After Wang Laobo, Nannan, and he finished eating the Spirit Beast, the stone house door was pushed open.
“You three, Boss Xing said to have you come down to the mine with us. It’s thirty raw stones a day, or no food.”
A miner walked in and said.
“Alright, let’s go.”
Qin Xuan followed him indifferently.
Seeing that the other two hadn't moved, the miner frowned, a hint of displeasure appearing on his weathered face. Just as he was about to speak, Qin Xuan spoke first.
“Isn’t it just thirty raw stones? They don’t need to go down, I can do it alone.”
Saying that, Qin Xuan urged the miner to leave.
“Putting a pig’s nose in a scallion, pretending to be an elephant. How hard is it to mine thirty raw stones? You’ll know when you get down there.”
The old miner said to Qin Xuan, who raised an eyebrow indifferently.
Since he dared to say that, he naturally had his confidence.
“Big brother, be careful!”
Nannan cheered Qin Xuan on.
Qin Xuan smiled and nodded at Nannan, then followed the miner out of the stone house and walked towards the mine shaft.
The mine shaft was over ten zhang wide, with more than a dozen ropes extending down from both sides.
“Clang!”
The old miner handed Qin Xuan a hammer and a chisel.
“When you get down there, you’ll need to chisel and hammer the raw stones out of the mine shaft, then send them to the warehouse. For every raw stone you send in, they’ll give you a wooden stick for counting. In the evening, you can exchange these sticks for food.”
Qin Xuan nodded as he listened.
“I’m warning you beforehand, you have to carry these raw stones up yourself. At most, you’ll dig out a dozen raw stones a day, and then you have to send them up. Thirty raw stones a day might be dangerous.”
The old miner said, but Qin Xuan shook his head indifferently.
“Don’t worry, not a single one of the thirty raw stones will be missing.”
Saying that, Qin Xuan strode towards the mine entrance.
Two ropes were pulled up, with a huge metal frame tied to the very bottom of the ropes.
Clearly, after the raw stones were dug out, they would put them into this basket and send them to the warehouse.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Xuan stepped into the frame and descended the mine shaft with the old miner.
The further down they went, the darker the surroundings became, until finally, only various glowing stones around the mine shaft provided illumination.
No one had set up any torches above.
They descended continuously, and after the time it takes for one stick of incense to burn, the two finally reached the bottom of the mine shaft.
The bottom of the mine shaft had been artificially widened into a huge space, and at this moment, people in this huge space were continuously sending raw stones upwards.
Looking up, Qin Xuan couldn’t help but be stunned.
This was merely a transfer point; the actual mining area for raw stones was still ahead.
From this transfer point, over a dozen passages extended, all leading in different directions.
At this moment, Qin Xuan could hear clanging sounds coming from inside.
Someone was mining raw stones in there.
“You can choose any of these passages to mine raw stones. As for how to mine them, I’ll teach you…”
Qin Xuan waved his hand.
“No need, I can handle how to mine raw stones myself. Don’t worry, thirty raw stones a day is easy.”
Saying that, Qin Xuan chose a passage and walked in by himself.
“Hmph, just don’t cry when the time comes.”
The man snorted coldly, then strode away from here and walked towards another passage.
After entering the passage, Qin Xuan continued to advance.
Perhaps because it had been mined for a long time, these passages had been dug very deep. Qin Xuan walked for several cups of tea before reaching the end of the passage, where people were continuously mining raw stones.
First, they used a chisel to crack the raw stone from the cave wall, then directly smashed it open with a hammer. The entire process was incredibly slow.
“No wonder that miner didn’t believe me. At such a slow pace, it’s impossible to mine thirty raw stones in a day.”
However, Qin Xuan raised an eyebrow.
For others, the speed was naturally very slow.
But for Qin Xuan, it was nothing.
He put away the chisel and hammer, then forcefully dug into the cave wall with his Wu Feng Sword.
“Crack!”
The raw Spirit Stone fell directly, and Qin Xuan immediately put it into his qiankun ring.
“Mortals don’t have qiankun rings, so they naturally have to transport them piece by piece. But for me, I have a qiankun ring, so I don’t have to worry at all.”
After collecting thirty raw stones in one go, Qin Xuan retreated from the passage.
“I can’t always stay in one passage, people will notice. Besides, if I want to find the secrets down here, I can’t always stay in one place.”
Thinking this, Qin Xuan began to sense.
“Let’s see which passage has the most abundant Spiritual Qi; there should be good things there.”
After a while, Qin Xuan sensed significantly denser Spiritual Qi in one of the passages and immediately walked into it.
Clearly, there were good things in this passage.
“The Spiritual Qi in this passage is so abundant, it’s clear that it should be closer to the underground Spiritual Vein. Since that’s the case, I might as well go and see what this place has. Even if there’s no harvest, the probability of finding a Top-Grade Spirit Stone is higher than in other places.”
Thinking this, Qin Xuan walked into this passage.
This time, Qin Xuan went significantly deeper.
There were many more people in this passage than in the previous one.
It was clear that good Spirit Stones had indeed been found in this passage, which was why so many people had rushed in to mine them.
Walking to the end in one breath, Qin Xuan looked at the crowd frantically mining raw stones, while pretending to work, he continuously probed with his Mental Energy.
After a while, Qin Xuan stopped, looking at a raw stone nearby with some surprise.
This raw stone had not yet been dug out, but Qin Xuan could already sense that the Spiritual Qi inside it was more abundant.
He walked over, and while the others were busy mining raw stones, Qin Xuan easily cut off the raw stone and then placed it in his qiankun ring.
Mortals did not have qiankun rings, so from the very beginning, the Heavenly Fiend Sect people never checked if Qin Xuan had a qiankun ring.
To them, such a large raw stone made it impossible for a Mortal to hide anything.
They just didn't expect that Qin Xuan, a Cultivator, would disguise himself as a Mortal and easily infiltrate their mine.
After collecting this raw stone, Qin Xuan continued to probe with his Mental Energy.
After only a short while, Qin Xuan finally placed several raw stones into his qiankun ring.
These raw stones were all carefully selected by him, containing much more Spiritual Qi than other raw stones.
Therefore, there was a high probability of finding good things in these raw stones.
Just as Qin Xuan was about to continue searching for suitable raw stones, suddenly, a bell rang from outside.
Hearing the bell, the crowd who were originally searching for raw stones immediately panicked, hurriedly picked up their tools, and ran towards the outside.
“Run, the mine is collapsing!”
