He found that in the hematite veins, in addition to some stones and crystals, there will be a black worm in any place with a lot of hematite. This worm is hard as iron, and is only the size of a fingernail. It likes to absorb it on hematite and corrode the hematite with a corrosive liquid in its mouth, thereby absorbing the hematite.

When he first discovered this worm, Xiao Lin was really shocked. The little thing's body was harder than iron. He stabbed it with a dagger for a long time and could not hurt it at all. After countless experiments, he found that the only nemesis of this worm was fire.

There are not many worms. Xiao Lin only caught four or five in a year, but each one is a treasure for Xiao Lin now.

Before mining, he would put a worm in the mine cave, and the worm would start crawling and would soon drill into the soil. At this time, Xiao Lin started mining where the worms drilled in. This method was effective and greatly increased Xiao Lin's harvest. He used to work hard in a month and dug up to fifty or sixty kilograms of hematite ore, but now he can easily dig more than one hundred kilograms of hematite ore every month.

The hematite he buried was only three to four hundred kilograms. He hid these hematites in seven or eight places. Even if a piece of hematite was not dug in a month, he would not be unable to hand over the task.

After not having to worry about the monthly ore mission, Xiao Lin began to spend half of the rest of his time studying the ore veins, and half of the time laid out some traps in the mine cave.

He couldn't guarantee that no other miner would come to him by chance. If he was discovered by a secret or wanted to kill or seize the mine, he would have a solution.

A few months ago, he went to the grocery store and was surprised to find that the grocery store actually sold many strange things, including ordinary iron weapons, crossbows, ground thorns, and even some poisons. The owner of the grocery store obviously looks like a backstage in Bailiantang. Not only do he sell some iron weapons, but also several weapons made of hematite, but this kind of weapon is expensive, and each one is more than a hundred taels of silver.

Although Xiao Lin feels that he is worth a lot now, he will not blatantly buy hematite weapons. Even if the owner of the grocery store seems to be following the rules, he should not reveal his information to others, but he cannot guarantee that he will not be discovered by those who are interested.

So Xiao Lin only bought some ordinary iron crossbows, arrows, and ground thorns, and also bought a bottle of poison to apply it to the surface of these iron tools. In this mine cave, he established a small piece of land. Xiao Lin believed that now, even within the scope of his mine cave, even the disciples of Bailiantang came, and he had to die for life. Even every time he entered and exited, he had to be extremely careful, for fear of accidentally stepping on the mechanism.

What surprised Xiao Lin the most was that the grocery store actually had secrets to sell. Although the secrets in it were all basic martial arts that even the disciples of Bailian Temple looked down upon, in Xiao Lin's eyes, it was definitely a treasure. If he could really learn martial arts, then he would at least have the power to protect himself in this Qingshui Lake Mine, without having to live as cautious as he is now, for fear of being missed by others.

However, what made Xiao Lin speechless was that the prices of the basic martial arts secrets were shocking. Each book costs at least 200 taels of silver. This was definitely a sky-high price for miners. Although Xiao Lin wanted it very much, after seeing the price, he could only helplessly extinguish his thoughts. In his opinion, the grocery store owner may not have thought that a miner could afford these secrets.

On this day, it was time to pay the task again. Xiao Lin thought about it and took out 100 kilograms of ore from his ore. After more than a year, the ore he saved was enough for him to double the task for three consecutive months. As long as he could pay more than 100 kilograms of ore for three consecutive months, he could become an outer disciple of Bailiantang and get rid of the fatigue of mining. Even in the eyes of many miners, becoming an outer disciple and having to go out to find ore veins is not necessarily better than mining. Moreover, it is very dangerous to find ore veins in the Tianlu Mountains. If you don’t encounter a beast, you will lose your life.

Xiao Lin was not interested in the mining search, but what attracted him the most was that once he became an outer disciple of Bailiantang, in addition to his monthly salary, he could also get a basic secret book of Bailiantang and practice martial arts legitimately. This attraction was undoubtedly great. After all, in Xiao Lin's opinion, he could not dig a mine for his whole life. In addition, he was very worried about his father and sister, and he didn't know how they were now?

There are many mines leading to the outer cave. Every time Xiao Lin goes out, he will be very energetic. It can be said that this has become his habit. Every time he passes a hole, he will listen carefully to whether there is any movement outside.

He carefully passed through seven or eight branch holes and was about to enter the main hole, but Xiao Lin suddenly smiled bitterly on his face.

It turned out that three or four figures had surrounded him, and a strong body in front of him blocked the way.

"So Master Xiang?" Xiao Lin squeezed a smile on his face, but his hand in his arms held a dagger hard.

Xiang Kun was still bearded and narrowed his triangular eyes when he saw Xiao Lin.

