34: Chapter 34: First Time Digging Up a High-Grade Spirit Stone, Reward: Great Sumeru Treasure Hoe

As the rocks fell, the System notification came again.

【You mined a Low-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 1.】

Zhao Yi mechanically swung his hoe, the System's notifications coming one after another.

His Qi was running low; he swung the hoe with his right hand while clutching a Spirit Stone in his left to absorb it.

Zhao Yi didn't want to waste a single second.

By the end, Zhao Yi was stunned.

The Spirit Stone in his left hand never stopped, and the Spirit Stones dug up by his right hand didn't stop either.

【You mined a High-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 10000.】

【The accumulated experience points have reached the maximum; they will be recorded at the maximum value.】

【First time mining a High-Grade Spirit Stone, reward: great sumeru treasure hoe.】

"High-Grade Spirit Stone?"

"Reward?"

"great sumeru treasure hoe?"

Zhao Yi ignored the notification in between.

He then looked at the High-Grade Spirit Stone amidst the rocks. It was the size of an adult's fist, milky white, oval-shaped, and emitting a white glow.

"So this is a High-Grade Spirit Stone?"

"A High-Grade Spirit Stone that can be exchanged for one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones or ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones?"

With an excited heart and trembling hands, Zhao Yi didn't expect that he could actually mine a High-Grade Spirit Stone.

"Right, the System experience points just now seemed to have increased by ten thousand?"

"My experience points for the Breakthrough are also enough."

Zhao Yi wanted to check the System panel, but his eyes wouldn't obey; he couldn't keep them open.

"I can't go on, I can't go on, I need to rest."

Putting the High-Grade Spirit Stone into his Storage Pouch, Zhao Yi leaned against the mine wall and fell asleep.

He didn't know how long he had slept, but Zhao Yi finally recovered from the darkness. This sleep left him feeling refreshed.

"System."

【Miner: Zhao Yi】

【Cultivation: Late Foundation Establishment Stage (Can be upgraded)】

【experience points: 5120/5120】

【Reward: great sumeru treasure hoe】

Looking at the experience points on the System panel, Zhao Yi was furious.

"System, what about my experience points?"

"I clearly heard that one High-Grade Spirit Stone gives ten thousand experience points?"

"What is the situation now?"

After waiting for a while, Zhao Yi only heard the sounds of Zhou Yan and Mi Yao mining Spirit Stones.

Zhao Yi... he felt so frustrated.

"Fine, fine~"

Now he could only say 'fine'; the arrogant System master wouldn't respond, so what other choice did Zhao Yi have?

Next, Zhao Yi saw the reward again.

"great sumeru treasure hoe?"

"What kind of thing is this?"

"System, claim reward."

After a ripple, a familiar object appeared in Zhao Yi's hand.

"What the hell, this is clearly Zhu Bajie's rake. You replaced the nine teeth with a solid piece and you can call it a treasure hoe?"

"And it's called a great sumeru treasure hoe? System, do you have any shame?"

"Not coming out to explain?"

The result was not hard to predict; the only thing answering Zhao Yi was the dust in the branch mine cave.

Zhao Yi...

"You're awake?"

A moment later, Zhou Yan and Mi Yao appeared in front of Zhao Yi with blushing faces. Looking at their expressions, they were clearly excited.

"Zhao Yi, we're rich."

"Do you know how many Spirit Stones we've mined recently?"

"A full eight thousand plus Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"It's a pity we didn't mine a single Mid-Grade Spirit Stone."

Zhao Yi... He didn't take out the High-Grade Spirit Stone, instead he asked: "How long did I sleep?"

"One day and two nights."

"So long?"

"That means we have to leave the mine tomorrow."

Zhao Yi's experience points were already enough. His original intention was to go out first to Breakthrough to Golden Core, and then study why the System's experience points weren't accumulating, but now he decided to keep mining; he didn't mind having more Spirit Stones.

"Oh, this is a High-Grade Spirit Stone."

