The gambling business in the Western Wilderness is in full swing, and the large and small towns are full of gambling stone shops of different sizes, but other than that, there are hardly any other industries.

If a foreigner comes to the Western Wilderness, he may think that gambling stones are all of the Western Wilderness, and the countless monks who live here are all living on gambling stones.

Indeed, this is exactly what the prosperous gambling business has brought to people. But if you stay in the Western Wilderness for a long time, you will gradually find that the gambling stone is just the appearance of the Western Wilderness, just a beautiful floating light used by the Western Wilderness to attract foreign funds.

The wealth brought by gambling stones to the Western Wilderness is incalculable, but in the final analysis, gambling stones are just a link in a huge industrial chain. Those drunken fans and glamour in front of the world are only the tip of the iceberg of this industrial chain.

Behind that illusory glitz, what is hidden is the largest industry in the Tian Yuan Continent, and it is also the foundation for ensuring the smooth operation of the entire Tian Yuan Continent, and the seemingly dazzling gambling stone industry is not worth mentioning at all in front of it!

This pillar industry of the Tian Yuan Continent is the excavation of spirit stones.

As a necessity for monks, the significance of the existence of spirit stones goes without saying, even more so after spirit stones gradually become the hard currency of the Tian Yuan Continent.

If a monk wants to grow up, he can't lack anything without spirit stones, and most of the time in a monk's life, whether long or short, is spent fighting for spirit stones.

Absorbing spiritual energy to assist in cultivation, or accumulating spiritual stones to buy other cultivation resources, the monks have been dealing with spiritual stones all their lives, as if spiritual stones are a part of their lives. But few people will think about where those dazzling spirit stones came from.

The answer to this question is here, in the Western Wilderness!

More than ninety percent of the spirit stones in the Tian Yuan Continent came from large and small mines in the Western Wilderness, while the other one percent came from some island mines overseas. And no matter where the mine is, it can be said that every piece of spirit stone circulating in the Tian Yuan Continent is dug out by a mining monk with a pickaxe, and there are absolutely no exceptions.

In other words, the prosperity of the entire Tian Yuan Continent was carved out by the mining monks with pickaxes.

There's nothing wrong with that!

In the Western Wilderness, there is the largest group of miners in the Tian Yuan Continent, and it is they who hold the lifeblood of the entire continent.

But the tragedy is that they can't control their own lifeblood.

It is said that many years ago, when the monks were digging for prehistoric ruins, they saw the saying: Those who are all over the world are not silkworm breeders.

The meaning of this sentence is a little obscure, but the sympathetic miners can instantly understand the black humor hidden in the words, and they are deeply impressed by the transparency of prehistoric humans, and often use "silkworm breeders" on their lips to laugh at themselves. This is also a rare joke that can make them smile in their dark lives, even if it is just a bitter smile.

In this world, there are not many people who are willing to be miners.

On this day, the No. 6 mining area of the Hongtoushan Mine ushered in three new miners, which undoubtedly injected fresh vitality into Hongtoushan, which had been unable to recruit miners, and also made the white deacon in charge of this mining area have a long-lost smile on his face, even if these three miners don't look like miners.

These three people, let's not talk about how the cultivation looks wrong. Just talking about that figure, one grows so tall into the sky, I'm afraid it's hard to even get into the mine. The other was so fat that it was hard to even turn over in the narrow mine. The third one seems to be a normal person, but the annoying thing is that this guy still has an old man on his back!

Deacon Bai said in his heart: Are you going to mine with a father behind your back?

Carrying a father on his back was naturally Elder Qian, and when he saw the dissatisfaction in Deacon Bai's eyes, he could only shrug his shoulders helplessly. Hongtoushan Mine is a one-day flying boat trip from Yifang City, and it is not good for him to leave the half-dead old Ding Tou alone in the city, so he can only carry it over and mine together.

It was his decision to become a miner in the Hongtoushan Mine after repeated consideration, not for the insignificant wages, but for the hope of turning over the old Dingtou.

As we all know, the threshold of miners is low and the income is meager, and because of the special environment of the mine, their own cultivation does not have a great impact on the mining efficiency, so the cultivation of monks mining on the mine will definitely not exceed the foundation building period.

Qian Yang thought that it was strange enough for him, a Jindan monk, to come to be a miner with his head and tail exposed, but he never expected that he would meet two more Jindan companions at once, and these two didn't even hide it, so loudly wearing the aura of a Jindan monk, they surrendered their identities to recruit miners.

Jin Dan is Jin Dan, but these two people Qian Yang still recognizes them, and knows more clearly that none of these two is an honest person, a local tyrant and a giant thief, do you say that these two goods can be used as miners?

However, when it came to covering up his cultivation, Qian Yang looked down at the jade pendant on his waist, how did he feel that something was wrong.

