59: Chapter 59 Thank you!

Since the Breakthrough, the power of the Nascent Soul, compressed from the Spiritual Qi within the body, could finally no longer keep up with the Nascent Soul's absorption.

Zhao Yi's Nascent Soul opened its eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

Looking up at the Dantian was like looking up at a sea of stars.

Those twinkling starlights were the unabsorbed power of the Nascent Soul, and the gray, rapidly flowing mist was the uncompressed Spiritual Qi.

"I once heard that the human body is like a Universe. I used to think it was a lie, but now looking at it, the Dantian is truly like a Grandmist Universe."

With his consciousness inside the Nascent Soul, he had a very contradictory feeling; the Dantian seemed vast, and the Nascent Soul stood within it, appearing boundless.

Yet, from the outside, the Dantian was like an egg, not even the size of a fist.

"What the hell!"

"How do I get out?"

After trying to feel his way around, Zhao Yi realized he didn't know how to detach his consciousness from the Nascent Soul.

"This joke has gone too far."

Then, Zhao Yi's Nascent Soul acted like a monkey, jumping up and down, but no matter how he struggled, he couldn't detach from the Nascent Soul.

"Damn it."

"This is ridiculous!"

Zhao Yi simply lay down in the Void Realm of his Dantian; after struggling for so long, he was a bit exhausted.

"Damn! I won't be trapped and die in my Dantian, will I? I'd be laughed to death!"

Zhao Yi closed his eyes, recalling how he had entered the Nascent Soul, and then opened them again.

"Huh!"

"I'm out?"

Looking back at his Dantian, a youth was lying there, seemingly asleep yet awake. With every breath, a massive amount of the power of the Nascent Soul completed a major circulation.

"Is this the Mid Nascent Soul Stage?"

No one answered Zhao Yi, and no one celebrated for him.

"Snore~"

Only a snoring sound came, breaking the silence of the cultivation room.

"Approximate?"

"You Silly Dog, aren't you a manifestation of a Spell? Why do you still need to sleep?"

"Also, how did you get in here?"

"Woof woof woof~"

The only answer to Zhao Yi was the dog's barking and its tail wagging so hard it seemed like it would break.

"What a truly Silly Dog."

"Let's go, let's go, time to mine Spirit Stone."

Having just achieved a Breakthrough in his cultivation, Zhao Yi dragged Approximate and arrived at the Great White Spirit Stone Mine once again.

"True Lord Zhao~"

Gao Ling felt as if she had turned into a stone statue waiting for her husband, waiting for Zhao Yi on the mountain every day.

"What is this?"

"Were you waiting specifically for me?"

Zhao Yi was secretly vigilant; he was truly afraid of female Cultivators.

"No, it is not she who is waiting for you."

"It is this old man."

"Are you Zhao Yi?"

"The one who graduated from the Cultivation Academy at the Qi Refining Third Layer?"

"Is there any dissatisfaction with the Cultivation Academy?"

A figure appeared silently behind Zhao Yi, giving him a fright.

"A Spirit Transformation Cultivator Elder?"

"Disciple Zhao Yi pays respects to Elder Fan."

Having been in the Cultivation Academy for thirty years, some things had already seeped into Zhao Yi's bones.

For instance, facing these Spirit Transformation Cultivator Elders.

Fan De waved his hand, and a curtain of light obscured him and Zhao Yi.

"Elder Bai was supposed to come, but his explosive temper..."

"You should know about it."

"Tell me about your situation."

Zhao Yi...

Say what? Say he had a System, and the experience points from mining Spirit Stone could improve his cultivation?

If he really said that, wouldn't Fan De drag him away to be sliced up for research?

"This Disciple is ashamed..."

"I only have sincere gratitude for the Cultivation Academy. If it weren't for the Academy's cultivation, how could I have learned all sorts of Spells and such profound Cultivation Technique like the Azure Spirit Scripture."

"As for why I graduated at the Qi Refining Third Layer?"

"That is because this Disciple's talent is dull, and I cannot blame the Academy."

Fan De...

"Then how do you explain your current cultivation?"

"Mid Nascent Soul Stage. From the Qi Refining Third Layer to now, in just a few years, you've jumped three major Realms. Don't tell me this was mined out from mining Spirit Stone?"

