Then he continued, "That's 25 pieces of spiritual jades. For ordinary people, it's like a windfall from the sky. It's just like what they say in the secular world, winning five million in the lottery. It's normal for him not to react overnight. What's more, the excuse I gave him yesterday was reasonable, and it wasn't a lie. If he doesn't believe it, then he'll be crazy!"
"That's true. We racked our brains to set such a trap for him. If this kid reacted so quickly, then he'd be letting down Cousin Jiu's efforts." Meng Tong nodded in agreement.
"Hey, maybe this kid will be like this for the next few days. He thought he'd become a local tycoon with 25 pieces of spiritual jades, but in the end, he found out that it's just a pile of useless jade. Hahaha, the higher the expectation, the more miserable the fall. His expression will be wonderful then!" Meng Jueguang said with some complacency.
Ever since the first day the newbies reported in, he and Lin Yi had never gained any advantage in direct or indirect confrontations. On the contrary, it was him, the steward, who had been humiliated quite a bit. Even when Lin Yi was kicked to the tenth mining area by him, he still managed to make a name for himself in the end, making him lose all face.
But this time, Lin Yi had truly been tricked by him. Not only did he change the mine, but he'd also lost a good piece of jade. He'd been tricked so badly that his face was covered in blood! For the steward, Meng Jueguang, playing with Lin Yi, this troublesome newcomer, was far more satisfying than cleaning up the other fence-sitters. This was the scene he had been looking forward to for a long time!
If these two people knew that not only did they not cheat Lin Yi, but they even gave Lin Yi a big gift, it was really hard to know what expression they would have. Of course, as long as Lin Yi didn't say it himself, these two people would never know the truth for the rest of their lives. It was estimated that they would continue to be complacent!
Walking along Mine Number 7, the environment was almost the same, even though it was a winding tunnel. However, Lin Yi could clearly feel the difference between this place and Mine No.10. Not only was Mine Tunnel No. 10 more remote and secluded than Mine Tunnel No. 7, but there weren't as many people in Mine Tunnel No. 10.
Compared to Mine Tunnel No. 10, where there was not a single living person to be seen, Mine Tunnel No. 7 was quite lively. From time to time, they would see other people of the same trade. As a matter of fact, mines like Mine No. 7, which was ranked below average, had the highest number of people among all the mines.
After all, he was a miner. In addition to pure newcomers like Lin Yi, the main group was the previous newcomers who had not successfully reached the Foundation Establishment stage in the Welcoming Pavilion. According to the rules, they could not directly join the Three Great Pavilions. Instead, they could only work hard in places like the Spirit Jade Mine while seeking a breakthrough.
Compared to the Soaring Pavilion with a deep background and the powerful Mysterious Pavilion, the group of grassroots rogue cultivators from Blue Cloud Pavilion was more likely to fail to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. The number of labourers assigned to the mining areas was also higher. As for the mining areas ranked higher, although the jade production rate was higher, those areas were allocated to the Soaring Sky Pavilion and Profound Secrets Pavilion. Compared to the Clear Cloud Pavilion's Mining Area Seven, the number of labourers assigned to them was naturally lower.
After arriving at Mine No. 7, Lin Yi looked around and found an empty mine to start working. He didn't plan to steal the hidden spirit jades today. His main purpose was to scout and familiarize himself with the environment. After all, including the 25 pieces that Meng Jueguang had given him yesterday, Lin Yi now had a total of 31 pieces of spirit jades on hand. It was enough for him to buy several sets of alchemy ingredients. It could be said that he was not in urgent need of spirit jades in a short period of time, so he could take it slow and steady.
While mining, Lin Yi kept an eye on his surroundings. Soon, he obtained several pieces of useful information.
First. The strictness of the surveillance in Mine No. 7 far exceeded that in Mine No. 10. Although the two mining areas were about the same in terms of area, there were only two guards in total in Mining Area 10, while there were ten guards in Mining Area 7. Not only were there fixed sentries, but there were also specialized patrols. It was such a dense surveillance. With such intensive surveillance, a normal Heaven Stage expert would not be able to do anything. To have such crooked thoughts was simply courting death.
Second, there were a lot of people in Mine No. 7. In the huge Mine No. 7, there were dozens of scattered mining sites. Other than a few that no one paid attention to, there were at least one or two people mining. There were at least one or two people mining at each of the other mines. Some popular mines even had four or five people surrounding them. This was simply not digging for spirit jades, but snatching spirit jades.
Third, the jade extraction rate in Mine No. 7 was indeed much higher than that of Mine No. 10. In less than an hour, Lin Yi had already dug out six pieces of spirit jades. Two of them were pure useless jades. Following the method of the people beside him, they were directly thrown into the empty space behind them. There would be specialized guards who would collect them. Three of them were useless jades with thin spiritual energy. As for the last one, it was actually a good jade full of spiritual energy. This jade extraction speed was simply incomparable to the one in Mine No. 10 two days ago.
Lin Yi nodded secretly. Comparing people to people, one would die. It could be seen that Spirit Jade Hall's division of mining sites was very reasonable.
As he was looking around, a loud noise suddenly came from the side. Lin Yi could not help but turn his head to look, and unexpectedly found a familiar face.
Because the other Blue Cloud Pavilion newcomers were all assigned to Mine No. 8 by Meng Jueguang, and Meng Jueguang and Meng Tong did not appear, Lin Yi did not recognize any of the dozens of people in Mine No. 7. There was only one exception, Li Zhengming.
From the first day until now, other than hugging Meng Jueguang's thigh, Li Zhengming did not have any special performance. It felt like he was purely Meng Jueguang and Meng Tong's follower, and there was nothing outstanding about him. However, the impression this person gave Lin Yi was far from being transparent.
On the contrary, this person was very scheming. If one had to say, he was much more difficult to deal with than a brainless guy like Meng Tong. However, this Li Zhengming only catered to Meng Jueguang and Meng Tong from beginning to end, and never took the initiative to make things difficult for Lin Yi. As long as the well water did not interfere with the river water, Lin Yi could not be bothered to waste energy to pay attention to him.
The loud noise just now came from where Li Zhengming was. As for the surrounding people, whether they were guards or miners, they all turned a deaf ear to it, as if they were already used to it.
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