Dashing Student Chapter 990: Garnet Mine

After resolving the issue, Chen Nan intended to leave, but unexpectedly, a cultivator from Huotang Village spoke up.

"Priest, I request to return to my village. My mother has contracted the Immortal Epidemic, and if I don’t return soon, I’m afraid I won’t see her one last time."

A Yin’s brows immediately furrowed: "Your village also has the Immortal Epidemic?"

The cultivator blinked, confused as to why A Yin said "also," and turned to look at the other tribesmen of the Moon Tower Dong Village, who were almost all present.

"Could it be..." His eyes widened suddenly: "You all have the Immortal Epidemic too?"

"But I see all your village members are here."

A Yin pondered for a while, and a bold idea suddenly emerged in her heart.

If the two villages were to merge, wouldn’t that be mutually beneficial?

The strength of their Moon Tower Dong Village was indeed weak, but the neighboring Huotang Village wasn’t that weak. If the two villages could merge, their strength would surpass some other smaller villages.

Now that the Heavenly Border is in chaos, having a bit more strength means having a bit more chance of self-preservation!

A Yin suspected that Hu Luo was in such a hurry to annex their Moon Tower Dong Village because he also wanted to increase the tribe’s strength to cope with the chaos in the Heavenly Border.

Unfortunately, he used the wrong method.

The more A Yin thought about it, the more possible it seemed, but the prerequisite was to solve the issue with Chen Nan.

"Senior."

She came directly in front of Chen Nan, with an incomparably respectful attitude.

Chen Nan seemed to see through her thoughts and simply asked, "Thought it through?"

Seeing that Chen Nan understood her, A Yin smiled and nodded.

"Yes, I’ve thought it through."

"Moreover, I also want to create a quiet environment for you, with good intentions."

Chen Nan smiled helplessly, "You’re quite good at taking advantage. Well, helping others to the end, let’s consider it rent for staying with you all."

"Hee hee." A Yin laughed happily, her eyes squinting into two slits, with two small fists placed on her chest, pretending to be cute and coy.

"It’s because you have a good heart, Senior. Later, I must build a statue for you."

Although when they first met, Chen Nan gave her the impression of two words: fierce and evil.

But after spending some time with Chen Nan, A Yin learned that his fierceness was merely superficial, so whether in actions or words, she became much bolder.

She even started to act coy with Chen Nan.

"No need!"

Chen Nan raised his hand, stopping A Yin’s bold idea.

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Huotang Village is only a few dozen miles away from the Moon Tower Dong Village, yet the living environment is completely different.

The Moon Tower Dong Village is built in the forest, surrounded by trees, living by the mountain and forest.

The place where Huotang Village is located, however, is barren, with no trees, not even a blade of grass.

Chen Nan followed A Yin and several cultivators from Huotang Village here, feeling very shocked in his heart.

He bent down, grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, and found the soil warm to the touch.

"A Yin, is there a treasure in Huotang Village?"

"It seems there’s a stone here that emits heat, making this place warm in winter." A Yin blinked and replied.

A cultivator from Huotang Village hurriedly added, "Sir, actually, our village has a stone called a Garnet, which is as hot as magma."

"So no plants can survive within hundreds of meters around the stone. Our village is also built around the Garnet."

Garnet?

Chen Nan slightly furrowed his brows. He had heard of this stone, which is considered a Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, but not that rare.

Moreover, the function of the Garnet is also very singular, which is to be used as a material for artifact refining, capable of imbuing a trace of fire into the crafted spiritual artifact.

But how could a piece of Garnet affect an area of hundreds of meters?

Unless this is a Garnet mine!

With doubts in his heart, Chen Nan and A Yin finally arrived at Huotang Village.

The scale of the village is indeed larger than Moon Tower Dong Village, appearing to have about thirty to forty households, calculating to a size of over a hundred people.

Upon entering the village, Chen Nan’s eyes were immediately drawn to a huge fiery red stone in the center of the village.

The stone was about two zhangs tall and one zhang wide, standing upright on the ground.

A cultivator from Huotang Village hurriedly came out to introduce, "Sir, that is the Garnet of our village."

Chen Nan suddenly understood why it could affect an area of hundreds of meters, thinking it was a Garnet mine vein.

Unexpectedly, it was a giant Garnet!

Normally, Garnets that are mined are only the size of a fist; such a large Garnet is indeed rare.

At this moment, several figures emerged from Huotang Village, although they all wore worried expressions.

"Zhenli, you all have returned. Where is Hu Luo?"

"Hey, you are... A Yin? I haven’t seen you in a long time!"

Among the approaching people, an elder seemed to recognize A Yin and walked forward familiarly.

A Yin was somewhat surprised, seeing as the people of Huotang Village seemed unaware of what Hu Luo had done?

When looking at the cultivators, they all lowered their heads in shame.

A Yin immediately understood that Hu Luo had acted without the knowledge of his village.

"Uncle Priest, I have some bad news to tell you all."

"Hu Luo provoked a powerful demon beast outside and was killed by the demon beast, leaving no remains."

Upon hearing A Yin’s words, the cultivators immediately raised their heads, showing a grateful expression.

After all, their village and Moon Tower Dong Village are neighbors and usually on good terms.

If they had known Hu Luo intended to destroy the Moon Tower Dong Village, they would’ve killed him themselves.

"Alas!" The Priest sighed deeply, "I knew Hu Luo was restless, always acting mysteriously lately."

"It’s better he died, going to serve the King Gu is better than making a grave mistake."

Chen Nan was surprised, not expecting Hu Luo’s tribesmen to be so reasonable.

The Priest’s words represented the whole of Huotang Village.

He had thought the people of Huotang Village were all of the same ilk, which would make merging the two villages without worry.

But that wasn’t the case, so there wasn’t a good reason to merge the villages.

In this part of the Heavenly Border, they view their village as their home. How could they possibly agree to destroy their home?

Turning to look at A Yin, Chen Nan indeed noticed a look of hesitation on A Yin’s face.

"Sigh, it seems I have to be the bad guy."

Silently sighing in his heart, Chen Nan took two steps forward.

"We came this time because we heard your village has contracted the Immortal Epidemic."

At this moment, the cultivators finally remembered the main issue and all came to the Priest’s side.

"Priest, Moon Tower Dong Village has a way to cure the Immortal Epidemic!"

Hearing these words, the Priest’s beard stood up, and his wrinkled forehead added a few more creases: "What? Is what you say true?"