Rebellious Old Servant: From Gatekeeper to Immortal Emperor

Qin Xiao was unaware that the Wang family's forces had already arrived.

After suppressing three troublemakers.

He easily regained real power, and at least on the surface, the managers dared not disobey him.

"Find these three people in a deserted pit and lock them up. No one is allowed to feed or water them!"

Qin Xiao gave a cold smile. "Since they say they want to break my legs and starve me to death, it's not too much for me to give them a taste of their own medicine."

Qin Xiao was not a soft-hearted person. He did not intend to kill these three troublemakers directly, but to let them experience what they originally intended to do to Qin Xiao.

Killing them outright would be too lenient on these people.

"Yes, sir."

All the stewards were eager to carry out the orders and express their loyalty to Qin Xiao.

Without any mercy, they captured their former leaders and dragged them into the mine like dead dogs.

This shows that these managers are all opportunists; they'll side with whoever wins.

Qin Xiao didn't care about the loyalty of these managers. As long as they did good things and didn't cause him trouble, he was satisfied. After all, he wasn't a member of the Su family; he was just an employee of the Su family.

"Two more people, take me, the steward, to inspect the situation inside the mine."

Then, Qin Xiao gave another order.

He's new here and probably not familiar with the mine yet. Since he'll be the manager here, he can't be completely ignorant of the mine's conditions.

"I am willing to lead the way."

"I am willing."

Immediately, a group of managers jumped out and volunteered.

Qin Xiao casually picked two items and then headed straight into the dimly lit mine.

You don't know until you go into the mine, and when Qin Xiao went in, he was shocked.

The Su family's mine has been operating for countless years, and the entire mine has been excavated to create long, winding corridors.

On both sides of the corridor, more mine shafts extended out. The entire mine was like an underground kingdom, so large that even Qin Xiao was shocked.

No wonder the mine was so lucrative that even the Su family was envious.

Even if such a large mine only produces ordinary ore, it can make people rich. Let alone the fact that the ore unearthed from this mine is a very precious high-quality iron ore, it's unimaginable how profitable it is.

Led by two managers, Qin Xiao walked into the mine for several hours.

After such a long time, according to the two managers, they were still only halfway through the mine, which shows how vast the mine is.

Just as Qin Xiao was about to continue deeper into the area, his body suddenly trembled.

At that moment, the Goddess Painting suddenly emitted a burst of light.

Upon realizing this familiar situation, Qin Xiao immediately understood: the Goddess Diagram had sensed the treasure!

This sensation came from the right.

Qin Xiao looked to his right and saw a dark entrance there.

It seems to have been abandoned long ago and has been neglected for a long time.

He calmly asked the steward, pointing to the dark entrance, "What's going on here?"

Upon hearing this, the steward looked over and quickly explained respectfully:

"Steward Qi, this entrance leads to an underground lake."

"This place was originally used for water collection, but later everyone discovered that the water in the underground lake contained highly toxic substances and was undrinkable, so it was abandoned."

"I see."

A glint flashed in Qin Xiao's eyes, and then he continued forward as before. After asking many questions along the way, he announced, "That's all for today. We'll come back to inspect the rest another day."

He originally planned to complete the inspection this time and thoroughly understand the situation inside the mine.

But now that the Goddess Map has actually discovered a treasure, Qin Xiao is naturally eager to see what treasures are inside the mine.

The two stewards were already exhausted from walking, and when they heard Qin Xiao say this, they were immediately delighted and quickly agreed, "We'll do whatever the steward says."

The three then turned back along the same route.

However, when they were halfway there, Qin Xiao made an excuse to go to the restroom and told the two of them to go back first.

Then, without hesitation, they headed towards the entrance that had triggered the reaction of the goddess painting.

Before long, Qin Xiao entered the dark entrance.

The passage had clearly been abandoned for a long time, and was overgrown with weeds, vines, and spider webs.

Even Qin Xiao had to exert a great deal of effort to successfully enter.

At the end of this entrance, they discovered an extremely large natural cave.

The cave ceiling is covered with a dense array of hanging stalactites.

The ground around the lake was covered with glowing weeds, which illuminated the entire cave clearly.

Below is a lake the size of a football, with murky water and a surface covered with aquatic plants.

