darknovel Chapter 120 Earth Veins! The Old Eunuch's Speculation!
Chapter 120 Earth Veins! The Old Eunuch's Speculation!
Near the royal estate north of the Great Yuan Imperial City.
Chen Fan quietly arrived here.
Looking at the royal estate not far away, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.
This is the royal villa of the Daeyu Kingdom in the suburbs, about 30 miles from the capital.
Most of the people who come here are eunuchs from the Directorate of Ceremonial and the Department of Imperial Sacrifices.
The villa grows the ingredients and medicinal herbs needed by the palace, as well as raises various kinds of poultry.
Chen Fan had heard of this place before.
Unfortunately, at that time he was just a eunuch who raised horses and had no right to come here.
Lost in thought, Chen Fan quietly slipped into the villa.
Looking around, one can see fields of vegetables.
The fields are planted with radishes, as well as various kinds of melons, fruits, and vegetables.
Logically speaking, since it's almost winter, these fruits and vegetables shouldn't be growing.
But this place is unaffected by any weather.
Seeing this, Chen Fan's lips curled up in a smile.
His intuition told him that there must be veins of earth here.
Despite his ghostly appearance, he didn't rush to dig three feet into the ground, but instead strolled around the village slowly.
Soon, under Chen Fan's guidance...
They discovered that there were only about thirty people in the royal estate, the vast majority of whom were farmers.
There are only four guards here, all of whom have cultivation levels of around Iron Skin Realm.
Chen Fan also really liked the layout of the royal estate.
The farmland here covers more than 100 acres, and it grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.
Unlike his fifty acres of land, where you could hardly find five kinds of crops.
After wandering around for a while, Chen Fan found a secluded corner and began to probe the ground with his divine sense.
Ten zhang!
Twenty zhang!
Thirty zhang!
……
When his divine sense reached thirty feet underground, Chen Fan suddenly stopped.
He sensed a dark yellow vein of earth winding underground.
found it!
Overjoyed, Chen Fan smiled and immediately drew his longsword to dig into the ground.
With the enhancement of his powerful sword energy, a hole ten feet wide quickly appeared.
About half an hour later, Chen Fan crawled out of the cave.
He was covered in dust and dirt, but his face was full of excitement.
After the golden bowl in his hand swallowed the earth vein, a touch of pale yellow appeared on the fan-shaped pattern.
Although it is still some distance from perfection, the growth rate is still very encouraging.
Chen Fan estimated that as long as ten more earth veins appeared, the fan-shaped pattern would be complete.
He was filled with anticipation as he wondered what kind of strange changes would occur in the golden bowl.
Without giving it much thought, Chen Fan hurried off to the next location.
Royal estates like this are not unique to the Dae Yeon royal family.
There were quite a few princes and nobles living on Zhengyang Street, just of different ranks and with different names!
Full of energy, Chen Fan moved with lightning speed and arrived at the residence of a nobleman in Dayuan in less than half an hour.
This place is also in the suburbs, about ten miles away from the royal estate.
Aside from their different names, they are the same size.
Having found a secluded spot, Chen Fan, familiar with the area, immediately began digging a hole to search for veins in the soil.
Following the same method, he quickly found another vein of earth twenty feet underground.
This vein is noticeably smaller than the one at the Royal Estate.
But Chen Fan, who knew the saying "even mosquito legs are meat," naturally wouldn't complain.
He wanted as much as possible, so he immediately had the golden bowl devour it completely!
……
Outside the royal estate.
Master Ren came here after leaving the palace.
He is currently rearranging the Imperial City Formation, but he is still missing a few earth veins.
Since the land vein in the suburbs was stolen, he had no choice but to come here to try his luck!
With this in mind, Master Ren smoothly entered the manor.
When he was about to use his secret technique to find out where the soil veins were, he suddenly discovered that the fruits and vegetables in the field were wilting.
They looked like they were about to freeze to death; it was obvious that they were suffering from a lack of warmth from the ground.
Master Ren, sensing something was amiss, swallowed hard and subconsciously began using his secret technique to probe the location of the earth veins.
However, just as he expected, the underground was completely empty!
You can't see any soil veins at all.
"What about the soil here...?"
Master Ren looked around, his face full of confusion.
After a quick search, he finally discovered the unfathomably deep hole!
"Who...who is working against me..."
Looking at the footprints left in front of the hole, Master Ren's eyes revealed murderous intent.
He was just about to rebuild the imperial city's grand formation when someone came out to cause trouble.
Moreover, he was in the open, while the other party was in the shadows.
Master Ren, who had no idea who the enemy was, felt a chill run down his spine.
This feeling of being targeted made him wonder if his enemies had come knocking on his door.
But this is Dayuan, so why would this guy from Qi come here?
Master Ren, who was puzzled, shook his head inwardly.
Having dismissed the idea that it was an enemy seeking revenge, he continued on to the next location.
That was a large and prestigious estate.
Master Ren had already marked these places with soil veins during the reign of Emperor Jianwen.
This time, we came out to dig up the soil veins with a clear objective.
But when he arrived at this village, he was completely dumbfounded.
The fruits and vegetables in the garden looked wilted and dying.
Master Ren, who didn't believe in superstitions, used his secret techniques to investigate and discovered that the soil veins here had also been stolen.
And when he found the large hole, he began to suspect that it was the work of his colleagues!
"Who exactly are you...?"
Master Ren's eyes turned red!
Having spent half his life as a formation master, he knew very well that only his peers would need earth veins.
The other party's blatant attempt to steal his earth veins is clearly a targeted attack!
Without giving it much thought, Master Ren headed off to his next destination!
When he arrived at the location, he discovered that the soil veins there had also been stolen!
"I'm going to kill you..."
Master Ren, furious but unaware of who his enemy was, stomped his feet in anger...
……
Inside the Imperial Horse Stables.
After changing his clothes and taking a shower, Chen Fan felt much refreshed.
He was exhausted after spending several hours crawling through the underground cave.
Fortunately, it was a fruitful experience, so it wasn't a wasted effort.
Thinking of all this, Chen Fan took out the golden bowl and examined it.
The third fan-shaped pattern on the edge of the bowl was already half covered with pale yellow.
Just a few more veins of earth and the pattern will be complete.
Unfortunately, Chen Fan stole all the soil veins around the imperial city.
Otherwise, he would insist on making it a success today.
While stealing this soil vein, a bold guess also appeared in Chen Fan's mind.
Those five fan shapes on the golden bowl most likely represent five different forces.
The earth vein represents the power of the earth element, while the other four fan-shaped patterns represent metal, wood, water, and fire!
Whether this guess is correct or not, Chen Fan has no idea.
He could only probe slowly and needed to unravel the secret of the golden bowl little by little!
As Chen Fan was lost in thought, Ji Daozi's voice suddenly came from the bowl.
This startled him, and he quickly vanished in a flash...