204: Chapter 56 Hu Clan Mine Site_1 204: Chapter 56 Hu Clan Mine Site_1 According to Manager Hu’s introduction.
There are more than ten ordinary guards in this mine site, all of them are mundane martial artists.
Their role is solely to maintain order among the miners.
Fights frequently break out in the mine; thus, so form of restraint is necessary.
There are three Transcendent cultivators, originally four, but one left a while ago.
Jiang Wang had already figured this out before he arrived, and Manager Hu was worrying about it.
The mine site conditions are harsh, and most Transcendent cultivators are unwilling to co.
It was not easy to catch soone like him who volunteered, so there was no chance they would not accept him.
Of course, bargaining was also an essential part of the process.
“One month, one Pri Stone,” Manager Hu said, holding up a finger, “How about that?”
In the very room where he conducted his business, there was a crudely patched-up round hole that was obviously recently fixed.
“Isn’t that a bit too little?” Jiang Wang feigned difficulty.
“It’s not too little.” Manager Hu stopped smoking his dry tobacco and started lecturing Jiang Wang, “The cultivator masters who worked here before only got one and a half Pri Stones a month.
These Pri Stones, just so you know, co from the Zhong Xuan Family.
Familiar with the Zhong Xuan Family?
The one from Qi Country!
Manager Hu Ting is from the Zhong Xuan Family; they are my kin!”
Jiang Wang purposely moved closer to the hole, “This hole is quite big.
How did it happen?”
“It wasn’t well patched; I’ll have soone fix it again later,” Manager Hu evaded the question and, gritting his teeth, offered, “How about this, you also get one and a half stones a month, how does that sound?”
Jiang Wang chuckled inwardly; the hole was obviously blasted by so Dao Technique, likely related to the reason why one cultivator had left.
Naturally, the Transcendent cultivators willing to co to such a mine are here for stability.
Apart from escorting miners back to town once a month, there isn’t much to do.
Under normal circumstances, two Roaming ridian Realm cultivators are enough to ensure the safety on the official roads; after all, the Yang Country governnt wouldn’t allow too strong Fierce Beasts near populated areas.
If they had to fight frequently, then one and a half Pri Stones would not be enough to keep them there.
Over half a year ago, soone had managed to break into the Hu Clan Mine Site and had a fight with the cultivators stationed here.
The specifics were not clear, but strangely, the Hu Clan Mine Site didn’t lose anything during that incident.
Manager Hu didn’t want to talk about the hole; clearly, there was so issue.
Jiang Wang knew very well; the Zhong Xuan Family dispatched ten Pri Stones to this mine site monthly.
According to Manager Hu’s prices, this would be enough to hire six cultivators.
But now there were only four Roaming ridian Realm cultivators in the Hu Clan Mine Site; the extra Pri Stones were obviously embezzled.
With the emperor far away, such things are common.
There was no need for Jiang Wang to expose this now.
Jiang Wang pretended to hesitate for a mont before saying, “All right.”
“That’s settled then!” Manager Hu was very happy and shouted to a robust young man outside the office door, “Shuanzi, go invite Ge Ye over.”
He then apologetically said to Jiang Wang with a smile, “Ge Ye is also a cultivator master.
You guys can spar a little to go through the motions.
It’s a procedure for anyone new to the mine site; please understand.”
Jiang Wang smiled, “Understood.”
“Ge Ye” was a lean middle-aged man dressed in a black short jacket and cloth shoes.
At first glance, he seed to have the air of a lofty master.
Probably accustod to flattery in the mine site, he always seed to be looking up at the sky.
“Is this the guy?” Ge Ye glanced at Jiang Wang and asked Manager Hu.
In his eyes, Jiang Wang must be just another small cultivator from a failed sect, whose poor cultivation techniques and weak strength couldn’t allow him to survive in the outside world, forcing him to accumulate so Pri Stones at a place like a mine site to aid his cultivation.
Although he could only get by in such a place…
Ge Ye was older, after all.
Well, being older doesn’t really count for much in the Transcendent spheres.
But he was rich in experience.
Both of them might be weak, but Ge Ye’s weakness was experienced and profound.
So he believed himself to be stronger than those whose weakness wasn’t experienced or proud.
As a fellow Transcendent cultivator, he insisted on communicating through Manager Hu, displaying considerable arrogance.
“It was .” Without waiting for Manager Hu to speak, Jiang Wang spoke directly, “Shall we test each other’s skill, old man?”
With a puff of his beard, Lord Ge didn’t say much and imdiately launched a claw attack overhead.
