Chapter 10 Misfortune does not come alone
Before Zhao Yichen could rejoice, a bigger crisis happened quietly to him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
A few days ago, Zhao Yichen had burned all the vitality of his whole body in the battle with that little monk of the Closed Gate, and he had already run out of oil. But the sky does not die of him, and the soul that appeared inexplicably saved him, brought him back to life, and also had the vitality of a normal person, it stands to reason that a child of his age has a continuous rise in vitality, so it is impossible to run out of vitality.
However, at this time, Zhao Yichen was surprised to find that all the vitality in his body had disappeared at some point, and the remaining vitality was enough for him to survive for ten days at most.
In this world, the most important thing is vitality, once the vitality disappears, people will die immediately, even the great grandmaster is powerless.
What the hell is going on, no one knows, it may be that after those black qi entered the body just now, they absorbed a large amount of vitality in Zhao Yichen's body, and then took it away with them when they left the body, resulting in a lack of vitality.
Of course, it is also possible that the black qi of the origin in Zhao Yichen's body was absorbed away. Because judging from the current situation, the black qi in Zhao Yichen's body has grown a lot, and it is very likely that this black qi absorbed a lot of vitality when he was growing.
In fact, there is one more thing that Zhao Yichen doesn't know, that is, he has opened the door to cultivation just now, although in the end, a large amount of black qi left his body, and his cultivation fell down in an instant. But it is precisely because of this process that he has opened up a realm and reached the strength of a realm.
For those who practice, a realm is a mountain, and only by crossing this mountain can one step on the path of cultivation. For a realm that others need to touch slowly to touch, although Zhao Yichen has paid a lot of price, it is obviously relatively smooth, but which realm Zhao Yichen opened is another question. Because no one, including himself, knows what kind of realm he is driving in.
In the past, cultivators decided first and then cultivated according to the needs of that realm, and then met the entry criteria for which realm. But Zhao Yichen this... Not to mention which realm of cultivation this is, it is not even estimated that cultivation, let alone determining which realm it is.
Anyway, don't say much, all in all, Zhao Yichen is now in a realm, but he is also in the point of dying. Within ten days, if he has no way to draw life from the outside world, then death awaits him.
In this regard, Zhao Yichen himself was shocked, but he seemed relatively calm, and the problem of vitality was still relatively easy to solve, because the vitality of the workers working in the mine was taken away, and they worked for the mine on weekdays, and then the mine would give them a certain amount of vitality every day to support them to survive until the next day. Then the next day, they trade their labor for a new day, and so on.
If someone tries to escape, the mine manager will not take care of it. Because once they leave the mine, the escapees will not get any life, even if they run farther, they will die halfway, and a day is not enough time to support them to get out of the mountains around the mine.
Of course, the life of the mine is stored in a specific place, which is guarded by a special person, that is, a monk appointed by the administrator. And the workers in the mine are all ordinary people and wasted people who have opened the door of death, so naturally they have little ability to fight the monks, let alone defeat the monks to grab life.
Zhao Yichen is not very anxious, although he is now seriously injured, his muscles and veins are damaged again, and he has no ability to grab life at all, but after all, he works in the mine and can receive vitality every day, so that he can temporarily get through the current crisis, and when his strength is enough, he will naturally go wherever he wants.
However, after all, he was so naΓ―ve that he didn't even realize that his work didn't seem to be alive these days.
Just when Zhao Yichen was thinking about the next matters while recuperating from the injuries in his body, the black qi around the hut had quietly faded unconsciously, leaving only a desolate hut sitting under the moonlight.
The moonlight was like water, sprinkled on the hut.
At this time, it was not early, and the sound of birds was already faintly heard in the woods in the distance. After a great change, everything here has regained its former calm, and the restless animals are no longer agitated, but the withered plants can no longer recover.
Looking at the faintly lit sky, Zhao Yichen didn't think much about it, closed his eyes and began to meditate with all his might.
Finally, a flash of light from the horizon tore through the night, adding a ray of light to this dark world.
The morning sun and the breeze are destined for a good day today. The people in the mine didn't know what happened last night, so they got up early, cooked, and prepared to go to work after eating.
"Eh, Brother Yichen, why did you get up so early today?" It was Zeng Da Niu, the big man who saved Zhao Yichen a few days ago, who was walking towards Zhao Yichen with a bowl of porridge at the moment.
