The search lasted about five hours before it ended.
Whether it was the vein, the mine, or the Miner Village, they had been searched up and down several times with zero harvest.
"Master Huineng, it seems the thing is not here..."
Supervisor Wu cupped his fists and said, "The mine has already been suspended for a day today. If we continue, I am afraid it will be hard to account to the superiors."
Huineng was expressionless. After a moment, he smiled slightly:
"I have caused Donor Wu trouble. Since the thing is not here, this poor monk will take leave first."
"Master Huineng, I will escort you back to the city."
Head Constable Lin said.
Soon, Head Constable Lin brought his subordinates and left the Miner Village together with Huineng.
"There is no need to mine tonight either. Everyone go back and rest."
Supervisor Wu instructed.
Seeing this, all the miners had no choice but to leave dejectedly.
They had searched for a day without finding even a single hair, nor had they mined, and they couldn't even recoup today's meal money.
After all the miners left, Supervisor Wu looked at Steward Niu:
"Steward Niu, Mine Tunnel No. 1 is temporarily sealed, and no one is allowed to enter. Find someone fast on their feet to make a trip to the Mountain River Sect and say that something has happened to the Pyrocrystal Ore."
"Supervisor Wu, what happened?"
Steward Niu was slightly startled.
"This matter is somewhat heavily implicated; we must not get too deeply involved."
Supervisor Wu patted Steward Niu on the shoulder.
Steward Niu immediately thought of Huineng. Could it be...
He didn't dare to think too much and immediately arranged for a few fast-footed Mine Guards to head to the Mountain River Sect.
At night, Yang Ling continued to cultivation the Vajra Wisdom King Art in his room.
After gathering 5 points of experience and making sure there would be no further increase, he went to sleep.
The next day.
"We're not allowed to enter the mine?"
"What is going on?"
"They said work will be suspended for a few days."
The Miner Village was very lively.
It should have been time for mining, but all the miners stayed in the village.
"Uncle Wang, what's going on? Why aren't we allowed into the mine?"
Yang Ling glanced around, spotted Uncle Wang, and immediately hurried forward to ask.
"Something happened."
With a solemn expression, Uncle Wang pulled Yang Ling aside:
"I heard that Mine Tunnel No. 1 has been sealed, and no one is allowed to enter. It is very likely related to that Master from the Kujue Temple yesterday."
"Mine Tunnel No. 1 has been sealed?"
Yang Ling's heart skipped a beat slightly.
This probably had nothing to do with the Vajra Wisdom King Art.
It was very likely that the corpses of Fifth Brother and the others had been discovered...
"Yang Ling."
Zhang Wei shouted from not far away.
"Uncle Wang, I will take my leave first."
Yang Ling said.
"Go on, go on."
Finding a quiet corner, Yang Ling looked Zhang Wei up and down:
"Zhang Wei, what kind of trick are you pulling this time?"
"When I was mining, I accidentally dug up a Martial Arts manual."
Zhang Wei slowly opened his mouth: "You should know what this represents."
"What Martial Arts?"
Yang Ling narrowed his eyes and said: "Can mining even yield this kind of harvest?"
After a pause, he was startled: "It couldn't be Buddhist Scripture texts from the Kujue Temple, right? If you want to die, go die yourself! I certainly don't want to die!"
"Keep your voice down! Don't get us killed!"
Zhang Wei looked around in panic, and seeing no one nearby, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and whispered:
"Yang Ling, if I had that Buddhist Scripture text, I would have already turned it in exchange for silver. Would I still need to look for you?"
"Then what is it?"
Yang Ling said indifferently: "Since you want to sell it to me, stop beating around the bush. Take it out and let me see."
"I'm not that stupid."
Zhang Wei said coldly: "I hid it in a place where no one can find it. Even if you go out now and say I have Martial Arts, no one will believe you."
"Then our transaction cannot go through."
Yang Ling shook his head slightly: "I don't trust you, and you don't trust me. Let's just go our separate ways."
After saying that, he made a motion to leave.
"Mountain-Crushing Fist."
Zhang Wei said with a serious expression: "This boxing technique is called Mountain-Crushing Fist!"
Boxing technique?
Yang Ling's heart stirred.
His strength was very high right now.
