Who says sleep is not spiritual practice?

Chapter 162 He Keeps Telling Me To Take You Back To The Northern Territory Safe And Sound
There are few iron mines in Beidi.

Therefore, whenever an iron mine is discovered, regardless of its size, each tribe will try its best to mine it all, and the eight major tribes will be responsible for the distribution.

The Seventh Mine is a small and medium-sized mine, which was discovered ten years ago, and it has been mined to a large extent today.

It is currently in a semi-abandoned state.

Since the inside of the mine has been hollowed out, digging in will easily lead to collapse and casualties. Therefore, a few years ago, the eight major tribes jointly decided to escort [-] captive Chu people here to work as coolies, mining day and night. remaining ore.

In other words, this is a mine, but also a prison.

Pop, pop!
"Don't be lazy, just work harder for me!"

"I'm not used to you guys!"

"Damn, last month's output has dropped by another [-]%. If you can't fill this hole this month, you will be deducted half of your food!"

In the mine, a Beidi officer wearing a felt hat and leather armor and fur coat held a whip in his hand and beat the Chu slaves who were carrying ore from time to time, with a fierce look on his face.

And those Chu slaves...

But all of them were sallow and thin, with thin clothes, shackles on their hands and feet, and new wounds and old marks on their exposed skin.

Most of them had dull eyes, and after three years in the mine, they were already desperate, so they kept silent even after being insulted and whipped, like walking corpses.

"Grandpa, this master!"

"Food can no longer be deducted, people will starve to death!"

A slightly muscular middle-aged man seemed to be the leader of the slaves of the Chu people. When he heard that the food was to be deducted, he immediately walked out of the team bowing.

Just listen to him whispering:

"Master, the brothers are already hungry and don't have the strength to work. If you continue to deduct food and starve to death, who will mine the ore?"

"You can't condescend to go down the mine yourself, can you?"

Beidi officer snorted coldly:
"I do not care!"

"If you don't work hard, you will be punished! Last month, the output of the mine was reduced by [-]%, which caused our brothers' salaries to be deducted a lot. If you don't want to find a way to fill this hole, then we can only rely on you. I took part of my food expenses to compensate for my loss!"

The slave leader looked humble:
"Master, mine No. 32 collapsed last month, not to mention the deaths of more than [-] brothers, and blocked a dozen mines, which led to a decline in output."

"I promise there will be no less this month, I promise!"

"As long as you can feed us!"

The Beidi officer sneered a few times, and whipped the opponent severely:

"Qin Che, don't think that I don't know what you're up to!"

"Our 1000 people manage [-] of you, and we can't whip a whip on weekdays. If you get enough food and strength, wouldn't it be a disaster?"

"especially you!"

"Qin Che, when you were caught, you were at the tenth rank of Houtian. After three years, you are probably about to break through to the Fate Star Realm, right?"

The slave leader smiled wryly, without revealing any flaws on his face:

"Master, I've been mining mines for the past few years, and I can't get enough to eat. It's a blessing that my martial arts cultivation has not regressed. How could there be a breakthrough?"

"Besides, even if I break through, I'm not your opponent!"

"You are a big shot in the late stage of the Fate Star Realm, crushing me to death is like crushing an ant!"

Beidi officer grinned, his eyes flashed a trace of ferocity, and sent a few whips to the opponent:
"get out!"

"From today, each person can eat half an extra bun every day."

"but……"

"If the output is not satisfactory this month, I will not only deduct your food, but also take off your arm!"

Upon hearing this, the slave leader named Qin Che immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him a few times:
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"We must work hard and work hard!"

After that, he hurriedly got up again, and walked into a mine with tools on his shoulders.

……

deep in a mine.

Because of the danger of collapse at any time, the Beidi sergeants who guarded the slaves never went deep here.

At this time, dozens of Chu slaves who were supposed to be working hard on mining were gathering together and discussing in low voices.

"General Qin Che, I really can't take it anymore!"

"We lost another 32 brothers last month!"

"Three years have passed, and the 960 brothers who came here at the beginning are now only [-] four people! If you don't turn back, if you wait for hundreds of people to die, you may never recover!"

"Yeah, it's the other way around!"

"Fight them!"

"I've had enough of this life!"

……

Qin Che sighed and said something dejected:
"But our current strength is far from enough!"

"Brothers haven't had a full meal for three years, and most of their martial arts cultivation bases are not advancing but regressing. How can they have the strength to fight to the death with others?"

"The Beidi soldiers outside are well-equipped, with machetes in their hands and leather armor. Our clothes are thin, our hands and feet are shackled, and our weapons are only mining tools..."

