There was a long silence afterward
“Euh... Official Hei” I tried
“Yes young master Bai” I was not sure why he switched from Xiao Shin to young master Bai
“Shouldn’t you send a message to all guards?” I asked
“They are all here. Those you do not see have been hiding here as for the others, they came with me”
“Oh” I said
…
“Young master Bai” asked official Hei
“Yes official Hei”
“...No, it is fine. I will let the city lord ask when he arrives”
“We are a few days away from the city. We have time to talk” I said
“He will be here in less than an hour if he decides not to wait for the experts to come with him. Still better wait for him” answered uncle Hei
…
That silence was too awkward even for me
“It is a bit cold. How about a cup of ginger tea everyone” I offered while setting up a table. I was not that cold for cultivators but at least I had something to do. I set up the table 20 steps away from the hole. Brother Wen took over brewing the tea after I took out the chairs and the ginger. He added cups, a teapot and water. Now I had nothing to do except watch him getting busy.
“Official Hei, do you want tea?” I asked
“I don’t think I should. This is an official matter” he answered
“This is tea not wine…but I understand” I finished
I did not ask the guards. With uncle Hei’s rejection, there was no chance for any of them to accept. Thankfully, brother Wen took a few sips to make me feel less awkward
…
By the time uncle Huai came, I had drunk 2 cups of tea and had my energy bar filled up again. The ginger and water had spiritual energy and tasted great.
He came flying on a sword, few cultivators in the city would do that but with his strength, it was faster than a magical transportation artifact. This also meant that he came alone
“Xiao Shin, start from the beginning” said uncle Huai
“Hello to you too uncle Huai” He did not contact me for weeks, refused my call an hour ago and was hiding something from me. Even if I suspected what it was and the reason for hiding it from me, I had to be a bit snarky to show my displeasure.
He acknowledged my comment with a nod and looked at me. I sighed then started by explaining what I was doing here - daily outing, looking for helpful plants, bla bla bla - I explained the analyzer's behavior, the reason of digging and then
“... so I was so excited that I forgot to remove my spiritual energy from the device. I think it continued working until I heard another sound then it said that it mapped the entire vein! I stored it so we could take a look later” I talked for too long so I took a sip of the tea
…
“So you are saying…” started uncle Huai “...You took a break to explore. Stumbled upon a spiritual vein while trying to analyze a useless plant AND mapped the spiritual vein for good measure”
“Pretty much. Then I tried to call you repeatedly with no answer so I called the official Hei who contacted you. And the plant is not useless, I checked it is a golden bee flower, bees love it and its nectar can make the sweetest honey. I replanted it in a small pot. I think I am going to name the mine the Golden Bee Flower mine. What do you think?”
Uncle Huai closed his eyes for a bit then opened them and looked at official Hei “My lord, I can confirm everything except he asked the guards to contact me after they rejected his request to contact you as it was not a life threatening situation” added uncle Hei, sticker to the truth with a fault.
“Fine, secure the perimeter until the experts and more guards arrive. They should be here in a few hours. Xiao Shin, you go back to the inn with 2 guards. Official Hei you go with them. Talked to the village chief, forbidding anyone there to come this way. Just say it is unsafe for now. This discovery is a secret for the time being. It will affect them eventually. Also tell Xiao Shin the rules for the mine discovery” ordered uncle Huai
“I already know the rules. I read the rules and laws of AnNan city. It was in the school library” I said and I did. Uncle Huai gave me ‘the look’ but I decided to push it.
“Is it a good time to say that as the one who discovered the mine and notified the authority in the shortest delay, I plan to donate half of the auction’s income from selling the 6 parts ownership?” I asked. Yes, getting two parts ownership was not fair enough so the rule was that all the income of the auction would be given to the one who discovered it. They also had a decisional power that was more than 2 parts in case a 50-50% vote was reached.
“Bai Yu Shin, go back to the inn. Your mission is on hold until further notice. You are not allowed to come out until I see you” So he planned to come and see me. Good. Stop working was a bummer though.
I could not work but I could cultivate. I had already created the complete primary meridian paths so I was planning to thicken it before making the secondary ones.
Uncle Hei talked to the chief. He did not say why it was dangerous. The chief rang an alarm and notified the villagers. Took note of who was missing and where they went from their families. They mostly went to the surrounding villages far away from the future mine location. The inn was notified to not accept any other visitors except city officials and officers and asked the current ones to leave the village. It was so noisy that I could not cultivate properly. Sound barriers do not stop the vibrations from people leaving or running around.
In my first life, this village disappeared. This space was needed for the mine operation so they were all scattered to other locations after getting compensation. I had mixed feelings because I have been to many villages and all of them had that community bound that this village would lose soon. Even if they were getting money out of it, that bounding would be important during the freezing winter and losing it at this time might kill some of them…I was blinded by spiritual stones and forgot how it could affect them.
