5: Chapter 5 I Want Revenge!

Zhao Yi glared at Bai Jia Gang.

"This isn't the mine tunnel..."

"What? You want to make a move against me?"

Bai Jia Gang started provoking him again.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

"You motherfucker, since you're looking for death, I'll grant your wish."

In all these years, Zhao Yi had never seen such a brain-dead Cultivator. Unable to endure it any longer, he kicked Bai Jia Gang in the stomach.

Bai Jia Gang was sent flying four or five meters away.

With a thud, he fell to the ground, his fate unknown.

"Pah!"

"Brain-dead!"

Zhao Yi turned and headed toward the Lesser Strange Spirit Stone Mine. It was already near dusk, and there wasn't much time left.

At the entrance of the mine tunnel, Bai Chuanfeng looked at Zhao Yi with an unreadable expression but said nothing.

Zhao Yi put on his spirit sensing ring and shadow recording hat, then headed straight into the mine tunnel.

When passing by the Seventeenth Branch Tunnel, Zhao Yi was startled by the people inside.

"So many people?"

There were at least a hundred Cultivators in the tunnel. These Cultivators were swinging their hoes, pushing forward in all directions along the path Zhao Yi had previously dug.

Looking at the situation, it would only take a few days before they connected with the two neighboring branch tunnels.

Once they were connected, it meant this mine tunnel would be completely excavated.

Zhao Yi shook his head and continued deeper.

"No one here."

Zhao Yi didn't pay attention to which tunnel number it was; he only required that no one be there.

As the thumping sounds began, Zhao Yi swung his hoe on the surface, but his mind was elsewhere.

What kind of System was this?

A Miner System.

Then why did it reward the Approximation Technique?

Zhao Yi's mind suddenly lit up.

Could it be that this Approximation Technique can be used in the Spirit Stone Mine?

Acting on the thought,

"Approximation Technique."

Zhao Yi lay directly on the ground.

"Within a hundred meters,"

Just as the words 'within a hundred meters' came out, Zhao Yi was suddenly struck by a wave of panic, as if a great disaster were about to befall him. He couldn't even finish reciting the following incantation.

"Is it because the rocks are blocking it?"

"Approximation Technique."

"Within ten meters,"

"The Great Dao is Simple, approximation is naturally formed... rounding off, the universe's fixed numbers."

"Approximate: Zero."

This meant that within ten meters of Zhao Yi, there was nothing of value.

The Spiritual Qi in his body was depleted by thirty percent.

"Holy shit, it really works."

At this moment, Zhao Yi was so excited he almost jumped up. He had never heard of anyone being able to use a Spell inside a mine tunnel.

"Again."

This time, Zhao Yi decided to try again. After pressing his entire body against the rock, his hands formed a seal.

"Approximation Technique."

"Within twenty meters,"

"The Great Dao is Simple, approximation is naturally formed... rounding off, the universe's fixed numbers."

"Approximate: Two Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"Yes!"

"It worked."

Zhao Yi was overjoyed.

"Digging within twenty meters, there are two Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

There was still thirty percent of Spiritual Qi in his body. With his Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivation, it was enough for Zhao Yi to dig twenty meters.

Swinging the hoe, the thumping sounds began.

[You have mined a Low-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points +1.]

[You have mined a Low-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points +1.]

The two consecutive Low-Grade Spirit Stones were found within less than fifteen minutes of each other.

Zhao Yi held the Spirit Stones in his hand.

"The efficiency is high, but it's a bit taxing on my cultivation."

Zhao Yi shook his head and turned to leave the mine tunnel.

Having used the Approximation Technique twice in a row, ninety percent of the Spiritual Qi in his body was gone. Combined with the effort of digging those two Spirit Stones, he didn't even know how he managed to walk out of the Spirit Stone Mine.

After leaving the mine, Zhao Yi ignored the people pointing at him, returned to his cultivation room, and fell fast asleep.

When Zhao Yi woke up the next day, he still felt a bit weak.

"It seems this Approximation Technique can only be used once a day. My body simply can't handle using it twice."

"System."

[Miner: Zhao Yi]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Seventh Layer (Insufficient experience points, cannot level up)]

[experience points: 22/160]

[Rewards: None]

"Twenty-two experience points. To Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer requires one hundred and sixty experience points. I need to hurry up and mine Spirit Stones; I can't be lazy."

