146: Chapter 146 Thank you!

Zhao Yi...

"What delaying tactics? I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Who are you?"

"Do you know how to mine?"

"If you don't, then stop barking."

Niu Batian...

He pushed away Niu Changchang, who was beside him.

"Elder brother, I am already thirty-eight thousand years old this year. I have no desire for Immortal Ascension anymore."

"Let me do something more for the Niu Clan, for the Spirit Clan."

"Rather than dying of old age, I would prefer to be struck to death by lightning."

As he said this, Niu Batian took out a hoe.

It seemed he had been mentally prepared for this.

"Hmph!"

"Old Ancestor Zhao? What kind of Old Ancestor are you supposed to be?"

"Can digging a mine and scraping a rock really earn you the title of Old Ancestor?"

"Old Niu, I just don't accept this."

"Today, I will let you see the great strength of the Niu Clan."

As he said this, Niu Batian raised the hoe in his hand.

He used all his strength to scrape at the mine wall.

As for Zhao Yi...

He had already blocked his ears in advance.

Ding~

This 'ding' was unexpectedly long. Even though Zhao Yi was a Mahayana Cultivator, the sound still left him feeling chest tightness and dizziness.

Looking at Niu Batian again, the stones on the mine wall remained unmoved, and the hoe in his hand had already shattered into fragments.

"This~"

Niu Batian's eyes were filled with confusion.

"How is this possible?"

"I don't believe it!"

With no path forward in Cultivation and no future in mining, how could Niu Batian accept this?

The hoe was broken, so another big knife appeared in his hand.

He swung the knife at the mine wall.

Clang~

The knife also shattered upon impact. This knife was Niu Batian's life-bound Spiritual Artifact; with the knife broken, Niu Batian also suffered heavy injuries.

"Drag him out. Don't embarrass us here."

Mou Wuwang's expression darkened significantly.

"I leave this place to Old Ancestor Zhao."

Although he said he was entrusting it to him, he looked Zhao Yi up and down several times.

He paid special attention to the great sumeru treasure hoe, but ultimately shifted his gaze, keeping his eyes on Zhao Yi's face.

"It seems the rumors are true; Old Ancestor Zhao truly possesses a secret mining technique."

"It was Batian who was arrogant. We will discipline him when we get out."

"Once the immortal fate is dug out, Old Ancestor Zhao will be free."

Mou Wuwang gave Zhao Yi a meaningful look and left the mine with many Mahayana Spirit Clan members.

They had to go out to deal with the Great Yin Immortal Dynasty's counterattack.

Only Zhao Yi and Li Yingzhen remained in the mine.

Li Yingzhen looked at Zhao Yi, his eyes revealing admiration.

"I thought mining was a simple job. You didn't see the look in those Spirit Clan members' eyes just now. If that Niu Batian had also managed to dig out a Spirit Stone, I'm afraid we would both be buried here by now."

"Who said the Spirit Clan has simple brains and rough limbs? I think they are quite calculating."

Li Yingzhen cursed.

As a dignified Mahayana Cultivator and a prince of the Immortal Dynasty, being reduced to moving stones to survive made him feel somewhat aggrieved.

On the other side, Zhao Yi was checking the System panel.

"System,"

【Miner: Zhao Yi】

【Cultivation: Early Mahayana Stage (Insufficient experience points, cannot upgrade)】

【experience points: 65 / 200】

【Reward: None】

With the Spirit Clan nearby, he was still thinking about experience points.

"Did you hear what I said?"

Zhao Yi...

"I heard you, I heard you."

At the corner of the mine, there were many shadows; clearly, those Spirit Clan members did not trust the two of them.

It could only be said that Li Yingzhen understood Zhao Yi too well; just one look, and he knew what Zhao Yi was thinking.

"Don't worry, the Immortal Dynasty will definitely come to save us."

"I hope so."

Zhao Yi held no hope for this; if they could be saved, it wouldn't have dragged on until now.

...

Border of Hezhou Prefecture and Fangzhou.

Flying ships on both sides covered the sky and blocked the sun.

Cannon fire crisscrossed.

Li Xuanye looked calm.

"Have the envoys sent to the Five Sects returned?"

Below were the Mahayana Cultivators of the Immortal Dynasty.

