After more than ten years on the mountain, you will become invincible when you come down.

"What should we do? The men in black are here to collect the immortal crystals, and the master hasn't come back yet..." the old man in black robe said worriedly.

"We'll take it one step at a time. Stay calm. We can be whipped, but we can't let him find out that Lu Feng is missing..." said the old man.

"That's right. If it is discovered that someone is missing, there will probably be martial law and investigation. Then we may not be able to leave this area again. Once it is discovered, it will be a problem whether we can stay in this mine anymore..." Jian Yi agreed.

"It's so fucking frustrating. Lu Feng should have unsealed the seal for us as well. Then we wouldn't have to be so passive!" Dao Er said dissatisfiedly.

"Will you be impulsive if I unseal you? Now it seems that Lu Feng was right not to unseal us. If he does, we will be easily exposed!" Jian Yi said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, they won't kill people at will. If they kill us, who will mine for them? At most, they will get a few whippings, but they won't die..." the old man comforted.

"I, Xiaolong, have thick skin and strong flesh. If you can't bear it, I can help you..." Xiaolong said.

As they were talking, the man in black walked up to them and asked in a cold voice, "Where are the immortal crystals you dug today? Hand them over!"

Everyone was stunned. You looked at me, I looked at you, no one could take out the immortal crystal to hand over...

"What are you dillydallying about? Just hand over the few immortal crystals you dug up today. Are you wasting my time looking for a fight?" the man in black shouted coldly.

"Ahem... my luck is not very good today. I didn't dig up any fairy crystal..." the old man said first.

The face of the man in black beneath his mask had obviously darkened. It had never happened before that he failed to dig up a piece of fairy crystal in a day.

But he didn't think much about it, he just thought that this old man was extremely unlucky...

"Hmph! Dig hard tomorrow! But you can't avoid the ten whips today!" The man in black snorted coldly and swung the whip.

Without hesitation, he hit the old man...

"Pa pa pa..." The man in black whipped all ten times in one breath, and the air was filled with a burnt smell.

The old man's body was also covered with burnt whip marks.

The old man grimaced in pain and cursed inwardly, "Damn it, you actually whipped me with a fire whip! When my power recovers, I will kill you! I will remember this grudge!"

The man in black looked at Xiaolong again and asked in a deep voice, "Where is your immortal crystal?"

"Brother, I'm digging, digging..." Xiaolong said as he pretended to dig.

"Huh, so you haven't dug up any fairy crystals?" The man in black snorted coldly.

"Not yet, but don't worry, we'll find it soon. Can you be flexible?" Xiaolong said.

"I'll give your mother a break! Tie a dog here, and you won't be unable to dig up any immortal crystals in a day!" the man in black said angrily.

But he didn't say anything else and just gave Xiaolong ten whips.

Xiaolong was thick-skinned after all, and even though he looked very miserable after being whipped ten times, as if he was burnt everywhere, he didn't even scream...

"Are you guys also unlucky?" The man in black looked at them and asked in a deep voice.

"Alas... yes, I don't know why, but the fairy crystal seems to be quite difficult to dig today..." Jian Yi sighed.

"We are unlucky today. We must dig more tomorrow..." said the old man in black robe.

"If you want to beat me, just beat me. Why waste your time? It's just ten lashes. I can bear it!" Dao Er said defiantly.

"Okay, you can bear it, right? You'll get five more lashes today!" the man in black said coldly.

"Why? You are not following the rules!" Dao Er asked in confusion.

"Haha... why? Because I'm happy! I am the rule here. If I say five more lashes, then I'll give you five more lashes!" The man in black sneered.

Dao Er wanted to refute something, but was pulled back by Jian Yi.

"Calm down. We have the final say here. If you don't want five more lashes, shut up!" Jian Yi advised.

Dao Er thought about it and decided to give up. There was nothing he could do. It was because he had no power to resist.

As expected, several people obediently endured the whippings from the men in black.

"Humph! If you can't dig up the immortal crystal tomorrow, it won't be a matter of ten whips!"

The man in black snorted coldly, glanced at everyone with a warning, and continued to collect other people's immortal crystals.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although they were whipped, the man in black did not notice that Lu Feng was not there...

"Fortunately, I didn't notice that the owner was away, otherwise it would be troublesome..." Xiaolong said thankfully.

"Not necessarily. He hasn't finished collecting yet and hasn't noticed that someone is missing. Only after he finishes collecting and leaves can we confirm that he has passed..." the old man said solemnly.

It wasn't a big deal that they didn't dig up any immortal crystals, but it was a big deal that Lu Feng was not here...

Sure enough, not long after, the man in black was heard shouting angrily again, "Everyone gather, get over here!"

Everyone was shocked. The sudden abnormality made everyone feel that something was unusual...

"Could it be that he discovered that the master is gone?" the old man in black robe asked worriedly.

"Let's go over and take a look first. We've never gathered together before. They gathered suddenly today. I'm afraid it really has something to do with the lack of people..." Jian Yi said with a frown.

"With so many people around, he can still notice if one person is missing? How can he be so smart?" Dao Er said dissatisfiedly.

"Alas... He must have his way. He seems relaxed at ordinary times, but actually he has everything planned out..." the old man sighed.

Everyone began to gather together, not daring to neglect it. Jian Yi and the others naturally had no choice but to cooperate and go over to gather...

"One by one, stand in rows!" the man in black said coldly.

After a short while, everyone stood in rows and aligned neatly.

The man in black looked at the team for a while and then said, "Count up!"

"1, 2, 3..."

After reporting the number, the man in black was silent for a while.

No one knew what he was up to.

"There were a total of 2999 people in our area, but now there are only . One person is missing. Where is the other one? Where did he go?" the man in black asked coldly.

Everyone was in an uproar. Before this, except for Jian Yi and his friends, no one had ever realized that they had gathered together because they were missing one person.

And no one expected that with so many people, just one person missing, they would be able to find...

Everyone started talking and whispering. They hadn't expected that someone would be missing and that he could escape without anyone noticing under such circumstances...

"No way, did we count wrong? Our cultivation has been sealed. Even if we run, where can we go?" someone questioned.

"Hmph! Did I say someone ran away? Maybe someone just hid? Does anyone have any clues? It will be rewarded if you report it!" The man in black snorted coldly.

Jian Yi and the others began to panic. They knew it was Lu Feng, but they couldn't report him. For a moment, they didn't know what to do...