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The two of them relied on the effect of the headbands to follow slowly along the way.

The fifth-level monsters have not yet developed their spiritual intelligence, and the instinctive behavior of rat-like monsters after being frightened is to retreat into the cave to seek a sense of security.

Xiao Lin controlled the distance of the spider silk, and the two of them successfully found the cave of the gold-stealing rat.

The gold-stealing rat stayed in one place for a long time without moving. Obviously, that was its cave. The two men looked at each other and approached quickly, but were soon blocked by an ordinary stubborn stone.

The stone was so huge that it had never been hewn. Even the monks who mined for it at that time would subconsciously ignore it and look for other minerals.

It's nothing, it's just that the surface of this stone is rough and gray, and it obviously doesn't have the color of metal.

It seems that the gold-stealing rat has found a very good location for its cave.

Xiao Lin did not hesitate, he raised his hand and used the Phoenix True Fire in conjunction with the Fire Burning Technique.

As soon as the golden-red flame touched the gray stone, it immediately burned it as fuel. The boulder was wrapped in flames and burned fiercely.

As soon as the fire started, the sensitive gold-stealing rats immediately noticed it and desperately dug a tunnel to escape.

Xiao Lin felt something touching about the spider silk wrapped around his fingers, but he ignored it.

In just a few breaths, a huge boulder was burned to ashes.

Unlike ordinary flames, the Phoenix True Fire burns everything, so after burning, nothing will be left, completely clean, without even a pinch of lime.

The gold-stealing rat's cave was obviously right under the boulder. The boulder disappeared, leaving behind a large piece of metal with a black sheen, and a pile of scattered metals of various colors.

There was a long and narrow hole next to it. The gold-stealing rat sensed something was wrong and quickly dug a hole to escape, digging a long hole.

After running away a thousand meters, it could not move.

The extremely thin snow-white spider silk on the claw was completely stretched tight, making it difficult to move.

Qi Wu Yue went over and picked through the pile of metals. Most of them were black gold, and there were seven or eight pieces, each of which was the size of an adult man's head.

There are also five types of metal, fist-sized, and there are more than a dozen of them.

But they are all first-grade metals and are not as valuable as black gold.

The most valuable item here is the piece of metal with a black sheen.

The third-grade metal, black iron, is as big as a water tank.

If he remembered correctly, third-level metal could be used to refine Xuan-grade magic weapons, and any low-grade Xuan-grade magic weapon could be sold for hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.

The cost was forty spirit stones and the harvest was quite fruitful. Qi Wu Yue was very satisfied. He raised his hand and put the pile of metal in front of him into the mustard seed ring.

Xiao Lin has a weapon refining inheritance, so he will keep the third-level metal, black gold iron, for now. As for the other first- and second-level metals, he can sell them or keep them to try his hand.

While Qi Wu Yue was thinking, Xiao Lin had already followed the spider silk to pull the fifth-level gold-stealing rat out of the cave.

"squeak!"

"Squeak!"

The gold-stealing rat fought back hard, and its two little claws left several sharp scratches on the stone floor.

However, due to its tiny size, it can only run away and has no means of attack.

"squeak--"

With a mournful cry, it was pulled out.

It's a small one with golden fur, a fluffy little cutie.

The little butterfly immediately felt sorry for it and was about to say, "Dad, let's raise it--" right?

Xiao Jin pounced over, grabbed the gold-stealing rat with his sharp fangs, and swallowed it in one gulp with a flick of his tongue.

Everything happens in an instant.

Qi Wu Yue: “…”

Xiao Lin: “…” and covered Qi Wu Yue’s ears as if he had foreseen it.

as predicted.

An angry scream rang out in the mine.

"Ahhhh——stinky lion, I will never forgive you!!!"

The extremely angry little butterfly flapped its wings hard on Xiao Jin's head.

Xiao Jin thought as he covered his face with his paws and buried it in the mineral soil.

It’s a fifth-level monster. You’d be a fool not to eat it.

This trip is worthwhile.

Qi Wu Yue and Xiao Lin left the mine contentedly.

There were many monks mining slag passing by, most of them were strong and healthy, but there was also a... child? !

The child was about 1.23 meters tall, with dark skin, a naked upper body, prominent ribs on his back, and was so thin that he looked malnourished.

He was wearing a pair of shoes made of low-grade animal skins, which were rough and ugly in style. He was dragging a special bamboo basket weighing thousands of pounds and walking out of the cave step by step.

Although the person was as black as coal and his face could not be seen clearly, Qi Wu Yue was sure that it was a child.

Although there are many old monsters in the world of immortal cultivation who have the secret of maintaining their youth and look like children.

Appearance and figure can change, but eyes cannot lie. There is a huge difference between a person who has experienced many ups and downs in life and a child who is inexperienced in the world.

Xiao Lin beside him was also slightly startled, with a flash of golden red in his eyes. He used his mental power and good eyesight to check the bone age of the dark and thin child, and said in disbelief: "Bone age... nine years old."

He is only at the first level of cultivation and is still young. It is hard to say whether he has much talent, but his strength is truly amazing.

He dragged thousands of pounds of slag effortlessly, even more easily than some third-level physical cultivators.

Could it be some special physique?

Xiao Lin was doubtful, but he still slowly placed the two small black and gold cards on the counter and pushed them back to the robed monk.

The robed monk took the two small black and gold plates, raised his hand and injected spiritual power into the dripping magic weapon beside him.

Two beams of bright light flew out from it, penetrated into the small black and gold plate, swam around, and quickly returned to the drip.

He looked at the time on it, returned ten spirit stones to Xiao Lin, and presented them with both hands with an extremely respectful attitude.

Ever since he knew that the person in front of him was an alchemist, his attitude changed 180 degrees.

Qi Wu Yue seemed curious and asked casually, "Do you still recruit child laborers here?"

"You're talking about that kid." The monk in long robes raised his chin and pointed at the skinny dark kid who was holding a bamboo basket high in both hands and pouring the slag into the black cauldron.

The black cauldron is obviously a space magic weapon, but it is unknown how much slag it can hold.

The dark and thin child's arms could actually lift a weight of over a thousand kilograms. The basket was full of soil and slag, weighing at least two thousand kilograms, but it was lifted up by a child of only nine years old and with a first-level cultivation level.

To put it bluntly, even for a physical cultivator, it would be difficult to lift a weight of two thousand kilograms without the fifth-level cultivation.

"It's true that our rules here do not accept monks under the age of twenty, but this boy is a freak, incredibly strong, and works harder than the average drag worker."

"I felt sorry for him, so I made an exception and hired him. I only have to pay him half of the salary, but his workload is equivalent to that of two or three strong monks." The monk in the long robe said in a condescending tone.

Qi Wu Yue's tone was inexplicable, and it was hard to tell whether he was praising or criticizing her. "Really? The manager is very kind."

Seeing that he was interested, the robed monk waved to the thin and dark child, as if he was calling a kitten or a puppy.