HLnovel Chapter 69 What is he showing off in front of his junior brother who is in the Qi Refining stage?
Chapter 69 What is he showing off in front of his junior brother who is in the Qi Refining stage?
Meanwhile, Ye Xiaobai flew to the mine on his sword to find Li Xinyan.
An hour later, Ye Xiaobai arrived at the mine. The mine was guarded by some outer disciples in the Qi Refining stage, whose cultivation was only at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining.
Ye Xiaobai first showed his identity token, and the two gatekeeper disciples immediately greeted him: "Hello, Senior Brother Ye!"
Ye Xiaobai didn't waste any words and asked directly, "I heard about the issue of transferring Li Xinyan out of the mine. Where is she now?"
"Senior Brother Ye, Senior Sister Li has gone inside the mine to investigate," a guard disciple said.
"Understood, I'll go in and find her!" Ye Xiaobai then went directly into the mine, tossing two bottles of Qi Refining stage pills he had made to the two gatekeeper disciples before entering.
The two accepted the pills and immediately thanked Ye Xiaobai with great excitement: "Thank you, Senior Brother Ye!"
Upon entering the mine, visibility immediately dimmed considerably. Fortunately, some glow-in-the-dark stones were placed on both sides, which made the route through the cave somewhat clearer.
At the same time, the spiritual energy in the cave immediately became abundant. As expected of a spiritual vein, Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh.
Then came a jumble of odors: the smell of sweat, urine, unknown wild grass, and monsters. Ye Xiaobai was instantly in agony; a keen sense of smell can sometimes be very unpleasant.
Of course, most importantly, the familiar scent of apricot blossoms appeared. Ye Xiaobai smiled slightly and quickly walked towards the direction of his target.
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"Senior Sister Li, you've been investigating for so long, I wonder if you've found anything?" a burly young man said.
This person is one of the people in charge of the spiritual vein, named Gao Bo, and his cultivation level is the ninth level of Qi Refining.
"That's strange. It seems like someone absorbed the spirit stones in this spiritual vein. Could it be that the miners secretly refined these spirit stones, resulting in the spirit stones they handed over having incomplete spiritual power?" Li Xinyan asked curiously.
"Absolutely impossible. Those who are usually in charge of mining are low-level cultivators at the second or third level of Qi Refining. Even if they secretly refine the spiritual energy in the spirit stones, they can't absorb much."
"Moreover, Senior Sister Li also noticed that the spiritual vein seems to have patches of incomplete spiritual energy, something even a Qi Refining stage cultivator couldn't achieve!" Gao Bo quickly explained.
"So that was done by a Foundation Establishment cultivator?" Li Xinyan asked curiously.
“Senior Sister Li, you may not know this, but because this mine is not far from the White Tiger Sect’s market town, and there are Core Formation stage cultivators in the market town, there is only one Foundation Establishment stage cultivator stationed near the mine, and that is Senior Brother Zhou Liang,” Gao Bo continued.
"Could he be stealing from his own workplace?"
“No, Senior Brother Zhou is obsessed with cultivation and rarely comes to the mine. Apart from the few patrols he is required to do each month, he basically doesn’t come to the mine. So it definitely wasn’t Senior Brother Zhou who did it!” Gao Boyi said righteously.
"Is that really the case?" A familiar voice came from behind, and the person who came was Ye Xiaobai, who had followed the scent.
When Li Xinyan saw Ye Xiaobai arrive, she was initially slightly delighted, but quickly returned to her normal state.
"Who are you, and how did you get into the mine?" Gao Bo asked with a look of regret.
Li Xinyan quickly introduced them: "This is Ye Xiaobai from Lingdan Peak, and this is Gao Bo, one of the managers of this mine."
Ye Xiaobai immediately released the aura of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Upon sensing the powerful aura, Gao Bo immediately said respectfully, "Oh, so it's Senior Brother Ye! I've heard so much about you!"
