I Just Won t Play By The Book - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Working as a Miner Would Actually Trigger One to Die From Exhaustion

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Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As soon as they ascended the mountain, Jiang Beiran shortly discovered the content material of his trial from the Taoist.

“Beiran, cultivation is one thing that requires the endurance of hardship and perseverance, and mining is one of the best ways to hone these two traits. So long as you press on and cross the check of the Guards of the Mountain, I’ll come to fetch you and welcome you into the sect.”

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Leaving these phrases and the motivated Jiang Beiran behind, the black-robed Taoist turned and descended the mountain.

‘Sir, I’ll undoubtedly go all out and work onerous to repay you on your kindness!’ Jiang Beiran thought to himself.

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After secretly making an oath in his coronary heart, Jiang Beiran adopted one of many Guards of the Mountain into the mine.

Nonetheless, such ambition was utterly extinguished on the second day, for the easy motive that mining was actually too tiring!

Earlier than crossing over, Jiang Beiran was simply an extraordinary second-year pupil in junior excessive, who hadn’t even attended many bodily training lessons. His bodily health may very well be thought of very poor.

After crossing over, his physique was not likely any stronger. Furthermore, the meals he ate had little diet, and his physique may very well be described as scrawny and bony.

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With out receiving any coaching, Jiang Beiran was taken to a mine by two Guards of the Mountain early the subsequent morning. After attending to know a number of quiet employees, the Guards of the Mountain gave him a basket and a mining choose and advised him to work onerous.

In Jiang Beiran’s creativeness, mining would most likely be just like the simulation in laptop video games the place one merely needed to smash a bit of ore a couple of instances, making it clang.

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Nonetheless, in actuality, the foul-smelling, stifling, darkish, and cramped setting within the mine shaft shocked him instantly. Not way back, he was nonetheless in junior highschool. How might he probably have skilled such a scenario?

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However the two Guards of the Mountain clearly didn’t intend to offer him time to organize mentally, they usually pushed him in direction of the path propped up with picket planks.

Due to the uneven floor of the path, Jiang Beiran typically walked upright and typically walked together with his again bent. Often, he even needed to roll on his again like a golden beetle, so by the point he reached the mining website, his bodily energy had nearly been exhausted.

With none time to relaxation, he was urged by the 2 Guards of the Mountain to start out mining as quickly as he reached the place. As a Chinese language saying goes, duties look simple when another person is doing them. Again when Jiang Beiran used to observe employees wielding hoes on tv, he all the time thought that certainly it wouldn’t take that a lot effort.

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Nonetheless, in actuality, he was so drained that it felt like his throat was on fireplace after only a dozen smashes. His palms had been like lead, they usually felt so heavy that he couldn’t raise them up.

“Ha… ha…”

With each palms sore, Jiang Beiran used the mining choose as assist, desperately attempting to inhale a little bit of recent air. Nonetheless, the mine shaft smelled like fuel, so the extra he sniffed, the dizzier he felt.

“Has anybody allowed you to relaxation? Do you continue to wish to cross the trial?”

Simply when Jiang Beiran was about to faint, one of many Guards of the Mountain got here as much as him and gave him a push.

Listening to the phrase trial, Jiang Beiran as soon as once more took a deep breath and needed to proceed the combat. Nonetheless, he couldn’t raise his palms irrespective of how onerous he tried.

‘Ugh! I’m so ineffective. I’m sorry, sir. I’ve allow you to down as a disciple,’ he thought.

Cursing himself in his coronary heart, Jiang Beiran shook his head and mentioned, “I… I actually can’t dig any additional.”

“How little have you ever dug, huh? And also you’re already telling me which you could’t dig anymore? But you continue to suppose somebody like you possibly can enter the sect?” the Guard of the Mountain requested.

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“Sure… I’m ineffective. I’ll apologize to the Taoist. I’ve let him down. I’m sorry,” Jiang Beiran replied.

Jiang Beiran sighed deeply after ending his sentence. He lamented in his coronary heart over how he may very well be so weak when the protagonists within the novels he had learn might clearly show an extremely powerful will for the sake of cultivation. That crappy system wasn’t precisely serving to him.

