56: Chapter 56 He is Zhao Yi
Unfortunately, Zhao Yi was busy burying his head in the rocks; how could he possibly see the jade boat in the sky?
Deep within the main tunnel of the Great White Spirit Stone Mine,
γ You have dug up one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 1. γ
"Holy crap, I finally dug up a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone."
Zhao Yi had thought that since this was a large Spiritual Vein, the density of Spirit Stones would also be high. Little did he know, after swinging his hoe for half a day, he only got one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone. This was much worse than the Lesser Strange Spirit Stone Mine.
"System!"
γ Miner: Zhao Yi γ
γ Cultivation: Early Nascent Soul Stage (Insufficient experience points, cannot upgrade) γ
γ experience points: 5 / 800 γ
γ Reward: None γ
"To achieve a Breakthrough to the Early Nascent Soul Stage, I need to dig eight hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."
"Damn it, I only dug one today. At this rate, won't it take eight hundred days?"
Zhao Yi was anxious.
Thinking about going back to the Lesser Strange Spirit Stone Mine and that Soul Transformation old monster, Zhao Yi's scalp tingled, and he lost his nerve.
Fine, I'll just dig slowly.
Sitting on the handle of his hoe, Zhao Yi scraped that Mid-Grade Spirit Stone out from the rocks.
Seeing Zhao Yi take out a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone from the rocks, those three Golden Core True Persons finally couldn't hold back anymore.
"Junior, that's not how you dig for Spirit Stones."
"Look at all these..."
"The rocks are almost piling up. You need to push them into the Teleportation Array in time, otherwise, it will affect our mining."
These three Golden Core True Persons had white hair and beards, and their bodies were filled with an aura of decay. One look was enough to tell that they had no hope of a Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage and had little Lifespan left.
Zhao Yi...
What is this?
Are they teaching him how to mine?
However, adhering to the tradition of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, Zhao Yi didn't argue and quickly said, "Yes, yes..."
"I'll deal with it right away."
"Hmm?"
Upon handling it, Zhao Yi couldn't hold it together anymore.
It turned out that among the rocks he had dug up this morning, there wasn't a single Low-Grade Spirit Stone left.
"This isn't right."
"I clearly remember there being Spirit Stones in the rocks I dug out."
Walking over from the Teleportation Array in the distance, he saw the three Golden Core Cultivators with their attendants picking through the rocks he had just dug up.
"Everyone, what is the meaning of this?"
Zhao Yi looked at the Low-Grade Spirit Stones in their hands; there was quite a number of them.
"Junior, didn't you look down on these Low-Grade Spirit Stones?"
"We don't mind them."
"No need to thank us, and no need to pay us a labor fee."
Zhao Yi...
This familiar feeling.
"Holy crap, you guys aren't surnamed Bai, are you?"
The three Golden Core True Persons were stunned,
"Do you know us?"
Zhao Yi...
Damn it, he knew it felt so familiar. The same familiar feeling, the same familiar recipe.
"No, I don't! I don't!"
Zhao Yi quickly waved his hands,
"Everyone, although I don't look down on these Low-Grade Spirit Stones, taking them without asking is stealing, right?"
The Spirit Stone mine was a place where techniques were forbidden, but that didn't affect Zhao Yi's ability to use his Nascent Soul power in the slightest.
Upon seeing the layer of white light around Zhao Yi, the three Golden Core True Persons had complicated expressions,
"Is this the light of a Nascent Soul?"
"It's truly beautiful!"
"Unfortunately, we..."
"Wait, you are a Nascent Soul True Monarch? A Nascent Soul True Monarch digging for mines?"
The three Golden Core Cultivators and their attendants looked at Zhao Yi in shock, their brains short-circuiting.
Nascent Soul! Something they wanted but couldn't attain, yet Zhao Yi had actually ruined his own path and came here to dig for Spirit Stones.
"This, this..."
The three Golden Core True Persons looked at Zhao Yi, unable to say anything for a moment.
"You..."
"Can you return the Spirit Stones to me now?"
Zhao Yi thought that by revealing his true cultivation, he could intimidate the three Golden Core True Persons, but he had underestimated their greed.
"What Spirit Stones?"
"True Monarch, these Spirit Stones will only increase your tribulations. We are old and don't have much Lifespan left, so we are willing to bear these tribulations for you."
Zhao Yi...
