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In this way, Ou Chuyang's injury was just seven or eight points better, and he became a hard-working miner. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yunze Ridge, located on the periphery of the Yundu Mountains, was originally full of barren mountains and wilderness, and it was uninhabited. More than ten years ago, after Mu Haoran moved his family to Yunchuan Valley, which was more than ten miles away, he actually found a blue crystal vein here.

Since then, the Mu family has taken root and built a city. With rapid development for more than ten years, there are now more than a dozen Keqing sword masters under the door, plus thousands of tens of thousands of slaves, and they have become one of the few powerful forces in the Yundu Mountains in northern Ningzhou.

The Yunzeling ore vein can be said to be the most important lifeblood of the Mu family, so Mu Haoran sent four Keqing sword masters to be stationed here, and sent two housekeepers with eight hundred family members to supervise thousands of miners to mine crystal ore day and night.

"Take it!" The housekeeper He Shiren threw two sets of mine slave clothes and a few things to Ou Chuyang, and ordered a family member, "Take him down to work." ”

Ou Chuyang looked at the three guys in his hand:

A metal nameplate with the inscription: "Mine Slave: Six, Two, Six", which must be his code name.

A small chisel, a wire brush, a burlap pocket...... Could this be a mining tool? Ou Chuyang checked the few pocket-sized "toys" in his hand, puzzled.

"Let's go, are you waiting for the New Year?" Jia Ding pushed Ou Chuyang hard, urging him to walk into the mine.

As long as there is no danger to his life, Ou Chuyang can't care so much for the time being.

The mine was very deep, and after walking along the winding tunnel for more than ten minutes, the man seemed too lazy to go too far, and called an old mine slave and instructed: "Old grandson, this kid will follow you in the future." If there is anything he does not understand, you are responsible for teaching him, and you are responsible for any trouble he will cause. ”

After speaking, the family walked away. Lao Sun Tou pointed to an open space next to him and said to Ou Chuyang: "You just dig here, in fact, it's not complicated, just dig slowly and carefully, don't damage the sword crystal." ”

Ou Chuyang walked to the edge of the rock wall as he said, followed the example of the old grandson, and carefully and slowly excavated the rock wall with the pocket steel chisel. The rock wall was brittle, not very hard, and Ou Chuyang quickly carved out a small pit.

"Be careful!" Old Sun Tou suddenly stopped Ou Chuyang, and walked over to peel off the crushed lime soil with his hands, revealing a little misty blue fluorescence.

"If you go down again, it's a bad thing. If we chisel through this sword crystal, you and I will be in vain this month, and we will have to receive ten lashes. The old grandson said as he gently loosened the rocks around the blue fluorescence with a steel chisel, and then carefully picked out a blue bead with his hand.

"Then it's easy. As he spoke, he pinned the chisel to his belt, took out a wire brush, and brushed off the stone skin on the surface of the blue beads.

Gradually, a crystal clear and faintly fluorescent blue gemstone appeared in the palm of the old grandson's palm. This is exactly the sword crystal that Ou Chuyang has ever seen.

"Take it. Old Sun Tou handed the sword spar to Ou Chuyang, "Let's start work as soon as we learn it." ”

Ou Chuyang excused himself: "You dug this one, or you keep it." ”

"Young man, do you think that sword crystals are everywhere? you can't dig a single one in a day, that's a common thing. When they go out, those who don't have a sword crystal to hand in will have to be whipped. The old grandson grinned and pointed to the burlap bag on his waist, "I have already escaped the whip today, and if I am lucky to dig up another one, I can still eat a meat bun at night." ”

"Then thank you Uncle Sun. Ou Chuyang was no longer polite, put away the sword crystal, and officially started his career as a mining slave with a gourd painting.

Sure enough, sword spars are not available everywhere, and at the end of this day, Ou Chuyang only dug up another one, but Lao Sun Tou lost that luck. And more people have empty pockets and sad faces.

At the end of the day, the dusty and exhausted miners lined up in several long lines and stepped forward in turn to pay the sword crystals they had dug up.

"One, three, one, four. ”

"One-three-one-five, no. ”

"One-three-one-six, no. ”

The miner who handed in a sword crystal received a bowl of white flour steamed buns and a bowl of broth. The miners who did not hand in the sword spar only had a black nest head, one by one with their heads lowered, and consciously walked to the side to line up. In front of the procession was a stone platform, on which a miner stood with his neck curled and trembling.

