114 Small Island Mine Village
The small sea boat was on the edge of the Bouji Islands, a medium-sized island with lush forests. Among the aquatic plants on the edge of the island, a hidden ferry stopped.
Ye Fan and Zheng Zhen'an went up first to see if there were sea beasts lurking around several miles around to confirm safety. Then, the other crew members of the ship and the miners went to the island one after another.
A group of thirty or forty people left the boat to land on the island.
Ye Fan soon noticed that this group of miners and warriors were either a little old or weak, or a silly young man with low strength, and they were all lazy and lacked energy. There were not many truly decent strong warriors.
"Donglai City can't recruit better miners?"
Ye Fan glanced at Zheng Zhen'an.
Zheng Zhenan shook his head with a wry smile, "Mining is a dirty and tiring coolie. Although I have already started a high-paying job, not many people in Donglai City are willing to do it. If they hadn't had any other good way out, they wouldn't have wanted to come to this island in the sea and risk their lives to mine. Even if these miners hired in front of me can't endure hardship in the last month, they would still have left many people."
Ye Fan nodded silently.
If you can find a living in Donglai City, it is indeed more at ease than on this small island on the sea. At least you don’t have to worry. When you wake up, there is an unknown sea beast nearby.
The island's jungle is tall and very dense.
Everyone followed a path, holding swords and swords to split the branches and thorns that blocked the road, and headed halfway up the mountain.
Deep in the hillside, there is a mining village of hundreds of feet in size.
This mining village is tightly surrounded by a circle of thick wooden walls, which are one foot thick and several meters high. There is also a towering watchtower at the height of the mining village, with a archer looking out on it.
The archer alertly saw a large group of them approaching the mining village, and immediately shouted loudly and asked who it was.
"It's me, Zheng Zhen'an!"
Zheng Zhenan responded loudly.
"President Zheng, I'll open the door for you right away!"
The archer saw that President Zheng from the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce had arrived, so he hurriedly ran down to open the gate of the mining village.
President Zheng warned Ye Fan at this time: "The wooden walls of this village look quite solid, but they are actually useless. During the day, miners occasionally bask in the village in the sun, but they dare not leave the village at night.
Once the tide comes on the full moon night, even the wooden village may be destroyed by sea beasts. Everyone will retreat to the mine cave and seal the entrance to avoid being attacked by sea beasts.
Your daily task is to patrol the islands and drive away the sea beasts that you accidentally get ashore on weekdays. But on the full moon night, don’t be outside the village, and stay in the mine with other martial masters. When the beast tide retreats, you will come out and rebuild this wooden village, and it’s enough.”
"OK!"
Ye Fan nodded slightly.
This is his first time going to sea, and he has never seen what the sea beast tide is like. If the sea beast tide is powerful, of course he is hiding in the mine.
The gate of the mining village is open.
Three blue-clothed martial masters walked out and hurried out to greet Zheng Zhen'an with several supervisors and guards from the mining village.
Zheng Zhen'an took Ye Fan and the miners into the mining village.
"President Zheng!"
The three blue-clothed martial masters saluted Zheng Zhen'an together.
"How is the situation in the mining village this month?"
Zheng Zhen’an Dao.
"It's okay, everything is normal. We all went into the cave on the full moon night, and the sea beasts did not cause casualties. It was just that when mining, a tunnel collapsed, injured more than a dozen miners and wanted to be sent back to Donglai City for treatment. This accident caused the Lanshui Sea Sand Mine to be 10% less than last month.
Alas, this mine island is too old and often has accidents, either seeping water or collapses. It lacks enough manpower to maintain it and dig out new mine channels."
A middle-aged burly man in blue clothes, complained to Zheng Zhen'an.
"I understand. I'll arrange a few people to move the blue water sea sand produced last month to the ship! Thirty new miners have come this month, and you will try to make up for all the sand mines that have been reduced last month."
Zheng Zhenan frowned when he heard that the amount of ore decreased by 10%, but didn't say much.
He pointed at Ye Fan and introduced to them, "This is Ye Fan and Ye brothers, the first level of the Wu Zun Period. I specially invited you to share the pressure of guarding the island! He is not familiar with the situation here. You guys have been here for a long time, so take care of them!"
The leading burly man looked at Ye Fan a few times, revealing a little surprised.
He was puzzled.
Ye Fan looks only nearly twenty years old, and there are not many such young martial masters in Donglai City.
Such a young martial arts master should have a good future. He either studied hard at Donglai County Courtyard or was a distinguished guest at the mansion of a wealthy family in Donglai City. He was too busy with socializing with the ladies of the big clans. How could he run to this barren island to guard the mine?
The man was confused, but his rough face still remained unmoved. He immediately patted his chest and agreed, "It's easy to say it! All the people here are brothers, so we naturally have to take care of it, and there is no problem. President Zheng just worry!"
"Brother Ye is here to help this mine island. He is a free body and can enter and exit everywhere at will. You don't have to control him too much. He will let him do whatever he wants!"
