"This person is ungrateful and insists on sneaking into the lake to play. Let's wait for the river beast to swallow him and take away the wealth he left behind. Isn't it a pleasure? Miao Xiong, do you have to remind this guy?" The white-faced young man next to the bearded man was looking forward to something happening to Chen Hai, and the bearded should not remind Chen Hai.

This man thought he lowered his voice, but he didn't expect that even if the wind and water were surging here, Chen Hai could still hear the slight sound of ants within a hundred feet. He smiled in his heart. He raised all kinds of people with rice. The man with curly beard seemed rude, but he was kind-hearted. The young man with white face wanted others to encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters. He was like a fisherman to benefit.

"We are all traveling hard to the world, so it's because we can meet each other. Brother He, how can you have such thoughts?" The bearded man scolded his companion unhappily.

The white-faced young man was scolded by the bearded man, and his face was a little uneasy, and he said angrily: "It's this guy who is seeking death himself. What's wrong with me? I was just a joke just now. Can you really take it Miao Xiong?"

Another young man was a peacemaker, and advised the white-faced young man to say less and finally climb Lukai Gorge. They could not ruin their mood for irrelevant outsiders.

Chen Hai just smiled in his heart, and slowly dived into the bottom of the lake against the rugged shore of the strange rocks, but it was not enough to just dive into the bottom of the lake. If there was a gold quenching ore at the bottom of the lake, it would inevitably settle under the extremely deep sand mud.

At this time, Chen Hai destroyed the true energy of the whole body, and bursts of light golden divine lights emerged from his body. His body looked like a light golden shuttle, and he drilled into the mud of the lake.

There is no special mystery in this earth escape method. Almost everyone can practice the mysterious cultivation of the Spirit Realm. However, compared with the method of controlling wind and water, drilling into the soil and even rock layers, the true magic power consumed is much greater, and the movement is much greater. Fortunately, the lake is hundreds of meters deep, and it is surging and turbulent, and others cannot detect the movement at the bottom of the lake even when they stand by the lake.

No one knows how thick sediment has accumulated in the lake for six or seven thousand years. Chen Hai used the Earth Escape Art to squeeze nearly four hundred meters deep into the sand and mud. Although the gravel layer is getting thicker and thicker, it is still some distance away from the real rock layer at the bottom of the lake.

Chen Hai did not continue to drill deeper. After he drilled to about 300 meters, he could confirm that the content of the quenching gold sand ore in the lake mud had smelting value. He had now penetrated the lake mud for 400 meters and was not at the end, which means that the Tianxuan Lake had deposited at least nearly one hundred meters thick gold sand ore layer.

Although the area of ​​Tianxuan Lake is much smaller than that of Juquanling, it is also worthy of the Jingjue Du Guardian to send troops to occupy it.

Chen Hai floated up and it was dark, but the three young men were still burning a bonfire by the lake and drinking around the ground. They didn't expect Chen Hai to dive at the bottom of this lake for so long, and they thought Chen Hai had walked from the bottom of the lake to another place.

Of course, although Chen Hai is only at the late stage of Tongxuan Realm in the eyes of the three young men, it is not surprising that anyone has a few water-breathing talismans with extraordinary grades in his hands.

"Brother, have you ever found any treasure at the bottom of this lake?" The white-faced young man's eyes were deep, his eagle nose was narrow, and he knew it was a Qianghu man at a glance. He stared at him with gloomy eyes and asked jokingly.

Chen Hai dived into the bottom of the lake for so long, it is easy to remind people of him diving into the bottom of the lake for treasures - many Xuanxiu and martial artists often do this in the world, otherwise it would be impossible to explain that Chen Hai would dive at the bottom of the lake for so long.

Chen Hai didn't mind others misunderstanding that he was a treasure hunter, but at this time he was dressed in a short collar, pressing against his body wet, spreading his hands, signaling himself to come ashore half-naked, and to find any treasure at the bottom of the lake, without any place to hide it.

"Don't mind, can this brother come over and drink a glass of wine to warm up your body?" The bearded man sings to invite Chen Haidao.

"Thank you, Chen Lin, Mengcheng, Tianshui County, has seen many brothers," Chen Hai walked over and introduced himself first, saying, "Zhang Xiong suddenly started a war, seized the capital of Ye family, and drove the daughter of Dong family. At this time, I didn't know Dong's attitude. I was afraid that Dong would be arrested as a spy, so I dared not easily borrow the passage from Hexi to Tianshui County. I have been trapped in Cargill, Heiqiu and other cities these days. I have only arrived at Lucheng today to see if there is a caravan going to Hexi..."

Lucheng still chose neutrality at this time and was relatively relaxed in and out of the people. However, if Chen Hai wanted to inquire about more information alone, he also needed to fabricate a relatively reliable identity and contact Lucheng's business travel.

"Oh." The bearded man frowned and didn't believe Chen Hai's words. He also showed it directly on his face. His attitude suddenly became cold, as if he regretted inviting Chen Hai over to drink.

Chen Hai liked this straight-minded man who was not blind, but if he wanted to enter the city today, it would be difficult for him to create a flawless identity; but the young man who was used to being a peacemaker didn't think there was anything suspicious about Chen Hai, so he enthusiastically invited him to sit down, poured a bowl of wine and handed it over, and introduced their identities.

