Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 148 Worms

In the 425th year of Qianfeng in the reign of David, on the first day of February, it is the year of Chikou. It is appropriate to offer sacrifices and to resolve disputes. Do not do anything else.

After Kang Dabao broke through the barrier and came out, he looked outside and saw that the frost and snow had disappeared and it was spring time, and he felt as if he was still in a dream.

He had never thought that he would be able to break through to the seventh level of Qi training in less than half a year after receiving Huo Bing's order. This was much faster than the more than a year he had thought before he went out.

This also means that Master Kangda started as a child and practiced under Chongming for more than 30 years, and finally became a cultivator in the late stage of Qi training.

Not to mention anything else, just based on his cultivation level, from then on, Master Kang could be regarded as a big figure in Pingrong County, and he had finally restored the reputation of Chongming Sect, which was once a great foundation-building sect, to a certain extent.

After he went out, he did not pay much attention to the monk from the Huo family who came to pay him a visit and spoke respectfully and warmly. He just evaded him with a few words in a cold manner. Then, Kang Dabao summoned the managers and martial masters to gather everyone for a meeting.

It seems that Master Kang had really misunderstood Tang Guling before. For cultivators, this mine in the west seems to be really safe.

Three months passed, and Kang Dabao had only received less than ten calls for help from the laborers, and the only monsters that appeared were the fire boars, purple fire jackals, and other not very powerful species.

Even the number of convicts who died was not high, less than a hundred in total.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Kang Dabao's response speed is already very fast, but it is too easy for people to die in this mine.

Not only monsters, but also mining accidents, revenge killings, robbery, rape, etc.
Locking up a group of violent knights and forcing them to work every day as hard labor, and only suffering such small casualties in three months was already beyond the expectations of Master Kang.

The mining career during this period has tempered these warriors and also worn out their trousers.

The head of Kangda was well prepared and sent people to send a new batch of supplies, as well as brand new clothes and clean drinking water.

Don’t underestimate these worthless things. Compared with the supervisors from other counties, Kang Dabao’s actions can be described as a kind-hearted person, which makes these laborers sincerely grateful.

Look, this is how pitiful it is to have no strength. They worked hard in the dark mine for three months, wrapped in a dirty and smelly calfshoes, and only got this little thing, and they even have to thank others.

Kang Dabao's emotion lasted only a moment. His situation was not much better than those of the slaves. Many of the bigwigs above him were ugly when they did things, but they were not necessarily as kind-hearted as he was.

Sitting on a lacquered wooden chair at the sidelines, Kangda's head took a sip of cold tea and nodded to the managers who led the team.

An old martial master named Xia An stood up and bowed to Kang Dabao before reading the list loudly: "Master, please allow me to report that a total of 289 spiritual stones have been mined this season, including three spiritual stones from Wu Xiao, three broken spiritual stones, and Xue Zong."

The old man named the twenty hard laborers who had mined the most mining products one by one. Upon hearing the names, the martial artists immediately stood up from the team excitedly.

Kang Dabao simply took a quick look at it, and without going into the details of the account, he nodded directly: "Take the pass I signed in person and go home on your own."

After that, without even listening to the others kneeling down to thank him, Sect Leader Kang asked the old man, "Which teams have mined the most spiritual stones every month this season?"

"Team C twice and Team A once." Xia An replied respectfully.

"Then the two teams' managers should go home too." Kang Dabao drank the cold tea in his cup and stood up to leave before instructing, "Select the top 100 people from the remaining group and give them a ten-day holiday. Your managers will lead them to go to Tanggu County in batches."

"Thank you, Immortal Master!"

"Master, I have great kindness and virtue, and I cannot repay you enough!"

"When I return, I will definitely build a shrine for the immortal master and make a golden statue for him!"

Among the hard laborers in the queue, those who were in the top 100 were so happy that they burst into tears; those who were not among them also had strange looks on their faces, and secretly made up their minds to work harder to mine so that they could escape as soon as possible.

