The mine is narrow, the air flow is not smooth, and it is dark and stuffy.

The ground was damp and smelled of inexplicable putrefaction, as if it hadn't been cleaned for hundreds of years. The smell was worse than the cells on a pirate ship.

"No wonder no monks want to work here! Those monks in Xiancun are all high, who can stand this smell and huddle here with a group of miners to mine. ”

Ye Mo frowned and walked deeper into the mine.

At intervals, there was a faint phosphorescent glow on the walls of the cave, and it was barely possible to see what was going on inside the cave.

There are a lot of complex forks in the tunnel, and it is difficult to tell which tunnel leads in which direction.

Ye Mo walked for a while, and he felt as if he had entered a labyrinth.

Ye Mo was a little worried, it seemed that he had to find someone to lead the way, otherwise he would wander around in this mine maze, and he didn't know where he would go.

It's just that at this time, the miners have all gone out to eat, and there is almost no one in the mine.

Suddenly, he heard a faint sound, the sporadic sound of spade by spade.

"There are still people mining!"

Ye Mo's sense of hearing was very sensitive, so he carefully distinguished it and walked towards the mine where the sound came from.

At the end of this hundreds of feet long mining road, an old miner with gray hair and a tattered shirt was digging with a shovel, and it took more than ten shovels to dig a fist-sized piece of ore from the rock wall.

This ore is not everywhere, but embedded in hard rock. If you want to break the surrounding rocks, take out the raw iron ore, and directly take the whole rock out of the road, you can't pay the difference.

The old miner's strength was not great, less than two hundred catties, and he couldn't get his head right, and he couldn't dig in the same position after a few shovels in a row.

The principle of mining is the same as that of logging, only by cutting in the same position can the spirit wood be cut and the ore can be dug out. If you don't mine at the same point, this will definitely seriously affect the mining speed.

After digging dozens of times, only a two-inch-deep mark was left on the side of the ore.

The old miner was a little tired, threw his shovel on the ground, sat on the ground, and gasped for breath.

"Old man, drink saliva!"

Ye Mo walked over, handed over his water bladder, and sat opposite the old mine slave. Half a year ago, he was still a martial artist in the market, but he was not used to it.

The old mine slave was taken aback, turned his head, and in the dim hole, he barely saw a young warrior dressed as a man and come to him.

"Why didn't you go out of the house now for dinner?"

Ye Mo asked casually.

"Little brother, are you new here?"

The old mine slave hurriedly picked up the water bag, raised his head and took a sip, handed it back to Ye Mo and asked.

Ye Mo nodded.

"Thirty catties of raw ore can be exchanged for two black cakes and a bowl of soup, and the amount is not enough. I only dug a dozen catties in one morning, and I certainly couldn't get anything to eat, and the ore would be directly confiscated, and I would be whipped by the overseer. ”

The old mine slave didn't ask much about Ye Mo's origin, and took a few more breaths and said helplessly.

"If you don't let people eat, how can you have the strength to mine?"

Ye Mo wondered. Food is plentiful, and the miners have enough stamina to dig up more ore.

"In the entire mining area, there are few miners who can fill their stomachs. ”

The old mine slave sighed, and recalled with some nostalgia, "We mine slaves were all abducted and trafficked here. Originally, I thought that I could become an immortal, so I got on the ship, but I didn't expect to be a mine slave and enter the mine. Who is willing to mine here for the rest of their lives?!"

"In this mining area, there are often mine slaves rioting, working against the mine boss and overseers, trying to escape from this mining area. On one occasion, he even succeeded in trapping and killing an immortal, which caused the mine owner to be furious and executed a large number of mine slaves. ”

"The overseers didn't dare to feed us miners, for fear that we would make trouble if we were full. ”

Mine slaves booby-trap monks?

Ye Mo was taken aback. I didn't expect the miners to be so fierce that even the monks were killed.

He looked up at the surrounding mines. In this labyrinthine mine, the miners are outnumbered, and there is indeed a chance to kill the monks.

Ye Mo was secretly shocked.

He hoped that one day in the future, he would become the lord of the city, have his own Spirit Island and Immortal Village, and maybe run a mine in the future. That's why I was concerned about asking about these.

"You're new, have you had a new slave coming in lately? At its peak, there were a thousand people, but now there are only five or six hundred left!"

The old mine slave was puzzled.

"Only five or six hundred left, what about the others!"

Ye Mo was surprised.

"Of course, the others died, died of disease, starvation, old age, and some were beaten to death by the overseers. Almost every day people died, and there was a big pit outside the valley, and the dead were thrown over there, and they were burned! ”

The old mine slave sneered twice, and there was indescribable indifference in his voice.

Ye Mo was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect it to be so bloody here.

"I'm a new miner, but I'm not a slave, I'm here to mine and earn spirit stones!"

There was silence for a few more moments before he spoke his purpose and did not hide it.

"Mining to earn spirit stones, when can you earn anything with spirit stones, spirit stones?

The old mine slave muttered a few words sluggishly, and suddenly reacted, his face changed suddenly, and he glared at Ye Mo angrily.

After a while, his flushed face regained his composure, and he shook his head and muttered, "Little Lao'er thinks too much, you shouldn't have been sent by those prison bosses to spy on us mine slaves." Ever since an immortal had died here, no prison leader had dared to enter this mine easily. ”

After that, he stood up, bent down and saluted politely, "Master Immortal, the little old man is dizzy, and he didn't recognize the adult, so he was disrespectful and disrespectful!"

"Old man, don't be polite!"

Ye Mo helped the old mine slave up and said.

