Chapter 159 Make a fortune in silence
Dang! clang! clang!
In the dim and dark mine, the crisp collision sounds of metal and rocks continued to resound.
Among this rhythmic and rhythmic sound, there will occasionally be one or two discordant sounds.
Clang!
A dazzling clear light flashed away, and two irregular stones exuding a dense luster revealed their bright corners.
“Huh!”
With a dull gasp, Li Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead and put away the two newly unearthed spirit stones.
"The mineral deposits here are a bit barren. They are not the so-called rich mines. You can't dig out many spiritual stones with just your brute strength."
Li Qing has been digging for seven days in a row. He never even slept for a while, but he just relied on his martial arts master level physical body to forcefully dig out a huge gap in a huge mine.
Ninety-two spiritual stones, this was all he had gained from these seven days of non-sleep.
In the continuous excavation, combined with the mining experience that Old Man Zhou told him, Li Qing became more and more proficient.
“Hiss~”
In the mine, just as Li Qing was breathing heavily, a strange sound suddenly sounded.
Hearing this sound, Li Qing's eyes lit up, and he took action directly, using Miying's footwork, and quickly captured the source of the sound in his hands.
It's a skink!
This small crawling creature is not aggressive, but it is a rare companion creature in the mine. It grows up by absorbing the spiritual energy of the world, and there is no trace of impurities in its body.
Although it is small, it contains very abundant essence. Eating one can restore a lot of spiritual power in the body, and even the fatigue and weakness of the physical body will be reduced a lot.
Li Qing was able to insist on mining the spirit stone mine for seven days because he captured two such spirit beasts during this period.
Boom!
Li Qing activated the spiritual power in his body and sent out a small ball of blazing fire, roasting the skin-eating lizard to the core.
The first time he tasted such a small spiritual creature, Li Qing felt extremely uncomfortable and found it difficult to adapt.
But after eating it, I immediately praised it.
Because the taste of this spiritual creature is quite strange, completely different from eating real meat, but rather like chewing some kind of crispy nut.
Actually, his action of baking was completely unnecessary, for some psychological comfort.
Most of the old miners, after catching such a skin-eating lizard, basically swallow it alive without wasting their spiritual energy on processing it.
Click!
After chewing a few casually, Li Qing swallowed the fragile spiritual creature.
Soon, pure spiritual power quickly settled into his Dantian, and at the same time, the physical strength he had just consumed was also rapidly recovering.
“I’m still lucky. Although it’s not a rich mine, it’s a comfort to catch three skink lizards.”
Li Qing sighed, feeling the spiritual energy gradually filling up in his body and the rapid recovery of physical strength. He waved the inferior mining pickaxe in his hand again and began to dig into the mine pit, trying to dig out more ore.
I have to say that Li Qing thought that he was very right in choosing the task of spiritual miner.
Excluding other reasons, he has a huge advantage just because of his physical body, which is more powerful than many immortal cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage.
Martial arts master, among other things, he is durable!
“If that guy from Ningyuan knew that I had been searching for so long and finally found the world of immortality, but could only work as a miner in such a dark place, he would probably laugh at me.”
Li Qing smiled bitterly. For some reason, he suddenly thought of that cynical guy Ning Yuan.
He is a magnificent martial arts master who stands at the top of the world, and he is in the most prosperous period of his life.
Originally, he was supposed to overlook the entire martial arts world, and all the martial artists in the world had to rely on his breath to survive.
But I didn’t expect that now I have to settle for mining in places like this. It’s really unacceptable!
Just when Li Qing was filled with resentment, another clear and sonorous sound suddenly sounded.
"Hey, you're lucky. I dug up another spiritual stone so quickly, it's ninety-three pieces!"
"Not bad, good, keep up the good work!"
Said, Li Qing happily took this piece The piece of spirit stone was stored in the spirit stone storage bag issued by Tianhe Sect, and he looked very satisfied with his smile.
It smells so good!
In this way, Li Qing worked restlessly for two days, and finally it was time to leave the mine.
One hundred and twenty-six dollars!
For inexperienced miners who are entering the mines for the first time, this is definitely a shocking number.