He was speechless. They really deserved to be surnamed Bai; it was truly the same bloodline. Zhao Yi couldn't understand this train of thought, and he didn't want to.
As his figure flashed, cries of "Ouch" erupted everywhere,
"Hand over the Spirit Stones you picked up, and I can pretend nothing happened."
Zhao Yi flexed his wrists. He had been holding back just now, afraid of accidentally killing these three old guys.
"Rude!"
"Are you even a student of the academy?"
"We are going to report you to the Elder."
The three of them, supported by their attendants, prepared to leave,
"Leave the Spirit Stones behind."
Zhao Yi leaned on his great sumeru treasure hoe, his killing intent rising.
"Hmph!"
"Give them to him."
Several attendants poured out a pile of Spirit Stones with a clatter.
"You will regret this, let's go!"
This time Zhao Yi didn't stop them, watching the three Golden Core Cultivators and their attendants disappear into the mine tunnel.
"Bringing attendants to mine."
"But thinking about it, it seems like a pretty good idea. If someone helped me pick up the Spirit Stones, these kinds of things wouldn't happen."
For some inexplicable reason, Zhou Yan's figure appeared in Zhao Yi's mind.
Slap!
Zhao Yi slapped himself in the face,
"Cheap!"
"Why are you still thinking about her?"
"Just mine honestly."
The sounds of bang, bang, bang rang out in the mine tunnel.
...
White Spirit Cave.
Gao Ling was about to cry.
"Three Immortal Masters, grandfathers, Old Ancestors..."
"You're not digging anymore? How can that be?"
"You are the main workforce of the Spirit Stone mine right now. If you don't dig for Spirit Stones, the academy will run out of Spirit Stones next month. How am I supposed to explain this to the academy then?"
"That's none of our business. Anyway, either it's us or that True Lord Zhao. If True Lord Zhao stays, we leave."
"Hmph, isn't he a Nascent Soul True Monarch? Let him dig by himself. We aren't serving him."
The three Golden Core Cultivators exchanged glances and turned to leave.
Picking up Zhao Yi's Spirit Stones was intentional, and playing dumb with Zhao Yi was also intentional; the goal was to drive Zhao Yi away.
The Great White Spirit Stone Mine didn't need a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator to dig for Spirit Stones.
Gao Ling...
She pulled at her hair; she knew Zhao Yi would cause trouble, but she didn't expect that in just one day, three Golden Core True Persons would leave.
"What should I do now?"
"Should I go ask Zhao Yi how many Spirit Stones he can dig in a day?"
Lingran Realm.
The three Golden Core Cultivators returned, cursing and swearing, which naturally caught the attention of Bai Yucheng.
"Boss, let me tell you, it's not that we aren't keeping our word; it's that the Cultivation Academy started playing dirty tricks first."
"They actually sent a Nascent Soul True Monarch into the mine to dig for Spirit Stones."
"Heh heh, is that really for digging Spirit Stones?"
"It's obviously to give us a hard time."
Bai Yucheng...
With a wave of his hand, a full-body image of Zhao Yi appeared in mid-air.
"Is it him?"
"Eh, it's him. What? Boss, do you know him?"
Bai Yucheng shook his head.
"He is Zhao Yi."
"He made my centuries-long planning in the Lesser Strange Spirit Stone Mine fall short of success."
"What's going on?"
The three old Golden Core men asked. Although they were in the Great White Spirit Stone Mine, they had also mined in the Lesser Strange Spirit Stone Mine.
Bai Yucheng then explained how the Bai family in Pingcheng County was destroyed and how Ye Qingyang's refining of the azure blood pill failed, telling the whole story.
"What? The azure blood pill is gone?"
"What about Ninth Master?"
Bai Yucheng waved his hand,
"There was a girl in the original Pingcheng County branch named Bai Miyao. She caught the eye of Ninth Master and was taken as a servant, exempting our Bai clan from this batch of azure blood pills."
Hearing Bai Yucheng say this, the three Golden Core men breathed a sigh of relief.
"Does that mean that Zhao Yi is still an enemy of our Bai clan?"
"Damn it, I'm going to kill him right now."
"Yuzhong, don't be impulsive. That is a Nascent Soul True Monarch. You, a Golden Core Cultivator with little Lifespan left and declining cultivation, are going to go over there and get yourself killed?"
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