"Tch, so what if he's only at the Foundation Establishment stage? What's he showing off in front of his junior brother who's at the Qi Refining stage?" Li Xinyan said with a disdainful look.
Ye Xiaobai immediately lost his temper, and said helplessly like a deflated balloon, "Senior Sister Li is right!"
Gao Bo wanted to laugh when he saw this, but he held it back in front of his senior brothers and sisters.
"Will you know how to be humble next time?" Li Xinyan asked Ye Xiaobai expectantly.
"Got it, I'll show off in front of Core Formation cultivators next time!" Ye Xiaobai said seriously.
"You!" Li Xinyan was instantly furious, her face flushing red like a nearly ripe apple. Li Xinyan wanted to give Ye Xiaobai a good scolding, but considering she had other things to deal with, she decided not to argue further.
Gao Bo was almost unable to hold back his laughter at Ye Xiaobai's teasing, but he still managed to steer the conversation back on track and asked, "Senior Brother Ye, what did you mean by 'it's really true' before? Do you still doubt Senior Brother Zhou?"
Ye Xiaobai didn't directly answer Gao Bo's question. Instead, he turned around and carefully observed the problematic spiritual vein. After a moment, he slowly said, "The damage to this spiritual vein should indeed be attributed to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and Zhou Liang, the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in the mine, is naturally the prime suspect! However..."
"But what? Just say what you've found, don't beat around the bush!" Li Xinyan asked urgently.
"However, if there were a third-tier demonic beast here, it could also achieve this kind of destructive effect!" Ye Xiaobai said calmly.
"A third-tier demonic beast? That's equivalent to a human's Foundation Establishment cultivation level. There definitely aren't any near the mine!" Gao Bo quickly denied.
"Why?" Li Xinyan asked.
"Before each spiritual vein is mined, the sect will ask a Foundation Establishment stage elder or a Core Formation stage elder to eliminate the demonic beasts within a radius of thirty miles. After all, the disciples who mine in the mines are generally only at the third or fourth level of the Qi Refining stage, and they cannot deal with these demonic beasts," Gao Bo quickly explained.
"In that case, Senior Brother Zhou is the most suspicious!" Li Xinyan said uncertainly.
"Sigh, Senior Brother Zhou only comes to the mine a few times a month, it couldn't be him!" Gao Bo, who definitely believed Zhou Liang, quickly defended him.
"Could it be that those few times they came here, and then took the opportunity to refine the spiritual energy of the ore vein?" Li Xinyan pressed.
"I've already said it's not Senior Brother Zhou, why don't you all believe me? Tomorrow is his monthly inspection day, you can go and confirm it!" Gao Bo said impatiently.
“That’s settled then. Tomorrow we’ll follow them around and see what happens. You can just say we’re going back to the market to rest. Maybe Senior Brother Zhou will give himself away when he sees we’re not here!” Ye Xiaobai quickly said.
Afterwards, Ye Xiaobai and Li Xinyan set off from the mine and returned to their residence in Fangshi.
"How did you end up in Sanjiang Prefecture?" Li Xinyan asked curiously on the way back.
"Would you believe me if I said I was just passing by?" Ye Xiaobai said.
"Passing by? Nobody would believe you. Why didn't you pass by Siping Prefecture where Senior Brother Tang Chao was training?" Li Xinyan said with a slightly angry tone.
"Alright, junior brother has come all this way to see senior sister, so senior sister shouldn't be angry!" Ye Xiaobai didn't want to upset Li Xinyan, so he quickly said.
"Isn't it a bit of a shame that you didn't get a chance to be a hero and save the damsel in distress?" Li Xinyan said with a mischievous smile.
"No, absolutely not! My senior sister's safety is more important than anything else!" Ye Xiaobai dared not admit it.
"Hmph, that's more like it!" Li Xinyan's attitude softened considerably.
"Let's go, senior sister. I'll accompany you to the market to relax!" Ye Xiaobai said with a smile.
"Okay! But we can't stay up too late, we have important business to attend to tomorrow!"
"understood!"