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Behind the wooden shed is a row of low houses built against the mountain wall, with earthen walls and stone roofs. Each room is only big enough to fit a wooden bed and a small table.
Li Yuan picked the innermost room and simply placed the contents in the storage bag.
Sun Liang lives next door, and the other people have found their own places to settle down.
The guard who handed over took Li Yuan around in Mine. After briefly talking about some precautions, he left with the two people who had originally stayed behind.
Mine is not big.
Three cave entrances, a circle of earthen walls, a few wooden sheds, plus the row of low houses at the back, that's all.
There were not many people left. In addition to the six brought by Li Yuan, there were originally four people in Mine - three miners responsible for mining, all of whom were on the second and third floors of the gas refining, and a temporarily stationed processing monk who specialized in preliminary sorting and processing of the mined ore under the shed.
The person in charge of Mine is a middle-aged man named Liu.
Qi Refining Fifth Layer looks like. He is not tall and has broad shoulders.
Steward Liu and Li Yuan stood on the flat gravel in the middle of Mine and gestured around.
"Mine's thing is very simple."
He pointed to a few inconspicuous stone piles on the outside of the earth wall.
"There is a Detection Array on the outside. The range is not large. It can cover about three hundred feet outside Mine. If a monk or Demon Beast approaches, Array will give feedback. The person on duty just needs to keep an eye on it."
Then he pointed at the processing monk who was sorting ore under the wooden shed.
"Lao Zhou, processed. The ore is mined and passed through his hands first, sorted and packaged, and someone comes to collect it every month."
Steward Liu put his hands on his waist and glanced at Li Yuan.
"Those of you who are on duty as guards are mainly responsible for guarding Mine, but you also have to mine mines on a daily basis."
Li Yuan glanced at the three holes.
"Do you have to dig them all?"
"If we have enough people, we can take turns, but you are the leader, so you don't have to dig." Steward Liu waved his hand.
"I don't mean that I have to force you to dig stones all day long, but you can't just sit around."
He paused and twitched the corners of his mouth slightly.
"But it's not without its benefits. Most of the mines dug out belong to the Wang Family, but if you keep the scraps and scraps of different quality, no one will say anything. Just don't go too far."
Li Yuan nodded.
He has no interest in mining, but Mine Cave itself is worth a look.
"What kind of mine is found in Mine Cave?"
Steward Liu Counted a few items on his fingers.
"Mainly Green Wood Stone, which has wood properties. Artifact Refining Hall is the most popular. There are also a small amount of Black Iron Fragments and Red Earth Sand. Occasionally, I can dig out one or two pieces of Spirit Stone, but the probability is not high. If you can find three or five pieces a month, you are lucky."
"Mostly those with wood attributes?"
"Yes, the Mineral Vein Dao properties of this mountain range are partial to wood, and the Spiritual Qi content of ore wood in the depths is higher."
Li Yuan didn't ask any more questions and glanced at the largest hole.
"I'll go in and take a look."
Steward Liu waved his hand casually, "Just take a look and don't go too deep. There are many side roads inside and you will easily get dizzy the first few times."
Li Yuan walked into Mine Cave.
The entrance of the cave was supported by a thick wooden frame. After walking about ten feet inside, the light dimmed. There were luminous Fluorescent Stone embedded at every other section of the cave wall. The light was dim and could only illuminate the area of two or three steps underfoot.
Mine Tunnel is not wide, so it is barely enough for two people to walk side by side. The ground has been dug into pits by mining tools, and a thin layer of gravel is mixed with Mineral Powder.
The deeper you go, the more forked roads there are.
After the main Mine Tunnel extended forward for about thirty feet, a branch road branched off to the left and right, and then branched off into two more branches, spreading horizontally and vertically toward the depths of the mountain.
Some branch roads are very narrow, allowing only one person to pass sideways; others are wider, and you can see large areas of new stubble cut out on the walls, with gray-black rock formations interspersed with wisps of dark green lines - those are Green Wood Stone's Mineral Vein Dao.
Li Yuan Continue walking deeper along the main Mine Tunnel.
The sound of footsteps bounced back and forth several times in Mine Tunnel, mixed with the tinkling sound of mining in the distance.
After walking about fifty feet, a gray shadow suddenly passed by my feet.
Li Yuan paused in his steps and looked down.
A gray-brown mouse came out of the gap on the side of Mine Tunnel. It was larger than an ordinary mouse and had shiny fur. It stared at Li Yuan with its two bean-sized eyes for a moment, and then swished into another gap.
After walking a few steps further, I saw two more, squatting at the corner of Mine Tunnel, chewing something. They were not too afraid when people came, they just moved to the side unhurriedly.
Li Yuan looked back and saw that Steward Liu had followed in at some point and was leaning against the Mine Tunnel wall.
"Mine Rat." Steward Liu nuzzled at the mice. "I raised them myself."
"What are you raising for?"
"It can dig." Steward Liu stretched out his hand and knocked twice on the cave wall. "This thing is born to dig holes along Mineral Vein Dao, which is finer than humans. The fine cracks they dig can often reveal good-quality ore, which saves a lot of effort."