One suddenly interrupted:

"Then wait for death?"

"General Qin Che, you said that you need to recharge your batteries and wait for you to be promoted to the Fate Star Realm. We have waited for three full years!"

"But three years have passed, and one-third of the brothers have died, and your realm has also stagnated. How long will you have to wait before you have enough strength?"

"Wait another three years?"

"You know, every piece of iron ore we dug up here may turn into a scimitar cut on the soldiers of the Anbei Army!"

This statement came out.

Everyone gritted their teeth and remained silent.

As if blaming himself.

"Do you all think it's time to go against it now?"

Qin Che glanced at everyone.

But I saw that everyone had firm eyes on their faces, and they looked at death as if they were home.

"General, reverse it!"

"General, take us to charge again!"

"Even death is a relief!"

……

Seeing this scene, Qin Che's eyes turned red, and two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes:
"After the defeat in the battle three years ago, we all became prisoners. My father, Qin Ye, as the coach, was beheaded for public display on the second day after being captured."

"On the night before he died, he kept telling me to bring you all back to the north safe and sound!"

"Otherwise, he will die with regret!"

Qin Che looked guilty, and said with red eyes:
"Feel sorry……"

"I failed to fulfill his request."

"I'm a piece of shit."

"In the past three years, thanks to all of you who have taken care of me a lot. Not only have you taken on the share of mining for me, but you have also allowed me to have enough food for every meal, so that I can concentrate on my cultivation and break the bottleneck of the Star Realm."

"But I have let you down time and time again."

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people hurriedly spoke to comfort:
"General, I don't blame you!"

"Fate Star Realm is difficult to break through, and you can't get any cultivation resources to assist you in the mine. It's normal if you don't break through!"

"Yeah, what we did is nothing!"

"We all know that you have been under the most pressure and suffering the most in the past few years. I have seen you secretly wipe tears at night several times!"

……

"Thank you, thank you."

Qin Che bowed deeply to everyone.

When he got up again, he wiped away his tears, and his face was a little more determined.

At this moment, he made a decision not to bear the burden of humiliation.

He wants to do everything in his power to lead his brothers to vent the anger accumulated for three years, and fight to the death with the [-] Beidi soldiers outside!
Even if you know that you will be defeated, you must show the pride of the Anbei Army!
So, Qin Che no longer hides:
"break!"

After one word fell, his breath began to surge.

In an instant.

Under the eyes of everyone, his aura is rising steadily, like a flood breaking a bank, breaking through the shackles of the tenth rank of Houtian in the blink of an eye, and promoted to a whole new level!

Innate First Grade, Fate Star Realm.

Although it's only the early stage of Fate Star Realm, he is still a genuine innate master!

"This……"

"General, you..."

This scene happened so suddenly that except for a few people who already knew the inside story, the rest were dumbfounded.

Qin Che said with a wry smile:
"Actually, I was sure to be promoted to Xiantian a year ago. It's just that the Beidi officer outside is in the middle stage of the Fate Star Realm, so I haven't dared to break through. I just want to spend more time accumulating knowledge so that I can be promoted to the middle stage of the Fate Star Realm in one fell swoop. Fight it again."

"But I overestimated my talent."

"If I want to be promoted to the middle stage of Fate Star Realm in one fell swoop, I have to practice for at least three more years."

"But to this day..."

"I don't want to bear it anymore."

Qin Che still had a pessimistic thought in his heart.

This place is five or six hundred miles away from the border. Even if he led everyone to kill the Beidi soldiers in the mine three years later, most of them would not be able to escape the pursuit of hundreds of tribes.

Unless, there is An Beijun to respond.

But three years later, they no longer pinned their hopes on reinforcements.

and so……

Instead of dying at that time, it is better to completely reverse today, and it can save the brothers from suffering for three years.

"Send a signal to inform the brothers—"

"Today, we reversed!"

"I'll drag that Fate Star Realm officer with my life, and I'll leave the rest to you."

Qin Che picked up the pickaxe and looked out of the mine with a fierce expression on his face.

"Well, I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"kill!"

"Inverted!"

……

At this moment, everyone also stood up one after another, gripping their mining tools tightly.

After swallowing their anger for three years, all they want now is a hearty battle!
Even if you die in battle, you will not hesitate!

Can be suddenly.

There was a sound of chains.

next moment.

I saw a Chu slave who was supposed to be watching the wind at the entrance of the mine ran in in a panic, shouting:

"Reinforcement, reinforcement!"

"Our reinforcements are here!"

(End of this chapter)