On the way to the Spirit Stone Mine, there were always people following Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi didn't take it to heart, assuming it was because he had mined a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone and attracted attention.

...

The Bai Family.

Bai Jia Gang was carried back for the second time.

The first time was because of the stampede in the Seventeenth Branch Tunnel.

Because Zhao Yi had exposed the Seventeenth Branch Tunnel, it caused the Cultivators from the first layer of the mine to swarm into it. Bai Jia Gang, who had driven Zhao Yi away, could initially rely on the Bai family name to intimidate a few people.

But as more and more Cultivators gathered, a stampede occurred.

If not for his Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivation, he probably would have died there.

After finally getting a bit better, he went to find trouble with Zhao Yi, only to be kicked back again.

"Keep a close eye on him for me."

"I want revenge~"

"I'm going to kill him~"

Bai Jia Gang, lying on the bed, said furiously.

...

Inside the Spirit Stone Mine,

Zhao Yi held his hoe,

The thumping sounds rang out continuously.

After using the Approximation Technique once, he discovered the downside of this Spell.

For example, now, he knew there were no Spirit Stones within twenty meters, but should he dig or not?

If he didn't dig, there might be Spirit Stones after twenty meters.

If he did dig, there were no Spirit Stones within twenty meters. Wasn't that a waste of time?

"It's my fault for having too low a cultivation. If I could use the Approximation Technique seven or eight times a day, it wouldn't be like this."

Knowing there were no Spirit Stones within twenty meters, Zhao Yi swung his hoe and just focused on digging inward.

Outside the mine tunnel, several figures were acting suspiciously.

But since they didn't enter this branch tunnel, Zhao Yi didn't bother with them.

That day, unsurprisingly, Zhao Yi came up empty-handed.

The next day, Zhao Yi continued to come up empty-handed.

But looking closely at the tunnel Zhao Yi dug, it was completely different from others. The tunnel he dug was only fifty centimeters wide, just enough for one person to pass through, yet it was twenty meters deep.

This didn't look like mining for Spirit Stones; it looked more like digging a tunnel.

On the third day, Zhao Yi walked to yesterday's position, leaned against the wall as usual, and cast the Approximation Technique, his hands forming a seal.

"Approximation Technique."

"Within twenty meters,"

"The Great Dao is Simple, approximation is naturally formed... rounding off, the universe's fixed numbers."

"Approximate: Eighteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"What?"

"Eighteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones?"

Having gotten zero for two consecutive days, Zhao Yi had become accustomed to it. Suddenly hearing 'eighteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones,' he was stunned for a moment.

"Holy crap."

"Dig, hurry up and dig."

As the thumping sounds began, Zhao Yi swung his hoe, his speed noticeably much faster than yesterday.

[You have mined a Low-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points +1.]

As the rocks continued to fall, the System notification sounds rang out in Zhao Yi's ears repeatedly.

"Eighteen. All the Spirit Stones within a twenty-meter radius have been dug out."

While Zhao Yi had been digging a passage for the past two days, today he had excavated a whole room.

"Eighteen experience points gained."

"Done, time to pack up."

There wasn't much time left to stay in the mine.

Unsurprisingly, Zhao Yi was the last one to leave the Spirit Stone Mine again today.

Upon hearing 'eighteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones,' the expressionless Bai Chuanfeng's face twitched slightly.

Zhao Yi didn't notice Bai Chuanfeng's micro-expression; he was calculating which direction to dig tomorrow.

The night passed in silence.

The next day, Zhao Yi lined up to enter the Lesser Strange Spirit Stone Mine.

"Strange, when did this bunch of guys become so diligent?"

Upon entering the main mine tunnel, Zhao Yi discovered that the Cultivators entering the mine were gathered in small groups, but their attention was clearly on him.

"This is trouble. The news of me digging up eighteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones yesterday must have been leaked."

Inevitably, Bai Chuanfeng's figure surfaced in Zhao Yi's mind.

"It must be him."

"Dammit, I just want to mine Spirit Stones in peace. Why are they always looking for trouble for me?"

As more and more Cultivators gathered, Zhao Yi gritted his teeth. He couldn't delay any longer.