Something’s Wrong with This Game — I Became a God by Mining!

Inside Old Zhou's secret forging room.

Yang Ling stood quietly to the side, watching Zhou Zheng upgrade the Centenary Refined Vermilion Gold Throwing Daggers.

Zhou Zheng's movements were slow, steady, as one after another, the Centenary Refined Vermilion Gold Throwing Daggers were upgraded into Quenched-Gold Armor-Piercing Flying Daggers.

"All done."

Zhou Zheng slowly exhaled a mouthful of stale air and smiled at Yang Ling.

"That's ninety-four Quenched-Gold Armor-Piercing Flying Daggers in total. Please take a look, Director Yang."

"Master Zhou, your skills are truly impressive."

Yang Ling gave a thumbs-up, then stowed the daggers back into his belt.

Ninety-four Quenched-Gold Armor-Piercing Flying Daggers would be enough for him to use for a good while.

"There's still five catties of Blazing Gold left, Director Yang. Are you planning to armor this Great Mother Vermilion Gold Mantis as well?"

Zhou Zheng's gaze fell on Little White, curiosity flickering in his eyes.

He knew the characteristics of a Great Mother Vermilion Gold Mantis. Its carapace already contained a fair amount of Vermilion Gold, making it incredibly tough.

It was one of the few rare beasts that could be enhanced using Blazing Gold.

But knowing it and actually doing it were two different things. He'd never had any experience with this kind of task before.

"That's right. Little White has been with me for a while now, and I want its strength to improve."

Yang Ling nodded gently. "Is there any risk involved?"

"There's no risk, but..."

Zhou Zheng sized up Little White from top to bottom. "With its current size, five catties of Blazing Gold will be enough. I can apply a thin coating over it.

But if we had fifty catties of Blazing Gold, I think its strength would increase tremendously.

How about we wait a while longer?"

"Fifty catties of Blazing Gold?"

A strange expression crossed Yang Ling's face.

That was worth about a million taels.

But that wasn't the real issue.

"Master Zhou, can Little White really handle fifty catties of Blazing Gold?"

"It still seems to be underage..."

Yang Ling asked quietly.

Zhou Zheng smiled confidently.

"There's precedent for this. I've seen similar cases before.

Given the size of this Great Mother Vermilion Gold Mantis, fifty catties of Blazing Gold is no problem at all.

Besides, it can only undergo this Gold Fusion once. There's no way to add more Blazing Gold later, because by then its carapace won't be able to fuse any more metal."

"Master Zhou, wait here for a moment. I discovered a huge piece of Blazing Gold a few days ago. I'll go fetch it."

Yang Ling turned and left.

Zhou Zheng was stunned, a hint of uncertainty flashing across his face.

Before long, Yang Ling returned carrying a full forty-five catties of Blazing Gold, not a single fen more, not a single fen less.

His treasury had originally held four hundred and eighty-three catties of Blazing Gold.

He'd taken ten catties to give to Zhou Zheng for upgrading the Quenched-Gold Armor-Piercing Flying Daggers.

Now he was pulling out another forty-five catties, leaving only four hundred and twenty-eight catties in his treasury.

He'd thought his Blazing Gold supply would deplete slowly, but in such a short time, he'd used up this much already.

"Director Yang... this Blazing Gold...???"

Zhou Zheng stared blankly at the pile before him, utter shock written all over his face.

Yang Ling said calmly, "Lucky."

"Does luck have anything to do with this?!"

"He's been mining down here and not only dealt with the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile, but also dug up over sixty catties of Blazing Gold?"

"Over sixty catties... worth... one million two hundred thousand taels!"

"Hiss—"

Zhou Zheng sucked in a sharp breath, a bitter feeling welling up in his chest.

Here he was, a master craftsman in the blacksmithing trade.

Illegally digging for Blazing Gold in this mine.

And in a whole year, he couldn't even get his hands on sixty catties of Blazing Gold!

After a few moments of silence, Zhou Zheng silently started working.

First, he had to smelt the Blazing Gold, which would take some time.

When the time limit for staying below was almost up, Yang Ling headed back up to the surface with him to rest.

Zhao Qing walked over with his hands clasped behind his back, a smirk playing on his lips.

