Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Falling in Love with Mining

The appearance of a bubble, even a white one, was good news.

It directly indicated that mining could produce bubbles.

Jiang Hao became even more diligent. He controlled his power so that he could last longer.

Of course, to prevent others from discerning his concealed cultivation level and to keep them from knowing how much strength he could afford to expend, he intentionally kept his output at the lowest level of Foundation Establishment.

Even if someone could estimate his overall strength from the energy he expended, they would get a false answer.

Ore fell bit by bit, and white bubbles kept popping up, occasionally accompanied by green ones.

【Strength+1】

【Spirit+1】

【Spear+1】

Without the slightest pause, Jiang Hao worked harder and faster than anyone else.

It wasn’t until he mined ore of better quality that blue bubbles followed.

【Cultivation+1】

At the sight of the blue bubble, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After many days, he finally saw hope for advancement again.

If he relied solely on cultivation, with his talent, it would take more than a decade to advance to the mid-stage of Golden Core, and that was with the aid of elixirs.

But with blue bubbles, perhaps a year or two would be enough.

It all depended on the speed of accumulating bubbles.

Ding!

Ding!

The rhythmic sound of the hoe striking the ore rang out as pieces of ore were mined, and many of good quality were set aside.

Jiang Hao simply had others take away the ore, paying no attention to anything else.

His focus was always on the bubbles. The rate at which the bubbles appeared was unbelievable to Jiang Hao.

Bubbles would appear frequently, and even the white ones were more numerous than what he had seen in the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

Perhaps, he had discovered the true method of collecting bubbles.

Mining was the fastest shortcut to becoming stronger.

As the sound of mining continued, Jiang Hao’s cultivation and vitality also increased now and then.

He had already collected ten blue bubbles. And that was just one morning.

Clang!

Suddenly, Jiang Hao stopped his actions. The hoe had worn out to its limit due to the fast pace. Looking at the broken hoe, he frowned. This tool was too much of an impediment to progress.

For a moment, he even considered using the Primordial Heavenly Saber to mine, which would surely be fast.

But that was too obvious and could easily reveal his trump card.

Even using the Half-Moon Blade for mining would be too extravagant and attract attention.

“J-Jiang Senior Brother, would you like to take a break?” the supervising disciple cautiously approached and asked.

Wu Jing, a ninth-level Qi Refining outer disciple, was just one step away from leaving the mining field to join the inner sect.

He could even apply to leave.

As long as the mining field wasn’t particularly short-staffed, even if it was, they would provide enough rewards to keep people.

Unlike now, where leaving was not an option.

However, he didn’t like the inner sect Senior Brothers; they always scolded him.

This new inner sect Senior Brother scared him even more; he had no idea what the latter wanted to do.

Jiang Hao glanced at the others and saw that they were taking turns resting, so he could only nod and move to the side.

However, he still asked the Junior Brother to get him a better hoe.

“Senior Brother, you want to continue mining?” Wu Jing was a bit perplexed.

“Don’t worry, I will also take care of your safety,” Jiang Hao reassured.

He came here to ensure steady progress; fewer miners would slow down the pace.

Therefore, their safety naturally had to be considered.

“Which lineage of Tianyin Sect do you belong to?”

Situ Jian came over to chat with Jiang Hao during his break.

Glancing at him, Jiang Hao replied expressionlessly, “Rest well and then go back to mining.”

He naturally didn’t want to engage in too much conversation with the other party, and even if he did, it would have to wait until after tomorrow’s appraisal.

These four people would definitely cause him trouble.

Right now, he needed time to advance to the mid-stage of Golden Core as quickly as possible.

At the very least, he needed to be able to deal with Yan Hua, and it would be even safer if he had enough time to reach the late stage.

But he didn’t know how much time these four people would give him.

Various thoughts flooded his mind, yet Jiang Hao still wanted to mine. But since the tool hadn’t arrived yet, he couldn’t appear too eager.

During his time in the Demon Cavern, it was his eagerness that led Lou Feng to sense something was off.

If he acted the same way now, it was hard to say whether Yan Hua would notice. So he could only wait quietly.

After some time, Wu Jing finally brought Jiang Hao a hoe, but this time it wasn’t an ordinary mining hoe—it was a magical treasure-level hoe.

“Senior Brother Jiang, this is what I applied for from the management building. Please don’t damage it. Otherwise…” Wu Jing looked troubled.

“How many spirit stones?” Jiang Hao asked.

“Oh, there are no spirit stones involved, but there are tasks to promote progress and tasks for harvesting, which require an extra ten percent yield,” Wu Jing explained.

Jiang Hao nodded, not wasting any more words. After asking Wu Jing to keep an eye on the others, he began to mine. He couldn’t wait any longer.

Under his hoe, bubbles kept emerging, and as for the ores, he didn’t even spare them a glance.

He was only feeling the changes in his body and the numerical changes in his vital energy and cultivation.

【Strength+1】

【Strength+1】

【Spirit Sword+1】

【Cultivation+1】

【Cultivation+1】

…

When he hit upon something good, a blue bubble would pop up.

The more he mined, the happier he felt inside, but he kept his face calm, afraid of being discovered as an anomaly.

His mining speed astonished everyone.

Many people thought that this inner disciple was just enthusiastic on his first day and that later on, the burden of using the magical treasure would fall on them.

For a moment, they felt indignant. It’s always the lower ranks who suffer when a new official takes charge.