King of the Fairy City

"The first-level black iron ore weighs two thousand nine hundred and twenty kilograms. The second-level ore weighs forty-one kilograms, which is converted into eighty-six kilograms of first-class iron ore. The total is five thousand and seven kilograms!"

The overseer of the scale mine loudly announced the quantity.

"Fellow Daoist Ye calculated carefully, and there was only an extra two kilograms!"

The young monk was stunned and looked at Ye Mo with a strange expression.

"Digging every piece of ore requires a lot of energy, so you have to be careful with your calculations. There is actually an extra two kilograms. If there is a chance to mine in the future, I will be more precise."

Ye Mo laughed at himself. He had known that the scale was inaccurate. After calculating the error, I deliberately added only two kilograms more weight.

The young monk's face couldn't help but twitch. This guy is so shrewd and knows all about this kind of thing. Who is he?

"Fellow Taoist, is it time to get the spiritual stone?"

Ye Mo put the mining shovel on the wooden table and asked.

The young monk came back to his senses, nodded and said: "I'm sorry for being rude, but I have to check it with my spiritual sense first. You are not allowed to take the mine out privately!"

Before Ye Mo could speak, he released his spiritual consciousness and checked Ye Mo. There was no spirit stone involved.

Ye Mo looked calm.

The spiritual weapons and spiritual swords on his body are personal belongings, not storage bags, and cannot be searched. The young monk couldn't see anything famous either.

"This is the wages for a piece of spiritual stone. Keep it, Fellow Daoist Ye!"

After the young monk registered, he gave Ye Mo a spiritual stone. Then he looked at Ye Mo leaving the mining valley with strange eyes.

"Master Supervisor, is there something wrong with this man?"

one of the overseers asked cautiously.

"He earned a spiritual stone and left in a hurry. Who knows what he wanted to do! He probably couldn't stand the smell in the mine and couldn't wait to leave."

The young monk shook his head and said slowly.

..

"A horse will not be fat without night grass, and a man will not be rich without windfall! This is indeed true!"

Ye Mo walked quickly on the bluestone road, thinking in his mind.

Five or six thousand kilograms of second- and third-grade black iron ore was enough for him to complete his initial accumulation of financial resources and save a lot of time.

Under the blazing sun at noon, the wide bluestone road looked a little deserted. Except for the occasional cart pulling goods, only a few pedestrians could be seen.

Leaving the mining area and arriving at the plains on Spirit Island, there are gradually more spiritual fields on both sides of the road.

The large areas of spiritual fields are filled with spiritual grains and beans swaying in the breeze.

A monk is casting a spell near the spiritual field. A dark cloud several feet in size was floating in the sky above one acre of spiritual fields, and it was raining slowly.

"This is the spiritual rain technique, right? The magic of planting spiritual fields is indeed magical."

Ye Mo said to himself in surprise. Although he became a monk, he had never been exposed to other magic except water arrows.

The monk in front of him who was performing the Spiritual Rain Technique must have good cultivation, and he could actually release a dark cloud several feet in size.

After stopping and watching for a while, the dark clouds, rain and fog dissipated.

Ye Mo just got back on the road and headed to Donglaixian Village, and he became more eager to practice.

He couldn't help but touch the ancient painting scroll on his waist. The black iron ore inside could be exchanged for a large number of spiritual stones, and he could finally embark on the path of true cultivation.

It has been many months since he cultivated the soul, but Ye Mo has been unable to cultivate because of the lack of spirit stones. I have already started, but I don’t know how to continue.

Ye Mo passed by Fairy Village and went directly to the East Lailing Island Pier without stopping.

He did not immediately go to the village to sell the ore, which required caution. After all, the origin of his black iron ore is unclear.

The pier is still busy.

There are often ships from other fairy villages docking and ships going out to sea. The porters on the dock are all sweating profusely because of their busy schedule.

Ye Mo's ship is still moored at its original berth.

"Master Immortal, are you back?"

Vice Captain Chang learned that Ye Mo was back and hurried out to greet him.

"How was the situation on the ship while I was at the mine?"

Ye Mo asked.

"Dear Immortal Master, everything on the ship is normal and nothing major happened! The crew and guards are busy practicing on weekdays. According to your instructions, they use the gold and silver jewelry left on the ship to purchase a large amount of body-tempering herbs and concentrate on practicing martial arts.

Captain Feng sold slaves over the years and earned a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, which was enough for the warriors on our ship to practice. The crew and guards have made breakthroughs recently.

In addition, I went to sea twice and caught some fish in the foggy area. There are few people on the boat now, and we can't eat much. An occasional trip is enough. "

A very detailed report on the affairs on the ship during this period. When Ye Mo was away, he, the deputy captain, basically had to catch everything big and small.

"Well, it's good that everyone is okay. Where are Wang Hu, Yang You, Mo Ling, and Tu Nuwei?"

