With a burst of spiritual energy flowing, the front end of the mining pick in Mr. Chen's hand actually emitted a little light.
Then he raised the mining pick high and dug into the stone next to it.
The originally hard stone wall was suddenly dug into a small corner.
"Huh..." Mr. Chen breathed a long sigh of relief: "Xiao Zheng, have you seen it? Only in this way can we dig out these stones."
However, after only digging for about two or three times, Mr. Chen had to put down the mining pick and began to meditate to restore his spiritual energy.
There is a large amount of fire rock ore gathered in this mine, so the fire aura here is very abundant.
In just half a cup of tea, Mr. Chen's spiritual energy had recovered to some extent, and he continued to pick up the mining pick and start mining.
During this period, Zheng Yi also observed the situation of other people.
They are basically the same as Mr. Chen. They use spiritual energy to sharpen their mining picks. After digging a few times, the spiritual energy is exhausted, and then they start meditating to restore spiritual energy.
Young people generally don't have that much spiritual energy, so they need to recover their luck after just one or two digs.
Although the older ones have more spiritual energy and can dig more, their recovery speed is not as fast as that of the younger ones.
But there are two people whose situation is completely different from the others.
One of them is Zhou Shitou, the village chief of Hewan Village. Anyone who can be the village chief also has two skills. Although he is only at the peak of Qi training, he has extremely abundant spiritual energy. Since he started mining, Zheng Yi has never seen this guy take a break to replenish his spiritual energy.
At this time, there were already two excavated fire rock mines beside him.
The newly dug fire rock mine looks dark and unremarkable, no different from an ordinary coal mine.
However, the fire spiritual energy filled inside is extremely surging.
As for the other one, he was a young man who was kicked by Zhao Qing before and became as thin as a bamboo pole.
His situation was even more miserable. He tried his best to lift the mining pick above his head, and swung it with all his strength, but he could only leave a fist-sized gap in the stone.
And every time he wields the mining pick, he needs to regain his spiritual energy.
Looking at his appearance, I didn't know whether he could dig out a piece of ore all day long.
After Mr. Chen continued to mine, Zheng Yi also tried to strengthen the mining pick with spiritual energy. It was much easier to start mining again than before.
After all, these mining pickaxes are made of adamantite, which is used to create spiritual energy. The spiritual energy consumed to strengthen them is not particularly large.
As soon as the pickaxe went down, a large piece of the stone in front of Zheng Yi was dug out. Among the fallen stones, a black mark the size of a football was exposed.
Mr. Chen next to him was overjoyed when he saw this: "Xiao Zheng, I really have you. I was able to dig out the fire rock mine for the first time. Moreover, it is such a big piece, it can be counted as at least ten portions."< br>
"If you do it yourself, you won't have to work at all within three days."
Zheng Yi and Mr. Chen spent a while and worked together to dig out the fire rock mine from the rock wall.
Villagers from several surrounding Hewan villages also came together to watch the fun when they saw such a large piece of fire rock mine.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what's the point, Old Chen."
"The last time I saw such a large piece of volcanic rock was two months ago, right?"
"The one two months ago was much smaller than this one."
"With this here, that guy Qing Mao Dog can rest for a few days."
After watching in wonder for a while, everyone continued to go back to their work. After all, their tasks were not light.
For this naturally formed spirit stone vein, the larger a single piece of ore is, the more energy it contains and the higher its value is naturally.
Even if the weight of the broken ore is twice that of the one dug by Zheng Yi, the spiritual energy contained in it may not be as good as this one.
However, although the value of this piece of ore is high, it is still far behind compared with the tasks assigned to Chen's family.
After feeling happy, Mr. Chen continued to dig hard.
Although Zheng Yi could sense the location of other ores, he did not dig them immediately.
Except for him, others should not be able to sense the specific location of the fire rock mine.
They can only rely on experience or luck and work hard.
After village chief Zhou Shitou dug out two pieces of fire rock, he only found one more piece all morning.
At noon, Zhao Qing actually came over to distribute food to the villagers who were mining.
It was the same rice porridge that Zheng Yi had just seen yesterday, with wheat husks floating in it, and a steamed bun that looked similar to a steamed bun, but was as hard as earth.
After lunch, Zhou Shitou came over with his mining pick: "Uncle Chen, let me help you."
