55 Unspoken Rules (2/2)

The man swept it with his psyche before putting away the wooden box.

Yi Yun was taken aback from seeing this. He knew very well that the wooden box that Tie Mu had handed over contained Chaos Ores. It contained at least half a kilogram of material.

Why would Tie Mu hand over the Chaos Ores that he cherished as his wealth and life to the man?

”You are…”

The man turned his head to look at Yi Yun. His deep, purple pupils seemed to see through Yi Yun's soul sea.

”His name is Cang Gu, our team leader.” Tie Mu hurriedly sent a voice transmission to Yi Yun, afraid that he would cross the man.

”Oh? Do team members need to hand over Chaos Ores to the team leaders? I didn't see that mentioned in the Taixia Manual.”

”There's no official rule that states it, but it's an unspoken rule. You might be unaware as you are new. When we mine Chaos Ores, we do it in teams. The team leader is our eyes. As he's from the Soul race, his psyche powers are extremely potent. He also has a detector-type disk array which only he can use. With that disk array, he can detect danger ahead of time and know where there's abundant Chaos Ores. If you do not give him a little of your take, he might specially lead you into a death trap. If you go down such a deadly path, not only would you find little ore, but you'd encounter stuff that can take your life. When the time comes, you might not even leave behind an intact corpse.”

So that's it!

Yi Yun understood that the lower-ranked warriors in the Chaos Heavens truly led difficult lives. They sought survival through all sorts of cracks in the system.

”I'm asking you a question!” Cang Gu's cold voice sounded.

”Leader Cang Gu, he's new. He doesn't know a thing,” said Tie Mu anxiously.

”Oh? He's new? Then, he should have been given his monthly allowance,” said Cang Gu leisurely.

When Yi Yun heard that, he felt like attacking him, were it not for his dire situation.

All he received was a pittance, not enough to even fill the gaps in his teeth; yet, someone was already eyeing it?

”Brother Yi, won't you give 1.5 kilograms worth of Chaos Ores? Handing over 750 grams is considered our team's rule. In the future, the amount to be handed over is 500 grams a month.”

He had to hand over half at once? That was truly gorging him.

The Chaos Ores in his wooden box weighed about three kilograms. It was likely because of Steward Zhou that he received an additional 1.5 kilograms to treat his dire condition. It was meant to help him recuperate.

”I do have some Chaos Ores on me, but I'm injured. I have already absorbed the Chaos Ores,” Yi Yun said.

”Absorbed?” Cang Gu sneered. ”You obviously have zero Yuan Qi in you. Would you be in such a state if you had really absorbed the Chaos Ores?”

As he spoke, Cang Gu emitted a cold aura. After all, the handing over of Chaos Ores was an unspoken rule. He could not snatch it from Yi Yun openly, but he had already placed Yi Yun on a death list.

”Brother Yi, you must not offend Leader Cang Gu. If you do, you won't even survive your first mining,” said Tie Mu anxiously when he saw Yi Yun refuse to obey.

Upon seeing Cang Gu about to leave, Tie Mu said, ”Leader Cang Gu, Brother Yi is indeed heavily injured. Taking his ores is equivalent to taking his life. Why don't you be generous and let him pay you after the upcoming mining?”

Cang Gu had already flicked his sleeves and left when Tie Mu was still mid-sentence. He could only shake his head helplessly.