Chapter 59: First Entry Into The Mining Area
Old Brother Mo was showing off in a tangible way. Upon seeing Wu Xian, his eyes lit up.
“Little Brother?” He immediately controlled Brother Pillar to transform into half-vehicle mode and waved to Wu Xian: “Come on, come on, get in the car~!”
Wu Xian shook his head with a smile and got into the passenger seat under the envious gazes of the crowd.
Vroom vroom…
Brother Pillar’s engine roared as it drove straight out of Death Mountain Town Outpost.
“Hahaha, thanks to Little Brother, otherwise it would be impossible to get this Instance numbered ” Old Brother Mo was still immersed in the joy of owning Brother Pillar. “In the future, if we meet in Dimension Instances, rides are free.”
“That’s really thanks, Brother.”
“Politeness~” Brother waved his hand with a smile, puffing on his cigarette. “By the way, Little Brother is only a Level Three Spirit Tamer, running to the Beginner Instance Area seems a bit too bold, but no worries, Brother’s here.”
Wu Xian curiously inquired: “Does Brother hang out in Beginner Instances all year round?”
“Occasionally I go to Intermediate Instances too,” Old Brother Mo laughed. “I hang out in various Mining Areas year-round, picking scraps in the cracks between major Mining Companies in the Mining Areas—one person full, whole family not hungry.”
“Mine Rat?” Wu Xian’s expression turned strange.
Politely put, it’s an individual small miner; rudely put, it’s a Mine Rat.
A very common profession among Spirit Tamers. Called miners, but more like gold prospectors.
Mining Companies organize professional miners for large-scale extraction of Other Dimension minerals, while Mine Rats specialize in those rare minerals hidden in Mine Veins.
“…” Old Brother Mo’s expression stiffened, and he proudly emphasized: “Petty thieves are Mine Rats. Brother is a skilled craftsman, a proper independent Ore Prospector, alright?
Many Mine Bosses throw heavy money at me to hire, but I don’t go.”
Hearing this, Wu Xian was secretly surprised.
So-called professional Ore Prospectors are, plainly speaking, experienced technical talents among miners and Mine Rats.
They are experienced, knowledgeable about various Mine Veins, familiar with the distribution patterns of various rare ores.
Especially wild-path Ore Prospectors like Brother who came from Mine Rats—their ore prospecting and finding skills are often more impressive than those from formal training.
Similar to top-tier tomb raiders from his previous life who were seasoned with experience.
“No wonder so wealthy,” Wu Xian couldn’t help but take interest. “Brother, take me along~!”
Right now, he was short of a handy tool, perfect time to go to the Mining Area to broaden horizons and get some quality ore.
Crucially, this line of work has very lucrative revenue—just a few pieces of rare ore can sell for a lot of money.
“Uh, bringing you into the trade is no problem,” Old Brother Mo said in a daze. “But your Spiritual Power Cultivation is a bit low. In a competitive place like the Mining Area, it might be tough to mix in.”
“Very dangerous?”
“Naturally,” Brother said without thinking. “Men die for wealth, birds for food—frequently fighting until heads bleed for a piece of rare ore, not to mention those Mine Bosses’ lackeys aren’t pushovers.”
Wu Xian nodded thoughtfully. “Don’t worry about that, Little Brother has some combat power.”
Old Brother Mo didn’t doubt this.
From the few encounters in the Beginner Instance Area before, Wu Xian definitely had some skills.
But this was an Intermediate Dimension Instance after all.
“Got any decent Silver Scrolls?” Old Brother Mo asked seriously.
“Yes.”
So-called Silver Scrolls are the colloquial shorthand for Silver Scroll Paintings.
“Then it’s fine,” Brother nodded in satisfaction and immediately headed toward the nearest Mining Area. “With Silver Scrolls, you have capital to mix in the Mining Area. Let’s go~ take you to broaden horizons.”
Wu Xian was full of expectation.
Strangely enough, there were no Abyssal Monster disturbances along the way, which greatly puzzled Wu Xian.
“Strange, is the Beginner Instance this quiet?”
“How could it be?” Old Brother Mo chuckled lightly and pulled out a palm-sized peculiar totem from his chest pocket. “Here~ Silver Scroll Three-Star【 Exorcism Totem】. With it, general Level Two or Three Little Ghosts don’t dare approach.”
Wu Xian realized. “Good stuff, very expensive, right?”
“Not bad, just two Optimus Primes,” Brother joked. “I got it pretty early; in recent years, the price has gone crazy.”
