The middle-aged man seemed to be calm on the surface, but it could be seen from the expression in his eyes that he seemed to enjoy the fear and anger of these slave miners, so he deliberately walked very slowly.
Wherever he passed, whether it was those small and medium-sized forces or the two major forces in the middle, they all took a few steps back silently and made way for him.
After a while, a group of guards finally walked to the open space of the central square and stopped in front of a stone platform about ten meters high.
The middle-aged man did not speak immediately, but he looked around.
After seeing a hint of expectation in the eyes of the surrounding slave miners, he nodded with satisfaction. He coughed lightly and announced loudly,
"I'm Chen Gang, hehe, I don't think I need to introduce more. Most of you know me. The rules are generally the same as in the past, but the exchange conditions have changed slightly this month. Thirty-five rare ores can be exchanged for a Sea Emperor Pill antidote. "
As soon as his voice sounded, there was a sudden uproar in the field.
"Last month, it was still 30 ores for 1 antidote. Why did you suddenly raise the price without informing us in advance?" Someone started to shout.
As soon as they heard this, the crowd at the scene was even more turbulent. Many slave miners whispered for a while, and all of them had different expressions.
Liu Ming glanced at them calmly and found that most of the people who shouted were from small and medium-sized forces. The slave miners belonging to the two major forces were silent. They seemed to be used to this scene.
"Yeah, now the peripheral mineral veins have long been exhausted, and some places with rich minerals are mostly occupied. The ore mining is not as good as before."
"Not only that, in recent months, those evil beasts also seem to have become a little crazy, and they appear more frequently …"
Some of the other slave miners were still shouting in a hurry.
Seeing this, Chen Gang, who was standing in front of the stone platform, suddenly said coldly and loudly,
"Silence! Do you think you can decide the rules here? If you don't want to exchange for the antidote, leave as soon as possible! If you don't abide by the rules, don't blame me for being rude. "
This voice resounded through the audience. The slave miners who were shouting were shocked, and they suddenly shut up. The huge cave instantly became quiet.
Seeing this, Chen Gang looked a little relaxed and continued to say,
"Let me remind all of you that I can also collect the antidote on behalf of others when I see the ore. However, the antidote's effects can only last for seven days. Don't even think about keeping it until the next time the poison flares up. Those who didn't have enough ores would just be asking for trouble. Of course, those who had extra ores could also exchange them for some medicinal pills, talismans, and the like. Alright, let the Exchange Meeting begin. "
After the middle-aged Demon Clan guard finished speaking, he took a step back and put his hands behind his back, no longer speaking.
In the following time, several Beastkin Clan guards behind stepped forward, took out a few storage talismans, and released a large pile of spirit stones, talismans, pills, and other items on the stone platform. Then, they signaled the audience to come forward to exchange.
Most of them were hundreds of identical green bottles, which were obviously the so-called antidote for the Sea Emperor Pill.
At first, the cave was quiet. Many slave miners of small and medium-sized forces were silent. They just looked at the two groups of people occupying the east and west ends of the center of the square.
But these mine guards didn't seem to be surprised. They just stood near the stone platform and sneered without any intention of urging.
But after a while, the Golden Scale Clan woman named "Hua Ming" took the lead, surrounded by two Sea Creature Clan people, to exchange a large bag of antidotes and some elixirs and talismans on behalf of her force. The Beastkin Clan elder of the "Iron Alliance" also went forward to exchange on behalf of the Iron Alliance.
In an instant, the antidote and other items on the stone platform were reduced by half.
After the two major forces received their antidote for the month, they left from the two tunnels beside the cave like a gust of wind. They must want to take the antidote immediately so that they could return to the depths of the mineral vein as soon as possible.
After the two major forces left, the large space left was immediately occupied by other forces. At this time, there were only about two-thirds of the people in the cave compared to before.
After that, the rest of the small and medium-sized forces also came forward and began to exchange.
In front of the stone platform, after a guard took the bag of the person who came to exchange, another guard would hand a black leather bag with the antidote to the other party.
In addition to the Sea Emperor Pill antidote that required thirty-five rare ores, the remaining ores could be exchanged for spirit stones at a ratio of 1: 20. Other low-level talismans and medicinal pills needed a few ores to exchange for one.
Such an exchange ratio, if it was in the outside world, it was simply unimaginable. But here, everyone could only accept it in silence except for a few words in their hearts.
Therefore, except for the previous two wealthy forces, the rest of the small and medium-sized forces rarely exchanged for other items. Even if there were, they would only exchange for some spirit stones.
After all, in the special environment here, spirit stones were extremely scarce. At the juncture of life and death, one more spiritual power could increase the chance of survival.
