"Are you new here?"
Standing in the crowd, Xu Ning was pointed at by a supervisor with a whip.
"Yes."
Xu Ning nodded.
The overseer smiled bluntly: "Since you're here, be honest and don't think about escaping... Otherwise, there is only one consequence, and that is to be beaten to death."
"You, take him and let him be familiar with the rules here."
The supervisor looked at Jiang Mian again.
"Understood, my lord."
Jiang Mian responded in a low voice with no expression on his face.
Under the supervision of the overseers, a group of people began to enter the mine.
Xu Ning was in the middle of the team, following behind Jiang Mian.
Xu Ning noticed that this group of miners all had the same shackles.
According to what Jiang Mian said, the strength of these people is from the fourth to sixth level of the Mortal Realm.
"I don't know where they got so many warrior miners..."
Judging from the state of these people, it is definitely impossible to come to work voluntarily, they must be coerced.
Xu Ning followed the team and came to the mine.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the mine, Xu Ning felt a wave of heat coming.
A sense of burning came to his face.
Along the mine, a group of people walked down.
While entering the mine, some people also came out of the mine.
They were pushing carts full of crystal red ore, looking tired.
"Is this the Crystal Flame Ore..."
Xu Ning had never heard of this ore before.
I don't know if Feiyun State doesn't have it, or because my level is too low to get in touch with it.
A group of people went down to the first layer of ore.
Xu Ning saw that there were already miners here who were holding a special iron pickaxe, slamming it hard against the wall.
A piece of stone fell and was broken by the miners, revealing the crystal flame ore.
Xu Ning noticed that the miners on this floor had a different style of shackles than himself and others, and the material seemed to be easier to break.
Xu Ning guessed that this might be a warrior of Lv 3 Mortal Realm and below.
"Um?"
At this time, Xu Ning suddenly felt that with his breathing, the poison entered his body.
A slight burning pain began to spread in his chest.
"Is this the poisonous gas Jiang Mian was talking about?"
Xu Ning quickly circulated his inner qi, forcing the poisonous gas out of his body.
Xu Ning had to maintain this state.
"After being promoted through the martial arts panel, I am at the peak of the inner energy state, and the accumulation of inner energy in my body is very strong..."
In a short time, Xu Ning didn't have to worry about the exhaustion of Qi in his body.
As the crowd continued to go deeper, they reached the second floor of the mine.
Here, the concentration of poisonous gas has doubled again.
"Dig a cart full and you can go out and rest."
Jiang Mian explained to Xu Ning.
Just entered the mine on the second floor, there is a row of carts at the entrance.
Following Jiang Mian's example, Xu Ning pushed out a cart and followed Jiang Mian.
"Be quick!"
In the mine on the second floor, there are also supervisors patrolling back and forth.
If anyone moves slowly, they whip them with whips.
When whipping, they will also stimulate their strength. Even a warrior with good strength will be beaten to pieces.
"Right here."
Jiang Mian picked a place for Xu Ning, and he was next to Xu Ning.
Xu Ning stopped, and followed Jiang Mian's example, swinging and beating on the wall of the mine.
Bang Bang.
Xu Ning smashed the wall with an iron pick.
Then, like other miners, smash the falling gravel again, and then pick out the crystal flame mine inside.
The surface of this crystal flame mine is shiny, but there are still impurities. It is estimated that after it is mined, it will need further polishing.
Holding the Jingyan Mine in his hand, there is a warm feeling.
"A rock the size of a watermelon can only be knocked out of a small piece of crystal flame the size of a hawthorn... It will take at least five or six hours to fill this cart..."
Xu Ning finally understood why the miners here are so haggard.
The exhaustion of physical strength is secondary, the key is to maintain a state of internal energy detoxification for several hours.
It's okay to have a strong inner energy like yourself. If the martial arts realm is lower, the inner energy will be directly exhausted after such a long time, and you can only be forced to inhale poisonous gas.
