Chapter 364: Master Tingyu's Plan
Chapter 364: Master Tingyu's Plan
The thunderbolt destroyed all the tree monsters on the mountain. Now if Tian Lin wants to find fruits that can replenish spiritual energy, he must go to other mountains to look for them.
But now Tian Lin is looking for fruits not to replenish his energy, but to fill his stomach.
As far as he knew, the food in this Hwahwarang team was only enough to last for less than one month.
If they cannot find food in the future, the team will face the possibility of running out of food.
He hid the dry food that the official distributed to him, and continued to eat wild fruits and poisonous weeds.
In fact, since he has recovered to the foundation-building stage, it is not so easy for him to starve.
"Food can be maintained for the time being, but water is the most pressing problem! When the fourth brother was here, he could always create a pool of water with his magic. Now that the fourth brother is dead, who can cast such a spell?"
As soon as Tian Lin came back from the mountains, the official went to see him.
"This is easy to do. Although I am not very knowledgeable, I do know a few water magics."
Tian Lin knew that the official came to him because he suspected that he had such ability, so he did not hide it.
Sure enough, Langguan had already had someone dig a small pond to hold water before him.
Tian Lin cast a spell, and the small pond was soon filled with water. A group of mortals who had been thirsty for a long time, holding their broken bowls and pots, rushed to the pond to fetch water to drink.
Looking at this scene, Master Tingyu sneered disdainfully: "Have these idiots forgotten the last time they drank water and got poisoned? When they saw the water, they didn't even think about whether it was poisonous or not."
This water was produced by Tian Lin himself, so of course it is not poisonous.
He took the few spirit stones handed to him by the official, but unfortunately he was unable to absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stones.
On the other hand, Master Tingyu at the side asked Tian Lin in a boastful manner: "How is the quality of this spiritual stone? My ore refining skills are not bad, right?"
Although Tian Lin could not directly absorb the spiritual energy within the spirit stone, he could use his spiritual sense to sense the surge of spiritual energy in the spirit stone.
"You can use such a simple earth fire array to extract high-quality spirit stones, which shows that you are very capable, Seventh Brother. But I wonder how much effort it will take to extract such spirit stones?"
Hearing the word "Old Seven", Master Tingyu's face didn't look very good. But he still said honestly:
"Right now, these mortals are not very skilled at refining spirit stones. They can only produce about twenty of these spirit stones a day. After a month, when they become more skilled, their efficiency will be several times higher."
Tian Lin shook his head and said, "I'm afraid we can't wait for a month. The food in the team is running out."
Master Tingyu said, "Why isn't the corn enough? Isn't it enough for several months?"
Tian Lin glanced at Master Tingyu and said, "If we only give the barley to a few cultivators, it will be more than enough for a few months. But when the mortals eat up all the meat in the team, the barley will have to be distributed to them.
The work they do is extremely strenuous, and if they don’t eat enough, they can’t work efficiently.”
Upon hearing this, Master Tingyu nodded, then shook his head.
The official at the side frowned and said, "Then we will only mine for a month and then leave here?"
Tian Lin said, "We can only mine for half a month at most! After half a month, we should carry the ore and leave here. We can't wait until the food is gone before leaving, because after we leave, we may not be able to find food on the road for a long time. We must prepare some dry food for this period of time when we are hungry."
The official didn't say anything, and neither did the second in command.
Obviously, the two people who had been "poor" for a long time were reluctant to leave this huge mine. What they wanted was to be able to take away ore in truckloads, rather than just take a few bags from such a large mine.
Tian Lin looked at Master Tingyu. Although Master Tingyu did not show any displeasure, Tian Lin knew without thinking that Master Tingyu was reluctant.
You know, if Master Tingyu wants to recover to the Nascent Soul stage, he needs a huge amount of spirit stones.
After leaving this mine, where can he find so many free spiritual ores if he wants to restore his cultivation?
"That's all I have to say. It's up to you to decide what to do next."
Tian Lin said no more. Although half a month was not a long time for a cultivator, there was no need to argue about something that would happen half a month later.
After a day or two, everything was the same as before. The exhausted mortals had gotten used to the ghosts howling outside at night. They could fall asleep in such an environment without being affected by the noise outside.
The entire Huahualang team was very well behaved. Although everyone was a little tired and hungry, they all felt that this kind of life was worth it.
Because they also have a share of the ore dug out every day and the spiritual stones refined. Although the spiritual stones they get are just scraps, but little by little, they will accumulate enough for cultivation one day.
What made them even more satisfied was that although the old man, Master Tingyu, was arrogant and strict with them, he was also willing to teach them how to practice.
These mortals believed that one day they would be able to become cultivators. And only by becoming cultivators could they survive in such a chaotic world.
But without taking an oath in front of Hou Tu and without Hou Tu's constraints, is Master Tingyu really a good old man who is willing to share?
Ten days later, Tian Lin discovered something.
He discovered that when Master Tingyu was supervising, his scolding of these mortals began to increase in frequency.
He also discovered that the old man was harsh on mortals when casting the jerky.
"If you do this, someone will die in two days."
Tian Lin tried to persuade the old man, but the old man was very firm: "If we don't do this, how many spiritual stones can they dig in a day? If we don't do this, how many days will the food last?"
After another day, one or two people finally died of exhaustion.
Tian Lin went to see Master Tingyu again, but the old man was still stubborn:
"If I give them an extra portion of meat today, they will still have less meat tomorrow! If they do less work today, they will still have less spiritual stones in the future."
Tian Lin vaguely felt that the current scene was the same as when he was a miner!
The old man is deliberately killing the miners, but what is the benefit of this?
When he was a miner, Xu Guanyi deliberately harmed people in order to provide merchants with more dead bodies for alchemy.
So what about the old man?
The old man deliberately killed people, so he wouldn't use dead people to make pills, right? Even if the old man was a blood cultist and wanted to restore the Nascent Soul stage, what use would twenty dead people have? How many pills could they make?
Tian Lin couldn't figure it out, but he knew that Master Tingyu had recovered some of his cultivation with the help of the spirit stone.
Although Master Tingyu's cultivation is not as good as his, he cannot stop the old man from doing this.
"I see, you plan to kill all these people. Make them mummies after they die, and then they will obey you!
In this way, you get free miners, who know no fatigue and do not need your daily feeding;
These miners died, and the spirit stones they had accumulated became yours easily."
Tian Lin finally understood. He looked at Master Tingyu and said, "Old man, your character makes me feel uneasy!"
(End of this chapter)