"You can't deny it. Seeing your bulging pouch, it's clear you're getting more skilled at mining, and your control over your strength is much better than those guys.

The open mine veins can no longer satisfy you.

You seem to be a refugee, trying to save money to exchange for an official status, right?"

Zhao Hou smiled.

Yang Ling remained calm: "Uncle Zhao, I do want to buy an official status, but the mine tunnels are too dangerous. I'm not going in."

"If you just go in like that, it is indeed very dangerous."

Zhao Hou chuckled, "But if you buy a mine tunnel map from me, it won't be as risky."

"Besides the map, I also sell some antidotes. If you encounter a Mine Bug, it could save your life."

"A mine tunnel map?"

Yang Ling was a bit surprised.

These sparse mine tunnels actually have maps?

"So, what do you think? I'll sell you a mine tunnel map for two hundred coins. The Fire Crystal Rock at your waist is worth about that much."

Zhao Hou said, "If you find a large piece of Fire Crystal Rock in the mine tunnel, with your mining speed, you can make back your money in a day and even earn a little extra!"

"How do I know if the map is real? If it's just randomly drawn, it could be a trap for me."

Yang Ling pondered.

Zhao Hou found him interesting and glanced around:

"If you're interested, let's meet in the village at noon tomorrow. You can ask Old Wang where I live.

As for the authenticity of the map, don't worry. Steward Niu approved this deal, so if you don't believe me, you can ask him."

With that, he turned and left.

Yang Ling stood in thought for a moment, glanced at the sky, and headed towards the exit.

"Wow, two pounds of Fire Crystal Rock?"

Steward Niu opened the pouch and looked at the full Fire Crystal Rock inside, giving Yang Ling a surprised look.

Yang Ling grinned, "I was lucky today, found some big pieces."

"Your mining speed is among the top of all the miners."

Steward Niu mused, "It seems your strength has increased quite a bit since you first arrived here?"

Yang Ling felt a slight chill in his heart. NPCs notice these things?

He whispered, "I wasn't getting enough to eat before, so I was weak. I've only recently recovered a lot."

"I see, it seems you have a good physique."

Steward Niu said while counting out two hundred coins for Yang Ling.

Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief. After spending money on a Refined Steel Pickaxe, he only had fifty coins left. With these two hundred coins, his wallet was full again.

"Steward Niu, can I ask you another question?"

Yang Ling asked quietly.

"Zhao Hou told me you're interested in going to the mine tunnels, right?"

Steward Niu said nonchalantly:

"The map he has is eighty percent reliable, with twenty percent possibly missing."

"Thank you, Steward Niu!"

Yang Ling quickly bowed in thanks.

Just then, Zhang Wei dragged his weary body over and placed his pouch on the table.

He glanced at Yang Ling with a cold expression.

"One tael, huh, you've found a way to survive here."

Steward Niu chuckled and gave Zhang Wei ten coins.

Zhang Wei took the money without a word of thanks and limped away.

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This was a sign of extreme muscle soreness.

Yang Ling's expression changed slightly as he glanced at Zhang Wei's attributes.

Character: Zhang Wei

Occupation: Miner

Level: 2

Strength: 3

Agility: 2

Spirit: 1

Health: 30

"Leveled up? It seems he can't see the attribute panel, but he seems to have the ability to level up. Did he add those strength points himself, or did the 'Divine Realm' system do it for him?"

"But every time I gain experience points, it relieves my fatigue and muscle soreness, yet he still can't, clearly unable to perceive the existence of experience points."

"He probably doesn't even know his strength is already at 3 points."

Thinking of this, Yang Ling decided to observe a bit longer.

To ensure Zhang Wei wasn't deliberately hiding this fact.

This was very important to him.

He suspected there must be a large number of players in the 'Divine Realm' now.

Just scattered in different locations.

If only he could actively perceive experience points and allocate points, that would be his advantage!

"The day that kid arrived, you took care of him, and now you've become enemies?"

Steward Niu said with a half-smile.

"Steward Niu, I was never really familiar with him."

Yang Ling grinned.

Steward Niu nodded slightly, "Go on, in a place like this, one person is better than two."

On his way back, Yang Ling pondered Steward Niu's words.

"Two people working... one might get greedy, it seems such things aren't uncommon in the mine veins, Steward Niu is quite attentive."

Back at his place, Yang Ling immediately went to sleep.

The next day, he found Uncle Wang and asked for Zhao Hou's address.

When Zhao Hou saw Yang Ling, he smiled and invited him to sit down.

Then he took out a map and slowly spread it on the table.

"Fire Crystal Rock Mine Tunnel Map 1, 2, 3, 4, 5"

The map's attributes immediately appeared before him.

Yang Ling's heart stirred, this map was indeed effective, otherwise, the 'Divine Realm' system wouldn't recognize it.

"My map includes five mine tunnels, all of which have some value."

Zhao Hou smiled, "You can take a good look, but you won't remember it anyway.

It marks where Mine Bugs have appeared, where large Fire Crystal Rocks have been found.

Even where collapses have occurred, I've marked them.

But I haven't been in the mine tunnels for the past two months, so if there's any change, it's not my responsibility."

Saying this, he slowly put away the map and smiled:

"Two hundred coins."

Yang Ling thought for a moment, then handed over two hundred coins.

Only then did Zhao Hou hand the map to Yang Ling with a smile.

"Loading mine tunnel map..."

The system suddenly prompted.

Yang Ling remained calm.

A few seconds later, his attribute panel had an additional map section.

Opening it, it was the map in front of him.

"Uncle Zhao, if I don't need this map later, can I sell it?"

Yang Ling suddenly asked.

"Sell it to someone else? Of course not, this map was earned with my life, it's my labor's fruit."

Zhao Hou smiled, "If you resell it, that breaks the rules, and even if I don't find you, Steward Niu will."

"Half of these two hundred coins go to Steward Niu."

"Can't I sell it back to you?"

Yang Ling smiled bitterly, "I'm suddenly a bit regretful, going to such a dangerous place might cost me my life."

"Sell it back to me? I don't accept returns."

Zhao Hou watched Yang Ling warily:

"If you want to back out, you can leave the map, and I'll refund you at most one hundred coins."

"Can't it be a bit more?"

"No, that's the rule, if it weren't for the fact that you haven't left the door yet, I wouldn't refund a single coin."

Zhao Hou said flatly.

"Fine, one hundred coins it is."

Yang Ling said.

Zhao Hou's expression was a bit strange, but he didn't ask more. He immediately put away the map, tossed Yang Ling a hundred coins, and waved his hand:

"If there's nothing else, leave. I have another guest to attend to."

Leaving Zhao Hou's place.

Yang Ling couldn't help but feel a sense of glee.

One hundred coins for a mine tunnel map, an unexpected gain.

"Now I have one hundred fifty coins left, I need to prepare some antidotes and Healing Salve."

Thinking of this, Yang Ling headed towards a pharmacy in the distance.

It was a pharmacy run by Supervisor Wu.