Undoubtedly, this has become a big question mark again, but now Xiao Hong doesn't have so much time, he pondered, looked at the time magic pattern, the time has come to eight o'clock, obviously if you don't go into the mountain to collect medicine, it will be difficult to come back on time in the afternoon, and miss the time period when the fourth layer of the mine will be calmed, then today's plan will also be disrupted.

"Forget it, let's study it well in the future. Xiao Hong muttered to himself, Xiao Hong carefully put the two magic beads in the small pocket of his underwear, sealed the mouth so as not to lose it, and then sorted out his things again, and rushed out of the house, and waited alone in the mountains and forests not far from the door.

This mountain forest can be called vast, almost enveloping most of Taiwu City.

Standing on the top of the hill, you can even faintly see the outline of Taiwu City, a large square city with towering buildings in the center and bustling and straight streets.

It is about a dozen kilometers away from the Dongcheng Quarry at the foot of the mountain, which is not very far, and there is a small town called Dongcheng Town between the two.

Some of the miners in the East City Quarry came from there, and at this moment, curling smoke was already rising there.

Xiao Hong had seen this scene countless times, and he didn't feel too much emotion, he turned around and went down from another hillside, and walked quickly towards the depths of the forest, his movements were agile, his eyes kept turning in his sockets, and he carefully observed the dangers and herbs needed nearby.

In my mind, I kept thinking about the shape of the herb I needed and the environment in which it would grow, and then searched for it purposefully.

Of course, with Xiao Hong's current skills, he can only operate in the outer areas of the forest, and as for the evil cave forest inside the forest, he doesn't dare to step into half a step.

Although there are precious herbs growing there, it is indeed an extremely dangerous place, and there are powerful spirit beasts living in it, and ordinary people stepping into it are about the same as giving food to the spirit beasts.

Only those who can control the battle pattern above level 3 dare to enter in a group, which is why Sang Hongyun will spend a lot of energy to train a group of elite medicine children.

Where there are precious herbs, there are often spirit beasts, and having spirit animals undoubtedly means fighting.

At noon, Xiao Hong walked out of the forest, and the time was just right, which was also a habit developed on the fourth floor of the mine, and the grasp of time was almost calculated by seconds.

The medicine basket on his back was already full, filled with all kinds of strange herbs, and he was carrying a lively green liner in his hand, and a small bag of safflower fruit, which was not a herb, but Xiao Hong's meal.

Every time he enters the forest, Xiao Hong will bring out game, although the quarry has a canteen, but the food is not free, and it is difficult to see meat.

It is a meal that can be saved, this is also Xiao Hong's consistent style in order to treat himself, and he has to save every penny, although he is a little bitter, Xiao Hong firmly believes that as long as he can live, everything will be better.

Put the green liner with a thin vine tied to it in a basin full of water, put a small bag of safflower fruit in a small bowl on the desk, save it for the evening, then eat the last two pine oil handles in the drawer, replace it with a pickaxe and a wooden box, and leave the house.

Although he still has eighteen gold coins in his savings, and his physical illness has been alleviated, Xiao Hong does not want to sit and eat, he knows very well that there will be many places to use money in the future.

Especially the texturing part, materials and tools, all cost money, which is why most people can improve their strength, but why there are not many people who practice it.

Whether it is making or driving the pattern, it is quite expensive, and practicing the pattern requires a lot of materials for practice, and a lot of materials means a lot of money.

The same is true for the control pattern, take the most common light wing battle demon pattern as an example, a piece can be used 100 times, worth 50 silver coins, almost enough for an ordinary family to live for half a year.

And the higher the power, the higher the magic pattern is needed, and the higher the value.

A year ago, at the Demon Pattern Auction House in Taiwu City, there was a sensational price, and a master-level Battle Demon Pattern was worth 2,800 gold coins.

Of course, for Xiao Hong, this level of master is still far away, but for Xiao Hong at the moment, it is still down-to-earth, step by step, which is the most practical.

Before coming to the mine, Xiao Hong drilled into it very lightly without pausing, and drove through the mine road, and soon came to the vicinity of the entrance of the fourth-story mine.

However, at this time, Xiao Hong found that Li Le was holding a brand-new pickaxe, crying and desperately planing on the rock wall where the mine arrived.

Seeing Xiao Hong walking briskly from far and near, Li Le instantly put on a tearful look, and said to Xiao Hong pitifully: "Brother Hong, help." ”

Li Le put on such an appearance, Xiao Hong did not have the slightest strangeness, although the quarry has few restrictions on miners, more work, less work, no work, but at the end of the month, the corresponding workload must be completed, otherwise the next month's salary will be 80%.

This can be regarded as a practice of urging miners, otherwise the miners will stop working collectively, and how can the quarry make money.