Zheng Zhen'an explained to several martial masters, then transported several large bags of blue water sea sand mines with the sailor crew and headed to the small sea boats on the shore of the island.
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The burly man looked respectfully at the eyes of his burly man. After Zheng Zhenan walked away, he straightened his back, turned around and grinned at Ye Fan, saying, "I am under Lu Guang. This little brother Ye, who is a martial master at this age, should be the county student of Donglai County Courtyard?"
"Not bad, it's a county student!"
Ye Fan nodded and said.
"I'm so envious! When the three of us brothers became Martial Masters, they were already in their thirties and forties. They couldn't even enter the county court. They could only practice by themselves. They were not as good as you, brothers, to have a bright future!"
The burly man envied and asked in confusion, "But why don't you practice in the county court? As far as I know, the county court has many suitable places for cultivation, and the city of Donglai is also extremely prosperous, much better than this deserted island on the sea."
"I came out to practice and came here to hunt sea beasts and earn some Yuanshi. President Zheng just needed someone to help, clear the sea beasts around the island, so he came to help. Brother Lu is familiar with this area, but he knows where sea beasts appear near this island?"
Ye Fan smiled.
The man surnamed Lu seemed to ponder for a moment and hesitated, "Sea beast? I know this! In a cave on the east side of the island, there is a turtle beast living there. If you stay there for a while, you will see that it often catches sea fish and eats it.
However, it is best not to provoke it! This guy is very powerful and holds grudges. If you want to provoke it, it will cause trouble for you every day!"
"Thank you, I'll go and have a look!"
Ye Fan smiled and left the mining village.
Alone, flew towards the water and grass beach to the east of the island.
In the mining village, a martial master next to Lu Guang whispered: "Brother, why did you deliberately lead him to find that turtle beast master?! That old turtle is not easy to mess with. If you don't do it properly, this kid may be injured!"
"Hmph, it's better to let this kid suffer a loss. Don't you see President Zheng's intention to arrange him to the mine island?"
Lu Guang just sneered.
"What does President Zheng mean?"
The martial master said in surprise.
The man surnamed Lu looked gloomy and said, "This kid is so young, he is still from Donglai County Courtyard. No matter how he looks, he doesn't look like a person who will suffer at sea!
Most of the people surnamed Zheng suspected that we had taken the Blue Water Sand Mine in private, so we planned to send someone to monitor us! But if we find another old Wu Zun like us who has little prospects and only seeks to make a living, he is worried that we will collude together and will not have the effect of surveillance.
So the man surnamed Zheng found such a young and energetic man and put him on the mine island to monitor our actions. This kind of boy has a tough temper and is difficult to buy."
"Brother, what should we do? If this kid keeps staring at us, he will definitely discover the little things we have in the mine."
"We only have two Yuan stones in this broken island a month. We can only buy two lowest-level Yuan Qi Pills to practice, and it is not enough to plug the gaps between the teeth. If we don't sell some blue water sand ore in private, we will never be able to earn more Yuan stones in our lives!"
"Or why don't we give this kid some color? Let him not be troublesome!"
The other two martial masters were shocked and their expressions changed drastically.
"No hurry, we don't have to do it! He wants to kill the sea beast and earn Yuanshi, so let him fight with the turtle master! Even if we brothers and three martial masters work together, we can't deal with it. He, a young boy, will definitely be in trouble if he goes!
The most important thing is that the old turtle is extremely tiny and holds revenge. It can run away in the sea and on land. If you get involved, there will be no stable life. When that kid is in trouble, he will beg us!”
The man surnamed Lu sneered with his arms crossed his chest.
"It's still the best brother!"
"This is a very powerful way to kill people with a knife."
"That kid is very tender. He looks like he hasn't been on the sea before. How can he fight with us with the elder brother?"
The other two martial masters finally understood and couldn't help but admire them and praised them one by one.
They no longer cared about Ye Fan's actions, and directed the new miners and warriors to enter the mine cave to dig the Blue Water Sea Sand Mine.
Ye Fan ran quickly in the dense jungle on the island, and soon he flew to the east coast of the island, beside a beach with water plants.
"The turtle beast that Lu Guang mentioned should be in this area! I don't know how powerful that turtle beast Lord is? But since the mining villages on the mountain can be kept safely, it should not be as powerful as the genius!"
Ye Fan was thinking in his heart.
The martial masters such as Lu Guang and others are mediocre, and they are only in the early stages of the martial master. All three of them can guard the mines, so this turtle master would not be too powerful, otherwise they would not be able to stay on the mountain alone.
Ye Fan once killed four Land Clan Beast Lords, mountain apes, blood bats, and green wolf Beast Lords. He still has confidence in dealing with ordinary beast Lords.
"You can just borrow the blood of this turtle master to try the effects of blood combat skills and the "Blood Saint" technique!"
Ye Fan sat patiently near the beach, closed his eyes and focused, listened carefully to the movements at the bottom of the sea, and looked for the traces of the turtle beast.
He has never used blood combat skills and is extremely expectant in his heart.
Chapter completed!