Chapter 100 Mining
On Tuifeng Island, Ji Rong playfully plucked a blade of grass to tease the cow, saying, "Hey, little cow, do you have a name?"
The calf didn't even glance at the grass Ji Rong offered; it kicked its hooves and dashed off behind Gu Qingqing.
Ever since the day Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang carried him upside down onto the island, Xiao Niu vomited everything and fainted; when he woke up, he trembled when he saw Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang.
Seeing that besides Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang, only Gu Qingqing was on the island, he asked Gu Qingqing to be his backer.
Now, the calf is Gu Qingqing's mount on Tuifeng Island. Whenever Gu Qingqing says she wants to leave, it immediately squats down and carries her away.
Gu Qingqing enjoyed the calf's attentiveness, and was called to by him every day.
Ji Rong, having failed to tease Niu again, pouted.
She said to Gu Qingqing, "Brother Jinlong said he'll take the oxen to mine in the future, and that we should take good care of them."
I'm going to work out the spiritual veins. Qingqing, you're in charge of raising the cattle.
After saying that, Ji Rong went into the mine and settled down to continue her work.
Last time, Ji Rong's divine sense was forced back by the sword intent. This time, she wanted to try a different approach, following the sword intent deeper into the area to see if she could bypass it.
Gu Qingqing was overjoyed to hear Ji Rong's words, and she kept praising Ji Rong's quick wit in her heart.
She and Ji Zhuang saw the ox at the time, but neither of them expected that it could be brought back to the island as a laborer.
With a delighted expression, Gu Qingqing led the calf into the cave. She pointed to a spot of spirit crystal ore and said, "You plow this way, understand?"
Gu Qingqing left the calf there, using its still-growing horns to plow the mine, while she herself yawned and nestled down next to Ji Rong's drooping aerial roots to sleep.
Besides cultivating his skills, Ji Zhuang loved farming in his spare time.
The spirit herb seeds that he had asked the witch to bring back last time had already sprouted. As soon as he returned to the island, Ji Zhuang busied himself watering and fertilizing them.
When Ji Zhuang returned from work, he heard muffled impact sounds coming from the mine from time to time. He picked up the sleeping Gu Qingqing and asked, "Who's in there?"
Gu Qingqing then remembered the little cow that she had tricked into going mining.
A bird and a fox quickly entered the cave to investigate and found that the bull's head was a bloody mess, and the ground was covered with ore waste.
"Hey, you calf, stop!" Gu Qingqing shouted to the calf.
The calf stopped as instructed, shook its dizzy head, and lay down on the ground, refusing to get up.
Ji Zhuang glanced at her and left, leaving Gu Qingqing to take care of her alone.
The next day, Ji Zhuang went to work in the fields as usual, only to find his fields in a mess.
The spiritual plant had been gnawed by a cow, leaving a trail of hoof prints on the ground. Enraged, Ji Zhuang immediately transformed into his magical bird form, channeling his spiritual energy and roaring, "Fox! Come out here!"
Gu Qingqing hurriedly jumped out of the cave, transforming into a five-tailed half-beast fox, and retorted without any politeness, "What do you want, Ji Zhuang!"
Ji Zhuang's eyes were bloodshot as he screamed in anguish, "Your ox ate a piece of my spiritual plant! You have to pay me back!"
Gu Qingqing raised her head and said coldly, "This is Brother Jinlong's ox, and you and your sister caught it!"
Ji Zhuang flapped his wings and said to Gu Qingqing's face, "Can't you take him somewhere else to graze? There's grass everywhere, why does he have to eat my spiritual plants!"
Gu Qingqing wagged her tail and nonchalantly pulled the cow out, saying, "Then ask him." Then she walked away.
Therefore, Ji Zhuang not only had to take care of his spiritual plants every day, but also had to herd cattle.
Ji Zhuang dismantled a log and made a large stick.
Whenever the calf misbehaved, Ji Zhuang would hit it with a stick, and within a few days, the calf would become obedient.
