The next day, Zhang Xing woke up and was about to go to class when he suddenly remembered that it was Sunday.
According to the rules of the Celestial Star Empire, students had to go out and do good deeds every Sunday.
In other words, he was going to help some poor people do some work to show that the emperor had not forgotten these poor people.
However, this rule had been passed down to this day and no one followed it anymore. The upper echelons of the Empire treated this rule as a form of verbal formality.
Zhang Xing thought for a while and decided to go to the Ortland Mountains to help the poor miners who were suffering. At the same time, he could collect the interest that the second mentor, Shelley, had swindled him.
Mentor Shelley's status was more honorable than Horton's. He was a relative of the Emperor, which meant that he was Emperor Keith's brother-in-law. Zhang Xing did not know whether he was the eldest or eighth brother-in-law.
He only knew that Shelley's family owned a mine!
Furthermore, it was not an ordinary copper ore, but a type of ore called mithril.
Mithril ore was widely used in various alchemy products and enchanted weapons. It was a necessity for building magic arrays and many magic experiments.
Furthermore, due to its unique properties and the fact that it could not be regenerated, mithril was listed as a strategic resource in the Shenglong Continent.
Once a mithril mine was discovered, it would be immediately occupied and protected by the Empire's army. Then, specialized personnel would be sent to excavate it.
Emperor Keith had given this lucrative position to his brother-in-law. If these relatives in the harem could not be appointed as high-ranking officials, then they would be paid.
Almost every important mine in the Empire was mined by the Emperor's own family.
Horton's interest was 120 million gold coins, so Mentor Shelley's interest could not be lower than that.
As for the third mentor, Bill, his family did not have any assets, so it was difficult to make a move on him at the moment.
Zhang Xing rode on Xiao Bai and arrived at the Ortland Mountains in a few hours.
Not only was there rich in mithril ore, but there were also many third and fourth rank Blood Tooth Spiders. They all lived in the mithril mine.
Once they discovered a person or other creature, the Blood Tooth Spiders would gather in groups to capture the food that was delivered to their doorstep.
Zhang Xing and Jin Bao hid at the side and secretly observed the heavily guarded mithril mine.
They saw a large number of slaves wearing magic shackles and using thick ropes to drag the mined rocks out with great effort.
In another direction, many poor people were doing some chores.
"With so many soldiers guarding it, we can't get in!"
"Looks like we can only dig from a remote place. Jin Bao is good at this."
Zhang Xing was about to get up and leave when suddenly several groups of slave miners rushed out from three or four mines in front of him.
They shouted in panic, "There … there are Blood Tooth Spiders, so many …"
Before he could finish his sentence, a thin white line flew out of the mine and wrapped itself around the miner's neck.
"Ah … save me …"
The white line shrank, and the miner flew into the air. In the blink of an eye, he landed at the entrance of the cave and was swallowed by the Bloodfang Spider.
Immediately afterward, Blood Tooth Spiders of different sizes rushed out from the gap beside him.
The speed of their crawling was extremely fast. Coupled with the web that they constantly spat out, the miners who were slower were all entangled. They did not even have time to react before they were swallowed by the spiders.
The soldiers on guard immediately launched a counterattack. They were fully clad in metal armor, revealing only their eyes. They held shields and spears in their hands, forming a line of defense.
The dozens of beginner sorcerers behind them immediately cast flames to burn the Blood Tooth Spiders.
Dozens of flames fell, and a large number of Blood Tooth Spiders were burned to death.
It was obvious that the soldiers already had a way to deal with them.
These second and third rank spiders scattered in all directions to avoid the flames. The spider webs they spat out were like coarse hemp in front of the flames, breaking as soon as they were burned.