Ye Mo listened carefully, and after confirming Chang Fei's performance, he asked again.

"Brothers Wang and Yang often go to Fairy Village and stay on the boat at night. I don't know what they are busy with. Miss Mo Ling often goes to live with her grandfather in Fairy Village, and occasionally we don't see him for several days.

As for the five Tunu guards, they did not go out. They practiced behind closed doors on the ship every day without seeing anyone. However, according to your instructions, they have enough body-tempering herbs to give them as much as they need. "

Chang Fei shook his head and said.

These people are all Ye Mo's followers, or Ye Mo's personal slaves, and their status is even worse than that of Chang Fei. Chang Fei can only control the crew members, but not Wang Hu, Yang You, Mo Ling, Tu Nuwei and others.

Ye Mo is not here, those people have their own arrangements.

"Well, I'm going to rest for a while first, and we'll talk about other things later."

Ye Mo nodded.

After staying in the mine for more than half a month, the high-intensity mining was a bit too much for Ye Mo's physical strength, and he was also very tired mentally.

I took a shower and had something to eat.

Ye Mo slept completely relaxed in his bedroom. When I woke up again, most of the day had passed, and there was noise outside the door.

"Miss Mo, you can't go in, the master is resting!"

"You've been sleeping for several hours and you haven't woken up yet? Are you hurt?"

"After the master comes back, the five of us will stay here and everything will be fine! The master's breath is even and long when sleeping, so there is no problem."

"You... forget it, I'll wait!"

Mo Ling glared at the five ignorant Tunu Guards.

These Tunu guards are too stubborn. After Ye Mo came back, they guarded the door like wooden sculptures and never left.

She came several times, but was blocked by the Tunu guards. These five slave guards were loyal and did their duty, so it was not easy for her to scold them.

"Squeak!"

The cabin door opened and Ye Mo walked out.

"Owner!"

The five Tunu guards were in the same shape and moved in unison, and they half-kneeled to Ye Mo at the same time.

"Brother Ye, I came back yesterday and heard from Vice Captain Chang that you were back, so I came to take a look."

Mo Ling said quickly.

"Well, I happen to be hungry. Let's have a meal together later!"

Ye Mo couldn't help but smile when he saw her.

"Ah, I'll ask the chef to make some good dishes!"

Mo Ling glanced at the Tunu Guards, said, and then went to the kitchen where the cooking was done in the cabin. Former ship owner Feng Xiongchang had a dedicated chef who is still on board the ship.

"The five of you have all improved your cultivation by one level. You are already at the eighth level of body refining, which is very good!"

Ye Mo was about to ask the five Tunu guards to go down, but he was a little surprised.

"Thank you Master for the body tempering medicine! Otherwise, we would not have been able to break through in such a short time."

One of the five Tunu Guards, a female Tu Nu Guard, said softly.

She is the only female among the five guards. Her cultivation level was originally at the seventh level of Body Tempering. She was promoted to one level. The five Tunu Guards are all martial masters at the eighth level of Body Tempering.

The five local slaves have had a tacit understanding since they were young, and they have joint martial arts skills, so they are very strong. Even ninth-level body refining warriors may not be their opponents.

"Well, you should practice hard and reach the peak of the ninth level of the warrior as soon as possible! You can go down, there is no need to stay here!"

"Yes, Master!"

..

In the kitchen, the meal is ready.

"It tastes really good. The chef's skills are greatly improved!"

Ye Mo came to the restaurant in the cabin, sat at the dining table, wolfed down the fragrant fish.

"Is this delicious? I feel like vomiting after eating all this fish. You were just released from prison. It seems like you haven't eaten in a long time!"

Mo Ling sat across from him and couldn't help but say without touching his chopsticks.

"You're right, the food in the mine is the same as pig food. For more than half a month, being in the mine is no different than being in jail!"

Ye Mo said quickly.

"Mining is so hard? Then don't go there. There are a lot of monks' jobs in Fairy Village. Although you earn a little less, there is no need to go to the mines and suffer this!"

Mo Ling frowned and said.

Ye Mo chuckled. With the thousands of kilograms of black iron ore in the ancient paintings, he would certainly not go to the mines to do the hard work anymore.

However, this cannot be said.

The matter of stealing minerals from the mine must not be leaked at all. Otherwise, the great city lord Zou Ruhai and the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce would definitely not be able to spare him, and they would not be satisfied with Lingdao chasing him.

In addition, the ancient painting scroll is also very important, and Ye Mo has no intention of revealing it to others.

"By the way, has Senior Mo recovered from his injuries?"

Ye Mo asked while eating.

"No! It has not continued to deteriorate, but there are no obvious signs of recovery. Grandpa said that it will take several years to heal the injury. It is difficult to cure the injury in the abdomen caused by the monster, even with ordinary healing elixirs. And the healing elixir is also very expensive, costing at least dozens of spiritual stones.”