Zhao Yichen was no longer meditating at this time, pretending to stretch in front of his room normally, and then saw Zeng Da Niu coming and walked towards him with a smile.
After taking the porridge brought by Zeng Da Niu, Zhao Yichen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, Brother Da Niu, it's really troublesome for you." β
These days, Zhao Yichen has been partnering with this big Han family called Zeng Da Niu.
The people in the mine are all people who live at the bottom, but one thing is better, that is, the folk customs are relatively simple. Perhaps because they have been exploited for generations, they are more united with each other and help each other.
"Hey, brother, what are you talking about, even if it's not my big cow, someone else will do it. We should help each other, shouldn't we? Zeng Da Niu also patted Zhao Yichen's shoulder, and then said pretending to be serious, looking very honest. Then he glanced around the hut, secretly put his mouth to Zhao Yichen's ear and whispered, "Huh? Brother Yichen, let me tell you, we seem to be haunted here. β
"Oh?" Zhao Yichen drank the porridge while pretending to look at the big man in confusion. Of course, he knew what the big man was going to say.
Seeing that his voice was so loud, Dahan hurriedly pulled him aside and said softly: "You don't know, it spread this morning, we are haunted here." The old Wu in front of him this morning, the one named Wu Zhaohua, he got up the earliest, and he was scared stupid when he went out, the grass and trees on the ground were fine last night, guess what's wrong this morning? β
"What's wrong?" Zhao Yichen still pretended not to know anything.
"It's all withered!! You can't believe that all the animals are gone, not even a single insect is left, and all the plants and trees are withered. It's terrifying. Then Wu Zhaohua hurried to report to the above. Two monks were sent to check, but nothing was found, so they had to take advantage of the fact that everyone had not yet gotten up**, and all the dead plants were removed. Zeng Daniu said it vividly, and when necessary, he also accompanied his body movements, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
Zhao Yichen swallowed the last bite of porridge in the bowl, licked the porridge bowl, and asked suspiciously: "Really fake, so mysterious?" β
In fact, this can't blame Zhao Yichen for not being sincere enough, but this matter is too involved, and now if it is exposed, let alone revenge, it is impossible to live, and it is very likely that he will be killed directly. So in order to protect himself, he had to pretend that he didn't know anything.
Seeing that Zhao Yichen didn't seem to believe it, Zeng Da Niu began to tell all kinds of colorful stories, including what happened to these dead plants and trees, and how those monks removed these plants and trees.
While talking, it was time to go to work again, and several good men, including Zeng Daniu, were working in a corner with Zhao Yichen.
Zhao Yichen waved the hoe in his hand, not very hard, so he had to ask Zeng Daniu: "Eh?" Brother Niu, can we go to get a day's life every day after work in our mine? β
"Yes, that's true, but in fact, there are some people who will be deducted for various reasons such as laziness, and then they may die. So in our case, we really don't know if there will be tomorrow after today. Zeng Daniu was asked this question by him, and suddenly sighed.
"So can everyone get it as long as they don't get lazy? Can I do it too? Zhao Yichen was slightly shocked when he heard this, because after all, he was born in everyone and had not really experienced the life at the bottom of the world. But then he thought of his question, and no longer lamented the suffering of all beings, he asked again.
"You can't, because you're not twenty-five years old, your vitality hasn't reached its peak, and they can't get a lot of vitality from you, so naturally they won't give it to you. If they are not 25 years old, they are likely to die, so they will not do this loss-making business. Dahan shook his head, continued the work at hand, and said helplessly.
Then he raised his head and looked left and right, and after making sure that they were all his own people, he quietly said to Zhao Yichen: "Another point is that children don't need to consume vitality, if they are given, they may be taken by adults, and once they store too much vitality, it may lead to rebellion." He spoke in a very low voice, so small that only a few people around him could hear it, and it was clear that it was a taboo subject in the mines. A few big men who had a good time around also pretended not to hear anything and went about their work.
At this time, Zhao Yichen's psychology suddenly became anxious, and this news was really a big blow to him. Originally, he was still going to rely on the method of obtaining life to survive for the time being, but now it seems that this method is completely unworkable. Then there is no way behind Zhao Yichen, and he can only choose to fight against the water.
However, unfortunately, although Zhao Yichen has a little bit of the ability of a monk, not to mention what the ability is, even this injury makes him have no way to defeat the guards and grab life in ten days, but there seems to be only one way in front of him.
Survive, or, perish
That's a real problem