He also had the Vajra Wisdom King Art.
It was just that he lacked means to deal with enemies.
"Since you have Martial Arts, why don't you cultivation it?"
Yang Ling scrutinized Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei pondered and said: "You might not know, Cultivating Martial Arts here in Divine Realm requires a threshold. The threshold for Mountain-Crushing Fist is very high; it requires 8 points of Strength attribute. I only have 4 points, so I can't cultivation it for now."
"What Strength attribute!?"
Yang Ling was surprised and said: "You can see your own attributes!?"
"As expected, it seems only a Martial Artist can see their own attributes."
Zhang Wei looked Yang Ling up and down for a moment and smiled:
"Actually, I am already a Martial Artist, so I can see my own Attribute Panel. My Strength is currently 4 points, Agility is 3 points, and Spirit is 1 point."
"Your Agility is clearly 5 points."
Yang Ling inwardly complained, then said with a solemn expression:
"Can you really see the Attribute Panel?"
"What data is on the Attribute Panel? This might be the key for us to understand Divine Realm."
"Why would I lie to you? Once you master Mountain-Crushing Fist, you will also be able to see your own Attribute Panel."
Zhang Wei: "Unlike you, who still holds things back and hides them, I am a very candid person. Based on my observation of you, the reason your mining speed is so fast, besides practice making perfect, your Strength attribute must not be low. As long as you can cultivation Mountain-Crushing Fist, you can immediately become a Martial Artist."
"You've said so much, where is the Mountain-Crushing Fist?"
"Five taels of silver. Give me five taels of silver, and I will give you Mountain-Crushing Fist."
Zhang Wei said.
"He is in a hurry to leave this place because he has a guilty conscience, afraid that Zhang Hao's matter will implicate him."
Yang Ling thought to himself. He was very curious about how this fellow managed to get Zhang Hao's Martial Arts.
Could it be because his surname is also Zhang?
That didn't make sense.
"I do have five taels of silver."
Yang Ling slowly said.
A trace of joy flashed across Zhang Wei's eyes.
"But I want to inspect the goods first. This kind of transaction must definitely be cash on delivery; I won't give you the money first."
Yang Ling said.
Zhang Wei was silent for a long time, then slowly said:
"Very well, I will come looking for you tonight."
With that, he turned around and left.
The sun set, and it was the Zi hour of the night.
There were hardly any figures left in the Miner Village.
Zhang Wei quietly came to Yang Ling's door:
"Open the door."
Yang Ling opened the door, and Zhang Wei nimbly squeezed in.
"This is Mountain-Crushing Fist."
Zhang Wei took out an ancient book from his bosom.
Yang Ling glanced at it, and a piece of information surfaced before his eyes:
【Mountain-Crushing Fist, unranked cultivation technique】
"Just like the Black Tiger Fist, they both belong to the unranked category."
Yang Ling didn't disdain it. After confirming that this was indeed a cultivation technique, he took out five taels of silver and placed them on the table.
Zhang Wei put down Mountain-Crushing Fist and then took away the five taels of silver.
After completing the transaction, he visibly breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled:
"I'll take off first. Congratulations on soon becoming a Martial Artist."
After Zhang Wei left, Yang Ling picked up Mountain-Crushing Fist.
The System seemed to judge that it already belonged to Yang Ling, so new information surfaced:
【Mountain-Crushing Fist, Cultivation Threshold: Strength 8, Spirit 3】
【Threshold Met】
【Do you wish to comprehend?】
"That son of a bitch Zhang Wei, he never mentioned the threshold for Mental Strength. So he was plotting against me here."
Yang Ling was angered into laughter.
Fortunately, his Mental Strength was 10 points.
Otherwise, he would have vainly lost five taels of silver this time.
It was obvious that the other party had guessed that Mental Strength was extremely difficult to increase.
At the other party's level of 1 point of Mental Strength, even if their Strength increased to 8 points in the future, they wouldn't be able to comprehend Mountain-Crushing Fist.
"Comprehend."
Yang Ling immediately chose to comprehend.
The Martial Arts in his hand instantly turned into a stream of light that merged into his body.
A warmth generated, and Yang Ling's mind once again gained memories regarding Mountain-Crushing Fist.