"Good boy, I have been looking for you for several months, and I haven't blocked you every time. Huh? So many ores?" Seeing the ore in the bamboo basket lifted by my subordinates, Xiang Kun showed a surprised expression in his eyes. Although he had already found out that Xiao Lin could complete the task every month, he was so cunning that he naturally knew that under this situation, he must have hidden a lot of private goods, otherwise it would be impossible for him to be so coincidental every month.

"Master Xiang San, I know the rules. Can't I pay half of the money I have to pay back?" Xiao Lin looked at the miners behind him and said to Xiang Kun with a smile on his face.

"Hehe, this time it won't work. Tell me about the third master, did you kill Wang Ji?" Xiang Kun smiled with a big mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes, but instead a hint of cold light.

Xiao Lin was shocked. He quickly turned his mind and could not understand why Xiang Kun insisted that Wang Ji was killed by himself.

"I'm joking with the third master. How can I kill the prince? This joke is not enough." Xiao Lin said, but his body slowly moved towards the wall.

"Oh?" Xiang Kun's eyes were mocking: "Boy still wants to deny it. The third master told you to die. When you killed Wang Ji, you didn't confirm whether he was really dead, right?"

Xiang Kun's words shocked Xiao Lin and his heart sank to the bottom. At that time, he stabbed Wang Ji's heart with one knife, and did not check it carefully. In his opinion, he would definitely not be able to survive if he was stabbed into the heart with one knife. Could it be that Wang Ji was not dead at that time, and when Xiang Kun came back, he told him that he was the murderer?

"You kid is cruel enough. You stabbed into Wang Ji's heart accurately. Unfortunately, you don't know that Wang Ji is born different from ordinary people. His heart grows on the right, which made him hang his breath until we go back." Xiang Kun's face was ferocious, and his eyes were full of murderous aura.

Xiao Lin was silent for a moment before looking up and laughing, "Secret Master, misunderstanding, please listen to my explanation."

“Explain it…”

Before Xiang Kun's word "小无" Xiao Lin suddenly burst out, and his hand inserted into his chest waved his head. A piece of green smoke appeared immediately. Seeing Yan Chen Xiang Kun's face change, he exclaimed: "No, it's poisonous gas."

When several miners behind Xiao Lin heard this, they hurriedly retreated, but then one of them groaned and turned over and fell down. However, Xiao Lin inserted a dagger into his chest.

Just as Xiao Lin fell down, he suddenly rushed into the cave from beside him. He threw away a wet rag covering his mouth and nose, and ran quickly into the mine.

"I'm chasing you, and you have to peel and cramp when you chase him." Xiao Lin heard the roaring sound of Kun behind him, followed by the sound of chasing footsteps.

While running, Xiao Lin thought quickly. With his current understanding of this mine, it was not difficult to get rid of these people behind him, but what if he got rid of these people? If Kun sent people to guard the entrance of the cave, he would have to fall into the trap sooner or later.

Thinking of this, a cold flashed in Xiao Lin's eyes. He gritted his teeth, then slowed down, and deliberately suppressed the footsteps to the maximum.

Sure enough, there were footsteps following behind, and Xiang Kun was cursing from time to time.

A sneer appeared on Xiao Lin's lips. He and the people chasing him were running around in the mine. For half an hour, he rushed into a side hole.

The moment he entered the side hole, he gently moved a piece of stone on the wall, then bowed down, and crawled into an inconspicuous small hole in the corner of the wall.

Soon, several miners followed this side hole. Suddenly, several screams came. The miners running in the front screamed and fell to the ground one after another. The fall was not important, and even more shrill screams came out, which was even more thrilling in this dark mine.

"There are ground thorns here, ah, my feet are numb, and the ground thorns are poisonous."

The screams did not last long, and then there was no movement. Xiang Kun's face changed and he hurriedly stopped the people around him. The people beside him also brought up a kerosene lamp. Through the light of the kerosene lamp, they saw the dense thorns sprinkled on the ground. These thorns were light green, and they knew they had been applied with poison at a glance.

Several people gasped.

"This kid seems not simple, he actually set up a trap here." Xiang Kun looked at the entrance of the cave and felt timid. He was really unwilling to catch the kid, but he rushed in rashly. Even if he could avoid these thorns in front of him, who could guarantee that the kid would have no other traps?

"San Master, we'd better not go in. Just keep the entrance of the cave. In a few days, the kid will come to the door obediently. Then he will peel and cramp him to vent his hatred."

"Hmph, this guy is better off, so let him live a few more days." Xiang Kun looked at the ground thorns, and was frightened and chose not to take risks.

"Ah~" Just as he was about to retreat, a scream suddenly came again. A miner beside Xiang Kun was hit in the chest by a crossbow arrow. The huge force of the crossbow arrow made him retreat several steps, directly hitting the wall of the mine before turning over and falling.

"Puff" Xiang Kun was about to curse, but another sound of breaking through the air came. Another miner beside him also fell down. This scared him and directly pulled the last miner to block him, with a look of shock and anger on his face.
Chapter completed!