11: Chapter 11 (approximately): Two mid-grade spirit stones, seven low-grade spirit stones

Approximate: Two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, Seven Low-Grade Spirit Stones

In the branch mine tunnel, a familiar, graceful figure was swinging a hoe, and Zhao Yi's heart suddenly settled.

"Approximation Technique,"

"Within twenty meters,"

"The Great Dao is Simple, the Approximate is naturally formed... The universe is determined."

"Approximate: Nineteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

Having come up empty-handed for five consecutive days, Zhao Yi did not expect such a generous gift right at the start of the morning.

"Good thing I didn't change locations today."

Zhao Yi muttered.

"Change what location?"

Zhou Yan appeared beside Zhao Yi, not knowing when she had arrived.

"I've been in seclusion these past few days."

"Oh!"

Zhao Yi replied, only then realizing that he actually couldn't see through Zhou Yan's cultivation level.

"You this~"

Looking at the messy mine tunnel, Zhou Yan complained,

"This way of mining is really unique~"

Zhao Yi's heart tightened, and he hurriedly explained,

"Isn't it just too boring to mine?"

"Tsk! Why are you so nervous?"

"I was just asking casually."

"Want to have a drink tonight?"

"Okay!"

Zhao Yi wanted to refuse, but looking into Zhou Yan's eyes, he unexpectedly agreed despite himself.

Zhou Yan seemed to really be asking Zhao Yi out; after he agreed, she went to mine.

This mine tunnel had been dug here and there by Zhao Yi, and the two ends were over a hundred meters apart.

At such a distance, normal speech couldn't be heard clearly.

"Slap!"

"Why did I agree?"

Zhao Yi slapped himself.

Female cultivators...

They really do affect his mining speed.

【You dug up one Low-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 1.】

After digging a dozen times, the System notification sounded in Zhao Yi's ear.

With one swing of the hoe, another notification sounded.

"This~"

"It's truly worlds apart from the past few days, isn't it?"

"Could it be the good luck brought by Zhou Yan?"

Zhao Yi's lips curled into a smile, and he swung the hoe even faster.

...

"The nineteenth Low-Grade Spirit Stone, finished digging."

"Yo, picking up Spirit Stones?"

Zhao Yi was seen by Zhou Yan when he picked up the last Spirit Stone.

"How many did you dig?"

"Nineteen."

Zhao Yi wanted to lie, but the Spirit Stones he dug were all tucked into his bosom, bulging, so there was no way to hide it.

"You're really amazing!"

This time, Zhou Yan didn't doubt him.

"Here, this is for you."

Zhou Yan held a pink pouch in her hand. Having spent a long time at the Cultivation Academy, how could Zhao Yi not recognize it?

This was clearly a Storage Pouch, just the lowest-grade kind that couldn't be stored in the Dantian, and it was also the only type of storage device that could be used in a Spirit Stone Mine.

"This~"

"I cannot accept this..."

Don't look at it as the lowest-grade Storage Pouch; because it could be used in such a special place as a Spirit Stone Mine, its price was terrifyingly high.

Just this one Storage Pouch was worth a thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, enough to pay off a quarter of Zhao Yi's debts.

"Stop being so indecisive."

"I'm giving it to you, so just take it~"

Zhou Yan patted the warm Storage Pouch into Zhao Yi's hand.

"I can't accept a reward for nothing~"

"Drink more with me tonight,"

"Also, take me with you wherever you go to mine from now on~"

"Look, I dug six Low-Grade Spirit Stones this morning."

Zhao Yi...

"Alright then~"

He really needed a Storage Pouch right now; at worst, he could just return it to Zhou Yan once he had enough Spirit Stones later.

Putting the nineteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones into the Storage Pouch, Zhao Yi immediately felt much lighter.

Actually, the Spirit Stones weren't heavy; this feeling of lightness was just an illusion of Zhao Yi's.

With the Storage Pouch hanging at his waist, a spirit sensing ring on his hand, a shadow recording hat on his head, and wearing grey clothes, that splash of pink at his waist was quite eye-catching.

But did Zhao Yi care?

Zhou Yan, on the other hand, watched as Zhao Yi hung the pink Storage Pouch at his waist without any disdain, and her eyes dimmed for a moment.