The exchange had been carried out in a rather strange atmosphere.
Although many people of small and medium-sized forces came forward and looked at the guards, especially the leader named "Chen Gang" with a gloomy face, the whole process was still orderly.
"Boss, we have a total of 4 people. Why did you only exchange for 3 antidotes?" Suddenly, a questioning voice broke the silence in the cave.
The voice came from a young man with purple lips in the corner of the cave. The leader of the 4 people was a muscular man with slanted eyebrows. He just took a bag of ores, but he only exchanged for 3 antidotes.
"Brother Weng, this can't be helped. I didn't expect Chen Gang to raise the price privately. There are more than 20 ores left here. You should find another way. " The muscular man with slanted eyebrows also seemed to have a headache about this. After throwing a bag to the thin young man, he looked like he had tried his best and there was no other way.
After the young man with the surname Weng saw the blank expression of the other 2 companions, a look of disappointment flashed across his face. He immediately picked up the bag and took out the bone sword and spirit stones from his waist. He began to find some other forces to find ways to gather ores.
The same scene kept repeating during this period.
Many small groups had to give up their weak companions because they couldn't gather enough ores.
Of those who were abandoned, some stumbled and left in dejection. There were also some who, after hearing the news, were immediately enraged and attacked their companions. They wanted to take back a detoxification pill, but they were killed by their companions instead.
Chen Gang, who was standing behind the stone platform, watched the scene in front of him with a faint smile. He had a gloating expression.
Some gangs that still had spare power began to recruit companions with ores as a price to expand their forces.
The strange young man who carried a huge iron rod on his shoulder used an antidote to recruit a Condensation State early stage human companion at this time, then he left with the rest of the people.
When passing by Liu Ming, this person smiled at Liu Ming meaningfully.
…
Liu Ming stood in place and observed quietly for 10 minutes. When he saw that there were only one-third of the people left on the field, he touched his chin and finally grabbed a huge leather bag nearby to join in.
While waiting here before, he had quietly scanned the ores in the bag with his Divine Thought. He found that including the ores obtained from the five Sea Creature Clan people, there were about two hundred pieces in total at the moment, but most of them were ordinary rare ores similar to the water mystic stone.
However, this number was enough to surprise those guards.
As for Chen Gang, in the face of Liu Ming, who had personally sent him into the mine not long ago, he didn't even blink his eyes, as if he didn't see anything.
Liu Ming immediately exchanged 3 antidotes with the guard in front of him. At the same time, he used the extra ores to exchange for some low-level elixirs and talismans.
The reason why he did this was naturally to prepare to study 2 more antidote elixirs.
After Liu Ming finished exchanging, he immediately didn't want to stay here. He left the exchange area from the previous tunnel without saying a word.
On the way back to the depths of the mineral vein, nothing happened all the way.
Two days later, Liu Ming finally returned to the original abandoned tunnel again according to the self-made animal skin map.
After confirming that no one entered his temporary cave house during this period, he patted the leather bag on his waist and released Bone Scorpion to guard here again.
He turned around and entered the cave, sat cross-legged, took an elixir to restore spiritual power, and began to meditate.
An hour later.
Liu Ming woke up from meditation, and he immediately took out the leather bag containing the antidote from his waist. He took out the Sea Emperor Pill antidote from it.
However, the insight pill was the same as the Sea Emperor Pill that was swallowed in the giant boat. It was about an inch in size and was black. The surface exuded a faint brilliance, and there was a faint fragrance that made people feel refreshed when they smelled it.
"This is the antidote of the Sea Emperor Pill! But it can only restrain the toxicity for 1 month. If I can know its composition … "Liu Ming looked at the black elixir in his hand and murmured thoughtfully.
Combined with the current information, after taking this black Sea Emperor Pill antidote, it could temporarily suppress the erosion of the internal organs of the black mist transformed by the Sea Emperor Pill.
When Liu Ming learned alchemy from Fan Baizi in Xuanjing, he once heard the alchemy master mention the experience of this kind of temporary antidote.
In order to achieve the purpose of controlling the poisoner, there were only 2 possibilities for this kind of antidote.
One was that although the antidote contained a small amount of symptomatic elixir, it also contained a small amount of the same ingredients as the poison. While suppressing the toxicity, it also buried the opportunity for the next outbreak. Under such repetition, the toxicity would accumulate over time and eventually become a serious problem.
The second was that this kind of antidote didn't contain an antidote elixir, but another kind of overbearing poison. It was just temporarily suppressing the toxicity for a period of time. After a long time, the two poisons would merge into one, and it would naturally cause endless trouble.
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