Every mine entrance was guarded by an expert, marked with numbers one to ten. Needless to say, these ten mines led to their respective mining areas. Only after showing the corresponding pass token could one enter.
Meng Jueguang led Meng Tong and Li Zhengming into the seventh mine. The other new disciples entered the eighth mine. As for Lin Yi, he entered the tenth mine accompanied by Senior Brother Ku Bi.
"Senior Brother Ku, don't you need a special pass token to come in?" Lin Yi turned his head and looked at Senior Brother Ku Bi in surprise. When he came in just now, he clearly saw that Senior Brother Ku Bi only showed the guard his jade token as the Welcoming Pavilion's steward. The same was true for Meng Jueguang on the other side.
"Yes, the identity card of the Welcoming Pavilion's steward is also valid here. However, because I'm from Blue Cloud Pavilion, I can only enter the seventh, eighth and ninth mine. Of course, the tenth mine is a public mine, so you can come and go as you please." Senior Brother Ku Bi nodded.
After a pause, he immediately complained, "Junior Brother Lin, you really shouldn't have signed this contract just now. I've come to the tenth mine before and couldn't dig out any good jade at all. However, there's no other way. I'll take you to the places where I've dug up some Spirit Jades. Although I can only dig up some useless jades, it's still better than blindly doing useless work like a headless fly. "
"Thank you, Senior Brother Ku." Lin Yi responded with a smile.
Although he was now in the Early-stage of Foundation Establishment and did not have as much time pressure as other new disciples, three months was not a short time. If he really could not dig out anything at all, it would be a pure waste of time. However. It was enough to dig out useless jade.
The mine was winding and long. According to Senior Brother Ku Bi, the tenth mine was already a very remote location. The two of them walked for more than an hour before reaching their destination.
Along the way, although they occasionally saw a few people, they could be counted on one hand. Even when they arrived at the real mining site, there were only two or three people in such a large mining area, two of whom were guards in uniform. The name of the Tenth Dead Mining Area was indeed well-deserved.
Seeing Lin Yi and the other man, the two bored guards looked at each other and jokingly said, "Heh, another two unlucky bastards."
Even the trash from Blue Cloud Pavilion wouldn't be willing to come to a dead mine like this. They must be the unlucky ones who had offended the higher-ups. As the guards here, they were already used to this kind of thing.
Ku Bi's face immediately darkened. He was actually treated as an unlucky ghost by the guards! Just look at how Meng Jueguang was enjoying himself. Wherever he went, there would be acquaintances. On the other hand, Meng Jueguang was suffering. That … was really a real hardship!
"I'm Senior Brother Ku Zhongle, the manager of the Blue Cloud Pavilion's Welcoming Pavilion. I'm here to escort the disciples into the mining area!" Senior Brother Ku Bi said.
"Happiness from Hardship?" The two guards were obviously stunned. "I've never heard of it. Are you the steward senior brother? Wasn't Senior Steward Meng Jueguang and Bitter? How could there be bitterness and happiness? "
"Er … I'm Ku Bi. Ku Bi is my nickname, and Ku Zhong Le is my original name …" Ku Bi explained with a wry smile.
"Dizzy. If I had told you earlier, you would have been fine. "The guard nodded and waved his hand. He gestured for the bitter guy to enter.
After greeting the two guards with a nod, he took Lin Yi to the mining site that he was familiar with.
But before he could take two steps, he heard the two guards talking behind him.
"So he is a bitter bastard. Now that I've seen him today, he is indeed a bitter bastard!"
"Yeah, but I feel that the one beside him is the one who is suffering. He followed the wrong person. If he followed Meng Jueguang, how could he be here?"
"Sigh, that can't be helped. Actually, aren't we the same? If he hadn't offended Dai Wuchang, a figure with real power in Spirit Jade Hall, how could he have been sent here? "
Lin Yi also heard the previous conversation. It turned out that Ku Bi's name was Ku Zhong Le. But obviously, he himself had tacitly agreed to the name of Ku Bi, so that when he officially registered, no one knew him.
The two walked into the mining area, put down the basket that was specially written with their names at the door, and took out the shovel inside. Ku Bi's senior brother personally demonstrated and guided Lin Yi on some of the tricks of mining.
What was worth mentioning was that in order to prevent the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from being damaged during mining, the shovels used for mining were made entirely of jade. However, they were similar to other shovels made of iron: hard, sharp, and very practical. Not only could it easily break the soil, but it could even easily penetrate hard stones. Lin Yi even felt that this thing was more than enough to be used as a weapon.
After mastering the tricks of Ku Bi's guidance, Lin Yi quickly got used to it. After all, this thing itself was not complicated, and it mainly depended on strength. And with Lin Yi's strength in the Early-stage of Foundation Establishment, this kind of strength work was naturally not a problem. Even if he worked non-stop for a whole day, he would not feel tired at all.
Although this was the No. 10 dead mining area, the jade production rate was extremely low, but Lin Yi now chose this point, after all, with the experience of Ku Bi's senior brother, and his luck was good today. Just a moment later, he dug out the first piece of spirit jade.
Wiping the soil on the surface with a cloth, the white jade quickly bloomed with brilliance. The appearance looked exactly the same as the few pieces of spirit jade in his hand, but after carefully feeling the spiritual energy in it, he found that it was very thin, the concentration was less than one percent, it was a typical piece of waste jade.
"It's okay, if you save up a lot of this kind of waste jade, you can also exchange it for good jade." Ku Bi's senior brother comforted on the side.
Lin Yi nodded, and then he saw one of the two guards in the distance come over, carrying a pair of scales with him. After taking out the waste jade that Lin Yi dug out, weighing it, and recording the number, he threw the waste jade back into the basket, turned around, and left.
"What is he doing?" Lin Yi wondered.
"This is the same monitoring process in all mining areas. In order to prevent people from secretly hiding spirit jade, every time someone dug out a spirit jade, the guard will weigh it and record the number. When it is time to finish work, all the spirit jade that you have collected will be weighed again. If the number is too different from the number provided by the guard, especially if it is a lot less, you will be isolated for investigation." Ku Bi's senior brother explained.
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