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Facing this unfamiliar young man, the old veteran named Liu did not hide anything. He sucked on the smoke and after a few puffs, the one foot and a half long large pipe pointed towards the Great Sun Mountain behind him.

"Around 30 years ago, I don't remember the details, but a group of people came. The leader of the group claimed to be a member of the Thousand Gold Association and said that there is a gold mine in the Great Sun Mountain behind the village. In any case, the villagers have been farming for generations, so it's just a name for the Great Yangshan mountain, the rest of it doesn't really matter to us. If you want to dig, then do it. Later on, a lot of people came one after the other. The main problem was that these were all their labourers, so they hired the young people from the village to build them a lot of houses to live in for three years. For three years they had been renting every year, saying that they could not take our land for nothing, and that they were at peace. Until one day something happens. "

"Old Liu, what happened?"

"Aiya, if I remember correctly, it should be around this time, right into the winter. The laborers, as usual, went out in groups in the morning. Tian'er was cold, and none of them were willing to do so. Young man, do you see that they live in such a large area? Because of their arrival, our Da Yang Village is bustling with noise and excitement! "

"And then?"

"Later …" The original inhabitants of the village were all born and died due to old age. But those labourers didn't have a chance since the day they started … "

"Old sir Liu, why do you say that?"

"Young people are indeed ignorant. As commoners, aside from war and famine, we can only live to see how many dead people we can see. That day was different, thousands of labourers! No one came back from work in the morning, not even a corpse, you say? Some of them had come with their family, while the old woman stayed at the foot of the mountain to help with laundry and cook. When they saw that their man didn't come back, they didn't seem to be in a hurry and headed up the mountain in groups of three or five. However, how did they get back in the end? They moved out in twos and threes and built many empty houses. There aren't many people in our village. They're all here to fill their stomachs, and if they had time, they would have to take care of their own crops. So many years have passed, ahem! Just thinking about it made his heart ache. Thousands of people! "Just one day …" After saying that, the old man knocked the pipe against the sole of his shoe, shook his head, and slowly left.

As he looked at the ashes on the ground that had not been blown away by the wind, he felt very upset. Even though there were thousands of people, which was several times more than the population of the Green Lotus Town, the result was the same …

He raised his head and looked at the Great Sun Mountain in the distance. It seemed to have turned into a tightly shut stone door. He was just a teenager. Even if he hired laborers, he wouldn't be able to hire himself, let alone unravel this secret that had been sealed for so many years.

Shaking his head slightly, Ye Hidden Light didn't stop to look at the mountain anymore, instead, he walked into that uninhabited area with big steps. Since there were so many empty houses and nobody cared about them, it was not bad to use them as his temporary residence. He rushed to raise his cultivation level. As for his lucky chance … If you seek it out, it will find you out as if you were looking for a lamp in the night.

Behind the beaded curtain of Yamen's inner hall, the red figure was faintly discernible under the swaying of the beaded curtain.

"I wonder if Sect Leader Li knew of the news that Mo Yu sent over, and if he found out the exact news?"

"Reporting to the Holy Maiden, I am already aware of this matter. I will immediately send out a secret order along with all of the hidden guards within the borders of the Great Zhou Country." Holy Maiden Hong Fu had received news from Cheng City's secret guard a few days ago. Thirty years ago, the Thousand Gold Association had indeed sent out a group of people to that place. On the surface, it was to dig for gold, but no one knew what kind of treasure it was, and no one knew whether or not they obtained the treasure. They only knew that within a few thousand workers, none of them returned, and their whereabouts were unknown, nobody cared about them in the next ten years. It is said that an expert has set up a formation technique. This subordinate guesses that this expert is most likely the leader of the Thousand Gold Association, Bai Wanjin! "

"Hmm, what you said is not impossible."

The entire inner hall fell into a deathly silence as the voice fell. After a while, Li Yun turned around and walked out of the inner hall. He passed down an order for the Hall Master of the Intense Flaming Hall, Moqi Peak, to hurry over as soon as possible.

Outside the inner hall, the Intense Flaming Hall's Hall Master, Moqi Feng, stood still, but he did not knock on the door.

"Master Moqi, there's no need to stand on ceremony. Come in."

Moqi Peak opened the door and entered.

"Greetings Sect Leader. I wonder what matter do you have to invite this subordinate over for?"

Li Yun did not say any pleasantries. He directly walked in front of Moqi Peak and whispered a few words into his ear. Then, he stood up straight and looked at Moqi Peak with his eyes and said, "This is a big matter. I hope Hall Master Moqi can handle it seriously."

Moqi Peak might still be thinking about what Li Yun had just instructed them to do. A pair of bell-like eyes swung back and forth. The last sentence Li Yun said was enough to fill the ears, so he did not agree.

Li Yun seemed to understand Moqi Peak's personality. After he finished speaking, he sat cross-legged on the praying mat.

"Sovereign, rest assured!"

Moqi Peak's great bell like voice really caused the entire inner chamber to slightly tremble …

The Song and Zhou kingdoms were next to each other, so their land area was much smaller than the Zhou kingdoms. Because the two countries had good relations for generations, the borders were peaceful and there were frequent exchanges. The renowned Thousand Gold Association was located at the eastern border of the Song Kingdom, below Cloud Entering Peak.

At this moment, there were only two people in the Thousand Gold Association's Thousand Gold Hall. The one sitting was a middle-aged man with three whiskers and a pair of phoenix eyes under his broad forehead. There was a person standing next to him. He was dressed in servant attire and looked extremely ordinary. He was one of those people that no longer needed to be looked for when they were stuck in a pile of people.

"Alliance Head, the second young miss first entered the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion half a month ago. It is said that she obtained your approval, and then entered the country of Zhou and still has yet to return."

"Hm!" I know that. Do you know what Wan'er did in Zhou? "

"This lowly one doesn't know why Second Miss is going to the State of Zhou. Hmm, this …"

"There's no need to hide anything."

"Yes, Chief. Second Miss came and went between our country and the State of Zhou on the one hand for the clan's business and the trade fair a year later, and on the other hand, Miss and Yamen within the State of Zhou seem to have a close relationship. "

When Bai Wanjin heard the two words "Yanzhen", his originally slightly closed eyes snapped open as two golden streaks of light instantly appeared and vanished. He raised his left hand and stroked his beard before closing his eyes again.

"Yamen!" Hmm, is there any more news? "

"The Qiankun family seemed to have suffered heavy injuries a while ago, but they are still in a closed door cultivation."

"Those Shangguan family members are useless, there's no need to care about them!"

"There seems to be a disagreement between Tian Luo and the Seven Leaf Sect, but the specific reason is unknown."

"Mn, let's not interfere in matters between sects. "Does Yangshan Village have anything?"

"Reporting to Chief, from the day you entered closed door cultivation until now, Yangshan Village has not moved."

"Mm, you can go now. I may have to go out for a while. When Xin Er will come out of seclusion, it's hard to say. I'll have to hand over the matters of the Alliance to you temporarily. Also, you can't leave all the matters related to the trade fair to Wan Er. This child is too playful, ha-ha ha! As Bai Wanjin spoke, he stroked his beard and smiled.

"Please rest assured Alliance Master."

Only White Wanjin was left in the huge Thousand Gold Hall. His originally calm and composed expression was replaced by doubt and puzzlement.

How could Wan-Er be related to Yamen? Shangguan Yue and Shangguan Xing might not have been good, but was Shangguan Bo no longer around? Why did Tian Luo suddenly appear again? Everything seemed unusual. Could it be that there was going to be a problem in the next twenty years? It's time to go for a walk...