Chapter 159 Making a Fortune in Quiet Places

Ding! Ding! Ding!

In the dark and gloomy mine, the crisp collision sound of metal and rock continued to resound.

In this rhythmic and melodious sound, one or two discordant sounds would occasionally sound.

Clang!

A dazzling light flashed, and two irregular stones emitting a hazy luster revealed a dazzling corner.

"Huh!"

Accompanied by a dull gasp, Li Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead and collected the two newly unearthed spirit stones.

"The mineral deposits here are a bit barren, not the so-called rich mines. You can't dig out too many spirit stones with brute force."

Li Qing has been digging for seven consecutive days. He has hardly closed his eyes in these seven days. He relied on his martial arts master-level physical body to forcibly dig a huge gap in a huge mine.

Ninety-two spirit stones, this is all he gained in these seven days of sleepless nights.

In the continuous excavation, combined with the mining experience told to him by Old Man Zhou, Li Qing became more and more skilled.

"Hiss~"

In the mine, just when Li Qing was breathing, a strange sound suddenly sounded.

Hearing this sound, Li Qing's eyes lit up, and he took action directly, stepping on the shadow-seeking step, and quickly captured the source of the sound in his hand.

It's a spirit-eating lizard!

This small reptile is not aggressive, but it is a rare companion spirit in the mine. It grows up by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and there is no impurity in its body.

Although it is small, the essence contained is very abundant. Eating one can restore a lot of spiritual power in the body, and even the fatigue and soreness of the body will subside a lot.

Li Qing was able to persist in mining the spirit stone mine for seven days because he captured two such spirit beasts during this period.

Boom!

Li Qing urged the spiritual power in his body and emitted a small hot fireball, which directly baked the spirit-eating lizard through.

When Li Qing first tasted this kind of small spiritual creature, he felt very uncomfortable and had difficulty adapting to it.

But after eating it, he immediately praised it highly.

Because the taste of this spiritual creature is quite strange, completely different from eating real meat, it is a bit like chewing some crispy nuts.

In fact, his roasting action is completely unnecessary, for some psychological comfort.

Most of the old miners, after catching such a spiritual lizard, basically swallow it raw into their stomachs, and will not waste spiritual power to deal with it.

Crack!

After chewing it casually for a few times, Li Qing swallowed this crisp spiritual creature.

Soon, the pure spiritual power quickly settled into his dantian, and at the same time, the physical strength just consumed was also rapidly recovering.

"My luck is pretty good. Although it's not a rich mine, it's a consolation to catch three spirit-eating lizards."

Li Qing sighed, feeling the spiritual power gradually filling up in his body and the physical strength recovering quickly. He waved the inferior pickaxe in his hand again and began to dig the mine with all his strength, trying to dig out more ore.

It must be said that Li Qing thought that choosing the task of spiritual miner was actually very correct.

Apart from other reasons, he has a great advantage just because his body is stronger than many Qi Refining Immortal Cultivators.

The martial arts master, if nothing else, is tough!

"If Ning Yuan knew that I had been searching for so long and finally found the world of immortal cultivation, but could only be a miner in such a dark place, I guess he would laugh at me."

Li Qing smiled bitterly. I don't know why, but he suddenly thought of Ning Yuan, the cynical guy.

He was a martial arts master who stood at the top of the world, and he was in the most prosperous period of his life.

Originally, he should have looked down on the entire martial arts world, and all the martial artists in the world had to rely on him to survive.

Unexpectedly, he could only mine in such a place now, which was really unacceptable!

Just when Li Qing was full of resentment, suddenly another crisp clanging sound rang out.

"Hey, good luck, I dug another spiritual stone so quickly, ninety-three pieces!"

"Not bad, not bad, keep up the good work!"

As he said, Li Qing happily put the spiritual stone into the spiritual stone storage bag issued by Tianhe Sect, and his smile looked very satisfied.

It smells so good!

In this way, Li Qing worked hard for two days without sleep, and finally it was time to leave the mine.

One hundred and twenty-six pieces!

