Chapter 2 The Cave Shock
The spring night came early, and in the afternoon, everyone finished their work for three hours. The temperature difference between day and night is large in the depths of the mountain, and as soon as the crescent moon rises, the workers have already returned to their tents to rest. A sunset at dinner told them that tomorrow was only a spring rain, so it would be a little colder tonight.
The moonlight is like water, sprinkled thinly on the earth. There are very few plants around the quarry, so there are even fewer animals living there, and the small creatures that hide in the crevices of the rocks during the day finally come out to move, although the surroundings are quiet, but if you listen carefully, you can still hear some reptiles. The quarry environment is harsh, but these creatures are as tenacious as the quarry workers.
Yun Fei wore a padded gown and sat in Yuntou's tent in a daze. Yun Tou was just taken away today, and his tent hadn't had time to be dismantled, and Yun Fei was seen by many people when he went in to sleep, but people here wouldn't care about this kind of thing.
"Click, click", the sound of footsteps on the sandy ground of this quarry sounded outside. Yun Fei rolled over and slept on the ground, his eyes tightly closed. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the visitor paused slightly outside the tent before lifting the curtain and entering.
"Don't pretend, it's me. A neutral voice rang out. Yun Fei turned over and sat up, looking at the half-grown young man who had walked into the tent.
The young man's name is Mo Qian, and "Qian" originally meant modesty and modesty, but their family name "Mo" was added in front, and the meaning completely changed. His father was a rising star of the Mo family back then, and he gave birth to a child when he was in high spirits, and the name Mo Qian was taken as a deserved, which shows the ambition of Mo Qian's father. But later, Mo Qian's father failed in business, not only lost a lot of money to the Mo family, but also put his life into it, so that his son was punished as a sinner of the Mo family, and he had no cultivation talent, so he was driven here to do lifelong coolies, and he only arrived here three months earlier than Yun Fei. Mo Qian has a round face, a pair of eyes set off extraordinarily small, he has a characteristic that is different from all workers - fat! Yes, fat. Outside, it can be said that it is common for a person to be fat, but in this quarry, a worker is round, which means that it is a bit of a doorway.
"Mo Qian, what are you doing?" Yun Fei was a little surprised. Since he came to the quarry, Mo Qian has been showing him favor intentionally or unintentionally, but he asked himself that he had never socialized with Mo Qian before, so the young but mature Yunfei did not overdo it to woo him, although he had always enjoyed it.
"Let me tell you something. "Mo Qianshen is mysterious and secretive. Yun Fei asked, "What's the matter?" Mo Qian said: "Be careful yourself, today's matter is clearly framed, Yun Tou is not a cultivator, what is the use of him asking for that Xuan Qi Crystal, those thieves in the past were all people with some cultivation foundation, stealing the Crystal is nothing more than wanting to use the Crystal to cultivate and leave here as soon as possible, Yun Tou has no motive to commit the crime at all." Yun Fei nodded slowly, knowing that what Mo Qian said was reasonable. Mo Qian continued: "As for why you framed Yuntou for no reason, I'm afraid it has something to do with you, I heard that the Hu family has today's status because of your Yun family, so Hu Liang is intriguing about doing this." Yuntou has been here for decades, it is impossible for him to have old accounts turned over, the biggest possibility is because of you, it seems that the people you offended in your Yun family are not small. I don't know if Hu Liang was instructed by others, or if he wanted to please some people by doing this!" Yun Fei sighed, Mo Qian's analysis was exactly the same as what he had just thought, and he pulled out the cloud head that had been taking care of him, and the next one would be himself!
"I don't know what you did in the Yun family to make them unhappy, you were punished to the quarry, and there are still people who won't let you go. Mo Qian shook his head and said.
"What's the matter?!" Yun Fei sneered, but didn't say anything to explain.
"Anyway, be careful yourself, I'll go first. Mo Qian said that he was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, why are you helping me?" Yunfei asked again.
Unlike in the past, Mo Qian didn't shirk this time, he touched his chin and pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "Just think I made an investment!"
Mo Qian left. The night was already deep.
If there are words, it is long, and if there are no words, it is short, and the time flies by in January. In the morning, Yunfei followed the workers to the cave after breakfast, and was greeted by a huge quarrying entrance, and there were a large number of small caves in the entrance. The operation process of the quarry is like this, first by the special cultivators to investigate, check the existence of the spar by them to open a hole, and then by the workers along the mouth to excavate, the waste stone is removed, the scarce spar is mined, a primary spar often means hundreds of useless waste rock, wait until the spar in this stone cave is mined clean, and then the workers carry the waste rock to fill it, this mountain range is extremely rich, the technology of Liao'er City is not advanced enough, they dare not mine on a large scale, can only take this method of slow excavation。 When Yunfei first arrived, he could only do the work of carrying waste rocks every day, but now he can enter the cave and do the most difficult work.
