(Thanks to book friend "The Wolf Walking Alone in the Night" for the tip!)
The sun was shining brightly and the sky was as clear as blue.
Breathing the air with the scent of vegetation in the mountains, Zhao Yanxun couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy.
They were quite lucky. While going out to search for meteorites, they met another hunter who entered the mountain.
This man was captured by Zhao Yanxun and asked to be a guide into the mountain.
Of course, this was not in vain. Zhao Yanxun directly gave this man twenty taels of silver, which was enough for the hunter to earn for half a year.
"How far is it?" Zhao Yanxun asked.
Zhang Ermu, who was leading the way, stopped, turned around and replied cautiously: "To tell you what the prince is saying, it's right in front of me. I've never been here before... so I only know a rough idea!"
It turned out that on the day the meteorite fell, Zhang Ermu was rushing back from the mountains when he saw a sky fire falling on the distant mountains, which is where he led Zhao Yanxun and his party.
It was dark at the time and they couldn't see exactly where they landed, so they had to look for it slowly.
In fact, this already made Zhao Yanxun feel lucky, at least he didn't have to search all over the mountains and plains.
"Look around. Meteorites are different from other stones. Once you find them, don't get close. You must inform me first!"
"Whoever discovers the meteorite first will be rewarded fifty taels of silver!"
This last sentence can be said to have greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of the guards. Fifty taels is already a lot of money.
The guards all got busy. This mountain range was three to five miles long and wide. It only took at least an hour for more than twenty guards to search like a carpet.
Seeing his men busy, Xu Hong, standing next to Zhao Yanxun, said: "Your Majesty, I have a question!"
"Say it!" Zhao Yanxun looked calm.
"Your Majesty, since all the monsters have been killed, why are we still looking for this Laoshizi meteorite?"
Zhao Yanxun did not answer directly, but smiled and said: "Isn't the monster last night scary?"
Xu Hong thought for a while and said: "It's scary..."
Although he didn't want to admit it, Xu Hong still spoke out his inner thoughts when he thought of the thrill last night.
"There were only six last night, which left you at a loss. If there were sixty, six hundred, six thousand... or even endless monsters, what would the world be like?"
There are endless monsters. Just thinking about that scene makes Xu Hong shudder.
"Your Highness, what does this have to do with meteorites?" Xu Hong asked, grasping the key point.
"Because this meteorite is the source of monsters and the bane of the world!" Zhao Yanxun said solemnly.
After hearing this, Xu Hong understood the relationship.
But Xu Hong was extremely puzzled as to why meteorites produced monsters, but he kept the question in his mind for the time being and planned to find another opportunity to ask again.
Zhao Yanxun randomly found a stone to sit on. Anyway, he was covered in mud now, so it didn't matter whether he was dirty or not.
At this moment, he is more concerned about whether the people below can find the meteorite.
Fortunately, hard work paid off, and less than half an hour later, a guard came over excitedly.
"I found it... Your Majesty, I found the meteorite!"
This guy was also a thief. In order to prevent others from claiming the credit, he simply came to Zhao Yanxun before revealing the situation.
"Where?" Zhao Yanxun asked immediately.
"Your Majesty, right in front!"
"lead the way!"
Afterwards, Zhao Yanxun followed the guard and hurried towards the side of the mountain.
After walking forward for only three minutes, Zhao Yanxun and his party arrived at their destination. At this moment, the other guards followed.
He stopped and looked at the carbonized forest in front of him and the big black stone in the middle. There was no doubt that this was the meteorite.
Black energy, rich black energy, is constantly being emitted.
The position three feet away from it was covered by the black air radiation, and Zhao Yanxun and his party were standing three feet away.
"It was this stone that turned the Orion family into monsters. Everyone must stand three feet away, otherwise they will die!" Zhao Yanxun said coldly.
The guards did not dare to neglect, no one wanted to become a monster and die without any dignity.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Yanxun gathered a pile of mud from the ground and threw it onto the meteorite.
Sure enough, after the thin mud fell, it directly blocked the black air in that area, and Zhao Yanxun immediately had an idea.
"The slime can cover meteorites, throw slime on top!"
After hearing this, the guards took action one after another, and soon the large meteorite that the two of them hugged was completely covered by the mud.
Then Zhao Yanxun ordered people to dig a hole again. The meteorite was so big that it had to be buried deeper.
This meant that a big hole had to be dug. Fortunately, there were many guards on site, so the hole could be dug fairly quickly.
Zhao Yanxun dug a pit next to the meteorite and ordered someone to get a rope, hoping to pull the stone into the pit after tying it.
Three feet away, everyone is now strung on a rope, and another section is tied to the tip of the meteorite.
"pull……"
Zhao Yanxun roared, and everyone pulled hard together, and one side of the meteorite suddenly lifted off the ground.
"Keep pulling..." Zhao Yanxun shouted, and if you look carefully, he is also among the guards.
Everyone worked hard together again, and the huge meteorite suddenly lost its center of gravity and fell right into the pit.
Everyone cheered, and Zhao Yanxun also breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
Looking at Orion who was leading the way, Zhao Yanxun said solemnly: "Don't talk about today's matter to the outside world. You will always keep this matter in your stomach."
"Yes, I understand!" Zhang Ermu quickly replied.
He wasn't interested in meteorites to begin with, let alone knowing that it was an evil object, so he wouldn't even think about it.
The guards kept throwing mud into the pit, until the black air stopped coming out, and Zhao Yanxun ordered people to go forward and bury it.
The next thing was simple. The guards filled the pit with rocks and soil, and soon the pit was restored to level ground.
At this time, Xu Hong came to Zhao Yanxun and said: "Your Majesty, since this stone is so dangerous, outsiders must not be reliable. In my opinion... it is better to kill the hunter, and the secret of this place will be kept!"
To be honest, Zhao Yanxun also had this kind of thought, but in the end he denied it.
Killing someone and silencing them is indeed the simplest and most effective way, but once it starts, you won't be able to stop it from now on.
Glancing at the honest Zhang Ermu in the distance, Zhao Yanxun said in a deep tone: "Kill him...who will lead us out of the mountain!"
In fact, Xu Hong wanted to tell Zhao Yanxun before killing him, but he was a smart man after all, and now he understood Zhao Yanxun's intention.
At this moment, the guards have laid branches of vegetation in the crater area, and the camouflage of the place has been completed.
"It's time to go back!" Zhao Yanxun said calmly.
After being out for a day and a night, people in the palace must have been extremely anxious.
He, the prince, is the foundation for the survival of the palace. To be honest, he should not be out and running around. If he was not careful last night, Zhao Yanxun would explain it here.
But with high risk and high reward, Zhao Yanxun gained a lot this time, and he directly filled up the skills in the first round.
Although the difficulty of subsequent upgrades increases, this is what it should be, otherwise the abilities may not be fully utilized quickly.
Following Zhao Yanxun's order, the guards gathered around one after another, and after counting all their men, Zhao Yanxun ordered to return.
Although it didn't rain, the return journey was still muddy and it was extremely inconvenient to walk.
Under Zhao Yanxun's instruction, Xu Hong introduced the dangers of meteorites to Zhang Ermu in detail along the way, and mentioned the tragic situation of Wu Laosan and Wang Changxin's family.
After hearing these sensational things, Zhang Ermu couldn't help but feel numb in his legs and feet, and vowed in his heart that he would never go to that mountain again.
