Chapter 3611 — Perhaps My Luck Has Always Been Good
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"What? Ten or eight pieces a day?" Lu Bianren and Miserable Senior Brother were both startled, staring at each other in disbelief.
Both of them had once surveyed Number Ten mining zone, and they knew exactly what it was like in there. Fine jade was pure wishful thinking; digging up a dozen or twenty pieces of waste jade a day was already cause to burn incense in gratitude. And so, to avoid upsetting Wei Zhao, Miserable Senior Brother had not even dared come ask him how things were going these past two days, fearing that, just as he had predicted, the man had gone two days without a single piece of fine jade—which would only make things awkward for both of them.
"Heh, I was surprised too, but it may be that the spot Senior Brother Ku picked out for me is a rare high-quality vein that yields a good deal of fine jade. So neither of you need trouble yourselves or worry over my affairs any longer," Wei Zhao said with a smile. Of course he would not reveal his hand; offering up this business of a high-quality vein was reason enough—and no doubt Meng Jueming and his lot had arrived at the same conclusion.
"Is that so? That spot has plenty of waste jade that looks like fine jade, sure, but I've scarcely seen a few pieces of true fine jade there," Miserable Senior Brother said, utterly bewildered. The spot he had found for Wei Zhao was indeed a rare, high-yield one within the Number Ten dead mining zone, but ten or eight pieces of fine jade a day was far too outrageous. He had helped Wei Zhao dig several pieces himself back then and had never once stumbled on such good fortune.
"That... may be because Senior Brother Ku didn't dig deep enough back then, and now your junior brother has reaped the benefit," Wei Zhao was forced to patch his lie.
"That's certainly possible. Perhaps your spot lies rather deep and connects with the veins of those high-quality mining zones," Lu Bianren nodded, then breathed a sigh of relief. "In any case, if you can keep pulling out fine jade, then these three months won't have been wasted for you—that's a fine thing indeed." Miserable Senior Brother, once he had grasped it, grew excited as well. "Ten or eight pieces a day—then over three months, Junior Brother Lin, you ought to make seven or eight spirit jades, which will be of great benefit to your cultivation later on!"
Seven or eight spirit jades? My goal is a hundred and forty! At two a day, that's a hundred and forty over three months at the very least! Wei Zhao laughed to himself, though his face kept nodding along. In truth, for a newcomer, seven or eight spirit jades was already no small sum.
"Since Junior Brother Lin's situation here is tolerable, we can set our minds at ease. If anything comes up in the future, feel free to speak to Junior Brother Ku, or come find me at the Cliff of Reflection. It's getting late—we'll take our leave first." Lu Bianren gave a word of parting, and he and Miserable Senior Brother departed together.
After seeing the two off, Wei Zhao was just about to turn back into his cave dwelling when he saw two more people walking toward him from afar, even raising a hand in greeting. It was Meng Jueming and Meng Zhou. Wei Zhao could not help but be amused. What day was it today, that everyone under the sun should come looking for him?
He had no fondness for these two, but Meng Jueming was, after all, the managing senior brother, and Wei Zhao could hardly pretend not to see him. He simply halted and waited for the two to approach. "Senior Brother Meng, what instructions might you have for me?"