A moment later, Tang Gu appeared at the bottom of the Purple Mountain Peak.

In front of him, there was a very wide two-way road, and at this moment, there were more than a dozen minecarts covered with thick tarpaulins, entering and leaving.

Tang Gu didn't pay much attention to it, and as soon as his body moved, he walked along the gate and walked in.

As far as the eye can see, the cave is very wide, slightly shady and dim, and the four walls are full of torches the thickness of children's arms.

In the center, there is a row of iron fences with sharp tops, and a middle-aged man in a blue shirt stands aside, holding a pen to register, and all those who enter and exit must register under the fence.

Four or five silver-clad guards stood at his side, swords-wielding guards, their eyes as majestic as those of vultures.

Anyone who enters or leaves must be repeatedly scrutinized, and no one is allowed to hide their secrets.

Tang Gu rolled his eyes and walked over.

"But the local steward?"

"Well, yes, I am, you are?"

The middle-aged man in the blue shirt turned his head, glanced at Tang Gu suspiciously, and then kindly persuaded him: "Young man, if you have nothing to do, leave quickly, this is the important mine of Xinglin Villa, no one is allowed to trespass, otherwise there will be no mercy!"

Tang Gu smiled slightly, reached out and took out his identity wooden tag from his arms, handed it over, and said with a smile: "I was punished by the criminal court and came here to mine." ”

"Oh?"

Regarding this situation, the middle-aged man in the blue shirt obviously seemed to be commonplace, but he was not surprised when he heard the words, and took Tang Gu's identity wooden card and glanced at it: "Miscellaneous disciple, no wonder ......"

His eyes turned and he glanced behind Tang Gu. I couldn't help but say strangely: "Didn't anyone accompany you?"

Tang Gu was stunned, but he quickly replied: "No ......"

"Huh?"

At this moment, the middle-aged man in the blue shirt was slightly surprised, and then seemed to remember something, and said funny: "It must be that the punishment order has just been issued, and you haven't had time to receive the official punishment order notice, so you came by yourself, right?"

Tang Gu touched his nose, "uh", and said, "And this procedure?"

He still didn't know about that.

But it's not surprising to think about it. Court Order. Naturally, there was a set of necessary procedures to go, and Tang Gu was out of the criminal court, so he flew directly towards the mine, so he walked in front of the arrival of the criminal order.

The blue-shirted middle-aged deacon heard this. Some couldn't laugh or cry. But he still nodded and said, "Okay." You go down first, and when the official notice from the lower court comes down, I will record it. ”

Speaking of which. He still couldn't help but want to laugh: "Hehe, you realize that the official notice of the criminal court has not come down yet, but you came first." ”

When Tang Gu heard this, he was not angry, and walked inward, while asking: "Dare to ask the steward, what are the rules in this mine?"

"Hmm!"

The middle-aged man in the blue shirt patted his head and said with a smile: "I almost forgot about it, remember, ordinary disciples, when you come to mine, you need to hand in fifty catties of fire spar every week, which is two hundred catties per month, you can come to turn it in once a week, or you can come to hand it in once a month." ”

"And the punished disciples have to be doubled, and they need to hand over one hundred catties of fire spar every week, which is four hundred catties per month. The rest of the completed task can be sold to the sect contribution hall here, or it can be taken out and sold by yourself, but ......"

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man in the blue shirt looked solemn: "If you don't finish it on time, you need to stay here until you complete the task, otherwise you can't leave, even if it's ten years or a hundred years, it's the same!"

"Hmm. ”

Hearing this, Tang Gu nodded his head to express his gratitude, and then walked past the crowd, walked into the fence, and after taking down an ordinary mine hoe on the wall in the side corner, he walked towards the depths of the mine.

Behind him, a middle-aged man in blue shirt and four or five silver-clothed guards, looking at his back, a silver-clothed man smiled and said: "He actually has the strength of the six turns of the qi path, which is comparable to some ordinary elite disciples, but he is an interesting kid." ”

"I wonder how long he can survive in this mine?" said another silver-clad man.

"That's not the point. The silver-clothed guard from before said proudly: "The point is to see how many fire crystals he can dig up in a month, which is something worth looking forward to." You say, is it sixty pounds, or eighty pounds?"

"No, the sixth turn of the air path can't even complete the task? Wouldn't he want to stay in the mine for another four or five months, in my opinion, there should be a hundred catties. ”

"I'll bet sixty pounds!"

"I'll bet eighty pounds!"

Several silver-clothed people were full of interest, and even the middle-aged steward in blue was aroused and participated in the gambling fight.

However, whether it was the four or five silver-clothed guards, or the blue-clothed middle-aged steward who seemed to be very easy to speak, there were five or six people, and none of them thought that Tang Gu could dig out more than 100 catties of ore in a month.

In this case, the punishment order issued by the Xinglin Villa Criminal Court ...... Isn't it a task that can't be accomplished in a short period of time?

Or is the criminal court deliberately rectifying people?

Tang Guruo is here, and when he learns about this, he doesn't know how he feels in his heart?

It's a pity that he has already gone deep into the mine at this time, and the farther he goes, the voices of several silver-clothed guards and others behind him discussing can't be heard, so naturally he doesn't know what happened later.

......

