139: Chapter 139 Zhao Sanhoe

"Silly Dog, here's a reward for you."

Three streaks of light vanished into Approximate's mouth; they were three Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

As the Top-Grade Spirit Stones entered its stomach, bursts of golden light erupted from Approximate's body, and it quickly restored into that majestic golden dog.

Once restored, Approximate looked at Zhao Yi with a face full of confusion.

Zhao Yi understood instantly.

"Are you asking why I didn't give you High-Grade Spirit Stones?"

"Actually, High-Grade Spirit Stones would have been enough for you!?"

Zhao Yi...

He regretted it to death, cursing incessantly in his mind.

A loss, a total loss.

Who knew that High-Grade Spirit Stones could satisfy Approximate?

Five Top-Grade Spirit Stones could be exchanged for five hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones. Now, look at this—they really were fed to a dog.

Looking at the golden-glittering Approximate, Zhao Yi felt a surge of irritation.

"Eat what High-Grade Spirit Stones?"

"Have some ambition. If you're going to eat, eat the best. From now on, we only eat Top-Grade Spirit Stones."

"Woof!"

Approximate barked once, meaning it agreed.

Zhao Yi...

"What are you agreeing to?"

"I was joking."

"Silly Dog, you fell for it, didn't you?"

Zhao Yi hoisted Wu Chuan onto his shoulder and walked into the golden palace floating jade palace.

The main hall was filled entirely with Spirit Stones, all of which had been mined in the last few days.

As for the quantity, there were sixty-seven Top-Grade Spirit Stones. He had fed five to Approximate, given three to Wu Chuan, and used two for his own cultivation, leaving fifty-seven.

Zhao Yi counted the High-Grade Spirit Stones and found there were surprisingly only three more than the Top-Grade ones.

"Seventy? That's not bad either."

Zhao Yi only cast a casual glance at the pile of Medium and Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Well, their value was too low; he couldn't be bothered to count them.

After Li Yingzhen had borrowed the Spirit Stones last time, Zhao Yi was wealthy once again.

Throwing Wu Chuan onto the pile of Low-Grade Spirit Stones, Zhao Yi took two Top-Grade Spirit Stones and sat cross-legged in the cultivation room to recover his mana.

He wanted to mine enough experience points to Breakthrough to the Mahayana Stage in one go.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Zhao Yi opened his eyes from his cultivation and brushed the Spirit Stone dust off his hands.

Zhao Yi stretched, the fatigue from two days ago completely swept away.

"Master!"

Not long after Zhao Yi woke up,

Wu Chuan also woke up. At this moment, Wu Chuan's face was full of exhaustion, and his voice was weak.

In this mental state, let alone mining, Zhao Yi estimated it was impressive enough that he could even stand.

"Go out and rest first. Come back in after a while."

"Take these Spirit Stones and use them."

Zhao Yi picked up a dozen Medium-Grade Spirit Stones and tossed them to Wu Chuan.

"Master, I—"

Wu Chuan wanted to stay.

"Go out and rest first. In your current state, staying here will only be a hindrance."

Wu Chuan...

"Alright."

"Your cultivation is already at the Late Golden Core stage, only a sliver of opportunity away from reaching the Nascent Soul stage, but you are currently a Death Cultivator."

"The tribulations you face are completely different from those of an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator, so..."

Zhao Yi looked at Wu Chuan and said solemnly, "When I am not by your side, do not ever attempt a secluded Breakthrough. Otherwise, the Lightning Tribulation is merciless; if your soul is extinguished and your path ends, do not blame me for not warning you."

Wu Chuan was stunned. His lips trembled, and his eyes turned slightly red.

"Yes, your Disciple has noted it."

...

After seeing Wu Chuan off, Zhao Yi looked at Approximate and grew angry.

It turned out Approximate seemed to have boundless energy and was currently incessantly pawing at the mine walls.

But how could it possibly paw down the rocks on the mine walls?

Consequently, the entire mine tunnel was filled with the dust it had kicked up; there was dust everywhere.

"Dead Dog, are you so full that you have nothing better to do?"

Approximate's eyes were red, and its tail wagged like a fan.

Its meaning was also very clear:

It had simply eaten too many Top-Grade Spirit Stones and couldn't digest them.

Zhao Yi...

"For real?"

He then laughed.

"Wow, that's rare. You actually have a time when you're stuffed?"

