On the western border of the Central Plains, there is the Yinshan Mine.
Thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, and the world became dark.
The biting wind whipped up the wild sand and waves, violently beating the formation barrier that shrouded the Yin Mountain.
The huge Yinshan Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, with dragon-like lightning across the sky, and the vegetation on the mountain is sparse.
Hong Tao took Jiang Yuebai and exchanged the tokens and stepped into the mine boundary. The strong wind suddenly stopped, leaving only the coldness of scraping bones, rolling with the mine cart, and the clanking of the iron pick wheel.
Shaking off the yellow sand, Hong Tao glanced at the peons carrying stones outside the mine. Suddenly, he unleashed a foundation-building pressure and kicked the peons passing by.
"Someone from the Internal Affairs Department is here to tell you stewards to come out and see me!"
Jiang Yuebai frowned, Hong Tao was usually kind and reasonable, but she had never seen him so arrogant and showy.
The skinny hard worker rolled around twice. When he saw the token on Hong Tao, he went to report it in fear. The surrounding miners evaded and observed from a distance.
"Hey, you, let me tell you why this magpie kept chirping this morning. It turns out it's the steward of the Internal Affairs Hall who is here."
Cui Sheng, a middle-aged steward who was slightly fat and stooped, came over with a bowed head. He glanced at Jiang Yuebai and said with a flattering smile, "I wonder what business the steward brings to the Yinshan Mine?"
Hong Tao pushed Jiang Yuebai to his side, with an arrogant expression, and said loudly: "I'm here to give you someone. This is the disciple of the inner sect Jindan Master. He was implicated in some trivial matters and took refuge in the Yinshan Mine for two years. He will be picked up after the real person has finished handling the trivial matters."
Hong Tao's words were ambiguous, and many people around him could hear them.
Jiang Yuebai thought about it, suddenly understood, and was very grateful to Hong Tao.
Cui Sheng is an ordinary person, and the name of Jin Dan was not mentioned. Being implicated and sent here shows that he is not an important person.
But we can't ignore it completely. After all, he is a Jindan master, and he asked Hong Tao, the foundation manager, to personally deliver it, which shows that he has some connections within the sect.
After thinking about his joints, Cui Sheng grinned and said: "I understand, I have decided to arrange a better mine for this... this junior sister. Just don't worry, sir."
Hong Tao sighed humbly, and Jiang Yuebai took out a storage bag and offered it with both hands.
"Thank you, senior brother, for your arrangement. Please accept your little thought."
Cui Sheng looked at Hong Tao, who glanced away. He took the storage bag with a smile and smiled when he found that there were a hundred low-grade spiritual stones in it.
"Oh my junior sister, why are you so polite?"
Hong Tao said: "I'm here to inspect the house and lead the way."
Cui Sheng knew what Hong Tao meant and hurriedly made an invitation gesture and took him and Jiang Yuebai around to let everyone see Jiang Yuebai's 'backer'.
Everywhere in the mine is similar, nothing interesting to see.
People below the third level of Qi Lian are carrying earth and rocks outside and digging new mines. Only those above the third level of Qi Lian can dig in the mines.
The daily quota is one hundred low-grade spiritual stones, and one medium-grade spiritual stone can be used to offset the three-day quota.
The registration date is the day you enter the mine. As long as you can hold on, it doesn't matter if you don't come out for a year or two. Just make up the entire amount on the day you come out.
If it is not enough, make up for as many days as you are short of and continue to work here.
"... Master Xuancheng, who is guarding the Yinshan Mine, has been in seclusion at the deepest part of the mine. He will not come out for a while. This is the center of the formation of the Yinshan Mine. I also ask my junior sister to take a drop of blood and inject it into it."
Jiang Yuebai looked at the fierce Kui Niu stone sculpture in front of her, standing in the center of the mine. She wiped the blood from her fingertips on the stone sculpture, and she immediately felt like her soul was being oppressed and bound.
Thunder and lightning struck the sky, and the formation barrier loomed.
Cui Sheng said: "Junior sister, don't worry. Although this formation is powerful, as long as you don't run around or escape, it exists to protect the mine and protect us from being harmed by monsters or villains outside. When your labor period is over, The ban will be lifted naturally.”
Jiang Yuebai nodded and saw a stele under the stone carving. The stele was densely covered with names. Some names disappeared and their positions were replaced by new names.
"What is this?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Before Cui Sheng could say anything, Hong Tao explained: "If you don't come out of the mine for two years, you will be considered missing, and your name will appear on the monument. If you don't come out for five years, your name will be erased, which is equivalent to losing the protection of the formation."
Cui Sheng nodded, "That's right. If you don't come out for five years, it's better to die. If you don't die, you will be killed by the big formation as soon as you come out. Therefore, junior sister should not stay in the mine for too long. The big formation will obliterate it and Master Xuancheng will take action. It’s useless.”