The deeper down the cave, the darker it becomes, and the roads are slender and crisscrossed, interspersed in all directions, like a king-sized spider's web, and like an underground labyrinth.

Surrounded by hollowed-out caverns, as well as some remaining uneven rocks, the legendary pyrolite, Tang Gu did not see a single one.

However, this matter is very normal, Tang Gu has only just entered the mine at this time, and according to common sense, this mine has been developed for hundreds of years, and all the igneous crystals near the entrance of this mine have naturally been excavated long ago.

Even this hollowed-out time may not be recent, but hundreds of years ago, and there was nothing.

If Tang Gu wanted to dig the real fire crystal mine, he had to continue to go down.

Fortunately, he is strong and has excellent eyesight, even in such a dimly lit place, his eyes will not be blackened. I can't see anything clearly.

The surrounding scenery is still clear and unobstructed.

Tang Gu collected his mood, did not stop, chose a road that looked relatively new, kept to the left, and continued to move forward.

Sure enough, after choosing this path, it didn't take long. After seven turns and eight turns. In Tang Gu's ears, there was finally a "ding...... Bite...... Ding......" sound, the crisp sound of a mine hoe digging against the rock wall.

And Tang Gu finally slowly came to the deeper part of the mine.

It's not too late. Follow the sound. Tang Gu's eyes lit up.

Not far away. In a hollow mine, a man was dressed in greasy, black, tattered clothes. A middle-aged miner with a dusty face and a difficult face, with a tallow torch next to him and a black and shiny mine hoe in his hand, was digging hard at a fiery red rock in front of him.

As the hoe lifted and fell, the crisp tapping sound of "ding, ding, ding......" continued to sound, and the stone walls around the fiery red rock continued to peel off.

Slowly, a round, transparent, and faintly dancing cluster of flames appeared in his hand, and then he waved it casually and pulled it into the man-high mining basket beside him.

At this time, in the tall and large mining basket, there was already a small half frame of the same fiery red spar piled together, obviously, it was the harvest that the middle-aged mining slave had worked hard for for a long time.

Seeing this, Tang Gu's eyes flashed slightly.

"Is this the pyrolite? It is said that it is divided into inferior, primary, medium, high, extreme, and fifth. ”

"Most of the disciples can dig up, and what they usually turn in, is only the inferior level, or the elementary level, the middle level is very rare, and the high level is even more rare, and they are not the same way as they are usually exchanged. ”

"Ten catties are inferior, and they can only be exchanged for one catty of primary. Ten catties of primary, can only be converted into one catty of medium. The latter is equivalent. ”

"The ore collected by Xinglin Villa has always been calculated only on the basis of primary grade, and the rest will be calculated according to the proportion of the average converted into primary grade. ”

"The ores in this mine slave uncle's mine basket are not bright and bright, and the fire attribute aura is also very weak, it should only be the lowest level of inferiority, only a few pieces, bright red in color, as if spiritual, this is the primary fire crystal. ”

"It seems that if you want to complete the task faster, you can only continue to go down, the deeper the mine, the less people there are, the greater the probability of high-grade fire crystals, and this vicinity is still too shallow. ”

Thinking of this, Tang Gu wanted to turn around and leave, but he didn't want that at this time, in the mine, the gray-clothed middle-aged mining slave looked around, and actually picked up the mining basket on the ground, pulled out the torch inserted in the muddy ground next to him, and walked out.

On the other side, he stared at Tang Gu coldly, then turned around and left, and after a while, turned into a more remote mine road and disappeared.

Seeing this, Tang Gu was helpless for a while, knowing that he had been standing here for too long, and the other party regarded him as someone who wanted to rob him of the mine.

Touching his nose, Tang Gu didn't pay much attention to it, found a path that was completely different from the middle-aged mine slave just now, and continued to move forward.

Wherever it is remote, Tang Gu will turn around, and along the way, he will meet four or five miners dressed like the middle-aged miner just now, this time Tang Gu did not take a closer look, and left directly.

Slowly, the path began to be silent and desolate, and there was silence all around, and there was no more human figure.

Tang Gu came to a small mine road and found that some inlaid dark red stones began to appear on the nearby rock wall, and his heart was immediately overjoyed.

"This is it!"

Looking at the appearance of these stones, it is obviously brighter and more dazzling than the mine where the middle-aged miner slave was just now, at least it is also a medium fire crystal, and even, digging into the depths, it may appear high.

One pound of medium is worth ten pounds of primary, and one pound of high is enough to be worth a hundred pounds of primary fire crystal.

Doesn't that mean that if you can dig forty catties medium, or four catties high, you can completely offset a month's task.

Thinking of the beauty, Tang Gu walked to a rock wall with a lot of dark red stones, opened his mouth and spit into his palm, and then waved the mining hoe in his hand and waved it towards a dark red spar in front of him.

"Smack!"

A burst of fire jumped, making Tang Gu stunned and even depressed.

The dark red stone in front of him was unharmed, only leaving a shallow dent on the surrounding stone walls, and the black rust mine hoe in his hand was directly broken into two in an instant.

Tang Gu picked up the broken part of the mine hoe on the ground and looked at it, the whole pitch-black mine hoe made of fine iron had been rolled up all over the shovel edge, even the tip.

"How so?"

Tang Gu stood in place, speechless for a long time.

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ps: First update. (To be continued......)