Zhao Yi's eyes lit up, and he said decisively, "Elder, you guessed right."

"Indeed, when this Disciple was mining, I felt that once one thing was understood, everything else became clear. Problems that were originally obscure and difficult to understand suddenly became clear."

"Plus, with a bit of luck, I mined more Spirit Stone, so this cultivation inevitably advanced by leaps and bounds."

Fan De...

Gao Ling...

Both of them looked at Zhao Yi with inexplicable expressions, their faces full of disbelief.

This is too absurd. Mining Spirit Stone only makes the world detest you and cuts off your own Dao path; how could it help with cultivation?

Isn't this obviously nonsense?

"You..."

"Cultivating too fast leads to an unstable Dao foundation; when the time comes, the Lightning Tribulation will be difficult..."

Halfway through, Fan De stopped.

Zhao Yi was already a Death Cultivator; would he still care about Lightning Tribulation?

"Sigh!"

"What a pity."

Fan De was very regretful, then changed the subject, no longer dwelling on Zhao Yi's cultivation.

"You might not know yet,"

"Old Monster Ding, Old Ancestor Huang, and other Spirit Transformation Cultivators have all come looking for you, wanting you to go mine in their Spirit Stone mines."

"For these Spirit Transformation Cultivators, you can refuse if you want to; the Academy can still handle it."

"But I heard that Ninth Master also wants to recruit you. You will have to handle this yourself."

Zhao Yi said, "Ninth Master?"

"Which Ninth Master?"

Fan De pointed to the sky,

"The current Immortal Emperor's ninth son, who is now stationed in Anning Prefecture."

Zhao Yi...

"The Immortal Emperor's ninth son?"

"Recruiting me, a Death Cultivator?"

Shaking his head, Zhao Yi didn't quite believe it.

"Elder, is there anything else?"

"If not, I'm going down to mine."

Fan De stroked his short beard,

"Naturally, there is."

"The various Elders of the Academy just made a decision; because you are a Disciple of the Academy, the Spirit Stone mined from the Spirit Stone mine in the future will be split fifty-fifty."

"Keep it up!"

"Hurry up and mine all the Spirit Stone inside; the Academy is currently too short on Spirit Stone."

"Fifty-fifty split?"

"That sounds great."

Zhao Yi didn't feel anything yet, but he didn't see that Gao Ling was already covering her mouth.

Whether it was the Immortal Dynasty or the Sect, she had never heard of mined Spirit Stone being split fifty-fifty.

Zhao Yi was the first one in history to have this happen.

"Boom!"

The thunder that appeared out of thin air made Zhao Yi shrink his head.

"Elder, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

"A fifty-fifty split..."

"I might agree, but it won't!"

Zhao Yi also pointed to the sky; damn it,

he had made a Dao vow, so there was no way to change the fifty-fifty split; he had just been happy for nothing.

Who knew that Fan De didn't care at all,

"Gao Ling, from now on, take two-tenths of the Spirit Stone that Zhao Yi hands in and give it to him as a subsidy. Remember, this is a subsidy from the Academy to Zhao Yi, understand?"

"Ah?"

Gao Ling's brain was completely muddled; could it be done this way?

Zhao Yi...

He looked at Fan De with surprise; no wonder he became an Elder, his brain was indeed extraordinary.

"In that case, many thanks, Elder Fan."

Fan De nodded.

"Work hard!"

"As for your cultivation, suppress it if you can. No one knows what kind of Tribulation a Death Cultivator faces when breaking through to Soul Transformation. You are cultivating too fast; be careful not to get yourself killed."

"Here, this is my jade token. Take it, and you can roam the entire Scripture Pavilion of the Academy."

Zhao Yi didn't take the jade token but asked, "Why?"

"Why else? I just hope you have more means of self-preservation so you can live a bit longer and help the Academy mine more Spirit Stone."

"Hmph! I'm not kind enough to help you for nothing!"

"Take it!"

Fan De's figure was no longer in front of him, leaving only the jade token hovering in front of Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi took the jade token with both hands and said solemnly, "Many thanks!"

Once Fan De left, Zhao Yi didn't linger and went directly into the mine tunnel.

Just as he entered the mine, several more streaks of light descended.