And Li Le's consistent style is that he has nothing to do at the beginning of the month, and he is very chic, and he starts to go crazy at the end of the month, and it is estimated that the task is not full.

"How much is it missing?" Looking at Li Le's appearance, Xiao Hong didn't ask what was the matter at all, and went straight to the point.

"This time it's more, ten dollars. Li Le still said with a tearful expression.

Xiao Hong didn't respond to anything, he turned around in place, his eyes were like a pair of probing magic patterns, observing the extremely subtle changes in the rock around him, and it took about a minute before Xiao Hong slowly walked and knocked lightly on a rock wall.

After a "snap", a little red appeared on the rock wall, and inside it was the Battle Blood Stone, a low-cost stone for making master-level magic patterns.

However, in the eyes of the miners, it is a treasure, the quarry has regulations, one such stone, can be worth 10 pieces of low-quality white jade, 3 pieces of high-quality white jade, of course, because it is very rare, it is unrealistic to want to rely on it for a long time as income.

Seeing a little red on the rock wall, a ray of light flashed in Li Leyuan's eyes, there was no doubt that Xiao Hong solved all his problems with such a light touch.

"Brother Hong, thank you so much, your great kindness, the small one is unforgettable. Li Lemei smiled and said, the speed of the change of expression is amazingly fast, and the face that makes people have the urge to kick their feet is even more beautiful.

"Take this battle blood stone to make up the number, and the wages in exchange for it will belong to me. Xiao Hong looked immobile and said to Li Le, and Li Le nodded frequently in agreement, with a look of gratitude on his face.

Xiao Hong didn't say anything more, grabbed one end of the rope, went directly down to the fourth layer, and then began to look non-stop, looking for what he was looking for---- crystal sand stone, high-quality white jade.

For high-quality white jade, Xiao Hong is already familiar with it, as for the crystal sand stone, Xiao Hong has also found it when he collected white jade before, so it is not difficult to find it.

In just two hours, Xiao Hong was ready to leave, after all, it was different now, there was no need to be so desperate, looking at the six high-quality white jade rough stones in the wooden box, and a small handful of crystal sand stones the size of a fingernail, Xiao Hong's face faintly showed a smile, and the harvest was not bad.

Picking open a dark compartment of the wooden box, Xiao Hong wrapped a fingernail-sized crystal sand stone in a small piece of cloth, stuffed it in, and then sealed the dark compartment again.

There are clear rules in the Dongcheng Quarry, everything in the mine is owned by the Dongcheng Quarry, and all miners are not allowed to classify the materials in the mine as private.

Of course, the inspection in this regard is not very strict, as long as there are no major mistakes, the reason is simple, white jade is not a rare thing.

As for the relatively valuable crystal sand stone, unfortunately, Dongcheng Quarry still doesn't know that there is such a thing in their mine, one is that there are not many reserves, and the other is that there is only one living person like Xiao Hong in the fourth floor.

After everything was done, Xiao Hong left the mine without stopping.

After changing the wages at the place at the foot of the mountain and sending the wooden box home, Xiao Hong kept walking towards a pharmacy not far from the quarry.

Located on the edge of the Dongcheng Quarry, it is called the Miao Dan Apothecary, which not only sells all kinds of elixirs, herbs, and the lowest level of medicine demon patterns, but also heals the sick.

Business is booming, the reason is that there are many miners here, bumps and bumps are inevitable, of course, the price of medical treatment is also quite expensive, which is one-third higher than the price of the medical hall in Taiwu City.

But there is no way, there is only such a medical center in the vicinity, either come and be slaughtered, or resist.

Pushing the door into the medical hall, a faint smell of herbs came into Xiao Hong's nostrils, this is a small hall, directly opposite is a shelf, on which are placed all kinds of pills, most of them are for the treatment of trauma, among which in the eye-catching position, there are also two medicine magic patterns, which are placed in an extremely delicate wooden box, almost like exhibits.

Because ordinary miners simply don't have the economic strength to use the medicine magic pattern of dozens of silver coins at every turn.

On the right side of the hall there are two more beds, on which the patients are groaning, all local miners, injured by falling rocks.

In the other corner of the hall, in a small room, through the transparent glass, Xiao Hong could clearly see that Xu Qing was snuggling obliquely on a delicate wooden chair, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and on the small wooden table in front of him, there was a cup of tea, and next to him, there was a beautiful woman.

Xu Nan, the owner of the pharmacy, is serving carefully, and this Xu Nan is Xu Qing's younger brother, so it is not surprising why there is only one pharmacy here, and the price is surprisingly high.

Xu Qing is the head of the quarry, and he can be regarded as the emperor of the soil, other small pharmacies can't be opened here at all, and they are directly expelled, coupled with the strength of the third-level apprentice, ordinary people are not his opponents at all, so they don't dare to make mistakes.

As for the miners, even more so, although the price is high, they only dare to be angry.