At this time, the tour group had already entered the mountain. Immortal Forest Village was left behind and gradually disappeared.
Zheng Dandan and Lin Zishan both had the strength of official martial artists. Although the mountain path was uneven, it was very easy for them to walk.
“Have you ever thought if it’s appropriate to find such a weak person as your boyfriend?” Lin Zishan talked to Zheng Dandan as they walked.
“He turns pale from a nightmare. How low is his BQV? I’m afraid it’ll be difficult for him to enter Level 1 in this lifetime. In the future, when the two of you are together, who will carry the rice bags, flour bags, and gas cans at home? Dandan, being handsome can’t put food on the table.” Lin Zishan said earnestly.
Zheng Dandan had an indifferent look on her face.
“I’m an official Level 1 Martial Artist. What bags and cans can’t I carry? Besides, Lu Sheng just has a weak physique. He’s not a gigolo. Even if he’s a gigolo, what’s wrong with me raising him?”
“You’re really hopeless …” Lin Zishan had a “you’re already hopeless” expression. She shook her head and stopped talking. Now that she thought about it, her ex-boyfriend, Chen Fei, did not seem as bad.
Although he was a scumbag and a little ugly. But at least Chen Fei’s martial prowess was strong. In the future, he could easily obtain good living conditions and raise a family, instead of relying on her.
Lin Zishan even began to consider whether she should ask Chen Fei out for a good chat after returning.
The two of them followed the tour group and gradually went deeper into Ox-Head Mountain.
Lin Zishan and Zheng Dandan didn’t feel anything, but the aunties in the group couldn’t stand it any more. One by one, they began to complain that they were tired. Some even sat on the ground and didn’t get up.
“We’re here to travel, not to suffer!”
“That’s right. We’ve been on the road. I haven’t taken a single photo until now!”
The aunties collectively protested.
The young tour guide looked troubled. Seeing that there was a stream next to them and the surrounding scenery was not bad, she simply announced that the group would rest for ten minutes.
But before the aunties could be happy for a while, someone in the group shouted.
“Gone! That family of three is gone!”
Only then did everyone realize it.
The elegant man and his family who had followed the tour group into the mountain at the beginning were gone.
As for when they disappeared and where they disappeared.
No one knew.
The young tour guide hurriedly took out her mobile phone and began to dial a number, but the prompt on the other end of the phone said that the phone was switched off. She suddenly panicked.
“Everyone, help find them …”
The young tour guide began to call on the whole group to help find them, but halfway through, she suddenly realized something.
Three people had already gone missing. If a few more people went missing, she wouldn’t be able to be a tour guide any more.
She quickly changed her words.
“Everyone, rest here for an hour. I’ll go find the search and rescue team!”
After that, regardless of the aunties who were protesting, she hurriedly ran to the side to call for help.
Zheng Dandan and Lin Zishan saw this scene.
“How did the three of them suddenly disappear? They were clearly here just a moment ago …” Zheng Dandan muttered.
Lin Zishan frowned slightly. Yes, they were clearly here just now.
Logically speaking, Nannan’s family of three had such a strong sense of presence. If they suddenly fell behind, it was absolutely impossible for no one to not notice.
Moreover, with the husband and wife’s steady personality, if they really got lost, they would immediately call the tour guide.
But now their phones were turned off.
Then there were only two possibilities.
Either they suddenly met with an accident and didn’t even have time to call for help.
Or, they voluntarily left the group and didn’t want anyone to find them.
Thinking back to when she met the scholarly middle-aged man’s gaze, the second possibility was obviously more likely.
“This family of three has a mysterious background. They definitely aren’t ordinary people.” Lin Zishan concluded with a serious face.
Zheng Dandan’s face was indifferent.
“I don’t care if they are ordinary people or not. Sigh, now that the tour guide is busy looking for them, the rest of the trip is probably going to be ruined. Why don’t we just go back and find Lu Sheng? He has a good relationship with Nannan, so we should let him know about this.” Zheng Dandan suggested.
Lin Zishan thought about it and nodded in agreement.
“Okay.”
The two of them immediately left the group and went back the way they came.
…
“According to the map, the silver mine shouldn’t be too far from here. It’s just a few more kilometres away …” Lu Sheng carried a large backpack and walked in the forest. It was as if he was walking on flat ground.
Using the Intricate Realm movement technique, coupled with a powerful spiritual energy. Wherever Lu Sheng passed, the leaves and trees on both sides of the road would move aside; his speed was that astonishing.
Along the way, numerous snakes, insects, rats, ants, hares, pheasants, hedgehogs, and the like all ran out and fled in all directions, as if the end of the world had arrived.
It was only in the depths of the forest where there was no one that Lu Sheng dared to show off his ability and cause such a big commotion.
After walking for about seven or eight minutes, Lu Sheng suddenly stopped. His eyes emitted a bright golden light as he indifferently scanned the area in front of him.
If there was anyone else present and saw this scene, they would probably be so shocked that they would kneel down and call out to god.
After sweeping through the area with his spiritual power, Lu Sheng’s gaze finally locked onto a spot and a faint smile appeared on his face.
“Found it.”
The next second.
Wherever his gaze fell, the earth and rocks cracked, and the vegetation exploded.
It was like an invisible tornado wreaking havoc, terrifying beyond compare.
Soon, a chunk of earth the size of a head covered in moist yellow mud flew out. It disintegrated mid-air, revealing a flash of silver.
After a few breaths, seven to eight pieces of silver of different sizes appeared before Lu Sheng’s eyes.
The largest of these pieces of silver was the size of a fist, and the smallest was only the size of a thumb. They were irregular in shape, and the surface was bumpy, like silver that had been soaked in sulphuric acid.
However, the color was brighter than silver, and it reflected a faint light rainbow under the sun.
“It’s harder than steel …” Lu Sheng reached out and made a clear fingerprint on the piece of silver. As he channelled his spiritual power into it, this metal that was harder than steel quickly softened and became like dough.
“It’s definitely silver …”
Lu Sheng compared it to the introduction on the information that Dong Qingxue gave him and verified it one by one. He was sure that the piece of silver in his hand was the dense silver that was close to 100,000 yuan per gram.
This bit of silver in his hand weighed about four to five catties (1 kg = 2 catty; 1 catty = 1.102lbs), which meant that it was worth more than 200 million yuan!
“It’s not that exaggerated …” Lu Sheng muttered to himself, “This is just the first batch of dense silver. If I want to use it to make a Spiritual Master Weapon, I’ll need to go through dozens of processes to smelt it. It’ll be considered good if there’s one catty of this stuff left in the end. It also depends on the purity of the dense silver of this mine …”