(Gratis) As night fell and the sky was completely dark, the person in front sent a spiritual transmission to Ye Feng, asking him to follow behind him and slowly move forward.

  Ye Feng had just arrived and didn't understand the situation here, but fortunately met this monk who had the same purpose as himself. Without hesitation, he hid his breath well and followed behind him, moving towards the residence in front of them.

  Perhaps this crystal mine has never had a robbery, the defensive power is not too much in the workers' residence, and the function of the guardian's residence is more to guard the workers and rest.

  The two of them cautiously approached the entrance leading down to the ground, where an iron gate blocked their way.

  The monk in front took out a treasured sword and lightly cut off the iron chain on top of it, without making any sound.

  Then the two of them entered, and immediately the monk stretched out his hand from the gap above the iron gate, joined the cut-off iron chain together, and then his palm emitted a scorching temperature, fusing the cut marks. He picked up a handful of mud from the ground and smeared it on the fused marks. If not for extremely careful observation, the cut marks would not have been discovered.

  Ye Feng secretly felt delighted, it seemed he had indeed come to the right place this time.

  Then the monk led Ye Feng quietly inside.

  Not far away from the inside, many workers in tattered clothes were lying horizontally and vertically on the ground, each with a yellow face and thin muscles, looking like they were malnourished.

  That monk shot a divine consciousness towards Ye Feng, and the two of them arrived at the edge, slapping to death with one palm the two workers who had already fallen asleep.

  Ye Feng silently thought to himself, "Old brother, I don't actually want to kill you. Firstly, it's so that I can blend in, and secondly, it's also a way of helping you escape." He could see that these workers were all former cultivators who had been stripped of their powers and were being held here against their will, forced to do hard labor. Perhaps killing him would be a release for him as well.

  Just as they were discussing how to deal with these two corpses, Ye Feng didn't want to reveal the world inside his body.

  The monk took out a kind of medicinal powder and poured it on the two corpses, immediately seeing the two corpses disappear quickly, without leaving any residue.

  The monk picked up one of the sets of clothes and put it on himself, Ye Feng also followed his example, putting on a set of clothes, and then grabbed some mud from the ground and smeared it on his face.

  After doing everything, they checked again and confirmed that there was no omission. The two lay down separately and fell asleep with a loud snore, imitating others.

  But Ye Feng couldn't sleep, always maintaining a state of high alertness. Not only did he have to guard against being discovered by others, but also against the guy beside him, who might kill him at any moment to silence him after accidentally ruining his good fortune.

  No words were exchanged throughout the night. Before dawn broke on the second day, the iron gate was opened and everyone was woken up.

  Out of the cellar, under the watchful eyes of some guards, Ye Feng followed other workers in a line into the entrance of the Crystal Stone Mine.

  After entering the cave, there is a place inside that is responsible for distributing food. Each person was given two blackish things similar to steamed buns.

  After getting the food, Ye Feng had no appetite at all, but he had to learn from others and wolf down the food quickly. If he didn't eat it, he would probably expose himself immediately.

  "Hurry up, don't waste time." The guard on the side shouted loudly, everyone was eating and walking at the same time, holding black food in their hands, quickening their pace.

  As soon as someone moves a bit slower, the guard's whip will come down without hesitation.

  With the urging of the guardian, no one dares to fall behind.

  Before long, they arrived at the end of the passage. The leader of the guards hurried to the front. At the end of the passage was a larger cave, with branches leading in all directions. A table was placed at the entrance of the cave, behind which sat a fat guy.

  "Everyone has arrived, let's make it a hundred then." asked the fatty.

  "In response to Master Li's words, there are exactly one hundred mining slaves, not one more or one less." The leader of the guards said in a low and humble tone.

  It seems like in this place, this fatty's status is quite high.

  "Right, same old rules, every miner must collect fifty pieces of mid-grade crystal stones, or else don't come out." The fatty announced the rules.

  As soon as the fat man finished speaking, everyone rushed towards the depths of the mine like crazy, not forgetting to pick up a pickaxe and a backpack at the entrance of the mine.

  Ye Feng learned from others and grabbed a pickaxe and a carrying pole, rushing towards the depths of the Jing Shi mine.

  Inside, the forks are getting more and more, one hundred people are distributed to each fork, looking at their familiar appearance, Ye Feng knows that many people are rushing to the familiar mining vein that is being mined today, which can guarantee today's income.

  In the blink of an eye, the monk was gone.

  Ye Feng entered a deserted mine, which was supposed to be depleted according to reason, but Ye Feng had something to rely on in his heart.

  As expected, at the end of the mine tunnel, the ground was covered with debris and broken stones, looking like no one had entered this vein for a long time.

  Other than that, all the crystal ore veins were lit up with torches, only this exhausted vein was pitch black.

  Ye Feng didn't care, took out the crystal beast's small shell from his inner world and placed it on the ground. The small shell sensed the aura of the crystal and immediately burrowed into the mud.

  Ye Feng then threw the food that was still in his palm and hadn't been eaten yet into the gravel, this thing is also too difficult to eat.

  Before long, the ground shook slightly, and a small shell poked out. It opened its mouth and spat out several glittering crystal stones, which appeared in front of Ye Feng. He picked one up to take a look - five mid-grade pure crystal stones, not bad at all.

