Eternal Life as False Emperor

With a surge of Spiritual Qi, the front end of the mining pickaxe in Elder Chen’s hand began to emit a faint glow.

Then he swung the pickaxe high and struck the nearby stone forcefully.

The originally hard stone wall was instantly opened up a small corner.

"Phew..." Elder Chen let out a long sigh of relief, "Xiaozheng, did you see? Only this way can you break through these stones."

But after about two or three strikes, Mr. Chen had to put down the pickaxe and start meditating to recover his Spiritual Qi.

In this mine, there is an abundance of Fire Rock Ore, making the fire-type Spiritual Qi exceptionally plentiful.

Only half a cup of tea’s time passed, and Elder Chen’s Spiritual Qi was already seventy to eighty percent restored. He picked up the mining pickaxe again and continued mining.

During this time, Zheng Yi also observed the situation of the others.

They were basically similar to Elder Chen, using Spiritual Qi to sharpen the pickaxe, mining a few times and then exhausting their Spiritual Qi, prompting them to meditate to recover.

Young people generally don’t have much Spiritual Qi, so they can only mine one or two times before needing to cultivate to recover.

While older folks have more abundant Spiritual Qi and can mine a few more times, their recovery speed can’t compare to the young ones.

However, there were two people whose situations were completely different from the others.

One of them is Zhou Shitou, the village chief of Riverbend Village. The village chief isn’t without his tricks; although he is only at Peak of Qi Cultivation, his Spiritual Qi is extraordinarily abundant. Since starting mining, Zheng Yi hadn’t seen him rest or replenish Spiritual Qi.

At this moment, he already had two extracted Fire Rock Ores beside him.

The newly mined Fire Rock Ore looks pitch black and inconspicuous, not much different from regular coal mines.

However, the fire-type Spiritual Qi contained inside is extremely vigorous.

As for the other person, it’s the young man skinny as a bamboo pole who was previously kicked by Zhao Qing.

His situation is rather miserable; he could barely lift the mining pickaxe above his head and could only muster a fist-sized notch in the stone after swinging with all his might.

Moreover, every time he swung the mining pickaxe, he needed to replenish his Spiritual Qi again.

Looking at him, throughout the entire day, it’s uncertain whether he would manage to mine a single mineral.

After Elder Chen resumed mining, Zheng Yi also tried using Spiritual Qi to strengthen the mining pickaxe, and sure enough, it was much easier to mine than before.

After all, these mining pickaxes are made from refined gold stones that produce Spiritual Qi, thus the consumption isn’t particularly high when strengthening them.

With one swing, a large chunk of stone directly detached in front of Zheng Yi, revealing a black spot the size of a soccer ball among the fallen rocks.

Beside him, Elder Chen was jubilant upon seeing this, "Xiaozheng, you’re really something; you managed to mine a Fire Rock Ore on your first attempt. And such a big one too! It can at least be counted as ten portions."

"If you were to keep at it yourself, you wouldn’t need to work at all for three days."

Zheng Yi and Elder Chen worked together for a while longer, jointly extracting that piece of Fire Rock Ore from the rock wall.

Several villagers from Riverbend Village approached to see the commotion, noticing such a big piece of Fire Rock Ore.

"Amazing, Old Chen."

"The last time I saw such a big piece of Fire Rock Ore was two months ago, wasn’t it?"

"The one from two months ago was much smaller than this."

"With this here, that cyan-haired dog won’t cause trouble for days."

After watching in amazement for a while, everyone returned to their own work, as they each had their own hefty tasks.

For naturally formed Spirit Stone veins, the larger the single-piece ore, the more energy it contains, and the higher its value naturally is.

Even though fractured ores may weigh twice as much as this piece Zheng Yi mined, they don’t necessarily contain as much Spiritual Qi.

This piece of ore, despite its high value, still falls significantly short compared to the task imposed on Elder Chen’s household.

After the initial excitement, Elder Chen resumed his earnest mining effort.

Zheng Yi, although capable of sensing the locations of other ores, didn’t immediately start mining.

Apart from him, others likely couldn’t sense the exact positions of the Fire Rock Ore.

They could only rely on experience or luck, diligently working hard.

After Zhou Shitou mined two pieces of Fire Rock Ore, by noon he had only managed to mine one more.

At noon, Zhao Qing surprisingly came over to distribute food to the mining villagers.

Just like what Zheng Yi saw yesterday, there was rice porridge with wheat husks floating in it, as well as a piece of hard cornbread that looked just like a lump of dirt.

After lunch, Zhou Shitou came over with his mining pickaxe, "Uncle Chen, let me help you."

Zhou Shitou and Elder Chen together spent the entire afternoon mining and ended up extracting just four pieces of Fire Rock Ore.

Adding to the piece Mr. Chen mined in the morning, they had a total of five pieces.

Not only did Elder Chen receive help, but even the young man skinny as a bamboo pole had several people who completed their tasks helping him.

The young man smiled and expressed gratitude continuously, while he himself strived to mine earnestly.

Unfortunately, his strength was so weak, combined with poor luck throughout the day, he hadn’t mined a single piece.

If it hadn’t been for several people helping him, he might not have completed his tasks for the day.

Since mining a big piece of Fire Rock Ore in the morning, Zheng Yi had been taking it easy, appearing to mine often but deliberately avoiding the locations of Fire Rock Ore.

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