60: The second level of the spiritual mine

Lin Shi left, and Zhou Luo casually tossed the bamboo slip aside, then began cleaning the room.

Fortunately, the room's original owner was very clean, so there wasn't much that needed special cleaning.

After a simple tidying up, Zhou Luo took out daily necessities and began redecorating the room.

The room wasn't large, and the Pill Furnace and the storage cabinet for medicinal ingredients occupied more than half, making it feel a bit crowded.

About half an hour later, he finished everything, sat on the rosewood chair, and fell into thought.

Right now, being unfamiliar with the place and people, he didn't know who held hostility and who held goodwill.

The top priority is still to fully understand the situation here.

As for how to understand, Lin Shi seemed like a Breakthrough point, but the other party was from the Main Family after all. He wasn't sure if the other party would truly explain the situation here in detail, and even if they did, he wouldn't fully trust it.

If Lin Shi wouldn't work, then it could only be others.

Zhou Luo thought of the Array Master here.

Regardless of which Spirit Mine, the Array Master is the most indispensable one.

Because they have to maintain the operation of the daily Array formation, and also set up new defensive Formations periodically.

Since the Great Elder controls the Zhou Family's Array Formation path, the Array Master here must also be on his side.

Figuring this out, Zhou Luo got up, opened the door, and came outside.

Outside the house was a huge plaza, with various houses standing here. It was impossible to distinguish which one was where the Array Master lived.

Zhou Luo scanned around, his gaze falling on the two people not far away.

Judging by their clothing, these two should be the guards here.

He walked over.

The two who were chatting noticed Zhou Luo's appearance, immediately stopped talking, straightened their backs, and put on a stern and imposing look.

"Excuse me, where does the Array Master here live?" Zhou Luo asked.

One of them scrutinized him and said in a deep voice, "What do you need the Array Master for?"

"There are some things I need to ask him about," Zhou Luo said with a serious expression.

"He's not here, just tell us what you need," the other party said coldly.

Zhou Luo didn't speak, just quietly approached the two. After glancing around and seeing that no one was paying attention, he secretly took out a bottle of Pills from his Pregnant and handed it over.

The two guards raised their eyebrows, exchanged a glance, and tacitly took a step in different directions to better conceal Zhou Luo's actions.

Then one of the guards, with quick hands and eyes, put the bottle of Pills into his pocket and said righteously, "The Array Masters of the Spirit Mine all live on the Second Level."

In fact, those who master the Four Great Arts are all arranged on the Second Level.

But Zhou Luo was an exception.

The Main Family, to prevent him from contacting the Great Elder's people, specifically moved the previous Alchemist's room to the first layer.

Thus, he naturally moved into the house on the first layer.

After speaking, the two turned and left.

Zhou Luo's eyes darkened.

This was a whole bottle of Bigu Pills. If sold entirely, it would be worth at least twenty-plus Spirit Stones. For this group of guards who earned three or four Spirit Stones a month, it was a huge sum.

As a result, they just said one sentence and that was it.

And what made Zhou Luo even more depressed was...

When he wanted to go to the Second Level, he was actually stopped by the gatekeepers.

It turned out that the Spirit Mine regulations stipulated that people on the first layer wanting to go to the Second Level must have a hand token from the captain.

Just like that, Zhou Luo wasted a bottle of Bigu Pills and didn't even get to meet the Array Master.

When he returned to the front of his house, he took a deep look at the two people who were laughing and chatting over there, and completely memorized their appearances.

Unable to enter the Second Level, Zhou Luo had to first focus his attention on Pill Refining.

Although the bamboo slip sent from above required a large quantity of Pills to be refined, that was only aimed at First-Order mid-grade Alchemists. For himself, who was already a First-Order Top-Grade Alchemist, it didn't require that much Time.

After all, a mid-grade Alchemist could refine at most seven to eight Entry-Level Pills per furnace, but a top-grade Alchemist could refine around twenty.

The two were completely not on the same level.