Three months later, the witch arrived with Jiao Jue. Ji Zhuang asked the witch to find him more spirit herb seeds and spirit hemp, and the witch agreed.
When Jiaojue arrived, he came to see his ox.
Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing were overjoyed to hear this, and quickly brought out the ox and gave it to Jiao Jue, urging him to hurry up and leave.
Jiao Jue didn't leave. He squinted and asked, "Where is Ji Rong?"
Gu Qingqing replied, "She is repairing the spiritual veins. Brother Jinlong, you should hurry up and take the ox away, otherwise the witch won't have enough blood to give."
To everyone's surprise, Jiao Jue coiled up like a snake on the spot, raised his head, and said, "The grand ceremony is over, so the old man is fine now."
On Wangfeng Island, Wu Guang is now in charge; I have no need to worry about him.
I told the sorceress before I came that she should come back to pick me up in three months, to prevent you from messing around in my spiritual veins.”
Jiao Jue came to Tuifeng Island to escape the hustle and bustle. While staying on Wangfeng Island, he watched the ancient witch lineage digging mines at an incredibly slow pace, and often couldn't resist digging himself.
After digging for several days, he looked at his claws, which were worn down again, and suddenly thought, "Why should I dig myself? There are spiritual veins on Tuifeng Island, as well as birds, cows, and foxes. I should let them dig!"
Then he flew to the witch's dwelling and found the witch, who was pale-faced.
Since the witch was weak, Jiao Jue naturally couldn't ask her to bleed him immediately.
He found some spiritual herbs to nourish the witch's body and allowed her to recuperate for two months before he could ask her to let him in again.
Having obtained the ox horn jade, he squinted at Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing and shouted, "Hurry up, let's go mining!"
"Huh?" Gu Qingqing raised her head in surprise.
But she dared not resist and obediently went into the mine with Ji Zhuang, where they idly scratched at the veins.
Jiao Jue stared at Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing, who knew how to mine, and felt extremely satisfied.
He turned his head, glanced at the trembling calf standing beside him, and commanded, "You go too."
The calf nodded repeatedly, raised its head, and then rammed into the mine wall where Ji Zhuang was working.
Looking at the cow that was banging its head against the mine, Jiao Jue suddenly felt that he had been fooled by the bird again.
When Ji Zhuang saw the calf headbutting again, he stepped forward to stop it, saying, "Go eat grass, don't mess around here."
The calf, intimidated by the horned jade, dared not move.
He continued to smash, quickly shattering the few pieces of spirit crystal ore that had been exposed.
Seeing this, Ji Zhuang became furious.
He flapped his wings and flew low away, returning shortly with a stick.
Ji Zhuang swung the stick into the air, and the calf shrank back and stopped bumping into things.
The ox dared not move, and Ji Zhuang was too lazy to pull it. He walked up to Jiao Jue himself and said, "Brother Jinlong, this ox is too small. It can't plow the spiritual vein, but it's good for plowing the field."
Looking at the bull that only knew how to ram its head against the mine, Jiao Jue felt that he had been tricked by Ji Rong again.
"She must have plotted against me!" Jiao Jue was furious, his breath hot as he looked at the useless ox, finding it an eyesore.
Jiaojue flicked its tail and said, "Ji Zhuang, take this stupid ox away and don't disturb my sleep."
Jiao Jue threw two more storage bags and a water clock to Ji Zhuang, saying fiercely, "You must dig for a full hour every day."
"All the spirit crystals you've dug up must be put in this bag and handed to me. If I find out you've stolen any... I'll take your claws!"
Seeing the horned claws of the calf, Ji Zhuang nodded and led the calf deeper into the mine.
Seeing Ji Zhuang leading the ox inside, Gu Qingqing followed him.
After walking inside for a while, when he could no longer see outside, Ji Zhuang stopped. He took out a storage bag and gave it to Gu Qingqing, saying, "Brother Jinlong said that all the mined ore should be stored in this bag."
Then Ji Zhuang started digging at the ore with great effort, while Gu Qingqing jumped over and asked, "You came here just to tell me this?"
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