The fellow who had suddenly appeared appeared to be a young junior. His clothes were stained with ore dust and he had a shovel slung over his shoulder.
From his getup, Yi Yun would have believed that he was a coal burner from his previous incarnation if he did not know that he was in the Chaos Heavens and could sense a powerful Yuan Qi fluctuation from the person.
"Hehe! Are you new? " The coal burner greeted as though he was very familiar with him. "My name is Tie Mu. Let's get to know each other."
As the coal burner spoke, he extended his palm that was stained with ore dust.
Clapping hands was a basic greeting in the Chaos Heavens. It was similar to the handshake in Yi Yun's previous incarnation. Yi Yun did not mind the person's dirty palm as he clapped.
"I'm Yi Yun. Brother Tie Mu, why are you covered in ore dust? The spirit cruiser is in a rush, so isn't there no mining going on? "asked Yi Yun.
"There's no mining, but there's still extraction. It's a tiring job, but the good thing is that no one dies. Haha!"
Tie Mu chuckled as though he thought nothing of the immense danger of mining, or perhaps he was already accustomed to it.
Without a doubt, the Chaos Heavens was a cruel place, far crueler than the Sinkhole. It was also because of this that so many experts were born. Without strength or background, it was easy to die a tragic death if one came here.
"Unfortunately, extracting ores doesn't pay much. We only get half a kilogram of ore a month. After deducting the Yuan Qi expenditure, it's actually quite a loss."
"Loss?" Yi Yun was taken aback. He was perplexed. "Since it's a loss, why do you still do it?"
"Haha! There's no other way. If you don't do it, you might end up incurring even more losses. We often encounter dangers in the void that pull us to power the array formations. That expends a lot of Yuan Qi. Although we do get some compensation, it's not enough. If we were to extract ores, there would be no need to power the array formations. "
"To miners like us, Yuan Qi is our lives. If we expend too much, we won't be able to replenish it. Our lives will be gone the next time we mine. If we manage to survive and mine enough ores to hand over, we will receive a rather generous reward. It's enough for our daily expenses. We can even use it for cultivation. "
"Using Chaos Ores for cultivation is truly extravagant. Haha, I've mined for so long, but I've only tried it a few times. That taste … Hehe!"
Tie Mu looked like he was immersed in his memories. However, his expression didn't last for more than a second before he froze.
He saw a man in a black robe walking over. This man was very skinny, only as tall as Tie Mu's chest. His face was pale without a trace of blood, like that of a corpse. Because he was skinny, the skin on his face was wrinkled, with countless fine wrinkles.
From this person, Yi Yun could sense an aura that was completely different from that of a human.
"It's the Soul race …" Bai Yueyin said with a voice transmission.
"Oh?" Yi Yun pricked up his brows. This was the first time he was seeing another race in the Chaos Heavens. Years ago, the Dao Originator Celestial Thearch had left behind records regarding the Soul race.
Years ago, the Dao Originator Celestial Thearch had once experienced a life-and-death battle. His opponent was the strongest member of the Soul race, and he was addressed as the Soul Emperor by the Dao Originator Celestial Thearch.
This race looked similar to humans, but their psychic power was unusually strong. Their cultivation method was also different from that of humans. Most of them walked the path of cultivating the soul.
"Captain Cang Gu." Tie Mu forced out an ugly smile.
The Soul man looked at Tie Mu with a deadpan expression.
Tie Mu gritted his teeth and took out a wooden box from his interspatial ring. He handed it to the Soul man with a pained expression.
The Soul man scanned it with his soul before putting away the wooden box.
Upon seeing this scene, Yi Yun was taken aback. He knew very well that the wooden box Tie Mu handed over contained Chaos Ores that weighed at least half a kilogram.
The Chaos Ores that Tie Mu viewed as his life were handed over to the Soul man just like that?
"You are …"
The Soul man turned to look at Yi Yun. His ghostly purple eyes seemed to penetrate Yi Yun's soul sea.
"His name is Cang Gu, the captain of our team." Tie Mu was afraid that Yi Yun would offend the Soul man, so he hurriedly sent a voice transmission.
"Oh? A team member has to hand over Chaos Ores to the captain? Why didn't I see it in the Taixia manual? "
You are new here, so you might not know this. When we mine Chaos Ores, we split up into small teams. The team leader is our eyes. He is a member of the Soul race and has an extremely powerful psyche. He also has a detection array disc that only he can use. With this array disc, he can detect danger in advance and also know where there are more Chaos Ores. If you don't give him some benefits, he might point you to a dead end. There aren't many Chaos Ores in those dead ends, but they are all deadly things. When the time comes, you won't even be able to leave your corpse behind. "
So that's how it is!
Yi Yun understood that the warriors at the bottom of the Chaos Heavens truly had a difficult life. They had to compromise in all sorts of crevices.
"I'm asking you a question!" Cang Gu's voice was cold and stern.
"Captain Cang Gu, he's new and doesn't know any better," said Tie Mu hurriedly.
"Oh? New? Then you must have been given a new monthly allowance, "said Cang Gu leisurely.
When Yi Yun heard that, he would have really taken action if not for the fact that he was at the end of his rope.
He had only received a tiny bit of mosquito meat. Before he could even fill the gaps between his teeth, someone was already coveting it?
"Brother Yi, didn't you give 1.5 kilograms of Chaos Ores in the beginning? Handing over 1.5 kilograms is considered our team's rule. In the future, the monthly allowance will be 1.5 kilograms. "
Handing over half in one go? That was truly an exorbitant demand.
Yi Yun's wooden box had an estimated three kilograms of Chaos Ores. This was likely what Steward Zhou had instructed him to do. As he was at the end of his rope, the additional 1.5 kilograms was for him to treat his injuries.
"I did obtain a few kilograms of Chaos Ores, but I'm injured. I have already absorbed the Chaos Ores," said Yi Yun.
Yi Yun said.
"Absorbed?" The Soul sneered. "Your body is clearly empty of Yuan Qi. If you had really absorbed the Chaos Ores, would you have ended up in such a state?"
As he spoke, the Soul suffused a cold and sinister aura. After all, handing over Chaos Ores was an unspoken rule. It was impossible for him to snatch it from Yi Yun, but he had already placed Yi Yun on the death list.
"Brother Yi, you mustn't offend Captain Cang Gu. If not, you won't even survive your first mining session," said Tie Mu hurriedly when he saw Yi Yun remain unmoved.
Seeing that the Soul was about to leave, Tie Mu said, "Captain Cang Gu, Brother Yi's injuries are indeed very serious. Taking the ores is equivalent to taking his life. Why don't you spare some time and return it after Brother Yi is done mining?"
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