Master of Ten Thousand Foxes-Chapter 101 - 82: Bringing the Alchemy Furnace from Fox Mountain Home! (Double - )_2
The middle-aged man named Tie Shiba grinned.
"We’re all colleagues on the committee; keeping the accounts too clear can hurt feelings!
"The Shangjing Headquarters has already had a meeting and agreed for me to excavate the ruins.
"This time, you won’t have to lift a finger."
On the other end of the phone, Chairman Chen Shu was silent for a moment.
"Can you be sure it’s definitely an Artifact Refining Furnace?
"Might be an Alchemy Furnace since it can dissipate heat?"
Tie Shiba pouted.
"No matter what furnace it is, it’s the committee’s treasure, and I’m taking it with me!"
...
In the trees, the three foxes looked at each other. Though they were wearing Invisibility Cloaks and couldn’t see each other, they still looked at each other, reaching a consensus... this guy sure isn’t anything good!
...
On the phone, Chairman Chen Shu sighed deeply.
"But if you use the excavator, can the ancient documents in the ruins still be preserved?"
Tie Shiba sat back in the nanny van, took a sip of the fragrant tea offered by his secretary.
"You’re overthinking it.
"Even if ancient documents of the Immortal Artifact Path are dug out, aren’t they still for me to look at?
"I don’t mind them being fragmented; no one else will mind."
Tie Shiba, Immortal Artifact Path, Sequence Eight, [Door Opener].
...
On both ends of the phone, the two were silent.
Tie Shiba, the only Sequence Eight of the Immortal Artifact Path on the committee, one of the founders of the committee, holds a pivotal status in the committee!
If the documents of the Immortal Artifact Path are excavated, they will belong to him.
If the possible Artifact Refining Furnace is excavated, it will also belong to him.
On the phone, Chairman Chen Shu’s voice came again.
"If that’s the case, then I wish you all the best, our West State City branch won’t get involved."
Tie Shiba hurriedly responded with a laugh.
"No, no, no!
"Your people are digging underground manually, right?
"Let them all come up here, come to me.
"I don’t have enough people with me, so for this period, let them come and ensure my safety.
"...Oh, please don’t be emotional, it’s not just my own idea.
"The meeting at the headquarters also proposed bringing fifty members from West State City to protect my safety."
...
Up in the tree, Quanquan Hu, White Ears, and Black Ears listened to the whole conversation. Though they didn’t understand everything, they could pretty much sense that this Tie Shiba was indeed quite aggravating!
...
Not long after, a group of people in overalls with shovels came towards the convoy, covered in dust.
Tie Shiba stood within the convoy, his men holding swords to guard him, a little secretary on standby behind him.
He looked at this group from West State City.
"From now on, you’ll be under my command.
"Your task is twenty-four-hour patrols to protect the site.
"If anyone invades, act immediately.
"As for your leader, let’s choose..."
He scanned everyone, suddenly his eyes lit up when he saw a young girl in the team, cheeks smeared with dirt, clothes filthy, wearing Bronze Armor, Alloy Sword on her back, holding a shovel. It’s Wu Qingyun.
He immediately stepped out of the convoy, pulling Wu Qingyun by the arm.
"Xiaoyun, here you are, hahahaha!
"I was drinking with your father last time and talked about you.
"You be the patrol team leader, lead these colleagues from West State City, patrol well."
Seeing Wu Qingyun frown, shaking off his hand...
Tie Shiba quickly waved, "Where’s Qingyun’s gift? Quickly bring it over."
Behind him, the little secretary froze for a moment, then snapped to action, rushed to the nanny van, and fetched two boxes, a long one and a square one, presenting them to Tie Shiba.
"Uncle didn’t make you work for free.
"I have gifts for you!"
He opened the long box, revealing a bright red long sword lying inside.
"This long sword is a Ninth-Grade Immortal Artifact.
"With it, you can throw your Alloy Sword in the trash."
He then opened the big box, revealing a bright red armor folded inside.
"This chain armor is also a Ninth-Grade Immortal Artifact.
"With it, you can sell the one you’re wearing as scrap copper."
...
In the tree, the three foxes secretly peeked down.
Thinking this guy, turns out he’s a tycoon! He’s got a lot of goods!
They saw the long sword and armor in the box were of a metallic texture, but not as heavy as Bronze Artifact. More like modern alloy. Just the color is extremely peculiar, bright red like blood.
