In these dozens of meters underground, Li Chengfeng found that he couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north, morning and evening. The only three things they could rely on were the pickaxe in their hands, the squirrel in the cage, and... light.
Su You took a torch himself and had no intention of asking others to take torches. Others did not dare to move. Li Chengfeng was secretly wondering whether he should go back and take the remaining torch hanging on the wall. , but when he was thinking about it, he suddenly found bursts of blue light coming from the cave in front of him. This light was cold and bright, and it was emitted by the spiritual stones embedded one after another on both sides of the corridor.
Li Chengfeng's eyes lit up, and he waved the pickaxe and wanted to dig. Su You quickly stopped him with a smile and said: "Junior Brother Chengfeng, don't dig here. This is for lighting, and this is a spiritual stone. We are going to dig for spiritual jade later, just follow us."
Li Chengfeng lost a man, but fortunately he was very thick-skinned, and the light in the well was dim, so he couldn't see his face clearly.
Everyone followed Su You and walked forward for about forty or fifty meters. Suddenly, Li Chengfeng's eyes lit up. The place he was in was a huge grotto. The grotto was as big as an acre of land and was high. Seven or eight meters tall, there are many stone pillars in the grotto, some towering straight to the top of the cave, some short and strangely shaped, but all of these stone pillars are shining with light green fluorescence, and there are pieces of spiritual jade on them. There are already many monks digging in this grotto. Each of them is occupying a huge stone pillar and desperately digging for the spiritual jade on it.
Li Chengfeng noticed that every time these people wielded their pickaxes, they would chisel far away from the spiritual jade, cutting off the entire spiritual jade and stone, and then using the pickaxe to make smaller ones. The other end carefully chiseled away the stone until the entire piece of spiritual jade was exposed.
Su You continued to walk through without stopping. Li Chengfeng watched for a while and quickly followed. There were already people left among the crowd, and they began to dig at the empty space.
After passing through this huge grotto, Li Chengfeng discovered that the corridor had branched out. There were eight forks at the top of the grotto. Su You and Tianjun counted the second entrance to the left. After walking in, Li Chengfeng quickly followed.
After walking for several hundred meters in this way, they passed three grottoes of the same size as before. Going further, Li Chengfeng's eyes suddenly opened up again. What appeared in front of them was a huge dream-like cave!
This cave is dozens of times larger than the previous grotto! Roads have been cut out on the walls of this grotto, winding all the way up. They are divided into layers every seven or eight meters. Each layer is centered around dozens of huge stone pillars in the middle of the grotto. There are spider web-like stone paths in the middle. .
Li Chengfeng took a quick look and saw that each stone pillar had to be surrounded by ten adult men. When he looked up, he saw densely packed crystal inlays above his head, shining brightly like a dazzling galaxy. Each of these stone pillars From bottom to top, it looks like a towering tree, each layer of cobweb-like stone paths is like its branches, and the sparkling jade on the trunk is like its fruit.
Around each "giant tree" on each level, there are no less than seven or eight men with bare upper bodies and waving hoes. The huge cave is filled with tinkling sounds. These sounds gather together, Densely packed, like a long sound that never stops.
Li Chengfeng was speechless at this moment, standing there blankly, just sighing, thinking to himself: It is true that I have read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles, and gained insights, really gained insights! If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, how could you have imagined that there was such a wonderful scene underground.
Li Chengfeng couldn't help but said: "Senior Brother Su, are these... all senior brothers from the Lingshan Sect?"
Su You smiled and said: "Most of them are slaves of other Tianges or hired miners."
"Hire?" Li Chengfeng asked in confusion.
Su You nodded and said: "For example, there are many senior brothers in Zangjin Pavilion and many senior sisters in Zangxiu Pavilion. They don't dig the mines themselves. They are all hired long-term workers or their servants who dig the mines themselves. .”
Li Chengfeng couldn't help but slap his forehead and sighed: "Oh, what a mistake!"
Su Youdao: "What?"
Li Chengfeng sighed: "If I had known, I would have let Su Yuehan go down the mine to mine! Young master, how can I do such a coolie's work! Oh, what a mistake, let her do it next time! Well, just It’s decided!”
Su You was dumbfounded: "Junior Brother Chengfeng, do you want a petite girl like Junior Sister to go down the mine to mine? This, this, this is too disrespectful, isn't it? Think again, Junior Brother Chengfeng!"
Li Chengfeng said solemnly: "I think she has no hope in this life. This is the end of the world. What a long-term experience! This opportunity is rare. After all, I am really a gentle and considerate young master with a good heart. I have a lot of friends." The opportunity will definitely be given to her!"
Tianjun couldn't help laughing, and Su You couldn't laugh or cry.
However, there was this mysterious man in the crowd who listened carefully to Li Chengfeng's words. He gritted his teeth secretly at this moment: Auntie, I was still worried about you, so I followed you quietly. I didn't expect that you actually wanted to send me to this damn place to mine? I'll kill your head, dig a hole and bury you! !
Li Chengfeng and the others stayed here talking and laughing for a while, and soon someone started yelling at them.
"Hey, what are you doing here, get out of here, this is my territory!" A sweaty "miner" was glaring at Li Chengfeng. As they walked through the huge grotto, these "miners" "Vigilance, as if they were afraid that they would take away their mining area.
Li Chengfeng was a little dumbfounded. Su You pulled Li Chengfeng and said, "We are late, we have to go inside again."
Li Chengfeng continued to move forward, saying as he walked: "We set off before dawn, why are we still late?"
Tian Jun smiled and said: "Junior Brother Chengfeng doesn't know that many miners here... live down here. They bring water and dry food with them. When they are tired, they roll up a bed next to them and sleep for the night until they have dug enough. go out."
Li Chengfeng was secretly horrified when he heard this. When he looked at these miners, he found that some of them had thin bedding next to them. Some had sunken eyes and black eye circles. The ribs under their ribs were protruding one by one. They were so skinny. .
Li Chengfeng looked at it and was secretly shocked. He followed Su You and continued to walk forward. He gradually passed several caves. The number of people inside gradually decreased. The people following him immediately occupied a mining area and began to dig hard. .
Li Chengfeng didn't want to argue with them, so he continued to follow Su You inside. He was more cautious, unlike these fellow disciples who went crazy when they saw an empty mining area, like a wild dog that had been hungry for three days when it saw meat and bones. Instead of jumping up, he carefully observed the surrounding situation.
Gradually, a group of dozens of people each found the mining area. There was no one following Li Chengfeng anymore. He looked back and saw a man wearing a monk's uniform and a hood following him not far away, with his head lowered. As soon as this guy saw Li Chengfeng, he immediately turned around and wanted to run away.
When Li Chengfeng saw the man's figure, he immediately laughed angrily. He rushed over, grabbed the man, pulled down his hood, and slapped the man's butt. There was a crisp sound and he immediately fell from the sky. spread in the grotto.
This person had black hair in the simplest bun. Although her figure was covered in a large monk's uniform, she still looked exquisite. She blushed with embarrassment, covered her buttocks, jumped back, and glared angrily. Looking at Li Chengfeng, that shy and angry look, who could be angry or happy at the same time, who else could it be if it wasn't Su Yuehan