Generally speaking, newcomers who enter the mine for the first time find it difficult to endure such a dark and boring environment. Physical fatigue and mental loneliness come one after another, which is a kind of fatigue for anyone in ten days. Extremely unbearable torture.
Under the double blow of physical body and spirit, many people will choose to give up immediately after digging for spiritual stones once.
And many times, in order to ensure the monthly production of spiritual stones, the Tianhe Sect would not assign newcomers like Li Qing to rich mining areas, and basically mined in barren spiritual pits.
So basically, if a newbie joins the mine for the first time, he can dig twenty or thirty spiritual stones in ten days, which is already quite good.
But Li Qing is different. His physical body is very strong, and he can barely even perform the gestures of physical cultivation in the middle stage of Qi refining.
He has also lived in the polar night world for a long time. The ten short days of darkness in the mine were not a torture at all for him.
Coupled with the excitement of the huge harvest, Li Qing felt as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood. He didn't take much rest for nine days, and he was stunned to dig out one hundred and twenty-six spiritual stones.
“If I hand this over, I can only get twelve spiritual stones, and I have to hand over the remaining one hundred or so.”
Seeing the hard work of working hard for nine days, even his hands were calloused, Li Qing was naturally unwilling to hand it over.
Immediately, Li Qing became cruel and closed his eyes suddenly!
After a while, the surrounding environment rippled like ripples on the water.
The world between heaven and earth is still extremely dark, but it is very cold, much colder than in the mine!
The shuttle was successful and he entered the polar night world!
Li Qing's little heart skipped a beat. Looking at the familiar surroundings, Li Qing took out a hundred spiritual stones without saying a word.
"Sure enough, the spiritual energy in the spirit stone is slowly escaping." Li Qing murmured to himself, but there was not much regret in his eyes.
“However, this level of dissipation is acceptable, and the speed is very slow. It will take almost two or three months for the spiritual energy in it to be completely lost.”
“As long as the spiritual energy is completely lost within ten days, If you bring the stone back, the difference shouldn't be too big!" After saying that, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the mine with the remaining twenty-six spirit stones.
After completing all this and confirming that there was nothing unusual around him, Li Qing let out a sigh of relief and became excited.
"If I go out, I can still earn two spiritual stones. Then I have earned one hundred and two spiritual stones in these ten days. In one year, I will earn more than one thousand, two hundred spiritual stones!"
This is not a small fortune. For any cultivator in the Qi refining stage, spiritual stones measured in units of one thousand are definitely considered a huge sum of money.
Make a fortune silently!
"I feel comfortable. It's really refreshing to collect the wool of a powerful force!" Li Qing smiled with satisfaction. There was less than a day to go, and he no longer planned to continue digging.
So tired!
Even though he was a martial arts master who dug spirit stones for nine consecutive days, he still felt a little unable to bear it.
After saying that, Li Qing lay down directly on the hard rock wall, closed his eyes and rested.
While Li Qing was sleeping deeply, the Liu family's ten-day monthly mining deadline finally arrived.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
Bells that hit the spirit suddenly rang. All the spirit miners in the mine gave up and left the mine with storage bags containing spirit stones in their waists.
Li Qing, who was sleeping soundly, was immediately awakened. He took a deep breath and ran quickly towards the outside of the mine.
When the exit of the mine was approaching, Li Qing subconsciously covered his eyes. The dazzling light outside made his eyes very uncomfortable.
After staying in the dark for a long time, and suddenly seeing a bright light, even a martial arts master will feel a little overwhelmed.
After a while, after his eyes adjusted to the light, Li Qing walked out of the mine.
There were voices of conversation outside, and the miners' tone was either surprise, frustration, or exhaustion.
“Alas, the mine I was assigned this time was a little barren, and only one hundred and sixty spiritual stones were dug.”
“Hahahaha, it’s prosperous this time, I dug a piece of medium-sized stone. It’s a good thing that I haven’t encountered in years!”
“It’s so tiring. I was so unlucky this time, I didn’t even catch a Soul-Eating Lizard.”
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Listening to these conversations and feeling the bright world outside the mine, Li Qing also smiled with relief.
Soon, someone noticed the disgraced Li Qing.
