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Mining this iron ore is particularly troublesome, as it is buried deep underground and attached to the surrounding underground caves.

Since the minerals cannot be mined in the open, a deep well must be drilled to access them from below.

The key point is that those iron ore veins were not mined by humans, but formed naturally, and their patterns are extremely complex.

Chen Yang stood at the entrance of the mine and looked down.

More than 5 meters below, the black water rippled slightly, and a pungent toxic gas wafted out, making one grimace.

Liu Qingxia stood to the side, looking at the several mine managers around her.

These people are all long-time subordinates of the Liu family.

She turned to the old man on her left and asked, "Uncle Fu, how is the situation now? Have you come up with any solutions?"

Uncle Fu sighed and said helplessly, "Second Miss, after two days and nights of investigation, we have tried every possible method, but we really can't find a way to expel this poisonous water."

"As you can see, there's so much toxic water; it's already permeated the entire mine tunnel. If we rely solely on manual labor to carry it out bucket by bucket, it will take at least a month. And that's without even considering the risk of poisoning!"

"But the water is extremely toxic. Short-term contact might not be a problem, but working in this toxic environment for a long time would be unbearable even for those of us at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining. Let alone ordinary miners, whose strength is weak; they'd probably be poisoned before they could even carry out three buckets of water!"

Liu Qingxia frowned and pressed, "So what should we do now? Can we dig another entrance from somewhere else and continue mining?"

Uncle Fu shook his head: "Digging another tunnel will take at least a month. And most importantly, we can't determine where the poisonous water is coming from. We're afraid that even after we dig, the poisonous water will still overflow. Now, we can only see if the poisonous water will slowly subside on its own."

"No! We can't afford to wait!" Liu Qingxia immediately shook her head. "This is the iron ore mine the imperial palace needs. If the construction is delayed, our entire Qingzhou City will be punished!"

Uncle Fu also sighed deeply, his face full of worry.

Chen Yang stood to the side, carefully examined the poisonous water in the pit, and had already made up his mind.

He began, "Second Miss, could you please give me a detailed description of the structure and depth of this mine?"

Liu Qingxia briefly explained the depth and internal structure of the mine pit.

Chen Yang had already seen all of this clearly through his spiritual vision, but he couldn't show it and could only pretend to listen attentively.

After listening, Chen Yang smiled at Liu Qingxia and said, "Second Miss, if it's just about draining this poisonous water, I have a way to drain it all out in just a few hours."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingxia was overjoyed and couldn't help but squeeze Chen Yang's hand, asking anxiously, "Chen Yang, do you have any ideas? This water is extremely poisonous; no one can go down into it!"

Chen Yang shook his head: "No one needs to go down. Second Miss, have you ever heard of 'communicating vessels'?"

Liu Qingxia shook her head blankly.

Chen Yang explained simply: "It's actually very simple. You just need to cast a curved pipe out of iron, fill the pipe with water, put one end into the mine pit, and extend the other end to a lower place to draw out the poisonous water."

After listening, Liu Qingxia looked at Chen Yang with a face full of doubt: "How is this possible? Water can only flow from high to low. This toxic water is four or five meters below the mine pit. How could it possibly flow to the surface through pipes?"

Uncle Fu and the others standing nearby also shook their heads, not believing Chen Yang's method at all.

Chen Yang could only continue to explain: "I learned this method from elsewhere. I once passed through a village that was particularly arid. Their fields were all below the river embankment, which was quite high. During the drought, the villagers used this method to divert water from the river embankment into their fields."

"Anyway, you can give it a try. Just do as I say, first use iron ore to make a curved U-shaped pipe, put one end of the pipe into the poisonous water in the mine, and put the other end into a lower depression."

As Chen Yang spoke, he gestured with his hands, explaining in detail the working principle of communicating vessels to Liu Qingxia and Uncle Fu.

Liu Qingxia still found it somewhat unbelievable.

Can such a simple iron pipe really draw water from four or five meters underground?

Seeing how earnest Chen Yang was, she decided to give it a try and immediately gave the order: "Uncle Fu, do as Chen Yang says, have someone make curved iron pipes right away!"

Just over two hours later, a huge U-shaped curved iron pipe was completed.

The miners and blacksmiths from the nearby area gathered around, wanting to see if this method would work.

Chen Yang had his men fill both ends of the pipe with water, seal it, and then put one end into the toxic water in the underground mine pit, while extending the other end into a deep pit not far away.

After removing the sealing plug.

The next moment, the toxic water deep in the mine, under atmospheric pressure, flowed out of the U-shaped iron pipe with a "rumbling" sound into the pit!

Liu Qingxia, Uncle Fu, and the others were all utterly horrified when they saw this scene!

Liu Qingxia excitedly grabbed Chen Yang's arm and exclaimed, "Chen Yang, your method is amazing! It's incredible! The water really did flow out from such a deep place on its own!"

Chen Yang smiled.

The principle of communicating vessels is something even elementary school students in his original world know. He never expected that coming here would make him put on such a show.

In just over three hours, the toxic water deep in the mine pit was completely drained.

Liu Qingxia looked down into the mine pit and then said, "Someone, get me some mud boots; I'm going down to take a look!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Fu quickly advised, "Second Miss, let them handle this!"

He pointed to the miners in the distance.

But how could those miners dare to go down?

They had already suspected this was punishment from the demons, and now that the poisonous water had been drained, the demons had not yet been caught, so they dared not enter the mine.

Liu Qingxia said loudly, "No need! I am the owner of this mine. If I don't dare to go down, why should others take the risk?"

Chen Yang then spoke up, "Find me some protective clothing too. I'm blind, so I'm better suited to dark environments than you are."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Fu immediately said, "I'll go too!"

Soon, several more miners who were loyal to the Liu family stepped forward and volunteered to go down with them.

After changing into waterproof leather jackets and mud boots, everyone followed the ropes and entered the mine floor one by one.

Liu Qingxia walked ahead, holding a torch. She was the strongest among them, so she wasn't nervous at all.

She felt that even if it was truly the work of a demon, with her current strength at the fifth level of the Blood Exchange Realm, plus her bloodline talent, she would be able to handle it.

Chen Yang walked beside Liu Qingxia, using his spiritual vision to see the situation inside the mine more clearly than anyone else.

He had quietly removed his sunglasses, and the spiritual energy within his eye sockets swirled continuously. His spiritual vision was even more advantageous in darkness and fog.

The mine tunnel was formed naturally, and the iron ore was attached to the area around it.

The two walked about 100 meters deeper into the mine and found a small puddle of poisonous water on the ground, next to which was a cracked underground opening.

Liu Qingxia frowned and said, "We've found the root cause! You all step back, I'll go take a look myself."

Chen Yang followed Liu Qingxia closer to the crack.

It was pitch black inside, and the bottom was nowhere in sight.

With the aid of his spiritual vision, Chen Yang could see clearly: the crack seemed to be a new cave, and deep inside the cave was a skeleton!