Chapter 420: Old Grudges! A Golden Wall!!

The tiny Six Harmony Association actually housed so many great Buddhas.

Zhao Xian himself hadn't expected that, as a "founding elder"-level member of the Six Harmony Association, he still knew nothing about this place.

The hole beneath his residence already shocked him greatly.

Let alone, it turned out to be a Gold Mine!

The most terrifying part is…

There were actually three parties' personnel who perished here.

All of these, Su Kang never mentioned to him while he was alive.

"That's not right," Zhao Xian's face grew serious.

"What's not right?"

"Ten years ago, the Second-in-Command of Donghai Hall was assigned to go to the Warlord to pay the quarterly tax, and this Task for the Six Harmony Association was handled by me; on the way I even ran into him."

"Back then, Donghai Hall and the Six Harmony Association weren't so bitterly hostile; the two sides kept to their own waters, and sometimes even lent a hand."

"So that day I even chatted with him for a few words, and we agreed to drink together in the evening."

"But after he went out, his figure vanished, and a month later I heard news that the Second-in-Command of Donghai Hall had taken office."

"It was also because of this that the Grand Hall Master of Donghai Hall firmly insisted that I was responsible for his brother's death," Zhao Xian recounted slowly.

This matter wasn't a secret within the Six Harmony Association or even the entire South City District.

Everyone knows the cause of the feud between the two gangs.

One says he murdered someone.

The other denies it.

At that time the Warlord also dispatched a Search Army to investigate, but after a month they returned empty‑handed.

Zhao Xian himself felt deeply wronged, and he told Su Kang the whole story.

The latter believed his words completely, even once sending Lei Cheng to negotiate with Donghai Hall, but it ended without result.

It can be said that this person is the root of the two gangs' deteriorating relationship.

A mysterious fellow who had been missing for ten years was actually lying underground beneath Su Yang's residence.

How could this not shock him?

"So you think Su Kang knew about this, but he never came forward to clarify, instead letting you take the blame for ten years— is that what you mean?" Su Yang asked.

"No, no, no, I'm just a bit shocked and don't understand," Zhao Xian waved his hands to deny.

"We're all family; there's no need to hide what's in your heart. Anyway, my father is already dead, so even if you voice discontent, I won't have any objection," Su Yang said with a smile.

Zhao Xian heard this and cold Sweat poured down immediately.

Is this the attitude one should have as a son?

No matter how you look at it, it seems like testing his loyalty.

Su Yang, seeing he remained silent, said, "Do you suspect Su Kang of secretly colluding with these factions to plot the Gold Mine while deliberately concealing the information?"

"Of course not, Gang Leader, stop teasing me," Zhao Xian said with a wry smile.

Su Yang smiled, stopped teasing, and refocused his gaze on the piled corpses.

The corpses had turned into this ghastly state, making it impossible to tell when they died.

But it can be certain that they had already died before the Zhuangyuan above was built.

From this we can see that Su Kang intended to block information and planned to keep it secret until death.

The only strange point now is—given Donghai Hall's size, how could it possibly be involved in this incident?

Moreover, his death location was very close to the Warlord's people, giving Su Yang full reason to think these people were in the same group.

At least when mining, they were.

"Could it be… that he discovered this Gold Mine?" Su Yang's eyes narrowed.

The Gold Mine is located within the Six Harmony Association's territory, and this Second Hall Master happened to discover gold embedded in the rock.

To verify his suspicion, he brought in the Warlord's men to probe the truth.

Perhaps a traitor emerged, and the Ronggui Group learned the secret and negotiated to jointly mine the Gold Mine.

Thus Li Yongfeng sent workers to mine, but the partnership collapsed due to profit disputes.

A gunfight broke out in the Passage, and all of Ronggui's people died.

If Su Yang had been present, he would have chosen this moment to finish them all off.

This inference is the most plausible possibility he can think of at this stage.

Too much time has passed, and there are no other clues in the mine tunnel, making verification impossible.

Lin Yang walked forward a distance and shouted, "Su Yang, Hall Master Zhao, come quickly and look!"

Hm?

Su Yang and Zhao Xian exchanged a glance, set aside their doubts for the moment, and ran forward.

When they reached Lin Yang's side, they found they had arrived at the end of the mine tunnel.

Where the flashlight's beam reached, everything was a dazzling golden hue.

The brilliant golden light shone like Buddha's Radiance, majestic and dazzling, making it hard to keep one's eyes open.

A massive golden wall, ten square meters, stood before them, pure as if without any impurity.

It was as if…

Naturally formed gold ore.

"It's this big, it must be fake?" Zhao Xian's eyes widened, his eyeballs almost rolling out.

He has seen countless storms in his life, and also witnessed many rare objects.

Gold is even more abundant; a heap in the Warehouse, all belonging to Jiang Hen Zhi's stock.

But seeing gold spread over such a large area is still a first.

Square and upright, pure and flawless.

Even using gold to make a bed would be more than enough.

"Logically, natural gold reserves shouldn't appear in such high purity; this can't be brass ore, right?" Su Yang said.

"How could it be brass? This is gold; only gold has such a dazzling luster!" Lin Yang said, his neck veins flaring with excitement.

"This golden wall is the endpoint; back then they stopped when they reached it," Zhao Xian said.

"So we don't know the thickness of this gold layer?" a flash of insight flashed in Su Yang's eyes.

"Right, the thickness could be only a millimeter, or ten centimeters, or even a meter!" Lin Yang's voice unintentionally rose a few decibels.

Even if as thin as a cicada's wing, such a vast expanse of gold is still a considerable fortune.

Now Su Yang finally understands why the three parties are in conflict.

It must be that they discovered an immense gold reserve, each giving rise to greed.

"So this is the 'Jinshan' legend that Jinshan City has always spoken of; this is exactly what the Warlord Leader is after, right?" Su Yang licked his dry Mouth.

"Those idiots are still digging in North City District; they'll never find Jinshan even after a lifetime of digging!" Lin Yang laughed.

Unintentionally planting a willow that grew into shade, Su Yang never imagined entering the gold industry.

He only wants to honestly develop industry and earn money.

But he never expected that Su Kang would leave him an unimaginably huge fortune!

If the Warlord Leader learns of this, would he be so angry he crawls out of his grave?

A crazy thought suddenly sprouted in Su Yang's Brain, "Zhao Hall Master, what is the usual gold refining process?"

"First grind it up with water repeatedly, then add mercury to stir into an alloy, finally wrap with gauze to squeeze out excess mercury."

"In the initial stage, what you get are gold‑mercury lumps, with low purity."

"If you want to purify, you must add a solvent and high‑temperature Melt Refining; that way you can obtain high‑purity gold ingots," Zhao Xian explained.

The procedure isn't cumbersome, but at present Su Yang lacks the necessary processing tools.

Su Yang slightly raised his eyelids, "Is there a way to set up a complete refining and purification production line?"