King of the Fairy City

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

The ground was a little damp, and there was an inexplicable rotten smell, as if it hadn't been cleaned for hundreds of years. The smell was worse than a cell on a pirate ship.

"No wonder no monks are willing to work here! Those monks in Fairy Village are all aloof. Who can stand the smell and crowd here with a group of mining slaves to mine."

Ye Mo frowned and walked deeper into the mine.

At intervals, there is a dim phosphorescence on the cave wall, and the situation inside the cave can barely be seen clearly.

The mine tunnel is winding and has a large number of complex forks, making it difficult to tell which mine tunnel leads to which direction.

Ye Mo walked for a while and felt like he had entered a maze.

Ye Mo was suddenly worried. It seemed that he had to find someone to lead the way, otherwise he would wander around in this maze of mine tunnels without knowing where he would end up.

However, all the mine slaves had gone out to eat at this time. To take a breath, there was almost no one in the mine.

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

"There are still people mining!"

Ye Mo's hearing was very sensitive. He distinguished it carefully and walked towards the mine tunnel where the sound came from.

At the end of this mine tunnel that is hundreds of feet long, an old mining slave with gray hair and a tattered shirt was digging with a shovel. After more than ten shovels, he finally dug out a fist-sized piece from the rock wall. ore.

This ore is not found everywhere, but is embedded in hard rock. If you want to break the surrounding rocks, take out the black iron ore, and just take the whole rock out, you won't be able to make a difference.

The old mine slave was not very strong, weighing less than 200 pounds, and his accuracy was not good. He shoveled several times in succession but failed to dig in the same position.

The principle of mining is the same as logging. Only when you chop at the same location can you cut off the spiritual wood and dig out the ore. If you don’t dig at the same point, this will definitely seriously affect the mining speed.

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

The old mining slave was a little tired. He threw the shovel on the ground and sat down on the ground, breathing heavily.

"Old man, have a drink of water!"

Ye Mo walked over, handed over his water bag, and sat opposite the old mine slave. Half a year ago, he was still a martial artist hanging out in the market, so there was nothing unusual about him.

The old mine slave was startled and turned his head. In the dim cave, he barely saw a young man dressed as a warrior coming to him.

"Now for dinner, why didn't you go out?"

Ye Mo asked casually.

"Little brother, are you new here?"

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

Ye Mo nodded.

"You can exchange thirty kilograms of raw ore for two black cakes and a bowl of soup. If the amount is not enough, it will be directly deducted. I only dug a dozen kilograms in one morning. I will definitely not be able to exchange for food when I go out, and the ore will be confiscated directly. , I’ll get whipped by the supervisor, so why go out! I’ll dig some more in the afternoon and make up thirty kilograms, and then go out for a meal in the evening.”

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

“If we don’t feed people, how can we have the energy to mine?”

Ye Mo was surprised. Only with sufficient food and strong physical strength can the mining slaves dig more ore.

"In the entire mining area, there are not many mining slaves who can fill their stomachs."

The old mining slave sighed and recalled with some nostalgia, "We mining slaves were all deceived and sold here. We originally thought we could become immortals before we boarded the sea ship, but unexpectedly it turned out that Who would be willing to spend their whole life mining as a slave?"

"In this mining area, mine slaves often riot, confronting the mine boss and supervisors, and trying to escape from the mining area. Once, they even succeeded in trapping and killing an immortal, which made the mine owner furious and executed a large number of mine slaves."

"The supervisors didn't dare to feed us mine slaves, for fear that we would cause trouble when we were full."

Mine slaves trap and kill monks?

Ye Mo was surprised. Unexpectedly, the mine slaves were so ferocious that they could even kill monks.

He raised his head and looked at the surrounding mine tunnels. In this maze-like mine tunnel, the mine slaves are so numerous that they do have a chance to kill the monks.

Ye Mo was secretly shocked.

He hopes that one day, he can become a city lord, own his own spiritual island and fairy village, and maybe run a mine in the future. That's why I'm so concerned about asking about this.

"You are new here. Have new slaves come here recently? There have been no new slaves in this mining area for a while. When the number of people here was at its highest, there were a thousand people, but now there are only five or six hundred people left. !”

The old mine slave was puzzled.

"Only five or six hundred left? Where are the other people!"

Ye Mo said in surprise.

"Other people? Of course they died. They died of illness, starvation, old age, and some were beaten to death by supervisors. People died almost every day. There was a big pit outside the valley. The dead were thrown there and burned. ! I’ll have to die there if my old bones can’t do it anymore.”

The old mine slave sneered twice, with an indescribable indifference in his voice.

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

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

After another moment of silence, he spoke out his purpose and did not hide it.

"Mining to earn spiritual stones. When will there be spiritual stones to earn... What, spiritual stones? Are you an immortal?"

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

After a while, his flushed face regained its composure, and he shook his head and muttered, "Little old man, you are overthinking it. You are not the one sent by the supervisors to monitor us mine slaves. Ever since an immortal died here, No Supervisor Immortal dares to enter this mine easily."

After that, he stood up, bent down and saluted, and said politely, "Master Immortal, I am so dim-sighted that I did not recognize you. I am disrespectful and disrespectful!"

"Old man, there is no need to be polite!"

Ye Mo helped the old mine slave up and said.

