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C974

Time flew by and in the blink of an eye, five days had passed.

In these five days, Guo Fu did not come looking for trouble with Han Yan. As usual, he repeated the same thing every day. During the day, he would go with Hu Cheng to cut up the divine stone, and after that, they would head to the cave alone and continue cutting up the divine stone. Han Yan had already excavated more than thirty meters of the cave, and the number of divine stone s in the cave was astonishing as well, as there were more than ten thousand of them.

With so many divine stone, he only needed to pay seven hundred at the end of the month. As for the rest, he could hand them over later.

Han Yan thought that it was a good idea, but he was not familiar with the situation in the quarry, so he did not know much about the secret. Originally, every month when they handed in divine stone, everyone would have to be at Zhou Kui's place. The blue-clothed butler would use a black-colored wooden stick to walk around on top of the body of the laborer.

If that happened, it would mean that someone had secretly hidden divine stone. Not only would they have to hand over all their surplus divine stone, they would also have to pay an additional thousand next month. When Han Yan realized this, he immediately placed the extra divine stone in another white storage bag and secretly moved it into the White Tiger Space.

Actually, what Han Yan did was just to gamble. He realized that the divine stone was a good thing and wanted to keep some on him. This method obviously wasn't feasible. Because the White Tiger Space contained a strange energy, it could obstruct the sensing of normal energy. Perhaps the black wooden stick would not be able to discover it. If the black wooden stick discovered that the storage bag was hiding inside, he could at most take out the divine stone and apologize for it. Then, he could say that it was his first time coming here and he wouldn't know the situation, those divine stone were unintentionally obtained from the cave.

Han Yan's worry was obviously unnecessary. When the black wooden stick was placed on Han Yan, he did not detect the divine stone in the White Tiger Space. Han Yan secretly heaved a sigh of relief. After handing over the seven hundred divine stone, he took one from Zhou Kui. This jade slip recorded the map of the quarry, as well as the caves that no one had ever visited.

One evening, Hu Cheng found Han Yan and said with a wry smile: "Younger Brother Han, I heard that you're going to clean up the broken rocks tomorrow. I'm afraid I can't help you anymore."

The quarry clearly states that no one is allowed to help a wrongdoer when he is punished.

Tomorrow, the first day of the first month, all the laborers could rest, except for those who had made mistakes.

Han Yan did not care about all this and waved his hand: "Brother Hu, cleaning of broken stones is not tiring either. My physical strength is not bad, I should be able to complete the mission."

Hu Cheng and Han Yan spoke a few words before leaving, and Han Yan returned to his cave.

Han Yan rested for a while in the cave and then took out the jade slip to read it carefully. When he finished looking at the map, he could not help but take a deep breath. He had originally thought that the quarry would be very large, but he had never expected it to be even larger than he had imagined. There were several such canyons in the surroundings. With such a large area, even walking would take a day, not to mention cleaning up the rubble.

Han Yan was very interested in that place. If there were more broken rocks there, and no one asked, wouldn't it be possible to secretly get all the broken rocks into the White Tiger Space? Thinking about it here, Han Yan decided to go and clean up the broken rocks overnight.

Han Yan walked out of the cave, and just as he arrived at the canyon, he met Guo Fu and the rest.

Guo Fu and a few low-ranked laborers were sitting on a large stone slab, discussing something in a low voice.

Everyone saw Han Yan walking over and stopped talking. Guo Fu laughed sarcastically: "Han Yan, I never thought that you would have such a day. I wonder if you will still be able to stand up again tomorrow after cleaning up the broken rocks."

Han Yan acted like he did not hear anything and continued to walk forward. In a few steps, he had walked half a kilometer.

Guo Fu did not chase after Han Yan. He coldly snorted and said, "Brat, if you really have the guts, give me another beating!"

Han Yan's footsteps stopped, he then turned around and walked in front of Guo Fu, and said with a cold smile: "Are you looking for a beating because your skin is itchy?"

Seeing that Han Yan's eyes were filled with killing intent, Guo Fu subconsciously took a step back, and lost his voice: "You, what are you trying to do?"

Han Yan's gaze turned cold as he said sternly: "You'd better not provoke me, or else I'll make you feel worse than death …" Then he turned and left.

The moment Han Yan turned around, Guo Fu coincidentally met Han Yan's eyes. What kind of eyes did he have, there was no feeling in his deep eyes, only bloodlust and killing intent. He faintly felt that Han Yan's words were not a joke. If he were to find trouble with Han Yan in the future, Han Yan really had a possibility of killing him.

Han Yan walked into the cave, continuously cleaning up the broken stones, walking from the cave to the cave.

Time slowly passed as he cleaned up the broken rocks. When he was tired, he would take out some spirit liquid and swallow it. After his spiritual energy recovered, he would continue to clean up.

Han Yan cleaned very quickly. When all the broken stones in the cave were gone, he arrived at the place marked on the map. It was the summit of a canyon, and a huge pit had been carved into the ground by someone using a divine ability. The pit was three hundred meters wide, and one couldn't see the bottom at first glance. However, one could faintly see that there were shattered rocks everywhere.

Han Yan stood in front of the giant pit, and looked around him. He hesitated for a moment, then took out the storage bag s that were used to store the shattered stones, opened his bag and poured the broken stones into the hole. After finishing all of these, Han Yan turned and left. Two hours later, Han Yan returned. He had secretly observed a moment ago, but there was really no one monitoring the surroundings, obviously no one took the broken stones to heart, and he was not afraid of being stolen.

