The next day at dawn, Xiao Lin got up from the bed, put on a linen and gray coat, carried a bamboo basket, and then picked up the iron pickaxe at the door and went out.

When he arrived at the square, he saw that there were many people standing there, and some people were coming out of the mine with bamboo baskets on their backs. Xiao Lin knew at a glance that these people were miners who were originally here and should have come out to pay the ore.

On the other side of the square, there was also a tent. Below was a disciple of Bailiantang who was collecting ores. Each of the ores was not big. The size of a big fist was only the size of a soybean, and it was dark red. Some of the miners were very happy, but some were pale and dejected, with deep fear in their eyes, which made Xiao Lin murmured in his heart.

Soon, it was a pale miner's turn to pay the ore. The disciple of Bailiantang, who collected the ore, glanced at the ore in the bamboo basket and his face suddenly became gloomy.

Seeing the face of the disciple of Bailian Temple, the miner suddenly became full of fear and kept bowing to the disciple of Bailian Temple, as if he was begging hard.

But soon, two disciples of Bailian Temple rushed out from behind. Without saying a word, they dragged the miner away and tied their hands to two wooden stakes. One of the disciples of Bailian Temple picked up a whip as thick as a thumb from the wooden stake, with a sneer on his face.

The miner's face was just facing Xiao Lin and the others. When everyone saw the desperate expression on the miner's face, they all showed a terrified expression.

"Papa." Although there were dozens of meters between them, the sound brought by each whip still clearly entered everyone's ears.

Xiao Lin even clearly saw the blood rising from the whip. After ten whips, the miner's lips were already fainting, but the disciple of Bailian Temple did not have any sympathy and still shook the whip and continued to whip.

"No need to watch it. If you can't complete the monthly mission, he will be your end." A cold voice came, attracting everyone's attention.

Sun Fang came to their front and jumped onto a table. He raised a dark red ore in his hand.

"This kind of ore is called hematite, from which hematite can be extracted from it forged inferior weapons. The main production of this kind of hematite is in the mines here. You pay at least fifty kilograms of hematite ore a month. If you leave empty-handed, you will be whipped fifty times. Oh, by the way, let me tell you that ordinary strong men will suffer at most twenty whippings."

Sun Fang's words caused a commotion below, and many people were dissatisfied with dissatisfaction, and this dissatisfaction was still full of fear. After all, the scene of Sun Fang killing a strong man yesterday was still vivid in his mind, and no one was willing to jump out and seek death.

Sun Fang glanced at everyone coldly, paused, and then took out a piece of black ore the size of a soybean from his palm.

"This ore is called black iron ore. It is an extremely rare ore in the ore vein. It can extract black iron forged high-quality weapons. Because the number is extremely rare, it takes not only effort to dig this ore, but also a lot of luck. Of course, as long as you can dig such a large black iron ore, it is enough to meet the monthly task, and you can do it without paying hematite."

Sun Fang asked someone to give the hematite and the black iron ore to a miner in front, and asked them to pass it on and take a closer look.

At this point, everyone has extinguished their intention to escape and completely accept their fate. Everyone has carefully watched the two ores coming. After all, this is related to whether they can complete their monthly tasks in the future. In other words, it is also related to their own lives.

Soon, two ores were transferred to Xiao Lin's hand. He felt a sank when he got it. His face showed a surprised expression. The black iron ore, the size of soybeans, was almost the same as the size of an egg.

He stared at the two ores tightly, wishing to carve them into his mind. It was not until the people behind him urged him that he reluctantly passed the two ores to the people behind him.

It took a full hour for everyone to read it.

The ore was handed back to Sun Fang's hands. He looked at everyone with satisfaction, with a strange expression on his face and said, "By the way, the mine cave is dark, and there are not many ores, so it is not easy to dig out fifty kilograms of hematite in one month. In order to complete the task, some people may kill the miners around them and seize their ores to complete the monthly tasks. So you have to be careful of the miners around you. Of course, although there are only a dozen entrances to the mine cave, there are many connections and countless branches. It is not easy to meet people. Okay, I have said everything I should say. The rest depends on your luck. There is a cafeteria over there. You can come out to collect food and water every day, or you can receive food and water for several days at a time. This is up to you, and there is no limit."

After saying that, Sun Fang waved his hand and signaled everyone to get food and water, and then enter the mine.

