BXBX NOVEL Chapter 124 - 124: Abandoned Mine Ruins
“Oh?” Upon hearing this, Leo Ray raised his eyebrows with interest and said, “Please tell me more.”
“Well, Mr. Christopher, there’s an ancient, abandoned mine in a mountain behind Golin City that’s rarely visited, and I’m sure there are some amazing treasures hidden inside!”
Su Rue first lowered his voice, then shook his head helpless_DSh_y: “However, there’s a large Demon Beast Lair inside the mine, and the Demon Beasts living there are incredibly powerful.
So, we tried to sneak in with our subordinates several times, but ultimately failed. ”
At this point, Su Rue lowered his voice even more and said mysteriously: “If you’re interested, we can work together to figure it out.
You take seventy percent of the gains, and we take thirty percent, no! You take eighty, and we take twenty…”
“Brother!” Sylvia Moore interrupted Su Rue again, her brow furrowed: “This Mr.
Christopher is someone we just met, isn’t this inappropriate?”
“Sis, Mr. Christopher taking eighty percent and us twenty percent is already quite generous.”
Pulling on Sylvia’s arm, Su Rue whispered, “Otherwise, it might take half a month of development for just the two of us to successfully find those treasures.
The key question is whether we can survive until then – it’s an unknown!”
“Brother, I’m not talking about the profit distribution issue; why don’t you understand that?”
Angrily pinching Su Rue’s arm, Sylvia scrunched her nose and said, “Anyway, he’s a stranger with an unknown background! How can we trust him so easily?”
“Trust me, my intuition can’t be wrong; Christopher is definitely not a bad person!” Su Rue grinned through his pain, tears forming in his eyes.
Across from the two, Leo Ray discretely touched his nose, acting as if he hadn’t heard anything.
This pair of siblings, whispering in each other’s ears, should not have been heard.
However, after advancing to Tier 2, Leo Ray’s senses had greatly improved, far exceeding the level of an ordinary person.
Therefore, their faint whispers inevitably reached his ears over this distance.
Of course, this was beyond comprehension for the siblings, who were still in the realm of ordinary people.
“That said, it can be inferred that the rumors about the abandoned mine are likely to be true, and the chances of it being a trap are minimal,” Leo Ray pondered.
“In that case, the new question is: how did these two find out that there was something valuable inside the abandoned mine?”
As Leo Ray considered this, Su Rue finally gave in to Sylvia and leaned forward expectantly, asking, “What do you think, Mr. Christopher?”
“No problem,” said Leo Ray with a smile, without hesitation.
Undoubtedly, what interested him even more than the abandoned mine was the method the sibling Lord used to discover the treasure.
“It seems that, if things go as expected, one of the two siblings should possess a talent that allowed them to sense the treasure,” Leo Ray speculated.
He tapped his fingers on the table and looked Su Rue straight in the eye, asking, “One last question: if the mine is swarming with Demon Beasts and it’s impossible to advance, how do you know that there are treasures inside?”
“Of course, it’s because of my Ta…”
Hearing this, Su Rue abruptly stopped, realizing something. He swallowed his words and awkwardly chuckled: “Mr. Christopher, you know, some things can’t be talked about recklessly.”
“Understood.”
Having learned most of what he needed to know, Leo Ray said after a moment’s deliberation: “I have some business in town this afternoon, so let’s explore the mine at night.”
“Great!” Su Rue exclaimed with surprise and delight. Then, he said: “Mr. Christopher, how about we meet at the fork in the road at North Mountain at seven o’clock tonight?”
“It’s settled then,” Leo Ray nodded in response.
He had already learned from looking at maps that the area in the northern part of Golin City wasn’t fortified with tall citv walls due to its treacherous terrain.
However, several checkpoints and small fortresses had been established between the city and the mountain range. The fork in the road at North Mountain was right at the border between the city and the mountains.
Leo Ray continued to chat casually with Su Rue and Sylvia, gaining a deeper understanding of the other Lords’ current situation and picking up some minor new information.
Before long, it was almost noon, and the restaurant began filling up with customers having lunch.
The rich aroma of the food wafted around in the air.
For Leo Ray, who enjoyed fine food and drinks, this was nothing to him.
But for the siblings across from him, it was a different story. Their faces showed longing, but they tried their best to restrain themselves.
Even though they had two Gold Dragons at their disposal, there were nearly thirty mouths to feed between their two territories…
Looking at the cash-strapped Su Rue and Sylvia, Leo Ray left a handful of gold dragons on the table and walked away with Taylor.
There was only so much he could do for them; if they wanted more, they’d have to prove their worth.
“Let’s call this handful of gold dragons payment for the information I received this morning,” he thought to himself.
Soon after, Leo Ray and Taylor reunited with Serena and Stella, Gideon Black, and Scarlett.
Seeing everyone wear expressions of accomplishment, Leo Ray nodded with satisfaction.
After a simple lunch, they chose a secluded spot and listened to every person’s reports one by one.
Afterward, anticipation shimmered in Leo Ray’s eyes: “The first Alchemist Qualification Assessment Conference is about to begin? Joshua Bingaman of the Rivers Family, Orion Wolfe of the Frost Family, and Michael Wood of the Hernandez Family…”
“Let me see if the three of you, successors of the earl families, are truly qualified to work for me.”
With that in mind, Leo Ray cheered up and nodded to his five subordinates with a faint smile, saying, “Alright, let’s get going.. Our destination is the Golin City Open Air Theater, the venue for the Alchemist Qualification Assessment
Conference!”