Feeling the chill coming from their throats, everyone couldn't help but shudder.
"Your Excellency, I am a member of the Barbarian King, so please don't interfere. Our tribe suffered heavy losses today and we must seek an explanation, otherwise we will not be able to explain to Lord Yerudas."
Yerudas is the name of the Barbarian King, and he was only used to frighten those who would take action.
However, what Huwei didn't expect was that the attacker turned out to be a demon god of the same level as the Barbarian King.
Looking at Xuan Jie, who was slowly walking out of the array, Hu Wei, who had always been so arrogant, couldn't even speak.
"You...you are the God of Elements? But Master Yerudas clearly said that you are a weirdo...well, you are a special case and you have not joined any camp!"
In response to this question, Xuanjie just replied lightly, "Yes, it's just a cooperation with Emperor Yanwang, and...just leave if you don't want to die, I don't want to waste time."
In today's era, no one is stupid enough to question the devil's words. Even if they are dissatisfied, they can only retreat respectfully.
"We have been offended. We will resign immediately."
The forces of Barbarian Mountain quickly rolled over the mine and disappeared from sight, and the miners began to clean up the site and collect scattered iron pieces.
A Ping wanted to help clean up the buried mine, but Xuan Jie grabbed her wrist.
"You follow me to a place where Huwei won't dare to cause trouble in the short term."
The two flew towards the location where thick black smoke was coming out, and saw a huge crater in the distance, with the huge meteorite in the center.
It’s hard to believe that when I passed here not long ago, this place was just a plain.
Upon closer inspection, there were actually many precious ores in the deep pit, which were not comparable to iron ore at all.
"Oh my God! There is actually a crystal mine!"
A Ping was attracted immediately, but Xuanjie locked on the weak demonic aura and slowly approached it.
"Xuanjie, where are you going? Wait for me..."
After searching for a while around the meteorite emitting black smoke, we finally determined its specific location.
Slowly approaching the bottomless abyss, the demon god inside realized that he had been discovered and directly attacked the two of them.
A scorching fireball flew into the air, and the high temperature caused the air to distort.
As early as when the opponent gathered strength, Xuanjie noticed that the fire element energy was extremely restless, and he prepared a water shield to block it.
After a "boom", there was a noise in the abyss, and a huge brown bear god jumped out of it, causing the earth to tremble.
Standing on the ground, it can communicate with two people in the air at eye level.
The huge body and the aura on its body show its powerful authority as a demon god.
There are black patterns on the palms of the hands and feet, and the black circles around the eyes give Xuanjie the first impression that he can still communicate in a friendly manner.
"Did you bring this meteorite? Why did you invade this land?"
Seeing that the opponent was not hostile, the bear god put away his fighting posture.
"This meteorite is the place where I was born. Please forgive me for disturbing you..."
After saying that, he bent down and bowed. Seeing this, Xuanjie also understood that the other person was born from the sparks brought out by the impact of a meteorite.
"You don't need to apologize to me. This is the territory of the Rock King. Are you willing to go with me to see him?"
The giant bear nodded in agreement, and its body slowly shrunk and completely released its alert state.
When it flew into the air to introduce itself, it was only about the height of a person.
"My name is Marcus, thank you again for your help."
After a slight nod in response, the three of them flew towards the main city.
At this time, Zhongli was still discussing the source of the noise with the immortals, so he sent someone to investigate A Ping and came back panting.
"...No need to go, the meteorite fell in the mine and I know everything that happened."
After picking up the teacup on the table and drinking it all in one gulp, he recounted what happened near the mine vein.
During the time when A Ping was conveying the news, Xuan Jie had been waiting outside the cave with Marcosius.
He told Maxius about the current state of the continent of Teyvat, and consciously or unconsciously, he was testing whether it would think of leaving it behind.
After chatting for a while, I realized that this was unnecessary, because from the beginning to the end, he was praising the prosperity here and liking the people here.
When the emperor came out with the immortals, the conversation between the two stopped there.
"A Ping told me everything. Thanks to Xuanjie for being there, I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of hundreds of lives."
After thanking you, the emperor walked up to the two of them and continued: "Xuanjie, if you keep it until tomorrow morning, the contract will be fulfilled. Leave the rest to me."
The remaining step is to try to recruit. Xuanjie knows that these words are asking him to guard the newly emerged crystal veins to prevent the Barbarian King from slowing down and the Queen coming to fight for it.
A Ping wanted to follow but was stopped by Dijun. She would be the only one who can lead the new members to get familiar with the environment later.
The strategic significance of having crystal mine veins is much greater than that of iron mines.
If you want to strengthen your army, these are essential conditions, and the weapons made with them will be much sharper.
The meteorite caused a lot of noise, and several surrounding demon gods sensed the fluctuation immediately.
If you let them know that there are crystal mines all over the place, most of them will come up to take a bite of the meat and get a share of the pie.
Xuan Jie rushed over and quickly arranged for people to guard the crater to prevent the news from leaking out.
But how can a few hundred people ensure that such a large area is not infiltrated? It is nothing more than adding some difficulty to the other party.
In the evening, while on inspection, Xuanjie found two figures stopping in front of the crater.
They were two men, one was wearing yellow exotic clothes, and his golden hair was tied into a long whip behind his back.
The other one is all black, with his right eye blocked by a black mask, and his long cloak is blowing up and down.
The two of them were very alert. Even if Xuan Jie hid his aura, he was still noticed as soon as he got close.
"Sorry, we came here to take a look when we heard some noise at this point in our trip. No doubt it's offensive, please forgive me."
The young man in strange clothes spoke first. They showed no hostility, so Xuan Jie let down his guard and leaned over.
"It's okay. Someone will be here to take over soon. I'm just taking care of it for a while."
Although the two people were dressed as humans, the power coming from their bodies was much higher than that of humans themselves. This was the first time Xuan Jie had seen this phenomenon.
"I don't think you two are subordinates of the devil. I wonder if you can tell me your identity, so that you can completely clear away the suspicion."
The taller man next to him was about to refuse, but was stopped by his companion with a wave of his hand.
"It's okay, it's just a small talk. It's okay."
The boy introduced himself, his name was Sora, and he was attracted by the movement of meteorites when he and his friend Deinsreib were traveling here.
After a brief exchange, Sora described everything that happened.
"The experience is roughly like this. We are not the subordinates of some demon god. Human beings are the leaders in our country."