Jiang Beiran, who had admitted in his coronary heart that he was weak, was about to simply accept his failure when he felt a sudden sharp ache in his stomach.

“D*mn it! What a ineffective fool. The primary few who got here in had been working onerous for months to get into that silly sect, but you dumb piece of sh*t couldn’t make it previous the primary day,” the Guard of the Mountain mentioned whereas giving Jiang Beiran one other kick.

Jiang Beiran was dumbfounded by the 2 kicks. He felt a spinning sensation, his head buzzing, and a way of foreboding hit his coronary heart.

Nonetheless, earlier than he might determine it out, the Guard of the Mountain squatted down, grabbed his hair, and roared, “Ineffective fool! Take heed to me correctly. Do you actually suppose you’re some form of gifted genius who can enter a sect and change into an elite? I’ll let you know; you’re only a piece of sh*t. Now, mine correctly. In the event you can’t, I’ll have your life. Do you perceive!?”

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Jiang Beiran shook his head vigorously after listening to this and shouted, “I wish to see my mentor, I wish to see my mentor!”

“Your mentor? Hahahahaha.” The Guard of the Mountain laughed wildly for some time and requested, “What’s your mentor’s identify?”

“My mentor’s identify is… my mentor’s identify is…”

Jiang Beiran was as soon as once more flummoxed. After two days collectively, that Taoist had by no means advised him his identify, and he had by no means requested.

“My… my mentor is a Taoist of the Sect of Shying Fireplace! He was the one who introduced me right here yesterday. I wish to see him, I wish to see him!” Jiang Beiran replied.

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“Hahahaha.” The Guard of the Mountain’s laughter grew to become even wilder. Then, he kicked Jiang Beiran within the abdomen once more. “Nonetheless rambling in regards to the Sect of Shying Fireplace, huh? Dream all you need. I’m supplying you with two selections now. You may both proceed to face up and mine, or lie in your stomach and be kicked to dying by me. You solely have three seconds to resolve.”

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As quickly because the Guard of the Mountain stopped talking, three choices appeared in entrance of Jiang Beiran.

[Option One: Continue to lie on your belly. Reward for completion: Secret Records of the Green Lotus (Earth Grade Low Tier)]

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[Option Two: Beg the other party to let you descend the mountain. Reward for completion: Technique of the Earth Fire (Black Grade High Tier)]

[Option Three: Pick yourself up and continue mining. Reward for completion: Random basic attribute point +1]

“Two!”

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Whereas Jiang Beiran was wanting on the contents of the choices, the Guard of the Mountain had already counted to 2 and kicked him within the abdomen once more.

At this second, Jiang Beiran was enlightened! He realized that the content material of those choices was not necessary in any respect; he simply wanted to take a look at the reward. The higher the reward, the extra harmful the choice!

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Judging from the energy of the kick simply now, Jiang Beiran absolutely believed that the opposite celebration dared to kick him to dying. If he continued to lie on his abdomen, he would undoubtedly die.

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So, earlier than the Guard of the Mountain might get to 3, Jiang Beiran instantly selected Possibility Three, and with a powerful will to reside he managed to face up.

“Excellent. See? You continue to have some energy in spite of everything. If you don’t want to die, then hurry up and mine! Do you hear me!?”

Though Jiang Beiran’s complete physique was trembling at this second, he nonetheless raised his mine choose and smashed it down with all his energy so as to reside.

[Chosen Quest completed. Reward: Physique +1]

Trying on the system immediate floating earlier than him, in addition to the slight traces of energy surging in his physique, Jiang Beiran froze for a second.

‘It’s accomplished immediately similar to that?’ he thought to himself.

Beforehand, when he selected [Please take me as your apprentice, Father], the system didn’t give him a reward instantly in any respect. As a substitute, it became a quest. However now, he simply obtained the reward immediately after doing what was within the possibility.

The distinction in problem merely left him dumbfounded.

“Why are you zoning out once more!?”

Listening to an offended shout from the Guard of the Mountain…. no, the supervisor, Jiang Beiran hurriedly raised his choose and continued to chip on the ore.