Next, Lei Xiao and his party left the City Lord's Mansion in Gelin City.

Moreover, in the nearby area, Ye Cang, Chao Yan and other main subordinates reunited, and they all galloped towards the new mining area in the back mountain of Gelin City.

It is worth mentioning that, in order to deceive others, Li Xia and Rees did not directly walk with Lei Xiao and the others.

Instead, under Lei Xiao's instructions, after staying in the City Lord's Mansion for a while, he went to the destination via another route.

In addition, before leaving, Lei Xiao also equipped the pair of siblings with a storage ring, an invisibility cloak, ten second-level healing potions, and ten third-level advanced pyrotechnics. A scroll, a fourth-tier lance, a fourth-tier long sword, and a fourth-tier light armor set of knight equipment.

Since when Lei Xiao upgraded his armor from the beginning, he upgraded it together with accessories such as helmets, combat boots, and gauntlets.

So, naturally, it was equivalent to changing the costumes of Lixia and Reese from head to toe, which directly made a qualitative leap in the combat effectiveness of the two.

As for the two sets of Tier 3 knight equipment that the two were equipped with before, Lei Xiao has also taken them back and upgraded them.

Just got the third-tier equipment that can equip an elite knight squadron, and a brand-new fourth-tier knight equipment.

In this way, along with the fast speed all the way.

Wait until the two suns, one big and one small, begin to descend slowly between the sky and the mountain tops, making the orange-red sunset glow all over the sky.

Lei Xiao and his party, who were already in the new mining area of ​​Houshan, reunited with Li Xialis and his brother.

"My lord, what should we do now?"

Bowing to Lei Xiao, Li Xia, who was standing by a small stream, asked eagerly.

At this time, she, like Rees, had changed into a set of dark blue knight casual clothes, making her figure much slimmer than before.

Under the shining of the setting sun, her slender body reflected a tall and straight figure of orange red in the gurgling stream behind her, with rippling ripples, she looked full of sassy spirit.

Compared with Lin, who is also a knight, although Lixia's acting style is a little more immature, it can definitely be called clean and tidy.

"This is the area where the abandoned ore veins in the new mining area are located?"

Gently patted Lixia's shoulder to signal him to relax, Lei Xiao immediately spoke.

"Lord Master, that's exactly the case."

Feeling the warmth from Lei Xiao's palm, Li Xia's expression became much calmer.

Then he quickly bowed and responded: "Since the old mining area was abandoned, this new mining area has been mined for more than a hundred years, and many ore veins have been exhausted, and this area is the exhausted abandoned ore vein area."

Directly opposite, while listening to Li Xia's reply, Lei Xiao looked around.

The place is deserted and overgrown with weeds. There are only criss-crossing abandoned metal tracks and the entrances of large and small mines all over the place.

The sun was setting and the desolate environment was almost no different from the old mining area where Su Ru, Su Mo and others were.

"Understood, then leave it to me to deal with it."

After observing the surrounding environment, Lei Xiao thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "Although I don't know what happened to your father, but since it was not man-made, there must be some subtle traces left."

After speaking, Lei Xiao first nodded to Hu Zhang and Hong Ye beside him, signaling for them to perceive again.

Afterwards, from Lixia's hand, he took an ordinary second-order knight sword that the Lord of Huo De usually used for training, and then handed it to Bai Wei, who had always maintained the form of a giant white wolf.

This was prepared by Lei Xiao instructing Lixia in advance, even though so many days have passed, the possibility of directly finding City Lord Huo De through the smell is very slim.

But as long as some clues can be found, coupled with the perception of the two fifth-order powerhouses, and cross positioning in this way, the search efficiency will naturally be maximized.

On the other side, the huge body leaned on the ground with two front paws, the furry white wolf head approached, and the huge and comfortable black nose sniffed carefully at the position of the knight's sword hilt.

Immediately, while the fluffy hair of the giant white wolf was shaking, it flicked its big tail wildly, and went to search on its own.

Seeing this scene, Lixia and Rees at the side couldn't help but showed surprise expressions again.

The aura emanating from that giant white wolf was obviously much higher than that of the two of them. Coupled with the huge sharp fangs around its mouth, it could be described as creepy.