If this is the case, the physique will inevitably be damaged for a long time.
With the cruel reality in front of him, Xu Ning could only endure it silently.
Bang Bang Bang.
The sound of knocking has been echoing throughout the mine.
Occasionally, there will be some scolding and whipping.
Time passed by every minute and every second.
Although Xu Ning felt that the process of mining this crystal flame mine was extremely boring, fortunately, he had a strong body and was full of internal energy, so he did not suffer any physical damage.
Jiang Mian on the side was also mining ore while paying attention to Xu Ning.
Seeing that Xu Ning seemed to have really recognized the status quo and was mining the ore steadily, Jiang Mian once again felt that Xu Ning was really easygoing.
Finally, Xu Ning estimated that five hours had passed, and his cart was filled with crystal flame ore.
These five hours are extremely long.
This is equivalent to ten hours of continuous heavy physical work, and there is no food and water to replenish physical energy during this period.
At this time, Jiang Mian also just filled his cart.
"You are quite skilled at what you do."
Jiang Mian said something casually, and then took Xu Ning on a business trip.
Following Jiang Mian, Xu Ning arrived at the ore intersection.
At this time, the night was dark.
After turning in a cart full of Crystal Flame Mine, they got a portion of food and water.
After eating and drinking in a limited place, they were sent back to their cells.
Jiang Mian returned to the cell and stopped talking to Xu Ning.
He seemed exhausted and fell asleep directly on the bed.
Xu Ning was better, but also a little tired.
Before getting ready to rest, Xu Ning opened the hidden button again to check the thousand source worms.
This is his only hope of escaping from here.
The concealed grid was opened, and although it was pitch black, Xu Ning could clearly see the white and fat bugs inside.
Xu Ning poked it with his finger.
In the past, the fat worm might not move at all, but today, after Xu Ning's finger touched the worm, it seemed to become a little excited.
"Um?"
This abnormal situation surprised Xu Ning.
I saw that white and fat bug approaching his fingertips, and kept touching himself with one end of his body.
"How is this going… "
Xu Ning was quite puzzled.
He withdrew his finger.
Xu Ning looked at his fingers, and he found that there were some ore dust on the skin of his fingers.
It fell into my hands when I was mining before.
"It's impossible for this thousand-origin worm to be devouring the crystal flame mine dust particles..."
After thinking for a while, Xu Ning realized the problem.
He tried to clean his fingers thoroughly before touching the white fat bug.
This time, it stopped moving.
"This thousand-origin worm..."
Xu Ning was at a loss.
The Qianyuan worm described by Wei Binglin only absorbs spiritual energy and never has the habit of devouring food.
"Is this really a thousand-origin worm..."
Xu Ning was full of doubts.
"Forget it, I'll go to the mine tomorrow, I'll bring out a small piece of Crystal Flame Mine, and see if this thousand-origin worm likes it..."
After thinking about it, Xu Ning made calculations in his heart.
It is not difficult to bring out a small piece of crystal flame ore from the mine.
…
Another day passed.
When he came out of the mine again, Xu Ning brought out a crystal flame ore the size of a fingernail.
Taking advantage of Jiang Mian's sleep, Xu Ning put the small piece of crystal flame ore into the secret compartment.
Sure enough, as Xu Ning guessed, after the crystal flame ore was put in, the thousand-origin worm seemed to smell something tempting to eat, and directly pounced on it.
Xu Ning couldn't see its mouth clearly, but he could feel that it was eating.
"After swallowing this crystal flame ore, there will be no problems with the thousand source insects..."
Xu Ning was slightly worried.
But at the same time, another idea popped up in his heart: "Perhaps, there is energy in this crystal flame ore, which is being absorbed by this thousand-origin worm?"
Regarding this idea, Xu Ning was very uncertain, at least for himself, he couldn't extract energy from this crystal flame ore.
If the thousand-origin worm can spit out higher-quality crystals after swallowing the crystal flame ore, then he will make a lot of money.