At noon, the two of them leaned against the wall and each ate a Bigu Pill.

After closing his eyes and adjusting his breath for a while, Zhao Yi swung his hoe and started again.

Now with the System increasing his cultivation, the ability to mine and earn Spirit Stones, and a female cultivator like Zhou Yan by his side,

Zhao Yi felt that this was the happiest moment in the thirty-plus years since his Transmigration.

"Approximation Technique,"

...

"Approximate: Two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, Seven Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

After Zhou Yan walked away, Zhao Yi immediately used the Approximation Technique.

But the result made the hoe handle slip from his hand, and he didn't even realize it.

Until the hoe handle hit his leg, Zhao Yi only then snapped out of his trance.

"Two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones?"

"Holy crap! Holy crap!"

Apart from these words, Zhao Yi couldn't find any other words to describe his current mood.

"Dig, dig, hurry up and dig!"

Zhao Yi was afraid that delays might lead to complications, so he swung his hoe and dug into the mountain rock in front of him.

Crack.

As a result, he used too much force, and the hoe handle was snapped directly by Zhao Yi.

"What a piece of trash!"

"Once I have Spirit Stones, I must exchange it for a Magical Artifact."

Zhao Yi muttered while changing to a new hoe.

Bang bang sounds rang out.

For two consecutive hours, Zhao Yi didn't dig out a single Spirit Stone.

"So deep?"

Zhao Yi became even more anxious.

Another hoe struck into the mountain rock, the spirit sensing ring lit up,

And at the same time, the System's notification sounded in his ear,

【You dug up three Low-Grade Spirit Stones, experience points + 3.】

"Hey! Heaven-Defying, actually digging out three Spirit Stones in one swing..."

Picking up the three Low-Grade Spirit Stones from the mountain rock, Zhao Yi continued digging.

The big prize of two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones was still nowhere to be seen.

Bang~

The spirit sensing ring lit up again,

【You dug up one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 100.】

Among the fallen mountain rocks, the egg-sized Mid-Grade Spirit Stone emitted a faint white light, allowing Zhao Yi to see it at a glance.

"There's one more..."

"Darn it, hurry up for me~"

Mountain rocks splashed.

Bang!

No need to ask, the hoe blade must have broken again.

In fact, it was just as Zhao Mo guessed.

After changing to another hoe, Zhao Yi continued.

It's just that his heart was much calmer; he stared at the mountain rock in front of him, emptying his mind,

Dig...

Dig...

Zhao Mo just kept digging, and the spirit sensing ring lit up again,

【You dug up one Low-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 1.】

Zhao Yi seemed not to have heard or seen it, just swinging the hoe.

A moment later, the spirit sensing ring lit up again.

Zhao Yi didn't stop either.

In the blink of an eye, all seven Low-Grade Spirit Stones had been dug out by Zhao Yi.

【You dug up one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 100.】

Only upon hearing about the Mid-Grade Spirit Stone did Zhao Yi recover to normal from that focused state.

"So tired!"

Zhao Yi looked at the egg-sized Spirit Stone in his hand; this was the second Mid-Grade Spirit Stone he had just dug out.

Two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones; compared to the Spirit Stones harvested, Zhao Yi cared more about the experience points.

"The experience points to Breakthrough to the Qi Condensation Ninth Layer should be enough soon, right?"

"System."

【Miner: Zhao Yi】

【Cultivation: Qi Refining Eighth Layer (Insufficient experience, cannot upgrade)】

【experience points: 280 / 320】

【Reward: None】

"Still short forty points..."

"What a pity, I came up empty for a few days, otherwise the experience points would definitely be enough by now."

One can only say that Zhao Yi was greedy; how long had it been since he broke through to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer?

In total, it hadn't even been a month.

"Collect it, collect it!"

Digging out the four Low-Grade Spirit Stones from the mountain rock, Zhao Yi finished today's mining.

In the main mine tunnel, Zhao Mo and Zhou Yan were one after the other, not far apart.

"Zhao Yi, I suspect you are the Chosen One. The branch mine tunnel you chose is too amazing. Do you know how many Spirit Stones I dug today?"

"A full twenty-seven..."