"I mined it before I slept, let you two have a look~"

Zhao Yi took the High-Grade Spirit Stone out of the Storage Pouch and placed it in front of the two women. Unsurprisingly, Zhao Yi harvested a lot of emotional value.

"Alright, put it away!"

"Mine for one more night, and we'll go out tomorrow."

"What's in your hand?"

Zhou Yan was careful; she saw the great sumeru treasure hoe in Zhao Yi's hand at a glance.

"A new style I designed. I forgot to take it out a few days ago. Now I plan to try it out to see if it can improve the speed of mining Spirit Stones."

"Oh."

The great sumeru treasure hoe, although called a treasure hoe, besides the style being similar to a toothless nine-toothed rake, had no spiritual light at all, looking just like a normal Mortal Weapon.

Zhou Yan and Mi Yao didn't think much of it, their gazes turning back to the High-Grade Spirit Stone.

Zhao Yi held the great sumeru treasure hoe and weighed it in his hand; the weight was suitable.

Without using any Qi, he struck the mine wall with the hoe.

Zhao Yi's intention was just to test this so-called treasure hoe, but he didn't expect that the hoe would actually sink directly into the mine wall, just like a sharp blade cutting tofu, without making a sound.

"So powerful?"

Zhao Yi used a little force, and the rocks on the mine wall were pulled down. In this series of actions, Zhao Yi hadn't used any Qi at all.

"Products from the System must be high quality; the Seniors didn't lie to me. This really is a treasure hoe."

Waving the great sumeru treasure hoe, Zhao Yi felt much more relaxed.

The speed of mining Spirit Stones soared, but the System's notifications made it so Zhao Yi couldn't have any peace.

【You mined a Low-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 1.】

【The accumulated experience points have reached the maximum; they will be recorded at the maximum value.】

... The constant notifications that the experience points had reached the maximum annoyed Zhao Yi to no end.

"I'm not mining anymore, I'm not mining anymore, that's fine, right."

Anyway, it was almost time; even if Zhao Yi rested, he wouldn't lose many Spirit Stones.

As Zhao Yi put down the great sumeru treasure hoe in his hand, looking at the two women's graceful figures, he didn't notice at all that the hoe placed beside him had disappeared.

Just when Zhao Yi was distracted, shouts suddenly came from outside the branch mine cave. Zhao Yi was shocked, and Zhou Yan and Mi Yao also stopped mining Spirit Stones at the same time.

Zhao Yi quickly signaled the two women to pack up the Spirit Stones first.

Mining too many Spirit Stones was also troublesome; to save time, the Spirit Stones they mined were all piled to one side. Now seeing Zhao Yi's hint, the two quickly packed up the Spirit Stones nearby.

"Break for me!"

Just as the two finished packing the Spirit Stones, the Formation covering the branch mine cave was forcefully broken. A group of Cultivators flooded in.

"Whoa oh~"

"Female Cultivators~"

"These look really hot!"

"Yeah, there's also a male Cultivator here."

The lead Cultivator was unshaven, but he was a head taller than Zhao Yi, with his upper body bare, explosive muscles, and a sharp Aura; he was definitely at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Hey kid, don't say I didn't give you a way out. Hand over everything on you,"

"Then, get out of here~"

Zhao Yi...

"Your surname is also Bai?"

To be so arrogant and have such an Aura, except for Bai Family Cultivators, Zhao Yi really hadn't seen it on any other Cultivators.

"Bai Chuanzheng."

"You are Zhao Yi?"

Bai Chuanzheng looked at Zhao Yi as if he had swallowed a fly.

"What a coincidence. I was in seclusion for thirty-one years, and yesterday when I came out, I heard your big name."

"I didn't expect to run into you today; this is fate."

The Cultivators following behind Bai Chuanzheng, upon hearing it was Zhao Yi, suddenly retreated outside the branch mine cave. Female Cultivators, Spirit Stones—what mattered more than their own lives?

"It is fate."

Zhao Yi walked to Zhou Yan and Mi Yao.

"You two go out first. The Bai family and I have a blood feud. Be careful not to get splattered with blood later."

"And those outside, if anything happens to these two, I will make you pay with your lives..."