There was a long silence afterward
“Euh... Official Hei” I tried
“Yes young master Bai” I was not sure why he switched from Xiao Shin to young master Bai
“Shouldn’t you send a message to all guards?” I asked
“They are all here. Those you do not see have been hiding here as for the others, they came with me”
“Oh” I said
…
“Young master Bai” asked official Hei
“Yes official Hei”
“...No, it is fine. I will let the city lord ask when he arrives”
“We are a few days away from the city. We have time to talk” I said
“He will be here in less than an hour if he decides not to wait for the experts to come with him. Still better wait for him” answered uncle Hei
…
That silence was too awkward even for me
“It is a bit cold. How about a cup of ginger tea everyone” I offered while setting up a table. I was not that cold for cultivators but at least I had something to do. I set up the table 20 steps away from the hole. Brother Wen took over brewing the tea after I took out the chairs and the ginger. He added cups, a teapot and water. Now I had nothing to do except watch him getting busy.
“Official Hei, do you want tea?” I asked
“I don’t think I should. This is an official matter” he answered
“This is tea not wine…but I understand” I finished
I did not ask the guards. With uncle Hei’s rejection, there was no chance for any of them to accept. Thankfully, brother Wen took a few sips to make me feel less awkward
…
By the time uncle Huai came, I had drunk 2 cups of tea and had my energy bar filled up again. The ginger and water had spiritual energy and tasted great.
He came flying on a sword, few cultivators in the city would do that but with his strength, it was faster than a magical transportation artifact. This also meant that he came alone
“Xiao Shin, start from the beginning” said uncle Huai
“Hello to you too uncle Huai” He did not contact me for weeks, refused my call an hour ago and was hiding something from me. Even if I suspected what it was and the reason for hiding it from me, I had to be a bit snarky to show my displeasure.
He acknowledged my comment with a nod and looked at me. I sighed then started by explaining what I was doing here - daily outing, looking for helpful plants, bla bla bla - I explained the analyzer's behavior, the reason of digging and then
“... so I was so excited that I forgot to remove my spiritual energy from the device. I think it continued working until I heard another sound then it said that it mapped the entire vein! I stored it so we could take a look later” I talked for too long so I took a sip of the tea
…
“So you are saying…” started uncle Huai “...You took a break to explore. Stumbled upon a spiritual vein while trying to analyze a useless plant AND mapped the spiritual vein for good measure”
“Pretty much. Then I tried to call you repeatedly with no answer so I called the official Hei who contacted you. And the plant is not useless, I checked it is a golden bee flower, bees love it and its nectar can make the sweetest honey. I replanted it in a small pot. I think I am going to name the mine the Golden Bee Flower mine. What do you think?”
Uncle Huai closed his eyes for a bit then opened them and looked at official Hei “My lord, I can confirm everything except he asked the guards to contact me after they rejected his request to contact you as it was not a life threatening situation” added uncle Hei, sticker to the truth with a fault.
“Fine, secure the perimeter until the experts and more guards arrive. They should be here in a few hours. Xiao Shin, you go back to the inn with 2 guards. Official Hei you go with them. Talked to the village chief, forbidding anyone there to come this way. Just say it is unsafe for now. This discovery is a secret for the time being. It will affect them eventually. Also tell Xiao Shin the rules for the mine discovery” ordered uncle Huai
“I already know the rules. I read the rules and laws of AnNan city. It was in the school library” I said and I did. Uncle Huai gave me ‘the look’ but I decided to push it.
“Is it a good time to say that as the one who discovered the mine and notified the authority in the shortest delay, I plan to donate half of the auction’s income from selling the 6 parts ownership?” I asked. Yes, getting two parts ownership was not fair enough so the rule was that all the income of the auction would be given to the one who discovered it. They also had a decisional power that was more than 2 parts in case a 50-50% vote was reached.
“Bai Yu Shin, go back to the inn. Your mission is on hold until further notice. You are not allowed to come out until I see you” So he planned to come and see me. Good. Stop working was a bummer though.
I could not work but I could cultivate. I had already created the complete primary meridian paths so I was planning to thicken it before making the secondary ones.
Uncle Hei talked to the chief. He did not say why it was dangerous. The chief rang an alarm and notified the villagers. Took note of who was missing and where they went from their families. They mostly went to the surrounding villages far away from the future mine location. The inn was notified to not accept any other visitors except city officials and officers and asked the current ones to leave the village. It was so noisy that I could not cultivate properly. Sound barriers do not stop the vibrations from people leaving or running around.
In my first life, this village disappeared. This space was needed for the mine operation so they were all scattered to other locations after getting compensation. I had mixed feelings because I have been to many villages and all of them had that community bound that this village would lose soon. Even if they were getting money out of it, that bounding would be important during the freezing winter and losing it at this time might kill some of them…I was blinded by spiritual stones and forgot how it could affect them.
