Martial Arts: I Have Chapter 179 - 132: Mining Gold; A Shocking Turn of Events in

Chapter 179: Chapter 132: Mining Gold; A Shocking Turn of Events in the Mountains

"Are you guys okay?"

Cheng Zongyang walked over to Zhang Guangwen and the other man, looking them over.

"Young Clan Leader, it’s nothing serious. It’ll be fine once we get back and put so dicine on it," Zhang Guangwen said excitedly, looking at his calf.

"It’s fine, it’s fine," Zhang Changjiang also said hurriedly.

"What about the third one?" Cheng Zongyang nodded and asked about the situation. He rembered the person who had escaped said three people were surrounded.

"He’s dead." Zhang Changjiang looked toward a spot not far to their front left and pointed. "A wolf got him and dragged him away. We couldn’t save him."

Cheng Zongyang followed Zhang Changjiang’s gaze and saw a body, covered in blood, of a man who had died after having his throat torn out by a bite.

Cheng Zongyang sighed. "What’s his family situation?"

Zhang Guangwen said, "Young Clan Leader, I hear he has a wife and a son."

Cheng Zongyang nodded. "Bring his body back. The clan will take care of things from here."

Just then, Zhang Guangwen handed sothing he had been clutching in his palm to Cheng Zongyang. "Young Clan Leader, I found what you were looking for!"

Hearing this, Cheng Zongyang whipped his head around to look at Zhang Guangwen, only to see the gleaming Gold Particle in his palm!

In an instant, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.

"Where did you find this!" Cheng Zongyang took the Gold Particle from his hand, suppressing the excitent in his heart!

While he had people searching for salt mines, he had naturally also posted bounties for minerals like gold, silver, copper, and iron.

But the bounties for gold and silver were the highest.

The rewards for finding Gold and Silver Ore were 2,000 Contribution Points each, plus a chance to enter the Martial Hall for Martial Arts Training.

This was precisely why Zhang Guangwen and Zhang Changjiang had risked their lives. The two of them had accepted the missions to find Gold and Silver Ore, as well as copper and Iron Ore.

Everyone on their team had the sa missions. But only the two of them had discovered the Gold Particles in a hollow by a water source, and they hadn’t told anyone else.

Without Power, they had watched their family mbers die before their very eyes from all sorts of man-made disasters. That was why Zhang Guangwen was unwilling to part with the accidentally discovered Gold Particles, even if it ant death! Because this would be their chance to turn their lives around!

And only the discoverer would earn the qualification for Martial Arts Training!

"Near a hollow downstream from our water source. It’s not far."

Hearing this, although Cheng Zongyang was happy, he suspected these Gold Particles were likely placer gold, washed out from the ground. It probably wasn’t a lode gold deposit.

However, he would have to see for himself to be sure.

But in any case, a discovery ant there would be a harvest. And judging from the size of this piece, the deposit should be quite substantial!

"Good! You will be handsoly rewarded," Cheng Zongyang said with a smile.

"And him. We discovered it together." Zhang Guangwen imdiately pulled his brother over.

Zhang Changjiang nodded vigorously, afraid of being left out. "Yes, yes,

too. We discovered it together."

Cheng Zongyang said, "Don’t worry."

After about a quarter of an hour, Cheng Guanghai and the others finally arrived with their n.

They were nowhere near as fast as Cheng Zongyang, but when they saw the dead wolf carcasses and the dead man, they all fell silent.

This was the first death to have occurred at the settlent.

Cheng Guanghai didn’t delay. He imdiately had his n take all the wolf carcasses back and carry the man’s body back as well.

Cheng Guanghai ca to his son’s side and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Cheng Zongyang nodded. "No. But I’m taking these two to check sothing out. Dad, you should take the n and head back first."

As he spoke, he placed the pea-sized Gold Particle into his father’s palm.

Cheng Guanghai glanced down, and his eyes instantly went wide!

"This!"

"That’s right," Cheng Zongyang said with a smile. "Don’t make a big deal about it yet. I’m going to take a look first."

"Good, good, good!" Cheng Guanghai also suppressed his excitent.

’If they could really find a gold mine, they would truly strike it rich.’

And so, Cheng Guanghai led the n back first.

A man had died. As Clan Leader, he had to step forward to offer condolences and also let everyone else know that even in death, this man had died for the developnt of the settlent. His family would receive compensation and be provided with work.

This would win their hearts and allow them to contribute to the Cheng Family’s developnt without any lingering worries!

Cheng Zongyang looked at Zhang Guangwen and the other man. "Take

there."

Although the two of them were slightly injured, they felt it was a small price to pay compared to the mission reward they were about to receive.

Soon, under their guidance, they followed the water source downstream for about four to five hundred ters to a shallow hollow.

After examining the area, Cheng Zongyang discovered that this was just a place left behind after the original river channel had changed its course.

It was overgrown with weeds.

Without wasting any ti, Zhang Guangwen and Zhang Changjiang imdiately began searching the area.

Cheng Zongyang scanned their surroundings. This was a downstream location. The river flowed down through here, carrying Golden Sand with the current, washing it downstream or flushing it out from underground.

Places in the mountains that were rich in Golden Sand were often located at water sources, even dried-up riverbeds.

In other words, the long-dried-up riverbed at the Inner Mountain Pass also contained Golden Sand. It was just a matter of how hard it was to find, and how much there was.

"Young Clan Leader!" Soon, with an excited expression, Zhang Guangwen sifted another pea-sized Gold Particle from the weedy hollow.

Cheng Zongyang saw this and nodded.

’It’s confird!’

This place was rich in Golden Sand. As long as they panned for it, they could get a lot of gold!

"Let’s go back first," Cheng Zongyang said imdiately. "I will make arrangents for everything else."

"Yes! Thank you, Young Clan Leader!!" Zhang Guangwen said excitedly.

"Thank you, Young Clan Leader!!" Zhang Changjiang was also overjoyed.