"Zhou Peng, you take the three of them back, teach them how to mine, and they won't go to the mine today." Shen Mangxing looked at an old man with a sad face in the crowd and commanded.

After saying that, he turned around and left, without any intention of communicating with Zuo Qinghui and them.

Seeing this situation, Zuo Qinghui was a little different, but the other monk prisoners under Shen Mangxing's command seemed to have long been surprised.

The old man Zhou Peng stepped forward and arched his hand towards the three of them: "How do you call a few Taoist friends?" ”

"Zuo Qinghui."

"She Yu." Behind Zuo Qinghui, a thin woman with a dark face said.

Among the three of them, the remaining young man who looked like he was just over fifteen years old and had a young face lowered his head and did not answer Zhou Peng's meaning.

However, when Zuo Qinghui had just registered his name, he learned that this person's name was Xu Che.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Peng didn't force it, nodded and said, "It's not convenient to talk here, please come back to my dormitory with me." ”

Zuo Qinghui and She Yu had nothing to do, and Xu Che also followed silently.

It didn't take long for everyone to arrive at the dormitory in Zhou Peng's mouth.

It was a low mud house, and when you opened the door, you were greeted by a room with a long table on the left and right, five chairs on each side, and a kettle and cups on the table, all of which were a little old.

Further inside, there were ten narrow bedrooms, five on each side, with only a low table and lamp in addition to a bed.

As soon as they entered the room, everyone except Zhou Peng went back to their rooms, and they all seemed to be the same as Shen Mangxing, and they didn't have any intention of communicating.

And Zuo Qinghui and the three of them were shocked when they saw such conditions in the house.

Seeing this, Zhou Peng immediately smiled bitterly:

"Two Taoist friends, we are now prisoners, this kind of treatment is already good, in the early years, there was even only a large shop on the soil kang here, some Taoist friends really couldn't bear it, there was a lot of movement, and many people died, so they changed to this treatment."

Hearing this, Zuo Qinghui frowned and asked, "How long has Zhou Daoyou been here?" ”

"It should be almost seventeen years." Zhou Peng sighed.

"Seventeen years? For so long, didn't Zhou Daoyou think about escaping? She Yu asked.

"Why don't you want to, just being bound by this neck ring, and there is no magic weapon to keep around, let alone dealing with the guards of the mine, I just escaped, and the yellow sand, where should I go?" Zhou Peng shook his head.

"In the past 17 years, I have seen a lot of Taoist friends, some of whom recognize the reality, and some who are unwilling to be slaves, have been disturbed, and have experienced several riots, but in the end, I have never seen anyone really escape alive."

At this moment, Xu Che, who had been silent, suddenly asked, "Is there really no way?" Can we only be mine slaves here for the rest of our lives? ”

"Don't blame me for speaking badly, the world of cultivating immortals is a world of the weak and the strong, we were caught here, to put it bluntly, it is still inferior to others, it is a fluke to be able to leave a life, no matter what you think about the prosperity of the world, the avenue of cultivating immortals, it is only to increase the troubles, it is better to do it honestly, the right to do everything in the past is just a big dream, after all, it is better to die than to live." Zhou Peng sighed and said.

His words were full of dejected twilight, Xu Che obviously didn't listen, and immediately lowered his head again.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Peng sighed, and changed his words: "If you don't want to be a mining slave, it's not completely impossible. We mine here, there is an indicator every day, and if you don't complete the index, you will be punished, and at the end of each month, you have to conduct a competition, and the person with the least total amount of mining will also be punished, but on the other hand, the person who mines the most will also be rewarded, if you can reach the maximum total amount of mining for several months in a row, you can get the opportunity, accept the slave seal, become a member of the Guiyuan Sect, and then you can leave this place, just lure other monks to come every month, you can get temporary freedom. ”

Hearing him say this, Zuo Qinghui and She Yu both frowned, and Xu Che raised his head angrily and shouted.

"You're asking me to hurt someone!"

"Several, they have all fallen to this, don't cling to the arrogance of the past, in this ghost place, you don't want to be a slave, and you don't want to harm people, so what other choice can you have? Do you think that I don't hate the people who deceived me in the first place, but even if I hate, what's the use, seventeen years later, among all the prisoners, I am not the oldest, but I am also a little senior. If I really wanted to hurt people, I would have stopped talking to you here a long time ago, and you may think that I am very servile, but this is only because I have already recognized the facts. Zhou Peng said with a wry smile helplessly.

Xu Che's resentful gaze was also a little dazed, he opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, but finally lowered his head.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Peng didn't say more, turned around and took three magic weapons that looked like nail rakes, and put them in front of Zuo Qinghui and the others.

"This thing is a magic weapon for mining the Flame Scale Mine, which can easily break through the sand and soil without damaging the ore, and now I will teach you the magic of urging, you have to memorize it."

As he spoke, he began to teach, Zuo Qinghui and She Yu both listened carefully, but Xu Che kept his head down.

