186: Chapter 186 The Alliance of Fortune

"I know, I know."

One Who Listens to Emptiness wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead; he had clearly been scared witless.

"Then this Disciple shall take his leave~"

Watching One Who Listens to Emptiness bow and withdraw, Zhao Yi fell into thought. It turned out that others could also learn the Spells rewarded by the System.

"Hmm?"

"I forgot to ask what it looks like when One Who Listens to Emptiness performs the Immovable Void Technique..."

Immovable Void Technique, One Who Listens to Emptiness...

Zhao Yi was stunned.

"Could this be destiny?"

He then broke into a wry smile. Although he had occupied the Lower Profound Sect's Immortal Stone mine, he did so under the identity of Ancestor Zhao, so no one dared to say anything.

As for now...

Of course, mining Immortal Stones was more important.

"Approximation Technique,"

"The Great Dao is Simple, approximation is naturally formed..."

Golden characters one by one formed Approximate.

"Hmm?"

"Who am I?"

"Where am I?"

"What am I supposed to do?"

As Approximate's consciousness returned, he immediately asked the three fundamental questions of the Soul.

A moment later, Approximate's eyes cleared, and he became well-behaved.

"Master, I was wrong."

The great sumeru treasure hoe in Zhao Yi's hand did not stop.

"What did you do wrong?"

Clearly, he did not want to let Approximate off the hook just yet.

Approximate lowered his head.

"I shouldn't have slapped Master's back with my tail."

"Bastard!"

Zhao Yi slammed the great sumeru treasure hoe down.

"You call that a slap? That was a beating~"

"You truly have no respect for authority, daring to hit your Master. This time is just a small punishment as a warning."

"If there's a next time, you can just be a quiet Approximation Technique scripture and never come out again."

"Ah?"

Approximate's face turned deathly pale.

What did he mean by a quiet Approximation Technique scripture? That would clearly be a dead Approximate.

"Yes, yes, yes, Master, I won't ever dare to do it again."

"Come, come~"

"Let me see where the Immortal Stones are. I definitely won't let Master's efforts go to waste."

Approximate walked to the mine wall, muttering to himself.

"Eh!"

"Something seems wrong,"

"My 'Nonsense' Dao doesn't seem to work in an Immortal Stone mine."

...

Snow Peak Mountain.

On the mountain, the wind was fierce and the snow was heavy.

A figure sat cross-legged on the peak. Wrapped in a greyish-white Daoist robe, his entire body was frozen into an ice sculpture, yet he remained fixed to the summit like a nail.

At this moment, his eyes were tightly shut, and a spot of deep red on his brow looked like frozen blood.

If Zhao Yi were here, he would recognize at a glance that this person was none other than the Right Protector of Netherworld Hall, Ding Yu.

In the wind and snow,

six colored clouds slowly floated over, appearing particularly abrupt in this vast white world.

Ding Yu's raspy voice rang out,

"It's been thirty years."

"I thought you six bastards had perished."

Ding Yu looked toward the six people.

A delicate female Immortal had her vital areas wrapped in red silk, while other strands of red silk fluttered in the wind with an indescribable grace. This was Red Silk Fairy.

With a patch of green atop his head, treading on a cloud of green mist, and wearing a green robe, this was the Green Robe Immortal, whose greenness was turning purple.

The white-clad Yuxi Immortal.

The black-clad Wuyang Immortal.

The golden-clad Huangqi Immortal.

And an earth-brown Stubborn Stone Immortal.

Including Ding Yu, these seven Immortals formed the Fude Alliance of the Great Awakening Spirit Realm, and they monopolized the mining of Immortal Stones in the Great Awakening Spirit Realm.

"Bah!"

"You old geezer, even if you die, we won't."

"Speak, what did you call us here for?"

"Is there some big business?"

As the only female Immortal in the Fude Alliance, Red Silk Fairy was not only open-minded but also pungent.

"Red Silk Fairy's elegance is as it ever was."

Ding Yu squinted, staring unscrupulously at that beauty.

"We haven't met for four hundred years. I wonder if your cultivation has improved?"

The other five Immortals also laughed; this was their favorite show.

