The girl selling goods at the market had never seen money before.

However, at that moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew from behind.

You have to understand, this is a mine shaft, it's not well ventilated. Under these circumstances, if a gust of wind suddenly blows from behind, the only possible explanation is that a terrifying old lady has appeared.

Zhou Kai turned around and saw that the terrifying old lady was indeed behind him.

Her appearance had changed slightly from before. First, she was smaller, and then her back was hunched, making her look several years older. But that didn't matter, as long as she could still wield the knife.

Adhering to the principle that a preemptive strike guarantees victory, Zhou Kai recounted how Qianji had come to cause trouble.

He said that they could not sit idly by and wait for the other side to be fully prepared before attacking. They had to take the initiative and catch them off guard!

This idea coincided with Bai Jinxuan's.

If the enemy were a first- or second-tier family like the Tong or Qian families, Bai Jinxuan might be more wary. But this mere Gu family, whose daughter is already dead, is only third-tier or lower, yet they're still jumping around like this.

Do you really think I'm afraid of him?

Okay, if one robbery isn't enough, then let's rob it again! Anyway, Zhou Kai is the one taking the blame, it has nothing to do with that scary old lady.

Even if there is a connection, Bai Qianye is already on an 8-star wanted list, so it wouldn't make a difference if she were to be associated with an old lady as well.

They're the kind of people who can mess with any labor union, so why would they be afraid of your family's retaliation?

I'll just kill you and that's it.

Bai Jinxuan declared directly: "Don't leave behind a single magic crystal in the three mining areas."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Kai exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, Grandma, you speak so fluently today!"

"..."

Sometimes I really don't know what's going on in my head this week.

I told him to prepare to kill and rob, but he's speaking incoherently here.

"What...? You want to know the reason...?"

She stared at Zhou Kai and smiled faintly.

Seeing this, Zhou Kai was drenched in sweat.

"No, Grandma, don't worry about it. I was just curious, hahaha. Let's go, let's go. Let those idiots Qianjiyin bleed out of them again. Sunday has just passed, their mines must be overflowing with magic crystals!"

As he spoke, Zhou Kai commanded a large number of skeleton soldiers to gather at the cave entrance.

An underground gang of robbers is poised to strike.

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Qianji Yinqi Mining Area, on the outskirts.

Because of the previous robbery, the passageway has been blocked, and the main passageway is heavily guarded, with 5th-level martial artists acting as security guards in each area.

This clearly shows that Qianjiyin was genuinely afraid of being robbed again.

Even Bai Jinxuan found it difficult to deal with so many level 5 martial artists. A one-on-one fight would be fine, but her main task now was to rob them and transport the magic crystals out quietly like last time. It was too difficult.

It seems that there is no other way but to launch a strong attack.

However, just as Bai Jinxuan was thinking about which direction to break through in order to advance as quickly as possible, Zhou Kai spoke up.

"Grandma, I also know a secret passage. You go down first, and I'll follow right behind you."

"...Are you sure?"

Bai Jinxuan still vividly remembered her last experience. Zhou Kai said that there was a pile of magic crystals at the end of the passage, but he dug down and jumped down in front of a large group of miners. It was so embarrassing.

Hearing his own doubts, Zhou Kai recalled the outcome of the last time, so he scratched his head and said, "Grandma, believe me, I dug this secret passage myself. They would never have imagined that I would have skeleton soldiers dig a tunnel to raid our base."

Although Bai Jinxuan still didn't quite believe Zhou Kai, there was nothing else she could do. In any case, even the worst situation was better than forcing a breakthrough.

And so, she followed Zhou Kai around and around until they arrived at a haystack next to the mining area. She pushed the hay aside, revealing a pit about two meters wide.

The marks, some deep and some shallow, along the edge of the pit clearly indicated that it was dug by skeleton soldiers.

It's too rough.

"This is it. I had the skeleton soldiers dig it up for a whole day."

"Why...not mine...?"

"Forehead......"

