Duan Lingtian followed Guo Xiong's gaze and saw a vast and boundless valley in front of him.
There were floating islands in the sky above the valley. There were buildings on the islands that were shrouded in clouds. Due to the distance, he could not see them clearly.
When he looked down, he could see people bustling about in the valley.
Every once in a while, he could see many people entering the mines. At the same time, many people would come out of the mines as well.
After they came out, they would head to the same place.
"The place in front of us is the Punishment Zone of the First Mine. The people you see are the Four Symbols Sanctums' disciples who have committed crimes and were sent here for service. "
Guo Xiong said to Duan Lingtian, "In the Punishment Zone, every Four Symbols Sanctums' disciple has a specific mission every day. They can only return to their residences to rest after they've completed their mission."
"Why are they coming in and out so frequently? Don't tell me those who have come out have already completed their tasks for the day? "
Duan Lingtian asked curiously.
"How's that possible?"
Guo Xiong shook his head. "Those who have come out are there to hand in the Saint Stones that they've just mined. Since they don't have Spatial Rings, they can only send the Saint Stones that they've mined to the designated location. They can only rest after they've mined enough for the day.
Look, they're all carrying baskets on their backs. The Saint Stones that they've mined are all placed in the baskets. This is also the Punishment Zone's rule. The Saint Stones that they've mined must be placed in the baskets distributed by the Punishment Zone. "
Guo Xiong added.
Upon hearing this, Duan Lingtian began to observe carefully.
He discovered that the people who were coming in and out of the Punishment Zone were carrying baskets on their backs.
Upon closer inspection, he discovered the baskets on the backs of the people who had entered the mines were empty.
As for those who came out, the baskets on their backs were full, and they were filled with Holy Stones.
Duan Lingtian could guess why the Four Symbols Sanctums' disciples who served in the Punishment Zone did not have Spatial Rings.
Their storage rings must have been confiscated by the Punishment Area when they first arrived here.
If they kept the Spatial Rings, would anyone not be able to hide Saint Stones?
Although he could ask them to remove the ownership of the storage ring every time, it was impractical to do this every day.
He put away the storage rings and decided that using a wicker basket was the best choice.
Whoosh!
Duan Lingtian and Guo Xiong continued to walk forward. Not far ahead of them, a figure quickly approached them. It was a middle-aged man wearing the Zoroastrianism Bronze Flame Elder uniform.
However, based on the pattern on his robe, one could tell he was a Black Turtle Sanctum's Bronze Flame Elder.
Duan Lingtian was not surprised by this.
On the way here, Guo Xiong had told him about the structure of the elders in the mining areas of the Four Symbols Sanctums.
Other than the Golden Flame Elders and Silver Flame Elders from the Saint Land, the remaining Bronze Flame Elders were from the Four Symbols Sanctums, including the Black Turtle Sanctum.
"Elder Guo Xiong!"
This Black Turtle Sanctum's Bronze Flame Elder was coincidentally in charge of patrolling the southern part of the First Mine's Punishment Zone. As a Black Turtle Sanctum's Elder, he naturally knew Guo Xiong.
When he faced Guo Xiong, this Black Turtle Sanctum's Bronze Flame Elder was very humble and respectful.
He even had to treat ordinary Silver Flame Elders in the Black Turtle Sanctum with respect.
Let alone this Black Turtle Sanctum's Enforcement Elder!
"I remember you … You seem to be called Peng Hua?"
Guo Xiong nodded at the Black Turtle Sanctum's Bronze Flame Elder before he asked with uncertainty.
"I'm Peng Hua. I didn't expect Elder Guo Xiong to remember me."
Peng Hua was flattered when he heard Guo Xiong's words.
As a Enforcement Elder, Guo Xiong could freely enter and leave the mining areas of the Four Symbols Sanctums. For this reason, Guo Xiong and Duan Lingtian were not stopped when Peng Hua recognized Guo Xiong.
"This young man … Don't tell me he's Duan Lingtian, the new troublemaker in our Black Turtle Sanctum?"
Peng Hua's eyes widened when he saw Duan Lingtian and Duan Lingtian leaving. He stared at Duan Lingtian's back as though he had seen something shocking.
He could not help but feel shocked.
Although he was usually in the Punishment Zone in the Four Symbols Sanctums' First Mine, he knew a little about what was going on outside since there would be disciples from the Four Symbols Sanctums who made mistakes in the Punishment Zone every once in a while.
Among them, it included the deeds of Duan Ling Tian.
Three months ago, Duan Lingtian's deeds had already spread throughout the Four Symbols Sanctums.
After all, he was a new disciple from the Black Turtle Sanctum who dared to fall out with the Black Turtle Sanctum's First Silver Flame Elder. It was difficult for the people from the Four Symbols Sanctums to not pay attention to him.
Naturally, Duan Lingtian's name had spread throughout the Four Symbols Sanctums' First Mine because of the incident three months ago.
At that time, Duan Lingtian had killed two Vermilion Bird Sanctum's disciples. However, he was not sentenced to death. He was only punished to serve in the Four Symbols Sanctums' First Mine for ten years.
