According to Manager Hu’s introduction, this mine has over a dozen ordinary guards, all of whom are mortal martial artists. Their role is limited to maintaining order among the miners. Fighting is common in the mine, so some control is necessary.

There are three extraordinary cultivators, originally four, but one left recently. Jiang Wang had already learned this before coming, and Manager Hu was worried about it. Mine conditions are harsh, and most extraordinary cultivators are unwilling to come. He was unlikely to let go of someone like him who volunteered.

Of course, price negotiation was an essential step.

“One Dao Yuan Stone per month,” said Manager Hu, holding up one finger. “How about it?”

In the very room where he was working, there was a noticeable round hole that had been patched up, and the repair was very rough.

“Isn’t that a bit too little?” Jiang Wang deliberately looked troubled.

“Not little at all,” Manager Hu said, without even taking a puff of his pipe, and began to explain to Jiang Wang: “The previous cultivators here only got one and a half Dao Yuan Stones a month. This Dao Yuan Stone, it’s not from me. It’s from the Chongxuan family! Do you know the Chongxuan family? The one from Qi! Headman Hu is from the Chongxuan family, that’s my family!”

Jiang Wang deliberately moved closer to the hole. “This hole is quite big. How did it happen?”

“It wasn’t patched up well, I’ll have someone fix it later.” Manager Hu avoided the topic and said through gritted teeth, “Alright, I’ll give you one and a half a month, how about that?”

Jiang Wang smiled inwardly. The hole was obviously blasted by some kind of Dao technique, probably the reason why a cultivator left the mine. Originally, the extraordinary cultivators who were willing to come to this kind of mine were coming for stability. Apart from escorting the miners back to town once a month, there was nothing else to do.

Under normal circumstances, two Youmai realm cultivators were enough to ensure the safety of the official road. After all, the Yang state officials would not allow too powerful ferocious beasts to approach the settlements.

If they had to fight all the time, one and a half Dao Yuan Stones wouldn’t be enough to keep them.

More than half a year ago, someone broke into the Hu family mining area once and fought with the cultivator guarding it.

The specific details weren’t clear. But strangely, nothing was lost from the Hu family mine that time.

Manager Hu didn’t want to talk about the hole, there was obviously something wrong.

Jiang Wang actually knew that the Chongxuan family allocated ten Dao Yuan Stones to this mine every month, which, at Manager Hu’s price, was enough to hire six cultivators. But now the Hu family mine only hired four Youmai realm cultivators, and the extra Dao Yuan Stones were naturally embezzled.

Heaven is high and the emperor is far away, this is very common. It wasn’t worth Jiang Wang exposing it now.

Jiang Wang pretended to hesitate for a moment, then said, “Okay.”

“That’s settled!” Manager Hu was very happy and shouted to a strong young man outside the door: “Shuanzi, go and invite Elder Ge over.”

He smiled apologetically at Jiang Wang: “Elder Ge is also a cultivator, you guys try your hand, just go through the motions. This is the process for anyone new to the mine, please forgive me.”

Jiang Wang smiled: “I understand.”

“Elder Ge” was a gaunt old man with a black short jacket and cloth shoes. At first glance, he looked quite like a master.

He was probably used to being flattered in the mine, and his eyes were always looking at the sky.

“This is the kid?” Elder Ge glanced at Jiang Wang and asked Manager Hu.

In his opinion, it must be some small cultivator from a broken sect who, because of his crude techniques and low strength, couldn’t make it outside and could only come to a place like a mine to accumulate some Dao Yuan Stones to assist in his cultivation.

Although he could only live in this kind of place… But Elder Ge was old.

Okay, age wasn’t much of an advantage in the extraordinary realm. But he had a lot of experience.

Even though he was weak, Elder Ge was weak with a lot of experience, weak with a lot of experience, so he was stronger than those who were weak without experience, weak and arrogant.

As an extraordinary cultivator, he had to go through Manager Hu to convey his message, showing his arrogance.

“That’s me.” Without waiting for Manager Hu to speak, Jiang Wang said directly: “Try my hand, old man?”

