can accomplish.

Although Xuan Meimei was domineering, she was well aware that they indeed needed this group of mysterious people for this batch of ores.

To vent her anger, she threw the ore with force and stormed out.

Yun Sheng breathed a sigh of relief; being recognized by Xuan Meimei would not have been a good situation.

However, she also began to doubt the identity of the mysterious people, sensing that there might be more than just the forces of Dihong City and the mysterious people involved with this vein.

Considering this, Yun Sheng, along with Liu Zi and the others, proceeded to transport the ores to the western zone.

There, Yun Sheng and her group saw nearly a ton of Purple Gold Ore.

She also saw several mages clad in Magic Cloaks and several Magic Arrays.

Yun Sheng pretended to dawdle for a moment and observed that once the villagers transported the ores, the mages took them into the Magic Array and vanished.

Clearly, this group of mysterious people were extremely cautious in their dealings. They must be refining the Purple Gold Ores elsewhere. Over the past half a month, tons of Purple Gold Ore had already been transported out through these Magic Arrays.

"What are you looking at!" Perhaps because Yun Sheng took a few extra glances, a whip came lashing over from a mysterious person monitoring her at her side.

Yun Sheng dared not resist with Magic Elemental Power, so she could only grit her teeth and withstand the whip. The whip, with its sharp barbs, whistled through the air, aiming for Yun Sheng’s slender shoulders.

With a "snap," a hand suddenly intercepted, grabbing the whip mid-air.

The barbs of the whip entangled around the fingers of the newcomer.

A mysterious person stood next to Yun Sheng, catching the whip barehanded.

When leaving the mine just earlier, this mysterious person had been following Yun Sheng without saying a word. Now, with his sudden intervention, Yun Sheng was somewhat surprised.

Seeing that their own side had made the move, the whip-wielding mysterious person couldn’t help but flare up in anger.

"What are you doing?" The mysterious person tried to swing the whip again only to find that it was stuck firmly in the hand of their opponent.

Those summoned for this task force to collect ores were all top-notch Martial Artists or Mages from within the country, and most of them, because of the masks, did not know each other’s identities.

But all of them, except for the minor leaders, were more or less equal in strength.

To the mysterious people, all the villagers here would eventually be killed once the ore collection was complete, so they treated the villagers very badly, acting moody - giving extra food when pleased, and randomly beating and scolding when not.

The mysterious person next to her just snorted and with a sudden tensing of his fingers like eagle claws, he exerted force, and the whip, strong enough to shatter a rock of several dozens of pounds, instantly broke into several pieces.

The person who had used the whip stumbled backward, unsteadily, after losing its resistance.

With just one hand, it was clear that the person’s strength far exceeded their own.

Staring perplexedly at the broken whip, they dared not retaliate for the time being.

"The boss said to be more careful recently. Inside Great Zhou City, people are already watching us, and capturing newcomers will be difficult. Do not kill at will; these people are the main workforce for extracting ore. Losing one means more delays, and it’s not worth it," said the mysterious person who had intervened, their voice unfamiliar to Yun Sheng as she looked sideways at them.

Because of the mask, she could only faintly make out the contour of the person’s face.

The man had a profoundly deep profile, a wide forehead, a nose bridge as sharp as if it was chiseled, beautifully shaped lips, and deep brown eyes.

But beyond that, Yun Sheng felt no sense of familiarity with him at all.

If it wasn’t for the fact that she had notified her second uncle in advance, Yun Sheng would have thought that this person had impersonated him to infiltrate their ranks.

"Humph, get lost immediately," the mysterious person glanced fiercely at Yun Sheng and the others in anger.

Sixth Son’s father hurriedly pulled Yun Sheng away.

After walking a good distance, Yun Sheng couldn’t help but look back at the mysterious person.

It was the time of sunset, a ray of the setting sun spilled over the man, coating his broad shoulders with a layer of gold.

For a moment, Yun Sheng felt as if she was witnessing the arrival of an Emperor.

Those deep brown eyes, under the sunlight, turned the color of glaze, twinkling with every movement.