Zhou Shitou and Mr. Chen spent a whole afternoon digging out four fire rock mines.
Including the piece that the old man dug up in the morning, there are five pieces in total.
Not only Mr. Chen, but also the young man who was as thin as a bamboo pole had many people who had completed the task to help him.
The young man kept smiling and thanking me, and he was also working hard to dig mines.
Unfortunately, his strength was too weak and his luck was always bad. He couldn't dig anything for a whole day.
If it hadn't been for the help of several people, he might not have been able to complete today's task.
Since digging out a large piece of volcanic rock in the morning, Zheng Yi has been paddling. It seems that he has dug many times, but in fact he deliberately avoids the location of the volcanic rock.
All his attention was spent observing the villagers of Hebend Village.
After finishing work in the evening, everyone carried their harvest and reported to Zhao Qing.
Each person has three tasks per day. Zhao Qing is responsible for statistics, and there is a special accounting room next to him for accounting.
Others can basically pay enough.
But when it was Mr. Chen's turn, Zhao Qing glanced at the football-sized igneous rock mine, and counted the five that had been dug out with the help of stones for several weeks: "Chen Mu, thirteen pieces!"
Mr. Chen became anxious when he heard this: "Isn't this right, Manager Qing? For such a large fire rock mine, it should be counted at least ten yuan. Why are you only counting three yuan for me?"
Zhao Qing's face sank: "I said eight yuan is eight yuan. Do you, an old man, have any objections?"
"You... aren't you bullying others?" Mr. Chen said angrily.
Zhao Qing's eyes were sinister: "Why did I just bully you? Give me a trick, Chen Mu will hand over twelve yuan today!"
Seeing that Mr. Chen wanted to argue, Zheng Yi secretly glanced at him.
He stepped forward and said to Zhao Qing with an apologetic smile: "Forgive me, Manager Qing. There are a lot of things going on at my uncle's house, so I couldn't control my temper for a while. Manager Qing, don't be as knowledgeable as him. It's whatever you say, and we don't have any objections."
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Zhao Qing's expression softened a little, and he glanced at Mr. Chen with disdain: "Your nephew is more sensible than you."
It wasn't until he was almost home that Mr. Chen's anger gradually subsided. He smiled remorsefully at Zheng Yi: "I'm sorry, Xiao Zheng, I have to ask you to clean up the mess for me."
Zheng Yi waved his hand, his eyes like lightning in the dark night: "Those guys want to take advantage of the situation, but we are not suitable to conflict with them now."
Mr. Chen didn't take Zheng Yi's words seriously. The courtyard door opened with a creak.
A small figure in the wooden house quickly ran out and threw himself into Mr. Chen's arms: "Grandpa, I miss you so much."
Mr. Chen touched Chen Xiaobao's head kindly: "Grandpa came back late. Are you hungry already? We'll have dinner soon."
"I'm going hunting." Zheng Yi naturally didn't want to eat the rice porridge that was almost going rancid, so he took the initiative to go hunting in the mountains and forests.
Just like yesterday, Zheng Yi encountered countless accidents during the hunting process.
Fortunately, his cultivation was still there, and those accidents did not cause any harm to him, apart from taking a lot of effort on his part.
After eating, Zheng Yi picked up the mining pick and started studying.
While mining during the day, he discovered that the way these people mined was very unscientific.
Although talking about science in the world of cultivating immortals is a bit weird.
However, what these people do is like a strong man using a hammer and electric drill to drill holes in the wall.
Not at all, bringing out the true power of the electric drill.
Zheng Yi really didn't know much about weapon refining, and he had basically never been exposed to anything related to weapon refining.
But this is not a problem. To put it bluntly, weapon refining is the process of using external objects to enhance one's spiritual energy.
In essence, this kind of thing is very similar to the nature of exercises.
Just do what comes to mind. Zheng Yi recalled some of the spiritual weapons he had used before and began to make some modifications to the mining pickaxe.
If the mining pickaxe was made into a real spiritual weapon, Zheng Yi would certainly not be able to do it.
But it is not too difficult to just strengthen the mining pick so that the user can keep the mining pick itself sharp to a certain extent without investing a lot of spiritual energy.
Zheng Yi used a small knife to carve some formation talismans on the wooden handle of the mining pick.
