Chapter 1 Waste
“...... 9997, 9998, 9999, 10000!" Li Shi collapsed to the ground, his bandaged hands were covered with dust, sweat flowed, steaming with hot sweat, in this damp mine, it was extremely hot, like a fish on the shore, choking on a breath. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Directly chiseled the mine hole with his hands, if he changed his previous life, Li Shi was afraid that he didn't even think about it, but in this life, he unconsciously did it for three years, looking back on the past, the days were like pearls, but they may not be as boring as imagined.
Li Shi set his eyes on the stinging beast that was still digging at the rock layer of the mine, waving its claws.
The rabbit-like little sting beast that I met at the beginning, three years have made it unconsciously grow into a calf, it has a hard and thick ink-colored armor, sharp unicorns, the claws of the limbs are flashing with metallic luster, and over the years of continuous excavation of ores, constantly let the nails of the sting beast fall off, but it is constantly growing, so that it is more hard!
Stinging beasts are the most common spirit animals of all spirit animals, and it is not difficult for the vast majority of pet masters to catch them. Among the spirit beasts, they are one of the few spirit pets that have the bloodlines of dragon, phoenix, and lin at the same time, and have the development potential of the five systems of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.
However, they like to live in groups, they are omnivorous animals, tenacious vitality, and they are not picky about the conditions of survival, so they are very common in the stinging of beasts, and they are the best choice for pets.
This stinging beast is Li Shi's spirit pet, and it is also the only spirit pet, called Xiaomo.
It digs hard rock with its claws, the rock formations in this mine are extremely hard, and some rock formations may not be shaken even if they are subjected to violent explosions, but Xiao Mo's sharp claws can always find the cracks in the rocks, and the claws have scratched, and the sound of clattering rubble can be heard clearly.
Suddenly, I saw a burst of light flickering, in this silent darkness, a ray of light flickered, Li Shi stretched out his hand to grab the light, and a large slap stone that emitted a slight streamer was held in Li Shi's hand.
The smooth and moist appearance of the fingers running across the surface of the fingers really looks like they have just been excavated from the soil, and there is a faint breath of life in this stone, which is amazing.
"Pure Gold Stone!" Li Shi looked at this Pure Gold Stone, his eyes couldn't help but flicker a little surprised, the biggest role of this stone is not to use this stone to make any weapons or props, but the stone itself, which can hatch a metallic spirit beast, which can be said to be the embryo of a metallic spirit beast.
"This thing, let's put it up first!" Li Shi looked at the Pure Gold Xuanshi, but frowned, the value of this stone itself is not high, but theoretically it is possible to hatch any metallic life.
Of course, there is a problem of probability, but there is naturally a very exaggerated gap between the purchase price and the sale price, so Li Shi has no intention of directly handing over the Pure Gold Stone, and carefully put away the Pure Gold Stone, and wait for later.
Li Shi patiently waited for his Xiaomo to complete today's training project, during which occasional Lingyuan ore and ordinary ores fell into Li Shi's hands, and when these ores filled Xiaomo and the back basket behind him, Xiaomo stopped training.
Li Shi took Xiaomo and continued to advance towards the depths of the cave, carrying a heavy mine frame on his back, after the initial excavation, every step he took would further squeeze out the physical strength of one man and one beast, one man and one beast continued to grit their teeth and move forward, and with a wave of fatigue coming, there would always be a force gushing out of the body, supporting the actions of one man and one beast.
The more you go to the depths of the cave, the more you turn and turn in the cave, year after year of excavation, unconsciously this mine has been excavated by the Li family for nearly fifty years, and as the minerals in the cave become more and more barren, although this mine is not a waste mine, the income it can bring has become extremely limited.
In the depths of this mine, even the lights at the fork in the original mine have disappeared cleanly, and if such a dark place, if you are lost, no one dares to guarantee that you will be able to go back to the original path again.
But all this, Li Shi is so familiar, it is obviously an invisible environment, and even the cave itself is crooked, no one can determine the direction, but Li Shi seems to be at home, every step is not wrong, about a quarter of an hour away, came to an open place, the fungi on the ground exude a glowing light, so that the originally dark environment, a layer of light on the hazy.
The water is turbulent, the river is endless, the breeze is gentle, and the heart is relaxed. Beneath this abandoned mine is an underground cave, and it is a stalactite cave. There is a river next to it, and I don't know where it will flow.
Li Shi took a deep breath, walked a little distance to the front, came to a cave, put down his back basket, and began to pick out the ores he had obtained, tidy them up, and leave some precious ores, such as the Pure Gold Xuanshi that he had excavated. And there are still a lot of similar ores in this storage place, and they are all raw ores.
After tidying up, Li Shitong and Xiaomo carried the ore on their backs, trotted all the way in the mine, and ran from the depths of the mine to the exit of the mine in one breath. As the sun set, he suddenly saw a light, and Li Shi, who had been in the cave for a long time, couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.
