59: Mining

Lin Fu's words stirred up a thousand waves in Zhou Luo's heart.

A serious look appeared on his face, his gaze fixed on the other party's back, and his heart sank.

He had originally thought that the Zhou Family's struggles wouldn't affect him, or at most, they would just suppress him.

But Lin Fu's few short sentences just now directly shattered Zhou Luo's illusion.

The Main Family wasn't a philanthropist, and the Family Head, whom he had only met once, wasn't a great benefactor either.

When they realized that Zhou Luo might threaten their power, even if he was of great use to the Zhou Family's development, it wouldn't stop them from having killing intent towards Zhou Luo.

Zhou Luo clearly understood that this trip to the Spirit Mine was no longer just a simple suppression; if possible, he might not even return alive.

Now, he suddenly remembered why the Great Elder had suddenly given him two Magical Artifacts and even personally presided over his wedding.

That was a statement.

He didn't want the Main Family to make a move against him.

But why did the Great Elder agree to him going to the Spirit Mine? With his influence, couldn't he stop it?

"Is the Great Elder just watching like this?" he couldn't help but ask.

Lin Fu turned around and looked at him with an indifferent expression: "The Great Elder cannot only consider you alone."

Zhou Luo understood.

The Main Family must have offered a greater benefit in exchange for the Great Elder to make a compromise.

His face was a little grim, and his hands couldn't help but clench into fists.

Indeed, in front of the large Zhou Family, even if he showed enough potential, it was still not enough.

Noticing Zhou Luo's thoughts, Lin Fu softened his voice and said: "There are also Great Elder's people on the mine, so you don't need to worry too much, just focus on Pill Refining and don't cause trouble."

Zhou Luo didn't respond, just sneered a few times internally.

Since the Main Family was targeting him, how could he avoid it by not causing trouble?

No matter what, he would still have to rely on himself when the time came.

Thinking of this, he unconsciously tightened his right hand, hurting the Snow Mountain Spirit Cat.

Meow—

Zhou Luo came back to his senses and stared at it, saying: "Little fellow, I still can't control you, can I?"

Although these words were directed at the Snow Mountain Spirit Cat, Lin Fu knew that he was expressing dissatisfaction with the Great Elder's decision.

Lin Fu didn't say anything.

The new Spirit Mine was far from Maple Leaf City, but the flying boat was fast enough, so after half a day, they finally entered the area where the Spirit Mine was located.

This was a range of towering mountains, covering an area of hundreds of miles, and within it, there was a rich spiritual light flickering, covering a part of the sky and earth, exuding a sacred aura.

This was the Array Formation brilliance constructed by the Zhou Family.

Through the spiritual array, one could see the majestic and spectacular Spirit Mine.

Above the Spirit Mine, the towering mine tunnels reaching into the clouds were like Dragons and snakes coiled, and the pitch-black entrance was like a dark eye that swallowed everything, bottomless and deep, with faint ethereal echoes still audible.

When they approached the location of the spiritual light, the flying boat landed on the ground.

On the ground, there was a newly constructed pavilion.

At the entrance of the pavilion, more than a dozen Cultivators with stern faces were guarding there, dressed in Lin Family clothes and exuding an extraordinary aura.

Lin Fu took out the Zhou Family token and entered the interior of the pavilion.

The pavilion had only two layers.

The first layer was a spacious hall, with rooms with closed doors on both sides of the hall, and a counter in the center.

Lin Fu came to the counter, took out a scroll, and handed it to the middle-aged man behind the counter.

After examining the scroll, the middle-aged man called out: "Stone."

After a while, a bald man with an honest appearance walked out of a room and trotted to the counter: "Uncle Hui, what's wrong?"

"The new Alchemist is here, you will be responsible," the middle-aged man called Uncle Hui said in a deep voice.

"Okay."

The bald man agreed, then looked at Zhou Luo, walked over and extended his hand: "My name is Lin Shi."

"Zhou Luo." Zhou Luo nodded in response and shook the other party's hand.

Since the other party had a two-character name, there was a high probability that they were from the Main Family. Although he had no good impression of the Main Family now, he still had to maintain the necessary courtesy.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see inside the Spirit Mine." Lin Shi showed a hearty smile.

Zhou Luo looked at Lin Fu.

After Lin Fu gave a few simple instructions, he didn't say much and left directly.

Then he followed Lin Shi into the hall.

Inside the hall, there was a wooden door. When the wooden door was pushed open, it was a mountain path, and above it was the Spirit Mine that the Zhou Family had taken this time.

On the way, Zhou Luo found that this Lin Shi was indeed a Disciple of the Main Family, but his personality was easygoing, carefree, and he didn't have the arrogance of a Main Family Disciple.

He enthusiastically introduced the situation of this Spirit Mine.

The entire Spirit Mine was divided into two parts, inner and outer.

The outer part was the pavilion they had just seen, which was where the Zhou Family guards lived, mainly responsible for protecting the safety of the Spirit Mine.

The inner part referred to the Spirit Mine itself.

Since the Spirit Mine had just started to be excavated, the interior was divided into three layers.

The first layer was mainly where the Zhou Family Disciples with skills stayed, such as Alchemists, Spiritual Talisman Masters, Refining Masters, and so on.

Zhou Luo would stay on the first layer for more than a month from now on.

The Second Level was the place for storing Spirit Stones and processing Spirit Stones, and finally, the third layer was the area for mining Spirit Stones.

Zhou Luo followed Lin Shi along the mountain path all the way up, and then saw a huge stone gate.

Various mysterious runes and patterns were carved on the gate, emitting a soft glow.

There should be an Array Formation imprinted on this.

Zhou Luo couldn't help but think.

In front of the stone gate, seven or eight guards with capable figures and strong auras were guarding the entrance, specifically responsible for checking people entering and exiting.

Lin Shi was very familiar with the leading guard, and after a simple greeting, they entered the interior of the stone gate.

Upon entering the stone gate, there was a huge square, with people moving around, and wooden rooms all around, and various noisy sounds could be heard.

There were human voices, the sound of hammering, explosions, and so on.

Zhou Luo's appearance attracted the attention of others, and several people observed him silently from the side, whispering.

Lin Shi led him all the way to the front of the Pill Refining Room.

Inside the Pill Refining Room, there was no one.

"Old Man Guang has left, so from now on, you will be the only one doing Pill Refining," Lin Shi said.

Zhou Luo looked around the Pill Refining Room. Although the room was not large, it had all the tools, and in addition, there was a bed and some daily necessities placed in the corner.

It seemed that this would be his residence from now on.

Indeed, the mine was not as comfortable as home.

Lin Shi next to him took out a bamboo slip and said: "These are the Pills you need to refine, and they must be completed by tomorrow night at the latest."

After speaking, he handed the bamboo slip to Zhou Luo.

Zhou Luo casually looked at it and found that there were actually more than a dozen kinds of Pills.

Although they were all Entry-Level Pills, if he were to refine them alone, he would probably have to work non-stop to finish by tomorrow night.

He looked deeply at Lin Shi opposite him.

But the other party seemed not to notice his gaze and was talking to himself: "If you need anything, you can tell me at any time, here, take this."

That was a sound transmission talisman, specifically used for transmitting sound.

After Zhou Luo took it, he said thank you.

"What's there to thank for? It's what I should do. You can get busy first, call me if you need anything." Lin Shi smiled and then left the room.

Seeing the other party leave, a layer of coldness appeared in Zhou Luo's eyes.

It seemed that the Main Family's suppression had already begun.

As for whether that Lin Shi was really as warm-hearted as he appeared, he would have to continue observing.