Chapter 514

Xu Yang waited for a while before Guan Du walked out, having changed into a clean set of clothes: "Let's go, Junior Brother Xu. We are stationed here not only to ensure the safety of this place but also to manage the people below and ensure they don't commit theft and steal the black iron."

"I'll take you to the warehouse first to clearly hand over the black iron recorded in the ledger to you."

Xu Yang put down his luggage and walked out with Guan Du, as this small courtyard would be the place where he would live from now on.

The warehouse was right next to this courtyard. When he and Guan Du came out, the steward named Chen Yong was already waiting there; he was also a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect and an outer sect deacon.

After exchanging greetings with Xu Yang, Chen Yong opened the warehouse, and a pile of black iron came into view.

Chen Yong took out a ledger and handed it to Xu Yang: "This records the quantity of black iron in the warehouse. Junior Brother Xu, please verify it."

Xu Yang took it and, while flipping through it, verified the contents: "How often is this black iron transported away?"

Guan Du said: "The sect usually sends people to transport it once every two months. As for the next time, there is still about a month left."

Xu Yang nodded: "Senior Brother Guan, is much spiritual iron dug up here?"

He flipped through the ledger and found that there was no record of spiritual iron on it.

"That's hard to say. The appearance of spiritual iron is very random. Sometimes you can dig up three or four pieces in a month, and sometimes you can't even dig up one in three or four months."

After some verification, the quantity in the ledger matched that in the warehouse, and the three of them left the warehouse.

Chen Yong took his leave, while Guan Du took Xu Yang for a tour around the mine and met all the outer sect disciples stationed here.

Although he didn't know these people, he had seen them when he was in the outer sect. Many of them were even fellow Dragon-Ascending disciples from his own batch. There were ten people in total; four were at the Major Success Realm of Gang Qi, and the rest were at the Minor Success or early stages of Gang Qi.

"This place is too far from the sect, the journey is difficult, and supplies are not timely. Most of the time, there is only rice and steamed buns, and it's impossible to maintain a long-term supply of meat. If you are craving meat, Junior Brother, you can go to the surrounding mountains to hunt some wild beasts to satisfy your cravings."

"However, don't go too deep. Although the powerful exotic beasts in the vicinity have all been cleared out, these things are mobile, and you might encounter them if you are not careful. Sometimes they even wander over."

Guan Du said: "We are guarding this place, and the main trouble is still the exotic beasts. Of course, one also has to guard against people, especially when spiritual iron is dug up."

"Among these miners, some are problematic. They are usually very honest, but once spiritual iron appears, they will pass information to the outside, attracting experts to snatch it."

The Yunling Mountain Range is a natural treasure trove, nurturing all kinds of rare treasures. It is not only Profound Heaven Sect disciples who search for treasures here year-round; martial artists and treasure hunters from all over the place are searching for treasures here, and there are all kinds of people.

Not to mention spiritual iron, even black iron can attract experts.

For black iron, they buy it at the Profound Heaven Sect. With the price discount for inner sect disciples, they buy it at one silver tael per tael of black iron. In the outside world, one tael of black iron sells for almost one and a half silver taels.

Several thousand to ten thousand jin of black iron is enough to tempt experts at the Marrow Cleansing Major Success Realm.