39: Chapter 39 Bai Yunping

"Who is it?"

The great sumeru treasure hoe appeared in Zhao Yi's hand.

The mist dispersed, and a figure became faintly visible.

"Zhao Yi?"

"Seeing this seat, why do you not bow?"

At the end of the mist, a white-clothed Cultivator leaned against a mountain rock, tossing a brick in his hand.

Zhao Yi looked twice and confirmed it was a real brick.

Looking at this Aura again, a familiar feeling spontaneously arose.

"Bai?"

"Correct, I am Bai Yunping."

"Are you the Bai family's Golden Core Old Ancestor?"

Zhao Yi was speechless; hadn't the Bai family already started behaving themselves?

"I wonder, Fellow Daoist Bai, for what purpose have you come?"

Bai Yunping continued to toss and play with the brick in his hand.

"Actually, I didn't want to come looking for you, but too many of those worthless descendants have died."

"In six hundred and eighty-four years, it was not easy for a few talented ones to emerge, yet I didn't expect they would all fall by your hand."

"To tell you the truth, this matter is quite difficult for me to handle."

"Sigh! Since the cause is unknown, the Bai family meeting you is either the Bai family's tribulation or your own."

"What do you say?"

Bai Yunping asked on the surface, but in reality, he had already approached Zhao Yi.

"Strike!"

The brick he was tossing instantly disappeared and reappeared at the back of Zhao Yi's head.

With a bang,

Zhao Yi was struck dizzy. Had it not been for the Azure Spirit Scripture he practiced and his body being strengthened by the Lightning Tribulation, this blow likely would have split his head open.

"Damn it, I was wondering why the Bai Family Cultivators were all so devious; it turns out the source is you."

"We are both Golden Core Cultivators, is there anything we can't talk about?"

"Why resort to a sneak attack?"

"Flying Star Technique! Go to hell!"

Zhao Yi flicked his finger forward, and a Low-Grade Spirit Stone suddenly appeared behind Bai Yunping's head.

Smack!

It struck the back of Bai Yunping's head, causing him to stumble.

"Despicable! Didn't you also use a sneak attack?"

"And a Reversal Cultivator? You're not worthy!"

"Hehe, isn't this even now?"

Zhao Yi was not one to suffer a loss.

After being sneak attacked by Bai Yunping, he immediately retaliated with one of his own.

"Good, good, good!"

"You truly are the ruthless character who repeatedly killed my Bai Family Cultivators."

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, I don't want to fight to the death with you, but you have killed so many Bai Family Cultivators after all. If you don't pay some price, I won't be able to give them an account."

"Then what do you want?"

"Teach me your Spirit Stone Digging Secret Art, and all your grudges with the Bai family will be cleared!"

Bai Yunping looked at Zhao Yi and spoke in a deep voice.

Spirit Stone Digging Secret Art?

Zhao Yi was bewildered; where would he get a Spirit Stone Digging Secret Art?

Wait, he actually did have one.

The Approximation Technique.

But this was a Spell rewarded by the System; could it be taught to others?

Zhao Yi suddenly became interested and wanted to try.

"Fellow Daoist Bai, I have a technique called Approximate."

"If you want to learn it, I can teach you."

Bai Yunping's face was full of suspicion because Zhao Yi was being too cooperative.

"Approximation Technique? What is its function?"

Zhao Yi put his hands behind his back.

"It allows one to know how many Spirit Stones are in a mine tunnel."

"Oh? Then please teach me, Fellow Daoist Zhao!"

Zhao Yi lay flat on the ground and performed hand seals.

"This Spell requires being close to the ground or a wall."

"Fellow Daoist Bai, listen clearly."

"Approximation Technique,"

"Within six hundred meters,"

"The Great Dao is Simple, approximation is naturally formed, numbers arise from the heart, all things take shape. A thought arises, heaven and earth are hazy, rounding off, the universe's fixed number."

"Approximate: Zero."

Impressive, this Approximation Technique actually had a range of six hundred meters in the outside world, though unfortunately, there were no Spirit Stones.

"How was it?"

"Did Fellow Daoist Bai learn it?"

Bai Yunping...

Like hell I'd believe you.

