polar demon

Chapter 217 Deep Well ([-])

The air in the early morning is extremely cold, and eagles can be seen hovering in the vast sky from time to time, and occasionally a clear cry resounds across the sky, echoing for a long time.

A tall mountain range in the distance of the horizon twists and turns. What is amazing is that the snow-covered part of the mountain is shining brightly under the sun, shining like gold.

"There is Jinhui Mountain," Geng Chang said, "My lord, let's continue to the east, at the end of the mountain range, we will be able to reach the mine you want to go to."

So a group of people rode their horses to the east, and moved forward under the leadership of Geng Chang.

As he gradually approached the foot of Jinhui Mountain, Jiang Yuan could clearly see the workers who were mining the open-pit mine on the mountainside, and encountered more and more convoys transporting minerals along the way.

Geng Chang often chooses and purchases iron ore here, so he is familiar with many people, and he kept saying hello to the convoy along the way.

Occasionally, when there are no outsiders, Geng Chang will introduce to Jiang Yuan:
"Don't look at the appearance of the people here who are friendly and make money, but in fact, every mine here is like a mountain. If you are strong, you can occupy it. If you are weak, you will be killed and robbed by others."

At noon, everyone finally came to the mine that the children of the Lan family had occupied.

They got off their horses and started up the mountain along the road that had been dug.

The stone ladder didn't extend very long. A long section of the road was a solid plank road. After passing the plank road, it zigzagged and moved forward for a while, and a clearing in the mountains appeared in front of everyone.

A wooden fence was built around the open space, and the fortifications were complete, like a cottage.

Looking down from a high place, you can see many houses inside the fence and equipment for screening and digging.

What Jiang Yuan didn't expect was that many people gathered in the open space.

It stands to reason that this place was once occupied by the children of the Lan family, and then attacked by the five ghosts. There should be no living people who can survive.

I don't know what the living people gathered at this time are doing.

A group of people started to walk towards the flat land in the mountains and entered the interior of the fence cottage.

The straight road leads directly to a tall house built under the mountain wall.

The door of the house is open, and a very deep mine can be clearly seen inside.

Most of the living people gathered outside the mine.

As Jiang Yuan and others approached, the living people outside the mine cast unkind glances one after another, and some even began to draw their weapons.

Geng Chang looked calm and greeted his acquaintances warmly:

"Boss Wang, why did you come here? Yo! Boss Li is here too, what are you doing?"

Among this group of living people, the two businessman-like middle-aged men at the head seemed to be the Boss Wang and Boss Li that Geng Chang was talking about.

Boss Li waved to the people around him and said:

"Put away all the weapons, the people who came here are from Gengjiabao to purchase, not to rob mines."

Boss Wang looked at Geng Chang suspiciously:

"Geng Chang, you are here to buy iron ore. Why don't you go to my mine and come here instead? Could it be because of the unique gemstones produced here?"

Geng Chang smiled and turned sideways, revealing Jiang Yuan:
"This time I'm just an errand, and the customer is the young man next to me."

Boss Wang and Boss Li immediately looked at Jiang Yuan, only to feel that the young man in front of him was very face-to-face and had never dealt with him before.

Jiang Yuan stood up and asked:

"What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing?" Boss Li said, "Of course I came here to grab the mines! This place produces precious stones alone, and the profits are not small!"

Boss Wang also said:

"The mysterious person who previously occupied this mine suddenly disappeared for a few days, so we came to see what happened. After a look, there was no one in the entire mining workshop."

Boss Li continued:

"I sent two guys to look inside the mine, but there was no news as soon as I went there. Then Boss Wang also sent two guys down, and we waited here for a long time, but they also never returned."

Boss Wang shook his head and sighed:
"I'm afraid that the ventilation in this mine is not done well, or there is something wrong with the blower box, so they are all suffocated to death by the mineral gas."

Jiang Yuan asked questions he was interested in:

"Did you not even see a single person at this mine?"

Boss Wang nodded and replied:

"It's been several days. The people here seem to have disappeared out of thin air. Do you think it's strange?"

Jiang Yuan smiled, turned around and said to Han Chao and Yuan He:

"Clearance!"

Yuan He and Han Chao drew out their sharp blades immediately, and yelled at the people around them fiercely:
"Irrelevant people, all go away!"

What responded to them was the sound of swords being drawn all around.

Boss Wang pointed at Jiang Yuan and said angrily:

"Just relying on a few of you, you dare to rob us—"

Before he could finish speaking, there was a deafening bang.

"boom!!!!"

A huge boulder at the entrance of the mine was instantly shattered, and the splashed rocks caused the nearby living people to scream.

Everyone looked in horror, only to see Yu Ling retracting Bai Nen's fist in embarrassment, and looked at Jiang Yuan nervously.

Everyone was stunned and looked at this beautiful girl in amazement.

Yu Ling hesitated for a moment, summoned up her courage and called out:

"Don't get out yet?"

All of a sudden, there was chaos at the entrance of the mine, Boss Wang and Boss Li fled with their subordinates without even a bit of hesitation.

The strength of this girl has far surpassed the gang of warriors they raised, and if she stays, everyone knows that there will be no good fruit.

After a while, all outsiders escaped completely.

