Chapter 5 Spirit Mine The day. Return to the main world. Yu Xiao put on his tattered jacket again. The dilapidated wooden house was bare. Damp, cold and musty. In Dajing World, he is a wealthy and talented young man who has studied abroad and spends money like water. The main world is still composed of lower-level mortals. As insignificant as an ant. However, he is very clear-headed and will not indulge in temporary pleasures. Only by being proactive and enterprising can he see more scenery. Otherwise, when his life is over, he will be nothing but a pile of dry bones in a grave. The 100-fold time difference is really impressive.
I stayed in Dajing World for more than a month. It was only the early morning of the next day in the main world and it was still dark. Similarly, the speed of time flow in Dajing will be reduced 100 times at this moment. Yu Xiao sat on the moldy bed and began to think about his next plan. First of all. The miners still have to work. Earning thirty taels of gold every day is a lot. This amount can be exchanged for 3,000 silver dollars in Dajing, which is something an ordinary person cannot earn in a lifetime. Of course, what Yu Xiao really cared about was not gold. He purchased a lot of daily necessities in Dajing this time, including soap, refined salt, white sugar, etc. This basic living material is not very valuable in industrial society. But in "Baiyunfang" which is located deep in the mountains and has no towns nearby for thousands of miles, the gold is very scarce. A few taels of coarse salt can be exchanged for dozens of taels of gold. There is no need to work hard to mine for a little gold! He continued to work as a miner. There are two main reasons. The first reason, of course, is that I can’t leave yet. This spiritual mine is the property of Qinglan Valley, the largest immortal cultivation sect in the area of tens of thousands of miles. Miners like Yu Xiao are deacons of the sect's outer sect. They have been brought here from all over the world, so naturally they can't come and go as they please. A miner needs five spirit stones to redeem himself. And you can only get one spirit stone as a reward for every thirty spirit stones you dig up. Assuming that miners can dig out an average of three or two spirit stones per month, they can only earn one spirit stone at most per year, and it will take at least five years to save enough money to redeem themselves. Once redeemed. Five years of work were basically in vain.
Is that the end? Of course not! You have to save some money for travel expenses and retirement! Most miners will grit their teeth and continue to work. However, the mining environment is harsh and dangerous, and only a very small number of people can return home to retire, and they will be left with injuries and illnesses. The second reason is that Yu Xiao doesn’t want to leave. Although the double-door has been opened, it takes energy to keep it open, and it requires 10 spirit stones every year, which is not a small number for him. As the most hard currency in the world of immortal cultivation. One spiritual stone can easily be exchanged for two thousand taels of gold. But even if you have several thousand taels of gold, you may not be able to exchange it for a spirit stone. There are very few ways for mortals to earn spirit stones. Although Yu Xiao could resell a large amount of daily necessities and handicrafts from the Dajing World, he did not dare to collect spirit stones openly. As the saying goes, wealth should not be shown off. Once people know that you have the spiritual stone, not only will you have to keep one eye open when sleeping at night, but you will also be in fear and tread carefully when walking on the road every day. Low profile! Stay alive! Spiritual mines are still the safest and most concealed way to collect spiritual stones. You only need to hand over one-tenth or two-tenths of what you dig out, and hide the rest in the stone hall space. No one will suspect it, and no one will know about it. It can maintain double-pass door. It can also save some money for future practice. "I can't lose my job. I also need to learn martial arts as soon as possible and collect some local specialties that I can bring to Dajing." Baiyunfang is not only home to a large number of miners, but also many independent cultivators from all sides and people from nearby mountains. The cultivation and qualifications of these casual cultivators are generally not high. The reason why they appear in Baiyunfang is, on the one hand, that the spiritual energy near the spiritual mine is sufficient and suitable for cultivation, and on the other hand, they hope to join Qinglan Valley as casual cultivators through the "Ascension Conference" held every few years. Among them there are many practitioners who use martial arts to gain enlightenment. They may be the lowest level of independent cultivators in the main world. But if placed in the Dajing world, most of them are first or second grade, or even grandmaster level strongmen. If Yu Xiao can learn from these people, he will soon be able to protect himself in Dajing. And with the 100-fold time difference between the two worlds, he will surely attract attention in the main world and get a chance to change his destiny. unconsciously. Several hours passed. The morning light appears and the sky gradually brightens. This mysterious and boundless land of immortal cultivation has once again entered the daytime.
