Chapter 1156: Chapter 366: Longevity Jade Pendant, I Agreed!
"Alright." Mu Rufeng responded.
Immediately, Mu Rufeng took out the Brocade Spring Toothed Blade and began frantically digging for ore.
Meanwhile, Skinny Monkey returned to his area to start mining.
However, several Emperor Sovereign Abnormalities gathered around.
"Skinny Monkey, you’ve been talking to that guy for so long, what were you discussing?"
"Yeah, I saw you took out a Rule Contract; did you sign some kind of agreement?"
"All mysterious, did you reach some kind of deal?"
The three Emperor Sovereign Abnormalities questioned.
One of them was Fu Tianxiong, the Emperor Sovereign Abnormality full of malice towards Mu Rufeng.
"Small matter, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." Skinny Monkey smiled indifferently, showing no intention to explain, and continued mining.
"Skinny Monkey, you’ve got some guts, tell me clearly what you were discussing." Fu Tianxiong said coldly.
Skinny Monkey completely ignored Fu Tianxiong’s words, putting all his effort into mining.
"Your wings have gotten hard, huh? Fine, very fine, hmph!" Fu Tianxiong had no way of dealing with Skinny Monkey’s silence.
He could only snort coldly, and then returned to his own area to start mining.
The other two Emperor Sovereign Abnormalities, seeing the situation, realized they wouldn’t get any answers, so they didn’t continue questioning and turned to leave.
Time passed by, minute by minute.
In the blink of an eye, four hours went by.
"Dong! Dong! Dong!"
Three ethereal drumbeats echoed throughout the mining area.
Instantly, everyone put down their work and quickly gathered towards the workshop.
Skinny Monkey came to Mu Rufeng’s side, calling him to head towards the workshop as well.
"What’s going on?" Mu Rufeng asked curiously.
"The morning’s work is over; we have an hour lunch break at noon to restore some strength." Skinny Monkey explained.
"Lunch break?" Mu Rufeng immediately took out his phone.
He checked the time and sure enough, it was noon, 12 o’clock.
The two of them entered the workshop, and Skinny Monkey did not gather with those Abnormalities but instead took Mu Rufeng to a corner.
Skinny Monkey waved his hand and released a ghostly realm, sealing off the space around them so that their conversation could not be overheard.
Even the Emperor Sovereign Abnormalities couldn’t hear them.
"I saw you digging non-stop all morning without going to the platform; how much have you dug now? Are they all stored in your Storage Space?" Skinny Monkey asked.
"Yes, I’ve dug about two million eight hundred thousand jin." Mu Rufeng replied.
Previously, he could dig about five hundred thousand jin in an hour; now, he’s improved quite a bit and can excavate seventy thousand jin of ore per hour.
Excluding the one hour he dug himself earlier without change, and if he maintains the pace for the afternoon’s seven hours, he can dig approximately five million jin.
Adding it all up, that’s seven million eight hundred thousand jin; if you add Skinny Monkey’s one million jin, that’s eight million eight hundred thousand jin.
If Skinny Monkey puts in a bit more effort and digs an extra two hundred thousand jin, the two of them can excavate a total of nine million jin in one day.
Nine million jin, nearly double the first place; such a high amount definitely guarantees first place.
"That fast, fantastic, with this, my first place is secured, and you could even be in the top three yourself." Skinny Monkey was overjoyed.
Secured, secured, this time it’s truly secured.
It’s no surprise that Skinny Monkey’s expression changed, after all, the reward for first place is simply too much.
Years ago, he accidentally obtained the Longevity Jade Pendant and was subsequently hunted; he was only at the mid Emperor Middle Stage Peak cultivation.
After entering here, three thousand years of prison life caused his cultivation to fall to the initial Emperor Middle Stage status.
Although he hadn’t dropped an entire small realm, he was already struggling to maintain the level, able to mine for at most five more days before falling to Emperor Sovereign Early Stage.
He didn’t want to drop a realm; he wanted to become stronger.
So upon seeing Mu Rufeng, the Ghost Emperor, able to excavate ore so quickly, he thought of this method.
As long as he secures first place, the reward will directly restore him to his Peak State.
He estimated roughly ten victories would break him through to Late Stage Emperor Sovereign.
Twenty victories would elevate him to Emperor Sovereign Peak.
Thirty victories, and becoming a Divine Sovereign is certainly out of the question, because it’s extremely difficult; just gain ten more victories to accumulate some rewards.
This way, in the future, he would have the capability to compete with the big bosses of the mining area, competing for the rotation to become first.
But soon, he realized, after thirty victories, every first place would likely go to Mu Rufeng.
In that case, he’d have to settle for aiming for second place.
"Yes." Mu Rufeng nodded slightly.
"I guess I don’t even need to submit what I’ve dug; I’ll just keep it myself." Skinny Monkey said with a smile.
"Alright, things have arrived; let’s eat something, recover a bit."
"I’ve noticed you kept excavating, never resting, persisting more than us Emperor Sovereigns; are humans so enduring?" Skinny Monkey remarked as he withdrew the ghost realm.
Mu Rufeng smiled and said, "I can’t speak for others, but I’m quite enduring."
The prison guard had already arrived in the workshop, and with a wave of his hand, a large iron pot appeared before him.
Then sixteen bowls appeared on a long table beside him.
When this large iron pot appeared, an unusual phenomenon spread, permeating the entire workshop.