Red Silk Fairy's eyes showed disdain.

"Tch!"

"Just against you six wastes?"

"Bring it?"

The atmosphere grew heavy.

"If you want to fight, then let's fight. Who's afraid of whom?"

On Snow Peak Mountain, Red Silk Fairy split into six, battling Ding Yu and the others without any hesitation.

Ten days later,

Ding Yu and the others were pale-faced, their legs trembling.

They were no match, absolutely no match.

The six male Immortals suffered a crushing defeat.

Wrapped in her red silk, Red Silk Fairy had a face full of disgust.

"Four hundred years, and you still haven't made any progress. Have all these years been lived in vain?"

Ding Yu...

The other five...

*Cough, cough~*

A loss was a loss. Arguing further would only be more embarrassing, so Ding Yu quickly changed the subject.

"Alright, let's talk business."

"You know about Xuan Mountain of the Lower Profound Sect, right?"

"A new Immortal Stone mine has been discovered there."

"Oh,"

Red Silk Fairy became interested.

"Did it fall into the hands of your Netherworld Hall again?"

"The usual rules, then."

"I happen to be a bit short on cash lately."

Ding Yu shook his head.

"It's not in the hands of Netherworld Hall."

"To tell you the truth, and don't laugh, Fellow Daoists."

"Three years ago, I took the Netherworld Hall Cultivators to the Lower Profound Sect, but I was scared into a frantic retreat by their Immortal Ancestral Master."

"That's why I came to find you."

"Ha?"

Hearing this, Red Silk Fairy couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Ding Yu, you've lived for over thirty thousand years and have been an Immortal for twenty thousand years, and you were scared off?"

She turned to the other five: "Do you believe him?"

Green Robe Immortal sneered: "The Right Protector of Netherworld Hall, known as the 'Blood Nail,' who stays fixed to a mountain for three days without moving and won't retreat a hundred miles from the sea, was scared off by some 'Immortal Ancestral Master' of the Lower Profound Sect?"

"Could it be you were bluffed by a paper memorial tablet?"

Everyone roared with laughter.

Only Ding Yu remained silent.

"One word: are you going or not?"

"If you go, don't say I didn't warn you; that is no ordinary Human Immortal."

"Go, why wouldn't we go?"

Stubborn Stone Immortal said, settling the matter.

He was like his name, with a personality like a stubborn stone; once he decided on something, he would see it through even if it killed him.

...

[You have mined a low-grade immortal stone, experience points +1.]

Approximate held the low-grade immortal stone in his hand, questioning his life.

It had been two months, and this was already the second low-grade immortal stone Zhao Yi had dug out.

"Damn it, this is an Immortal Stone."

Approximate really wanted to dissect Zhao Yi to see what kind of creature he was. Was he mining Immortal Stones as if they were Spirit Stones?

"Want to take a few swings with the hoe to enjoy yourself?"

Immortal Stones were rare; most of the time, Zhao Yi was just digging ordinary mountain rock.

"No, no!"

Approximate's head shook like a pellet drum; he wasn't that masochistic.

Mining Immortal Stones?

Mining Immortal Stones now was practically ascetic cultivation, even more painful than mining Spirit Stones in the Qingling Realm. He'd have to be crazy to mine Immortal Stones...

"Hmm?"

Zhao Yi stopped the great sumeru treasure hoe and looked at Approximate with an unfriendly expression.

"Why not mine?"

"Could it be you're tricking me?"

"There are no Immortal Stones here at all?"

Approximate widened his dragon eyes.

Again?

He wished he could just bash his head against a wall. Last month, he was forced to mine Immortal Stones for ten days like this, and he almost went insane during those ten days.

"Master!?"

"Unwilling?"

"I'll mine!"

"Aye, that's more like it."

"Give me the hoe."

Approximate still had a bit of cleverness.

Ever since he discovered that these Immortal Stones also provided experience points, Zhao Yi's eyes had a spark in them.

Damn it, if one can be lazy, who would want to be diligent all the time?

"Mine well. When you dig out an Immortal Stone, Master will find you a wife."

"Okay, thank you, Master!"