"Head Constable Lin, how do you suppose that Prison Butcher suddenly ran over to our Green Mountain City?"
Wu Que suddenly asked.
Head Constable Lin gently shook his head: "Who knows what he's thinking, but it's precisely because he ran to Green Mountain City that we have the opportunity to catch him. If it weren't for my subordinates being careless and underestimating the enemy this time, this scoundrel wouldn't have slipped into your mine vein. It's making a fool of myself in front of you."
As they spoke, his subordinate Constables had already collected Zhang Hao's corpse.
Wu Que asked curiously: "I heard that the Prison Butcher ran off to Kujue Temple a few years ago and stole a scripture? Is this matter true or false? For such a First-rate major sect to let a petty thief like that slip in and run out alive?"
"I'm not too clear about this. Since the higher-ups haven't issued a notice, and Kujue Temple hasn't reacted either, it's probably some rumor. You also know that these petty thieves just love fabricating groundless things to save face."
Head Constable Lin smiled and shook his head.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, he bade farewell and led his men away.
Wu Que naturally escorted them all the way out.
Steward Niu waved his hand: "It's fine now. Go mine."
The miners immediately dispersed, but they were still eagerly discussing the scene just now.
"Mining to level up! Only by doing this can one gain a foothold in 【Divine Realm】."
Thinking back to that scene just now, Zhang Wei secretly clenched his fists, glanced at Yang Ling in the crowd, and turned around to search for Fire Crystal Ore.
"Mountain River Sect and Kujue Temple should both be major sects within the Zhao Kingdom."
"When Supervisor Wu exerts his power, his strength can reach 24 points, yet he couldn't even secure the identity of an Outer Sect Disciple of the Mountain River Sect?"
"The attributes of these sect disciples... just how freakish would they be?"
"Their Martial Arts are likely unfathomable as well. If I can learn them, I can establish myself in the Zhao Kingdom."
Originally, leveling up consecutively over this period, and even gathering the five taels of silver to buy an identity, had made Yang Ling relax a little, and even feel a trace of complacency.
However, today's events made him realize that he was far from escaping the dangers coming from 【Divine Realm】.
Not to mention anything else, if this Supervisor Wu were to strike at him, he probably wouldn't have the slightest ability to fight back.
"At most three moves, and I'll undoubtedly die..."
The upcoming miner competition shortly, along with Fifth Brother's death and today's events, brought an unprecedented sense of urgency to Yang Ling.
"Level up! I must level up!"
"Even without Martial Arts, as long as my attribute points are high enough, force can conquer all techniques."
Yang Ling immediately went to search for Fire Crystal Ore, intending to continue heading down into the mine tunnel when nobody was around.
"Chen Xu, isn't that the NPC who lent us three copper coins?"
Lin Guoliang caught sight of Yang Ling and quickly asked in a low voice.
Chen Xu looked closely, a trace of pleasant surprise appearing in his eyes:
"Let's go, go talk to him!"
The three quickly arrived near Yang Ling. Originally intending to walk up directly and strike up a conversation, they were shocked when they saw Yang Ling rapidly wielding the Steel Pickaxe, chipping off a good deal of Fire Crystal Ore with every single strike.
This single strike from the other party could rival what they painstakingly chipped away for nearly half a day!
"So powerful..."
Wu Meng said subconsciously.
Lin Guoliang's expression turned solemn as he slowly nodded:
"I've observed many NPCs during this period..."
"Stop saying things like that."
Chen Xu reminded.
"I've observed many miners during this period. Although their strength and skills are much more formidable than ours, they aren't as formidable as this one. He is very likely one of the most powerful miners in this mine vein."
"I've asked around. This person seems to be valued by Supervisor Wu, and after some time, he will be competing in skills with miners from other mine veins." said Chen Xu.
At this time, the Fire Crystal Ore in front of Yang Ling had already been dug clean. After tidying up the fragmented ores, he went to search for the next target.
Seeing this, Chen Xu immediately trotted up:
"Big Brother."
"Something the matter?"