There is a bamboo building at the exit of the mine, and a fat man is holding a pu fan, and he is very comfortable to lie on the bamboo chair for a rest. When I saw someone coming out of the mouth of the mine, I saw that the fat man immediately bounced up, his face was full of energy, and his eyes were more refined like a cat seeing a mouse. Seeing that it was Li Shi who came out of the hole, he decisively stepped forward and said, "Li Shao, how is the harvest today." ”
"It's okay, you can count!" Li Shi said as he handed down the bamboo basket behind his back and behind Xiaomo, and handed it to the fat man. I didn't pay much attention to it, came to the tea in the bamboo building, took a bowl and drank the tea.
Soon, after the fat man counted the amount of ore inside, he trotted over, took out a spar with a painful face, and said to Li Shi, "Li Shao, a total of 1055 crystals, ...... Li Shao, you didn't bring change, then after erasing the change, it will be 1000 crystals, you can put it away!" said that, he took out a green spar and handed it to Li Shi and said.
Li Shi didn't say anything about the act of erasing the change, because this can be regarded as an unspoken rule, if you really want to covet these few changes, you can naturally bring the change, then the fat man will naturally find you change, but take the spar on his body to mine again, it is really not an easy job.
Li Shi, who got the spar, went directly back to his room and courtyard, and saw a little girl dressed in green, with bright eyes and bright teeth, white skin, eyes like stars, and a rare bookish atmosphere in women.
"Young master, you're back!" The little girl saw Li Shi with joy on her face, and said, "The water has been boiled, I'll go and release the water for the young master." ”
"Well, this is for you!" Li Shi handed the spar he obtained from mining to the girl and said, "Lu Yi, you go and get some delicious food, and the medicinal materials can't be broken, if there are any left, you can go to the clan to collect some old books!"
"I know, young master!" The little girl was not polite, took the spar in Li Shi's hand, and left quickly.
Li Shi concentrates on cultivation, but someone always has to take care of the trivial things in life, if he wastes his time on trivial matters, how can he achieve results in cultivation.
However, Li Shi didn't go to take a bath right away, first took his Xiaomo to the well to freshen up, wiped the water on Xiaomo's body, and let it stay in the yard to rest.
Then Li Shi came to the bathroom, the big barrel in the bathroom was emitting white smoke, as far as the eye could see, the water in this bath bucket was amber, because various medicinal materials were added to it, these medicinal materials were not nourishing medicinal materials, after all, those medicinal materials were too expensive, and Li Shi could not afford them.
The main effect of these herbs is to relieve fatigue and expel moisture. Working in the mine for many years, even if you don't encounter any fatal dangers, it is very normal for moisture to enter your body over the years. Therefore, Li Shi deliberately configured a medicinal bath.
After freshening up, Lu Yi prepared a meal for Li Shi, Li Shi picked up a bowl of mung bean and plum soup, and took a small sip, appetizing and relieving the heat, and the taste was endless. Then I ate with Lu Yi.
"Young master, this month's monthly salary is only 5,000 crystals, and 500 crystals have been deducted!" Lu Yi said angrily while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks. Looking at Lu Yi's round face, with a puffed face, there is an indescribable cuteness.
"Okay, okay, when do you see when we live on the moon!" Li Shi couldn't help but smile when he heard Lu Yi's words.
In this world, 2000 crystals can make people maintain a month's normal life, but Li Shi is a pet envoy, and he also needs to be responsible for the food of his own spirit pet, fortunately, Li Shi's spirit pet is a stinging beast, this guy is a good doll who is not picky eaters, and even ores can be digested directly, especially some rare ores, which can greatly increase the defense of stinging beasts, which is also an important reason why Li Shi chose the profession of mining.
Even so, 5,000 gold to maintain the lives of Li Shi and Lu Yi is a bit stretched, after all, those medicinal materials to remove rheumatism are also a lot of expenses, not to mention others. That's why Li Shi went to mine and exercise, and by the way, subsidized his family.
The current situation is also because of an accident three years ago, when Li Shi was twelve years old, Li Shi was originally inspected to have the potential to be a pet envoy, but when Li Shi was learning the spirit pet contract, he found that Li Shi was a waste person who could not use spirit skills.
Originally, the status of the son of the Li family's three-room lineage immediately underwent earth-shaking changes, first moved out of the main courtyard of the Li family, lived in another place, and completely lost his position in the clan.
And this blow is just the beginning, because Li Shi's waste material physique was exposed, Murong Lan of the Murong family, who originally had a marriage contract with Li Shi, was also selected into the Water Moon Sect because of her amazing and glamorous qualifications, and chose to break the marriage contract with Li Shi. Of course, this matter was not brought up by the Murong family, after all, even if they dislike the poor and love the rich, as a family, they will definitely not do it so shamelessly.
It was Li De, the contemporary patriarch of the Li family, who saw the inconvenient attitude of the Murong family, so he took the initiative to propose a decision to cancel the marriage contract to the Murong family. Li De and the Li family received great compensation and made the relationship between the Li family and the Murong family more intimate. Of course, the only damage in this matter is only Li Shi's interests, but who cares about the interests of a guy who has no father or mother, and even has no development potential.
