The previous head of the Shi family, Shi Bai, eventually died of exhaustion of essence and blood. During the Battle of Osel, he continued to overdraw his vitality. As a result, even if the immortals gave him elixir, he could barely survive for a few more days.

In these few days, Shi Bai announced the candidate for the next head of the family, and also set a rule for the entire alchemist family.

[All alchemists must follow the official instructions of Liyue and must not do anything that is beneficial to the family but detrimental to the interests of Liyue.]

Since this rule was the last words Mr. Shi Bai said before he died, the senior alchemists present agreed and allowed this scene to be seen by the commissioner sent by Liyue officials.

Seeing this situation, the commissioners naturally reported these matters to the Liyue officials without reservation, and the officials took advantage of the situation and gave the Alchemist Family greater autonomy.

At least compared to the purely subordinate relationship before, the situation of the alchemists is much better now.

It's a pity that the alchemists don't seem to be satisfied.

In other words, the only patriarch who could suppress those with different intentions in the family has passed away, and the new patriarch who took over was a person with insufficient qualifications, so the alchemists naturally took action.

The action group was led by Shi Quan, but he never disclosed his specific plans.

Judging from the current situation, his so-called plan should be to cooperate with the treasure stealing group and then get that [thing].

...

At this moment, outside the cave entrance.

Ningzhe had arrived here ten minutes ago, and he listened to all the conversations these guys had.

It turns out that their operation was not initiated by the treasure thief group, but Shi Quan took the initiative to find the treasure thief group and then exchanged information for cooperation.

Shi Quan's purpose is to find the [thing] in the layer rock mine. In exchange, all other things underground will belong to the treasure thief group.

That strong man was the leader of this treasure-stealing group. His superior was Xiuji, and he had already entered the mine.

Xiuji is the leader of the treasure-stealing group in this area, and Shi Quan also had a cooperative conversation with him.

If it were just the conditions mentioned above, and there was no guaranteed profit for the other things underground going to the treasure thief group, it would be absolutely impossible for Xiuji to agree - then the only possibility is that there are other valuable things down there.

Moreover, Shi Quan forced Yue Song to come here...

If Yue Song had not intervened in this incident, and if he had not discovered it, they would have been able to hide it for a long time with their concealment. But Shi Quan chose to take the wrong approach and pulled this heavyweight in the navy over.

Ningzhe didn't think that Yue Song, who had been sailing on the sea all year round, could play a big role in their underground exploration. This man from the navy was not a researcher or scholar...

No matter from any point of view, forcing Yue Song to pull him in would not be of great benefit to their actions, unless he had other uses.

For example...the captain of the Qianyan Army team stationed at the Mouth of the Abyss has followed the treasure-stealing group including Xiuji to Yue Long in the layer rock mine.

They are brothers. Now that Yue Long has lost official contact with Liyue, it is normal for Yue Song to choose to find him based on this information.

However, this has nothing to do with Ningzhe.

Because no matter what they want to do, they have to stop.

boom!

The next second, the stone fence was destroyed in an instant, and the huge sound attracted the attention of everyone present.

Then, Ningzhe Shiran walked over, facing the confused members of the treasure thief group, Yue Song and Shi Quan, and smiled.

"Guys, the chat time is over. Are you interested in going to the General Affairs Department for some tea?"

After saying this, Ningzhe looked at Yue Song again and added: "Of course, Captain Yue Song is just accompanying me to take you all to drink tea. You should have no objections, right?"

quiet--

No one at the scene seemed to react. It was not until a few seconds later that Yue Song spoke with some uncertainty: "Are you... Ningzhe?"

"Correct answer." Ningzhe nodded, then turned his attention to Shi Quan, "What about you? If you have anything to say, say it now. What you have done has affected the trust of the officials and the alchemists. "

"I......"

Shi Quan didn't seem to have reacted yet. Frankly speaking, apart from the Privy Council and Qixing, the last thing he wanted to see was the white-haired bookstore owner in front of him.

Not only because he is Ningguang's younger brother and the owner of Yunhai Bookstore, but also because he is the reason why the Alchemist family was devoured by Liyue officials in the first place.

Everyone knows that if they only stole Ningguang's things, they would not be reduced to the point of being completely driven to the edge - the real reason is that two juniors recklessly attacked Ningzhe, and they did it to death. .

Although few people knew Ningzhe's identity at the time, they still took action. If Chongyun, another junior alchemist, had not been present at that time, it might have really caused a catastrophe.

And now, when Shi Quan took the risk and cooperated with the treasure thief group, and also wanted to dig out the mountain, he was discovered by Ningzhe again.

This is really...

"Don't you have anything to say? No problem, someone will ask you when you go to the General Affairs Department later."

Seeing that Shi Quan hesitated to speak several times, Ningzhe did not make things difficult for him. He just said this and then looked at the strong man.

"Um......"

After two seconds of silence, Ningzhe waved his hand, and green wind elements suddenly poured in from the entrance of the cave, accurately controlling every member of the treasure thief group.

"I have nothing to say to you, but you are so brave that you dare to dig into the mountains of Qingxupu... Do you know what the ruins here represent?"

The green God's Eye on Ningzhe's waist was shining with light, and although the other purple God's Eye did not move, it was still shining faintly.

"Uh...uh!"

The strong man bound by the wind element tried his best to say something, but in front of the wind element, he couldn't even open his mouth.

And Ningzhe had no intention of listening to him at all, because it was easy to guess what he wanted to say.

It's just that he realizes his mistake, doesn't dare to do it next time, and begs the uncle to spare his life...the treasure thief group, they are good at this when they can't escape on their own.

Moreover, this team of treasure thieves is not the focus, and no valuable information can be found on them.

Will a team that can't even fight against a few rock dragon lizards be the main force?

It is conceivable that the real main force of the treasure stealing group is definitely in the area of ​​​​the Rock Abyss, and may have followed Xiuji down to the mine.

"As for Mr. Shi Quan..."

After dealing with these treasure-stealing groups, Ningzhe turned his attention to the alchemist again, and his expression gradually darkened.

"Do you know the consequences of doing this?"

"I..."

Hearing this, Shi Quan fell silent. The God's Eye on his waist even lit up a few times, but finally fell silent. Then he sighed: "...I know."

"That'll be easy."

Ningzhe nodded, then waved his hand gently, and dozens of young rock dragon lizards emerged from the ground, carrying the members of the treasure thief group one after another in an orderly manner.

"Then let's go."
Chapter completed!