togophonebook Chapter 1 Blood Fiend Gang
Chapter 1 Blood Fiend Gang
Ruoshui County.
Large-scale Tier 1 Low-grade Blazing Flame Spirit Iron Mine.
A section of the No. 5 main mine shaft.
"Fellow Daoists, from now on, the Blood Fiend Gang's spirit iron tax will be collected every half month instead of once a month."
"Moreover, each time, thirty catties of blazing ore must be handed over, for a period of six months."
"I hope everyone will cooperate fully."
A seemingly cunning Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator, accompanied by a burly cultivator, approached a group of cultivators who were mining and said coldly.
"Isn't this going to kill us?"
"If that's the case, you might as well earn more by serving tea and water."
"And while the gangs in the other mines also collect taxes, they don't collect them like this."
"..."
Upon hearing this, the other cultivators mining nearby immediately changed their expressions and hurriedly said something.
There was a lot of ore in the mine.
But those ores, and the rocks surrounding them, are quite hard due to the workings of nature.
Even though the mine distributed first-grade low-level spirit iron pickaxes specifically for mining, everyone still needed to expend some effort to dig them out.
Even a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining would be considered quite good if they could dig up a hundred catties a month.
In this way, after deducting the amount that needs to be handed over to the Blood Fiend Gang, only forty catties are left each month.
Furthermore, this type of ore cannot be taken out for sale; it can only be sold to the mine owner, the Zhao family, at half the market price.
Indirectly, even if Blazing Flame Ore is a good material for refining fire-attribute magical artifacts, its value will be greatly reduced.
Ten pounds of spirit stones will be reduced to ten pounds and a half spirit stones.
Forty catties is worth only two spirit stones.
This salary is only average for mining; at least four or five spirit stones would be considered decent.
After all, mining is extremely tiring, and you also need to guard against mine collapses.
These days, quite a few cultivators are killed by landslides!
In addition, the Blood Fiend Gang is the overlord of the No. 5 main mine, and is composed of a group of powerful mining cultivators.
Wang Qian was one of the minor leaders.
Moreover, it is rumored that they also have some connection with the Zhao family.
Therefore, they often bully ordinary mining monks with impunity.
In fact, if it weren't for the Zhao family scaring away the miners to avoid a bloody conflict,
They probably would have already killed and robbed them.
Secondly, the mine is divided into five main mines, and there are also some gangs in the other four main mines.
"I have no say in what happens in the other main mine shafts!"
"All I know is that those miners who didn't pay their taxes on time were kicked out of the mines a while ago and then disappeared. Can you guess why?"
Wang Qian snorted angrily.
"Exactly! Don't push your luck!"
"Don't make this too ugly."
The lackey beside Wang Qian sneered.
"That Wang Qian and his lackeys are truly becoming more and more beastly."
Ye Xuan'an, standing in the crowd, couldn't help but curse under his breath.
The same applies to the other miners.
However, their cultivation levels were not high, so they had to seriously consider the threat posed by Wang Qian.
In addition, half a year is not a particularly long time.
Therefore, they gritted their teeth and swallowed their anger.
We have no choice but to swallow this bitter pill.
Ye Xuan'an sighed helplessly.
Immediately afterwards, he and the others took out some ore to pay the spirit iron tax, and then sent Wang Qian and the others away.
"That's more like it. You guys know what's good for you."
"Let's go collect them somewhere else."
Wang Qian glanced at Ye Xuan'an and the others with a mocking expression, then led his men away.
"These beasts are truly arrogant."
Ye Xuan'an watched their departing figures and couldn't help but curse inwardly.
In addition, he has been reincarnated in this world for twenty-one years. Although his aptitude is ordinary, his cultivation level is still at the first level of Qi Refining.
However, he also possesses talent in weapon crafting and formation making, so overall he is not bad.
However, those two arts require a lot of resources, and passing them down is also a troublesome matter.
In addition, he was quite hardworking.
Therefore, he entered this mine to mine several years ago and accumulated some wealth.
He even gradually acquired a fragmented inheritance of weapon crafting and formation techniques.
Next, all that's needed is to slowly comprehend those two inheritances and improve the success rate of weapon crafting and array formation to a decent level.
"And if this succeeds, I can profit from those two arts and crafts."
"Even after leaving this awful place, I can live a comfortable life."
"We might even be able to find an opportunity to wipe out Wang Qian and his gang of beasts."
Ye Xuan'an secretly looked forward to it.
Immediately afterwards, he continued to dig for ore with a spirit iron pickaxe.
A series of piercing sounds followed.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
About an hour later, when Ye Xuan'an had exhausted all his spiritual energy, he finally stopped.
He then felt intense soreness all over his body.
"This job is really tiring."
Ye Xuan'an couldn't help but sigh.
However, after seeing that he had just dug out a lot of blazing ore, his fatigue immediately lessened.
Immediately afterwards, he left the mine and returned to his home in the residential area.
The area is full of wooden houses.
Ye Xuan'an's house was among them.
He then sat down cross-legged and began to use the "Return to Origin Technique" to absorb the sparse spiritual energy around him and restore his spiritual power.
In addition, the "Return to Origin Technique" is an ordinary technique with the five elements attribute, and its effects are considered decent.
Right now.
hum! ! !
An ancient pagoda, which he had brought with him in his reincarnation and which had always resided in his sea of consciousness, suddenly flashed with spiritual light and conveyed many thoughts to him.
[Servant Tower: For each minor realm advancement and sufficient spirit stones provided, a loyal servant of similar cultivation level and aptitude can be summoned from it.]
Moreover, for each additional servant, both Ye Xuan'an's and the servant's aptitude would double.
[A Qi Refining Stage 1 servant with five elemental roots—ten spirit stones.]
[A servant of a Qi Refining Stage 1 Body Cultivator with Rank 5 Qi and Blood Aptitude - Thirty Spirit Stones]
[A mere Qi Refining Level 1 servant with average weapon-refining aptitude - 100 spirit stones]
In addition, the servant tower contains approximately ten square meters of space, which can provide simple living quarters for servants.
"The power of that servant tower is truly formidable!"
"Is this my cheat code?"
Ye Xuan'an was both incredulous and incredibly excited.
He had been mediocre for over twenty years, and finally, this moment had arrived.
Moreover, the cost of summoning servants is indeed very low.
Furthermore, with that special space inside the servant tower, he essentially had an extra large storage bag.
Because the servant was so well hidden in the tower, ordinary people could not detect its existence at all.
He could then load some of the ore he would excavate into it and transport it outside to sell, since the price of ore outside was particularly good, thus earning more money.
"By the way, among all kinds of servants, those skilled in various arts are the most valuable."
"But those servants, like me, only possess the qualifications. They will need a vast amount of additional qualifications to formally embark on the path of the Hundred Arts and earn profits."
"Given my current condition, I simply can't handle it. It's much more cost-effective to directly exchange for a body-cultivating servant with a strong physique."
Ye Xuan'an secretly made his plans.
After all, it is said that body cultivators are good candidates for mining.
Some Qi Refining Level 1 Body Cultivators in the mine can mine at least 200 catties of ore a month, which is almost twice as much as ordinary cultivators like Ye Xuan'an.
Moreover, the physical cultivators are quite powerful, and with their help, Ye Xuan'an's ability to protect himself in the mine would be better.
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