Chapter 419: A Terrifyingly Detailed Journey! Three Factions!

The scene of last night's conversation with Li Yongfeng resurfaced in his mind.

Su Yang vaguely recalled that his exact words were, "No matter how high the price, Su Kang didn't agree."

At the time, he found it odd; Su Kang wasn't some unparalleled prodigy, so what could the Six Harmonies Association have that he could covet?

Moreover, Li Yongfeng himself was mixed with the underworld; whatever Su Kang had, he also had.

Now that the timeline is clear, Su Yang feels Li Yongfeng's probing has another layer…

He is testing whether Su Yang knows the secret of the Gold Mine!

"Ronggui's workers died here; Li Yongfeng now has a huge family and business, wealth of ten thousand guan, yet he hasn't taken action against the Six Harmonies Association."

"That suggests he doesn't know that the Gold Mine is on the Six Harmonies Association's territory," Su Yang speculated.

"So ten years ago Su Kang asked Li Yongfeng to lend people to dig a Passage; for some reason they died here, their bodies weren't taken out, the story was hastily concluded, and Su Kang, to be safe, built the house above the mine tunnel," Lin Yang said.

"Li Yongfeng seemed to know we'd go to Gold City as a line of work, and had already arranged people to wait," Su Yang thought it increasingly didn't add up.

He felt he had inadvertently stepped into a meticulously laid large net.

"Wait!" Lin Yang suddenly recalled something, saying, "Li Yang also seemed to have mentioned that he wanted to cooperate with Su Kang; could it also be to scheme the Gold Mine?"

Hmm?!

Su Yang's eyes widened, and goosebumps rose over his whole body instantly.

"If they were after gold, wouldn't our Six Harmonies Association…?" Lin Yang inhaled deeply, then stopped short.

Su Yang slowly nodded and said in a deep voice, "Target of all arrows!!"

Looking back on the path taken during this period, Su Yang indeed felt it had been somewhat smooth.

First, Liu Dong exposed the fact that he possessed a firearm, and then Li Yang arranged for Xiao Mo to come over and invite them to be guests at the shop.

Using gratitude as a pretext, he lured out a seafood business?

The amount he wanted was three million, and at that moment Huang Hua happened to accept his invitation, letting him kill a person.

The deposit given was exactly three million…

He killed Jiang Hen Zhi, and at his house looted the Warlord Leader's corpse and several antiques.

Su Yang was about to act when Li Yongfeng appeared.

He also magnanimously offered to take all the treasures.

On the surface, this was every step Su Yang had calculated, but now, seeing the corpse inside the mine tunnel, he suddenly felt his thoughts were being controlled by someone unseen.

It wasn't a behind‑the‑scenes puppeteer pushing him forward, but rather creating numerous events that guided him to design a route.

Previously, Su Yang had benefited from his own strategic brilliance.

Now it seems all of this is too coincidental!

So coincidental it feels as if the script demanded him to act this way on purpose.

Suddenly, Su Yang was struck by a terrifying realization!

He recalled that Su Kang's dying words wrote—he had already paved all the roads for him.

Does this mean…?

At this moment, Lin Yang saw Su Yang staring blankly, patted his shoulder and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Su Yang was startled, and when he came to his senses he realized he was drenched in sweat.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head and said, "Nothing, let's keep moving forward."

"Oh."

Lin Yang, seeing his condition wasn't right, voluntarily offered to go ahead.

Although he was frightened, with Su Yang's absent‑minded state, a sudden ghost popping out would surely scare him away, wouldn't it?

The two advanced slowly, one after the other; the air here was extremely dry, and the surrounding ore visibly showed abundant gold deposits.

Basically, every ten meters you could see a large chunk of gold embedded in the stone.

Originally anxious, Lin Yang instantly let joy wash away his worry.

"The reserves are too rich; if we empty them, the richest man of Jinshan City will surely lose his title!" Lin Yang exclaimed excitedly.

"Indeed exaggerated; gold prospectors in North City District who've been at it for twenty‑or‑thirty years can't match the gold proportion in the stone," Su Yang nodded slightly.

"How can panning compare here? Those people use a gold‑panning basin for half a day, and in a month they melt at most a fingertip‑sized piece of gold," Lin Yang said.