Zhou Peng didn't care about him anymore, and after confirming that Zuo Qinghui and She Yu had written down the tricks, he told them which rooms were empty and could live on their own, and then turned around and wanted to go back to the room to rest.

However, Zuo Qinghui stopped him at this time: "Zhou Daoyou is slow, I once had a friend named Ulu, who is from southern Xinjiang, and his whereabouts are unknown after participating in a mission back then, and he may have been caught here, I don't know if you have heard of it?" ”

Zhou Peng shook his head: "The people of Southern Xinjiang are more able to endure hardships, and they are very popular here, Shen Mangxing, who is in charge of us, is a wooden character and doesn't fight with others much, so no Southern Xinjiang people have ever come to us, you may have to go to other houses to ask, but now they should still be in the mine, and you can only see them when it gets dark and they come back." ”

Zuo Qinghui nodded, thanked Zhou Peng for his advice, and then picked a room to live in, and She Yu did the same.

Xu Che was soon the only one left in the room, and he kept his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

At the same time, in front of the four-storey building of the mine.

The one-horned man looked up at the top of the tall building, was silent for a moment, took out a transmission note, and before he could make a move, he saw the prohibition in the building disperse on its own.

Seeing this, the one-horned man put away the transmission note without saying a word, beckoned to Liao Zhong, who was standing behind him, and then walked straight into the building.

Liao Zhong hurriedly caught up, followed behind the one-horned man, and asked with some trepidation:

"Fang Daoyou, we have suffered a lot of losses this time, and the Red Gold Centipede has also been taken away, and I don't know if Elder Hai will blame me for this."

The one-horned man didn't reply: "I will explain this matter to the elders, you don't need to say much." The responsibility for this defeat is not yours, you have also contributed a lot to this sect before, and now you can't go back, and it is understandable that you want to officially join this sect. ”

Hearing this, Liao Zhong squeezed out a smile, but the worry in his eyes was still there.

The two of them climbed the stairs and soon came to the pavilion at the top of the tall building.

At the edge of the pavilion, a middle-aged man with a sturdy body who was eight feet tall had his hands behind his back, looking at everything in the mine, and did not look back when he heard the movement of the one-horned man coming up.

"In this trip to capture slaves, the disciple was not in a good position, and only fourteen people were arrested, and Elder Hai was asked to punish them." The one-horned man knelt on one knee and bowed his head.

Behind him, Liao Zhong also hurriedly knelt down, lowered his head, and didn't dare to say a word.

"What about the reasons for the defeat?" Elder Hai asked lightly.

"It was the disciple who was too careless, and when he ambushed and rounded up the monks in Shacheng, he didn't expect that some of them were stronger than expected, so they broke through the encirclement and fled, and in the end, not only did they capture one person, but the red gold centipede was also taken by them." The one-horned man explained.

Hearing this, Elder Hai suddenly turned around and revealed his face.

He has a square face, pale eyebrows, blue pupils as sharp as a falcon, and a light gray goatee around his mouth.

Liao Zhong accidentally caught a glimpse of Elder Hai's appearance, and he didn't dare to look at it more, so he hurriedly lowered his head.

But Elder Hai didn't care about Liao Zhong, but looked at the one-horned man with a frown: "That red gold centipede is something that I have cultivated for many years, and it was brought out by you as a guarantee at the beginning, but now you tell me that I lost it, what is the crime?" ”

"The disciple is willing to be punished." The one-horned man bowed his head.

Elder Hai was silent and stared at the one-horned man for a long time before turning his gaze and glancing at Liao Zhong: "Who is this person behind you?" ”

The one-horned man immediately explained: "This person's name is Liao Zhong, he was originally a city manager in the trap of Shacheng, and he contributed a lot to this sect, but this defeat, the manager of the month of the trap of Shacheng knows his identity, so he wants to join the sect completely and no longer return to the trap of Shacheng." ”

After listening to the one-horned man's explanation, Elder Hai didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, and spit out the words: "Okay." ”

Hearing this, Liao Zhongru was amnestied, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

After that, Elder Hai stopped talking, and the pavilion fell into an eerie silence, Liao Zhong lay on the ground, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead again, and finally it was the one-horned man who took the lead in breaking the silence.

He turned his head and instructed Liao Zhong: "Okay, you go to Senior Sister He, and she will arrange the rest for you." ”

Liao Zhong hurriedly nodded yes, and seeing that Elder Hai had no objections, he immediately got up to say goodbye and retreated from the building.

And after he left, Elder Hai looked at the one-horned man with deep eyes, waited for a while, and saw that the one-horned man didn't say a word, so he said helplessly:

"The crime of losing the red gold centipede is not small, are you really willing to be punished?"

"It's all up to Elder Hai." The one-horned man still kept his head down.

"Alas, Fu'er, why are you so stubborn, although the red gold centipede is precious, but in the final analysis, it is just a demon beast, as long as you are willing to ask for a word, your father can spare you, but why do you refuse, can you still hold a grudge against your father after so many years?" Elder Hai sighed.

(End of chapter)