Five days later, when Lu Li put down the jade hoe and walked to a corner, preparing to find an opportunity to release the puppet and then hide himself to investigate the situation.
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the person following her closely and felt a little helpless. "I'm going to rest," she said, actually implying that the guy should stop following her.
Unexpectedly, the person following behind him replied without thinking, "I know, I need to rest too!"
After saying that, he blinked his innocent big eyes and looked at Lu Li like a simpleton, as if he didn't understand why Lu Li was telling him this.
That innocent yet confused look, coupled with that adorable expression, made Lu Li feel a lump in his throat. For a moment, he couldn't be sure whether it was just natural naivety or genuine cunning.
Thinking about how this guy had been following him around like a shadow these past two days, going wherever he went and doing whatever he did, Lu Li felt a headache coming on.
Helplessly, she raised her hand to pinch her brow, and decided to get straight to the point: "Could you please stop following me?"
His answer was a big nod and a firm "No."
The guy said "no" with such force that Lu Li couldn't help but twitch his lips, starting to believe that he was just a natural airhead.
Seeing that the guards nearby had noticed the commotion and seemed about to come over, Lu Li had no choice but to shut up and turn away to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.
Then, the little tail quickly followed, and together they went to the corner.
Logically speaking, cultivators should not need to rest every day like ordinary people.
But since their spiritual power is now completely suppressed, without the nourishment of spiritual power, their bodies are only slightly stronger than ordinary people.
In addition, digging for starfish is not a simple task and requires a great deal of physical strength.
The Zhuansun family members were veritable exploiters, making everyone work but unwilling to give them better fasting pills, forcing them to eat only the lowest grade of fasting pills.
Low-grade fasting pills contain impurities and have very little spiritual energy, making them unable to sustain consumption.
Therefore, those who dug the pit still need to rest.
Of course, this is on the premise that you can complete the daily tasks; otherwise, they might come at you as soon as you sit down.
Lu Li was able to open his own space, and he had already given himself pills to relieve his physical fatigue. Even though they were fasting pills, he had secretly replaced them with the best ones from his space.
Therefore, the task of earning ten yuan a day is not difficult for him.
Just to avoid drawing attention, he pretended to work slowly, and even pretended to be exhausted and take a break from time to time.
Unexpectedly, the guy behind him had been following him like a shadow for five days, preventing him from getting away even after all that time.
As time ticked by, Lu Li felt he couldn't delay any longer, so he walked along while discussing with Shushu in his space, planning to ask Tianchen for help.
Fortunately, Tianchen is quite reliable when it comes to such important matters.
Before long, it took the initiative to contact Lu Li, and together they came up with a plan. It then appeared on Lu Li's shoulder invisibly.
So, after confirming that there was no one else around except for the idiot behind him, they turned a dark corner.
Tianchen used illusion magic to briefly confuse the simpleton, while Lu Li seized the opportunity to release the puppet while concealing himself.
The coordination was seamless. The simpleton behind him felt a moment of confusion, thinking it was due to the environment, and quickly stepped closer to Lu Li again.
Completely unaware, in the blink of an eye, the person walking in front of him had been transformed into a puppet.
Watching the man and the puppet walk away one after the other, Lu Li also took Tian Chen and quickly left the place.
Just as they were leaving, a patrol of guards came over. The captain of the guards stood at the spot where they had just changed shifts for a while, and then walked away without noticing.
Meanwhile, Lu Li, who was invisibly hiding, also carefully avoided everyone and those watching him under Tian Chen's guidance, and began to walk and explore the entire mine.
This journey took several days, and Lu Li finally got a general idea of the situation of the mine.
This mine is very large. Based on the quality of the ore, the Zhuansun family divided it into three areas.
The first area is the outermost ring of the mineral vein, which is the area where their team is currently located. They are responsible for mining the outermost layer of low-grade star acetylene.
The second area is the central ring of the mineral vein, which is the responsibility of those in the Divine Transformation stage, and they are responsible for mining the middle layer of mid-level Starry Sky Yarn.
The third region is the innermost part of the mineral vein, which is the core location of the high-level star-shaped alkyne, mined by the fusion stage.
Each area is separated by thick barriers and sturdy defensive lines, making it difficult to cross. Moreover, the further in one goes, the more cautious these people become.
I heard that the elders of the Zhuansun family are stationed at the center of the mine. They are all at the late stage of the Integration Realm and they also have a divine artifact with them.
As for what exactly that artifact was, they hadn't found out yet; they only noticed that the people responsible for guarding it were all very excited when talking about it.
Dean Rao had given these people from Lingxin Academy a detailed list, which showed that even the lowest-ranking among them was at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
In other words, if these people are really here, they will at least be assigned to the second zone.
If they want to find people and verify their conjectures, they must find a way to cross regions, at least to enter a second region.
If it were anywhere else, they might be able to use the same trick again and simply use the Heavenly Extreme Jade to clear a path and break in.
But this won't work. According to the information they recently gathered, the one responsible for guarding the barriers between areas is a powerful being at the Fusion Stage.
With their strength having increased by two major levels, even if they were bold, the senior and junior brothers and sisters wouldn't dare to act rashly, because this was no joke.
If they are discovered, given their current strength, the chances of them escaping successfully in front of a powerful being at the Fusion Stage are slim. They came to rescue people, not to get themselves trapped.
So, things seemed to have reached a stalemate. Those fellow students who weren't confident they could successfully travel together could only continue wandering around the first area, hoping to find a breakthrough.
On this day, the senior and junior disciples once again hid in a secluded corner to avoid the patrol team.
Suddenly, a familiar feeling washed over Shushu's heart. It was her long-lost 'treasure hunting' skill reflecting off her little radar, and the source was deep within the stone wall behind them.
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