He patted Mineral Powder on his hand.
"But it's just about digging out the cracks. The real mining depends on people."
Li Yuan stopped looking at those Mine Rat and continued walking deeper into Mine Cave.
The concentration of Spiritual Qi is slowly rising, and it is obviously a little thicker than outside the cave. You can feel that the spiritual power penetrates into the meridians faster with the breath while breathing.
But besides Spiritual Qi, Li Yuan also felt something else.
A very weak chill seeped up from the depths of the rock formations beneath my feet. It was not cold in temperature, but a dull, corrosive aura.
Fiend Qi.
It's very light, just a little more than the air outside, and you can't notice it if you don't pay attention. But for Li Yuan, this Fiend Qi's perception is very clear.
Soul-Illuminating Mirror The strengthened soul is more sensitive to this kind of negative energy than ordinary people.
Li Yuan stopped, squatted down, and pressed his palms toward the ground.
Fiend Qi seeps upward from the cracks in the rock formation, the amount is not large, but it continues.
Li Yuan Take out Fiend Gathering Bowl from the storage bag.
The dark gray small bowl was placed in the palm of the hand, and the few Spirit Pattern lines on the bowl wall glowed faintly under the dim Fluorescent Stone light.
Li Yuan injects a bit of spiritual power into the bowl.
The Spirit Pattern on the wall of the bowl lit up for a moment, and then a very thin layer of gray mist appeared at the mouth of the bowl - that was when Fiend Gathering Bowl began to absorb the feedback from the surrounding Fiend Qi.
The gray mist rotated slowly, spreading outward from the mouth of the bowl for about half a foot, and then was sucked back in again.
Li Yuan placed the bowl in an out-of-the-way corner deep in Mine Tunnel and placed it firmly against the wall of the cave. With the mouth of the bowl facing upward, Spirit Pattern continued to glow slightly, like a half-open gray eye.
Steward Liu glanced at the back and didn't ask what it was.
Everyone in Mine has his or her own way, and as long as it does not affect the operation of Mine, no one cares about anyone else.
Li Yuan stood up and walked outside Mine Cave along the original path.
After exiting the cave entrance, the sun was already setting in the west, and there were several long shadows on the flat gravel.
Li Yuan stood next to the wooden shed and watched Steward Liu follow him out of the hole.
"What's going on outside?"
Steward Liu sat down on the wooden pier under the shed and patted the ash on his trouser legs.
"The two families are having a fight at the border. You should have heard about it before you left."
"What's specific?"
Steward Liu thought for a while.
"Li Family's people occasionally infiltrate here, in small groups, three or five people. Last month, a group of people reached a place less than ten miles away from Mine. They were caught by patrolmen. They had a fight and two of them ran away."
He raised his chin towards the outside of the earthen wall.
"But this is not the front line. Li Family will not specially mobilize a large force to attack a small Mine. They are more concerned about the several strongholds and spiritual veins in the junction area."
He glanced at Li Yuan.
"It's really coming. Detection Array can give you an early warning. Within a range of three hundred feet, you can run away in time. If you fight... it depends on how many people there are."
Li Yuan agreed and didn't ask any more questions.
Mine is not a battleground for military strategists, but it is located close to the junction of two families, so the risk cannot be completely eliminated.
When it got dark, Li Yuan returned to his small house.
The house was smaller than Fangshi's residence. The wooden bed was placed under the wall. The table was only as big as a palm, barely big enough to hold an oil lamp and a water bowl.
However, there was an inconspicuous thing in the corner that caught Li Yuan's attention.
There are several shallow lines of Spirit Pattern carved on the stone slab on the ground, forming a circle the size of a fist. The scratches of Spirit Pattern have been worn away, but the flow of spiritual power is still there.
Micro Spirit-Gathering Array.
The range is extremely small and can only cover this low house. The effect is average. The concentration of Spiritual Qi is a bit higher than outside, but it is similar to the depth of Mine Cave, so it is not much better.
Li Yuan dug out a piece of Iron-Horned Antelope's hind leg from the storage bag and baked it with Fire Control Art.
The flame is pressed very low, and the meat is slowly roasted. The fat seeps out sizzlingly, and the smell of burnt meat permeates the hut.
After eating, Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the bed and started running Spirit Guiding Art.
In the middle of the night while practicing, a low roar came from the distance outside the house.
Not a human voice.
The roar came from the depths of the mountain col northeast of Mine. It was dull and long, like the roar of some kind of large Demon Beast. It bumped back and forth between the mountain walls at night several times before gradually dissipating.
After a few breaths, another sound came, farther away than the first one and heading east.
Li Yuan opened his eyes and glanced out the window.
Mine It was pitch dark outside, and the outline of the earthen wall was vaguely visible in the moonlight. Detection Array did not sound an alarm, indicating that Demon Beast was still three hundred feet away.
There was a sound of turning over next door. It was Sun Liang who was woken up and muttered something, but the sound was silent again.
The roar in the distance sounded intermittently for a while, and finally died down.
Li Yuan looked away from the window, closed his eyes, and continued to exercise.