In Mine Tunnel No. 1, forty to fifty miners were working hard at excavation.
Since they were all veterans, the hardness of ordinary stones and sediment was not as great as Fire Crystal Ore.
Therefore, in just about an hour, the mine tunnel seemed to have grown a little larger.
During this time, some deep-buried Pyrocrystal Ore also surfaced.
They were all preemptively dug into by others.
Yang Ling had bad luck and didn't find a single piece of Fire Crystal Ore.
He intended to walk deeper, and the watching Mine Guard didn't pay attention upon seeing this.
"That brat went to a deeper place. Should we send someone to follow him?"
A Mine Guard noticed Yang Ling's movement and asked his teammate beside him.
"Go where? If we encounter a collapse accident, we'll all die. Just keep an eye out right here at the entrance."
The teammate rolled his eyes.
"But didn't the superiors want to find the Buddhist Scripture hidden by the Prison Butcher in here?"
"I don't believe that fellow could hide the Buddhist Scripture here. It's probably a cover-up tactic. Otherwise, it would have been found long ago, so why bother having miners come in and dig three feet deep?"
"Look at how Supervisor Wu only sent forty to fifty miners in; you'll know what it means. It's just to give an explanation to Kujue Temple."
"Besides... finding it might not necessarily be a good thing. Not finding it is actually a good thing instead."
Reminded by this teammate, that guard seemed to understand something and immediately shut his mouth without speaking.
Comparing the map, Yang Ling continuously went deeper into Mine Tunnel No. 1.
The map had marked some locations where large pieces of Fire Crystal Ore had appeared.
He came to these nearby locations and began excavating.
Through continuous probing and spot-fixing, he finally found a pretty good piece of Fire Crystal Ore.
"Start working!"
Yang Ling gripped the Steel Pickaxe, his muscles trembling with excitement.
One, two, three!
Every single strike brought a cool and refreshing influx of Experience Points into his body.
Whenever it reached this time, Yang Ling would forget the time and fall into a self-forgetful state.
Not knowing how long had passed, this piece of Fire Crystal Ore was completely dug out.
Yang Ling put it into the cloth pouch at his waist, weighed it, and estimated it was around three catties.
"Your mining speed is so fast."
Not far away, someone holding a fire starter said with an astonished look.
Today, Yang Ling was not afraid of Mine Bandits; calmly and composedly looking towards the other person, it was a somewhat unfamiliar miner.
"I know every single miner in Miner Village, and I will also take a look at the attributes of newcomers to determine if they are players."
"Why haven't I seen this guy before?"
The other person looked about twenty years old, wearing miner's clothes, but his temperament was somewhat unusual.
Yang Ling glanced at the other person's Attribute Panel:
Character: Xu Qing
Class: Martial Artist
Strength: 22
Agility: 17
Spirit: 7
Martial Arts: Mountain and River Blade Drawing Technique (Proficient), Twelve Mountain and River Fists (Proficient), Mountain and River Heart Method (Third-rate, Initial Mastery)
Faction: Mountain River Sect
Yang Ling was somewhat shocked in his heart.
This young man had the highest attribute points among all the Martial Artists he had ever seen!
Even Huineng from Kujue Temple only had 36 points!
"Brother looks a bit unfamiliar?"
Yang Ling casually said: "Mining is very simple, just through practiced skill."
Finished speaking, he continued to search for the next Pyrocrystal Ore mine, digging and probing around in various ways to fix the spot.
Xu Qing seemed to become interested, walking up quickly and saying:
"I haven't been here long, let me learn how to mine from you?"
"Sure, but you can't disturb me, nor can you snatch my Pyrocrystal Ore."
Yang Ling said casually.
Xu Qing nodded and smiled: "Easy to talk, easy to talk."
Wherever Yang Ling went next, Xu Qing followed.
Yang Ling no longer went deeper into the mine tunnel.
Following such an expert by his side always gave him a feeling of needles on his back.
He was not sure what motive the other person had.
Soon, about a day's time passed.
