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Broken Moon Mountain. This mountain was named after the largest mountain in Sky Fire City.
There were countless miners working in the mine. They were from both the Ye and Li families. Things used to be peaceful, but now, it has changed.
"Old foreman Li! Did you hear the news that the Li family had lost? Why are you still here?"
A brawny man from the Ye family taunted.
"I haven't received any further commands. If you have any complaints, tell the head of the family. I have no say on this matter!"
A fat man was lying on a chair. He did not care.
"You're trying to swindle us, aren't you?"
"What if I am? It's true that your family won the competition, but the losing party's evacuation date has yet to be set. In the meantime, I'm going to dig up all the spirit stones. Haha! What are you going to do about it?"
"You..."
"He can't do anything to you, but I can!"
A youth entered the battlefield followed by his saint pet.
"Young Master!"
The brawny man hurriedly bowed to Luo Chen.
"You're Ye Ba? There's no point in reasoning with someone like him. Just use force! Snowy, attack!"
Snowy barked and rushed forward.
There were many people in front of her, so she summoned a bunch of earth spikes.
The earth spikes pierce through the Li family's subordinates' feet. They were unable to defend themselves. In an instant, they fell to the ground.
Unfortunately for the fat man, he suffered the worst fate. Since he was lying on a chair, the earth spikes pierced his buttocks. He instantly let out a scream.
"That must have been painful!"
Luo Chen was amazed by Snowy's ability. She was quite abnormal. His opinion of her had somewhat changed.
"Throw them out!"
"Yes!"
The injured Li family's subordinates were thrown out.
In this world, the strong prey on the weak.
"Ye Ba! Show me around the mine!"
"Of course!"
Ye Ba led Luo Chen into the mine.
Since it was pitch black, Luo Chen lit up a torch and they continued to move forward.
The mine was no different from a maze. There were more than a dozen passageways that lead to different places. Without Ye Ba, Luo Chen would have definitely gotten lost.
It was late at night, but there were quite a number of miners who were still working. Knocking sounds could be heard continuously coming from the passageways.
Luo Chen's interest was piqued. He walked towards the depths of the mine. There were quite a number of fire spirit stones embedded in the walls. They were glowing.
The miners used their pickaxes to get the spirit stones out of the walls. Then, they placed them in the basket they carried behind their backs.
"This mine is filled with spirit stones. Before the miners can leave, the guards will search their bodies thoroughly. It's to ensure that they did not steal any spirit stones for themselves. We do not tolerate thieves!"
Luo Chen nodded.
One gold coin was equal to one hundred silver coins and one silver coin was equal to one hundred copper coins.
A low-grade spirit stone could be sold for one gold coin, but the miners were only paid one copper coin for each spirit stone they dug out. The Ye family pocketed everything.
Indeed, it was a disgusting practice. Just because a person worked hard, it did not mean that they would be compensated well.
"Foreman, I managed to dig up a middle-grade spirit stone!" shouted a miner. He attracted everyone's attention.
The other miners were amazed.
It was a 'Crystal Clear Ruby'. This spirit stone was brighter than the other spirit stones and had less impurities.
"Good! I'll pay you one silver coin for that!"
Ye Ba was very happy. He snatched the spirit stone and looked at it. Middle-grade spirit stones were very rare. A person would be considered lucky if they could find one after months of mining.
"Young Master, perhaps you're a lucky charm."
As for the miner, he was very excited even though he was only going to receive one silver coin.
"Let's continue to move forward!" said Luo Chen as he waved his hand.
"Young Master, the upcoming area is very dangerous!"
Ye Ba seemed to be hesitant.
"How dangerous?"
"Further down is the mysterious deep underground. Some miners had tried to mine there but in the end, they were eaten by bugs. Since it's the most dangerous area in the entire mine, I'm afraid you'll have to pay ten times the price if you want to dispatch miners there."
"Are insects that scary? I'll go kill them!"
As usual, Luo Chen was arrogant and immediately underestimated the insects. Ye Ba tried to stop him, but it was pointless.
"Young Master! You have to think it through!"
Ye Ba was very anxious. If anything happened to Luo Chen, he would be responsible.
"Don't forget, I'm a summoner! I'm not afraid of an insect! You can leave now."
Of course, Luo Chen did not care about anyone but himself. If he could solve the problem, then he would earn more money.
Even though Luo Chen dismissed him, Ye Ba reluctantly followed from behind. After all, his livelihood was on the line.
The path got steeper and steeper. Luo Chen walked carefully. It would be bad for him if he fell down. Besides, he did not know what was up ahead.
It was a long path. Luo Chen felt like he would never reach the end.
"Bugs! There are bugs! Please save me!"
"Run!"
"Old man Zhang!"
Suddenly, screams could be heard coming from ahead.
Luo Chen hurriedly rushed forward.
Miners were running in his direction. They were scared out of their wits.
Luo Chen dodged the crowd and pressed ahead.
Suddenly, a big bug appeared in front of him. There was a person in its mouth. It was also oozing green liquid.