Chapter 14: " Spirit Stones and Bloodshed"

The clouds blazed like fire as the sun set.

In the mine, the constant roaring had ceased.

Even the immortal cultivators who controlled the massive iron-clad puppets seemed to work from sunrise to sunset, just like Gu Dao and the other low-level cultivators.

After handing over the ore in the backpack, Gu Dao followed the crowd and went out of the mine.

Like him, there were many miners who spent the night beside the mine.

Various wooden sheds were built in various places in the mountains. The wooden sheds were far apart from each other. Obviously, the miners were all vigilant against each other.

In fact, this vigilance was obviously not groundless.

In a few months, Gu Dao heard the news of people being killed more than once.

Working hard for a month, twenty pieces of spirit stones, killing one person, maybe it was the harvest of others for several months.

Few people would resist the temptation of gaining something for nothing.

According to Gu Dao's inquiries during this period, these miners are basically the same as him, all from all over the world.

However, this world is different from Gu Dao.

After all, immortal cultivators are also human beings.

As human beings, they will reproduce.

Among the mortals who have been reproduced from generation to generation, there are always some who are close to the immortal world, and some who are completely isolated from the immortal world.

And these casual cultivators are basically also this kind of existence close to the immortal world.

There are probably only a very small number of casual cultivators like Gu Dao who are pure wild and look confused at everything.

Moreover, most of them do not seem to be recruited from the Puchan Town, but from other places where immortal cultivators gather.

His wandering around Puchan Town was really a waste of effort.

Gu Dao's steps were not fast, but since he entered the forest, his seemingly unhurried steps have been extremely alert.

In this mine, even outside the mine, he is not too worried about the threat of immortal cultivators.

After all, the important areas of the mine, even outside the mine, are patrolled by the mine law enforcement team.

If an outsider cultivator breaks in without paying attention, the possibility of losing his head is probably not small.

These days, he has not heard of any cultivator breaking in to kill people, and the cultivators in the mine are also arranged for accommodation.

The only people living outside the mine are those who are like him, low level cultivators.

A Spirit stone is a treasure, and they will have bad intentions!

It was not until he returned to the wooden shed in the forest that Gu Dao felt a little relieved, but this peace of mind was obviously only relative.

Even if he reinforced the wooden shed many times, it only served as a shelter from wind and rain, and the defense was equivalent to nothing.

He could knock down the wooden shed with a random punch, and other miners were naturally no exception.

The wooden house was in full view. Except for a layer of wooden boards on the ground, everything else was extremely simple.

took the wooden board on the ground, and a hole appeared in the wooden shed.

After covering the wooden board, Gu Dao jumped into the hole.

The wooden shed had no defense, so he lived in the hole.

Even if someone used spiritual sense to peek, it is estimated that they would subconsciously ignore the ground.

After all, this is how normal people think. If it is abnormal, he is in the hole, ten meters away from the ground, and there are other exits. Even if there is any abnormality, he can deal with it calmly.

Compared to the simplicity of the wooden shed, the hole was obviously much more refined, with firewood, rice, oil, salt, pots, and pans—all readily available.

Of course, everything was mundane food that he had purchased from the mine; he wouldn't waste the precious spirit stones until he learn how to cultivate.

He is now at the fourth level of the Qi Training Stage, it is not yet to the point where he does not need to eat.

Three meals a day are also indispensable. If he does not breathe in and out spiritual energy, his appetite is also terrifying.

It is normal to eat dozens of pounds of meat in one meal.

The body that is no longer human is enough to easily absorb all the essence of meat and vegetable food.

After eating down a small portion of the roasted wild boar meat and cleaning up a bit, Gu Dao let out a long breath, and went to sleep with his clothes on.

It was very late at night.

In the forest, you can occasionally hear the sound of shouting and roaring.

Gu Dao had been here for more than three months, and this forest witnessed bloodshed every few days.

The cruelty of the world of immortal cultivation has been fully demonstrated to him and to those casual cultivators before they officially stepped into the world of immortal cultivation.

Gu Dao slept very alertly. He knew very well what the outside world was like. It was precisely because of this that this cave appeared.

He also prepared many means to deal with possible dangers.

However, he seemed to have good luck recently. He has been working in this mine for so long and has not been involved in any trouble.

This night seems to be the same.

It was already early in the morning, and most of the night had passed.

Gu Dao 's sleep seemed to be less vigilant.

Unbeknownst to him, two figures appeared in the dense forest outside the wooden shed.

Gu Dao's good luck seemed to have come to an abrupt end.

The blood in the jungle finally affected him.

"This guy has been working in the mine for more than three months and has never been out. The spirit stones should still be there. He is definitely a fat sheep!"

"Besides, he is alone. I have been observing him for many days."

"If we can get him, we won't have to suffer in this mine..."

"Did he notice something?" one of the men asked in a low voice, eyes scanning the wooden shed.

"Impossible," the other scoffed. "I've been watching him for days. He hasn't noticed a thing!"

"At this point, the lights have been off for a long time. This guy should be sleeping soundly..."

Whispering sounds rang out in the darkness, and two figures were getting closer and closer to Gu Dao 's wooden shed.

"Be careful, there is a trap!"

A man shouted immediately about 20 meters away from the wooden shed.

The actions of the two men stopped almost at the same time.

One of the men stepped forward carefully and pushed aside the dead leaves on the ground.

A pit about ten feet deep and with sharp wooden poisonous thorns appeared clearly in front of the two men.

"What a sinister kid, he even applied poison!"

A man couldn't help but yell.

Even if he was a first level Qi training stage, even if this pit and wooden thorns might not hurt him, but this poison might.

There are all kinds of poisons in the world, and it's hard to guard against them!

" Not only that!"

The man on the side looked solemn, and he lifted the dead leaves around him, only to see that there were pits all around, and there were wooden boards connected to straw ropes, and extending along the straw ropes, it was directly connected to the wooden shed.

In other words, once you step into the pit, even if you dodge in time, you will step on the wooden board next to you, thereby involving the straw rope and directly affecting the wooden shed...

"This kid is a bit difficult..."

The man looked at the simple wooden shed in front of him, and he seemed to be a little more daunted.

The other man was about to back out: "How about we retreat?"

"This guy is so well prepared, there must be other means. If he capsizes in the ditch later, we will be finished..."

"Since we are here, how can we go back empty-handed!"

"No matter how well prepared this guy is, it's just some mundane means. There is nothing for the two of us to be afraid of!"

"Let's go over and take a look first. Be careful, don't fall into his trap..."

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