Now Xiao Lin finally understood that in the mine cave, he had to be careful of the miners around him, which made him speechless. However, looking at the whipped miner with his head hanging down and fainting, Xiao Lin seemed to be able to understand again.

When people face life and death, good and evil seem to have become less important.

Xiao Lin searched around but couldn't see Xiao Shi. And even if he met that, so what? After all, the two of them couldn't reduce their monthly tasks together. If they were separated, they might be able to dig more.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lin went to the cafeteria and received food and water for ten days at a time. This was basically the largest amount he could bring. The reason why he brought so much food and water was mainly to save time on the road. He also knew very well that his small body was definitely the one behind all the miners. If he encountered someone who killed ore, he would probably lose his life. So his idea was very simple, that was, to bring as much food and water as possible, and then find a slightly more mine cave and go deeper as possible. This should reduce the chance of encountering other miners.

After receiving the food, everyone entered the mine one after another. Xiao Lin came to the foot of the mountain, looked at the dozen dark caves, took a deep breath, chose one of them and walked in.

The mine inside was indeed as Sun Fang said, with great connections. He lit the kerosene lamp in his hand, and Xiao Lin walked silently. At the beginning, there were quite a few people. After walking for half an hour, there were no one around him. There were a lot of branches in the mine. If there weren't a white paint arrow indicating the direction every three or four hundred meters, he would definitely be lost in the mine.

The more he walked in, the narrower the mine cave. Now the mine path that Xiao Lin was walking in was only one meter high. He was also small. If an adult had to bend over and pass. However, Xiao Lin obviously did not intend to stop and start mining, but continued to walk in. Every few hundred meters he walked, he would stop, carefully identify the direction, and clearly imprint every hole he passed in his mind.

After walking and walking, Xiao Lin stopped for more than an hour. He looked at the fork in front of him thoughtfully. After a while, he suddenly used an iron pick to pry off the white painted arrow indicating the direction on the fork, and then walked into an inconspicuous small branch hole on the right.

After prying off seven or eight white paint arrows along the way, Xiao Lin turned into a small branch hole again. The branch hole was not very deep. After about the time of walking, it was over. The walls around were very wet. The bottom of the mine was filled with red mud mixed with some gravels, which were piled aside. Xiao Lin dug a small hole with an iron pickaxe at the highest point of the mine and put the kerosene lamp on it.

He looked at the red mud at the bottom of the mine cave, and his face showed a thoughtful expression.

In Xiao Lin's opinion, this is already the deepest part of the mine, although he has pried out seven or eight white painted arrows along the way, unless it is him, if someone else wants to come in, he will have some luck.

But Xiao Lin obviously didn't feel that he was absolutely safe now. After thinking for a while, a firm expression appeared on his face. Then he took the pickaxe and started digging from the bottom of the wall more than ten meters away from the bottom of the hole.

The soil in the mine was very damp red mud, and some gravel would be dug out from it occasionally. After half an hour, it was dug out a flat round cave about the size of a foot. Looking at the small hole that even he was about to lie down and enter, Xiao Lin showed a satisfied expression on his face.

He lay in the small hole and started to expand the cave with an iron pick. It was not until he could easily stand and wave the iron pick. He stopped and thought about the direction of the cave and the direction he came when he came, so as not to dig the wrong direction and dig the rest of the branch holes. Although all the mines were curved, the final rough direction was towards the inside of the mountains, that is, to the west. After a while, Xiao Lin began to dig.

After digging for two hours, Xiao Lin looked at the only piece of red ore as big as a thumb in the bamboo basket, and his face became a little ugly. After digging for so long, he only dug a small piece of hematite ore. If this continues, the task will definitely not be completed in a month. Thinking about the whipped miner, Xiao Lin's face was a little pale.

After gritting his teeth, Xiao Lin continued to dig. He could only do his best to mine. If the number of missions is really far from the number of tasks approaching a month, then he would have to run away if he didn't run. After all, there was still a glimmer of hope in the primeval forest that could escape from the mouth of a wild beast, but if he was whipped dozens of times, he would definitely be dead and alive.

In the quiet mine cave, there was only the sound of iron pickaxe mining and Xiao Lin's panting. He was only twelve years old after all, and he couldn't eat enough for a long time and was very thin. After digging for another two hours, he stopped panting.
Chapter completed!