Even though Chen Xin had already witnessed the cruelty of this world towards slaves, and had imagined such situations occurring.
But when Chen Xin truly saw this scene of slaves being abused and killed at will, he still felt a sense of injustice in his heart.
These four deserved to die for trying to harm him, and Chen Xin would not sympathize with them.
But all of this happened because of the man-eat-man environment created by the slave owners, yet no one can punish them for their crimes.
"Thank you, Lord Shu, for allowing me to prove my innocence." Chen Xin still had to put on a grateful expression.
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave now. I still need to go to the mine to mine Spirit Stones today."
"Throw these four corpses out, and then you can all go back to what you were doing," Lord Shu directed the slave soldiers.
"As for you." Lord Shu turned his head and looked at Chen Xin with a sinister gaze. "You can't leave yet, I still have some questions to ask you."
"Alright." Chen Xin wasn't afraid. If Lord Shu wanted to kill him, he would have already done so.
Soon, only Chen Xin and Lord Shu were left in the barracks. Lord Shu maintained a period of silence, trying to put more pressure on Chen Xin with this silence.
If it were an ordinary slave, they would probably be completely lost at this moment, but Chen Xin didn't care about this level of pressure and just waited quietly for Lord Shu to ask his questions.
"You have the ability to steal Ore from the mine, right?" Lord Shu finally asked.
Chen Xin immediately denied it. "That's impossible. They are completely framing me. I have had conflicts with them before. They said this to frame me. Why would Lord Shu believe such a thing?"
"Although they want to put you to death, they could have found other reasons. Since they can say that you stole Ore, there must be some basis for their claims, it's just that they are too weak to find it or catch you in the act."
"If Lord Shu thinks so, then why didn't you convict me just now?"
Lord Shu was silent for a moment and then said, "Xin, I have high hopes for you. Those lowly beings deserve to die, you are different from them, you cannot die, I only kill useless people, not capable ones."
Chen Xin would not believe such a perfunctory attitude, like praising a cat or dog.
"Even so, I really don't have that ability."
"You don't seem to understand something." Lord Shu stopped pretending and once again made a threatening hand gesture. "I don't care whether you have the ability to bring Ore out of the mine or not."
"You must get me Ore, or you will suffer the same fate as them, you will die in my hands, die like a pig."
Chen Xin did not back down at all. How could a hundred-year-old turtle reveal his secrets so easily?
"Then Lord Shu, please do it. I really don't have that ability."
"Do you think it takes much effort for me to kill you? Get me Ore, or be tortured to death by me, you only have these two endings!" Spirit Qi gathered in Lord Shu's hand, and Chen Xin faintly felt a more powerful Rapid Wind Blade gathering in his palm.
Chen Xin's current cultivation level is almost helpless in the face of such an attack. At this time, Chen Xin finally understood why the Po Lu Divine Skill, which can enhance the body, is only a Low Grade mortal skill. Compared with Lord Shu, Chen Xin is currently no different from an ordinary person with a little more strength.
The pride he felt before, thinking he could crush those slave soldiers, now seemed so ridiculous.
His brain was running fast. The opportunity to obtain Spirit Stones was hard-won. If he died like this, he didn't know if he would have another chance in the next life.
"I'll try my best."
Chen Xin didn't think this was him giving in, he was just thinking things through.
Lord Shu has no room for trial and error. If Chen Xin can bring Spirit Stones out of the mine, then Lord Shu will definitely make a huge profit. But if Chen Xin doesn't have the ability to bring them out, Lord Shu only needs to kill him, which is almost equal to zero cost.
This deal is simply too cost-effective. On one hand, he can continuously obtain free Spirit Stones from the mine, and on the other hand, he believes that this slave does not have such ability.
Probably anyone who understands this logic would make the same choice as Lord Shu.
"Wouldn't it have been fine if you had done this earlier? If you had continued to be stubborn, I originally wanted to cut off one of your hands."
"Then it's good that Lord Shu didn't do that. If I lost a hand, I would rather die than help you." If Lord Shu is for the Spirit Stones, Chen Xin thinks he doesn't need to completely submit to him like before.
When you are useful to someone, you must also fight for certain benefits for yourself while being used. These people who use you will not be grateful to you for being able to use you for free. They have never had such thoughts, they will only laugh at your stupidity.
Sure enough, facing the temptation of Spirit Stones, even the high and mighty Lord Shu could only shut up after being retorted by a lowly slave.
Lord Shu needs Spirit Stones more than ordinary people, or rather, Lord Shu urgently needs to strengthen his strength. Chen Xin knew this from a letter on Lord Shu's desk.
Lord Shu thought he was illiterate and was not defensive at all, so he was able to see the general content of the letter. The content of the letter was a notice about the assessment for Squad Leaders in a month.
The general meaning is that if they perform well, they will be promoted to Bai Fu Zhang (Centurion), and if they fail the assessment, they will either become ordinary soldiers or choose to retire and return to their hometown.
Chen Xin doesn't care how fast Lord Shu can use him to Cultivate, as long as he can still Cultivate here, he is not the kind of person who doesn't allow a win-win situation.
The following things went very smoothly. Facing Chen Xin's lateness, the Overseer naturally wanted to punish him, but when Chen Xin brought up Lord Shu, the Overseer immediately stopped the whip that was about to fall.
"So it was Shu Qin who was looking for you, you should have said so earlier, now you quickly go in."
"Thank you for understanding."
Watching Chen Xin enter the mine, the Overseer muttered to himself: "I didn't expect that such a lowly person could find an opportunity to approach and please Shu Qin, it seems that we can't underestimate this kid."
The Overseer and Shu Qin have similar status, they are both from freemen, but don't forget that there is also the difference in strength that widens the gap between the two. Shu Qin is at least a cultivator, but the Overseer is just an ordinary person.
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Late at night, inside Shu Qin's barracks.
When Shu Qin saw Chen Xin uncover the tattered cloth in his hand, revealing the Spirit Stone Ore inside, Shu Qin was excited, Chen Xin clearly felt Lord Shu panting heavily.
Such excitement, those who don't know might think that Lord Shu saw not a broken stone, but a peerless beauty, especially his posture of swallowing a mouthful of saliva is even more so.
After all, Lord Shu is only a young man of about twenty years old, he can't always remain calm.
Chen Xin smiled. "Lord Shu, it's just a stone, is it worth getting so excited?"
"What do you know, do you know what this thing is? Outside, getting a fist-sized Spirit Stone can bankrupt many people."
"Forget it, what's the use of me telling you this? You are just a crude and lowly slave."
Realizing his gaffe, Shu Qin quickly put on that aloof look again.