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How was this possible?

On the other hand, Supervisor He, who had fainted, didn't know that Lin City had the same astonished look on its face.

Because... It was too easy!

According to Manager He, spirit stones were incomparably hard and could not be mined by ordinary warriors, not to mention the laborers and servants, they didn't even have the qualifications to enter this mine.

In order to extract spirit stones, one had to have the ability to do so at least at the Pulse Wheel Realm. However, even with a cultivation level of the Pulse Wheel Realm, it was still extremely difficult to extract spirit stones below the fifth layer.

Because Lin Cheng had previously tried to chop down a spirit stone out of a whim, but to no avail, he was very clear on the hardness of a spirit stone. He believed in Manager He's words.

Therefore, after giving Steward Lin a specially concocted pill to make him pass out and ensure that he wouldn't cause trouble, he and the bamboo shoot down to the bottom of the cave to hack at the spirit stone vein with all his might.

However, the result shocked Lin City!

In the instant Lin Cheng raised his sword, the meridians in his body began to spin frantically. Surging Yuan Power gushed out from his meridians and poured into the short sword, even forming a faint sword ray.

The short sword came chopping down!

In the next moment, Lin Cheng felt a weight on his hand and his short sword encountered quite a bit of resistance. However, it did not suffocate with great difficulty and smoothly cleaved into the spirit stone vein.

Lin City immediately shook with elemental energy as a palm-sized spirit stone was picked up by Lin Cheng and caught steadily in his hand.

A surprised expression appeared on Zhui Zi's pretty face. She blinked her eyes and looked at the unconscious Manager He. She could not help but snort, "This old thing is really cunning!"

It was very clear that Manager had deceived them. He had purposely said that it would be very difficult to extract spirit stones, and he wanted them to retreat after knowing the difficulty.

However, he had obviously forgotten about his and the little thief's determination to obtain spirit stones. Since they were already here, how could he not give it a try?

This time, Supervisor He's lie was naturally self-defeating!

After the surprise came the surprise.

Lin Cheng laughed and said, "It's really hard for him to be so loyal to the Chu Clan, but it's a pity that Chu Qiuchi fainted too, so it can be considered as a waste of time. Little girl, hurry up and dig for spirit stones. We only have five days, so dig as much as you can! "

Zhu Ziyang nodded slightly, drew his sword, infused his Origin Energy into it, and chopped down at the spirit stone vein.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound rang out.

In the next moment, the long sword in Bamboo Hill's hand struck the Spirit Stone lode. Not only did the Spirit Stone not move, the long sword in her hand was even knocked aside by the immense force coming from the Spirit Stone!

Bamboo Fork was shocked. "It's that hard?"

Lin Cheng frowned, "What's going on?"

Bamboo Pea frowned and looked at the Spirit Stone mine and said, "This Spirit Stone mine seems to be very hard. I'll try again! "

Lin Cheng immediately warned, "Be careful."

The bamboo stick nodded its head and quickly circulated its Yuan power, once again chopping down with its sword.

"Clang!"

Another crisp sound.

Bamboo Shoot's wrist suddenly shook and took a step back to relieve the rebound from the sword. Looking at the Spirit Stone mine, her eyes were filled with astonishment.

On the spirit stone vein in front of her, there was only a tiny crack where she had previously cut down. Just now, she had used her full power on her sword, yet she had only cut open such a small hole?

"This …"

Zhui Ziquan couldn't help but turn her head to look at the piece of Spirit Stone that Lin Cheng had cut down just now, then she looked at the hole in front of her, and she couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. "What is going on?"

Lin Cheng was also very surprised. He did not expect that it would be so difficult to cut down a spirit stone. Seeing the long sword in her hand, he immediately passed the short sword to her and said, "Little girl, try using this sword!"

This short sword was originally made of bamboo. After it was snatched away by Lin City, he discovered that it was an extremely sharp treasure sword that was much more powerful than ordinary weapons, so he kept it in his hand. After Bamboo had entered the East Continent Academy, he naturally did not need this short sword.

Grabbing the dagger, Bamboo Forcing took a deep breath and once again channeled her elemental energy, chopping down fiercely.

"Clang!"

This time, the dagger cut into the spirit stone. It was two fingers deep, but it did not cut the spirit stone down.

The bamboo stick abruptly pulled out the short sword and chopped down once again.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

After hacking three times, a piece of Spirit Stone was finally lifted up by her sword and landed in her hand. Her eyes were filled with shock as she looked at Lin Cheng.

After the previous few chops, she had clearly seen the toughness of the spirit stones. She had to put in all her effort in order to use the spirit stones, but Lin Cheng had easily cut off a piece. The contrast was too obvious.

"Little girl, did you go all out?" Lin Cheng asked with a frown on his face.

