Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 906 Pingling Mountain Spirit Mine ([-])
Tang Ning said, "The defense is quite tight. Senior Brother Jiang, has there ever been a case in our team where mining monks have gone out with spirit stones without permission."

"I have been in this team for so many years, and there has only been one similar incident. This person cut a wound in his stomach, and then stuffed the spirit stone through the hole in his stomach and carried it out. He was finally discovered and killed on the spot. Since then , Our team came up with a new rule, all monks who mine spirit stones have to go through a strip inspection when they go out. Brother Tang, do you want to take a look at the mining situation inside. "

Tang Ning nodded and said good, the two pushed the door open and entered. The area with a radius of two miles was a huge pit, and several hundreds of feet of depth had been excavated below.

Inside, dozens of Qi-refining monks in white single-clothes were digging bit by bit on the hard stone wall with magic tools such as swords, and there were many glowing beads around them, illuminating the deep pit that was originally invisible. Very bright.

In addition to the busy crowd, there is an Eye of Heaven and Earth above watching everything around.

The arrival of the two immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the monks all around stopped their work and looked at the two.

A rosacea-nosed man was sitting cross-legged on one side, but when he saw the two, his expression changed, and he immediately got up and walked quickly to salute Jiang Xinquan.

Tangning said, "You are the person in charge of supervising the mining progress of the spirit stones here!"

"Yes." The man replied.

"How many spirit stones were mined in total today?"

"Senior, there is no official statistics yet, so I don't know how many spirit stones there are."

"Where are the spirit stones mined today? Where are they placed?"

"It's all in a wooden frame that I carry with me."

Tangning turned his head to look, and saw that each of them was carrying a wooden frame. He then walked towards the monk closest to him.

The cultivator saw him walking towards him, his eyes were full of uneasiness and a hint of fear.

"Meet the seniors."

"What are you holding in your hand?"

"Senior, this is the spirit stone that this junior just dug up."

"Show me."

"Yes." The man handed him a black stone the size of a sandbag.

Tangning took it and looked it over carefully. The stone was very hard, and a piece had been cut off by the blade of the sword. There was a little crimson light inside, and it could be seen that there was a high-grade spirit stone wrapped inside.

Since the spirit stone is wrapped in the rock, after years of weathering, it has long been integrated with it, so it is necessary to be very careful when excavating and removing the rock covered on the surface of the spirit stone.

The whole process must be very careful, not only to keep the spirit stone as crystal clear as a hibiscus, without a trace of mud and gravel on the surface, but also to keep the spirit stone intact. If a small hole is accidentally pierced, the spirit stone will The spiritual power contained in the stone will leak out and eventually turn into powder.

Therefore, it is necessary to implement a system of rewards and punishments based on commissions. If only a fixed salary is paid, the miners will fish in troubled waters, and the workers will not work hard, resulting in damage to the spirit stones, and the owners of the spirit mines will eventually lose.

In fact, the mining of spirit stones is not difficult, but it is a time-consuming and labor-intensive task, so it is all done by the recruited low-level monks.

Tangning handed the stone back to him, "How many complete spirit stones can you mine in a day?"

The man replied: "If you are lucky, you can pick a dozen or twenty in a day. If you are not lucky, you can only pick five or six."

Tang Ning cast a glance at the wooden frame behind him, and saw that six or seven crystal clear crimson spirit stones had been turned inside. She nodded and returned to Jiang Xinquan without asking any more questions, "Senior brother Jiang, what did you do earlier?" Didn’t it mean that our team has a hundred Qi Refining monks responsible for mining spirit stones? Why are there dozens of people here, is there another mining area?”

"One hundred people is the total number, divided into three batches, non-stop around the clock, each batch has more than [-] people, one round per month."

Tangning asked the man next to her, "The mining depth is set to be [-] feet every year. How do you control the progress?"

"Senior, please follow me." The man led him to the stone wall on the left, pointed to the engraved line on the stone wall and said: "Senior, please see, every time you dig a foot deep, this junior will make a mark. Four feet, stop working."

"The mining area with a radius of two miles has been transformed into thirty small areas of equal size by the juniors. Each small area is about ten feet in size."

"Today we will mine this small area, we can only dig four feet deep, and tomorrow we will mine another small area, and the progress can be adjusted whether it is fast or slow."

Tang Ning followed his pointer and saw that there was a clear scratch on the stone wall almost every ten feet high, and there were many criss-crossing engraved lines on the ground, which divided the entire mining area into many clear lines. small area.

"It must be rigorous and there must be no mistakes."

"Yes."

Tangning asked many questions about mining, and the man answered them one by one.

"Junior Brother Tang, let me show you the storage hall of our Spirit Mine!" Jiang Xinquan said at the right time.

"it is good."