They observed that Wu Qingyun didn’t seem to have much backbone, hardly hesitating before putting on the new armor and sword, and then led the patrol.
Leaving Tie Shiba seemingly composed, but actually he swiftly retreated back into the convoy. As if only in this convoy could he feel safe.
The little secretary lowered his voice.
"Teacher, those two Immortal Artifacts..."
Tie Shiba furrowed his brows, clearly pained.
"She’s Wu Jianxian’s granddaughter.
"Giving them to her might earn us some goodwill.
"Moreover... we must acquire this Artifact Refining Furnace this time, absolutely must! Can’t allow any slip-ups!
"With her here, she can deter many provocateurs and nuisances.
"The two Immortal Artifacts are worth it."
...
Night has fallen.
A full moon shines in the sky, casting a cold glow.
In the park, the excavators are tirelessly working, refusing to pause for the night.
In the nanny van, Tie Shiba sipped his hot coffee, hearing the little secretary’s doubts.
"Teacher, digging like this, if there really is an Immortal Artifact in the ruins, wouldn’t the excavator break it?"
Tie Shiba shook his head.
"You’re thinking too much.
"The most important feature of a Ninth-Grade Immortal Artifact is its hardness! They can withstand the test of millennia and remain intact. Even if the excavator hits an Immortal Artifact, what breaks is the excavator.
"Moreover, the Artifact Refining Furnace we’re searching for is beyond Ninth-Grade!"
As Tie Shiba spoke, he gazed towards the distant construction site.
He could see scattered pillars and copper plates had been excavated and cleaned of dirt, piled up.
The site had been dug quite deep, the ground was now a huge pit!
Within the giant pit, three foxes in Invisibility Cloaks, holding shovels, dodged excavators, hopping around, observing everywhere.
Quanquan Hu jumped into a small pit, used its small shovel to dig here and there, examined the soil, stone, and the stone walls severed by excavators... Using its experience and intuition to locate where the Alchemy Furnace might be, and immediately dig it out to take back to Fox Mountain!
...
After some searching, the three foxes gathered again at the southern edge corner of the giant pit.
All three removed the hats of their Invisibility Cloaks, hiding in shadows, revealing three fox heads.
The fox heads huddled together, whispering.
"Squeak squeak squeak."
"Howl howl howl."
Black Ears and White Ears waited for Quanquan Hu to find the spot, then they would all start digging together!
But Quanquan Hu frowned and seemed suspicious.
"Squeak squeak howl howl."
With its intuition... the Alchemy Furnace isn’t here!
There’s nothing good here. No matter how much they dig, dig deeper even, they won’t find anything. At most, they’d dig out a few copper plates.
Black Ears and White Ears, with reddish-brown eyes gazed at Quanquan Hu, full of admiration.
"Howl howl howl!"
Speaking in fox language, asking where the Alchemy Furnace is?
Bathing in the admiration from Black Ears and White Ears, Quanquan Hu couldn’t help but puff out its chest and lift its chin, feeling quite pleased. But it was also somewhat nervous.
Because, it didn’t know where the Alchemy Furnace was...
If it had to make a wild guess based on intuition... its front paw extended from the cloak, pointing south, pointing outside the giant pit.
...
In the living room.
Bai Mo ate his pancake fruit while looking out the window.
The distant construction site was still rumbling away, undeterred by the night.
He wondered how his disciples were progressing?
But he wasn’t worried about safety. With that bottle of medicine, nothing unexpected could happen.
Pulled out his phone to check the Immortal Discussion Forum, and indeed, the affair of the ruins had become widely known. The related discussions were flooding the forum!
[Ancient Immortal Dynasty ruins discovered in West State City, this is huge]
[Bullshit, Shangjing snatched it]
[Tie Shiba snatched it, the big shot from the headquarters]
[Could there be a Sequence Eight Immortal Artifact? Sequence Seven Immortal Artifact?]
[Hahaha, the Dark World has issued a bounty. Tie Shiba’s head is worth a thousand points, Ninth-Grade Immortal Artifact five hundred points, Eighth-Grade Immortal Artifact a thousand points, Seventh-Grade Immortal Artifact five thousand points!]
[Tie Shiba isn’t someone to mess with, is anyone daring to go?]
