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Chapter 561 Hua Manxue's Basement

In the evening, Aliya led Lin Feng and Zhang Xiaoyu into Red Rain City, and the group walked to a very grand courtyard.

Aliya pointed to the courtyard and said, "This is Hua Manxue's courtyard."

Aliya thought that Lin Feng was going to enter Hua Manxue's courtyard to plunder her valuables.

"The gate is locked now. If you try to pry it open, you'd better keep your voice down, or you might attract the attention of the patrolling soldiers."

Lin Feng said, "Let me take a look first."

After Lin Feng finished speaking, he went to the tavern next to the courtyard to drink tea.

Aliya and Zhang Xiaoyu were eager to go back to sleep, so they left first.

Lin Feng sat in the tavern, using his mental power to carefully scan the courtyard next door, Hua Manxue's, trying to find the keyhole that corresponded to the key.

Aside from finding a thousand magic crystals in the cabinet, nothing of greater value was found.

Lin Feng then began scanning the walls and ground of the courtyard.

They discovered that there were two rooms underground.

There was a large bed in the room, and the walls were covered with various items. It was clearly the room she used to win over male cultivators.

The other room was very secluded, with a two-meter-long and two-meter-wide iron box embedded in the wall.

The keyhole of the iron box was about the same size as the key he had found.

This is clearly a place for storing valuables.

Lin Feng paid the bill, got up and left, arriving at the gate of Hua Manxue's courtyard.

He took out his key and pretended to unlock it, using his mental power to examine the internal structure of the lock and then using his mental power to push the lock spring.

With a click, the door lock opened.

Lin Feng walked into the courtyard and locked the door from the inside.

With strong mental power, one can unlock doors without a key.

Lin Feng headed straight for the basement where the iron box was hidden.

After scanning the room with his mental power, he knew the layout of the room like the back of his hand and quickly entered the basement.

He opened the basement door, lifted his foot to step inside, then immediately took a step back and left the doorway.

Upon opening the door, he noticed something amiss: the basement was filled with highly toxic gas.

He waited until the highly toxic gas in the basement had mostly dissipated before entering it.

There was a piece of unburnt material on the basement floor. Lin Feng could tell from the smell that the deadly poison came from the burning of this material.

When Hua Manxue left the basement last time, she lit this thing, which produces poisonous gas when it burns.

Once the oxygen in the basement is used up, the device will extinguish, and it can be used again next time.

This can be considered a way to prevent theft.

Lin Feng used his mental power to sense the iron box and found that it contained a large number of magic crystals, as well as some other items.

Lin Feng took out the key and opened the iron box.

The iron box was quite heavy, and inside were individual compartments.

Most of the compartments contained magic crystals, and Lin Feng first put all the magic crystals into his storage space.

He roughly estimated that there were probably more than 12 million of them.

This must be all the magic crystals she has saved up.

They all benefited themselves.

Hua Manxue's earning power is far greater than Dai Yin's.

He's finally made it big; he's gotten rich overnight.

Lin Feng found ten more intermediate-level magic crystals in another grid.

There was also a ten-pound piece of silver in one of the compartments.

Lin Feng didn't lack this item, but adhering to the principle of not wasting it, he still put it into his storage space.

In the end, only one booklet was left.

Lin Feng took out the booklet and flipped through it, discovering that it was actually an account book.

It contains records of Elder Taixu's affair with Hua Manxue.

Several of them were members of the Blood Demon Sect.

The Blood Demon Sect's Grand Elder came here last year for a tryst with Hua Manxue. The Grand Elder had a great time and gave Hua Manxue five mid-level magic crystals.

So this is actually Hua Manxue's main business.

This woman should just focus on her main business; why does she have to try and take over her own iron ore mine?

The records here contain information on as many as sixty-five elders, covering the seven major sects.

As Lin Feng flipped through the pages, he came across a diary entry.

The diary entry is about...

Hua Manxue has been in Taixu for hundreds of years, but has never become a righteous master, and her appearance is gradually aging.