Elder Ge blew his beard and didn’t say much. He slammed a claw down on Jiang Wang’s head.

It was just a spar, but he struck very hard, often aiming for vital points.

Jiang Wang forcibly controlled his body’s instinctive reaction to avoid killing the man with a sword.

The two of them went back and forth, engaging in a “tangled battle”.

At least in Manager Hu’s eyes, the spar was extremely exciting. The two sides fought back and forth, crackling. It was really profound and unforgettable.

But in Elder Ge’s opinion, it was a little awe-inspiring. Although this kid’s techniques were crude, his foundation was solid, and he could last so long.

If he continued to fight, the old man would be too tired. If the Dao Yuan was consumed too much, it would have to be replenished with Dao Yuan Stones. It wasn’t worth it.

At that thought, Elder Ge gently flicked his sleeve and ended the trial.

He nodded to Manager Hu: “Well, this kid is indeed a Youmai realm cultivator. If we continue to fight, I will have to use my sect’s unique skills. He is still young, and it would be bad to hurt his foundation.”

Elder Ge’s words seemed magnanimous, but his eyebrows were raised and his eyes were wide, expressing “Why don’t you thank me for not killing you?”

As a young man who had just entered the extraordinary realm, Jiang Wang was also sensible, and cooperatively asked: “May I ask what sect Elder Ge is from?”

“Alas.” Elder Ge sighed: “I didn’t want to mention my sect again, it’s my sad place. When I joined the Azure Wood Immortal Sect, I was as big as you. How high-spirited! Unfortunately…”

“Cough.” Jiang Wang interrupted him a little embarrassed: “The Azure Wood Immortal Sect is?”

“You don’t even know the Azure Wood Immortal Sect?” Elder Ge looked at Jiang Wang with disdain: “Alas, you are too young, you have no experience. You should know the Eastern Royal Valley, right?”

“I’ve heard of that. Could it be…”

“Yes!” Elder Ge said heroically: “The Azure Wood Immortal Sect is an affiliated sect of the Eastern Royal Valley!”

Jiang Wang almost choked.

The Eastern Royal Valley was a well-known medical sect, and it was near Qi. When Chongxuansheng explained the surrounding forces to him, he also mentioned it in great detail.

It seemed that cultivators from the Eastern Royal Valley participated in the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm at that time.

The Azure Wood Immortal Sect had such a loud name, and the man named Ge was so inflated. He thought it was something amazing! He was wondering why Chongxuansheng hadn’t mentioned it, but it turned out to be just an affiliated sect of the Eastern Royal Valley.

How to describe this level?

By analogy, it was equivalent to a Wangjiang City Daoist academy.

With Jiang Wang’s current strength, he could basically run rampant there, except for the dean of the city Daoist academy and Lin Zhengreng. Even Lin Zhengren, who had already achieved the Dao Vessel Ascension Dragon, he might not be able to fight.

“Like thunder… in the ears.” Jiang Wang barely said.

“Everyone will be living together for a long time in the future.” Manager Hu said in a timely manner: “Lord Dugu, shall I arrange accommodation for you? It’s a little small, but it’s a single-family courtyard, is that okay?”

“The accommodation is fine, I’m not picky. Also, you are so old, don’t call me lord, I can’t take it. Just call me A’an.” Jiang Wang added with a smile: “You are Headman Hu’s family after all, aren’t you? You are someone of status.”

“Hey! A’an! You wait here for a while.” Manager Hu called out happily, feeling that his status had been recognized, and ran out happily to change the bedding for Jiang Wang himself.

Naturally, it was impossible to build new accommodation for Jiang Wang, so the small courtyard left by the previous cultivator could be lived in after a little cleaning.

After Manager Hu walked away.

Elder Ge said coldly: “Why are you being polite to a mortal like him? We cultivators, how can we associate with such vulgar things?”

Jiang Wang hated the kind of people who weren’t very strong, but felt extraordinary and regarded all beings as ants.

Originally, he just thought that the old man had no sense of propriety and liked to brag, but he found it more interesting. At this time, he really felt a bit disgusted.

But he didn’t show it on his face, just found a chair and sat down.