If Wuyuan Mountain is truly an alkaline hot spring, then it is indeed a treasure.
"Magma?" The attendant continued to scratch his head, "What is magma?"
Yu Xiaolian couldn't explain it to him in detail, so she changed the topic, "Do those bandits often come down to commit crimes?"
The attendant nodded, "They always come down the mountain to steal the people's grain."
"Do they only steal grain? Do they kill and burn?" Su Jingchen asked further.
The attendant replied, "Yes, they kill. Some people value grain over life and refuse to hand it over, so they do kill. But they mostly don't act near Wuyuan Mountain; they go a bit further away.
This time they probably got greedy seeing Cao Gen alone with a cart full of meat."
Yu Xiaolian felt somewhat guilty. It was her idea to have Cao Gen deliver meat to the cement factory at the last moment, otherwise he wouldn't have suffered such a fate.