She had heard that the Lord of Taixu in Taixu City possessed mid-grade magic crystals that did not contain demonic energy, and that they were priced at ten million low-grade magic crystals.

She wanted to save up more magic crystals to exchange for purified intermediate-level magic crystals in Taixu City, so as to break through to the Grandmaster level as soon as possible and prevent her appearance from aging.

Having been in Taixu for so long, Lin Feng had heard a lot of information about the Lord of Taixu.

The Lord of Taixu lives in Taixu City and has lived for countless years. His strength is at least that of a quasi-Martial Saint.

It is because of the existence of the Lord of Taixu that the native inhabitants of Taixu are able to live the life they have now.

Otherwise, given the nature of the seven major sects, they would either wipe out the native inhabitants of Taixu or use them as slaves.

Lin Feng had never heard of anyone else besides himself who could purify magic crystals.

I need to investigate this matter myself. If it's true, this could be another way to make money.

After retrieving his belongings, Lin Feng locked the iron box, left Hua Manxue's courtyard, and returned to his own.

Lin Feng was alone in his courtyard.

After Zhang Xiaoyu and Aliya got together, they moved out to live together.

Lin Feng took out the fourteen intermediate-level magic crystals he had accumulated over the past few days, purified them, and then ate them.

Lin Feng's life attribute also increased from one million points to one million four hundred thousand points.

Lin Feng felt that ever since his life attribute broke through one million points, his body had been slowly undergoing a blood transfusion.

In other words, in the Taixu realm, reaching one million points in life attribute already qualifies one as a first-blood master, although the blood exchange process is somewhat slow.

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The next morning, Lin Feng went to the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the acquisition of the iron ore mine.

With so many men under his command, he could easily buy two more mines and start mining them together.

Alex, the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, warmly received Lin Feng.

Elena served tea and water to the two of them.

Lin Feng learned that because his iron mine was rich in high-grade ore, the prices of two other scrap metal mines near Red Rain City had risen sharply.

One got 1.5 million magic crystals, and the other got 2 million magic crystals.

Lin Feng didn't want to be taken advantage of. He made up a story, saying that he could read the earth's veins and identify where there were minerals, and that he planned to open two more mines near his original mine.

Lin Feng's ramblings broadened Vice President Alex's understanding of the world.

Alex thought Lin Feng could actually read the earth's veins and regarded him as a master.

Lin Feng then subtly inquired whether he could buy magic crystals without magical artifacts, as he wanted to improve his strength as soon as possible.

Alex said that unpurified magic crystals can be bought in Taixu City.

However, the price is relatively high.

One thousand low-level magic crystals can be exchanged for one purified low-level magic crystal.

Ten million low-grade magic crystals, or one thousand mid-grade magic crystals, can be exchanged for one purified mid-grade magic crystal.

Lin Feng was shocked; there really were people selling purified magic crystals.

Ordinary people can't afford this, but the top-ranking elders and sect leaders of major sects can definitely afford it.

People like Hua Manxue, who are eager to improve their strength, will definitely buy it.

Alex also said that the Chamber of Commerce will auction off a purified intermediate-grade magic crystal next month.

If Lin Feng is interested, he can attend the auction.

Lin Feng plans to attend the auction, but he won't buy the intermediate-grade magic crystal. Purifying the intermediate-grade magic crystal himself would be much cheaper.

Lin Feng left the Chamber of Commerce and went to his family's iron mine.

He led three teams to a point five miles from the iron mine, pointed to the ground and said, "If we dig down from here, we're guaranteed to find some ore."

The group exchanged bewildered glances. Lu Cangsong then asked, "Commander, is there really a mine here?"

Lin Feng said, "I can read the earth's veins. I can tell where there are minerals just by looking at them."

"Hurry up and dig; once you find the ore, you're entrusted with guarding this mine."

The group was skeptical, but the commander could tell there was a mine underground with just a glance.

Despite their doubts, they strictly followed Lin Feng's orders and began digging.