Although Li Shi is the only heir of the Li family's third room, he has never seen his parents once in the fifteen years since Li Shi traveled, as if he was jumping out of a stone.
It's just that according to the family book, after the parents sent themselves back to the family, they only brought the news that they had made a baby with the Murong family, and soon after, they left the Li family and disappeared without a trace.
The Li family has been looking for more than ten years, but they have not found a trace of them. This had to make the Li family suspect that the two had died outside. It is precisely because of this that Li De, in the name of the patriarch, canceled the marriage contract between Li Shi and Murong Lan. After all, Li De, who is the head of the clan, has the status and status to do this in the absence of Li Shi's parents, as for Li Shi at the beginning, he was just a twelve-year-old kid who couldn't use spiritual skills, and his opinion was naturally ignored. Of course, Li Shi, a soul from another world, also had the idea of pushing off his marriage contract, and he didn't make a fuss.
It is precisely in this way that Li Shi was completely despised by the people of the Li family, one lost his status (left the main house), had no development potential (could not use spiritual skills), had no backstage (dissolved the marriage contract with the Murong family), except for Lu Yi, a girl who had followed Li Shi since childhood, almost everyone looked down on Li Shi.
Li Shi ignored these, but after this incident, Li Shi worked hard, read books, understand the world, find a solution to his body, exercise his physique, and practice hard, especially after having his first spirit pet sting beast, Li Shi began to train in the mine and did his best to exercise himself.
This is a world of spiritual pets, not to mention the various conveniences brought by spiritual pets, and more importantly, spiritual pets are the most important keys to practice.
Unless it is a psychic contract initiated by a spirit pet, all other contracts require the use of spiritual skills by humans.
It is precisely because of this rule that Li Shi, who is unable to use spiritual skills, will be given up by the Li family, and it is very cost-effective to exchange a wasted marriage for the family's soaring, no matter how you look at it. As for the abandonment of the Li family, Li Shi, who has a normal soul, can understand the Li family's choice, but if Li Shi is willing to sacrifice the Li family, then the world is too sweet.
After eating, Li Shi got up and said, "I'll go to Tianyi Pavilion to read, and I may not come back in the evening." ”
"What book does the young master want to read, why don't you let the maid get it, it's hot on the road on this hot day!" Lu Yi said.
"Oh......" When Li Shi heard this, he couldn't help but squint his eyes, looked at Lu Yi and said, "What the hell is going on?!"
"Yes...... It's this year's big money in the clan that is about to start again!" Lu Yi lowered her head and said to Li Shi a little unwillingly.
Although Lu Yi didn't say what he said next, Li Shi knew that every time he went to the big competition in the clan, the people in the family would sneer at him in all kinds of ways, and would always take himself out to dry, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was a spiritual waste.
"Thank you for your hard work!" Li Shi looked at Lu Yi and couldn't help laughing, "This time there is a big competition within the clan, but I want to participate!"
"Less...... Young Master" Lu Yi was suddenly startled when she heard Li Shi's words, and couldn't help but say, "Young Master, how can this be!"
Lu Yi knew that although Li Shi was lucky enough to sign a spiritual contract with a stinging beast, but in the final analysis, Li Shi was just such a spirit pet, if this spirit pet was killed, then Li Shi's future path would be cut off, after all, the spiritual contract, which must be initiated by the spirit beast itself, is completely unattainable for anyone.
Ordinary people can meet once in a lifetime, and they are already burning high incense.
"It's okay...... Li Shi said, "There are some things that can't be avoided, I have been training hard in the past three years, and I always have to try my strength." Speaking of this, Li Shi couldn't help but think, "It is impossible for me to leave the Li family by training alone!"
Yes, Li Shi wants to leave the Li family, although the Li family suppresses Li Shi in various ways, and even uses Li Shi's marriage in exchange for the interests of the family, but in his personal life, he does not treat Li Shi too badly. As the sole heir of Li Shi's Li family's lineage, although there may be various people in the Li family who are sneering and disdainful, for the vast majority of people, this is also an identity that can be taken out and shaken. After all, this world cannot become a noble pet, and there are other professions that can live.
But Li Shi didn't want to! Came to this world, and as a result, he was ridiculed and despised by people in the courtyard of the Li family, and he was able to eat and wait for death with peace of mind.
As a traverser, Li Shi came to this world, and he rarely had a sense of belonging to the Li clan, although he did not have the idea of becoming a master, he was never willing to be despised. At the same time, Li Shi also wanted to come out and have a look at this magical world, not just limited to such a small area as the Li family.
However, as an adult, it is natural to know that if you want to go out and see the whole world, you must have two things, the same is money, the same is strength, both are indispensable, otherwise in this world where the strong are obviously respected, if you are not strong enough and want to travel, God knows where you will be buried.
However, Li Shi didn't say what he thought, because what he couldn't do, even if he said it, it was meaningless, and it would make people laugh. And with his current status in the clan, who will care.