This matter could be said to have alarmed the entire Four Symbols Sanctums, including the various mines in the First Mine.
"Now that I think about it, today is indeed the day Duan Lingtian came to serve in the First Mine. The young man next to Elder Guo Xiong must be Duan Lingtian. "
Soon after, Peng Hua confirmed it.
"However, he's just an ordinary disciple with a yellow Innate Spiritual Root. What right does he have to be protected by Elder Guo Xiong and the Saint Land's Enforcement Hall?"
Peng Hua could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought about it.
The news of Holy Land Bronze Flame Elder Wei He going to the Saint Land's Enforcement Hall to sue the Black Turtle Sanctum's Enforcement Elder Guo Xiong for abusing his authority for personal gain had also spread to the First Mine.
Moreover, the First Mine had also received the results of the Saint Land's Enforcement Hall's investigation and Wei He's death three days ago.
Due to this reason, everyone knew Guo Xiong was not the only one who was protecting Duan Lingtian. Even the Saint Land's Enforcement Hall was protecting Duan Lingtian as well!
Many people knew about the incident that happened in the Vermilion Bird Sanctum three months ago. They also knew that if they followed the proper procedures, Duan Lingtian would definitely be executed!
However, Duan Lingtian did not die, and he was even protected by the Saint Land's Enforcement Hall!
This made many people's imaginations run wild.
However, nobody connected the fact that Duan Lingtian was protected with Duan Lingtian's innate talent.
This was because the news of Duan Lingtian possessing a yellow Innate Spiritual Root had long spread. Everyone had already assumed that Duan Lingtian's innate talent was only average.
Otherwise, they would not have racked their brains to figure out how Duan Lingtian was protected by the Saint Land's Enforcement Hall.
On the other hand, Duan Lingtian was led by Guo Xiong to the place where new disciples were registered in the First Mine's Punishment Zone.
After Guo Xiong brought Duan Lingtian to the place, he bade farewell to Duan Lingtian before he left.
Since he had brought Duan Lingtian here, it meant that he had completed his mission.
The person in charge of the registration was a Vermilion Bird Sanctum's Bronze Flame Elder.
When the Vermilion Bird Sanctum's Bronze Flame Elder found out the person who was registering was Duan Lingtian, he could not help but shudder. A hint of dread could be seen in his eyes when he looked at Duan Lingtian.
His tone was polite. He did not hate Duan Lingtian for killing two of his Vermilion Bird Sanctum's disciples three months ago.
In his opinion, Duan Lingtian was very mysterious. Moreover, he seemed to have a powerful background. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be protected by the Saint Land's Enforcement Hall with his yellow Innate Spiritual Root.
"Duan Lingtian, according to the rules of the Punishment Zone, you'll have to hand in your Spatial Ring. Naturally, you don't have to remove the ownership of it. When the ten years are up, you'll have your Spatial Ring back when you leave. "
The Vermilion Bird Sanctum's Bronze Flame Elder said to Duan Lingtian in a friendly manner.
At the same time, he took out a large basket and a few pieces of clothing and handed them to Duan Lingtian.
"This basket is used to store the Saint Stones when you're mining. According to the rules of the Punishment Zone, all the Saint Stones mined must be placed in the basket. The Saint Stones placed outside the basket are not counted and will not be included in the daily quota."
The Vermilion Bird Sanctum's Bronze Flame Elder explained to Duan Lingtian patiently.
Duan Lingtian nodded. He had already learned about this from Elder Guo Xiong so he was not surprised.
"However, this wicker basket … seems to be one size bigger than the wicker baskets that most people carry! Along the way here, I've seen very few of the Four Symbols Sanctums' disciples serving in the Punishment Zone carrying such a large basket! "
Duan Lingtian thought to himself as he looked at the basket in his hand.
At this moment, Duan Lingtian was still unaware that there were two types of baskets in the Punishment Zone.
One of them was an ordinary wicker basket, which was what most of the Four Symbols Sanctums' disciples were carrying.
The other type was the extra-large basket in his hand. There were less than 100 of them in the Punishment Zone. The volume of these baskets was twice the volume of ordinary baskets.
In other words, the Four Symbols Sanctums' disciples who had such an extra-large basket would be able to save half of the time they had to hand in their Saint Stones.
The number of Saint Stones transported by such an extra-large basket was equivalent to the number of Saint Stones transported by ordinary baskets twice.
For this reason, extra-large baskets were very popular in the Punishment Zone of the Four Symbols Sanctums' First Mine. If one did not have sufficient strength, one might not be able to keep it.
This was also one of the trials that the Four Symbols Sanctums of Zoroastrianism had for the disciples in the Punishment Zone.
Only the strong were qualified to own an extra-large basket.
Usually, when the Four Symbols Sanctums' disciples registered here, it would depend on their luck to see if they could obtain an extra-large basket. This was because extra-large baskets were only distributed once in a while.
Apart from that, the extra-large baskets in the Punishment Zone were often taken back by the Four Symbols Sanctums' disciples who had completed their service.
For this reason, the number of extra-large baskets in the Punishment Zone was limited to 80 to 90.
However, there were more than 1,000 Four Symbols Sanctums' disciples in the Punishment Zone.
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