Zhou Kai chuckled, having been exposed by Bai Jinxuan's words, and said frankly, "Isn't it because the magic crystals from the Thousand Machines Guidance are more profitable? We can mine them ourselves and steal from them, making money from multiple sources. It's awesome."

You're just doing this for personal revenge, aren't you?

Bai Jinxuan was speechless, but she chose not to expose it. After all, it would be more profitable to snatch all the magic crystals from the Thousand Machine Guide.

After walking for quite some distance, Bai Jinxuan secretly glanced at the magic detector strapped to her arm. It showed that she was indeed moving along the mine vein, and that a cluster of rich magic energy was gathering not far away.

Because there was a lot of uneven magical energy moving around there, Bai Jinxuan concluded that the uneven magical energy must be people, and that ball of magical energy was the stored magic crystal.

Just ahead...

She looked up and realized that she had reached the end of the tunnel.

There were still about eight meters to go before they reached the place where the magic crystals were stored, and Zhou Kai was already preparing to dig a hole down.

If you say he's unreliable, he's at least digging in the right direction; if you say he's reliable, he always falls just short.

They landed here, and then they were caught stealing ore in front of a large crowd.

Bai Jinxuan sighed, pulled him aside, took out the Red Night sword, and started chopping at the stone wall in front of her.

"Grandma, what's wrong...?"

"Just a little bit more..."

"Oh."

Kai didn't object. Since the old lady was leading the team, she naturally had the final say. He was just a junior member, so he could just listen to her. Anyway, he wouldn't lose any money.

Of course, if he really loses money, that's a different story.

On the other side, with Hong Ye present, the mining speed was extraordinary. In no time, Bai Jinxuan had dug out a 5-meter-long ramp and was about to reach the 'storage room'.

Just then, an angry shout came from beside him.

She paused for a moment, then looked in the direction of the sound and discovered that a small hole had been opened in the tunnel she had just dug.

Bai Jinxuan immediately leaned closer to look.

Behind the cave was an exquisite stone house, and inside, a tall, upright man slammed his fist on a wooden table.

"What did you say? Those are 'Shadows'! If they attack, we'll be lucky to survive! And you want us to increase production? Are you kidding me?!"

"If the shadows come again, we'll kill them? But... can we really defeat the shadows!?"

Hmm? Thousand Machines Guide actually knows about Shadow?

Um... when I went to rob someone before, it seems like a lot of miners saw me. Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense that they knew.

No wonder they reinforced their defenses; it turns out they've found the man who killed their daughter and are here to take revenge.

Hehe, you wanted to kill Yao Yao, but I haven't settled the score with you yet. Perfect, tonight I'm not only going to rob you of your things, but I'm also going to kill you to my heart's content.

Bai Jinxuan's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and her terrifying aura startled Zhou Kai.

In his eyes, the terrifying old woman seemed to have suddenly become a different person, as if thousands of vengeful ghosts were howling around her; just getting close to her would make his hands and feet turn ice-cold and his whole body tremble.

Only then did he remember why he called her the terrifying old lady; damn, she was too scary.

Inside the stone room, the man continued to speak.

"Shadow's strength isn't that great? Are you telling the truth? But there were casualties last time."

"I'm not talking about whether we have enough people. I'm saying we're not entirely sure about Shadow's strength. Since we already know it was Shadow's doing, why not report it to the guild? Isn't the guild looking for those men in black? I think they look a lot like Shadow. Why not just report them and use them to do the dirty work?"

"Wait, wait, wait! You want to hunt down Shadow yourself? Boss, you're not kidding, are you? I know what happened to your daughter, but you can't be this reckless. You know about the guild's dungeon development, right? We have a mining area on the fifth floor, that's a natural advantage! If we settle down a bit more, we'll definitely rise to the top..."

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The phone call was unilaterally disconnected.

The man gritted his teeth, grabbed his phone, and slammed it to the ground with all his might.

“Blank!!!”

Immediately afterwards, he began to smash and destroy everything in front of him.

