Wild Dogs

After all, some cultivators who are proficient in earth-attribute escape techniques can burrow underground. As long as the underground area is sealed off, no one else can get close.

Yang Fan was so anxious that he scratched his head and looked around, but he couldn't come up with a solution for the time being.

Left with no other option, he could only circle around the formation a few times, trying to figure out how to break it.

Fortunately, after this period of time, Yang Fan has gained some understanding of formations.

After looking around, Yang Fan was fairly certain that this formation was a defensive and alarm formation. Anyone who got within a few dozen feet of the formation would receive a message from it.

Seeing that there was no chance, Yang Fan had no choice but to obediently crawl out from a distance and return to the work shed.

The situation is still unclear, so we can only take it one step at a time.

However, judging from the tight defenses these people have, it will probably be quite difficult to make a move.

However, despite being unable to access the treasure trove, Yang Fan was still unwilling to give up. He still wanted to try and figure out how to get his hands on the spirit stones inside.

However, although it's not realistic to move the spirit stones directly from the spirit stone warehouse, Yang Fan has already mined quite a few spirit stone ores in the past few days, which will be a large sum of money later.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan temporarily suppressed his frustration, then obediently lay down and began to meditate, pretending to be an ordinary person.

For the next two weeks, Yang Fan repeated the same mechanical work, going in to mine every day, keeping most of the ore for himself, and taking the rest out in a basket.

Half a month has passed, and Yang Fan's excavation of this mine tunnel is progressing much faster than the other mine tunnels, which has aroused suspicion among some people.

That day, just as Yang Fan was digging for ore with great enthusiasm, a sharp shout suddenly came from afar.

"Everyone, come and assemble immediately."

Upon seeing this, Yang Fan's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly stuffed the raw ore and storage bag in his hand into his small cauldron, and then put the small cauldron into his body.

After doing all that, Yang Fan obediently followed the others, carrying baskets on their backs, and walked out of the mine tunnel.

At this moment, Yang Fan saw that all the miners in the other mine tunnels around him had also come out, and the miners in each mine tunnel stood together according to their respective mine tunnels.

The hundreds of people on Yang Fan's side looked at each other, wondering what had happened.

Immediately afterwards, a burly man with a scar on his face walked out from the side.

After sizing up everyone, the scarred man turned his gaze to Yang Fan's mine tunnel.

"Tell me, why does your mine produce so few spirit stones?"

As he spoke, he pointed to a mine tunnel in Yang Fan's direction.

Upon seeing this, the many miners in the mine tunnel immediately looked nervously at the burly man.

Scarface shook his head repeatedly.

"Sir, we have been paying the ore on time."

"Yes, no one dares to keep anything to themselves."

As they spoke, they immediately came out.

Seeing this, the burly man snorted coldly.

"Hmph, don't think I can't see through you."

Then he pointed over there.

"These mine tunnels were dug at the same time, but look at your current tunnel, it's deeper than the others, yet the ore produced is about the same. What's going on?"

"This place uses the same mineral vein, so the ore inside should be similar."

"We can't just bluff our way through this, can we?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan's heart skipped a beat.

His fears came true.

He originally thought he could do it perfectly, but as time went by, over half a month, the mine tunnel he dug was naturally much deeper than the others.

Seeing this, Yang Fan clenched his fist slightly.

Since things have come to this point, if we investigate further, other cultivators might arrive. It's better to strike first.

With that in mind, Yang Fan prepared to take action immediately.

He quietly moved two steps to the side, preparing to strike when no one was paying attention.

"Everyone stripped naked so I could search them. I'm going to search them thoroughly today."

Scarface immediately pointed in that direction, and then several burly men, as fierce as wolves, rushed out from the side and were about to search him.

Seeing this, Yang Fan clenched his fists, ready to make a move.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, a golden light shot up from beside him.

The golden light pointed directly at the burly man in front of him, as if it intended to take his life.

The burly man, terrified, hurriedly retreated.

At the same time, a black shield appeared in his hand, blocking the golden light.

Seeing that his attack had missed, the slender man leaped out of the mine, his speed startling everyone present.

Yang Fan was somewhat surprised to find that there was another cultivator hiding there. He had thought that he was the only cultivator hiding there, but he hadn't expected that there would be another cultivator hiding there.

Yang Fan glanced around and was secretly delighted. With someone drawing attention to him, things should be fine today.

Sure enough, after seeing the man rush out, the burly man became furious and clenched his fists.

"Hmph, I knew something was off about the ore here. Turns out a thief was eyeing it. Get it!"

Immediately, the burly man and his companions gave chase.

This burly man was only at the fourth or fifth level of the Qi Refining stage, somewhat weaker than the thin man from before.

However, this person's pursuit was probably just a gesture; other Foundation Establishment cultivators outside were also making their move.

Upon realizing this, everyone stirred and looked at each other.

Seeing this, some of the quick-witted ones had already run outside down the stone steps.

Yang Fan disregarded everything else and hurriedly ran outside.

As he ran, Yang Fan kept thinking, wondering what would happen next.

However, he should not stay here for long. After escaping, he would try to blend into other miners' teams so that no one would suspect him.

After rushing out of the mine, Yang Fan saw that the man who had escaped earlier was now surrounded by several Foundation Establishment cultivators.

However, this man seemed to possess some kind of treasure that could withstand attacks from others, and for a time, these Foundation Establishment cultivators were unable to subdue him.

Seeing this, Yang Fan muttered to himself, "It's really strange, why can't so many people do anything about him?"

Just as Yang Fan was pondering, the young man suddenly waved his hand, and a plume of fireworks shot into the sky, then exploded in mid-air.

Upon seeing this, Yang Fan's heart stirred; it seemed this person had accomplices.

With this thought in mind, Yang Fan immediately and quietly blended into the other miners' group, and then he headed towards the spirit stone warehouse.

A major battle is highly likely to break out next. If you can take advantage of the chaos to get a sum of spirit stones from this warehouse, you'll be rich.

Yang Fan immediately sped towards the warehouse to hide.

At this moment, most people present were focused on the intruder in mid-air and paid little attention to the others.