Chapter 823: Chapter 823: The Three People Shackled in Handcuffs

"Lu Dao, it’s best not to consume this elixir."

Seeing Lu Chen lost in thought, a flicker of interest flashed through Huang Qingtian’s eyes.

"Oh?"

Lu Chen was slightly startled, and then he said, "What is there to say about this elixir?"

"I’m not sure," Huang Qingtian shook his head and said, "It’s just intuition. A perfectly ordinary mining area, why would they provide such a healing elixir!"

"I see."

Lu Chen nodded slightly. He had no intention of telling Huang Qingtian what he had seen, to avoid causing too much of a shock.

After all, Huang Qingtian had mentioned before that he had climbed up from the very bottom of the Mortal Realm, which was understandable.

This made it all the more an elixir of unknown origin!

However, obviously, Huang Qingtian was mentioning it now, which meant he had given it some thought.

And he was looking on the bright side.

"Then let’s mine."

Lu Chen took out his own mining pick and started digging in a random place.

In the Xuanyun Sect, his mining method was truly good, but with someone at his side, he naturally didn’t dare to use it recklessly.

However, upon further thought, he realized he could dig a bit faster and thus free up some time.

Seeing that Lu Chen had begun digging, Huang Qingtian, not wanting to idle, also willingly picked up a mining pick and started mining next to Lu Chen.

The sound of metal on metal was incessant.

Yet after a long while, Lu Chen hadn’t even seen a single low-grade Spirit Stone, which made him wonder, "Brother Huang, why are these Spirit Stones so hard to dig out? Could it be that this is a low-grade Spirit Vein?"

"Not at all," Huang Qingtian laughed, "A Spirit Vein without low-grade Spirit Stones must be at least a Medium Grade Spirit Vein! Because even the worst will produce Medium Grade Spirit Stones!"

Lu Chen suddenly realized and remembered that he had once mined top-grade Spirit Stones within the Xuanyun Sect’s mines. Could it be that this Medium Grade Spirit Vein could yield top-grade Spirit Stones?

"Lu Dao, don’t forget the rules of this mine!"

Seeing Lu Chen seemed to be lost in thought, Huang Qingtian quickly spoke up to remind him, mining regulations strictly prohibited, all Spirit Stones must be turned in!

If one were caught hoarding Spirit Stones, or using the stones from here for cultivation, then they would face extremely severe punishment.

This point, Xu Wuwen had also emphasized to Lu Chen.

"Don’t worry, I won’t."

Lu Chen smiled, unconcerned about the Spirit Stones.

"That’s good," Huang Qingtian sighed with relief, then with a look of bitterness, said, "No one knows how capable someone at the Divinity Transformation Stage is. The Divinity in charge of supervising the mines is said to appear and disappear unpredictably, and we must not only refrain from secretly keeping Spirit Stones but also from speaking carelessly."

"I’m well aware of that," Lu Chen smiled, "We’ll just chat casually, mine properly for three years, and then we can regain our freedom!"

"Freedom..."

Huang Qingtian murmured these three words, his breath suddenly turning somewhat somber.

Lu Chen guessed that Huang Qingtian must have felt it too, or perhaps he had heard something.

It seemed that no Nascent Soul Stage cultivator was a simple character.

Just as he was thinking this, there came the crisp sound of metal chains rattling from outside the mine.

Lu Chen was momentarily stunned, and as he turned his head, he met Huang Qingtian’s gaze.

After a brief eye contact, almost at the same time, they both went to the entrance of the tunnel they had dug and saw three figures standing there!

One of them was in green clothes, which looked very familiar.

"It’s them!"

Lu Chen couldn’t help but laugh with gloating pleasure.

"What are you laughing at? Do you want to go dig with them too?"

Suddenly, from behind the three figures, an extremely cold reprimanding voice came through, carrying with it a trace of authority from a higher realm!

Remembering Xu Wuwen’s instructions, Lu Chen immediately bowed and, pulling Huang Qingtian with him, retreated back into the mine.

"Divinity!"

Xu Ziling mouthed silently, forming the words without sound.

Huang Qingtian immediately understood and raised his pick to start mining again.

But Lu Chen was left with doubts.

Those three, instead of healing from their punishment inflicted by Xu Wuwen, were sent to mine, which was one thing, but why...

Why were all three shackled in chains?

That was the source of the metallic clinking; it emanated from their movements and collisions.

"It seems there are some secrets in this mine that can’t be spoken of..."

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