Only then did Yu Ling nervously come to Jiang Yuan's side:
"Young master, what I did just now was right?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said:

"well-done."

Only then did Yu Ling let out a long breath.

Jiang Yuan began to look at the mine in front of him.

The entire mine is about two meters long and wide, like a huge mouth born on the mountain wall, and the inside of the black hole seems to lead into the belly of the mountain.

It seems that if you want to search for the five ghosts and get the fragments of the evil spirit mirror, you have to go deep into it.

He found some torches nearby. These torches are made of bundles of dried bamboo strips. They have a low ignition point and produce very little smoke during the burning process. They are the first choice for lighting underground.

Then a group of people began to step into the mine.

The road in the mine is very flat, but there are a lot of ores scattered there, some of which are shimmering red, and according to Geng Chang, they are precious stones.

After entering the mine for a while, the surroundings began to become colder and colder, and the light became darker and darker. Only on the stone wall illuminated by the twilight of the rose stone, could we still see wet moss.

The tunnel was not very long, and it reached the end in a short while.

On the ground at the end there is a deep mine shaft, on which a huge and complicated wooden windlass is erected, and a thick rope descends vertically, disappearing into the darkness deep in the mine shaft.

At the edge of the mine, there are also bamboo pipes connected to the blower box to form the ventilation device under the mine.

Geng Chang came to the wooden pulley and turned the winch. The sound of friction echoed continuously on the stone walls of the mine.

After a while, a huge and sturdy wooden barrel was slowly hoisted from the depths of the mine.

Jiang Yuan told everyone:

"You stay outside and don't let anyone approach you."

Yu Ling took a step forward:
"Young master, I will accompany you!"

Jiang Yuan looked at Yu Ling:

"There may be unknown dangers down there, and I won't take care of you if something goes wrong."

Yu Ling replied:

"I want to be brave and no longer cowardly. Don't worry about me, my lord!"

Jiang Yuan hesitated for a moment. According to Yu Ling's strength, she also has a certain ability to protect herself.If there are really five ghosts and ghosts below, this time can just make her adapt to the real battle.

So Jiang Yuanbian agreed.

The two lit torches and stood in the big wooden barrel. Geng Chang started to turn the winch and reminded at the same time:
"My lord, be careful. This is a vertical well, and there may be inclined wells and flat lanes below. I have never gone down this way. I don't know if the lanes inside will be too complicated, so don't get lost. Once the torch is about to go out, please The son will return immediately!"

With the rotation of the wooden potter's wheel, the wooden barrel was suspended by the rope and began to be lowered towards the deep well.

Yuan He and Han Chao also started to push the blower to send fresh air down the mine.

Jiang Yuan didn't know how deep the mine was, but as the barrels were lowered, the surrounding light became darker, and the torch in his hand could only illuminate the surrounding stone walls.

Looking up, the mouth of the well has become smaller and smaller, and there is only a vague light spot behind it.

In the beating firelight, Jiang Yuan and Yu Ling faced each other and could see each other's faces.

The process of descending was depressing and boring, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.

Yu Ling seemed to want to say something, but Jiang Yuan frowned suddenly:
"Blood smell!"

As the blower sends air to the bamboo pipes underground, Jiang Yuan in the wooden barrel can feel the airflow rising from the mine.

In this updraft, the thick blood is pungent.

Yu Ling couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and she moved closer to Jiang Yuan.

The wooden barrel is still falling, as if it will never fall to the bottom.

I don't know how long this heavy depression lasted, the barrel suddenly trembled slightly, and then there was a sound of water.

Jiang Yuan held up the torch and shone out of the barrel, only to find that the barrel was floating on the water.

In the light of the fire, the water under the barrel was black like ink, with a layer of red foam on the surface.

A wrinkled pale human face emerged from the black water, it was a dead male body.

The body was already swollen from soaking, and it was constantly ups and downs with the waves of the black water, with large patches of red foam stained on its face.

Seeing this corpse suddenly, Yu Ling couldn't help but grabbed Jiang Yuan's arm, trying not to scream.

Jiang Yuan held up the torch and looked around, only to see a deep alley on the side of the well wall, and one-fifth of the height of the hole was submerged in black stagnant water.

He grabbed the rope hanging from the barrel and shook it, signaling to Geng Chang above that he didn't need to continue lowering the rope.

Following Jiang Yuan turned over and jumped out of the barrel, splashing black water.

The black water only reached Jiang Yuan's knees, and he walked towards the entrance of the alley by wading through the floating red foam.

Yu Ling hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and jumped into the black water, avoiding the floating corpses floating in the black water, and followed Jiang Yuan.

The deep alleyway seemed very short, and the two had to bend down to move forward.

The roadway is twists and turns, and in the light of the torches, you can see the surrounding wooden frames for support.

As it gradually deepened, the alleys became shorter and shorter.

At the end, the two had to lie on the ground and crawl ahead, and they could hit the stone wall above by raising their heads a little.

The cramped and oppressive stone walls pressed towards the two of them from all directions. In such an environment, Yu Ling only felt oppressed and uncomfortable.

She was just about to say something to relieve this depression, but suddenly a hand stretched out from a crack in the stone on one side!
The twisted human hand grabbed Yu Ling's hair, and she couldn't help screaming anymore.

(End of this chapter)