At this time, Deacon White sighed and made an opening sentence: "This man! I can't tell when I will encounter a difficult hurdle." Fortunately, I don't ask where I came from, I don't ask about the past, you dig stones for me, I pay you, it's simple and straightforward, and I don't say so much. ”

The three new miners didn't say anything, nodding their heads to indicate that they had heard.

Deacon Bai then said: "Each person who completes a hundred jobs per month will be in charge of food and housing, and there will be another reward of eight hundred spirit stones, and there will be another reward for digging more." ”

Qian Yang pursed his lips, he didn't know what others thought, anyway, he had a deep resentment towards the 800 monthly salary.

Deacon Bai looked at the three of them again and slowed down his speech: "I know that it is indeed wronged to be a miner with the cultivation of the three, but I can't get any decent preferential treatment. Outside the mine, there are several newly built wooden houses, which were intended for calcite workers, and there is still time to spare. The living conditions there are better than those in the mine, and if the three of them are not too far away, they can live there temporarily, so that they can be quieter. ”

The tall miner and the fat miner nodded and accepted the kindness of the white deacon, but the cheeky Qian Yang poked his head and lowered his voice and asked, "This ...... Can you give me two rooms?"

Deacon White raised his eyes to look at the old man on his back, frowning and silent.

Qian Yang hurriedly took out a handful of spirit stones from his waist and handed them over, saying, "The old man is injured and can't leave anyone, I will pay for his food and lodging by myself, and I will ask the deacon to make it convenient." ”

Deacon Bai pushed away Qian Yang's spirit stone: "The mine is not bad for this person's food, it's just ...... Forget it, give you two rooms, it's not easy!"

Qian Yang hurriedly nodded in thanks, and couldn't help but have a good impression of this white deacon. He knew that food was not a problem, and neither was the house, but Deacon Bai set this precedent for him, and it would be difficult to say that there would be no trouble in the future, and the sentence "It's not easy" made Qian Yang write down this favor.

Deacon White raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction outside the mine and said, "Your house is over there, and there is only one stone solver living there for the time being, so go over and let him help you settle down." Let's take a break today and start work tomorrow. ”

The three of them nodded and thanked and wanted to leave, but Deacon Bai continued: "I am similar to the three cultivators, and we will all stir horses and spoons in a pot in the future, you don't have to be restrained, as long as you dig the stones well, the rest of the details don't matter!"

The three of them nodded silently, but Qian Yang wondered in his heart: Do you see that I am in the Jindan period? Could it be that my jade pendant is really broken?

After Deacon Bai finished speaking, Qian Yang looked at the two strong buddies in front of him, and his heart was bottomless for a while, he hesitated for a moment and decided to have nothing to say, and said to the high miner: "This is the legendary Master Wu, right?"

Master Wu smiled kindly: "My name is Wu Shui, and I have had several encounters with fellow Daoists. ”

"In Xia Qianyang, I will be lucky!" Qian Yang put on a smile, and then turned to the fat miner: "This can't be Deacon Yang, right?"

"My name is Yang Gong, but the deacon can't afford it. Yang Gong's face was a little stiff.

Qian Yang hurriedly said: "Fortunately, I have bought stones in your store before, does Brother Yang still have an impression?"

Yang Gong glanced at Qian Yang carefully, then looked at the old Ding on his back, shook his head vigorously and said, "You have seen stones in my shop, but you haven't bought them." Don't lie to me, I don't have the money to pay you!"

"Uh......" Qian Yang's face was a little embarrassed, and then he remembered that he was afraid that he had said something that he shouldn't say, so he hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that." ”

Yang Gong didn't keep a cold face, and squeezed out a smile and said, "Let's go and see where you live, the smoke and dust here are a bit big." ”

Qian Yang nodded hurriedly, and walked in the direction of the residence with the old man on his back.

A few miles away from the mine, a long row of houses appeared in front of them, and beyond the house was a square fenced yard, and on the steps in front of the courtyard was a thin black boy looking up at the sky with his hands on his neck.

Qian Yang walked closer, leaned his face to the young man's head by virtue of his height, and greeted him gently: "Hey!"

The young man was so frightened that he stroked his chest and rubbed it for a long time before he could recover his breath, glanced at Qian Yang dissatisfiedly, and said a little twistedly: "This senior brother, you scared me to death!"

Qian Yang was a little embarrassed, he didn't know why, after leaving Yifang City, the whole person was a little out of his head, and there was always a desire to let go of himself in his heart.

Yang Gong and Wu Shui also approached at this time, and the black thin young man raised his eyes to see the momentum of these two, and hurriedly lowered his head and stood solemnly, and said, "I have seen two seniors." ”

Qian Yang was stunned for a moment next to him, and said in his heart, you call me senior brother, and call them seniors, why am I a generation shorter for no reason......? Is my jade pendant good again?

Qian Yang lowered his head and fiddled with the jade pendant a few times, how did he think that the jade pendant was good.

"Pick up your, shame on the dead!" Yang Gong opened his mouth, his tone full of disdain.