"Ye Feng, what's wrong?"
Seeing this, Shen Yun Yao walked up, looking at Ye Feng with some confusion.
"Uh, nothing~!"
Ye Feng shook his head slightly, but a lot of doubt grew in his heart.
He found a very strange thing: the entrances to the formation secret passages he had found before were almost all in important locations in Mech City....
Mech Star, Star Picking Tower, the plaza where the palace buildings were located, the Secret Mech Academy, and now the Black Wind Ridge ore veins...
"Yun Yao, Ye Feng, over here!"
At this moment, Cang Shi's voice came from afar.
"Oh, coming~!"
...
"Ye Feng, I heard you met the first generation city lord of Mech City before. Your understanding of arcane runes and fire seeds came from him?"
Walking in a downward tunnel, Cang Shi opened a bottle of cola and spoke while drinking.
"Uh, about that... The person I met said his name was Li Gou Dan... I don't know if it was the person you're talking about!"
Saying this, Ye Feng looked at Shen Yun Yao and spread his hands.
"Hey~ After the old city lord left, he left behind a lot of mysteries..."
Cang Shi didn't press further. He sighed, his expression melancholic.
"By the way, Yun Yao, I wasn't the only one who passed the final selection for Armor Forgers, right? Where are they?"
After walking a distance, Ye Feng suddenly remembered something.
"The official reporting date is tomorrow. Today, Master Shen said he would take you out for a walk, but he had a temporary matter, so I came instead... However, the other prospective Armor Forgers should also be busy..."
As she spoke, Shen Yun Yao's words had a hidden meaning.
It was noon, and the weather was exceptionally hot. Shen Yun Yao also opened a bottle of cola and drank it.
Seeing this, Ye Feng, who was feeling parched, also drank the cola Cang Shi had just given him.
"By the way, Ye Feng, what is the attribute of your arcane energy?"
"Old guy Shen Bai is wood attribute, I'm earth attribute, and Shen Qing is metal and water attributes..."
At this moment, Cang Shi spoke again, his expression quite serious.
This was because it concerned who would be more suitable for Ye Feng to follow.
"Arcane energy attribute... I don't think I've mastered the attribute changes of arcane energy yet!"
When this was mentioned, Ye Feng seemed a little depressed.
"No arcane energy attribute, that's even better!"
As Ye Feng's voice fell, Cang Shi was slightly stunned, then he burst into laughter. Under Ye Feng's confused gaze, he spoke again, "This way, it saves us old guys from arguing. We can teach you together until you master the attribute changes of arcane energy, and then we'll make plans!"
"Uh, alright~"
...
Half an hour later,
Ye Feng and his group returned to the tunnel entrance again.
"I accidentally discovered this place while exploring the arcane raw ore veins. Judging from its layout, it seems to be an ancient tomb... but it's strange, there were no coffins or burial objects inside..."
"And from what I saw when I entered, it seemed like someone had lived there for a period of time... Later, due to geological disasters, the entire underground space collapsed..."
"When I was excavating, I accidentally saw an arcane rune formation and dug out the corresponding stones, repairing the runes... That's how the Wind Watching Pavilion you saw earlier came to be!"
Cang Shi looked at the tunnel entrance and explained slowly.
"Is that so... What a strange place~"
Ye Feng frowned, his intuition telling him that this pit was not that simple.
"Oh, I almost forgot~ The weather is so hot, it's perfect to eat this~!"
Saying this, his hand flashed with light, and four popsicles instantly appeared. He gave one to each of them and started eating himself.
"Whoa! Ice... ice cream?!"
Looking at the popsicle in his hand, which exuded coolness and fragrance, Cang Shi's eyes widened in astonishment.
"It... it really is... And this style is a classic from childhood. The last time I ate one was a long time ago... I got it by chance from opening a silver treasure chest..."
Shen Yun Yao's eyes were also filled with surprise.
Xiao Xiao was not too surprised, as Ye Feng would occasionally take out similar frozen food...
...
Next, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao went sightseeing on their own.
As it was getting late, Shen Yun Yao and Cang Shi needed to check the status of the arcane raw ore, which was the main purpose of Shen Yun Yao's trip.
Of course, Cang Shi also gave Ye Feng a token. After all, this was a very important arcane raw ore vein for Mech City. As a newcomer, Ye Feng could easily cause unnecessary conflict if he wasn't accompanied.
...
So Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao randomly chose a direction in Black Wind Ridge and wandered around, Xiao Xiao's brush starting to work again...
Unconsciously, they arrived near an open-pit coal mine.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's attention was drawn to a place, or rather, a person.
It was a chubby, dark-skinned, bruised and swollen middle-aged man, whose lewd features could still be recognized.
"It's Huang Zhang Yuan!"
After watching the figure struggling to dig coal not far in front of him for a while, Ye Feng couldn't help but mutter.
Earlier, Huang Zhang Yuan had tried to bluff him and extort him, but after messing up the task assigned by the Secret Mech Academy, Ye Feng had guessed that Huang Zhang Yuan would be dealt with. Now it seemed he had been sent here to dig coal...
Ye Feng didn't have much feeling about Huang Zhang Yuan's current situation. After all, he had already beaten him up once to vent his anger.
Moreover, as his strength grew, Ye Feng's mentality had also changed. As long as the other party didn't provoke him, he wouldn't bother to dwell on it...
...
At three o'clock in the afternoon,
"Big brother, are we going back?"
Xiao Xiao, standing by the Humvee with Ye Feng, asked.
"Probably~"
Ye Feng nodded. "It's quite far from Mech City. When we came, the convoy was empty. When we go back, we'll be carrying a lot of supplies, so our speed will definitely slow down. If we leave now, it will be dark by the time we get back to Mech City!"
"Huh? What is that?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's gaze was attracted by a faint flash on the truck carrying the arcane raw ore not far away.
Upon closer inspection, he found it was a pink, shiny stone.
"What the heck? Is this also arcane raw ore?"
Ye Feng examined it for a while and couldn't help but mutter.
"Ye Feng, what are you looking at?"
At this moment, Shen Yun Yao's voice reached his ears.
"Oh, I'm looking at a pink stone. Is this stone also arcane raw ore? I can't feel any arcane energy fluctuations?"
Ye Feng touched the not-small pink stone on the car, feeling a bit puzzled.
"That is..."
Speaking of this, Shen Yun Yao hesitated, as if she was unsure whether to say it or not.
"You are already a prospective Armor Forger now, and you have a special connection with Mech City. It's fine to tell you!"
"That pink stone is an arcane crystal!"
"In a sense, it's even more important than that truckload of arcane raw ore!"
Slightly frowning, Shen Yun Yao said.
"Arcane crystal? What is that?"
Ye Feng was still completely bewildered.
...