These talismans can absorb the surrounding spiritual energy for their own use when the user uses spiritual energy to strengthen the ore pickaxe.
While absorbing spiritual energy to strengthen the adamantine stone, some of it is left behind to maintain its own operation.
Because it is only carved on the wooden handle without any material assistance, the effect does not last long.
Moreover, the enhancement effect of gold essence stone is not as good as imagined.
It was the first time for Zheng Yi to concentrate on studying formations and the like.
Experiment and make small adjustments as you go. It wasn't until the sound of a rooster crowing that Zheng Yi was surprised to find that it was already dawn.
Arriving at the mine in a carriage, Zheng Yi couldn't wait to start testing the mining pickaxe he had modified.
After a little injection of spiritual energy, the spiritual energy on the handle of the mining pick slowly flowed, giving off a faint light.
Zheng Yi was well prepared for this and used some means to cover up the light on the mining pick.
Zheng Yi did not use his spiritual energy, but picked up the mining pickaxe and struck it on the stone in the mine.
With a click, the hard stone was cut in half.
Zheng Yi's hands kept peeling away dozens of stones. The spiritual energy on the wooden handle of the mining pick gradually became more than it could make ends meet, and it quickly dissipated completely.
Even so, Zheng Yi's modified mining pick is much more efficient than before.
Because he himself only has a small amount of spiritual energy injected into him. The rest were absorbed by the formations themselves during their operation.
Fortunately, there is plenty of spiritual energy here, otherwise, Zheng Yi's poor formation would not even be able to operate due to the absorption efficiency.
But for Zheng Yi, this is enough.
As long as it can be used normally in the pit of the fire rock mine and reduce a lot of burden, his goal has been achieved.
"Mr. Chen, I want to modify your mining pick so that you can mine more easily." Zheng Yi said solemnly to Mr. Chen.
"However, please keep this matter confidential and don't mention it to anyone for the time being."
"This..." Mr. Chen hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, Xiao Zheng, I will never tell anyone even if I die. Otherwise, I will be burned to ashes by the Flame Emperor and be cast aside by others for the rest of my life. .”
Zheng Yi smiled when he heard this: "It's not that serious, just don't tell others for a short time."
His plan involves a lot, and it will take some time to observe and plan. During this period, not much can be revealed.
The reason why I made an exception and helped Mr. Chen transform a mining pickaxe was not only to reduce the pressure on the old man, but also to test the effect of this thing when used by others.
Zheng Yi also put a lot of effort into renovating the mining pick this time to hide all the formations, and had to sacrifice some performance for this purpose.
At first, Mr. Chen took the mining pick modified by Zheng Yi too seriously.
But as soon as he used it, he immediately noticed the difference.
Originally, he needed to use a lot of spiritual energy to increase the strength of the mining pick to the point where it could dig out stones.
But the current consumption is at most only one-tenth of the original amount.
In the past, he could only dig a few times at a time, but now he can dig more than a dozen times.
The difference can be understood with just a little thought.
In less than an hour, Mr. Chen had dug out three fire rock mines and completed today's task.
This is even if your luck is not very good. If your luck is better, it is not impossible to dig more than ten yuan a day.
This speed made Mr. Chen full of strength, and he couldn't wait to continue working hard to mine.
After all, after using a new mining pick, he can complete the payment owed by his two sons in three to five days at most
Seeing this, Zheng Yi quickly stopped Mr. Chen: "Old man, we can't be too showy."
An old man who had difficulty completing his allotment suddenly dug out a large amount of igneous rock.
Even a loser like Zhao Qing, who only knows how to fake the power of a tiger, might be able to find a problem.
"You're right, I'm too excited." The old man's face was full of disappointment.
"You don't have to worry too much, it won't be long before everyone can use it."
Three days later, Zhou Shitou came over to help Mr. Chen dig as usual. But he was surprised to find that Mr. Chen had completed all his tasks today.
"Uncle Chen, you are always strong and strong." Zhou Shitou chuckled and gave Chen Mu a thumbs up.
"You brat, how dare you tease your uncle." Mr. Chen kicked him angrily.
Zheng Yi had a smile on his face: "The reason why the old man mines quickly is not just because of good luck."
Zheng Yi handed the modified mining pick to Zhou Shitou: "Here... give it a try." OK (End of Chapter)