"Hahaha—"

"I can't, let me laugh for a bit."

Approximate...

It wasn't going to indulge Zhao Yi and pounced directly at him.

After playing around for a while, Zhao Yi pinned the dog's head down.

"Alright!"

"Time to get to work."

He and Approximate shared a mental connection. While they appeared to be playing, they were actually scouting the entire mine tunnel.

A faint, indistinct wisp of aura was drifting through the mine.

The man and dog searched for a long time before realizing this aura originated from the Teleportation Array. The thing Li Yingzhen was worried about had happened after all.

"I wonder which idiot it is?"

Zhao Yi muttered in his heart.

One must know that the other side of the Teleportation Array was a chaotic space turbulence. Without Mahayana cultivation, entering meant certain death or injury.

Even if a Mahayana Cultivator was hiding inside, they probably weren't having a good time right now. It was like a person in a pigsty; besides guarding against the pigs' charging, they also had to endure that harsh environment.

"Whatever!"

Zhao Yi summoned the great sumeru treasure hoe. It was just a Mahayana Cultivator; with the Immovable Void Technique and Spirit Stone Traverse Art at his disposal, he wasn't panicked at all.

The priority now was to mine Spirit Stones for experience points.

Approximate wagged its tail, occasionally glancing at the Teleportation Array nearby while baring its teeth—

"Grrr..."

Zhao Yi...

"What a Silly Dog. They could swat you to death with a single hand."

Thump!

The great sumeru treasure hoe dug into the mine wall.

Zhao Yi gripped the hoe handle, shaking along with it three times.

His arms felt slightly numb.

"It's really hard!"

The rock in front of him was not only hard but also white—a white that was a bit blinding.

"Come out for me!"

Zhao Yi hadn't been able to pull the hoe out of the mine wall just now.

Cyan-green mana covered the great sumeru treasure hoe, turning the hoe cyan-green as well.

The veins on Zhao Yi's arms bulged as he gritted his teeth.

He pulled back with his hips and waist!

Thud, thud, thud!

This piece of rock was finally mined out.

The System notification also rang out in Zhao Yi's mind at the same time.

[You have mined a supreme grade heavenly spirit stone, experience points +30.]

"Another supreme grade heavenly spirit stone?"

"My goodness, thirty experience points?"

"The experience points needed to Breakthrough to the Mahayana Realm are only three Top-Grade Spirit Stones away?"

"System,"

[Miner: Zhao Yi]

[Cultivation: Late Integration Stage (Insufficient experience, cannot level up)]

[experience points: 97/100]

[Reward: None]

"Holy crap, this is a complete pleasant surprise."

What Zhao Yi didn't see was that the moment this supreme grade heavenly spirit stone was mined, a faint seven-colored light dissipated.

"Continue, continue!"

"One more piece and the experience points will be enough."

"supreme grade heavenly spirit stone, are there any more?"

Zhao Yi swung the great sumeru treasure hoe, full of energy.

Approximate, meanwhile, was at his feet, looking at the pile of rocks in confusion.

Strange to say, in this pile of rocks, there was only this one supreme grade heavenly spirit stone; there wasn't even a Low-Grade Spirit Stone.

Thump!

Thud, thud, thud!

The rocks fell.

[You have mined a supreme grade heavenly spirit stone, experience points +30.]

Another one?

Zhao Yi was getting a bit excited. How could this be?

If it continued like this, wouldn't he achieve Immortal Ascension?

Again!

Mana surged within his body.

"Come out for me!"

The falling rocks hit the mine tunnel with a thudding sound.

The System notification appeared once more.

[You have mined a supreme grade heavenly spirit stone, experience points +30.]

Three hoes, three supreme grade heavenly spirit stones, ninety experience points.

Zhao Yi just wanted to ask, who else could do this?

"Huff, huff, huff—"

At this moment, Zhao Yi's legs were weak and his heart was racing; this was from exhaustion.

"I didn't expect that I, a Late Integration Stage mining Old Ancestor, would actually become 'Zhao Three-Hoes'."

"I can't do it anymore, I really can't mine any further."

Zhao Yi leaned against the mine tunnel.

"Silly Dog, what are you still standing there for?"

"Hurry up and collect the Spirit Stones."

Just as Approximate was about to go and pick up those three supreme grade heavenly spirit stones in its mouth, a scream came through.

"Wait!"