Yu Xiao stopped thinking and left the hut. The miners nearby also came out one after another. Everyone was wearing dirty, tattered jackets, with messy hair, pale faces, thin bodies, and bloodshot eyes. They looked like a group of zombies. "Brother Xiao Yu, it's quite early today. Would you like a piece of hot pancake?" A middle-aged man in his forties with rough skin walked out of the shed next door, holding a few black pancakes in his hand. He handed one of them over with a simple smile on his face. "Thank you, Uncle Chen. I've eaten it." Chen Shi is a senior miner with nearly ten years of experience. He was a really caring person and was one of the few workers with whom Yu Xiao could have a say. Chen Shi could have redeemed himself long ago after working for so many years. Logically, he should have saved enough money for travel expenses and retirement. He did not leave Baiyunfang Mine because he wanted to save more spirit stones and give his children in his hometown a chance to practice cultivation. In his own words. This is how my life will be. But I hope my children can live with more dignity. "Hey, Brother Xiao Yu, you look good recently." Yu Xiao had lived in the Grand View World for a month, eating a lot of meat and fish every day, so how could he look bad? He had messed up his hair as much as possible and painted his face black, but he never thought that he would still be seen. "It's OK. I got some good stuff recently." "what?" "wait." Yu Xiao returned to the house. After a few minutes, a small bag of something was handed to the other person. "Why are you so secretive? Let me see what good stuff it is." Chen Shi opened it and found it was snow-white powder. He put a little into his mouth and his eyes lit up immediately. "What a salty thing!" Salt is a necessity of life. Especially for those who do heavy manual labor. This small bag of salt is not a rare thing, but its value is not low. "Uncle Chen usually takes good care of me, so I specially left some for you. Don't tell anyone else." "Haha, that's very nice. I also have some old wine that I haven't been willing to drink. How about we have a drink together after work today?" "Okay!" "go!" Queue up to enter the mine. A new day's work begins. Yu Xiao put on the mining basket, put on a dust mask, and picked up the pickaxe.
The Lingshi Mine is huge in scale. Each miner has an independent mining trough. They rarely come into contact with others during the work process. The heavy work is exhausting, so there is little communication between them. Wield a pickaxe. Start hitting the stone wall. Those grayish-white, fluorescent stones are spiritual ores. First use a large draft to dig away the ordinary rock and soil to expose the spiritual mine containing spiritual energy. Then use a special small saw and a mining hammer to crush it, and finally put it into a mining basket and take it out. The energy of spiritual ore is relatively complex. Some are very unstable. If the impact is too strong, it may cause an explosion or leak a toxic gas. This is why mining must be done by manpower, because it is both a physical job and a meticulous technical job. Ding-ding-ding-ding! Ding-ding-ding-ding! The work is extremely boring. But Yu Xiao has gotten used to it. Two hundred kilograms of spiritual ore gravel were dug in just the morning. Maybe it’s because I’ve been eating better recently, so I don’t feel exhausted. He began to slow down his pace so as not to dig too much and attract unnecessary attention. at this time. The rock wall was cracked by the pickaxe. A soft white light actually shone through the crack. Yu Xiao felt his eyes light up. He made sure that no one was nearby, put on the iron gloves and buttoned them up little by little. A white crystal as big as a quail egg appeared in front of him. "What a blessing!" The crystals formed by the penetration of spiritual power in the spiritual mine are natural spiritual stones. This kind of spiritual crystal has a special structure. Once it is formed, its volume is relatively fixed. It is neither too big nor too small. Therefore, it can become the standard currency in the world of immortal cultivation! Throw it into the stone palace. I decided to embezzle it. Yu Xiao was in a good mood. Gather 300 kilograms of spiritual ore, and then slack off until the end of the work. He walked out of the deep mine tunnel carrying the ore basket on his back, preparing to go to the counting station for inventory and settlement, when he suddenly saw many miners gathered in front of him to watch.
Something happened again? No need to ask. Yu Xiao knew what had happened. Mining spiritual ore is a very dangerous business. Accidents happen almost every now and then, and casualties among miners are commonplace. But at this moment, Yu Xiao heard a sentence and his face changed: "It's Lao Chen!" "Old Chen is dead!" (End of this chapter)