There were fewer than two hundred of them, which were already the top elites of the Great Yin Immortal Dynasty.

Bai Dashi, Bai Yongzhen, and Bai Yongju, all Mahayana Cultivators, were among them.

However, because they were implicated in Li Yingsi's matter, they now had no presence in the Great Yin Immortal capital, and even had to worry about being liquidated by Zhao Yi and Li Yingzhen.

At this moment, the three had their eyes closed, looking as if they were unconcerned with the situation.

But upon hearing that Li Xuanye had sent envoys to the Five Sects, the corners of Bai Dashi's eyes clearly revealed a smile.

"Report to Immortal Lord, there is no response."

Li Xuanye was neither angry nor furious, as if he had asked an irrelevant question.

"Hehe, the Spirit Clan actually refined the immortal martial divine cannon. I don't know who leaked it."

"But, you must know that the Immortal Dynasty is not the Immortal Dynasty of my Li clan alone,"

"The Spirit Clan is not the Human Race after all. Non-kin will surely have different hearts. If you drag the Immortal Dynasty down, I'm afraid your end won't be any better."

Many Mahayana Cultivators were all trapped in the Mahayana Realm, and before the immortal fate appeared, no one would make a move.

Another point was that now both the Human Race and the Spirit Clan had immortal martial divine cannons. Before the Top-Grade Spirit Stones were exhausted, anyone who made a move was a fool.

Thus, the Great Yin Immortal Dynasty and the Spirit Clan were deadlocked.

Every day, the immortal martial divine cannons fired a few shots, followed by Body Integration Stage Cultivators leading other low-level Cultivators to charge and kill.

Afterwards, everyone went their own way, either Cultivating, practicing Artifact Refining, or meditating on the Dao.

The Mahayana Cultivators on both sides did not make a move; they were all waiting for a turning point.

...

Baiyu Mountain Spirit Stone mine.

Li Yingzhen's eyes were dull. One year.

A whole year. He really thought he would be moving stones in the mine for a whole year.

Not far away, Zhao Yi sat cross-legged on the mountain stone.

He was surrounded by High-Grade Spirit Stones.

His aura was calm but clearly growing slowly.

"Is this f*cking a Breakthrough?"

"How could he Breakthrough?"

This year, Li Yingzhen had seen with his own eyes that Zhao Yi was either digging Spirit Stones or on the way to digging Spirit Stones.

The four hundred or so Top-Grade Spirit Stones in Fuyu Palace were the evidence.

Clearly, he had never seen Zhao Yi Cultivate, but Zhao Yi just broke through.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

Although Zhao Yi tried his best to hide it, Li Yingzhen still felt it.

"Middle Mahayana Stage?"

"Middle Mahayana Stage!"

Then there was a long silence.

Li Yingzhen was doubting his life. Compared to Zhao Yi's Breakthrough speed, he suspected that his few thousand years of cultivation had gone to waste.

Zhao Yi was looking at the System panel.

【Miner: Zhao Yi】

【Cultivation: Middle Mahayana Stage (Insufficient experience points, cannot upgrade)】

【experience points: 266 / 400】

【Reward: None】

In the past year, with Li Yingzhen's help, he had dug 401 Top-Grade Spirit Stones, nearly 3,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones, plus over 20,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and over 100,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

It was a bumper harvest. The most critical thing was that his cultivation had successfully broken through to the Middle Mahayana Stage, only one small Realm away from Li Yingzhen's cultivation.

Mou Wuwang, outside the Branch Mine, looked at Zhao Yi with red eyes.

"Over four hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones, over three thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones."

"What a good Old Ancestor Zhao."

So many Spirit Stones made Mou Wuwang's heart burn with desire.

"No, can't make a move now. Wait until the immortal fate is dug out; that will be his death date."

What? You say it was agreed in advance that the Spirit Stones belonged to Zhao Yi?

That was promised by the Niu Clan; what does that have to do with my Mou Clan?

How could Zhao Yi know the situation outside? He was still complacent.

"Damn it."

"I love digging Spirit Stones!"

"Thanks to the Baiyu Mountain Spirit Stone mine!"

"Thanks to the immortal fate!"

If not for it, how could so many Top-Grade Spirit Stones be gathered together?

If not for these Top-Grade Spirit Stones, how could Zhao Yi break through his cultivation?