Mo Ling was a little worried.

"The injury is so serious? But as long as it doesn't get worse, when you become an immortal cultivator, you can also help your grandfather earn spiritual stones."

Ye Mo raised his head and said a few words of comfort.

"How can it be so easy to earn spiritual stones? There are dozens of spiritual stones. Even if I take the Vitality Pill and become a Qi-training monk and plant spiritual valleys, I will only earn one spiritual stone a month. It will take me several years to earn enough. "

Mo Ling smiled bitterly.

"Brother Ye, I heard from Deputy Chang that you are back!"

Wang Hu's loud voice came from a distance outside the restaurant, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

Wang Hu and Yang You entered the restaurant one after another.

"You two have also broken through to the seventh level of body tempering, and you are truly high-level warriors."

Ye Mo couldn't help but laugh when he saw the two of them. He slapped Wang Hu on his strong shoulder and said with a smile.

"Brother Ye used so much gold and silver on the ship to buy body-tempering herbs on the Spirit Island. If we two senior brothers can't reach the late stage of martial arts training, we would be too stupid!"

Wang Hu laughed and scratched his head, very excited and quite proud of his own strength.

A group of them were chatting lively in the cabin restaurant, talking about what had happened in the past half month.

Wang Hu and Yang You often go to the fairy village these days and visit various weapon refining workshops, in order to become immortal cultivators and then go to one of the weapon refining workshops to become a weapon refining boy and learn the craftsmanship.

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The next day.

Ye Mo came to Donglaixian Village, a small weapon refining workshop. Several shirtless monks were working feverishly by the stove, hammering and hammering, and the sound of the hammers could be heard far away.

A dark man with sweating profusely took a piece of black iron stone from Ye Mo and looked at it carefully.

"This is a third-order dark iron stone. The quality is not bad. After tempering it, you can refine it into third-order dark iron! It just weighs a little less and you can't make a third-order spiritual sword. Just a few more pieces of this third-order dark iron. That’s fine. I can’t even buy this piece, so I can’t buy it!”

The swarthy man shook his head and asked in confusion, "Where did this black iron ore come from?"

"A fellow Taoist dug this out in Yedao and asked me to sell it. Isn't it enough if you add some of it yourself?"

Ye Mo said.

He wanted to say that he still had a lot of second- and third-order black iron ore in his hand, but he calmly endured it.

"How can I have the third-level black iron mine myself? The mines on this spiritual island rarely produce third-level ore. Occasionally, a small amount does appear, and it is bought by those big workshops. With this small business of mine, I can't compete with others. Usually, They only use first-order black iron to create spiritual weapons."

The dark man shook his head and said.

"We don't have it on the island. Can't we buy it from other places?"

Ye Mo asked doubtfully.

"Haha, other places? Brother, you don't understand. Fairy Village has the rules of Fairy Village. All the black iron ore used in all the weapon refining workshops here must be purchased from the mines in Fairy Village.

City Lord Zou can make money entirely from Lingdao's mining valley, selling dark iron raw materials to various weapon refining workshops at high prices. Goods from outside the island are not allowed to be brought in at all. Only materials that are not available on the island are allowed to be purchased from outside.

Strictly speaking, your ore is not allowed to be sold privately on the island. It doesn't matter if the quantity is small. If you purchase in bulk and are discovered by the Immortal Guard, the consequences will be disastrous. "

The swarthy man turned to look at Ye Mo and said suspiciously, "This ore of yours is not shipped from other spiritual islands. Do you want to sell it in small batches bit by bit? In this case, I don't dare to accept it."

"Oh, I only have this piece. I bought it from a Taoist friend. I want to resell it and earn some difference. I didn't expect that I was so happy that I couldn't sell it!"

Ye Mo's heart suddenly thumped, and he quickly smiled awkwardly.

The swarthy man looked outside the weapon refining workshop, then turned back, closed the door, and whispered: "Brother, let's not talk secretly. I don't know what you have to do to get this piece of third-order Xuan." Iron ore, I can accept it.

Although the weight is not enough to refine a third-level spiritual sword, adding some first-level ores to it can barely refine a second-level spiritual sword. Make a price! "

After a while, Ye Mo came out of the workshop with more than a dozen spiritual stones in his hand, but his expression was in a state of confusion.

A piece of third-level black iron ore weighing more than ten kilograms was sold for more than ten spiritual stones, which was more than the spiritual stones he earned from digging the ore for a month.

It would be troublesome to sell the thousands of kilograms of third-level black iron ore in his hand. No weapon refining workshop in Donglai Village dares to accept such hot goods.

The raw materials of each workshop in Xiancun all come from the Lingdao Mine. If thousands of kilograms of third-level black iron ore are sold in large quantities. It will definitely attract the attention of various workshops and even City Lord Zou.

Ye Mo didn't want to arouse the suspicion of interested people, so he didn't dare to try again, so he could only return to the ship.