For an inexperienced spiritual miner who went down the mine for the first time, this is definitely an eye-popping number.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for newcomers who go into the mines for the first time to endure such a dark and boring environment. The fatigue of the body and the loneliness of the spirit come one after another. It is an extremely unbearable torture for anyone in ten days.

Under the double blow of the body and spirit, many people will choose to give up immediately after digging for spiritual stones once.

Moreover, in many cases, in order to ensure the monthly output of spiritual stones, newcomers like Li Qing will not be assigned to rich mining areas, and basically they will mine in barren spiritual mines.

So basically, for newcomers who go into the mines for the first time, it is quite good to dig twenty or thirty spiritual stones in ten days.

But Li Qing is different. His body is very strong, and he can even barely do the physical cultivation of the middle stage of Qi Refining.

He has also lived in the polar night world for a long time. For him, the short ten days of darkness in the mine is not a torture at all.

With the stimulation of the rich harvest, Li Qing was like a chicken blood. He didn't rest for nine days in a row, and he dug out 126 spiritual stones.

"If I hand it in, I can only get 12 spiritual stones, and the remaining more than 100 pieces have to be handed over."

Looking at the hard work of nine days of sleepless nights, even the calluses on his hands, Li Qing was naturally unwilling to hand it in.

Immediately, Li Qing made up his mind and closed his eyes suddenly!

After a while, the surrounding environment rippled like ripples on the water.

The world was still extremely dark, but it was very cold, much colder than in the mine!

The shuttle was successful, and he entered the polar night world!

Li Qing's little heart jumped suddenly. Looking at the familiar environment around him, Li Qing took out 100 spiritual stones without saying a word.

"Sure enough, the spiritual energy in the spiritual stone is slowly dissipating." Li Qing murmured to himself, but there was not much regret in his eyes.

"But this level of dissipation is acceptable. The speed is very slow. It will take about two or three months for the spiritual energy inside to be completely lost."

"As long as the spiritual stones are brought back within ten days, the difference should not be too big!"

After saying that, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the mine with the remaining 26 spiritual stones.

After completing all this and making sure that there was nothing abnormal around, Li Qing let out a long breath and became excited.

"If I go out, I can get two spiritual stones. Then I have earned 102 spiritual stones in these ten days. In a year, it is more than 1,200 spiritual stones!"

This is not a small fortune. For any cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, spiritual stones in thousands are definitely a huge sum of money.

Make a fortune in silence!

"It feels good. It is really refreshing to fleece the wool of a big force!" Li Qing smiled with satisfaction. There is still less than a day left, and he has no intention of continuing to dig.

Too tired!

Even though he was a martial arts master, he felt a little exhausted after digging for spiritual stones for nine consecutive days.

After saying that, Li Qing lay down directly on the hard rock wall and closed his eyes to rest.

While Li Qing was sleeping soundly, the ten-day mining period of the Liu family every month finally came to an end.

Ding Ding Ding!

A series of bells that struck the spirit suddenly rang, and all the spiritual miners in the mine cave stopped working, put storage bags filled with spiritual stones on their waists, and left the mine cave.

Li Qing, who was sleeping soundly, was immediately awakened. He took a deep breath and ran quickly towards the outside of the mine cave.

When the exit of the mine cave was approaching, Li Qing subconsciously covered his eyes. The dazzling light outside made his eyes uncomfortable.

After staying in the dark for a long time, suddenly seeing the strong light, even if he was a martial arts master, he would feel a little overwhelmed.

After a long time, when his eyes adapted to the light, Li Qing walked out of the mine pit.

There were voices of conversation outside, and the miners' voices were either pleasantly surprised, frustrated, or exhausted.

"Alas, the mine we were assigned this time was a bit barren, and we only dug out 160 spiritual stones."

"Hahahaha, I got rich this time, I dug out a medium-grade spiritual stone, a good thing that I haven't seen in a few years!"

"I'm so tired, my luck was so bad this time, I didn't even catch a spiritual lizard."

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Listening to these conversations and feeling the bright world outside the mine, Li Qing also laughed out of relief.

Soon, someone noticed the dusty Li Qing.

"Hey, isn't this the new guy that Old Man Zhou brought? He actually persisted. It's not easy."

