Chapter 439
Less than ten minutes after Xue left, she returned to Zhang Yuan with the Liantian Gourd, "Master, I'm back."
"So soon?"
Zhang Yuan was surprised to see Xue coming back so soon, "Have you arranged for all your clansmen?"
He originally thought that Xue would be gone for quite a long time, and planned to go to the ruins of the ghost clan to explore first.
Xue replied: "The regent Eve has agreed to help settle the ghosts. Shangchuan is currently working with Eve, and Xue can't help there, so she settled all the ghosts in the palace and came back."
Hearing Xue's words, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but laugh: "Girl, why are you in such a hurry to come back? Can't you take this opportunity to have a good vacation?"
Xue: "Xue doesn't need a vacation."
"You..."
Zhang Yuan shook his head and smiled, then said: "Then let's go, take me to the ruins of your ghosts."
Xue was surprised: "Master, shouldn't we go to find the fragments of the godhood of Master Xue'er now?"
Zhang Yuan: "We are not sure whether the fragments of the godhood sensed by Lezi God are Xue'er's. Even if the fragments of the godhood are Xue'er's, it will take a while. We can't find it either."
"Isn't your brother waiting for you at the ghost clan ruins? Let's go there first and settle this grudge."
But Xue said: "Master, Xue's matter is not important, it's not worth you changing your schedule just for me."
"What do you mean it's not important? They are all important. Didn't Shangchuan say before that there is a secret passage here that can go directly to your ghost clan? Let's go through this side."
"Besides, do things one by one. Let's do things with clear goals first. Maybe there will be clues for things that are unclear, so that the efficiency can be the highest."
Under Zhang Yuan's strong request, Xue didn't say anything else, and nodded: "Okay, Master, follow me."
After that, Xue turned and walked into the cave, followed by Zhang Yuan, and the two walked into the secret passage together.
Zhang Yuan walked in the secret passage, looking at the red-hot stone bricks on both sides due to the high temperature inside the volcano, and asked: "Xue, why do you ghosts live in the volcanic area? I see that you don't have an affinity with the fire element. Isn't it hot to live here?"
Xue explained: "According to the historical records of our tribe, our ghosts chose to migrate to the volcanic area in order to avoid persecution by humans."
"This area is not suitable for human survival, and few people come here. So when our ancestors migrated here, although life was hard, they lived a stable life."
"Later, the ghosts became stronger, and some of them migrated to the mountains and forests with better environment. However, another part of the ghosts have lived in the volcanic area for many years and have become accustomed to the environment here, so they have been living here."
"Later, this place developed into a holy place for the ghosts. Even when the ghosts were strong and the ghosts were all over the world, this place was still a place for all the ghosts to make pilgrimages."
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When Xue introduced the history of the ghosts to Zhang Yuan, the two walked more than a thousand meters in the secret passage before finally reaching the end of the secret passage.
Clang! Clang!
Before they walked out of the secret passage, there was a "clang" sound outside, as if someone was mining.
A trace of surprise flashed in Xue's eyes, and she immediately looked at Zhang Yuan, "Master."
"Let's take a look at the situation first."
Zhang Yuan whispered, pulled Xue into the invisible state, and then walked out of the secret passage.
At this time, outside the secret passage, there was a huge magic crystal mine.
Many fully armed Sakura Country professionals were patrolling in the mine with weapons.
Under the supervision of those professionals, many miners with ghost horns were mining with shovels.
"Why are there so many ghosts?"
Zhang Yuan saw that all the miners were ghosts, and he was shocked, "Didn't Shangchuan say that there were only 52 ghosts?"
Zhang Yuan glanced in the mine, and there were at least thousands of ghost miners!
If these ghost miners are taken out, the declining ghost tribe will become stronger all of a sudden!
"Master... There is something wrong with these ghosts." At this time, Xue said in a deep voice, with a serious expression.
Zhang Yuan: "What's wrong?"
Xue: "They are all ghosts from 500 years ago, and many of them are even my subordinates."
"Ghosts from 500 years ago?" Zhang Yuan was shocked, "Can you ghosts live so long?"
Xue shook her head: "No, although the life span of ghosts is stronger than that of humans, the average life span is only 200 years. Unless you become a demigod, you will never live to this day."
Zhang Yuan: "In other words, someone forcibly extended their lifespan?"
Xue: "This may be done by my brother Jiao."
Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement: "Indeed, only gods can do this. Your brother Jiao became a demon god and extended theseThe life span of ghosts should not be difficult. "
"But what is his purpose? Spending so much effort to extend the life span of these ghosts, just to make them work as laborers? Does this make sense?"
Zhang Yuan was a little confused. After all, even if all the magic crystals in this mine were mined, it would probably not be enough to make a living being live for another 300 years.
This is a completely losing business.
Xue shook her head: "I don't know... I used to think I knew my brother very well, but when I saw him kill my parents with my own eyes, and then killed me, and made me into a puppet of the illusion demon... then I realized that I didn't know him at all. "
"Fortunately, the master rescued me from the hands of the illusion demon, giving me a chance for revenge. "
When Zhang Yuan heard Xue's words, he realized that Xue's heart was not just full of hatred for Jiao at this time, but she had more complicated emotions in her heart.
If it was really just to kill Jiao, instead of finding out the truth of Jiao's doing so, then Xue's knot in her heart would probably never be untied.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan said to Xue: "Xue, in this operation, I support all your decisions, but there is one thing you must promise me."
Xue: "Master, please tell me."
Zhang Yuan: "Don't be impulsive in everything. You must tell me before you make every choice."
Xue replied: "Master, even if you don't say it, I won't act on my own. I will only obey your orders."
Zhang Yuan shook his head: "No, I won't order you... All the choices this time are made by you, and I won't interfere."
"The reason why I want you to tell me the choice you made before the action is just because I want to make sure that I can help you bear all the consequences of your choice."
"This time, I will stand firmly behind you. ”
“Master…”
Xue stared at Zhang Yuan in a daze for a moment, then came back to her senses and said with a smile: “Master, don’t worry, Xue will never let you down.”
Zhang Yuan: “You have never let me down.”
Xue smiled slightly, then looked at the miners working below, and said to Zhang Yuan: “Master, Jiao must be nearby, I want to face him directly.”
“No problem.”
Zhang Yuan withdrew from the invisible state and smiled: “Go.”