Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 50: Arrangements
Not long after, Lin Dayong brought four outer sect disciples stationed at the mine to the wooden house.
After some casual greetings between Liu Yu's group of five and Su Ding's group of five, they began the handover.
While it was called a handover, the main focus was on the transfer between the two inner sect disciples.
Wu Chang and Zhou Guibo, along with the other outer sect disciples, inquired about specific details of the mine from the previously stationed outer sect disciples, such as the power and consumption of the mine's formation, maintenance precautions, and whether the mortal miners in the mine were "obedient" and so on.
Su Ding handed over a thin booklet that recorded the production accounts of cold iron ore, then he gave him the token that controlled the mine's formation, and finally tossed a small yellow cloth bag over.
This was a high-grade storage bag, specifically issued by the sect for storing cold iron ore, with an internal space three times larger than Liu Yu's medium-grade storage bag.
After handing over the three items, Su Ding fell silent, his gaze complex, and his expression somewhat dejected, realizing that he would soon be leaving this comfortable place.
Thinking of this, he suddenly sneezed, covering his mouth with one hand, feeling a wave of fatigue wash over him. It seemed the previous night’s consumption during the dual dragon and phoenix ritual had drained him, leaving him somewhat low on energy.
Liu Yu reached out to take the three items, glancing at Su Ding's dispirited appearance, and began to carefully read through the accounts.
The memory of an immortal cultivator was astonishing; his speed of reading was incredibly fast, flipping through the pages almost effortlessly, and in no time at all, he finished the thin booklet.
Then, he opened the communal storage bag and compared it with the accounts to check the ore output for the month.
With a sweep of his spiritual consciousness, Liu Yu found that there were basically no discrepancies; it was roughly the same. According to the daily quotas recorded in the booklet, maintaining the output to complete the monthly task would not be a problem.
He passed the token to Wu Chang, instructing them to activate the mine's formation to check for any issues.
"Yes, Senior Brother Liu."
Wu Chang took the token, and the others cupped their fists in unison, agreeing in one voice. They had just been warned before coming, and they all seemed very obedient.
Liu Yu silently nodded in approval, satisfied with the results of the warning. He then instructed Lin Dayong to guide Liu Yu and Su Ding around the mine to familiarize themselves with the environment.
Of course, the others were definitely not interested in going down into the mine; such dark and filthy places were seldom visited even by the mine overseers, let alone them.
They were not concerned about the conditions inside the mine; what mattered to them was that the quantity of cold iron ore extracted each month was sufficient.
Liu Yu did not care much about the meager spiritual stones as rewards for this task; with an Immortal Abode at hand, he could easily refine a few bottles of elixirs to make up for it.
He had come here to avoid the spiritual stone mine wars; if he weren’t worried that the monthly output might not be enough and that the sect would recall him, he could have directly arranged for Wu Chang and the others to come over for the handover.
After circling the mine, Lin Dayong took the lead to introduce the situation of the mine to the two, mainly addressing Liu Yu.
From his twenty years of experience as a mine overseer, he understood that among the stationed immortal masters, the one dressed in white was the real decision-maker. As long as this immortal master was satisfied, his position would be stable.
Returning to the front of the wooden house, Wu Chang and the others had already activated the formation for testing and confirmed that there were no issues.
Seeing Liu Yu's gaze, they all nodded to indicate that everything was normal.