Reincarnated As a Fox With System

Chapter 1196: Chapter 1196: Yaya’s Predicament!

Lu Xingchen himself was not a sociable person.

He usually looked aloof and treated others coldly, but lately, he actually suffered the same treatment when he tried to be acquainted with any of Tang Li Xue’s companions.

In fact, Little Loki did not want to stay with Lu Xingchen.

It wanted to leave when Lu Xingchen was unconscious and wander around freely alone while looking for Tang Li Xue and the others.

But after pondering it carefully for a while, Little Loki finally decided to stick with Lu Xingchen for a little bit longer.

The main reason for that was because Little Loki did not want to spend its time and energy finding information about this Isolated Jade Island.

By staying with Lu Xingchen, it could just sit leisurely and let Lu Xingchen do the job for it.

Just like what Little Loki had expected, Lu Xingchen began to inquire about many things from the haggard middle-aged man while carefully not exposing any information about himself.

The information given by the haggard middle-aged man was roughly the same as what Tang Li Xue got from the group of mine slaves.

In short, the haggard middle-aged man’s name was Li Erniu.

Li Erniu was the same as the group of miserable-looking people that Tang Li Xue had met, he was also a mine slave.

In fact, there were only two identities in this Isolated Jade Island.

Mine slaves, or the Merchant Alliance’s people…

The Merchant Alliance’s people were divided into many positions, such as mine guards, guard captains, mine supervisors, region heads, and so on.

While Mine slaves were… Well, they were just the lowly slaves. They could only barely try to survive every day.

However, the Merchant Alliance knew that mine slaves might rebel or even commit suicide if they kept forcing them to work to death every day, so they still gave the mine slaves a glimmer of hope.

If any mine slaves could meet the daily mining quota for ten years straight, then they could be promoted and become the Merchant Alliance’s people.

That was the reason why many mine slaves still work hard and diligently every day.

Besides that, if they dared to slack off, the mine guards would whip, punish, or even torture them, so they actually did not have any other choice.

‘Merchant Alliance, mine slaves, and mine guards… Furthermore, we cannot contact each other using the Communication Talisman on this island. This is really troublesome!’ Lu Xingchen thought while frowning deeply.

Lu Xingchen also inquired about the strength of the Merchant Alliance’s people from Li Erniu.

According to Li Erniu, the positions of the Merchant Alliance were based on their strength and contributions.

Mine guards and guard captains were usually at the Core Formation Stage.

Mine supervisors were usually at the Nascent Soul Stage.

Region heads were usually at the Spirit Transformation Stage.

The rumor even said there was a higher position than region heads called the Island Administrators, and their strength was above the Spirit Transformation Stage!

Of course, Li Erniu was only a mine slave, so not to mention Island Administrators, he never even saw any region heads after working for several years.

The person with the highest position he had ever seen was the mine supervisor where he worked right now.

Li Erniu had only heard the rumor about Island Administrators from the mine guards before.

In short, as long as the Island Administrators were still guarding this Isolated Jade Island, the Merchant Alliance would never be afraid of the rebels or invasion from other forces, because even Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters were only a group of bigger ants for them!

‘Island Administrators have the strength above the Spirit Transformation Stage?!’ Lu Xingchen’s expression became even more solemn.

“All right, it is already dawn. It is time for me to go to work. How about you? Do you want to go together?” Li Erniu ended his talk and asked Lu Xingchen.

“Uh, no, Brother Niu… I still want to rest for one or two more days.” Lu Xingchen replied to Li Erniu.

“Okay, it is up to you. But you’d better be prepared. Those mine guards would definitely interrogate you about the reason why you do not go to work later, and they would double your work quota for the next few days.” Li Erniu kindly reminded Lu Xingchen.

“Do not worry, Brother Niu.” Lu Xingchen smiled stiffly and nodded to Li Erniu.

Li Erniu might be very talkative, but there was no doubt that he was a kind-hearted person.

Lu Xingchen secretly decided that he would try to bring Li Erniu out of this hellish place if he had a chance in the future.

“Oh, and do not forget to change your clothes if you want to go out, and also guard your kitten if you do not want it to be caught and eaten by…” Li Erniu kept blabbering on and on.

“All right, I understand, Brother Niu. Rest assured! You can go now!” Lu Xingchen replied annoyedly to Li Erniu.

Li Erniu grabbed his pickaxe and finally got out of the thatched hut, then headed to the rare jade mine where he worked.

“So, what do you think?” Lu Xingchen turned his head around to ask Little Loki.

