As soon as he finished speaking, the dozens of Guta Sect disciples who were forced to be tortured trotted into the Lingshi mine tunnel and disappeared. Chen Mo was also one of them. Although he had never felt the taste of the whip, he definitely couldn't. Don't want to try it.
The inside of the mine was not completely dark as Chen Mo imagined. He could still see the road in the mine clearly through some unknown luminous crystals growing on the stone walls. He gradually went deep underground, and after a while of burning incense , what appeared in front of him were seven tunnels of different sizes, each of which had been stepped on countless times, so much so that the tunnel entrance was dented under the feet.
Chen Mo randomly chose a passage and walked in. It was much more spacious than the previous one, and there were more crystal stones emitting faint light. Before the next fork, he also found two mine slaves who were also tortured, but two The people's eyes were very alert, and the spiritual energy in their bodies was surging, and they were ready to fight. Even if Chen Mo suddenly came to snatch their storage bags, he might not be able to succeed.
Chen Mo really didn't have the idea to rob them. He was also in a stalemate with his spiritual power. After the two met each other, they gradually drifted away. Chen Mo entered the next mine tunnel. The two people before him also breathed a sigh of relief and walked out together. This mine is for business.
When he first arrived, Chen Mo didn't want to take advantage of others when he didn't understand the situation. Moreover, he had already been discovered by those two people at that time, and the chance of winning head-on was not high, so he didn't plan to rob someone. .
The inside of the mine was like a big maze. Chen Mo kept walking downwards for nearly an hour. The mine tunnels were still endless. During this period, he also encountered some mining slaves who were mining in the mine tunnels. When he saw him, he came , they all stopped what they were doing, stared at him coldly, and signaled him to go out, or start a fight to the death.
Without any conflict with anyone, Chen Mo turned to an inaccessible mine and drilled into a passage that had been dug not long ago. With the faint fluorescence on the stone wall, he took out the pickaxe from his storage bag and pointed forward. The closed mountain was cut violently!
"Bang!"
With this blow, Chen Mo used all his strength to knock off the rock just a little bit. He had no choice but to use his spiritual power. He struck again. This time the rock flew flying, and he dug a hole as big as a fist in the stone wall. .
"Boom, boom, boom..."
After a stick of incense passed, Chen Mo kept waving the pickaxe in his hand to dig, and the place in front of him was knocked out about half a foot in size. A small piece of pale white suddenly appeared from two inches above the ground. Chen Mo's eyes focused. He reached out and touched it, and it turned out to be a low-grade spiritual stone!
He continued to dig around it carefully, wasting some time, and then took out the hard-earned low-grade spiritual stone.
Digging for spiritual stones is a hard job, and only these Qi Refining disciples can do it. It's not that those with advanced cultivation can't dig it out, but they can hit it casually, and even the spiritual stones will be shattered when the rubble flies away. The gain is not worth the loss.
"It took an hour to find the ore tunnel, and it will take time to get back. In this case..." Chen Mo put the low-grade spirit stone into the storage bag, thinking silently in his heart: "On average, it takes an hour to dig out eleven pieces of spirit stone. Stones are needed to complete the goal. According to the current speed...unless we can dig out green mid-grade spiritual stones or blue high-grade spiritual stones, we will still be short of about twenty yuan."
Chen Mo was able to survive the two whippings. The problem was that they were not given food if they could not complete the task. They were not foundation-building monks. They could go hungry for a day or two, but they were always hungry and still being beaten. They died in the spiritual state under the influence of one and the other. It's possible in a stone mine.
When mining, every strike requires the use of spiritual power. After ten hours, it is also a big load for Chen Mo. If he encounters the kind of slaves who specialize in robbing spiritual stones for a living, they will be full of spiritual power. If there is not much left, it may be very dangerous.
Keep going, even if you waste more time, you will definitely not be able to complete the task of mining here. As long as you have a minimum of 30 spiritual stones, you will not be killed. Chen Mo's mind moved and he had an idea. He put away his pickaxe and began to stride deeper into the mine.
After observing for such a long time, Chen Mo discovered that some short mines were usually dug by people, while those large mines were dug out by former mining slaves. He wasted another hour and came to In a hidden location in the mine, there was a hole that had just been dug a foot long. Chen Mo looked around and then continued digging towards that place.
"Ding ding ding...."
He was lucky enough to knock out a low-grade spirit stone very quickly. Chen Mo was delighted. If the spirit stone was found at this speed, he would almost be able to eat today! So I picked up the pickaxe and started banging on the hole. The sound of metal and stone colliding kept echoing in the mine.
Ten hours later, Chen Mo walked out of the small mine that he had dug to a depth of seven to eight feet. His eyes were slightly happy. Just half an hour ago, he dug out a green medium-grade spiritual stone, which was just right. I collected one hundred and ten spiritual stones, so I don’t need to be punished!
