Chapter 2053
byYang Kai snorted coldly and said, “The Jiang family！ No, I came here to look for someone.”
“So senior is really not from the Jiang family？” Zhou Kang’s voice suddenly rose a few pitches, as if he couldn’t believe it. At this moment, even the other martial artists looked at Yang Kai with joy on their faces, and their gloomy and lifeless eyes shone with light, as if they had seen some hope in the darkness.
“Why would I lie to you?” Yang Kai shouted in a somewhat impatient tone.
“I believe senior!” Zhou Kang no longer dared to question and shouted loudly, “Since senior is not from the Jiang family, please save us from this sea of suffering.
“Senior, save us！”
“Please, let us out！”
Suddenly, a chorus of pleas for help rang out all around. Those martial artists who had their freedom shackled by handcuffs looked at Yang Kai with pleading eyes.
Zhou Kang said, “To be honest with senior, most of us are scattered martial artists with no relatives or friends. There are also some who are from small families. We were captured here by the Jiang family at different times to mine minerals for them. If we resisted slightly, we would be punished. Some of our brothers have even died. We can’t bear the torture and are suffering greatly！”
“What kind of minerals are you mining here?” Yang Kai frowned.
“It’s this. Please take a look, senior！” Hearing this, Zhou Kang quickly took out an object from the basket beside him and respectfully handed it to Yang Kai.
Yang Kai took it and took a look, and immediately let out a light eh: “Clear Heart Jade?”
He recognized this thing. It was an extremely rare kind of jade that could help martial artists purify their minds and calm their spirits, and had extremely special effects. When martial artists were in seclusion to cultivate their skills or break through their realms, if they could wear such a thing on their bodies, it could greatly reduce the harm of the inner demons to a large extent.
If worn, there were also some unknown benefits.
Precisely because of this, this kind of jade was very expensive. A piece the size of a thumbnail would cost two or three thousand source crystals, and the piece that Zhou Kang casually took out was as big as a palm. It was worth at least one hundred thousand source crystals！
Not to mention that the basket was still filled with more jade!
This was actually a mine pit of jade!
No wonder the people of the Jiang family acted so furtively and didn’t want to be discovered. With such huge benefits, if other forces knew about it, the Jiang family simply couldn’t resist it alone. Even the City Lord’s Mansion would definitely intervene to get a share of the pie！
However, mining this kind of thing definitely required some labor force, and since the Jiang family didn’t have enough labor force, they could only think of other people’s ideas！
Those martial artists with cultivation below the Saint King Realm, without relatives or friends, without background or backers, were the best candidates.
Although Fenglin City was not big in the entire Southern Region and the overall level of martial artists was not high, there were people coming and going every day, as numerous as the fish crossing the river. From time to time a few martial artists below the Saint King Realm were missing, and probably no one would notice.
Zhou Kang and these people were all caught and brought into the mine to do hard labor in this way.
Zhang Ruoxi was obviously the same！
In a short period of time, Yang Kai had figured everything out. Only then did he know why that group of people from the Jiang family were unwilling to reveal Zhang Ruoxi’s whereabouts. Instead, when he went to the Jiang family to inquire, they pretended not to know anything. Even when he saw the appropriate conditions, they were not moved.
It turned out that they didn’t dare to reveal the secret of this mine！
After figuring this out, a cold light flickered in Yang Kai’s eyes.
“Senior…” Zhou Kang looked at Yang Kai, not knowing what was on his mind at the moment.
“Leave the things and you can go.” Yang Kai waved his hand.
“Huh?” Zhou Kang was stunned and seemed a little was at a loss.
Yang Kai raised his hand, and immediately golden lights danced in the mine cave. Streams of golden blood filaments shot out. Accompanied by a series of clicking sounds the bracelets and anklets that bound the freedom of Zhou Kang and these people were all cut into two pieces.
“I said you can go, or do you want to stay here？” Yang Kai glanced at Zhou Kang. Without waiting for him to say anything more, he just beckoned and took all the Qingxin Jade mined on the ground into his space ring. Then he flew forward without stopping.
Moments later, not far behind Yang Kai, there came waves of cheers and excited shouts. Seeing that those bracelets and anklets were all cut off, how could those martial artists still doubt Yang Kai’s words? The impatient ones had already rushed towards the exit in a hurry.
“Oh yes, senior, never go too deep inside. There is something strange in the innermost part!” Zhou Kang was also delighted for a while, but then seemed to remember something and hurriedly shouted at Yang Kai.
But where was there any trace of Yang Kai? He had long since disappeared into who knew where.
“Senior should have heard, right？” Zhou Kang tilted his head and thought for a while, and then didn’t have the heart to consider these anymore. He had been caught by the Jiang family and brought here for a full two years. He originally thought that he would never be able to escape this place and would eventually die here, but unexpectedly, he was helped by a noble person today and had a day to see the light of day again.
In excitement, Zhou Kang hurriedly rushed outside, shouting loudly as he ran.
Moments later, the entire mine cave boiled up. Countless martial artists who were caught here to mine minerals rushed towards the exit, venting their joy of regaining freedom.