  He picked up the crystal and Small Armor burrowed back into the mud.

  Release the divine consciousness and explore other mines. It can be clearly felt that everyone is busy, desperately using a pickaxe to dig into the ore vein.

  This is a very labor-intensive task, crystal ore mining is not like coal mining, where you can find countless crystals as long as you find the vein, and just one pickaxe will bring down many crystals. On the contrary, the so-called "vein" of crystal ore mining only contains a certain amount of crystal on this mining line, and the crystal is mixed with mud and sandstone, sometimes even in the stone block.

  This requires miners to clear all waste from the mining line and then find crystal stones among a large number of wastes.

  If it were a cultivator with cultivation, this task would be relatively easy and could easily clean up the waste materials. However, these mining slaves were all thoroughly abandoned cultivators. Ye Feng estimated that they were all forcibly captured from outside and had their cultivation abolished to prevent them from rebelling.

  There are crystal beasts and small armors, Yefeng doesn't need to go find ore veins, he can just sit back and enjoy the benefits.

  Xiaojia kept transporting crystal stones back and forth, with various grades available. However, ordinary crystal stones were of no use to Ye Feng, who only wanted pure crystal stones. Seeing that the mid-grade crystal stones Xiaojia brought back were enough to complete the task, Ye Feng instructed Xiaojia to just go find pure crystal stones from now on.

  The day passed quickly, and all the miners gathered in the main mine tunnel, with pickaxes in hand and crystal stones on their backs. They all carried empty baskets on their backs, which were not for carrying crystal stones - who would find so many crystal stones in one day? - but for transporting waste to the outside.

  Every single ore vein produces a large amount of waste, and in order to continue digging for crystal stones deeper down, the waste must be carried out and placed in the main mine tunnel. Naturally, there will be people who take these wastes away. In order to reduce the production of waste and also save time for themselves, the mining slaves only dig out a half-meter high passageway when excavating crystal stones in the ore vein. They work inside with their heads tilted, using pickaxes to scrape, and after a day's work, it can be imagined how much labor and hardship they have endured.

  Ye Feng was lying inside resting for a day, if not for fear of Xiao Jia coming back and not finding him, he would have entered the inner world to rest, but this day was not wasted, all spent in meditation.

  Along with that monk, all 100 mining slaves returned. These people had been excavating crystal stones here for a long time and were familiar with the mine veins. They could still complete their tasks every day.

  I don't know how that monk finished it, and like others, he returned with his backpack on, completing the task smoothly.

  Before leaving the mine, there was an inspection. The fat man directed several guard-like men to carefully inspect the miners' bodies from head to toe, in order to prevent anyone from secretly taking crystal stones out.

  If a miner really takes out the crystal stone, this fat man's head will be in danger.

  Back in the underground cave, Ye Feng exchanged a few simple words with the monk, who didn't say much.

  Lying in the dark and damp cellar, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel sorry for these mining slaves. Every day they worked at an extremely high intensity, their food was just two black things, and they never saw the sun, each one of them was thin and gaunt.

  The second day was the same repetition, but what was different was that Ye Feng directed the small armor to bring back all pure crystal stones. The task that needed to be handed in every day was fifty middle-grade crystal stones, and Ye Feng had enough middle-grade crystal stones in his hand for over a dozen days.

  By the third day, he had gathered enough crystal stones to build a foundation, but unfortunately, some of them were mid-grade pure crystal stones. Although he had enough in quantity to build a foundation, he would have to exchange the mid-grade pure crystal stones for low-grade pure crystal stones, and Ye Feng still couldn't build his foundation.

  Since there are a lot of crystal stones here, Ye Feng is not in a hurry to leave and patiently waits for a few more days. It's estimated that he can gather enough low-grade pure crystal stones needed for the foundation.

  Ye Feng was delighted to have obtained the Crystal Beast Xiao Jia, and Xiao Jia was also very easy to raise. Every day, it only consumed one mid-grade pure crystal stone, which was a completely disproportionate cost-benefit ratio, making it a risk-free investment.

  In the next few days, Ye Feng did not specifically ask Xiao Jia to go find low-grade Pure Crystal Stones. After all, building a foundation was not urgent and it would be better if he could get mid-grade Pure Crystal Stones, or even high-grade ones.

  When leaving here, you can go out and exchange it.

  Xiao Jia has never brought back top-grade crystal stones. Ye Feng estimates that Xiao Jia hasn't gone deep enough, and to get top-grade crystal stones, he should go even deeper into the crystal mine. According to theory, the distribution of crystal mines is layered, with the outermost layer being ordinary crystal stones. The deeper you go, the higher the grade of the crystal stones will be. To get high-level crystal stones, one must reach the deepest part of the crystal mine.

  But for safety reasons, Ye Feng did not let Xiao Jia go too deep, and would not leave the range of his divine sense control. Ye Feng's current cultivation allowed him to maintain a connection with his pet within a range of five or six thousand meters. Once beyond this range, Ye Feng would be unable to sense Xiao Jia's location, which could also easily lead to Xiao Jia being unable to find him.

  It's been ten days since Ye Feng arrived here, and every day is a repetition of the same work, which is still very easy for him.

  Just as Ye Feng was about to finish work, he discovered a slightly different flavor.