103: Chapter 103 I'll cultivate to the death, what am I afraid of?

Li Yingzhen arrived at the Chaotian Spirit Realm once again.

This time, Li Yingtang didn't even bother with the facade. He sat high on a cloud platform, surrounded by Cultivators shrouded in mist, and the entire Chaotian Spirit Realm was filled with a murderous atmosphere.

"It really is quite lively, isn't it?"

Zhao Yi and Li Yingzhen stepped into the Chaotian Spirit Realm together.

Clouds formed beneath their feet with every step. Zhao Yi clutched a High-Grade Spirit Stone in his left hand and formed a spell seal with his right; if anything changed, he would run immediately.

Who knew how many Cultivators were hidden in the mist nearby?

"Fourth Brother, why aren't you enjoying yourself in the Immortal Dynasty capital? Why have you come to this backwater place like Anning Prefecture again?"

Li Yingtang said with a forced, insincere smile.

Unexpectedly, Li Yingzhen didn't even respond. He walked straight to Li Yingtang's cloud seat and kicked him.

"Move."

"You have no sense of hierarchy at all. Is this how a younger brother acts?"

"What?"

Looking at Li Yingtang's furious expression, Li Yingzhen mocked,

"Are you prepared? Are you going to kill me to sacrifice to the flag and start a rebellion?"

"Heh, Fourth Brother, what kind of joke is that?"

"How could I ever rebel?"

Li Yingtang forced a smile and yielded the cloud seat.

"Brother Yi, you are the Mining Envoy of Anning Prefecture. When you inspected the Jishan Spirit Stone Mine that day, who was it that obstructed you?"

Zhao Yi looked at the six people including Ah San.

"Kill them."

"You dare!"

The Cultivators in the mist shouted.

"Hehehe~"

"A bunch of cowards who hide your heads and show your tails, you are all trash,"

"Do you want to test the immortal martial divine cannon?"

Li Yingzhen's words acted like a signal. A fluctuation rippled out, and the Chaotian Spirit Realm instantly became tense.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the six people including Ah San instantly transformed into six beams of light. Five of them fled outside the Chaotian Spirit Realm,

but one beam of light charged straight at Zhao Yi,

and the sudden attack startled Zhao Yi.

"Ah San?"

"This damn bald guy."

"Is he sick in the head?"

"I'm just a miner, why are you ambushing me?"

Facing Ah San's ambush, Zhao Yi wasn't panicked in the slightest. A pitch-black brick appeared in his hand, and he slammed it directly onto that shiny bald head.

"Smack!"

"Ouch!"

The sound of the smack and Ah San's scream came at the same time.

"Damn it, I wasn't looking for you, yet you delivered yourself to my doorstep. I'll settle all our new and old scores together."

"Go to hell."

Zhao Yi held the brick and smashed Ah San into nothingness with a single blow.

The five beams of light that flew out of the Chaotian Spirit Realm were also blasted into ashes by the three thousand Immortal Army soldiers.

The Cultivators in the Chaotian Spirit Realm were like wood; not a single person stood up for Ah San and the others.

After a long while, someone finally said: "If I am not mistaken, the treasure in Mining Envoy Zhao's hand is our Sect's Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact, the heaven suppressing brick, right?"

"I wonder how this Spiritual Artifact fell into Mining Envoy Zhao's hands?"

It could only be said that the Sect was heartless; no one mentioned the fall of Ah San and the others, but people were eyeing Zhao Yi's brick.

"What heaven suppressing brick?"

"This is clearly a Thunder Fire Brick,"

"Look at these scorch marks from lightning and fire..."

Zhao Yi said to look, but his actions were very honest—the brick was already gone from his hand. This self-incriminating behavior almost made Li Yingzhen lose his composure.

"Alright, enough of this."

"Ah San and the others intended to ambush and kill the Mining Envoy, and have now been executed."

"Ninth Brother, do you have anything to say?"

Li Yingtang shook his head calmly, as if nothing had happened.

Li Yingzhen was stunned for a moment,

"Hmm, then this matter shall be set aside."

"You all must remember, Zhao Yi is a Mining Envoy appointed by the Immortal Dynasty, and this time he has even handed over all the Spirit Stones he mined."

"The Immortal Father is very pleased and is watching over him at all times."

"If anything happens to him, none of you sitting here will be able to escape."

"Don't think that just because you don't show your faces, I don't know who you are."

Li Yingzhen said with a cold face, warning them.

"We dare not!"

The Cultivators in the Chaotian Spirit Realm said in unison.