Qin Xiao didn't look at anything around him; his gaze was fixed on the center of the lake.

Simply because what the goddess painting senses is in that direction.

Upon looking at it, Qin Xiao immediately noticed a plant in the center of the lake that looked similar to ordinary aquatic plants.

Upon closer inspection, Qin Xiao suddenly noticed that the plant had a green fruit the size of a thumb.

"It's actually—the Heavenly Water Spirit Fruit!"

Qin Xiao's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at the fruit with great surprise.

If it were the Qin Xiao of the past, he would naturally not recognize any rare and precious materials.

But after receiving the Great Xuan Mountain River Records as a gift from the Luo Yi people.

Qin Xiao was no longer ignorant and recognized at a glance that this fruit was the rare spiritual fruit he had seen in the Records of Mountains and Rivers not long ago.

The Heavenly Water Spirit Fruit is an extremely precious natural treasure. Consuming this fruit can enable a Bone Forging Realm expert to break through a minor realm!

This fruit is even more precious than the Azure Spirit Pill!

Qin Xiao never expected that he would be so lucky to discover such a precious treasure.

It's fair to say that even if Qin Xiao didn't get a single penny from this mission, he would have already made a huge profit.

The only pity is...

Qin Xiao discovered that the fruit was not yet ripe, according to the Records of Mountains and Rivers.

When the Heavenly Water Spirit Fruit ripens, its color turns orange-red.

At this moment, the Heavenly Water Spirit Fruit was almost entirely green, with only a small patch of orange within the green.

According to the records in the Shanhe Zhi (Records of Mountains and Rivers), it will probably take another week before it is fully mature.

"It's only a week, I can wait that long."

Qin Xiao took a deep breath. Waiting a week for a single Heavenly Water Spirit Fruit was nothing.

Anyway, no one else knows about this spiritual fruit except him, so he's not afraid of someone else snatching it away.

So, after making some disguises at the entrance to the cave, Qin Xiao turned back again.

However, just as they stepped out of the mine...

Qin Xiao was taken aback to discover this.

Inside the house in front.

A group of managers knelt on the ground, trembling.

"What's going on?"

Qin Xiao looked ahead in astonishment.

He raised an eyebrow instantly.

One by one, menacing martial artists surrounded the entire room.

At the center of the crowd of martial artists, a young man with an elegant demeanor sat leisurely in a grand chair, drinking tea.

At this time.

The young man seemed to notice Qin Xiao's arrival, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes:

"Qin Xiao, you old bastard, you've finally arrived! You've kept me waiting for ages, you truly deserve to die!"

"The steward is back!"

"Great! We're saved!"

Upon hearing this, the group of managers all showed surprise and joy, and quickly looked at Qin Xiao with pleading eyes.

Qin Xiao didn't look at the managers, but walked straight out.

He frowned as he looked at the elegant young man.

"Who are you, and why are you trespassing on my Su family's mine?"

He could sense that this elegant young man was no ordinary person, and with a group of martial artists under his command, it was probably no easy task.

"My name is Wang Shijie, the young master of the Wang family!"

Wang Shijie looked down at Qin Xiao with a condescending air and said with a cold smile:

"Qin Xiao, you have some nerve! A mere gatekeeper dares to expose the dogs of the Wang family, causing our Wang family's spies in the Su family to suffer heavy losses."

"I've come today to eliminate you, and incidentally seize this mine, so that everyone, especially the Su family, will know the fate of those who kill my Wang family's dogs."

He paused here, glancing at Qin Xiao with disdain:

"However, I'm too lazy to deal with a lowly old dog like you, lest I dirty my hands. You should kill yourself, otherwise, if I do, you'll die a horrible death."

Hearing the young man's words.

The managers immediately turned pale, their eyes filled with despair.

It turns out that this young man was actually the young master of the Wang family, who came to take revenge on Qin Xiao for exposing the Wang family's spies.

Now, they're completely finished.

They had long heard that the young master of the Wang family was a peak expert in the Skin Refining Realm.

Qin Xiao had shown great skill before, but what did that amount to compared to the young master of the Wang family?

Qin Xiao is doomed now, there is absolutely no way he can survive.

After Qin Xiao's death, it's likely that his subordinates from the Su family will not have a good ending either.