"I really don't know why this mission is so difficult."
Huaiyuan looked puzzled.
"Yeah, luckily we have Brother Mu, otherwise we would definitely have to finish the game."
Song Hu nodded with deep understanding.
Could it be because of my protagonist’s halo?
Muchen thought with some narcissism that with his background, the system, the proper protagonist template, his somewhat different experiences, and his disaster-prone physique, it was not surprising.
Anyway, there is only one last stop left, and the three of them plan to recuperate their energy before setting off.
One day later, the three of them arrived at the last stop.
This village is backed by a mountain. Usually there are a lot of wild animals, medicinal materials and other resources in the mountains. Most of the mountain people make a living by cutting firewood, hunting, and searching for medicine. But now they are so scared that no one dares to go up the mountain anymore.
Muchen and the other two went into the mountain and found the culprit, a bat spirit, and completely solved the incident.
“I didn’t expect the last stop to go smoothly.”
The three of them were in a good mood. Song Hu and the two thought that it was time to return to the sect, while Muchen was thinking of finding an opportunity to leave and go to repair the demon corpse.
With different thoughts in his mind, Muchen wanted to make an excuse to leave on the way back, but unexpectedly he met a Concentration Realm monk who claimed to be a member of the patrol team of the Baiye Kingdom Monk Alliance.
Only then did the three of them learn that a major event had happened in the country where Qingyang Gate was located in the past few days they had left.
The country where Qingyang Gate is located is called Baiye Kingdom, which is ruled by an alliance of dozens of large and small sects. Near Baiye Kingdom, there is a strong neighbor, Yanshan Kingdom.
The Yanshan Kingdom is exactly the opposite of the Baiye Kingdom. There is only one dominant sect in the country, which is the Yanshan Sect.
The reason why the two have always been at peace with each other is because there is another powerful country on the border with the Yanshan Kingdom, so the Yanshan Sect does not dare to take action against the Baiye Kingdom rashly.
It's just that the powerful country has been in trouble recently, and there are powerful monsters causing chaos in the country, which makes them too tired to cope with it and they can't care about other things at all.
This made the Yanshan Sect take action, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to capture the Baiye Sect and grow stronger.
The two sides have already exchanged hands, and all the sects in Baiye Kingdom have been mobilized.
The Qingyang Sect is currently extremely short on manpower, and Mu Chen and the other two were directly sent out by this Concentrating Soul Realm monk to guard the mines.
This made Muchen quite speechless. In the previous illusion, he had just ascended to the fairy world and became a miner. He didn't expect that this would come true now.
Fortunately, the three of them were not really going to mine, but to guard it.
After receiving the order, the three of them had to change direction and head towards the mine.
According to what the elders said, the alliance will prevent patrol teams from patrolling every resource point. Once someone neglects their duties, they will be severely punished.
In the process of going to the mine, Muchen wanted to find a chance to leave, but then he thought that Ye Yu was still in Qingyang Gate. In addition, the entire Baiye Kingdom was now heavily guarded. It would not be easy for him to leave with his current cultivation level.
, had no choice but to give up this plan.
The three of them came to the mine that needed to be guarded. The original guard was only a fifth-level Qi practitioner. Considering that it was wartime and the defense of the mine was too weak and might be destroyed by the Yanshan Sect, they asked the three to strengthen it.
The defensive strength here.
After Mu Chen and the other three came here, there were four monks in total. The four of them took turns to be on duty. Each of them would be on duty for a week, and then change shifts to prevent attacks from Yanshan Sect monks. They would use their own time to do their own things. After all, monks are also on duty.
To practice.
This made Muchen feel relieved. At least he still had some personal time. If he had to keep watch, it would be too uncomfortable for him.
In his own time, Muchen explored the surrounding landforms.
This mine is located on a plain with few trees, and natural monsters are relatively rare.
Fortunately, there is no end to the road. Muchen found a lake in which there was a group of fish monsters. They lived in it for who knows how many years and formed a group of hundreds of them.
In addition, there is also a kind of strange insect called sandworm underground in the plains. It is not very strong. The individual only looks like the third or fourth level of the Qi Training Realm, but it is very big.
Muchen estimated that fishing out all the monsters in the lake and getting some sandworms would be enough to restore the monster corpses.
Let’s start with the monsters in the lake. There are a lot of them and they are easy to get after all. Unlike sandworms that hide under the plains, they are time-consuming and labor-intensive to capture.
The fish monsters in the lake are not small in size, and each of them is as fat as a pig because they have no natural enemies.
Muchen cast a spell to kill a few fish and then ran away immediately.
The main reason was that these fish monsters were in large numbers, and when they concentrated their fire, they spit out sharp water arrows that covered the sky. Muchen really didn't dare to confront them head-on. In addition, there were several Foundation Establishment-level fish kings in the water, making it even harder to deal with them.
After several consecutive catches, the fish monsters in the lake became alert. Originally, these fish monsters liked to be alone and hunted individually, but now they are always led by a fish king, and dozens of them move together, making it difficult to catch them.
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"Oh, these fish have learned a lot."
Muchen sighed. He thought he could catch all the fish monsters in the lake, but he didn't expect that he underestimated these monsters. Fish also have brains, and they don't have seven seconds of memory like what was said in the previous life.
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After finishing the last fishing trip, Muchen counted with his fingers that it was his turn to be on duty.
Back in the mine, the last person on duty was Ling Huaiyuan, and Muchen changed shifts with him.
Looking around, I saw a dark mine with the sound of banging everywhere. There were thousands of people working in the entire mine.
Many of them were mortals who committed crimes, and some monks who committed crimes were banned and thrown into the mines.
Naturally, someone will take care of the management of these personnel. Muchen does not need to worry about it. He only needs to be on guard against the invading Yanshan Sect monks and immediately activate the mine's protective formation when the enemy comes.
Muchen did not dare to slack off on this responsibility. Apart from anything else, if he were really attacked by the Yanshan Sect, his life might be lost even if he was not careful.
Fortunately, a week passed and no accidents occurred while Muchen was on guard.
The fish monsters in the lake were very wary and could not continue fishing for the time being, so Muchen had no choice but to focus on those sandworms.
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On the deserted plain, a rabbit was jumping around, but it couldn't move within one meter of its original location, as if there was an invisible barrier that bound it.
I don’t know how much time passed, but the ground shook, and an earthy-colored monster broke out of the ground, opened its mouth and swallowed the rabbit in one gulp.
Just when the strange insect was about to burrow back into the ground again, a flying sword struck and penetrated it.
"The sixth one, we only caught six in three days, an average of two per day. This efficiency is too low."
Muchen raised his hand and put the sandworm into the storage ring.