"Hahaha, Shuisheng, how about we make a bet? I bet that his harvest this time will not exceed thirty spiritual stones."

"Go away, who wants to bet with you? Didn't you only dig about thirty when you first went down to the mine?"

Li Qing certainly didn't care about these discussions and scrutiny at all, and he didn't have any intention of showing off.

Let others talk about and look down on him, and make a fortune in silence, this is the way of survival he likes.

Not long after, Old Man Zhou also floated out of another spiritual mine. Seeing this, Li Qing immediately showed a simple smile and greeted him.

"Old Senior Zhou!"

Zhou Tong glanced at Li Qing, who was covered in dust, and then asked, "How many spiritual stones did you dig this time?"

Li Qing answered 'truthfully', "Not many, twenty-six."

"A little less." Zhou Tong said indifferently.

Li Qing's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He quickly scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "It's too tiring and too dark. Besides, the spiritual stones in my mine are very scarce. Even if I try hard, I can't dig out a few pieces."

After saying this, Old Man Zhou smiled and shook his head, saying, "How could the Tianhe Sect assign a rich mine to a newcomer like you who has little experience? Work for a while, and when you are experienced, you will naturally be assigned to a rich mining area."

This is a fact, because new miners like Li Qing are not the main force in mining. Even if they are assigned to a rich mine, they can only dig out fifty or sixty spiritual stones at most.

Instead of this, it is better to let some experienced and relatively deep-cultivated mid-stage Qi Refining miners go to the rich mining area.

For a senior spiritual miner like Old Man Zhou, if he is assigned to a rich mining area, it is not difficult to dig more than three hundred spiritual stones in ten days.

Of course, in fact, when it comes to the middle stage of Qi Refining, it is already quite rare to earn more than 300 spiritual stones just by mining in a year.

Fortunately, spiritual miners have plenty of time. They only need to spend ten days a month to go mining, and the rest of the time can be used to do other things.

So, Li Qing can earn more than 100 spiritual stones in one go this time, which is definitely far more than any old miner present.

After all, no one can dig out a thousand spiritual stones in ten days!

Since the Tianhe Sect began to dig this vein, the most was that someone was lucky enough to mine three medium-grade spiritual stones in one go, and a total of nearly 600 spiritual stones were harvested!

This is a record-breaking number.

Soon, Li Qing followed Zhou Tong and prepared to hand in the spiritual stones dug this time, and then the monks of the upper sect would distribute the proceeds.

Seeing Zhou Tong pour out about 200 spiritual stones from his storage bag, Li Qing couldn't help but secretly feel shocked. He was indeed an old miner in the middle stage of Qi Refining. Even if he was not assigned to a poor mining area, he would probably have to work non-stop for ten days to be able to match him.

Next, when it was Li Qing's turn to pour out the spiritual stones, many people looked at him intentionally or unintentionally.

Li Qing made a rather embarrassed expression and poured out the pitiful 26 spiritual stones helplessly.

This behavior immediately caused a burst of laughter.

"Hahaha, twenty-six! I guessed right!"

"Hahaha, it's not bad actually. I remember who it was a few years ago. It seems that when he went down the mine for the first time, he only dug eleven spiritual stones. Later, he couldn't stand it and turned around to become a spiritual farmer."

"It's the first time to go down the mine. The newcomers dug poor mines. Twenty-six is ​​already quite standard."

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The Tianhe Sect disciple who was responsible for inspecting the spiritual stones just shook his head and chuckled, and then handed over the spiritual stones that Li Qing deserved.

"Take it. No matter how small a mosquito leg is, it's still meat."

Li Qing, who looked embarrassed on the surface but was calm inside, silently took two spiritual stones that belonged to him and left without saying a word.

After passing the array inspection and confirming that he had no hidden spiritual stones on him, Li Qing was released.

Riding on the spiritual horse, Li Qing at this time just wanted to return to his small yard as quickly as possible and bring back all the spiritual stones stored in the polar night world.

After a while, when all the spiritual miners came out, Liu Haitian waved his hand and led everyone to rush towards the Changsheng Valley.

The horses stepped on the dust and galloped like the wind!