And the lord, it is incredible that he can tame such a terrifying monster like a puppy.

At this moment, Li Xia and Rees had no doubts at all. If the two of them faced this ferocious giant white wolf alone, even if they joined forces to fight, the result might be close to death.

Just when the two people's admiration for Lei Xiao increased a lot.

Hu Zhang and Hong Ye also flickered and disappeared in place, as if they had found some clues.

In this way, when the two suns completely set, the orange-red sky began to turn into dark blue.

Knotweed, Hong Ye, who went out to explore, and Bai Wei, who had re-formed into a human form, all returned to Lei Xiao.

He saw that when he went out, there were two people and one wolf, but when he came back, there were three people. Before Lixia and Reese, who were full of expectations but were inexplicable, could react.

Directly opposite, Hong Ye took a step forward first, and bowed to report: "My lord, the subordinates and the other three have found the traces of City Lord Huo De!"

After Hong Ye finished speaking, Hu Zhang and Bai Wei at the side also nodded their heads.

"Very good!"

Hearing this, the siblings beside Lei Xiao couldn't help cheering and jumping for joy, their faces full of excitement, and even the doubts about Bai Wei's sudden appearance were instantly forgotten.

"Good job."

With a faint smile, Lei Xiao nodded slightly, signaling the dragon woman in front of him to continue talking.

"My lord, through the energy perception of my subordinates and Polygonum cuspidatum, although I didn't find the breath of a fourth-order powerhouse, I found that there is a weak energy fluctuation of unknown origin in this valley."

Seeing that Hong Ye was still maintaining a respectful posture, she said heroically, "Because of the extremely complicated terrain in the mountain, and the faint energy fluctuations from unknown sources, it appears and disappears from time to time, so it is extremely difficult to capture.

Therefore, thanks to Bai Wei's sense of smell guidance, we were able to find the exact direction of the weak energy fluctuations in time. "

"Sister Hongye has won the prize, I just found a general direction."

Hearing the sound, Bai Wei on the side smiled shyly and took off the illusion mask on her face.

At this point, when Lixia and Rees saw Bai Wei's furry erect ears, they both opened their eyes wide and realized belatedly.

It turned out that beside the lord, there was actually a snow wolf clan who had always been hostile to the human race!

"If they find out that Hong Ye is actually a Dragon Clan, they will be so shocked that they faint on the spot."

Smiling helplessly, Lei Xiao nodded slightly, signaling the three of Hong Ye in front of him to continue the report.

"My lord, all in all, after a careful search, the subordinates and others finally found a long-abandoned mine in the mountains over there!"

Speaking of this, Hong Ye stretched out her slender fingers and pointed to the two western peaks where the sun had just set.

At this time, two rounds of bright moons were quietly in the sky, and the sky had completely darkened, and one could only vaguely see that the vegetation there was lush, and it was a forest area.

"My lord, at the gate of the long-abandoned mine, my subordinates indeed smelled the smell of Lord Horde!"

On the other side, Bai Wei shook her big white tail, and echoed: "Also, there is only one person's footprint in the cave, so it can be matched!"

"Very good, then without further ado, let's go and have a look."

Taking a deep breath of the slightly chilly refreshing night breeze, Lei Xiao first waved his hand, and then took his own steps.

Next, it didn't take long.

Under the guidance of the three of Hong Ye, Lei Xiao and the other subordinates stood at the entrance of the mine.

Observe carefully, it is not located on the mountain wall, but in a depression overgrown with weeds, leading to the ground.

The abandoned and broken minecart rails at the entrance are completely covered by the surrounding vegetation.

In addition, the front of the mine is also full of bushes. If you don't search carefully, it is obviously difficult to find the entrance.

"I didn't expect that there was such a hidden abandoned mine in this location."

After pulling away the weeds blocking the way for Lei Xiao, Li Xia couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

"Even the place you don't know, it's no wonder that in the previous search, nothing was found."

With a helpless smile, Lei Xiao immediately said, "Let's go in and check it out."

Next, Nan Xing, Nan Yue, A Ling, and A Bing were left to guard the door.