Zhou Luo looked at the content of the bamboo slip and found that the Pills most needed were mainly Bigu Pills used to fill the stomach, as well as various Pills for healing and enhancing strength.

The people mainly mining on the third layer of the Spirit Mine were ordinary people. Since they were ordinary people, they would inevitably encounter various physical problems.

The main role of the Alchemist is to ensure that these ordinary people do not suffer casualties and to speed up their efficiency.

After easily refining a furnace of Pills, Zhou Luo continued refining the next furnace.

At this speed, he estimated he could finish refining all of them by evening.

As dinner approached, Lin Shi delivered the food.

Originally, Zhou Luo thought everyone on this Spirit Mine should be surviving by taking Bigu Pills, but he didn't expect there to be spiritual food.

"The food at the mine isn't as good as at home, please bear with it," Lin Shi took out the dishes one by one and didn't forget to comfort him.

Zhou Luo looked at these spiritual foods. Although they were indeed a bit lacking, they tasted better than Pills.

Meow—

The Snow Mountain Spirit Cat, which had been hungry for nearly half a day, leaped into Zhou Luo's arms.

Looking at this little white cat, Lin Shi was quite surprised: "Brother Zhou, I didn't expect you to bring a Spirit Beast?"

When entering the Spirit Mine earlier, Zhou Luo had put the Snow Mountain Spirit Cat into a Spirit Beast pouch, so Lin Shi hadn't seen it.

"A little guy, mainly to pass the Time," Zhou Luo picked up a slice of meat and placed it in front of the Snow Mountain Spirit Cat.

"I also have a little cat, but it's at home. I guess it will have become a big cat by the time I go back," Lin Shi said with a smile.

After speaking, he didn't forget to ask, "What's its name?"

"Bai," Zhou Luo replied.

This was the name taken by little Shi Ya, and Zhou Luo simply used it.

"Very fitting."

Although Lin Shi was talking to Zhou Luo, his eyes were constantly fixed on Bai.

It was clear that he really liked feline Spirit Beasts.

Seeing this, Zhou Luo simply handed Bai to him, letting him feed the other party.

Holding Bai, Lin Shi gently stroked it, looking very happy.

"Your cat is much better than mine," Lin Shi said with an envious look.

The yellow and white cat at his home was too rowdy. Besides eating and sleeping, it was outside running wild every day.

In comparison, this little white cat in his arms was much more docile.

What he didn't know was that Spirit Beasts needed to be specially trained by a beast tamer, otherwise their wild nature would be hard to tame, and they wouldn't obey their Master's commands.

But Bai was different.

The moment Zhou Luo drew it, it completely obeyed his commands and wouldn't have a single thought of resistance.

"Mainly, it's more obedient," Zhou Luo said.

"Indeed, obedient cats always make people feel relaxed and happy," Lin Shi said, his eyes sparkling with love for cats, and his gaze towards Bai was full of tenderness.

Zhou Luo didn't expect such a big man to actually be a cat lover.

Compared to cats, Zhou Luo preferred dogs.

Because the latter were loyal and obedient enough, and even more healing than cats, without being as aloof as the latter.

What Zhou Luo didn't expect was that for the next entire half hour, Lin Shi actually kept talking about cats.

Moreover, he was basically the only one talking, and showed no hint of fatigue or boredom.

After dinner ended, Lin Shi reluctantly put Bai down.

At this moment, Zhou Luo suddenly asked, "Do the people on the Second Level and the third layer all eat spiritual food?"

"How could that be? Only my Lin Family disciples are worthy of enjoying spiritual food. Others just fill their hunger with Bigu Pills," Lin Shi blurted out.

Hearing this, Zhou Luo was thoughtful. He deliberately asked, "Could it be that all the spiritual food is transported up from the foot of the mountain?"

"That's right, all food is specially managed and distributed. What's wrong?" Lin Shi asked doubtfully.

"Nothing, I was just curious," Zhou Luo said with a smile.

Lin Shi didn't think much of it. After clearing the dishes and utensils, and giving a few instructions for him to hurry with Pill Refining, he left.