Yang Ling turned around, stopped, and glanced at the three of them.
"Big Brother, last time you lent us three copper coins, but you didn't leave your name, so we didn't know how to find you to repay this money."
Chen Xu said quickly.
"Yang Ling."
Yang Ling smiled faintly and said: "Those three copper coins are a gift to you; no need to return them."
So generous!?
Lin Guoliang's expression flickered as he suddenly said:
"Big Brother, can you teach us how to mine?"
Yang Ling glanced at him:
"On what grounds?"
Lin Guoliang was stunned, a sheepish look appearing on his face.
Chen Xu couldn't help cursing inwardly, fiercely glaring at Lin Guoliang before smiling at Yang Ling:
"Big Brother, this friend of mine isn't right in the head, please don't blame him. However, we've also earned some copper coins these past few days, so we still have to return them."
Finished speaking, he took out five copper coins and handed them to Yang Ling.
Five?
Yang Ling smiled, immediately accepted them, and then waved his hand, quickly walking away.
"Why did you give him five..."
Lin Guoliang's complexion didn't look too good.
A single copper coin could buy a steamed bun; this was a large amount of money!
"Consider it an investment. Perhaps this game also has some kind of favorability system. This person seems relatively easy to talk to. Raising the hidden favorability might be helpful to us in the future." said Chen Xu.
"Then you didn't even discuss it with us..."
Lin Guoliang complained a bit.
Wu Meng nodded: "Yeah, next time we need to discuss matters like this. After all, the money belongs to everyone."
"..."
Chen Xu was silent for a moment. "Let those two copper coins be on me."
Lin Guoliang and Wu Meng immediately said happily:
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This time Yang Ling didn't wait until evening. He directly found an opportunity, and seeing that there was nobody nearby, he slipped off to Mine Tunnel No. 5.
Over at Mine Tunnel No. 1, there were the corpses of Fifth Brother and the others. He always felt something was off, so he intentionally avoided it.
The degree of twists and turns in Mine Tunnel No. 5 was even more extreme than Mine Tunnel No. 1.
Yang Ling went deeper all the way, digging away with muffled grunts whenever he encountered Fire Crystal Ore.
The cloth pouch at his waist once again began to swell.
Eat when hungry, drink when thirsty, take a short rest when tired.
He didn't even know how many days had passed.
When he encountered a piece of Fire Crystal Ore weighing a full ten catties or so, he wholeheartedly began chipping at it.
Time passed bit by bit.
One stream of icy-cold experience after another surged into Yang Ling's physical body.
Alleviating his fatigue and muscle soreness.
Over these past few days, the number of times he swung his pickaxe was no less than a hundred thousand.
From his initial unfamiliarity to now where every single strike could mobilize just the right amount of strength, his movements were as standardized as a machine, not wasting a single bit of effort.
Not knowing how much time had passed, when this piece of Fire Crystal Ore was completely dug out, the leveling-up sound rang out once again.
【Congratulations, you have leveled up, gained 1 Free Attribute Point】
He leveled up!
Yang Ling only felt a warm current breed within his body, continuously circulating. This feeling was simply too exhilarating.
He once again added the attribute point into strength.
Character: Yang Ling
Class: Miner
Level: 7
Strength: 13 (3)
Agility: 5
Spirit: 10
HP: 100
"Haha, the strength attribute has broken through to 10 points, matching the spirit attribute."
Yang Ling couldn't help clenching his fists.
The increase in strength was still very obvious!
His total attributes now already far surpassed Supervisor Wu; he was just lacking a Martial Arts manual.
Just as Yang Ling was immersed in the joy of leveling up, a black scorpion crawled out from the shadows to his feet and fiercely stung him!
The intense pain almost made Yang Ling leap up on the spot.
Immediately afterward, he discovered that his HP was rapidly dropping.
99 / 100
96 / 100
90 / 100
86 / 100
"Mine Bug!? Fuck!"
Yang Ling took out an Antidote Pill without a second word, swallowed it, and then ate a bottle of Golden Wound Medicine.