"Yeah," Kang Dabao nodded and stood up. As he walked forward, his eyes were filled with spiritual light, and two golden rays shot out from them, blasting a ten-foot-high boulder a hundred steps away into pieces.

The heated atmosphere in the field suddenly died down, and the laborers who had previously had some ulterior motives calmed down again, looking at the scene in front of them with horror.

Some confused convicts then remembered that the relatively amiable County Lieutenant Kang was not a weakling who could be bullied, but a highly skilled monk who could easily strangle them to death.

"Without Vajra means, how can you show your compassionate heart like a Bodhisattva?" The laborers felt that the old man seemed to have said nothing before he left, yet he said everything.

After leaving the crowd, Master Kang recalled the power of the Golden Eyes and felt quite satisfied. After breaking through to the seventh level of Qi training, the Qingmu Baoguangyin he practiced brought the spiritual power of his body to a new level.

If Kang Dabao were to face a foundation-building seed from a large family like Ge Yangfeng at this time, with his golden eyes that could see through delusion at the minor success stage, he would not be as helpless as he was before.

As for killing ordinary cultivators of the same level, it should be effortless.

In a good mood, Kang Dabao turned around and went to find the mine manager arranged by the Huo family.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this spiritual stone mine is officially owned by Tanggu County, but in reality it is the private property of the Tanggu Huo family. The way old fellow Huo Bing eats has always been so ugly.

The reason why the supervisory monks who were transferred here were only there to do their job was because the Huo family was unwilling to share the profits from the spirit stone mine.

In addition, the amount of spiritual ore collected by everyone each month is not much different. Even if they collect 10 or 20 more pieces, there is no way to block surveillance and enrich themselves. In this way, no one will take it seriously.

However, Master Kang had other ideas. He took great pains to motivate the laborers to work so hard, not just to show their loyalty to the old man Huo Bing.

It doesn’t matter that Kang Dabao has no means to block the surveillance. Wouldn’t it be better to just drag the people who are monitoring him into the water? They must have the means.

The person in charge of the mine here by the Huo family's faction is also the Huo family's son-in-law. The Huo family really doesn't have many younger generations, so they have to use a son-in-law to take care of this critical place.

"This." The mine owner was embarrassed. Yes, only a fool would not be tempted by a lot of spiritual stones! But the Huo family's son-in-law finally shook his head and did not agree to the proposal of the head of Kang.

"To be honest with you, County Lieutenant Kang, your spiritual stone is extremely hot. I dare not take it." The son-in-law laughed bitterly, "I am the fourth person in charge of the mine. My family chose me because I am timid. The three brave brothers-in-law before me are still hanging in the training ground at home to dry!"

"Oh?" Kang Dabao, who was originally full of confidence, was a little surprised and tried to encourage the person in charge several times.

Unexpectedly, the more the latter listened, the more he shook his head, and the more fear appeared on his face. In the end, he even changed his expression, sealed his ear consciousness with a spell, and pushed Master Kang out of the door.

Kang Dabao stood outside the door with a bad look on his face. Before coming here, he had never thought that the person in charge would be so firm and refuse so straightforwardly.

But if you think about it carefully, this is also reasonable.

Huo Bing, the old foundation-building master, is naturally not worth mentioning in the eyes of his peers, but he is still qualified to scare these spineless sons-in-law under his command.

But in this way, all Kang Dabao's previous preparations would be in vain.

When Master Kang thought about having to continue working for nothing at this spiritual stone mine, he began to feel unhappy and decided to hold another meeting with the laborers tomorrow.

Since they are digging fast now and it is of no benefit to them, it is better not to work so hard, so as not to give the Huo family an advantage.

But now that everyone's enthusiasm has been aroused, Kang Dabao can't suppress it any longer.

"Then let them work only four hours a day, one hour to work and one hour to rest." Master Kang returned to his simple stone room. He was stroking his bare chin and thinking, when the monk from the Huo family who had visited him in the morning came again.

Kang Dabao, who had just welcomed the man in with a frown on his face, hadn't spoken yet when he heard the man opposite him say with a smile, "County Lieutenant Kang, others don't dare to take your business, but I do."

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