Chapter 1 The Yin General

"Although that Yin General hasn't fully formed, his emergence is no small matter. That one breath sucked away how much Grand Duke essence from our mine?"

The withering of the surrounding mines had begun when the blood-soaked figure rushed out of the cave just now, but at the time, everyone was panicking, and besides, the withering wasn't severe, so no one noticed.

But when Lao Suanpan saw it, he immediately looked heartbroken, his expression even somewhat mournful. He slapped his thigh and cursed, "It's all that bastard Zhuang Erchang trying to be greedy and save a few bucks, but now he's cost us a fortune!"

"The good stuff in the mine didn't drop, even the Grand Duke's flesh and blood are short on essence. How much good stuff can we harvest next year?"

At the time, he was directly enjoying the Black Grand Duke with his divine soul, and the Black Grand Duke was connected to the mountain range. This thing hadn't been cut down and had always been connected to this mine, and even the entire mountain of flesh, belonging to a whole.

So, wouldn't the things he enjoyed from this Black Grand Duke be equivalent to enjoying them from this mountain of flesh?

The strangeness in his Natal Spirit Shrine, the information that suddenly flooded into his mind, or seemed to be hidden somewhere, did it also come directly from this mountain of flesh?

It was because he held these doubts and guesses that he was so eager to open the mine and see what was inside.

"Now, isn't this a smooth takeover?"

And if the things inside this mine are really so amazing, there will probably be some trouble afterward. He was worrying about how to explain it, but now that the strange Yin General has escaped, it's a perfect excuse to put the blame on him.

"It's all that damned Zhuang Erchang's fault, being clever and sealing a living person into that blood-food mine. Don't even mention the evil energy; even without it, the person inside couldn't have a good outcome!"

But now, the entire valley is like this. It looks as if some great evil spirit has directly used this blood-food mine as a sacrifice, thoroughly enjoying it. Just thinking about it is frightening enough.

In fact, even before opening this mine, he had vaguely guessed that the miraculous things everyone was hoping for might already be gone.

"I'll do it."

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And as everyone opened one jar after another, their expressions became panicked. Not only these Blood Grand Dukes and Golden Silk Grand Dukes, but even some Green Grand Dukes, White Grand Dukes, and even some Black Grand Dukes that usually no one paid attention to, all appeared withered.

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"Quick, go check the ones we left in our rooms!"

His words reminded Lao Suanpan, who rushed into the wooden house in a panic. Hu Ma took the lead, charging into the house, moving the jars placed in front of his bed onto the bed, and then reaching out to remove the stoppers on top.

They were all like the two jars in Lao Suanpan's hands, their flesh had long since dried up. At this time, the flesh-cutting artisans in the valley also noticed something strange and shouted, only to see that everything had withered.

He hurriedly peeked inside, his expression suddenly frozen: "How could the Blood Grand Duke turn into a White Grand Duke? Can this stuff even change?"

Before opening this mine, he vaguely felt that what his divine soul devoured when he first entered the manor wasn't just some aura of the Black Grand Duke.

Hearing him being so open-minded, Zhou Datong and the others couldn't help but nod.

"If Heaven is willing to bestow such unexpected windfall upon us, we will gladly accept it. If Heaven doesn't grant it, then we don't need to be greedy. Anyway, as long as we guard this blood-food mine, we don't need to worry about the brothers' food, clothing, and expenses, right?"

Their shape was the same as the Grand Duke's flesh and blood at the mine entrances, but these that had already been harvested were clearly more severe, their vitality completely depleted.

No one in this mine, even among the old miners who have been cutting Grand Dukes for more than five years and have passed down the trade for generations, has ever heard of this situation.

"It's a good opportunity to write a letter to the higher-ups to ask for more money and supplies."

Lao Suanpan waved his hand and said, "I came to the mine to handle these things."

Hu Ma's face showed surprise: "Could it be that all the Grand Duke's flesh and blood in this mine have been sucked dry?"

Or rather, has been taken away by me

Hu Ma hadn't thought so deeply, and looked at Lao Suanpan with respect, saying, "But I'm young, I'm not good at saying these things."

Hu Ma's heart fluttered slightly upon hearing this, and he was overjoyed: "That's exactly how it should be explained!"

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The more he thought about it, the angrier Lao Suanpan became, and he couldn't help but slap his thigh hard again: "It's all that damned Zhuang Erchang's fault. No, this matter has to be reported to the Association; that Zhuang has to pay for it!"

"We weren't planning to keep the things in this vein for ourselves anyway; we were planning to give them to the Association. But Heaven's will is unpredictable, and problems arose. Who can be blamed?"

"What else is there to explain?"

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At this moment, the others also came in, all craning their necks to look into his jar, and saw that the jars that were originally full of blood-food were now pale as wood.