"Wow..."
Chen Mo piled all the stones he had dug out at the entrance of the cave. If others saw it, they would think it was an abandoned mine and would not dig deeper. If they could still find it here tomorrow, they would continue digging. Chen Mo It is estimated that he can dig here for three to five days.
The remaining half an hour was spent sitting in the mine to recover his spiritual power. Although he had not fully recovered, he would not be captured by the other slaves in one move.
He had also thought of absorbing the dug spirit stones, but everyone in the Sword Sect was obviously not a fool today. If there was any magic weapon that knew that he secretly absorbed the spirit stones, it would be possible to kill him on the spot. Think about it, he might as well hold back. .
The time to go back was much faster than the time to go forward. Since the Lingshi mine is dug from top to bottom, you only need to keep walking up the slope when you come back. Chen Mo was careful, and when there were many forked roads Just use the light spirit technique to leave quickly, and when you encounter slaves, you will also send out spiritual power to protect yourself. The two sides will pass by without incident, and few people will follow. This means that a battle is inevitable.
In the blink of an eye, he returned to the first seven mines. Chen Mo randomly chose one and wanted to go up. Suddenly, a strong wind blew through the mine. Chen Mo's heart tightened and he quickly turned away. The next moment, the iron pickaxe came out He fell straight down from his original position and was nailed to the ground with a clang, "Sneak attack!" Chen Mo didn't even think about it. Two balls of spiritual energy quickly hit the black shadow. He used the gravity technique with great proficiency. , and then he sprinted close to the ground, regardless of whether he hit the person or not, he ran out at once.
"Boom boom..."
There was a low explosion in the mine, and the people who resisted it deliberately covered it up. It stopped before it spread far.
Some of the mining slaves who were also ambushing here gloated and mocked: "Jin Mazi, what's wrong with you? Facing a slave who comes to mine on the first day, there are times when you make a mistake!"
"Shut up!" The person who attacked earlier said angrily: "This person is extremely vigilant, obviously on guard, and reacts very quickly. If you can't say it here, you will still be killed by him!"
"Haha, I see you haven't opened your business yet. I would like to remind you that if you don't get thirty spiritual stones together, you will be beaten to death by the guards outside the mine." said the taunting person.
"Shh! Don't say anything, someone is here again!" Jin Mazi was about to retort when he suddenly heard some movement in the distance and quickly stopped talking, and the silence returned to the mine tunnel.
In the spacious open space, more than a dozen masked guards were wandering around the mine. Chen Mo quickly walked to the front of the rectangular table, put the storage bag on the table, and said to the masked guard in front of him: "Sir, you Take a look."
The number six was written on the storage bag, marking him as belonging to the sixth group. The masked guard did not open the storage bag in a hurry, but looked at a masked guard in the distance and said, "Let me see, did the six group timeout expire? "
Chen Mo lowered his head, but was surprised in his heart. This man was no longer the duck guard before. His voice sounded a bit like a big goose, which was a bit sharper than ordinary people. Let's call him a big goose guard.
The masked guard in the distance glanced at the hourglass beside him and said: "There is still some time left."
"Um."
The big goose guard then slowly went to get the storage bag, and when he looked at Chen Mo with his consciousness, he suddenly looked at Chen Mo with interest: "Not bad, I can complete the goal on the first day of mining."
"It's just good luck that made you laugh." Chen Mo responded with his head lowered.
The big goose guard took out an orb from the storage bag and said, "Press your hand on it. If the color of the orb does not change, you can go to eat."
Chen Mo didn't know what he was doing, but he was confident that he had done nothing but dig. He was not too afraid and calmly put his hand on the white orb.
The next moment, the orb was still white, without any color.
The big goose guard nodded: "Take this and go to eat. Everyone in the same group is waiting for you outside."
Chen Mo took the black card he gave him and asked boldly: "Excuse me, sir, what is the function of the orb you just tested?"
The goose guard's movements suddenly stopped, and the eyes under the mask were fixed on Chen Mo. The latter did not dare to look at him and hurriedly lowered his head again.
There was no way, Chen Mo had to ask clearly. Since he wanted to escape, he couldn't ignore every detail, even if there was the risk of being whipped.
"You shouldn't ask, don't ask in the future!" The big goose guard snorted: "I can make an exception this time and tell you. This is an instrument to detect whether you have stolen spiritual stones. Once we find out, you will know the consequences."
Chen Mo thought it was dangerous. If he stole this piece, the consequences would be disastrous. At this time, he quickly said: "This is a lesson, sir."
No one doesn't like flattery. Seeing Chen Mo's respectful attitude, his expression softened a bit: "Get out quickly!"
"yes!"
Chen Mo agreed, took the black card and pushed open the stone door and walked out.