"You are an immortal, so mine heads and supervisors will not be too harsh! However, most of the rich mine tunnels here are occupied by those strong mining slaves. Everyone has a fixed position. It is best not for newcomers to rush to occupy the position to dig. Mine, otherwise it will cause disputes. If you cause public outrage in this mine, you will suffer even if you are an immortal!"

The old mine slave reminded him after sitting down again.

"Thank you for the reminder, old man. I just came to this mining area and know nothing about the situation here. I still need more reminders from the old man."

Ye Mo nodded.

He took out a pack of dried sea fish from his arms and handed it to the old man. This is made from fish caught by ships at sea. There are too many to eat and they are dried in the sun.

"This...is dried fish meat?! Thank you for the gift from the Immortal. I have entered this mine and haven't tasted such fragrant dried fish meat for many years!"

The old mine slave was startled. He quickly took a few bites of the dried meat and devoured it. His dim old eyes blinked and suddenly became moist.

"Old man, please eat slowly. There are still many, and they are not valuable. I want to mine in this mining valley for a while. I can enter and leave the mining area, and I can bring you some more in the future!"

Ye Mo also felt sad when he saw the old mine slave devouring the food.

The life these mining slaves live in this mine is worse than pigs and dogs, especially the old and frail mining slaves. They have passed today and don't know whether they will survive tomorrow.

"How long have you been here?"

Ye Mo handed over the water bag and asked.

"Ten or twenty years!"

The old mine slave took a sip of water, swallowed, thought for a moment, and said, "I haven't counted it carefully, it should be about the same! I was originally from the capital of Wu Kingdom. When I was thirty-five years old, I was deceived by profiteers to go to sea. What about the East China Sea? There is a fairy village, and there is a chance to get guidance from the fairy!

Those black-hearted traffickers deceived more than a thousand warriors and traveled across the ocean to this island. He was sold before he even got off the boat. Then he was escorted directly here by a group of overseers and immortals and became a mining slave.

Many people resisted and were killed on the spot! The remaining people can only dig here and survive.

In this mining area, there will always be riots every now and then. Every uprising was suppressed and many mining slaves were purged. I'm getting older now, and I don't know how long I can stay here. "

The old mine slave shook his head and looked at the wall of the mine with drowsy eyes. After a while, he took another bite of dried fish.

"Are you from Wu Kingdom Capital? I am also from Wu Kingdom Capital!"

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

"Are you also from King Wu's capital?"

The old mine slave grabbed Ye Mo's arm excitedly and asked eagerly, "Do you know about the General's Mansion in Wenhua Lane in Nancheng?"

"Nancheng General's Mansion?"

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

"Yes, that's the General's Mansion! General Wei, are you okay?"

The old mine slave asked quickly, his tone full of urgency!

"It should be pretty good! When I went to sea, General Wei was very strong and often rode out of the city to hunt. The monarch of the Ye family of the Wu Kingdom also always valued the Wei family.

This general of Wei is already in his seventies this year and is one of the only three generals in the Wu Kingdom. Throughout the history of the Wu Kingdom, the eldest son of the Wei family was either granted the title of duke or a general, and they were all from generation-to-generation wealthy families. But, what is your relationship with General Wei? "

Ye Mo asked doubtfully.

"I feel relieved that his old man is well! This incompetent son of mine is ashamed of his old man. Back then, I had a fight with his old man. In anger, he left the Wu Kingdom and wanted to cultivate immortality. As a result, he accidentally landed at the port of Donglai Kingdom. I can’t bear to look back on the ship of a profiteer!”

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

"You are not the third son of the old general, Wei Nanzheng, are you?"

Ye Mo was surprised. The third son of General Wei went out in anger and disappeared without a trace. This incident caused an uproar in the capital of Wu State at that time.

Ye Mo was still a child back then and didn't know the details of that year.

However, his father once served as a soldier under General Wei, and later went on an expedition 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 secretly hated the Wei Mansion in his heart. Otherwise, Ye Mo wouldn't remember what happened at General Wei's Mansion.

Elderly people in the Wu Kingdom would 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 man in his forties or fifties at all. He looked like an old man in his seventies or eighties who was about to decay.

Ye Mo couldn't help but sigh. The little hatred he had left in his heart was gone. If this old mining slave had stayed in Wu Kingdom, he would probably be a high-spirited general and prince by now.

"Hey, little brother, it turns out you know my name too! Can you tell me about the Wei Mansion?"

The old mine slave's eyes flashed and he looked at Ye Mo with hope.

Ye Mo started talking. However, he did not say anything bad about the Wei Mansion, but only picked out some good things to say. If he really didn't know, he would try to make up a good story.

The two talked for a long time, and some noisy footsteps began to be heard in the mine. It should be the miners who started to go into the cave to dig.

Wei Nanzheng was still not satisfied.

"Little brother, let's not talk anymore. Wait until it gets dark and we'll talk outside the cave. Let's dig first. You just came and are not familiar with the mine. This is a low-yield mining area. Only old and weak miners like me are here. I'll take you around and find some rich mines to dig, and you can also earn more spirit stones!"

"I was just thinking of asking Brother Wei to help lead the way."

Ye Mo smiled.

It's really hard to get around in this mine without an acquaintance.