On the other hand, Chen Dabing became familiar with the sect under the leadership of Nan Huanuo.
"Sir, you've given Master another gift! How generous of you!"
The two of them rode on a flying sword, slowly flying through the sect. Chen Dabing put his arm around Nan Huanuo's slender waist and thought to himself, "If I weren't so generous, would I be able to hold you so comfortably? You called me a scoundrel all the way here."
He said, "We have been through life and death together. We are friends for life and death. Your sect is my sect, your master is my master, and your sisters are my sisters. I am sending you a gift to show my appreciation."
The young girl, who was just beginning to fall in love, had never heard sweet words before, and her heart suddenly felt sweet. She no longer cared about the pair of unruly big hands.
"I'll take you to Master's cave first. This is where the spiritual energy is most abundant, and it's also the center of the sect's protective formation."
The flying sword landed in front of a stone house. This so-called cave looked very simple to Chen Dabing. There was no stone bed, stone bench, or even a table. What made him curious was that there were colorful flags in every corner, which was quite festive.
"This is the formation flag. The sect protection formation is activated with these, but each activation is very expensive, consuming five spirit stones."
Chen Dabing didn't understand all this, he just looked around the cave. Although it was simple, he didn't dislike it. After traveling to a strange world, it was good to have a place to stay.
He said, "The sect is quite large. Are there only about ten people from your Red Clothes Sect living here?"
Nan Huanuo said, "Of course there's more. Just now, the sect was attacked by a powerful enemy, and all the mortals who were not capable of fighting retreated into the underground mines. In fact, the purpose of establishing the sect is to protect the spiritual vein mines. I will take you to the mines to have a look."
The flying sword landed at the entrance of a cave. After traveling to this world, Chen Dabing finally saw his own kind, mortals.
At the entrance of the cave stood a group of burly soldiers wearing armor and holding spears. There were dozens of them. When they saw them, they all knelt on one knee and said, "We kowtow to the Immortal."
Nan Huanuo said calmly, "No need to be polite."
Seeing these soldiers standing nearly two meters tall, with muscular bodies that rivaled those of a bodybuilder, Chen Dadan was surprised and asked, "You're saying these people have no fighting ability?"
Nan Huanuo said, "Mortals cannot cultivate immortal arts, so they can only practice martial arts. However, even if one has reached the pinnacle of martial arts, they are still vulnerable."
Chen Dabing felt insulted, but he had no evidence and knew that they were not talking about him.
Nan Huanuo continued, "Mortal soldiers don't participate in combat. Their duty is to manage the miners. Even if the sect is captured, the enemy won't embarrass them. They address any immortal cultivator as an immortal."
Chen Dabing understood that the mortals in this world were at the bottom of society, no, they were ants. The immortal cultivators didn't care which camp they belonged to, or they didn't regard them as enemies at all.
As a result, he became more determined to practice. Since he had traveled to this world, practicing immortal arts became his greatest obsession.
After entering the cave, the lights in front of him were bright and the view was suddenly clear. Then Chen Dadan opened his eyes wide and said in shock, "There are so many miners."
It is very spacious inside, with a six-lane mine tunnel connecting more than a dozen mines. Hundreds of people are mining in each mine, so there are probably several thousand people in total.
Nan Huanuo said: "Mining spirit stones is very troublesome and requires many processes. The most feared thing is that the spirit stones will be broken by violent mining, so miners mine with their bare hands."
Mining with bare hands, even the illegal mines in modern society dare not exploit miners in this way.
The value of spirit stones is too high, and the labor of mortals is too cheap. Therefore, in this world, the meaning of mortals' existence is to provide spirit stones to cultivators.
Nan Huanuo said that there are about 10,000 mortals in the Red Sect's jurisdiction, and half of them have become miners.
Fortunately, these miners do not look pale, thin, or malnourished, and there is no scene of supervisors driving miners away with whips. This may be due to the generosity of the Red Sect, or perhaps it is because this world has abundant resources.
However, this is the fate of mortals and it cannot be changed in a lifetime.
Chen Dabing didn't dare to look closely and turned away. He knew that he could do nothing for the mortal miners. If in modern society, workers are the lowest class, then in this world, mortals and cultivators are not the same species at all, and there is no class to speak of.
Therefore, the idea of becoming an immortal cultivator became even stronger.
Back in the meeting hall of the Red Robe Sect, the spiritual spring had already been distributed. All the Red Robe Sect disciples, from Ting'er on down, looked at Chen Dadan with different eyes.
It’s like a woman whose marriage was arranged by her parents. She has already received the betrothal gift, but feels that the man is not worthy of her. There is reluctance in her eyes, but more of a sense of resignation.
The look was too complicated, and the dull Chen Dabing didn't understand it. He thought it was a look of gratitude, so he nodded kindly to the girls.
Fairy Nishang said, "Sir, the best opportunity to sell spiritual springs is at an auction. Coincidentally, the annual Piaomiao City auction is just a few days away. A drop of spiritual spring was auctioned before, and the price was one hundred spiritual stones."
A drop of spiritual spring water is too small to directly break through the foundation-building stage, but its effect is much stronger than the foundation-building pill, so it was sold at a high price.
Chen Dabing had some understanding of the value of spirit stones. First of all, in terms of production capacity, the Red Sect managed a spirit vein mine that could produce about 500 spirit stones every year, but these spirit stones did not belong to the Red Sect. The property rights belonged to the country and the Xi Dynasty.
The Red Clothes Sect is affiliated with the Xi Dynasty. They work there and are responsible for managing the spirit vein mine. Every year, they collect 10% of the mine as management fee, which is fifty spirit stones. This is the annual salary of the thirteen cultivators in the Red Clothes Sect.
If you don't eat or drink for two years, you can only buy one drop of spiritual spring. Therefore, Chen Dabing has an idea of the value of the spiritual spring.
"We can divide a bottle of spiritual spring into twenty portions. This amount is much more than a drop. Even if we sell it at a price of one hundred spiritual stones per portion, one bottle can be sold for two thousand spiritual stones. Ten bottles will be sold for twenty thousand spiritual stones. These resources should be enough for you to practice for a while!"
Chen Dabao was hoping to sell a large number of Spirit Springs at once for a large sum of Spirit Stones. However, Fairy Nishang shook her head and said, "The Spirit Springs are too conspicuous a treasure. If we have too many, I'm worried that other sects will covet them. Although I have successfully established my foundation, there are still several people in Piaomiao City who have a higher cultivation level than me."
"Master, don't worry," Nan Huanuo said, "Master gave me a set of divine clothing. I'll give it to you when you go to the auction. Even if your cultivation level is higher than yours, don't be afraid."
Fairy Nishang couldn't help but be moved: "Divine clothing? Is that the strange outfit you're wearing?"
The JK suit with a short shirt and short skirt is indeed considered strange clothing in this era, and this is when there is a base layer underneath. If someone exposes their arms, thighs, and belly button like the girl in the Global Village, they might be mistaken for an evil cultivator.
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