Han Yan patted the storage bag on his waist, took it out and threw it into the pit. Then, the scene in the crater appeared in his mind. Just as he had guessed, there were rubble everywhere. Han Yan secretly made a hand sign, and the broken pieces flew into the White Tiger's space and disappeared. There were more and more divine fluid inside the deep pit, and when over ten thousand drops of divine fluid appeared, with a thought from Han Yan, they flew out of the pit and landed in Han Yan's hands.

Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal was indeed a divine artifact. Other than the Dragon Subduing Cauldron, it was the only other magical equipment that could be controlled. Of course, using Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal s to cast the sacred art was still impossible. However, Han Yan was certain that once he cultivated the Nine Heavens Divine Arts, he would be able to use all his treasures again with the help of God Power.

That night, Han Yan felt extremely tired, he took out a large amount of spirit liquid and swallowed it, then he cleared the discomfort of his body.

The next day, as usual, Han Yan found Hu Cheng and prepared to go together to harvest the divine stone.1

Seeing that Han Yan was in high spirits, Hu Cheng's eyes were filled with shock. He could not help but ask: "Han Yan, did you really go and clean up the broken rocks?"

Han Yan nodded and said: "I have finished."

The doubt in Hu Cheng's eyes grew stronger, and then he thought of something as he said with a wry smile: "You really are a monster. After others have cleaned up the broken rocks, they would not be able to get up the second day, yet you are completely fine …"

Not only was Hu Cheng shocked, even Guo Fu and the others who were prepared to watch Han Yan become a joke had difficult expressions on their faces.

Han Yan did not take the crowd's astonished gazes to heart at all. He repeated the same thing every day, day after day. Time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year. In this period of time, all the laborers were extremely excited, because once the end of the year competition ended, they would have ten days of rest.

That evening, after Han Yan had cut a hundred divine stone apart, he and Hu Cheng arrived in front of Zhou Kui, cupped their fists, and said: "Master, I want to participate in the competition at the end of the year …"

Zhou Kui had been flipping through the pages of the jade slip. When he heard Han Yan's words, he was slightly startled, as if he had heard wrongly, and asked: "What did you say, to participate in the competition?"

Han Yan repeated: "Master, I want to participate in the annual competition."

This time, Zhou Kui heard it clearly. He looked at Han Yan as if he was looking at a monster, and said in shock: "You have only been here for less than half a year, and you want to participate in the competition at the end of the year. Saying that, he paused, took out an jade slip from the storage bag and recorded it down, then said: This year's participants are not small, there are 15000 people, and many of them cut very fast, don't give up hope, just take it as a try!

On the way back, Hu Cheng let out a bitter laugh and said, "Younger Brother Han, why didn't you tell me that you were going to participate?"

Han Yan smiled lightly, and said as if he was joking: "I told you, you definitely won't agree to it, why not say it!"

Hu Cheng nodded his head and sighed: "You're right. I don't want to see you being seen as a joke by Guo Fu and the others."

Han Yan shrugged his shoulders, looking like he did not care, and said: "If he wants to, then let's see! "Don't be so shocked that you won't even be able to speak."

Three days later, the year-end competition to cut divine stone began, Han Yan was also aware of the rules of the competition.

In the early morning of this day, Han Yan had already arrived at an extremely long valley. The two sides of the valley were filled with laborers, and in the middle of the valley, there was a piece of a gigantic boulder. Of course, Wang Fei and the others who were in charge of the competition had also come. There were also quite a few blue-clothed stewards who were in charge of supervising everyone. Coincidentally, the one supervising Han Yan and more than a hundred laborers was none other than Zhou Kui. When he saw Han Yan, he asked with a smile, "Are you nervous?"

Maybe it was because Han Yan had cleaned up the broken stones by himself and did not make any mistakes afterwards, he had to submit the divine stone every month on time. Maybe there was another reason. Zhou Kui treated Han Yan pretty well, and no longer treated him coldly the first time they met. Sometimes, when Han Yan met Zhou Kui, Zhou Kui would encourage him to master the skill of cutting divine stone and increase the speed of cutting divine stone.

Therefore, Han Yan's impression of Zhou Kui had also changed greatly. After hearing what Zhou Kui said, he nodded and said, "I'm a bit nervous …"

Zhou Kui smiled slightly, and then said without rush or hurry: "With so many people competing together, of course I'm a bit nervous. However, you don't need to be too concerned. After all, you just came to try it out and didn't even think about getting in the top three. Just relax and go cut up the divine stone at your normal speed … "

The two of them conversed for a bit. Wang Fei suddenly walked to a platform in the middle of the canyon and said clearly: "Now, I will announce that the divine stone cutting competition has officially begun. Let me talk about the rules. This year is different than before. Before, it was two hours, but now, it takes an incense stick of time …

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, because the time it took to burn an incense stick was extremely short.

Simply put, if one kept burning incense for two hours, one could burn over twenty joss sticks. Under normal circumstances, a lowly laborer could cut more than ten divine stone in two hours, but in the time it took for an incense stick to burn, they could only cut one divine stone. No matter how fast the cutting speed was, it was difficult to cut more than two divine stone.

In an instant, the sound of discussions sounded from within the canyon. Even the participants in the competition were unable to hold back their discussions.

"How can we compete in such a short period of time? What if everyone cuts a piece of divine stone! "

"That's right!" "There is no way to compete with him. Even if we do, it would be difficult to determine the victor."

"I really don't know what the Governor is thinking. He actually changed the timing of the competition."

"…"

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