Chapter 339 - 165: "This Is a Terrible Waste.

Chapter 339: Chapter 165: "This Is a Terrible Waste.

"Well, no one’s ever made a hoe out of Earth Gold."

"But if you really were to make a hoe with it, it would definitely dig faster than a normal one."

"Got it."

Chen Fan ended the sound transmission with Zhao Shengping and contacted Hey Hey again.

"You need to calm Hey Hey down. Tell it that it doesn’t have to dig up everything. Just a portion will do. Digging for about thirty days should be enough. The rest can stay in the Deep Pit for now, and we’ll get to it slowly when we have more time."

"Besides, the New Continent is our territory. We don’t have to take it all at once. Whatever we can’t dig out now can just be left there. Think of it as being in a warehouse."

"And then tell Hey Hey."

"Double the braised dishes!"

"Understood!"

...

"Hey Hey."

After hanging up the Sound Transmission Talisman, Wang Mazi looked at the glum Hey Hey before him and gestured animatedly. "The Domain Lord said you don’t have to finish digging everything."

"About thirty days of digging should be enough."

"And during that time, you’ll get double the braised dishes!"

Hey Hey could understand his words, but he couldn’t understand what Hey Hey was trying to express. In the entire Mortal Realm, only the Domain Lord could communicate with Hey Hey almost flawlessly.

"ROAR!"

Upon hearing the news, the previously glum Hey Hey’s eyes instantly lit up. It started to waddle off happily again, its tail thumping against the ground as it went to check on the group of monkeys.

’Digging the Undersea Tunnel for three to five months?’

’That was no problem for Hey Hey.’

’But that Deep Pit... ’

’If it had to dig out that whole thing... that would take a lifetime.’

"..."

Wang Mazi watched with a strange expression as Hey Hey’s tail thumped the ground while it walked away. He’d prepared a few other arguments, but before he could even use them, Hey Hey had cheered up all on its own.

...

「Mortal Realm, Celestial Artifact Pavilion.」

Inside the bustling Celestial Artifact Pavilion, Zhao Shengping was busily working amidst clouds of steam. Having just ended the sound transmission, he was now checking on more than a dozen pots of braised dishes.

As for the adjacent Artifact Refining Workshop, its forges had been cold for a long time.

There wasn’t much demand for Artifact Refining in the Mortal Realm.

After coming to the Mortal Realm,

he spent a lot more time making braised dishes.

"Did the Domain Lord assign a task?"

One of the Celestial Artifact Pavilion members behind him, a former apprentice who had followed Zhao Shengping to the Mortal Realm, eagerly leaned in and asked.

’Things have been pretty quiet lately.’

’Master just makes braised dishes all day.’

’All we do is odd jobs, no real work, yet we still get a hefty monthly salary. Plus, the Mortal Realm is perfectly safe, so we don’t have to worry about any dangers from the outside world.’

’It’s basically paradise.’

’But we’re living off the Mortal Realm, using its resources, without making any real contributions. We’ve all been itching for some real work. Now that an order from the Domain Lord has finally come, we’re naturally thrilled. Are we finally going to be put to use?!’

"No."

Zhao Shengping shook his head, looking puzzled. "The Domain Lord just asked if a hoe made from Earth Gold would speed up digging."

"’It could, I suppose, but who would use Earth Gold to make a hoe? Are they insane?’"

"..."

The apprentices beside him, who had been full of excitement, were suddenly crestfallen. ’Master loves making braised dishes, but we don’t. We want to do Artifact Refining...’

’We’re Artifact Refiners, not Braised Masters!’

...

Soon.

Night fell.

Eternal night shrouded all of Jiangbei, making it look exceptionally bleak beneath the curtain of rain. Ten days of the rainy season had now passed.

Tomorrow would be the eleventh day of the rainy season.

’This rainy season felt like it was going by especially fast.’

In the dead of night.

Yet the Mortal Realm Port remained brightly lit, with High-speed Rail trains shuttling back and forth in an orderly fashion through the Undersea Tunnel.

The next moment—

Red lights suddenly began to flash on the platform at the entrance to the Undersea Tunnel.

The Mortal Realm Members who had been busy working on the tracks all quickly cleared out.

Soon, a fully loaded High-speed Rail train sped through the station without stopping, heading directly for the core of the Mortal Realm: Nameless Mountain.

It came to a stop directly in front of the City Wall of Cave No. 1.

Numerous members of the Celestial Granary Pavilion were gathered there, ready to expertly grab their gear and move everything into the Warehouse. However, when they opened the High-speed Rail’s doors, they found...

...that this High-speed Rail train wasn’t loaded with Ghost Stones or Ghost Bones.

Instead, it held chunks of rock.

They were black-gold in color, with a porous, honeycomb structure.

The Mortal Realm Member operating the High-speed Rail disembarked from the front car and produced a sheet of Kraft Paper. "By order of the Domain Lord, this batch of Earth Gold isn’t going into the warehouse. Move it directly to the Celestial Artifact Pavilion."

The leading Celestial Granary Pavilion team leader stepped forward to confirm. Only after verifying the Kraft Paper was indeed stamped with the seal of the Lame Monkey Pavilion Master did he nod in acknowledgment.

He waved his hand.

The group of Celestial Granary Pavilion members quickly and efficiently began moving all the Earth Gold from the High-speed Rail to the Celestial Artifact Pavilion, which was situated in the nearby Celestial Pit.

The Earth Gold was very light.

So it wasn’t difficult to transport.

It was just a little chilly to the touch. If one were feeling extravagant, it would actually be an excellent way to cool down during the sweltering summer heat.

Inside the Celestial Artifact Pavilion.

Zhao Shengping, busy with his braised dishes, was caught off guard when he saw groups of Mortal Realm Members carrying large quantities of Earth Gold into the Celestial Artifact Pavilion’s dedicated warehouse. He hurried over to ask, "Hold on, what is all this?"

"Earth Gold. The Domain Lord told us to move it to the Celestial Artifact Pavilion."

"Since when did the Mortal Realm Warehouse have so much Earth Gold?"

"It was brought over from the New Continent."

"Did the Domain Lord say what it’s for?"

"He didn’t say."

Zhao Shengping forgot all about his braised dishes. He quickly pulled out a Sound Transmission Talisman to contact the Domain Lord. A moment later, he ended the call. With a blank expression, he watched the batches of Earth Gold being moved into the Celestial Artifact Pavilion’s dedicated warehouse, standing there in silence.