Chapter 323: The Development of a Mining Tyrant
Ye Xiaoman had the crane demon to chat with her, and it felt like the blink of an eye was all it took to walk through the long and winding mine tunnel.
At the end of the mine tunnel, a deep hole as big as a football field was dug. The miners went down into the ground on the lifting device at the side of the hole.
The foreman took the newcomers to a corner and assigned them their respective positions.
It was freezing cold underground, and a thick black fog covered the area below the calves. It was a poisonous resentment that stung like ox-hair needles piercing the pores. The monks needed to keep their protective shields open at all times to protect themselves from being invaded.
Ye Xiaoman lit the talisman and threw it into the kerosene lamp beside her. The light illuminated the space around her.
She looked at the rock in front of her. The rock was wrapped with black ore crystals of various sizes. The black ore was pure black, and when the light shone on it, it exuded a colorful luster. It was obvious at a glance that it was not an ordinary thing.
Although she had fallen to the point of mining, the subsequent operation of Huanxi Villa would involve the business of black ore. She was optimistic and thought it would be a good opportunity to learn more about minerals.
The foreman explained the details of the mining with a fierce expression and tone.
"Anything you dig up from underground, whether it's black ore, gold, or other treasures, must be handed over without permission."
"If I find out you're hiding..."
The foreman turned the night pearl in his hand to illuminate the top of the mine. The newcomers looked up together and found a row of human heads hanging above their heads.
The hideous face of the dead man, with his eyes still open, silently looked at the people below, as if he had been tortured in his lifetime before being executed.
"These are the people who recently dug up gold and didn't turn it in. Now they're dead."
The foreman saw the newcomers' expressions of horror and was very satisfied with the hammering results.
"Behave yourself, I don't want your heads to be the next to be hung up there."
The newcomers mined with sighs.
No one dared to slack off, for fear that they would not be able to dig the required 150 kilograms today.
Ye Xiaoman continued to dig until dark. She carried the ore she dug in a backpack and asked the foreman to weigh it. It weighed more than 200 kilograms.
"Can the 50 kilograms that were overfulfilled be kept until tomorrow?"
If possible, she only needs to dig another 100 kilograms tomorrow and can leave work early.
"cannot."
"Why?"
The foreman raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you have any objection to the rules I set?"
"I dare not."
Yue Mushan stood in line behind her waiting for his weight to be weighed. She saw that there was a little less ore in his backpack, "Can I give you the extra weight?"
Yue Mushan said calmly: "No need."
The crane demon peeked out from the end of the team, "Sister Yin, I might be a little short..."
"Oh," Ye Xiaoman didn't take Yue Mushan's rejection to heart. She said to He Yao generously, "Then I'll give it to you."
The crane demon was extremely grateful and kept clinging to Ye Xiaoman, saying many words of admiration.
The fox demon whispered to Yue Mushan, "That crane approached her deliberately because he saw her strength and saw profit in it. Could she not have seen through his tricks?"
Yue Mushan said coldly: "I am not interested in whether she suffers any loss or not."
Ye Xiaoman followed the team out of the mine.
Mining is not difficult. You just need to use tools to shovel out the black ore buried in the rocks.
The difficulty was that the rock was hard and required a lot of spiritual energy to break it. She worked all day and her back ached and she was exhausted.
This is only the first day.
Ye Xiaoman rubbed her back and looked around at the desolate mining area.
The lights were bright, and many monks were working the night shift.
The mine did not arrange accommodation for the workers, so they had to find a place to live on their own. Some people simply found a place to sleep under a large rock in the leeward area, some slept on dry grass, and more people walked to the periphery to look for abandoned mines, which at least could shelter them from the wind and rain.
All the caves that were neither too far away (convenient for work) nor too close (isolated from the noise of mining and good for sleep) were occupied. Ye Xiaoman walked a long way before she found an ownerless hill.
She randomly chose a sunny cave.
The crane demon had been following her, and once she had chosen her address, he immediately decided to live next door to her.
After Ye Xiaoman entered the cave, Yue Mushan and the fox demon walked out from the corner of the mountain.
The fox demon didn't think about Yue Mushan following Ye Xiaoman. All the Feng Shui treasures he found along the way were rejected. Patting his tired and numb feet, he urged, "Amu, just find one."
Yue Mushan found a cave 100 meters away from Ye Xiaoman.
Ye Xiaoman was exhausted. She hastily used magic to clear the cave, found a stone surface that could be used as a bed, took out bedding from the storage bag, made the bed, and immediately fell asleep.
Jing Zhui suddenly asked her: [What's your progress?]
She yawned, found a mirror, and video chatted with Jing.
Jing Zhui saw Ye Xiaoman's face, which was as black as if she had been digging coal all day, and paused for a moment, "What's wrong with you?"
Ye Xiaoman pulled the camera away, letting him see her miserable body. "Prison Department."
Jing Zhui: “…”
"You're in jail?"
"What have you done wrong?"
The word "又" is very spiritual.
Ye Xiaoman told Jing Zhui what she had done, and he was speechless after listening.
Others built bridges across water, but she burned the wood on the shore that could be used as materials.
"It's going to take a lot of effort to get you out," Jing Zhui said directly without waiting for Ye Xiaoman to plead. "All the people I planted at the mine are dead."
Ye Xiaoman's pupils dilated. "Died from mining? What kind of horrible things are hidden underground in the ghost domain?"
Jing Zhui said: "A small miner like you is not qualified to dig in the forbidden area."
It turns out that the mines in the ghost world are divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower according to the quality of the minerals. The upper-grade mines are the private property of the ghost lord, and only the ghost lord's confidants can dig them.
Jing Zhui suspected that his head was found, so he hid it in the Shangjia Mine with the Ghost Lord and sent people to find it, but they were all wiped out and the cause of death was unknown.
All the spies were killed and she could not be rescued.
Unless Jing Zhui takes action personally.
He used the same old trick again, "Beg me?"
Ye Xiaoman stiffened her neck and said, "I'll figure it out myself."
Jing Zhui raised an eyebrow: "You would rather mine than add more tasks?"
Ye Xiaoman: "I still owe you seven tasks, don't even think about increasing it to eight."
Jing Zhui said, "I'll go find you."
Ye Xiaoman gritted her teeth in hatred: "Come, let's mine together."
She was afraid that Jing would continue to talk and assign her the task of mining in a superior mine, so she closed the lid and cut off contact.
The next day, Ye Xiaoman continued to dig diligently.
It's not going well, something went wrong.
The mine is like a prison, there are mining bosses, and the younger brothers have to help the mining bosses mine. Every newcomer who comes to the mine will be called out for a talk by the mining boss.
The foremen turned a blind eye to this, and the miners often fought. If someone died, their name would be crossed out from the roster and they would not be paid.
During lunch break, Ye Xiaoman was called by the mining boss to the small black hole next to her.
This mining tyrant was a ghost cultivator. He sharpened his nails with a ghost-head machete and said without looking up, "I heard you're quite rich. Hand it over."
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