The man with a bearded man was named Miao Xiong, the young man with a white face was named He Chengzhang, and the young man with a peacekeeper was named He Dechang. They were all from Changle City in the western part of the Pinglu Oasis. They were low-level military officers in Changle City. They were ordered to escort the caravan of the Lord of Changle City to Hexi. They were also trapped in Lucheng and could not move forward or retreat.

The position of Lord Changle City has been in the hands of the He family after Emperor Yitian's Western Expedition. He Chengzhang and He Dechang should be both descendants of the He family. The He family did not clearly stand up and say that they surrendered to the rebellion, nor did they clearly say that they supported the remnants of the Ye family. Like the aristocratic families that jointly controlled Lucheng, they were all neutral. Therefore, Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang, and He Dechang were not very hostile to Chen Hai, who was born in Yanzhou.

However, while sitting down to drink, Chen Hai could still feel that Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang, He Dechang and others did not mind doing business with Hexi, and even expected that the trade route that was interrupted due to the rebellion and war would be opened early, but they did not forget the bloody war twenty years ago and did not support Dong's transitional intervention in the affairs of Pinglu Oasis.

Even with issues such as Dong Ning's identity at this time and the restoration of the Ye family, Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang and He Dechang had different opinions and positions.

In the view of He Dechang, who is weak-hearted, since Dong Ning has married into the Western Qiang Kingdom, they should recognize her identity as the young concubine and support the restoration of the Ye family.

He Chengzhang looked indifferent, and hoped that when the Ye family competed for the country with Zhang, he could find a chance to make a fortune.

In the view of Miao Xiong, who is the most straightforward, Dong Ning is just a puppet and chess piece of Dong's family's involvement in the Oasis of Pinglu. Ye's family will inevitably be more controlled by the Dong family by restoring the country with the power of Dong. By this time, the Ye family could no longer be considered the royal family of the Western Qiang Kingdom. However, Miao Xiong did not recognize the rebellious Zhang family, which was usurped by the throne.

If we stand on the standpoint of the people of the Western Qiang Kingdom, Miao Xiong can be said to have extraordinary insights and the firmest mind. If the Western Qiang Kingdom really does not have so many chaotic things, Miao Xiong's future achievements should be far above He Chengzhang and He Dechang.

Drinking wine and enjoying the beautiful moonlight of Lukai Gorge. In the early morning, Miao He and his other two packed their bags and returned to Lucheng. He Dechang also invited Chen Hai to travel with them to Lucheng. Chen Hai did not refuse, and walked down Lukai Gorge and saw the old thin black horse left at the foot of the mountain when he climbed the mountain and tied to the poplar tree beside the pool.

After riding a horse from Heyuan to Lucheng for more than a hundred miles, the sky was already bright and the city gate was opened and it was hard to go in and out.

Although Lucheng remained neutral at this time, it greatly strengthened its combat readiness compared with the past.

No matter where the business trips walking in the Xixia Corridor are starting and ending, Lucheng, located on the eastern edge of Pinglu Oasis, is the resting point chosen by most business trips, which highlights that Lucheng is not only in terms of city scale, but also in Pinglu Oasis, and is second only to the capital on the north bank of the Pinglu Sea.

In addition to the development of business and tourism, Lucheng's handicraft industry closely related to business and tourism is also extremely developed - this is also the second important factor that Chen Hai values ​​Lucheng. The development of handicrafts means that Lucheng has a large number of skilled craftsmen and craftsmen, and also has many handicraft workshops and workshops.

The residents in the city alone are as high as 70,000 to 80,000, which is far higher than those in cities where animal husbandry and agricultural operations are the main ones.

After Emperor Yitian's war in the west, the Western Qiang Kingdom was restored, but the Ye royal family failed to reach Lucheng, and no aristocratic family monopolized Lucheng.

At this time, there were five relatively important aristocratic families in Lucheng, all of which were strong men from the Mingqiao Realm to take charge of the situation. It was the alliance of five tribes that controlled Lucheng's military, handicrafts and business travel affairs. Even if the position of the city lord was the five families taking turns to sit.

In the past, Lucheng had a total of 2,000 guards under the City Lord's Mansion, so Lucheng was extremely wealthy. In addition to recruiting brave soldiers in the city, he also recruited a large number of martial arts cultivators with cultivation as military officers in the entire Pinglu Oasis, and his military armor was also very well-equipped, making the Lucheng City Guards a strong combat power in more than 40 cities in the Pinglu Oasis.

Of course, the Lucheng Guards were ultimately in the hands of the children of the five Lucheng tribes.

At this time, Chen Hai looked at the walls and streets of Lucheng carefully, and suspected that Lucheng had expanded its military equipment during this period, and the scale of the city guards had increased by more than doubled, and at this time it should be more than 4,000 people.

Lucheng did not reject the incoming and outing of Yanzhou at this time. Chen Hai and the guards of the city paid a tax. After entering the city, they separated from Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang and He Dechang, saying that they were going to find their residence. They walked to an alley in the west of the city and knocked on the gate of a yard. However, they saw that Qi Hanjiang opened the door and welcomed Chen Hai in.

"You really are you here in person?"

Qi Hanjiang was startled as he saw Chen Hai's face twisting slightly for a while, and then turned back to his original rough and unruly appearance.
Chapter completed!