Chapter 21

"Is the boss crazy or what!" White Wolf thought in confusion.

Lin Fei had been mining for over four hours, digging a large hole into the mountain. Hard work always pays off, and he had thus harvested over 500 pounds of black ore and 10 pounds of spirit energy ore.

"The price of black ore is unknown for now, but 10 pounds of spirit energy ore is 5000 grams. The current official market price is 45,000 yuan for a 15-gram spirit stone, which means each gram sells for 3,000 yuan. So the spirit energy ore I mined is worth 15 million yuan." Lin Fei quickly calculated in his mind.

"This is a small mountain! I haven't even started digging underground yet. This time, I've really hit the jackpot. If I dig it all out, buying a hundred houses would be a breeze." Lin Fei thought happily.

As he walked out of the mine, he noticed that White Wolf was still guarding the entrance. It was looking up at the moon, the moonlight shining on its body, making its white fur glow brilliantly and look very sacred.

White Wolf's ears twitched, and it turned its gaze from the moon to look at Lin Fei.

"Whoo!"

"Yep, that's enough for today. I'm going home and will come back tomorrow."

Lin Fei pointed at the mine entrance and said, "From now on, you will guard this place for me. Don't let anyone else in. The spirit energy inside is much richer than outside. You can stay inside to cultivate more often, which will make you stronger."

"Whoo, whoo"

"Alright! I'm going home first and will come back tomorrow."

Lin Fei left a spatial coordinate at the entrance and then teleported home.

The wind rustled the leaves, and the forest returned to peace, the bright moonlight covering the mountain.

"Whoo! Whoo..." White Wolf watched as Lin Fei suddenly disappeared before its eyes, howled a few times, and, seeing that Lin Fei didn't reappear, turned and walked into the mine.

In the Peaceful Garden residential area, it was already past ten o'clock at night. The residents who had been taking a walk in the neighborhood had all returned home to rest. Lin Fei also returned home. The first thing he did after getting home was to take a shower. Being a miner wasn't so comfortable, and the dirt all over his body made Lin Fei very uncomfortable. However, for the sake of his dreams, this was a small price to pay.

After cleaning up, Lin Fei went to the kitchen and cooked a bowl of seaweed and egg noodles for dinner.

"I was too excited and forgot to eat dinner while mining. I can't do that in the future. The body is the capital of revolution, and there's still a long way to go!" Lin Fei reminded himself as he ate the noodles.

After finishing the noodles, Lin Fei went to the living room and took out his phone from the dimensional space. "Ding dong!" His WeChat notifications kept coming in. Lin Fei picked up his phone and opened WeChat.

Zhou Yue: Lin Fei, are you coming out to have skewers with us tonight?

Zhou Yue: Hey, where did you go? Reply quickly.

Zhou Yue: If you don't reply, Xiao Ru and I will go by ourselves.

Zhou Yue: How dare you not reply to my messages? You're in trouble.

Zhou Yue: Wait for me, I'll come to your place tomorrow and see how I deal with you.

Zhou Yue: ...

Zhou Yue: ...

Wang Xiaoru: If you're there, reply. Don't tease her.

Lin Fei browsed through the messages and found that Zhou Yue had sent him messages around 7 PM, but at that time, he was busy mining and had put his phone in the dimensional space.

"Headache, I need to explain, or she'll really come over tomorrow." Lin Fei rubbed his temples.

Lin Fei sent a message to Zhou Yue and Wang Xiaoru: "Sorry! I just got home. I was out for a walk and forgot my phone."

Zhou Yue: You went out for a walk alone and didn't bring your phone? You're lying.

Wang Xiaoru: Yeah, yeah.

"Such a difference, can't you learn from Wang Xiaoru?" Lin Fei thought to himself.

Lin Fei: Really, I'm not lying. I was walking around the neighborhood in the evening and overheard two aunties talking about a new housing project opening in the 4th Ring. Since I've been thinking about buying another house recently, I rushed out to check it out and forgot my phone in the hurry.

Zhou Yue: ..., okay! That sounds like something you'd do, but I'm still angry!

Lin Fei: I'll treat you to skewers tomorrow!

Zhou Yue: You know what's good for you.

Lin Fei: That's it! I'm going to take a shower first. I just got back, and I'm all sweaty.

Zhou Yue: Good night!

Lin Fei: ...

"Finally calmed her down, what a hassle." Lin Fei muttered.

Zhou Yue: "Did you say something bad about me?"

Lin Fei: "Sweat! No, I didn't!"

Zhou Yue: "Then why did I suddenly sneeze?"

Lin Fei: "Maybe you've been in the air conditioning too long and caught a cold. I'm going to take a shower now."

"What's going on? Is this woman's sixth sense that strong?" Lin Fei thought.

Lin Fei turned on the TV and watched the news. The TV reported several incidents of hunting strange beasts and mentioned the prices the Parapsychic Administration paid for the corpses of strange beasts.

The Parapsychic Administration paid 800 yuan per pound for strange beasts, which was dozens of times less than the exorbitant prices previously sold online. Later, the authorities explained that after the strange beasts died, only a small amount of spirit energy remained in their meat, not much, mainly making the meat taste better than other meats. As strange beasts became more numerous, the price would continue to drop.

"Too naive before! 20,000 yuan per pound was only the price when everyone first tried it. Rarity makes things valuable. Now that there are more, the price has to return to normal." Lin Fei sighed, "Still, mining is the most stable."

While watching TV and eating strawberries, the news anchor suddenly received a new report: "According to the latest news, a small town in the African country of Kante was attacked by strange beasts, resulting in over 6,000 deaths. The United Nations has already dispatched a special task force to assist. We will continue to follow the situation."

Lin Fei threw the last strawberry into his mouth, "Strange beasts really do attack human settlements! The world is becoming more dangerous, but China is definitely more stable. After all, the strength difference is there."

After tidying up the fruit plate on the coffee table, Lin Fei turned off the TV and went to bed.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the Parapsychic Administration to have the black ore I mined today inspected and see how much it's worth.

In the afternoon, I'll go back to the mine with White Wolf. In the evening, I'll have skewers with Zhou Yue and Wang Xiaoru.

So busy! I was planning to go on a trip, but it looks like it will be indefinitely postponed." Lin Fei sighed, "Forget it, I'll mine first and go on a trip later."

"Oh right, how do I sell the ore I mined?

In the future, the ore I mine will increase. I don't know what the black ore is, but the spirit energy ore is a strictly controlled important material by the government.

If I sell a large amount, it will definitely attract the government's attention, so I can't sell it under my real name.

What should I do?" Lin Fei thought and fell asleep.