Lei Xiao took the knotweed, Hong Ye, Ariel, Burt, Jubai, Ye Cang, Chaoyan, Baiwei, Fang Hai, and Lisharis sisters and brothers, a total of eleven subordinates, into the room. This underground mine.

Following the not-so-steep descending passage, he easily crossed the one-meter-high bushes, and Lei Xiao, who had just stepped into the mine, noticed it.

Although the environment here looks quite normal, grooves inlaid with light crystals can even be seen on the solid cave walls on both sides.

However, there was an extremely strange energy fluctuation vaguely in the air.

According to Lei Xiao's perception experience during this period, it can be easily analyzed.

This kind of strange energy fluctuation, the frequency is slow and there is no wave, giving people a sense of vicissitudes and ancient vicissitudes without vitality, and it is obviously not emitted by the living body.

"My lord, what my subordinates and Hong Ye sensed was this kind of strange energy fluctuation. Presumably, the disappearance of Lord Huo De has some kind of potential connection with it."

A rough voice sounded, and I saw Hu Zhang, who was closely guarding Lei Xiao's side, lowered his head and said respectfully to Lei Xiao.

"So that's it. It seems that my father was nearby by accident and noticed the strange energy fluctuations here, so he came to check and encountered some unknown things."

Hearing the sound, Li Xia, who was following behind Lei Xiao, nodded thoughtfully and muttered to himself.

"It seems that things are likely to appear at the source of the strange energy fluctuations. Everyone should be careful, and no one knows what will happen in front of them."

Under the illumination of Ariel's magic ball of light, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly while walking in the narrow and wide mine tunnel, watching everything in front of him all the time.

After Lei Xiao finished speaking, the surroundings immediately became quiet, only the footsteps of the people and the strange energy fluctuations were left, rippling back and forth in the empty passage.

After walking for about ten minutes, a group of twelve people appeared in front of a dark mine hall.

With Ariel's fingertips dancing, after many magic light spheres scattered, the dark mine hall instantly brightened like daylight.

Looking at it at a glance, I can see that the place is extremely spacious, with a total of two to three hundred square meters. There are gravels, rusted iron picks and other tools scattered everywhere, which looks extremely messy.

At the same time, Lei Xiao keenly noticed.

Different from other mines I went to, although it was messy here, there were neither feces and bones of monsters, nor spider webs, which made people wonder.

And, even more puzzling.

There are no other passages in this mine hall, and the metal track extending along the entrance also stops abruptly at the end of the hall, obviously it has not continued to be laid.

"My lord, this is not an abandoned mine at all, but a dead hole that has not been mined yet and has stopped digging."

On the other side, Lixia, who also noticed this, couldn't help showing a look of surprise on his fair face.

Continued: "And, judging from the way the tracks are laid, this place has been deserted for at least a hundred years..."

"It's actually a rare dead hole? What was the reason that led to the cessation of mining?"

Seeing Reese's bewildered expression, he muttered to himself: "You know, every inch of land in the new mining area is expensive, and it has almost never happened that mining has been stopped for no reason."

Hearing this, Lei Xiao also had a thoughtful expression, and continued to observe around.

"My lord, come quickly and take a look. The single footprint that has been extending in before suddenly disappeared here!"

After a while, Bai Wei's surprised voice came from the end of the hall again.

"Come here."

Hearing the sound, surrounded by the knotweed, Lei Xiao immediately took his own steps.

Stay close~lightnovelpub.net~Lei Xiao noticed.

Just like what Bai Wei said, there is an obvious human footprint, which indeed stops abruptly at this position, as if being picked up from behind by a giant.

When they first entered the cave, Li Xia and Rees had already excitedly confirmed that, judging from the texture and size of the shoe prints, this was exactly what was left by Marquis Howard.

"My lord, it seems that the subordinate's father disappeared here!"

Immediately afterwards, Li Xia's crisp voice rang in Lei Xiao's ears again.

"That's right, strange energy fluctuations, footprints that suddenly disappeared..."

Nodding thoughtfully, Lei Xiao turned to Bai Wei on the other side, and said, "That smell..."

However, Lei Xiao hadn't finished speaking, so he was surprised to find out.

The snow wolf clan woman who was still by her side just now has completely disappeared.