"No need to deny it. Seeing your cloth pouch bulging, I can tell that your mining is getting more and more skilled, and your control over your strength is also much better than those guys."
The open-air ore vein can no longer satisfy you.
"You seem to be a vagrant, wanting to pool some money to exchange for a formal identity from the ore vein here, right."
Zhao Hou smiled and said.
Yang Ling remained calm: "Uncle Zhao, I indeed want to buy a formal identity, but the mine cave is too dangerous, so I won't go."
"If you go in just like that, it is indeed very dangerous."
Zhao Hou said with a smile: "But if you buy a mine cave map from me, it won't be that dangerous."
"Besides the map, I also sell some detoxifying medicine here. If you encounter a Mine Bug, it can save your life."
"A mine cave map?"
Yang Ling was somewhat stunned.
Could these sparse mine caves even have a map?
"How about it? I'll sell a mine cave map for two hundred copper coins. The Fire Crystal Ore at your waist is worth about this price."
Zhao Hou said: "If you encounter large pieces of Fire Crystal Ore in the mine cave, with your mining speed, you can break even in a day and even make a small profit!"
"How do I know if the map is real or fake? If it's just randomly drawn, wouldn't that scam me to death?"
Yang Ling was thoughtful.
Seeing that he was genuinely interested, Zhao Hou immediately glanced around:
"If you are interested, we'll meet in the village tomorrow noon. You can just ask Old Wang and you'll know where I live. As for whether the map is real or false, rest assured, I can only do this business with Steward Niu's nod. If you don't believe me, just ask Steward Niu later."
After speaking, he turned around and left.
Yang Ling paused to ponder for a moment, glanced at the sky, and also walked toward the exit.
"Yo, two catties of Fire Crystal Ore?"
Steward Niu opened the cloth pouch, looked at the Fire Crystal Ore full inside, and gave Yang Ling a somewhat surprised look.
Yang Ling smiled honestly and said: "Good luck today, the ones I saw were all large pieces."
"Your mining speed is second to none among all the Miners."
Steward Niu was thoughtful: "It seems your strength is also much greater than when you first came here?"
Yang Ling's heart tightened slightly. NPCs would pay attention to these?
He whispered: "I couldn't eat enough before, and my strength was much less. It has only recovered a lot recently."
"I see. It seems your physique is pretty good to begin with."
As Steward Niu spoke, he counted out two hundred copper coins to Yang Ling.
Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief. Having just spent money to buy a Steel Pickaxe, he only had fifty copper coins left. With these two hundred copper coins, his purse bulged again.
"Steward Niu, may I ask another question?"
Yang Ling asked in a low voice.
"Zhao Hou told me. You are interested in going to the mine cave, right?"
Steward Niu said indifferently:
"Eighty percent of the map in his hands can be trusted, but twenty percent of it will have some omissions."
"Thank you, Steward Niu!"
Yang Ling hurriedly cupped his hands in a bow.
Just at this moment, Zhang Wei walked over dragging his exhausted body and put the cloth pouch on the table.
He glanced at Yang Ling with a cold expression.
"One tael, heh, you've managed to find a way to survive here."
Steward Niu gave a faint smile and handed Zhang Wei ten copper coins.
Taking the money, Zhang Wei didn't even say thank you and limped away.
This was a sign of muscle soreness reaching its extreme.
Yang Ling's expression shifted slightly, and he glanced at Zhang Wei's Attribute Panel.
Character: Zhang Wei
Class: Miner.
Level: 2
Strength: 3
Agility: 2
Spirit: 1
HP: 30
"Leveled up? It seems he cannot see the Attribute Panel, but he also seems to have the ability to level up. Is this bit of strength added actively by him, or added by the 【Divine Realm】 System?"
"However, every time I acquire Experience Points, it can relieve my fatigue and muscle soreness, but he still cannot. Clearly, he also cannot perceive the existence of Experience Points."
"He probably doesn't even know that his strength is already 3 points."
Thinking of this, Yang Ling decided to observe for a bit longer.
To make sure Zhang Wei wasn't intentionally hiding this point.
This point was very important to him.
He suspected that there must be a large batch of players currently in 【Divine Realm】.
Only their distribution locations were different.
If only he could actively perceive Experience Points and actively allocate stat points, this would be his advantage!
"The day that kid first came, you took care of him, and as a result, you've ended up like enemies now?"
Steward Niu said with a half-smile.
"Steward Niu, he and I were never close to begin with."
Yang Ling grinned.
Steward Niu nodded gently: "Go on. Working in a place like this, one person is better than two."
On the way back, Yang Ling pondered Steward Niu's words.
"Two people working... one of them is very likely to be tempted by wealth. It seems this kind of thing is not rare on the ore vein. Steward Niu is really quite enthusiastic."
Returning to the room, Yang Ling immediately went to sleep.
The next day, he went to find Uncle Wang and asked for Zhao Hou's address.
When he saw Yang Ling, Zhao Hou smiled and invited him to sit down.
Then he took out a map and slowly spread it out on the table.
【Pyrocrystal Ore Mine Cave Map 1, 2, 3, 4, 5】
The map's attributes immediately surfaced before his eyes.
"My map contains five mine caves, all of which have some value."
Zhao Hou smiled and said: "You can look at it a few more times, anyway you won't remember it. Where Mine Bugs have appeared and where large pieces of Fire Crystal Ore have appeared are all marked on it. Even where cave-ins have occurred, I have marked them out. However, I haven't entered the mine cave in the past two months. If there are any changes inside, that has nothing to do with me."
Speaking of this, he slowly put away the map and smiled: "Two hundred copper coins."
Yang Ling thought for a moment, then counted out two hundred copper coins and handed them to the other party.
Only then did Zhao Hou smilingly hand the map to Yang Ling.
【Mine cave map loading...】
The System suddenly prompted.
Yang Ling remained calm.
After about a few seconds, a map column appeared in his Attribute Panel.
Clicking it open, it was the map in front of him.
"Uncle Zhao, if I don't need this map later, can I resell it?"
Yang Ling suddenly asked.
"Sell it to someone else? Of course not. This map was risked with my life and belongs to the fruits of my labor."
Zhao Hou smiled: "If you resell it, that breaks the rules. Even if I don't look for you, Steward Niu will."
"Of these two hundred copper coins, one hundred belongs to Steward Niu."
"Can't I sell it back to you either?"
Yang Ling smiled bitterly: "I suddenly regret it a bit. Going to such a dangerous place I'm afraid I might lose my life."
"Sell it back to me? My place does not accept returns."
Zhao Hou stared warily at Yang Ling: "If you want to go back on your word, you can leave the map, and I will refund you a maximum of one hundred copper coins."
"Can't it be a bit more?"
"No, this is the rule. If it weren't for the fact that you haven't stepped out the main door yet, I wouldn't refund a single copper coin."
Zhao Hou said indifferently.
"Fine, one hundred copper coins it is."
Yang Ling said.
Zhao Hou's expression was somewhat strange, but he didn't ask much. He immediately put away the map, threw another one hundred copper coins to Yang Ling, and then waved his hand: "Leave if there's nothing else. I still need to receive the next guest."
Walking out of Zhao Hou's residence.
Yang Ling couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
One hundred copper coins in exchange for a mine cave map could be considered an unexpected pleasant surprise.
"Now I still have one hundred and fifty copper coins. I need to prepare some detoxifying medicine and Golden Wound Medicine."
Thinking of this, Yang Ling walked toward a pharmacy in the distance.
That was the pharmacy run by Supervisor Wu.