"Supervisor Fei should have told you that you could leave, right?" Li Qingxian asked.
"Yes. But we wanted to wait for you to come out. Now that you're safe, we'll continue prospecting for ore. Until we meet again!"
Shen Xiaoyi cupped his hands to Li Qingxian, then left with Xiaohua.
Qiu Ye cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Thank you for your help, Brother Li. Once we're back in the Divine Capital, if we get the chance, dinner will be on me. A simple meal to show my gratitude."
Li Qingxian was about to refuse, but remembering that Qiu Ye knew Zhou Hen and descended from the founding princes and dukes, he smiled and said, "All right."
Shen Xiaoyi and Qiu Ye left first. Li Qingxian gazed at Shen Xiaoyi's retreating figure, lost in thought for a long time.
Before long, Fei Yan's shrill voice rang out nearby. "Young Master Li, you're out? Thank goodness, thank goodness! I'm so happy to see you!"
Fei Yan hurried over.
Li Qingxian turned to look. Fei Yan's hair was disheveled and his face filthy, his body covered in dust and grit, both legs caked with mud.
Li Qingxian said, "Daren Fei, you've personally joined the digging. If Eunuch Lu saw you, he would surely praise your diligence."
Fei Yan gave an embarrassed smile. "It's just for show. No need to talk about that among our own people. I knew you'd be all right. I didn't want to trouble you, but they're all our brothers in the Factory Guards. Every extra man we save counts, so we still need your Fate Arts."
"It's my duty!" Li Qingxian said.
Li Qingxian followed Fei Yan up the mountain, using Fate Arts to find the best routes while the Dao Cultivators and Puppet Cultivators cleared