A sword master next to him shook his wrist, and a sword light "snapped!" and knocked the cheap slave to the ground.

The slave screamed miserably, rolled down the stone platform, and struggled to climb out.

"Is this a whip?" asked Ou Chuyang in a low voice.

"That's right. The whipping in the mine is all carried out by the sword master himself, and the sword master has a very accurate grasp of the manpower, this sword will not hurt people, but it can make people hurt into the bone marrow, and they will never forget it for the rest of their lives......" The old grandson said and shuddered, as if he remembered it vividly.

"Then I dug two today, secretly hid one, and if I can't dig one tomorrow, what if I can't dig one tomorrow and hand it in?"

"Hidden sword spar?" Old Sun Tou looked at Ou Chuyang like an idiot, "Are you willing to be whipped, or are you willing to lose your head?"

"Next!" it was Ou Chuyang's turn as he spoke.

Ou Chuyang received a bowl-sized white flour steamed bun and a bowl of broth, plus a fist-sized meat bun. Follow the old grandson to a big tree outside the mine, and sit down to enjoy their dinner.

This white-flour steamed bun weighs almost half a catty, and it is extremely tough to bite into. It's hard to swallow, and this so-called broth is like a bowl of lightly salted water with a wisp of meat smelling like it, and it is estimated that the soup made by a ton of tap water and a tube bone is much thicker than this.

In comparison, this meat bun is really a delicacy, no wonder the surrounding groups of miners are staring at the meat bun in Ou Chuyang's hand and swallowing their saliva.

"Uncle Sun, this is for you. Ou Chuyang handed the meat bag in his hand to the old grandson, "If it weren't for you today, I wouldn't have been able to get ten lashes, and that sword crystal was also dug out by you." ”

"That won't work. Old Sun Tou pushed away Ou Chuyang's hand, "It's yours and yours." Young people are growing up, so they can eat more meat. ”

"That's half of a person, stop being verbose. Ou Chuyang said and broke the meat bun in half, and the aroma of meat overflowed in an instant, and Ou Chuyang couldn't help but salivate.

Alas, a meat bun...... Ou Chuyang laughed self-deprecatingly: How could you have thought that one day, I would be reduced to this step...... We must unlock the secret of the Sword Gate as soon as possible, and if you want me to be a slave forever, it will never be possible!

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After three days, Ou Chuyang's mining skills became more and more proficient, and he basically didn't have to worry about damaging the sword crystal and receiving ten whips. And he and Lao Sun Tou were very lucky, not only did they not suffer from the sword whip, but they also ate two meat buns.

"Click!" Ou Chuyang chiseled down, the rock wall cracked, and a brilliant crystal light suddenly shot out from inside.

"What's going on?" said Ou Chuyang.

"Sword crystal jade!" Old Sun Tou screamed and pounced, excitedly picking out the gravel on the side, "This is a rare treasure, one sword crystal jade is worth ten thousand sword crystals!"

"Huh?" Ou Chuyang was surprised and hurriedly helped.

A blue treasure jade lay quietly in the palm of Ou Chuyang's hand, and there was a faint brilliance in the crystal light. Ou Chuyang couldn't help but secretly admire: It is more beautiful than the "Heart of the Ocean".

"A sword crystal jade is handed over, and the head of the family will give a banquet and a reward of 100 taels of silver! You can also take a day off and go to the city for a happy night. The old grandson was speechless, "I've been digging here for more than ten years, and I haven't seen it a few times." ”

The surrounding miners also surrounded one after another, envious.

"You kid is really lucky, he only came here for three days and dug up the sword crystal jade, it's really a good fate!"

"Don't forget us when you get the reward, so you can bring some wine and food for everyone to beat. ”

"Don't worry, I will take out half of the reward silver to invite everyone to drink wine and eat meat!" Ou Chuyang held this precious sword crystal jade tightly, ready to go out immediately to receive the award.

"The head of the family gives a banquet, do you also deserve to eat?" A yellow-bearded man with two followers was in the tunnel, stopping Ou Chuyang, looking at the style of clothes, he was a family member.

"He Luming!" The miners next to him took a few steps back.

"What do you want?" asked Ou Chuyang calmly.

"What do I want? Ahahaha!" He Luming laughed wildly, "Don't worry, in front of everyone, I won't snatch your baby for nothing." Then go get two jugs of wine and drink. ”

A few pieces of loose silver were thrown at Ou Chuyang's feet.

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