Lao Suanpan said weakly: "It's the remnant essence that has been offered to ghosts and gods. I used to offer blood-food to the Ancestral Master. My Ancestral Master would naturally not come down to enjoy it personally, just inhale a breath. But anything that has been inhaled by him will turn into this."

"Alas, as soon as I arrived at the mine, I attracted so much trouble."

Four Five. Three Two. Eight Five. Two Four Four

And the General's Token or whatever he was thinking about, was it likely that it was also obtained by him, or his divine soul, in advance while he was enjoying the Black Grand Duke?

"It's just a pity that the Yin General suppressed by the stone block, if there hadn't been an accident, would have also been a rare treasure. We could have made a fortune, but now..."

"Alas, the essence of the Grand Duke's flesh and blood outside has been sucked away, how could these harvested Blood Grand Dukes be spared?"

In the early years, there were some ignorant little ghosts who broke into the mine to steal Blood Grand Dukes. The Blood Grand Dukes that had been eaten by those little ghosts would appear withered like this.

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"If we could really dig out some good stuff and hand it over to the higher-ups, it could be considered a merit. But now..."

"These Grand Dukes were originally sealed with the simplest talismans. That Yin General can even capture the divine souls of living people and use them as Yin soldiers. Breaking these talismans with a single breath is easy, right?"

With an expression of disbelief, he hurriedly asked Zhou Datong and the others to move out the jars in his room, and also searched out the jars that Zhuang Erchang had hidden in his room, opening them all in front of everyone.

"It's not a White Grand Duke."

The things inside this mine failed to form, Lao Suanpan guessed it was because the time was too short, but that's not the reason at all. It's just because some of the mysterious essence inside this mine has already been absorbed by him.

After sighing with regret, he looked at everyone and raised his voice, advising, "Besides, our original purpose was to take over the blood-food mine safely, wasn't it?"

"Can it be explained like this?"

Seeing Lao Suanpan wailing and slapping his palms there, jumping up and down cursing, Hu Ma's heart finally settled down, and he silently retreated behind the crowd, not getting involved in any of it.

"Now it's all over, everything's lost, everyone's lost everything."

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He was also harboring a matter in his heart, but now he suddenly had an idea. He hurriedly said, "When that thing came out, it seemed to be able to suck people's blood from a distance. Could it even suck the Grand Duke's flesh and blood?"

"This old man hasn't fought anyone in decades. If I find this kid, I'll cut off his balls!"

He felt a little anxious and wanted to go to his Natal Spirit Shrine to take a good look again. However, looking at this chaotic scene, he had to appease everyone first, so he also sighed along with Lao Suanpan's complaints:

"Who could have expected this kind of thing?"

"After all this effort, we only dug out a stone block, and a monster jumped out of it and ran away. How can we explain this to Niangniang?"

"We finally got this mine. If this is the case, wouldn't we lose everything at once?"

"Don't worry, I'm good at it."

"Ouch!"

When Lao Suanpan heard this, he shifted his attention slightly and sighed deeply, saying, "We just arrived and encountered this. It's a great achievement to protect the blood-food mine from the demon men of the Yiqian Sect and the ill-intentioned witchmen for our Niangniang."

"We were also frightened, and now we have to guard against any witchmen coming to seek revenge, and we have to send more people to hunt down evil things like the Yin General, and we have to support the brothers in this mine..."

However, although there was something strange, Hu Ma didn't plan to say it. This kind of thing is no small matter, and if it spreads, it will attract a lot of trouble.

"Forget it, you're a watchman, it's useless even if you cut them off."

And throughout the entire process, they were all in a panic, with no reaction at all. Now that he thought about it, it could only be the extremely evil Yin General.

He was fast, and his hands were even faster. Others couldn't see clearly. These jars were originally placed in front of his bed, and even the stoppers were opened.

The blood energy inside seemed to be completely empty, just like dead meat.

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This feeling was really strange. It seemed like he took the things himself, but he didn't know anything about it?

Am I here to verify whether I stole these things myself?

As he pondered these questions, he felt a little inexplicably horrified. The Yin General's terrified expression when he looked at him just now, and the inexplicable words that came out of his mouth, all made him feel uneasy.

Even Lao Suanpan glanced at Hu Ma in surprise, thinking that he was just heartbroken for the mine, but this Shopkeeper Hu had also lost the few jars he had already obtained. How could he be so open-minded about it?

He doesn't care about gains and losses, and has a calm demeanor in the face of strange events. He really has the bearing of a superior!

Just as Hu Ma was walking out, he suddenly saw Xiao Hongtang tilting her head and looking at him. His heart suddenly panicked, and he hurriedly picked her up, sighing softly as he walked towards his room.

Only Xiao Hongtang knew that all the blood-food had been enjoyed by him. He couldn't let her say it!

Otherwise, he can forget about having his face