But Lu Xingchen immediately found that Little Loki was no longer sitting on the straw bed.

He looked around the thatched hut but still failed to find Little Loki.

It seemed Little Loki still decided to wander around on its own in the end.

“Great… So we are on our own right now. Okay, fine!” Lu Xingchen sighed helplessly.

Lu Xingchen changed his clean clothes to Li Erniu’s tattered coarse cloth and stored his own clean clothes in his spatial ring.

He also ruffled his hair, took the charcoal from the fireplace, and smeared his own face and body, so he would also look dirty and haggard like the other mine slaves before he went out from Li Erniu’s thatched hut.

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Meanwhile, on the other part of the Isolated Jade Island…

“How dare she kill our Merchant Alliance’s people! Find that b*tch at all costs!” The old cultivator with a long beard shouted angrily.

The terrifying pressure he emitted showed that he was actually a High Rank Spirit Transformation Stage!

Yes, this old cultivator with a long beard was the Region Head of this territory in the Isolated Jade Island.

Several mine supervisors and hundreds of mine guards and guard captains were kneeling and trembling in fright.

“Understood, Chief Head Pan! We will definitely find that woman as soon as possible!” The mine supervisors replied before they hastily led all the mine guards and guard captains to search for the beautiful woman in the red dress.

Yes, this mess was actually caused by Xi’er!

Xi’er was not as lucky as Tang Li Xue or Lu Xingchen.

The first people she met were actually the group of mine guards.

Xi’er tried to ask the mine guards for the information, and they kindly invited Xi’er to their post instead.

Who knew that the mine guards actually had a bad intention for her!

They put a drug in her drink and tried to catch her to be given to their mine supervisor!

Unfortunately for them, Xi’er’s undead body was only her vessel, and her true body was actually the [Sword of Disaster], so any drug or poison was completely ineffective on her.

Xi’er chopped those mine guards to pieces with her [Sword of Disaster] in anger, which was the reason why she became a fugitive right now.

To make it worse, Xi’er was actually with Lucia and Yaya right now, but Yaya was not in good condition.

Previously, the Dragon Slaying Cannon’s powerful blast hit Tang Li Xue first, but her [Sun And Moon Aegis] actually blocked the deadly blow for her.

Tang Li Xue only fainted for a while because of the extremely powerful impact, but she was completely uninjured.

Lu Xingchen was the last to enter the Isolated Jade Island’s protective formation, so he actually did not get hit by the Dragon Slaying Cannon’s powerful blast, and he was only thrown away by the violent impact and shockwave.

Little Loki was sitting on Lucia’s head, but it actually sensed the incoming danger a moment faster than Tang Li Xue.

Little Loki managed to use [Instant Teleportation] to avoid getting hit directly by the Dragon Slaying Cannon’s powerful blast, but it was also thrown away by the violent impact and shockwave, then ended up with Lu Xingchen in the end.

Xi’er’s undead body was completely shattered by the Dragon Slaying Cannon’s powerful blast, but it was not a big problem for her.

It only took a few breaths for her shattered body to recover to normal.

Lucia also reacted fast. She activated her [Golden Vajra Shield] and formed a barrier with [Golden Light Spell].

Lucia also still wore her [Silver Dragon Skin Pearl]’s armor.

Despite that, all of her defenses were still forcefully broken by the Dragon Slaying Cannon’s powerful blast, and she was badly injured!

Fortunately, her [Golden Vajra Body] also granted high-speed regeneration, so Lucia could also fully recover to normal even though it took much longer than Xi’er.

In the end, Yaya was the only one left.

In fact, Yaya was quite lucky because she managed to react fast enough to avoid getting directly hit by the Dragon Slaying Cannon’s powerful blast.

If not for that, Yaya’s little, fragile body would have been shattered into pieces just like Xi’er if she had been directly hit by the Dragon Slaying Cannon’s powerful blast!

Unfortunately, Yaya did not have thick defense and rapid regeneration like Tang Li Xue and Lucia, so she still got badly injured and was unable to recover quickly like them.

To make it worse, Xi’er’s space pouch was destroyed after she got directly hit by the Dragon Slaying Cannon’s powerful blast.

All of the talismans given by Tang Li Xue, such as [Jade Talismans of Advanced Regeneration], along with the gourd containing the Spiritual Healing Water from [Nine Elementals Immortal Pagoda]’s Water Floor, were all gone!

The situation did not look good for Xi’er’s team! (>w