City of Light Chasing, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
The noon sun hung high. Another batch of newcomers, summoned by One Leaf Floating Cloud, filed one by one into the rented large transport vehicle.
"The vehicle's leaving soon! Anyone who wants to earn points and contribution, don't miss out!" One Leaf Floating Cloud held a loudspeaker and kept shouting across the training ground. "A professional team leading the way, safety guaranteed! As long as you're skilled enough at mining, this is absolutely the fastest way for anyone below Quasi-Martial Artist to earn points and contribution!"
One Leaf Floating Cloud shouted again and again. Some players on the training ground looked on enviously, while others cursed it as a black-hearted factory, feeling that One Leaf Floating Cloud and the others were treating people like less than human and weren't afraid of being strung up.
Ever since several major teams had discovered that the White Feather Gang's stronghold possessed an Energy Vein, One Leaf Floating Cloud had come up with an idea. Although they were not yet Core Disciples and could not establish a stronghold recognized by the martial arts hall, that did not stop them from mining the Energy Vein.
Thus, the very first thing One Leaf Floating Cloud did after reviving was recruit players at the martial arts hall and hire them to mine the Energy Vein.
As for payment, they could receive 5% of the Energy Ore they mined. In other words, if they mined one hundred kilograms, they could receive five kilograms of Energy Ore.
The price of Energy Ore exchanged at the martial arts hall had now risen to two hundred points per kilogram. Yet if one kilogram of Energy Ore was sold to the martial arts hall, its purchase price was only forty points, with an additional