The two came out of the mining area, outside the green wall, Cheng Qian was standing and waiting, when he saw the two coming out from the inside, he hurried forward and bowed to salute.

"Do you have a corresponding record of the daily number of spirit stones excavated in the mining area?" Tangning asked.

"Yes." Cheng Qian flipped through his hands, and took out a file and handed it to him: "This is the number of spirit stones excavated last month, please have a look."

Tangning took a look at it, and it was clear at a glance.

The total amount of spirit stones excavated every month and the number excavated by each person are recorded, and the signatures of all excavators are attached.

Cheng Qian explained: "These files are in duplicate, one is kept here with the disciples, and the other is handed over to Senior Brother Yan Ming when they are sent to the storage hall. Each file has the signature of the disciple, and the excavator's signature."

"Because these recruited excavation monks have reward commissions, and they will be rewarded with fifty spirit stones for every high-grade spirit stone excavated, so they need to sign for confirmation, and receive the corresponding rewards with this signed file every year, so as to avoid financial confusion at that time. Chu."

Tangning nodded and returned the file to Cheng Qian, "About how often these mined spirit stones are sent to the storage hall of the spirit mine."

Cheng Qiandao: "Calculate once a month and send it to the storage hall. Since the Qi refining monks who dig the spiritual mine are divided into three groups, one round per month, so we send it once a month."

"For example, this month, the first team is responsible for mining and excavating the spirit stones. Then all the personnel of the first team must stay within the bluestone wall of the mining area this month and are not allowed to go out. They cannot leave until the end of the month when the spirit stones are delivered and the signature painting is adjourned. .”

Tangning said, "Are you also here to supervise the mining of Lingshi?"

"Yes, the disciple's place is there." Cheng Qian pointed to a wooden house in the distance and said: "The disciple will go around the mining area in his free time on weekdays to ensure the smooth mining affairs. When he goes out occasionally, They will be replaced by others.”

"Since that's the case, I can rest assured that you will still do your own thing in the future. Do what you did before."

"Yes."

"Senior brother Jiang, let's go! Go to the storage hall to have a look."

Immediately, the two escaped from the light, and walked five or six hundred miles to the southwest, and came to the top of a majestic mountain, the entire mountain was shrouded in a light curtain.

Jiang Xinquan flipped his hand and handed Zhang Fulu in. Soon, the light curtain melted a gap, and a few flashes of light flashed out from inside. Yan Ming led three men out from the inside, bowed and said: "Disciple pays homage to Master."

"I'll bring Junior Brother Tang here to get acquainted with the storage of the spirit mine, you lead the way!"

"Yes." A group of mermaids penetrated into the room, and when they came to a rocky cliff, Yan Ming flipped his hands over, took out a red flagpole, and pointed at it.

The light of the flagpole rose sharply, and a ray of red light shot onto the stone wall. There was a loud bang, and the entire cliff moved away to the two sides. Inside was a majestic and majestic hall.

There are many stone boxes displayed in the hall, and each stone box is pasted with an article, displaying the number of spirit stones in the stone box, and two Zhang-sized golden eyeballs above them sweep the bodies of several people with dazzling light.

Yan Ming took out a stack of files from under the desk and handed them to Tangning with both hands, "This is all the spiritual stones mined by the spiritual mine this year. Please take a look at them."

Tang Ning took over the files, there were dozens of them.

The number of spirit stones mined each month has a corresponding record, and it is accompanied by the signature of Cheng Qian, the disciple in charge of spirit mine mining.

It was exactly the same as the dossier I saw with Cheng Qian before.

"Will the spirit stones excavated in the spirit mine mining area be sent here every month?"

"Yes."

"How many spirit stones are there in total?"

"So far, a total of [-] high-grade spirit stones have been excavated this year."

Tang Ning put away the file, walked to a stone box, opened the stone pavilion and saw that there were crystal clear and red spirit stones neatly arranged inside.

"When will the brigade come to collect the excavated spirit stones?"

"At the end of every year, people will be sent to transport away the spirit stones mined this year. In addition to these spirit stones, the team also has two Tier [-] spirit ships for transportation. Uncle Shi, do you want to check them out?"

"Has the formation board for this peak's entry and exit been in your hands?"

"Yes, if the disciple goes out, he will return the array to Uncle Jiang."

"Is anyone else allowed in this palace besides you?"

"Only disciples can open the restriction on the cantilevered stone wall on the outside. If other people pass through the restriction, the formation disk in the disciple's hand can also sense it."

"The spirit stones stored in these stone boxes should also be checked regularly to avoid being taken advantage of. If the spirit stones are stolen quietly and we don't know anything about it, I'm afraid you and I will have to go to prison. "

"Yes, for these stone boxes, every time the disciple opens the stone wall restriction, he will check whether the spirit stones inside are missing or not."

(End of this chapter)