Although it was just a spar, he was striking viciously, always aiming for vital points.
Jiang Wang forcibly suppressed his body’s natural reflexes, preventing himself from ending this man with a single sword stroke.
The two exchanged blows back and forth in a drawn-out “entanglent.”
In Manager Hu’s eyes, the spar was extrely exciting.
Both parties were equally matched, with resounding claps and smacks—it was indeed profound and left him with a lot to ponder.
As for Lord Ge himself, he found the young man rather formidable.
Though the lad’s cultivation technique was rough, his foundation was sowhat solid; surprisingly, he had managed to hold out for so long.
If the fight were to continue, he, an old man, would beco too weary.
If Path Origin was consud excessively, it would need to be replenished with Pri Stones.
It wasn’t worth it.
With this thought in mind, Lord Ge gently brushed off and concluded the test of strength.
He nodded towards Manager Hu, “Hmm, the lad is indeed a Cultivator at the Circulation Realm.
If we continued, I would have had to use the unique skill of my sect.
He is still young, damaging his foundation wouldn’t be good.”
Lord Ge’s words seed generous, but with his eyebrows raised and his eyes fierce, he conveyed the ssage, “Shouldn’t you be thanking for sparing your life?”
As a young man who had just entered the realm of the transcendent, Jiang Wang too was tactful and cooperatively asked, “May I inquire, from which sect does Lord Ge hail?”
“Sigh.” Lord Ge sighed deeply, “I originally didn’t want to ntion my sect again, for it is a place of heartache.
When I joined the Qingmu Immortal Gate, I was about your age.
How spirited and proud I was!
But alas…”
“Cough.” Jiang Wang interrupted sowhat awkwardly, “The Qingmu Immortal Gate is?”
“You don’t know Qingmu Immortal Gate?” Lord Ge gave Jiang Wang a disdainful look, “Ah, too young, and thus too inexperienced.
You must at least know about East King Valley, right?”
“I have heard about that.
Could it be…?”
“Yes!” Lord Ge declared majestically, “Qingmu Immortal Gate is an affiliated sect of East King Valley!”
Jiang Wang almost choked on his own breath.
East King Valley, renowned for its dical Dao Sect, was located near Qi Country.
Zhongxuan Sheng had also ntioned it in great detail when explaining the surrounding powers to him.
It seems like cultivators from East King Valley participated in the Heavenly Abode Secret Land that one ti.
With such a resonant na as Qingmu Immortal Gate and the self-aggrandizing nature of this Mr.
Ge, Jiang Wang had thought it was so impressive place!
He wondered why Zhongxuan Sheng hadn’t ntioned it, only to find out it was rely an affiliated sect of East King Valley.
How should one describe such a level?
By comparison, it would be akin to a Dao Institute in Wangjiang Town.
With Jiang Wang’s current strength, except for the Institute Director and Lin Zhengren, he could virtually bulldoze his way through.
Even against Lin Zhengren, who reached the Dragon Ascension in the Dao ridian, Jiang Wang might not be without a chance to fight.
“Thunderous…
indeed,” Jiang Wang replied with so effort.
“We’ll be living together for a long ti to co,” Manager Hu said at the right mont, “Lord Dugu, shall I arrange a place for you to stay?
Although it’s a bit small, it’s a separate courtyard.
Is that acceptable?”
“Adequate lodging is just fine, I’m not very picky.
Also, with your age, don’t call ‘Lord,’ I can’t bear it.
Just call Ah An,” Jiang Wang added with a smile, “You are still a mber of Hu Ting’s household, aren’t you?
A person of status.”
“Ah!
Ah An!
You wait here a mont.” Manager Hu called out joyfully, feeling his social standing recognized, and happily trotted off to personally arrange a new bed for Jiang Wang.
Of course, building a new residence for Jiang Wang wasn’t a possibility.
The small courtyard left vacant by the previous cultivator rely needed a quick clean-up to be fit for habitation.
Waiting until Manager Hu was out of sight,
Lord Ge comnted abruptly, “What’s with being courteous to a re mortal like him?
We who practice the way of cultivation are not of a kind to be associating with such worldly trifles.”
Jiang Wang found utterly distasteful those who were not particularly powerful yet thought themselves transcendent, seeing all living beings as re ants.
Initially, he just thought the old man lacked tact and was prone to bragging, mostly finding him amusing.
But now, a genuine sense of aversion was beginning to erge.
Still, he showed none of this on the surface, and simply found a chair to sit down casually.
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