Chapter 41

Shang Manfu's death did not affect the group's journey. Everyone continued to advance towards their destination. However, in the days that followed, everyone no longer stayed in the hotels in the towns along the way. Instead, they chose to camp out in the open. They gathered together and kept their guard up against each other. Just like that, there were no more dangerous situations and they arrived at Yellow Rock Hill safely.

Yellow Rock Hill was a few hundred miles long. This area was also covered in mountain ranges. The mountains were high, and the roads were dangerous. The Spiritual Qi was especially abundant, and there were many low level Demonic Beasts living there. A small Yuan Stone Mine was located in the middle of these mountains.

When everyone arrived, they saw that on the cliff of a large mountain, there were many deep caves that led into the depths of the mountain.

However, most of these caves were abandoned. Only four of them had people coming and going from time to time, moving stones from them. These people's cultivation bases were all below Martial Master, and could only be considered ordinary cultivators.

Huang Yue turned around and said to the people behind her, "Let's go see Elder Pei Yanxue first, and then we'll take over with the other disciples guarding here." Saying that, she walked towards the side of the mountain. Everyone followed closely behind her, arriving at the top of the mountain.

They saw a unique courtyard built in the thicket. There was even a Martial Master guarding at the door. Seeing that everyone was abnormally excited, he took the lead and called out, "Fellow disciples, please wait a moment, I'll immediately go report to Elder Pei!"

Huang Yue cupped her hands and said, "Then I'll have to trouble junior brother."

That person went in for a while, then came out again and said to everyone, "Quickly go in, Elder Pei is waiting."

Everyone walked through the door and arrived at a beautiful house. They saw a tall and sturdy middle-aged man sitting in the middle of the hall. He had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, a square face, and a wide mouth. He exuded an imposing aura without being angry.

"Greetings Elder Pei!" Everyone followed Huang Yue and cupped their hands in greeting.

Pei Yanxue asked in surprise, "Why are you guys missing one person?"

Huang Yue had no choice but to tell him about Shang Manfu's death.

Pei Yanxue nodded and sighed, "I didn't think that such an unforeseen event would happen. I will contact the sect as soon as possible and have them send another person over. "

"However, the work still needs to be carried out. Hurry and take over with the other disciples. These days, those fellows from the Yellow Rock Sect have been very active, and have been attacking non-stop. In this half a year, five disciples have already died. Thus, you have to be extra careful and be on guard against their attacks."

"Huang Yue, you already have the experience of guarding our Yellow Rock Sect twice. The position of the Yellow Rock Mine's supervisor will be handed to you."

"Huang," Huang Yue said. Elder Pei will not fail you. "Huang Yue cupped her hands and replied.

Pei Yan Xue continued, "Right now, we have four main tunnels to mine. Each tunnel needs two disciples to guard, while the other disciples are in charge of guarding the surroundings. The disciples in charge of guarding must pay attention, especially at night. If you find anything suspicious, use the fireworks in your hands as a signal to sound the alarm. At that time, I will personally welcome the enemy. Do you understand? "

"Understood!" Everyone answered in unison.

"Huang Yue, in addition to arranging the daily shifts, you are also responsible for patrolling the surroundings to prevent any accidents from happening."

"Yes, disciple understands!" Huang Yue replied.

You can leave now. Take over immediately and get to your posts as soon as possible. "

Huang Yue led the group to the mountain and handed over their duties to the disciple guarding the mountain. From then on, the group began their life guarding the Yellow Rock Mountain Mine.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed. By now, Zhan Chen had adapted to the life at the mine. Although the Yellow Rock Mine was only a small scale Yuan Stone mine, it produced a lot of Yuan Stones. Every month, it could produce over a hundred thousand low grade Yuan Stones. It also produced a few mid grade Yuan Stones, at least a few thousand a month.

The mine used a rotation system. This meant that sometimes he would be a supervisor in the mine, and sometimes he would be on duty in the mountain.

The workload of a supervisor in the mine was very heavy. Not only did he have to deal with the Demonic Beasts that appeared from time to time, he also had to pay attention to the hands of the miners. If he was not careful, they might hide a Yuan Stone somewhere. At the same time, two supervisors were arranged to supervise each other.

The sect's punishment for secretly stealing primeval stones was very heavy! Any miner who was caught stealing Yuan Stones would be executed regardless of the amount! If a supervisor was found to have embezzled Yuan Stones, he would be expelled from the sect regardless of the amount. At the same time, the informant would be rewarded handsomely.

Under such a high-pressure policy, everyone was very cautious. Even if there were people who pocketed Yuan Stones, they did not dare to do it in broad daylight. This was because they would have to pay a heavy price.

As for patrolling outside, it was much easier. Usually, no one dared to brazenly barge in during the day. They only needed to be careful at night. Zhan Chen would often make use of the abundant Spiritual Qi in the mountains to secretly cultivate when he was patrolling, and no one noticed.

Just like this, he stabilized his cultivation at the peak of the beginner level of a Martial Master. He was only a step away from breaking through to the intermediate level of a Martial Master.

However, after becoming a Martial Master, breaking through was not as easy as breaking through to a Martial Disciple. The bottleneck became very firm. Some martial artists had already reached the bottleneck, but unfortunately, they were unable to take that last step.

Breaking through to a Martial Master often required an opportunity. This was not a problem for the disciples of aristocratic families or the disciples of large sects. All they needed was a medicinal pill.

However, for the ordinary inner disciples of small and medium-sized sects like Zhan Chen, it became extremely difficult.

Early in the morning, Zhan Chen went to report to Huang Yue as usual. However, he was assigned the task of supervising someone. Moreover, the other person was the person he hated the most, Wang Jie.

Wang Jie looked at his back and laughed cruelly. He said to Zhan Chen in a hoarse voice, "Junior Brother Zhan Chen, we still need to take care of each other."

This caused Zhan Chen to feel a chill run down his spine. He could not help but become 120% vigilant.

The two of them arrived at the third tunnel that they were in charge of. As usual, they patrolled the tunnel. During this time, Zhan Chen would turn his head from time to time and use the corner of his eye to secretly observe Wang Jie.

Every time this happened, Wang Jie would give him a wretched smile, causing people to shudder.

Zhan Chen was always worried about his back. In his heart, there seemed to be an illusion that Wang Jie would suddenly pull out his sword and stab him from behind. However, when he looked at the busy miners around him, he felt that his worries were unnecessary.

In this tunnel full of people, if Wang Jie made a move on him, everyone would certainly see it. And once someone spread the news, Wang Jie would be charged with the crime of murdering a fellow disciple. In any case, he would be "dead".

Time passed. The light in the cave was dim, and it was unusually quiet and monotonous. The only thing that could be heard was the rhythmic clanking of the miners striking the rocks at intervals.

Zhan Chen could even hear the sound of his heart pounding. It was as if something was about to happen at any time.

Just at this time! Suddenly, he faintly heard a few cries of alarm coming from the depths of the cave. "Wow! Help! "