An angry voice echoed throughout the room.

"Why did you have to act recklessly at this time? It's such a good opportunity! Gu Qingtian, you son of a bitch, I must have been blind to believe you could do this! You didn't seize such a good opportunity, all you thought about was revenge!"

"No money, no capital, no status, and you still want revenge? Go to hell with revenge! Who do you think you are? The Gu family isn't even as powerful as the Golden Dragon Chamber of Commerce now! Do you really think no one has held you accountable for all the shady things you did in the past?! You think you're the only one who knows how to take revenge?"

"No, I have to run! Gu Qingtian is beyond saving, I can't die with him. I still have a bright future ahead of me. Right! Those families that deal in magical artifacts need more people. With my qualifications, I should be able to get a job..."

He started rummaging through drawers and cabinets looking for things, making a mess of the surroundings, when suddenly, as if he remembered something, he burst into laughter.

"I've got it! Magic crystals! I'll just drive out and sell them. With this money, I can enjoy my retirement in the Upper City! Hahahaha... Gu Qingtian, you're going to die!"

Thinking of this, he immediately issued an order for the miners to rest so that he could quietly disappear with the mine.

However, when he dismissed the miners and went alone to the mine where the ore was stored, he found that a hole had been broken open on the inside of the mine, and a row of white skeletons came out and were carrying magic crystals into the dark hole like ants.

In front of the Magic Crystal Mountain, a man was sitting on the back of a skeleton soldier, directing the skeleton to carry things.

Seemingly hearing footsteps, he turned around, looked at me, and smiled: "Oh, brother, you've finally arrived! Grandma has been waiting for you for ages!"

"Varied......"

Before the words were finished, a dark shadow swept over like a ghost.

Volume 1: Chapter 135: The Girl in the Bloodbath

Underground city, mine.

Bai Jinxuan closed her eyes and pondered.

According to the man in the stone house, Qianjiyin, as a magic item company, has not developed a single new product in recent years.

It's more accurate to call it a mining company than a magic item company—it relies entirely on these few mining areas to survive.

That's why they are so insistent on increasing production in the mining area, squeezing the miners out of their last bit of labor.

Looking at it this way, if the mine owner were to run away with all this ore, the entire system would collapse on its own without any effort on my part.

Okay, then it's fine. It's going to crash sooner or later anyway, so I might as well speed it up myself. It doesn't matter whose hands it crashes in, it'll crash anyway. I can't let others benefit from it.

She immediately decided that if she was going to rob, she couldn't just rob this one mining area; she had to rob the whole thing.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him.

The dungeon is her domain; if you're not convinced, the head of the Gu family can come to the dungeon to find her himself.

After figuring out the whole thing, Bai Jinxuan grabbed the prisoner and instantly refined him.

Skeleton Soldier +1.

It must be said that digging tunnels was indeed a very effective tactic. Until the skeleton soldiers emptied the storage, no one outside noticed anything amiss.

They actually brazenly stole all the magic crystals.

The total income from the stolen magic crystals, combined with the magic crystals mined in Zhou Kai's mining area, amounted to a full fifty million.

But that's not enough; this loss won't kill Qianjiyin.

They also have two mining areas.

Bai Jinxuan took all the magic crystals, paid Zhou Kai half of his salary, and then teleported to the temporary base on the third floor of the dungeon.

As soon as the treasure chest was opened, a large amount of ore was poured into the pit.

There's no way around it, the magic crystal ore takes up too much space, and there aren't enough slots in the treasure chest. If we don't free up some space now, how will we go and wreak havoc in the other two mining areas of Thousand Machines?

Yes, Bai Jinxuan had already made up her mind. Since Zhou Kai's skeleton soldiers were useless anyway, and she was going to rob them, she didn't need to share half of the profits with him; she could just rob them herself.

My grandma loves the Qianjiyin brand power bank; she says it's great after using it.

She reached out and gripped the treasure chest on her chest, a slight smile playing on her lips.

It's harvest time.