"That's right, this is already my greatest strength." Bamboo stick said, "But chopping it is still very difficult. Little thief, why …"

Lin Cheng was puzzled, "But why do I feel that it's not that difficult? "According to Manager He's instructions, I should channel Yuan Power into my short sword and hack downwards. Although I will require some effort, I am able to successfully cut off the spirit stone …"

Just as he said that, Lin Cheng suddenly paused, seeming to have thought of something.

"What did you think of?" Zhu Ziquan immediately asked.

"I was thinking about what Manager He said. He said that if we want to extract spirit stones smoothly, we need to be at least at the sixth and seventh level of the Arterial Circulation Realm, and the higher the cultivation, the easier it is to extract them. But we are both at the same realm, at the second level of the Arterial Circulation Realm." Lin Cheng asked doubtfully.

However, when she heard Lin Cheng's words, a glint suddenly flashed through her eyes. She quickly said, "Little thief, try mining another spirit stone."

Lin Cheng immediately nodded his head. He picked up the long sword that Bamboo Hill had placed to the side, activated his elemental energy, and hacked towards the spirit stone vein.

"Clang!"

With a crisp sound of metal striking stone, Lin Cheng flicked his wrist and another spirit stone was chopped off.

A light flashed in Bamboo Form's eyes and she quickly asked, "How do you feel this time?"

Lin Cheng thoughtfully said: "It feels like it's a bit more difficult than the last time, but the difference isn't that big!" It's really strange, why is it so difficult for you to mine it? "

"That's because the elemental energy in your body is too dense!"

The way she looked at Lin City became somewhat strange. "You really are a freak …"

"…" Lin Cheng glared at her, "What are you talking about!"

Zhu Ziyang said helplessly, "Haven't you noticed that Manager He's words just now were all true? It is indeed too difficult for a low cultivation martial artist to extract spirit stones!"

Lin Cheng frowned. "But why am I …"

"That's because you're not a normal person!" Zhu Ziyang said.

"…" Zhu Ziquan asked, "How many meridians do you still have that you haven't opened?"

Lin Cheng said, "Three!"

"In such a short time, you actually managed to open 33 meridians!"

Bamboo Fork could not help but exclaim, "No wonder, you really are … "Little thief, do you know that amongst all the people I know, you are the only one at your level of cultivation and age who can open so many meridians!?"

Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but sigh in admiration. An increase in a youngster's strength was just too abnormal.

In just half a year's time, he had actually broken through from the eighth level of the Rejuvenation Realm to the second level of the Arterial Circulation Realm in one fell swoop. Not to mention that the most astonishing thing was that ever since Lin Cheng learned of the cultivation technique to suppress his cultivation, the speed at which his meridians opened was simply outrageous!

33 meridians!

There were only three main meridians left in his body!

If it was an ordinary martial artist, if they opened 33 meridians, they would have at least reached the eighth level of the Arterial Circulation Realm, or even higher!

However, Lin Cheng was only at the 2nd level of the Arterial Circulation Realm!

One could easily imagine how strong Lin City's meridians were, and how strong his physique was!

"No wonder you could kill Shui Ang and Xu Zian so easily!" Zhu Ziyang did not know what to say anymore. Lin City's cultivation speed and this sort of increase in cultivation had made Zhu Zifu, who was always praised as a genius, unable to help himself from exclaiming in admiration.

In addition, they had been in a hurry on their journey, so the two of them had not discussed anything related to cultivation. Now that they heard from Lin City about the progress of his cultivation, the light in his eyes became strange.

"Little girl, what you're saying is that because my elemental energy is so dense, I have actually reached the ordinary cultivation level of the fifth and sixth level of the Arterial Circulation Realm. Is that why my spirit stone mining is so easy?" Lin Cheng thoughtfully asked.

"Other than that, I can't think of any other reason."

"Of course, there are also tools. Just now, when you used the short sword, it was very easy to mine, but when you used the long sword, it was a bit more difficult. This is because that short sword was forged by a famous expert of Tzu Cheng, and that long sword was just casually bought by us on the road. It's very ordinary."

Lin Cheng slightly nodded his head. Indeed, Bamboo Shoot's words made sense.

"Little girl, since that's the case, you don't have to mine anymore." Since he knew the reason, Lin Cheng immediately said, "You go up to be on guard, then tie up those fainted laborers and servants, when I'm really tired, I'll switch you out."

Although the people in the mine had already fainted, if no one was on guard outside, no one could guarantee whether or not some adventurer would take the risk and attack the mine. If that was the case, they would definitely be exposed in advance.

Zhu Ziyang really wanted to help Lin City with the mining of spirit stones, but she knew that staying here would not help much, so she immediately nodded her head and agreed. "Okay then, if there's any unforeseen circumstances, I'll pull the rope.