Cui Sheng also took Jiang Yuebai to familiarize himself with the eating and resting places, and received two mining picks, fire folders for lighting and ten small lantern charms.
Finally, Cui Sheng took Hong Tao and Jiang Yuebai to a mine.
"Junior sister, it's been a busy day today. Do you really need to rest for a day and eat something before going to the mine?"
Jiang Yuebai shook his head, "Thank you very much, Manager Cui, for your kindness. The mining thing seems novel to me and I want to go down and have a look."
Cui Sheng laughed in his heart and said that he is a child at heart and didn't stop him.
"This Jia Chou Mine is one of the richest mineral deposits in the entire Yinshan Mountains. Junior sister, be careful when you go down there. As long as you can find a good mineral point, a hundred a day is not a problem."
"There is one thing. There are occasionally monster beasts that are good at traveling through mountains. Most of them live in groups. It is extremely dangerous to encounter them alone. Junior sister, please be careful when digging."
"Thank you, Manager Cui."
"There is also this "Crazy Thunder Body Forging Technique". Originally, everyone had to buy it by themselves. Today, I fell in love with my junior sister, so I gave her a copy."
Cui Sheng handed Jiang Yuebai a book, and Jiang Yuebai took it with both hands, his eyes filled with confusion.
Cui Sheng explained: "Although the mine is rich in spiritual energy, it is adjacent to the ancient Lei Ze. The spiritual energy is rich in thunder energy. If it stays in the body, it will damage the meridians and Dantian. Additional techniques are needed to digest the thunder energy. This body-building method is in the hands of monks here. One volume can enhance your physical strength and dig out more minerals, so you can achieve numerous benefits with one stone."
Hong Tao said: "The very common ninth-level body-building technique is very suitable for this place."
Jiang Yuebai thanked Cui Sheng again.
"Who is that over there? Lao Peng, take Junior Sister Jiang down to the mine and tell Fan Mazi not to cause trouble for me!"
Jiang Yuebai looked at Hong Tao, who nodded.
"Take care of yourself, I'll pick you up in two years."
Jiang Yuebai nodded and followed the fourth-level male Qi practitioner called by Cui Sheng into the dark cave and embarked on an unknown road ahead.
Peng Sanyang took the torch and walked in front. As he walked, he secretly looked at Jiang Yuebai. Seeing that she had the fourth level of Qi training at a young age, he couldn't help but envy her.
Envy is envy, but there is still ridicule in my heart. No matter how powerful he is, he is still punished here. He may be forgotten in two years, and no one knows where he died in the mine.
Thinking of this, Peng Sanyang's steps became lighter.
Jiang Yuebai followed behind at a trot. It was dark inside the mine and there were many side roads. Every time she caught up and asked where the side roads led, Peng Sanyang sneered and refused to tell her. He just turned around and went deeper.
After going down two or three floors, I don't know how many hundreds of feet deep the mine tunnel is. The air is tight and depressing, like drowning in water. My chest is heavy and I can't breathe.
The light of the torch was difficult to illuminate, and Jiang Yuebai could not remember the way he came.
I saw only traces of excavation all around the mine tunnel, and no spiritual stone mines. Only fine fragments of spiritual stone residues were glittering and embedded on the mountain wall.
"Where exactly are you taking me?"
Jiang Yuebai shouted and saw a leaf carved on the wall of a mine road next to it. It was rich in spiritual energy and shone brightly in the darkness.
Peng Sanyang didn't answer, so Jiang Yuebai stopped.
"I'm not leaving, I'm going to dig here."
After saying that, she walked towards the nearby mine, and within two steps she saw clusters of colorful crystals embedded in the mountain wall, which were the spirit stone mines.
Jiang Yuebai reached out to touch her, and Peng Sanyang ran over and shouted in horror.
"You can't touch it, you can't touch it. This is Ye Lianyi's mine."
Jiang Yuebai stopped his hand and turned around. Peng Sanyang was frightened and wanted to pull her away.
"Who dares to touch my mine?"
A woman in blue walked out of the darkness, carrying a mining pick and looking fiercely, followed by three male cultivators.
The leading, burly male cultivator, with triangular eyes and a pockmarked face, stepped forward, hugged the female cultivator's shoulders, and spat to the side.
"Where did this little baby come from? Are you throwing it down to give me extra food?"
There was roaring laughter, and the two male cultivators behind the pockmarked face looked at Jiang Yuebai with evil intentions.
A man and a woman in the front were practicing at the seventh level of Qi cultivation, and the two followers behind were practicing at the sixth level of Qi cultivation. One of the followers was holding a bloody arm.