In the depths of the mine cave, Yang Kai closely followed the little beast and rushed forward all the way. Along the way, he took all the mined Qingxin Jade into his possession, and at the same time, he also slightly used his means to cut off the bracelets and anklets of those mine slaves.
And at the same time, in a certain place in the innermost part of the mine cave, a delicate figure was rushing inward.
Accompanied by her movements, a clattering sound was heard, precisely the sound emitted by the impact of the handcuffs and anklets that restrained her.
The small body was dressed in ragged clothes, with a disheveled head and a blackened face, and it was simply impossible to see the original appearance. However, from her constantly looking back and the panicked and frightened eyes that were revealed, one could still distinguish a hint of Zhang Ruoxi’s shadow.
Surviving in this mine pit was not easy. Since being sent here a month ago, Zhang Ruoxi had come into contact with the darkness and fear that she had never encountered in the past dozen years.
Not to mention the harsh demands of the Jiang family, where every day she had to dig up enough minerals, otherwise she would be punished. Just say that each of those miners was not an easy-to-deal-with fellow. After being captured and tortured here, the dispositions of those miners had all changed. Suddenly seeing a thin and frail little girl, naturally many people were greatly interested in her.
Fortunately, Zhang Ruoxi now had the cultivation base of the peak of the Second-Order Saint King Realm. Otherwise, she simply wouldn’t have been able to gain a foothold here and would have long since been eaten until there was not even a bone left.
After several blind guys coveted Zhang Ruoxi’s beauty and wanted to touch her, but were instead severely teach by her, no one dared to cause trouble for her anymore.
To avoid similar troubles, she deliberately made herself look like a mess, and sure enough, no one was interested in her anymore, and she had a period of peace.
However, the daily work of mining ores is also extremely arduous. Those Pure Heart Jades are all embedded inside the rocks and must be mined with great effort.
In just one month, the little girl’s hands and feet have shed several layers of skin. Her already not plump body has become even thinner. Every day after work, she falls asleep with tears and enduring pain. When she wakes up she has to endure that painful life again.
Growing up pampered in the Zhang family and regarded as the apple of the eye by the mistress of the Zhang family, how could Zhang Ruoxi have ever imagined that there would be such a dark place in the world！
She misses her great-grandmother, misses her grandmother, and misses everyone in the Zhang family.
Every time at this time, another face flashes in front of her eyes.
That is Mr. Yang, who has the grace of rebuilding her Zhang family and has not returned since going out more than half a year ago！
She doesn’t have much contact with Mr. Yang. Although she has been by his side for a while, Mr. Yang has never made any demands on her. He doesn’t even need her to serve him. He just lets her live safely in the cave, practice every day, and even bestows a precious elixir.
She can feel that Mr. Yang is a good person and takes care of her a lot.
She worked hard to cultivate and didn’t dare to slack off, because the mister had said that there might be a time when he needed her help in the future. She wanted to try her best to improve her cultivation base in order to repay the mister’s kindness.
But now…
“Mister, where are you?” Zhang Ruoxi shouted in her heart, her body staggering and scurrying around in the mine tunnels, taking advantage of her familiarity with the mine tunnels to avoid the pursuit from behind.
In this most dangerous moment of her life, the only person she could think of was one person, hoping that that person could descend in front of her like a god descending to the earth, blocking the storm coming from the front and bringing absolute safety to herself.
But she knew that this was impossible. This mine cave was extremely hidden and no one could possibly discover it.
“Bitch, you’re dead for sure. Try to escape hard. If I catch you, I will definitely make you taste all the torture in the world！” A devil-like growl came from behind.
Zhang Ruoxi’s delicate body trembled violently, and her heart was filled with huge panic. She felt as if her feet were filled with lead and she could hardly move her steps.
Her shoes had already been lost during the escape. Her bare feet stepped on the cold and damp mine tunnel, and the sharp stones stabbed both feet until they were bloody. The pain had become numb. Zhang Ruoxi mechanically moved her steps and scurried into a passage beside her.
Fall down and then get up again. Suddenly, her eyes became blurred and she almost fainted.
Biting the tip of her tongue hard, a stinging pain came. Zhang Ruoxi’s mind suddenly became clear for a moment. After identifying the direction around her, she gritted her teeth and rushed in one direction.
There, it is a place that all the mine slaves dare not approach.
There were once several guys who ran over there to mine, but they never came back. Since then, no one has dared to go there anymore.
And now, that dead place has become her only hope of escape.
In the silent mine tunnel, Zhang Ruoxi’s rapid breathing sound was heard. She could even clearly hear her own intense heartbeat. In her chest the heartbeat was like a war drum, as if it was about to burst out of her body.
After running for a long time, Zhang Ruoxi suddenly stopped and stared blankly at the front, with a hint of despair on her face.
The front was actually a dead end and there was no way out at all！
And just at this time, the sound of footsteps came from behind.
Step by step, like the god of death whispering and summoning in the ear, Zhang Ruoxi turned around with a pale face. Her beautiful eyes were covered by black clouds, filled with despair, and no longer a trace of light could be seen.
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