"You are an immortal, the mine head and overseer will not be too harsh! However, most of the rich ore roads here are occupied by those strong miners, and everyone has a fixed position, so it is best for newcomers not to rush to occupy a place to mine, otherwise it will cause disputes. If you commit public anger in this mine, even if you are an immortal, you will suffer!"

The old miner reminded him as he sat down again.

"Thank you for the reminder. I just came to this mining area, and I don't know anything about the situation here, and I need a lot of reminders from the elderly. ”

Ye Mo nodded.

He took out a packet of dried sea fish from his bosom and handed it to the old man. This is a lot of fish caught by sea boats, and many of them can't be eaten, so they are dried and dried.

"This ...... Thanks to the reward of the immortals, the little old man has entered this mine, and he has not tasted such fragrant fish jerky for many years!"

The old mine slave was taken aback, and hurriedly took a few bites of jerky, gobbling it up, and a pair of faint old eyes blinked, and suddenly became wet.

"The old man eats slowly, there are many more, and they are not worth much. I'm going to dig mines in this valley for a while, so I can get in and out of the mine, and I'll be able to bring you some more later!"

Ye Mo looked at the old mine slave gobbling up, and he was also quite sad.

The life of these miners in this mine is simply inferior to pigs and dogs, especially the old and frail miners, who have passed today and don't know if they will survive tomorrow.

"How long have you been here?"

Ye Mo handed over the water bag and asked.

"A year or two!"

The old mine slave took a big sip of water, swallowed it, thought for a while, and said, "I haven't counted it carefully, it should be about the same! I was originally a native of King Wu, and when I was thirty-five years old, I was deceived by profiteers into going to sea. Say that there is an immortal village in the East China Sea, and there is a chance to get the guidance of the immortals!

Those black-hearted traffickers, who deceived more than a thousand warriors, crossed the ocean and came to this island. Before he got off the ship, he was sold. Then he was escorted directly here by a group of overseers and immortals to become a mine slave.

Many people resisted and were killed on the spot! The rest of the people could only mine here and survive in the world.

In this mining area, every once in a while, there will always be a riot. Every rebellion was suppressed, and many miners were cleansed. I'm old, I don't know how long I can stay here. ”

The old miner shook his head, looked at the cave wall blankly, and after a long while, he ate another bite of dried fish.

"You are from the Martial King's Capital, and I am also the Martial King's Capital!"

Ye Mo was a little surprised when he heard the origin of the old mine slave.

"You're also from King Wu?"

The old mine slave grabbed Ye Mo's arm excitedly and asked eagerly, "The Great General's Mansion in Wenhua Lane in Nancheng, do you know the way." ”

"Nancheng General's Mansion?"

Ye Mo was stunned, what a coincidence, he also worked as a handyman in the General's Mansion for half a month when he was a child. This is also one of the best military generals in the city of King Wu.

"Yes, yes, it's the Great General's Mansion! Old General Wei, are you okay?"

The old mine slave hurriedly asked, his tone full of eagerness!

When I went to sea, General Wei was very strong, and he often rode out of the city to hunt. The Ye monarch of the Wu Kingdom has always been very important to the Wei Mansion.

This Wei general, who is in his seventies this year, is one of the only three generals in Wuguo. Since the Wuguo Dynasty, the eldest son of the Wei Mansion has either been a prince or a general, and they have all been wealthy families for generations. However, you ...... What does it have to do with Old General Wei?"

Ye Mo asked suspiciously.

"I'm relieved that his old man is fine! I'm ashamed of his old man. Back then, he was angry with his old man, and in a fit of anger, he stayed away from Wuguo and wanted to cultivate immortals, but in the port of Donglai Kingdom, he mistakenly got on the sea ship of profiteers. It's hard to look back!"

Thinking of the bitterness of these years, the old mine slave looked miserable.

"You won't be the third son of the old general, Wei Nanzheng, right?"

Ye Mo was taken aback. The third son of General Wei went out in a negative mood and was nowhere to be found, which caused an uproar in the capital of Wuguo at that time.

Ye Mo was still a young child, and he didn't know the details of Lu Dao.

However, his father, who used to be a small soldier under General Wei, later went out with General Wei to attack the city, and unfortunately died on the battlefield.

It was precisely because of this incident that Ye Mo was deeply impressed by General Wei's Mansion, and even had a faint hatred for Wei Mansion in his heart. Otherwise, Ye Mo would not have remembered the affairs of General Wei's Mansion.

The old man of Wuguo will also inadvertently mention the rebellious son of General Wei.

Ye Mo couldn't help but look at the mottled wrinkles on the old mine slave's face, he didn't look like a person in his forties or fifties at all, he looked like an old man who was about to decay at the age of seventy or eighty.

Ye Mo couldn't help but sigh, and the little hatred he had left in his heart had also vanished. If this old mine slave stayed in Wuguo, he was afraid that he would also be a high-spirited general and prince now.

"Heh, little brother, it turns out that you also know my name! Can you tell me about the matter of the Wei Mansion?"

The old miner's eyes flashed, and he looked at Ye Mo with a hopeful face.

Ye Mo spoke. However, he didn't say anything bad about the Wei Mansion, but just picked some good things to say, and he really didn't know what was going on, so he tried his best to make it up.

The two talked for a while, and some noisy footsteps began to be heard in the mine, and it was supposed that the miners had begun to enter the cave to mine.

Wei Nan's campaign is still unfinished.

"Little brother, don't talk about it, wait until it gets dark, let's talk outside the cave, let's mine first." You've just arrived, you're not familiar with the mines, this is a low-yield mining area, and it's just an old and frail minion like me who is here. I'll take you around, find some rich ore to dig in, and earn more spirit stones!"

"I was about to ask Brother Wei to help lead the way. ”

Ye Mo said with a smile.

There is no acquaintance in this mine, so it's really hard to mix.