"Don't underestimate them; if we finish formal mining, the subsequent refining work will still depend on them," Su Yang said.

"That's true; each craft has its specialty," Lin Yang agreed with a nod.

At that moment, Lin Yang kicked a hard object, which made a 'gulu' rolling sound.

He curiously looked at his foot, muttering, "Strange, where did this soccer ball come from?"

But after seeing clearly what he had kicked, his eyes widened.

This isn't a soccer ball at all; it's clearly a head!

Having gone through the earlier fright, Lin Yang's reaction was much calmer.

"There's a corpse here too?!"

Su Yang followed the voice and saw bodies sprawled haphazardly on the ground, with a handgun beside each waist.

But the attire they wore was completely different from Ronggui's Work Uniform.

Dark blue jackets, with badges printed on the chest.

He was more familiar with this clothing than anything.

"Warlord?!" A terrifying thought suddenly sprang in Su Yang's mind.

He quickly grabbed the handgun and examined it, noticing a string of numeric markings on the stock.

He glanced at the ejected magazine and saw there were still two Bullets left inside.

He pulled out the Bullets and saw the ends also bore numeric codes!

"It's a Warlord, that's right..." Su Yang's lingering doubts finally cleared in his mind.

"How could Warlord people be here together with Ronggui Group members?" Lin Yang asked, puzzled.

Su Yang turned back and retraced the path, his gaze carefully inspecting every corner.

Finally, he looked at the bullet hole on the rock, a flash of insight flashing in his eyes.

"Two squads fought, the Warlord's men won, yet they didn't leave this place," Su Yang said.

"You mean... the Warlord and Ronggui Group people were together at the same time?" Lin Yang was startled.

"I guess so; perhaps a conflict of interests caused the fight," Su Yang nodded slightly.

"Then it's even more puzzling—if the Warlord's men died here, would the Warlord Leader not know the Gold Mine's location?" Lin Yang asked, confused.

Su Yang thought it over and also found it illogical.

Clearly a problem was solved, yet a new one emerged.

At this moment, Lin Yang spotted an "oddity": "Someone here is dressed differently."

Su Yang walked to the corpse and saw the fellow wearing casual clothes, a massive skeleton, and a gold ring on his index Finger.

He picked up the ring, blew off the dust, and examined it closely.

Its shape is not exquisite, bearing only a wave pattern.

"Who is this guy?" Lin Yang asked.

"It's Zhao Xian, come down," Su Yang said.

Lin Yang instantly understood, hurried back to tug the rope, and halfway up shouted for Zhao Xian to descend the Gold Mine.

Before long, the two walked over side by side.

Zhao Xian was still seeing the Gold Mine for the first time, curious about everything around him.

And when he saw the gold inside the Stone, his face flushed with excitement.

He couldn't help reaching out to touch it...

"Don't touch yet; look at this ring in my hand," Su Yang offered.

Zhao Xian took it and instinctively slipped it into his pocket, but after sensing Su Yang's gaze, he immediately focused on examining it.

"Huh?" Zhao Xian asked after a glance, "Where did this ring come from?"

"It was on the corpse's hand," Lin Yang explained.

"That shouldn't be—how could this thing end up here?" Zhao Xian's brow furrowed tighter.

"Whose?"

Zhao Xian looked at the corpse on the ground, then at the ring, and, after confirming, said: "I can be certain this is the insignia of the Second Hall Master of Donghai Hall."

"What? Say that again," Lin Yang said.

"I've crossed paths with that guy many times, and only the two heads—i. e., the Second-in-Command—are allowed to wear such a ring."

As he spoke, he pointed at the wave pattern, "See, there are only two wave segments, indicating it's the Second-in-Command."

"The Second Hall Master of Donghai Hall only approached my wife a few days ago; how did he end up as a white skeleton dead here?" Lin Yang questioned.

"Succession is normal; their Second Hall Master vanished from the mortal world ten years ago, was searched for a year without success, and only later was a Newcomer chosen," Zhao Xian explained.

Su Yang turned, glanced, and said slowly, "So, this place contains not only Ronggui Group and Warlord people..."

"Donghai Hall also got involved."