"Everyone work hard, Master Mo has opened a new opening, and we must finish mining the spar in that old cave today. A man who looked like a foreman stood at the entrance of the cave and gave instructions. If you ask him, who does that mean, and he'll tell you it's from above, and if you ask him who it is, he doesn't know. That's the rule of the quarry, every day an order comes down, but if you look into the source of the order, you'll never be able to trace it.
Deep in the cave, Yun Fei took out the towel on his waist, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and started the work at hand again. In front of Yun Fei's eyes, a palm-sized purple spar was inlaid between the rocks, flashing with a mysterious light, this was the spar, something that all cultivators dreamed of. Even though Yun Fei was not a cultivator, he couldn't help but smile intoxicated when he saw this kind of spar, the power represented by the spar would naturally make everyone addicted. Yun Fei came back to his senses, bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, and began to mine this last spar.
The mining of spar is a meticulous work, Yuntou's craftsmanship is unique in the quarry, and Yunfei is taught by Yuntou, so he is not panicked at this time, and there is a faint master's demeanor between his gestures. Slowly cut the close connection between the spar and the waste rock, then protect the spar, then slowly knock out the surrounding waste rock, and finally dig out the spar, Yun Fei is extremely familiar with this process, under his hands, all the processes are being carried out in an orderly manner.
"Hoo ······" Yun Fei let out a slow breath, and with both hands, he took out a complete spar and placed it on a black tray next to him. Looking at the spar that was more than a point larger than usual, the old man who was recording next to him showed a smile, the spar produced in the quarry is cut into a certain size of standard specifications, and the part that is more than the usual size will quietly flow into the pockets of some people, obviously the old man is one of them. After the old man finished recording, he picked up the plate, and then instructed Yun Fei: "What does Master Mo mean, the spar in this cave has been mined. As a rule, if you continue to probe five meters inside, I'll send someone to bring it in for lunch. Yunfei nodded in agreement.
Yun Fei held the rice bowl and looked at a chicken leg in the bowl, a little stunned. Why is today's food so good? Yun Fei has been in the quarry for more than half a year, and he has only eaten meat once three months ago, and that time it was the mother of the Mo family who added a little daughter, and the head of the Mo family was very happy, and even the workers who took the quarry were rewarded with a meal of meat. Now that there are chicken legs again, could it be said that the Yun family or the head of the Chu family has increased in population again? Yun Fei didn't care about it, and began to chew his head.
Yun Fei picked up the sledgehammer and struck the stone layer in front of him one by one. Excavation is also a technical job, don't look at this hammer can be strong, but the use is soft, for fear that one will accidentally smash the spar inside. Although it was a little strange that no one had come in to carry the waste rock for a long time, Yunfei didn't think much about it.
One meter, two meters, three meters······ Yunfei seemed to be tireless and kept moving forward.
"Okay, let's do it one last time!" Yun Fei thought silently in his heart.
Yun Fei was stunned. Because it was the last blow, Yun Fei used extra strength, and he thought that such a voice would come out at the end. This kind of sound can only be made when you hit the empty layer, why? The back of this stone layer is actually empty? Could it be that it has already been mined to the other side of the mountain? Yun Fei shook his head, denying this possibility. Could it be that I have listened to the errand?
"Bang", Yun Fei tried hard again, and the voice still came. This time, Yunfei finally affirmed that the back was indeed empty.
"Hey, come on, there's a big discovery here!" Yun Fei shouted to the back. "Hey, come on, there's a big discovery here······ Hey, come on, there's a big discovery here······" The voice lingered for a long time, and it didn't disperse for a long time, Yun Fei was very puzzled, what was going on? Why did the echo sound for so long? Yun Fei flashed a possibility in his heart, and immediately pulled out his legs and ran towards the rear. Yun Fei's footsteps quickly stopped, and in front of his eyes, large pieces of waste rocks piled up, completely blocking the passage.
A chill ran up the heel of the tail along the backbone, freezing the brain to a tingling one. Yunfei knelt on the ground with a "plop" and let out a desperate cry in his throat.
"Why?! Why ?!!Do you have to be punished like this if you beat your little master of the Yun family?, I'm also a member of the Yun family!!"
The sound was terrible, and the entire cave suddenly turned into a Shura hell.
At the entrance of the quarry, Hu Shao looked at the hole that had just been sealed, and shook his head as if regretfully, like a victorious cat.