If he had truly given in to his anger, thinking that even in this situation Chen Yan still wanted to target him, and thus adopted a "since the pot is cracked, smash it" mentality to seek revenge...

Then all his previous forbearance, and his hope of avenging his father and brothers, would be gone.

With his current strength, facing Chen Yan would mean certain death!!!

Thinking of this, Fang He immediately knelt down before Lu Ding.

"I kneel to thank Grand Duke Lu for defusing the situation, and kowtow in gratitude to Grand Duke Lu for resolving my confusion!!!"

His head hit the ground with an audible thud, showing his sincerity.

This display made Lu Ding view him more favorably.

Not too stupid, still salvageable.

Lu Ding immediately cast a glance, signaling Zhan Tingzhou to ask about the Earth Dragon Immortal.

After all, professional matters should be handled by professionals.

With such a large area, if Lu Ding had to find the Earth Dragon Immortal himself, he would have to use the simplest and most brutal method - blasting it out.

Although effective, it would create too much commotion. Rats have small courage - what if it scared away his skill?

Understanding Lu Ding's intention, Zhan Tingzhou spoke.

"Get up first, I need to ask you something."

Fang He stood up, wiping the mud from his forehead: "Ask away, I guarantee I'll tell you everything I know without holding anything back."

Recalling memories from his previous life, Zhan Tingzhou asked: "Do you know how to get to the Earth Dragon Immortal's lair that Chen Yan's father blasted open back then?"

Fang He understood that these two probably wanted to go to the Earth Dragon Immortal's lair.

"I do know, but... that place has Mineral Nodes..."

"The Earth Dragon Immortal's lair has Mineral Nodes???"

Zhan Tingzhou's voice rose slightly, and no one could blame his surprise.

After all, Mineral Nodes were essentially mindless monsters that would attack anyone they encountered, fighting to the death.

Others might not know the Earth Dragon Immortal was hiding in its original lair.

But how could Zhan Tingzhou not know?

Precisely because he knew, it didn't make sense to him.

How could Mineral Nodes coexist with the Earth Dragon Immortal? Wouldn't they fight until their dog brains were splattered?

It would be either you or me, one of us has to go.

This isn't right!

Fang He looked somewhat confused: "Sir, this... is there a problem?"

Is there a problem?

It's a huge problem.

His experiences from his previous life made Zhan Tingzhou instantly alert.

If there were Mineral Nodes in the Earth Dragon Immortal's lair, that meant these things weren't wild, or they weren't Mineral Nodes at all.

They were obstacles deliberately created by the Earth Dragon Immortal to prevent others from entering its cave dwelling without exposing itself.

Zhan Tingzhou began his process of elimination.

First, if Mineral Nodes were bred, they would need to be tamed and recognize a master.

Several conditions would need to be met.

First, the secret method for breeding Mineral Nodes - no decent person would research such a thing. To put it simply, who in their right mind would use chopsticks to pick up rice grains one by one to eat?

Too much effort for too little reward.

And they were extremely vulnerable to being countered by earth technique masters.

If the Earth Dragon Immortal truly used 'Mineral Nodes' as obstacles to prevent outsiders from entering its lair and discovering it hiding inside.

Then it would be an idiot.

This is a mining area - would it be difficult for Fang He to find a somewhat capable earth technique master?!

Not to mention that his enemy was Chen Yan, such a rising star earth technique master in Xiankong Town.

This would be simply handing weaknesses to the enemy!

So absolutely impossible.

That left only one possibility - these 'Mineral Nodes' weren't actually Mineral Nodes.

If they weren't Mineral Nodes, yet possessed the characteristics and abilities of 'Mineral Nodes'.

Then there was only one possibility - puppet technique, or mechanism art!!

Recalling memories from his previous life, Zhan Tingzhou's mind suddenly erupted with brainstorming. If the Earth Dragon Immortal truly had such miraculous puppet technique or mechanism art skills, it would have used them in its previous life.

Therefore, there was only one possibility - someone else was helping here.

Someone else... someone else...

Zhan Tingzhou suddenly remembered that in his previous life, when the new city was gradually reforming and improving, 'Wuwang' jumped out again, and among them.

There was one who called himself the 'Mechanism Master', who combined mechanism art with scientific methods, self-taught, blazing a very crazy path.

Not only could he modify objects, but he could also modify people!

Although the Rat Demon was also a Wuwang member.

But Wuwang members never cared if you were their teammate - they acted entirely according to their whims!!!

Thinking of this.

Zhan Tingzhou quickly sent a voice transmission to Lu Ding: "Something's wrong!!!"

"There's a problem!!!"

"What's wrong?"

Lu Ding asked.

Zhan Tingzhou momentarily didn't know how to explain how he had deduced these things.

Seeing him stammer without continuing.

Lu Ding instantly understood - he must have spotted the problem based on his pre-reincarnation experience, but now didn't know how to explain it.

That's why he couldn't speak.

Lu Ding took the initiative to speak, offering a way out: "If you use someone, don't doubt them;

if you doubt someone, don't use them. Everyone has their own secrets. Just speak, I trust you."

Zhan Tingzhou: ?????

You've exposed yourself!!!

You've finally exposed yourself!!!

You said you trust me!!

If you weren't reincarnated, how could you possibly trust me so much?

I understand, you have your difficulties!!!

With Lu Ding's words, Zhan Tingzhou felt the bond of close friendship calling to him.

This! This is trust!!!

Immediately without further hesitation, he transmitted: "I feel that Wuwang members are very likely helping the Earth Dragon Immortal. The Mineral Nodes in the cave are probably puppets created through mechanism art."

"They have the characteristics of Mineral Nodes, but probably aren't actually Mineral Nodes."

Wuwang.

Wuwang again.

Lu Ding was somewhat annoyed - this Wuwang organization, why was it everywhere, causing trouble all over the place.

Originally he had been thinking he could witness the Mineral Nodes that even Qi Refiners at the Five Decays of Heaven-Man realm found helpless.

But now you're telling him they might be puppets created through mechanism art?

Making him happy for nothing.

Wuwang members must be mentally ill, helping their teammate's enemy to deal with their teammate.

Thinking of this, Lu Ding grew somewhat angry.

"Can you be sure?"

Zhan Tingzhou had always been relatively meticulous, never making promises lightly.

"I'd need to see the actual objects. If it's really as I speculate, then not only can I be sure, I can even identify exactly who helped the Earth Dragon Immortal!"

Hearing this, Lu Ding showed a smile.

His feelings of regret never lasted more than a second.

Staying clear-headed was one of Lu Ding's good habits.

Looking at it from another angle, although he couldn't collect Mineral Nodes anymore, he could obtain new intelligence about another Wuwang member from the Earth Dragon Immortal.

How was this not a gain?

Fortunately, there was Zhan Tingzhou. Otherwise, even if he discovered the Mineral Nodes weren't genuine, Lu Ding wouldn't have known that the person behind them would be a Wuwang member.

Nor would he have come looking for the Earth Dragon Immortal.

So this was the correct way to use a reincarnator?

So useful.

Turning to look at Fang He, he spoke calmly with just two words: "Lead the way."

Colluding with Wuwang, Earth Dragon Immortal, your dignity is gone!