Reborn as the Strongest Immortal Cultivator in Modern Times

Ah Peng's words were not meant to scare Ye Yu. As the car drove along the road, they had already encountered several groups of people fighting, with axes and machetes flying everywhere.

Even while passing through the market, I saw two groups of foreigners getting into a fight over the same thing.

"This place is really chaotic!" Yi Nan shook his head as he looked outside.

When Apeng heard him say that, he opened his mouth, only to remember that Ye Yu had silenced him by pressing his acupoint.

He stepped on the brakes, turned around, pointed at Ye Yu's mouth, and clasped his hands together in a gesture of begging for mercy.

"Aren't you going to spout any more nonsense?" Ye Yu raised an eyebrow at him.

Ah Peng nodded vigorously.

Seeing that he had made a promise, Ye Yu then released his speech acupoint.

"Phew! I was suffocating!"

Seeing that he could speak again, Apeng wanted to retaliate against Ye Yu.

However, fearing that Ye Yu would silence him again, he could only awkwardly turn his head away and drive the car forward again.

As he drove, he continued what Yi Nan had just said: "Master Yi, there are many gangs here, and the government has no ability to control them. In addition, there are various interests involved, and friction is constant. There are similar fights almost every day."

"Besides, all sorts of countries have come here recently, and everyone has their own stance. Just a small conflict can be used as an excuse to make trouble," Apeng chuckled.

"That's right, our country is still the best!" Yi Nan patted his protruding belly and exclaimed.

"Who can argue with that? China is very strict, making it difficult for people like us who rob the rich to help the poor to get our hands dirty." Feng Jian shook his head in distress.

Ye Yu saw He Qiuzhi roll her eyes and couldn't help but find it amusing.

Feng Jian is clearly a thief, yet he portrays himself as righteous and noble.

The group chatted idly for a while, and before they knew it, they had arrived at the mine. After getting off the car, A-Peng led everyone on foot towards the mine.

Along the way, Ye Yu saw many disabled people. Some had no hands, some had no legs or eyes, and there were even children who looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old who had no arms.

Ye Yu frowned: "Why are all the people here disabled, and judging from the wounds, they're all man-made?"

“Sigh, some gangs make the local people work for them. When the people refuse, they cut off their hands and feet. They don’t even spare teenagers.”

“After Ao Ge and I arrived here, we saw how pitiful they were, so we let them come here to help out, so they could at least get some food.”

As he spoke, Apeng patted a child's head.

He Qiuzhi also sneered: "These people are heartless and insane. They will do anything for money."

Hearing He Qiuzhi say this, everyone nodded in agreement.

The mine was soon reached; it was rich in sphalerite.

The ore is in blocky form, light yellowish-brown, translucent, and has a metallic luster, making it very attractive.

Ye Yu smiled and asked A Peng, "Boss Zhou said that you have found some extremely hard stones here, and I happen to be interested in strange and unusual stones. Take me to see them."

"Miss Ye's hobby... is quite boring."

Apeng mocked Ye Yu and then pointed to the left front.

"It was found in that mine. You go in and walk to the end, and you'll see it."

Ye Yu ignored A Peng's sarcastic remark and walked in the direction he pointed.

Upon entering the cave, sure enough, there were several cloud crystal stones piled up at the end.

Ye Yu suppressed her excitement, squatted down in front of the stone, took out the magnifying glass and flashlight she had prepared beforehand, and pretended to look at it.

Yi Nan and the others behind her looked at the stone and found nothing special about it.

He then said to Ye Yu, "Since Miss Ye is here conducting research, we'll go take a look around. We'll call you when we leave."

Ye Yu was naturally delighted and nodded: "Go ahead, just call me when you leave."

Hearing Ye Yu say this, the group followed A Peng out of the cave and went to see other places.

Ye Yu waited for a while until the footsteps faded away before putting the magnifying glass and flashlight into her storage ring.

Her purpose in coming here was for this cloud crystal stone. Generally, if there are ten low-grade cloud crystal stones in the same place, there will be one mid-grade cloud crystal stone nearby.

Ye Yu released his divine sense to search carefully, and sure enough, he found a large piece of mid-grade cloud crystal stone about two meters underground.

She was overjoyed and quickly threw out two fireball talismans, which shattered the ground and revealed a translucent mid-grade cloud crystal.

With a wave of his right hand, he collected all the cloud crystals around him into his storage ring, leaving only a few in the cave.

A Peng's voice came from outside, "Miss Ye, are you alright? We think we just heard an explosion."

He walked inside while asking questions.

With a gust of wind, Ye Yu swept the blasted rocks and soil into the crater, then stepped on it a few times before calmly walking out with a small piece of cloud crystal in his arms.

"Nothing happened here, and I didn't hear any explosions." She looked at Apeng and the others.

Apeng glanced behind Ye Yu and found that there was no change in the cave. He then scratched his head and said, "There might be blasting nearby. The sound traveled here, and we misheard."

Ye Yu nodded and said, "Very likely."

“Since Miss Ye is out too, and we’ve already taken a stroll around the area, why don’t we go to the market?” Feng Jian suggested, rubbing his hands together.

"That's fine. I see there are many jade shops here. If I find any I like later, I can buy some to take back with me."

He Qiuzhi gently brushed the stray hairs from her forehead behind her ear and said softly.

When Ah Peng heard everyone say this, he reminded them: "Since everyone wants to go to the market, you must pay attention to your safety, especially the two ladies, it would be best to wear masks."

Ah Peng said this because he cared about everyone, so everyone nodded in agreement once again.

The car stopped at the busiest market. Feng Jian got out first and said to the others, "I'll go wander around by myself. Don't worry about me. I'll go back on my own."

After saying that, he turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

Yi Nan also said, "I'm an old man and I walk slowly. If you don't mind that I walk slowly, then let's take a walk together."

“I usually just browse around for jewelry and such; I doubt Master Yi would be interested,” He Qiuzhi said with a smile.

“Indeed, I, an old man, don’t appreciate those things. I’ll go wander around by myself. We’ll meet here again at six o’clock.”

After saying that, Yi Nan also went to look at the shops on the side.

Ye Yu naturally wanted to take action herself. She looked at A Peng and He Qiuzhi: "I like to study stones, and I can spend half a day looking at them. Jade is no exception, so I won't take up Miss He's time browsing jewelry."

After saying that, he nodded to the two of them and started looking at the jade stalls nearby.

Seeing that everyone had left, A-Peng volunteered to He Qiuzhi, saying, "Miss He, it's not safe for a beautiful woman like you to be here. I'll protect you with you."

He Qiuzhi didn't refuse: "Then thank you very much, Brother Peng."

Ye Yu, who was looking at the jade from the side, heard their conversation and shook her head.

Ah Peng's behavior is just like what she heard people at school say about "licking dogs"—it's easy to end up with nothing after licking someone's boots.