He didn't believe Zhao Yi at all, feeling that Zhao Yi was just playing with him.

"Then I will teach you once more."

Zhao Yi thought Bai Yunping hadn't learned it yet, so he used the Approximation Technique again.

"How was it?"

Bai Yunping suppressed his anger; he was now certain that Zhao Yi was indeed playing with him.

Having cultivated for hundreds of years, he had never heard of a Spell that required a specific posture.

However, he didn't plan to expose Zhao Yi, but instead approached him step by step, asking, "Then I wonder, are there any Spirit Stones under this mountain peak?"

Zhao Yi shook his head.

"Within six hundred meters, there isn't a damn thing."

"I see,"

Seeing that the distance was close enough, Bai Yunping took out his brick and struck down at Zhao Yi.

"Little thief, you've gone too far! I have never heard of casting Spells with specific poses; do not play with me."

Bai Yunping was so angry that he began using archaic particles.

Bang.

The brick collided with the suddenly appearing great sumeru treasure hoe.

Zhao Yi's hoe was completely unharmed, but Bai Yunping's brick shattered into two pieces.

Bai Yunping gave a muffled groan, looking at the hoe in Zhao Yi's hand in disbelief.

"What grade of Magical Artifact is this?"

"I don't know, I usually use it to dig for Spirit Stones."

Zhao Yi was telling the truth.

He really didn't know what grade the great sumeru treasure hoe was.

Bai Yunping's eyes revealed a look of greed.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, give me the hoe, and your grudges with the Bai family will be cleared."

Zhao Yi...

"How can that be? So many Bai Family Cultivators have fallen."

"Sigh~"

"I've looked into it. Those Qi Refinement Cultivators fell during the Lightning Tribulation, and the Foundation Establishment Cultivators died in the monster tide; it doesn't have much to do with Fellow Daoist Zhao."

"Not many Bai Family Cultivators truly died by Fellow Daoist Zhao's hand. This hoe can compensate for the Bai family's losses."

"How could I possibly accept this?"

"It's settled then."

Bai Yunping almost snatched the great sumeru treasure hoe from Zhao Yi's hand.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, see you again!"

The mist dispersed, and Bai Yunping's figure was gone.

"What a powerful Formation."

This place was over a hundred miles from the Lesser Strange Spirit Stone Mine, surrounded by dense forests and devoid of people.

After identifying the direction, Zhao Yi transformed into a streak of white light and disappeared.

At the entrance to the third layer of the mine,

Zhou Yan and Mi Yao were just about to return to the cultivation room when Zhao Yi appeared.

"I was delayed by something just now."

"You didn't wait long, did you?"

"Not really, though I thought you had already gone in and didn't want to bring us."

Zhao Yi smiled and said, "I'm not stupid. In the third layer of the mine, one Golden Core True Person can bring two Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Since there is such a rule, why wouldn't I take advantage of it?"

"Let's go."

"We're going in."

At the entrance to the third layer of the mine, there was only a flashing Formation frame suspended in mid-air.

"Golden Core Cultivator, entry fee is fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."

"Damn it, fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, can I even dig that back?"

Zhao Yi suspected he was paying to dig for Spirit Stones again.

Fortunately, there was no time limit in the third layer of the mine; as long as you could endure it, you could stay inside forever.

The third mine was a hundred meters deep underground.

As soon as Zhao Yi's feet touched the ground, he felt a weight, as if his body had become more than ten times heavier.

"Careful!"

How could Zhou Yan and Mi Yao possibly react in time?

They fell flat on their faces.

"Tenfold Gravity?"

The two women hurriedly circulated their True Yuan and only managed to stand up slowly after several minutes.

In this situation, let alone digging for Spirit Stones, it would be a feat just to survive in the third layer of the mine.

"I'll take you."

Zhao Yi used his old method, holding one in each hand and covering them with Golden Core Power as he found a nearby Branch Mine.

"You two rest first."

Next time, he wouldn't bring the two of them in; it was a pure waste of time.

After settling the two women,

Zhao Yi stood before the mine wall.

He reached out and said, "Come!"

The great sumeru treasure hoe gradually appeared in Zhao Yi's hand.