This scene of only hearing voices but seeing no people was indescribably eerie.

Li Yingzhen looked at the mist in front of him. These Cultivators had calculated that the Immortal Dynasty was weak; otherwise, how would they dare to be so disrespectful to him?

However, killing Ah San and the others this time should be enough to make these people behave for a while.

"The Immortal Army and the immortal martial divine cannon should not stay long, so I will be heading back first."

"We respectfully see off the Fourth Prince."

Still, only voices were heard, with no figures in sight.

"Hmph!"

Even the strong-willed Li Yingzhen couldn't take it anymore. He let out a cold snort and exited the Chaotian Spirit Realm.

Before boarding the flying boat, he pulled Zhao Yi aside,

"Brother Yi, you saw it."

"If the Immortal Dynasty continues to decline, a bloody storm will erupt immediately."

"Top-Grade Spirit Stones..."

"Only Top-Grade Spirit Stones can solve these problems. With Top-Grade Spirit Stones, the immortal martial divine cannon will no longer be just for show."

"Do you understand?"

Zhao Yi...

How could he not understand, but...

Are Top-Grade Spirit Stones something you can just dig up whenever you want?

Four were dug out of the Lushan Spirit Stone Mine, and the entire Spirit Stone Mine was ruined.

Eight Top-Grade Spirit Stones were dug out of the Jishan Spirit Stone Mine, along with the Blood Chicken Demon, and the century-old mine was left half-destroyed just like that.

Where was he supposed to go to dig up Top-Grade Spirit Stones?

"I will do my best."

Li Yingzhen patted Zhao Yi on the shoulder.

"I believe you can do it."

As he spoke, he looked around, and seeing no one, he secretly stuffed a wooden box into Zhao Yi's hand,

"This is an immortal fruit rewarded by the Immortal Father. Consuming it can extend one's life by a thousand years."

"I specifically asked for it for you."

"Oh, and this too."

A puppet appeared in Li Yingzhen's hand,

"This is a body protection puppet; it can resist the attacks of a Cultivator Undergoing Tribulation for more than a day."

"Such a long time is enough for me to come and save you."

Li Yingzhen placed the wooden box and the puppet into Zhao Yi's hands,

"Listen to your brother's advice: if you don't have to, don't Cultivate anymore. Your Void Refining Realm cultivation is enough."

"I don't want to hear the news of you dying while Undergoing Tribulation one day."

Zhao Yi...

He was a bit confused by Li Yingzhen. First the life-extending immortal fruit, then the body protection puppet—what was this all about?

Li Yingzhen didn't know about Zhao Yi's confusion.

He took the three thousand Immortal Army soldiers and the immortal martial divine cannon, tore through space, and left Anning Prefecture.

"Mining Envoy, Ninth Master invites you~"

Zhao Yi...

This?

Should he go with Li Yingzhen?

There were a bunch of Cultivators inside the Chaotian Spirit Realm.

"Oh, I have the body protection puppet."

"With the Spirit Stone Traverse Art and the Immovable Void Technique, it surely won't be that easy to die, right?"

Zhao Yi bit his finger and smeared blood all over the puppet.

When the puppet's face changed to look like his own, Zhao Yi felt relieved.

And the immortal fruit for extending life, it looked like a peach...

Gulp~

"Lead the way."

Returning to the Chaotian Spirit Realm again, the original scene of swirling clouds was gone.

Cultivators were sitting in twos and threes on white clouds.

Zhao Yi looked carefully.

Hmm, he didn't recognize a single one.

That wasn't entirely true; there was one acquaintance,

Bai Yucan,

he was hiding behind the crowd, but Zhao Yi still spotted him.

Was the Bai family involved too?

Zhao Yi frowned, preparing himself to turn hostile.

"Ahem~"

"I am Bai Dashi,"

"The reason Mining Envoy Zhao was asked to return is for business."

"The Bai family and the Wuxiang Sect have discovered a Spirit Stone Mine at Baiyu Mountain. It is estimated to be a small Spiritual Vein, and we will begin mining in a few days."

"We are now reporting this to the mining commissioner."

"You should register it properly. Don't be ignorant when asked later, and bring the immortal martial divine cannon here again; I cannot afford that."

Zhao Yi...

He ignored Bai Dashi completely and stared straight at Li Yingtang.

"You..."

Subjected to such discrimination, Bai Dashi wanted to attack Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi glared at Bai Dashi.

"What? Do you want to try and kill me?"

"Come on, hit me here..."

Zhao Yi stretched out his head,

"I'm a Death Cultivator, why would I be afraid of you?"