"Hey, isn't this the newcomer led by Mr. Zhou? It's not easy to persist."
"Hahaha, Shuisheng, do we want to make a bet? I bet he won’t get more than thirty spiritual stones this time.”
“Go, go, who bets you, you only dug thirty when you first went into the mine. Block! ”
Of course, Li Qing didn't care at all about these comments and looks, and he had no intention of showing off.
Let others talk and look down on him, and make a fortune silently. This is the way he likes to survive.
Not long after, Old Man Zhou floated out of another spiritual mine. Upon seeing this, Li Qing immediately showed a simple and honest smile and greeted him.
"Senior Zhou!"
Zhou Tong glanced at the disgraced Li Qing, and then asked: "How many spirit stones were dug this time?"
Li Qing answered truthfully: "Not much, twenty-six yuan."
"Somewhat less." Zhou Tong said calmly.
Hearing this, Li Qing's heart skipped a beat. He quickly scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I'm too tired and too dark. Besides, the reserves of spiritual stones in my mine are very scarce. I can't dig them out even if I try hard." Give me a few bucks."
As soon as he said this, Old Man Zhou smiled, shook his head and said, "How could the Tianhe Sect give you the rich mines for a newcomer like you? Do more work. After a while, when you gain experience, you will naturally be assigned to a rich ore area.”
This is true, because new miners like Li Qing are not the main force in mining, even if they are assigned to a rich ore area. , at most, you can dig fifty or sixty spiritual stones.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to let some miners with rich experience and deeper cultivation in the middle stage of gas refining go to the rich ore area.
If a senior spirit miner like Old Man Zhou is assigned to a rich mining area, it will not be difficult to dig more than 300 spirit stones in ten days.
Of course, in fact, in the middle stage of Qi refining, earning more than 300 spirit stones in a year from mining alone is already quite scarce.
But fortunately, the spirit miners have plenty of time. They only need to spend ten days in the mine every month. The remaining time can be used to do other things.
So, Li Qing was able to earn more than a hundred spirit stones in one breath this time, which is definitely far more than any old miner present.
After all, no one can dig out a thousand spiritual stones in ten days!
Since the Tianhe Sect began to dig this vein, the most successful one was when someone was so lucky that they mined three middle-grade spiritual stones in one go, and harvested nearly 600 spiritual stones in total!
This is a record number.
Soon, Li Qing followed Zhou Tong, preparing to hand over the spirit stones dug this time, and then distribute the proceeds among the monks of the Shangzong.
Looking at the two hundred or so spiritual stones that Zhou Tong poured out from the storage bag, Li Qing couldn't help but feel secretly frightened. As expected of an old miner in the middle stage of Qi refining, even if he was not assigned to a poor mining area, It would take ten days of sleepless nights to match him.
Next, when it was Li Qing's turn to pour the spirit stone, many people looked at him intentionally or unintentionally.
Li Qing made a rather shy expression and poured out the pitiful twenty-six spiritual stones at a loss.
Such a gesture immediately caused a burst of laughter.
“Hahaha, twenty-six yuan! I guessed it right!”
“Hahahaha, it’s actually not bad. I remember who came a few years ago, it seems to be the first The first time I went to the mine, I only dug eleven spiritual stones. Then I couldn’t stand it anymore and turned around and became a spiritual farmer.”
"The first time I went into the mine, the newcomers dug poor ore, and twenty-six yuan is already quite satisfactory."
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The Tianhe Sect disciple who is responsible for accepting the spiritual stones also He just shook his head and chuckled, then handed over the spiritual stone that Li Qing deserved.
"Take it, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat."
Looking embarrassed on the outside, but extremely ordinary on the inside, Li Qing silently took away two pieces of his own Lingshi left without saying a word.
After passing the inspection of the formation and confirming that there was no hidden spirit stone on his body, Li Qing was released.
Riding the spirit pony, Li Qing just wanted to return to his small yard as quickly as possible and bring back all the spirit stones stored in the polar night world.
After a while, after all the spirit miners came out, Liu Haitian waved his hand and led everyone towards the direction of the Valley of Immortality.
The horse walks through the smoke and flies as fast as the wind!
(End of this chapter)