"Day seven already. How come we haven't heard the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile's roar lately?"

"What, Director Yang doesn't even dare to get close to it?"

Yang Ling said flatly, "None of your damn business?"

Zhao Qing's brow furrowed slightly, then he chuckled lightly and looked at Zhou Zheng.

"Zhou Zheng, Director Yang will be leaving the Blazing Gold Mine in a few days."

"I hope you'll choose to stay here and atone for your crimes."

Atoning for your mother's crime!

Zhou Zheng cursed inwardly, then gave an awkward laugh.

"I'm sticking with Director Yang. Wherever he goes, I go."

Zhao Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, a cold sneer in his heart.

When that time came, did this old scoundrel really think he could leave the Blazing Gold Mine?

He wasn't in a hurry. He turned and left with his men, continuing his patrol of the Blazing Gold Mine grounds.

Yang Ling swept his gaze over the nearby scene.

The disciples from the three sects and Qin Mo's group were all working together, busy as could be.

The marked-off area was quite large, probably in preparation for a successful mining operation in the future.

After all, mining veins like this one, dug into for years, would sometimes expose open-air spots, just like the Fire Crystal Rock mine and the Vermilion Gold mine.

In the earliest days of those two mines, they must have looked just like this, with only a single mine shaft.

"Rank One Yang leveled up five whole times down there during this period."

"Is he trying to get a few more levels in to prepare for soloing the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile?"

A lot of players were sneaking glances at Yang Ling.

After a few seconds, one player gritted his teeth and hurried over.

Yang Ling glanced at him. He was from the Limitless Sect, a player.

And his level wasn't low either; he was already at level 18.

Though it was nowhere near enough to make the ranking.

Among forty million players, that level clearly put him in the top tier.

Ninety-nine percent of players were still stuck at the level 10 Class Change.

And those who came later, most couldn't even reach level 10.

Leveling up in the Divine Realm wasn't that simple.

"R-Rank One Yang... I'm a player named Sun Yi, from the Limitless Sect."

Sun Yi came up to Yang Ling, stammering nervously.

Yang Ling smiled. "No need to be nervous. We're all from the same place."

Seeing how gentle Yang Ling's tone was, Sun Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension on his face eased.

He quickly said, "Rank One Yang, a bunch of us players have been thinking, and we want to follow you from now on..."

"Doesn't that mean you're already following me? This Blazing Gold Mine will be under my leadership from now on."

Yang Ling said, "When the time comes, just focus on leveling up properly.

In the 'Divine Realm,' leveling up is the most important thing, bar none."

"But..."

Sun Yi said awkwardly, "If you lose that bet with Zhao Qing, won't you have to go back to Changhe Prefectural Capital?

Can we players come back with you..."

"We're not losing."

Yang Ling said.

Not losing? That confident?

Confusion flashed in Sun Yi's eyes.

Right then, the other players saw that Sun Yi had already struck up a conversation with Yang Ling.

They all put down what they were doing and crowded over too.

Mian Zhengdong and the others noticed this, but didn't think much of it. They just figured the disciples wanted to exchange a few words with the young expert, which was only natural.

Only Zhao Qing stared from a distance, his eyes narrowing slightly.

So now there were miners trying to curry favor with this guy?

He made a mental note of those miners.

Wu Xiaochen and Qin Mo crowded over as well.

Seeing this, Yang Ling immediately introduced the two of them to the players from the three sects.

As soon as the three-sect players heard their names, they froze, disbelief flooding their eyes.

"Wu Xiaochen? Qin Mo? Sixth and seventh..."

They hadn't interacted with these two over the past few days, so they had no idea they were also among the top ten on the Divine Realm Level Ranking.

"If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask them."

With that, Yang Ling led Zhou Zheng back down the mine shaft.

Sun Yi and the others stared excitedly at Qin Mo and Wu Xiaochen, peppering them with questions about all the doubts in their minds.

...

Blazing Gold Mine, Zhou Zheng's secret forging room.

As the last bits of Blazing Gold melted into liquid, Zhou Zheng looked at Yang Ling.

"Director Yang, the Blazing Gold is ready. I can now begin the Gold Fusion process for your Great Mother Vermilion Gold Mantis."

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