Yang Ling's cloth pouch was filled with about ten catties of Pyrocrystal Ore.
"It's getting late, time to go out."
Xu Qing reminded.
Yang Ling was also preparing to leave, but as he left, he casually dug a few more times and discovered another piece of Fire Crystal Ore.
Without a second word, he immediately started working!
"This is a mining maniac..."
Xu Qing stood not far away, feeling somewhat emotional in his heart.
"Hearing Wu Que say that one catty of Fire Crystal Ore can be exchanged for one hundred copper coins."
"At his speed, earning one tael of silver a day is no problem."
"That's thirty taels a month..."
"I can understand him."
Xu Qing calculated an account, understanding why the other person was so obsessed with mining.
With this kind of money-making speed, even if it were him, he would work hard at it.
"If I mine with all my strength, my speed won't be slower than his, but... his stamina seems very good. Although he is tired after mining for a day, he can still keep persisting."
"Is his willpower relatively firm?"
Xu Qing thought secretly.
At this moment, Yang Ling had nothing else in his eyes.
He had already determined that Xu Qing was just an expert sent by the Mountain River Sect to secretly search for that Buddhist Scripture.
Chatting with him was just because he saw that his mining speed was fast.
There was temporarily no danger to him.
Therefore, leveling up was the main priority.
In his eyes, there was only this piece of Pyrocrystal Ore.
He worked fiercely for a while.
Finally...
"Ding!"
【Congratulations, you have leveled up and gained 1 Free Attribute Point】
"Leveled up..."
Yang Ling subconsciously wanted to add it to Strength, but immediately came to his senses and instead added it to Spirit.
A warmth bred within his body, finally flowing along his blood vessels and rushing into his forehead.
Attribute Panel opened:
Character: Yang Ling
Class: Martial Artist
Level: 9
Strength: 14 (3)
Agility: 5
Spirit: 11
Martial Arts: Vajra Wisdom King Art (First-rate cultivation technique, Entry)
Experience Points: 40 / 100
Mountain-Crushing Fist (Initial Mastery)
Proficiency: 22 / 1000
HP: 110
"Level 9."
Yang Ling felt somewhat emotional in his heart.
Level 10 was no longer far away.
"As the first batch of Divine Realm players, my leveling speed shouldn't be slow. It's just that without a Divine Realm Level Ranking, there's no way to see the general situation."
Thinking this, Yang Ling walked towards the outside of the mine tunnel.
After about a few breaths, a roaring sound rang in his ears.
【Congratulations, a player has taken the lead in advancing to Level 10 and successfully completed the Class Change】
【The Divine Realm Level Ranking is now specially opened】
【Subsequent functions are opening successively】
Immediately afterwards, a golden panel emerged in front of him.
【Divine Realm Level Ranking】
Not only was Yang Ling shocked.
In Miner Village, Lin Guoliang and the other two all heard this huge prompt sound and simultaneously saw the golden Divine Realm Level Ranking.
Zhang Wei, who was also mining underground, slowly straightened his body, a look of shock and uncertainty flashing in his eyes.
"Someone reached Level 10? And even completed a Class Change? How is that possible... I am only Level 3, who is leveling up so fast? Could it be Yang Ling?"
He immediately opened the Divine Realm Level Ranking, wanting to see what was going on.
At the same time, countless players in different locations also made the same move.
【Divine Realm Level Ranking】
【001: Hui Wu from Kujue Temple, Level 10, Class: Monk】
【002:???】
...
...
"That is to say... only one has ascended to Level 10, and it's from Kujue Temple. What a coincidence..."
"If this player entered the game at the same time as me, then his luck is too good, directly becoming a disciple of a First-rate major sect like Kujue Temple?"
Yang Ling was somewhat shocked and uncertain, while secretly feeling a chill in his heart.
If he had reached Level 10 first, would he have been exposed by the Divine Realm Level Ranking now too?
"This is definitely not a good thing..."
"However, I guessed one thing right: Level 10 is indeed the threshold for Class Change..."
Yang Ling took a deep breath.