Three days later.
The team leader of the overseers got up from the bed breathlessly. Even after a good night’s rest, he was still sore all over and his legs couldn’t help shaking.
He walked to the mirror and saw that his originally fat face had become three times thinner. His brows were filled with uncontrollable fatigue and he looked extremely haggard.
“I’ve been using elixirs to replenish my blood and energy every day. It shouldn’t be like this.”
The fat overseer suddenly felt something strange in his heart. He stretched out his hand in doubt and pinched his sunken cheek. He found that his hands were covered with thick calluses without knowing when…
“This…what’s going on?”
For some reason, he suddenly felt a chill and murmured, “Could it be that there’s something wrong with that mine?”
“That’s not right. Yesterday I clearly took two of my men to supervise Qi Da’s work. Why did everyone else come here? It’s okay, but I’m the only one in trouble…”
“Damn it, someone must be using witchcraft on me, that’s why I’m like this!”
At this moment, the fat supervisor finally sensed a hint of unusual breath, and a trace of fear appeared on his face, “No, I won’t go there today, it’s too weird.”
“As for that Qi Da, he’s just a hard laborer, and we can just find a reason to execute him when the time comes…”
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help swallowing his saliva, hurriedly dressed and washed, and prepared to ask his superiors for a few days off.
As soon as he went out, the fat supervisor felt a trance in his mind, and he turned around and walked towards the mine.
Soon after.
In a separate mine.
Bang bang bang bang!
The fat supervisor was pale, and waved the pick in his hand with a dull look, as if he would never get tired.
There were two other supervisors guarding the entrance of the mine to prevent anyone from accidentally breaking in.
Inside the cave, Qi Yuan sat cross-legged, immersing his mind in the system interface with a calm face.
“It is detected that the host has met the hidden conditions, and a new side quest has been activated”
“Not long ago, you accidentally got a small tripod of mysterious origin. This small tripod is a top-grade immortal artifact, the Hun Tian Zao Hua Ding, which can melt all things and return them to their origin (the power of the origin is injected into other objects to improve the level of the objects. The improvement effect depends on the amount of the origin power)”
“At present, this tripod is in a serious damaged state. Please find the fragments of immortal tripods scattered in the world to repair the Hun Tian Zao Hua Ding”
“Task difficulty: five stars (extremely difficult)”
“Task reward: Every time the Hun Tian Zao Hua Ding is repaired, the host will get a ray of the heavenly creation energy as a reward”
“Note that this side quest is a long-term task. There is no time limit for completing the task and no penalty for failure”
……
Looking at the few lines of shining small words in front of him, Qi Yuan’s expression gradually became complicated.
The good news is that he got a fairy weapon that countless cultivators dreamed of, and it was a top-grade fairy weapon.
The bad news is that the fairy weapon is broken!
This side quest only explains the origin and function of the Chaos Cauldron, but there is no hint about the location of the fragments of the fairy cauldron. It is harder to find than looking for a needle in a haystack.
Fortunately, this is a side quest, and there is no deadline for the quest. Even if it cannot be completed, it will not affect anything. If you are lucky enough to find a few pieces, you will make a fortune…
Thinking of this, Qi Yuan gathered his thoughts and looked at the entrance of the mine unconsciously:
“Look at the time, the people from Linglong Holy Land should be here soon, right?”
Just then.
Puff.
The fat supervisor who was mining suddenly spit out a blood mist, and then lay straight on the ground, without any sound.
Seeing this, Qi Yuan shook his head without changing his expression and murmured:
“This guy looks big and strong, but I didn’t expect him to be a weakling. He died of exhaustion in just a few days. It seems that the people of the Demon Sect still lack exercise.”
For the death of the fat supervisor, he was not at all upset. Every supervisor here had blood on their hands. It would not be wrong to drag them out and shoot them a hundred times.
If Qi Yuan was really an ordinary foundation-building cultivator, he would have died of exhaustion this time.It was him.
“You two come in for a moment.”
Then, Qi Yuan casually called in the other two supervisors and said, “Your captain whipped too hard and died of exhaustion. You two find a place outside to bury him.”
“Okay.”
Hearing this, the two supervisors who had long been controlled by the Thousand Illusion Demon Eyes walked in quickly, lifted the fat supervisor’s body very skillfully, and walked out with mechanical steps.
After a while, there were waves of commotion outside.
After all, there were hard laborers who died of exhaustion every day, but it was the first time that an overseer was exhausted to death because of whipping too hard.
“Ah? The boss is dead from exhaustion?!”
“What’s going on? Is even the supervisor working so hard now?”
“It’s almost the end of the year, our captain wanted to be rated as an advanced worker, so he worked too hard overtime and died from overwork…”
Many hard laborers looked at each other, their already desperate expressions became even more dejected.
This is really not a place for people to stay. Even the supervisor team leader is dead from exhaustion. How can we hard laborers survive?
……
Another place.
In the dense forest hundreds of miles away from the mine.
Swoosh!
The originally calm void suddenly twisted, and a space crack spread silently.
Then, dozens of slender and graceful figures filed out from it.
This group of female cultivators wore flowing skirts with pleated waists. Although they were of different ages and dressed in different clothes, they all had the exclusive logo of Linglong Holy Land embroidered on their collars. They were obviously disciples of Linglong Holy Land.
The leading female cultivator was about 20 years old, with twin spirals on her head and a pretty face. As she walked, the ribbons on her skirt fluttered in the wind, revealing a free and easy and graceful demeanor.
This female cultivator looked young, but the aura she exuded was awe-inspiring. She was a powerful cultivator at the peak of the Spiritualization Stage.
The female disciples behind her were also very powerful, and the weakest one had the cultivation level of the early Nascent Soul Stage.
“Sisters.”
The leading female cultivator looked at the direction of the mine with a solemn expression, and said with a light red mouth, “We are ordered to come here to clear out this red gold mine belonging to the Demon Sect, and rescue all the hard laborers inside.”
“The person with the highest cultivation in the stronghold is a demon cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, named Situ Yun. The head of the sect personally said that if you meet this person, you can only capture him alive and not hurt his life.”
“As for the other demons of the Demon Sect who act as supervisors, none of them will be left alive!”
“We will obey the decree!”
Hearing this, the female cultivators of Linglong Holy Land looked stern and responded one after another.
For them, this is just a normal demon-killing mission.
Although there has been no major conflict between the righteous and the evil for a long time, small-scale frictions have never stopped.
This mine is located at the junction of the Five Demon Realms and the righteous forces. It is an insignificant small Demon Sect stronghold. Even if it is eradicated, it will not cause much waves.
“Remember, the biggest goal of this mission is to capture the enemy chief alive.”
The leading female cultivator nodded, “We’d better make a quick decision, so that the other strongholds of the Demon Sect will not react and send people to support!”
As soon as the voice fell, she took the lead in soaring into the air, turning into a gorgeous stream of light, and flew towards the direction of the mine.
“Yes!”
The other female cultivators did not dare to neglect and quickly followed.