Soon after, Brother Pillar arrived near the Mining Area.
From afar, Yin Wind raged ahead, Malevolent Energy surged—a proper Yin Malevolent land.
But such places were normal in the Abyssal Realm.
“Up ahead is Yaoyang City’s Abyssal Realm Mine Area No. 7, mainly Dark Yin Ore and Earth Fiend Ore, with astonishing reserves,” Brother stowed Brother Pillar and seriously reminded: “Once inside, stick close to me, don’t wander off.”
“Got it.”
“That side, that side, and over there too—all controlled areas of major Mining Companies. Don’t go provoking if you don’t want trouble,” Brother imparted experience while walking. “The Mining Area has complex terrain, intertwined Mine Veins, Abyssal Monsters appearing unpredictably—remember not to act rashly.”
As he spoke, they followed the mine pit edge to an artificially chiseled gap.
The huge mine pit stretched endlessly at a glance, bottomless below, mine caves crisscrossing, with ghostly wails echoing from inside now and then.
Following Brother into a mine cave, his gaze was quickly drawn to the Mine Veins on the cave walls.
Dark Yin Ore, Earth Fiend Ore—two fairly common Abyssal Realm minerals, containing rich Dark Yin and Earth Fiend Spirituality inside, plus small amounts of rare Goldstone-class Spiritual Substances.
Whether making Spiritual Drawing Paper, appliances, mechanical, Domain Scroll Paintings—all require Dimension minerals.
Even some character or bird-beast Scroll Paintings need mineral-class Spiritual Substances.
“The shallow layer rare ores have long been scraped clean,” Brother clearly had no interest in these ordinary ores. “If you’re interested, you can pick some Dark Yin Ore and Earth Fiend Ore to play with.”
Old Brother Mo quickly infiltrated and casually tossed out a Silver Scroll Four-Star Scroll Painting.
In a flash of light, it turned into a bald monk covered in black patterns, emanating astonishing Sinister Aura.
“Evil Monk?” Wu Xian was surprised.
“The top one in the Evil Monk series, Evil Monk-Sha Wanluo, two-time consecutive Silver Rank League champion Scroll Painting, very useful against Abyssal Monsters,” Brother clearly carried some bragging tone. “Back then, to get him, I spent quite a bit.”
Wu Xian nodded with a tsk, pretending envy.
This Evil Monk series was Yaoyang City’s mainstream top-tier Scroll Painting, with stable sales volume year-round, high demand but short supply.
But for dealing with Abyssal Monsters, the Ten Great Yin Marshals were more professional.
With a slight mental move, he decisively released the【 Ghost King】.
“Hm?” Old Brother Mo widened his eyes in surprise. “This wouldn’t be that girl from the Xue Family’s Ghost King Scroll Painting, right?”
Wu Xian smiled lightly and nodded. “Honored to be selected as one of the first batch members of the Ghost King Club.”
“Impressive, Little Brother,” Old Brother Mo was surprised and amazed. “Tsk tsk, after all, it’s a Scroll Painter trained at the Dojo—can’t be too far off.”
As they spoke, they had descended to a very deep area, where the Yin Malevolent Energy in the air grew increasingly thick.
The【 Exorcism Totem】 in Brother’s chest pocket kept flashing brightly—clearly many Abyssal Monsters had them targeted, but deterred by the Exorcism Totem and Ghost King, they didn’t dare approach.
Ding ding ding…
The Ghost King shook the Monster Suppressing Bell in his hand, emitting waves of eerie bell sounds.
Then his big mouth opened wide, streams of Yin Souls surged into the fangs-filled maw, and the surroundings immediately quieted down a lot.
Old Brother Mo watched and was secretly amazed. “Got some real stuff, huh~!”
“The President’s Ghost King Scroll Painting is indeed powerful.”
Wu Xian didn’t forget to do some sales promotion for Master Sister.
“I’ll get a rubbing to play with later.” Brother joked, then his expression suddenly turned serious. “Come on, come on, look quick at this rock stratum texture and direction—definitely good stuff nearby.”
“Really?”
Brother confidently raised a brow. “Young fellow, watch closely~ learn well.”
“Oh oh.”
Wu Xian nodded obediently.
He curiously observed the rock stratum texture and direction, silently connecting to the God of Wealth’s natal power.
Sure enough~ he sniffed a few wisps of dense wealth aura nearby.
Looks like the God of Wealth’s【 Aura of Wealth】 characteristic is suitable for ore prospecting too.
