65: Chapter 65 How many high-grade spirit stones did they dig up?

"Damn it, how did that woman become a Soul Transformation Cultivator?"

If Bai Yucheng hadn't run away so urgently and convincingly, Zhao Yi would have thought this person was setting him up.

Slap!

Zhao Yi slapped his own face.

"That's what you get for being soft-hearted. Why didn't you just shatter her Golden Core with one swing of the hoe back then?"

"Now we're screwed. She went straight from the Golden Core stage to the Soul Transformation stage."

Zhao Yi ducked his head, imagining the scene of two Soul Transformation Cultivators surrounding him.

"No, no, I need to dig for Spirit Stones immediately. I need to save up enough experience points to reach the Late Nascent Soul Stage at the very least."

"Approximation Technique."

"Within forty meters."

"The Great Dao is Simple, approximations come naturally, numbers arise from the heart..."

Zhao Yi was anxious and didn't even realize he had increased the range of his Approximation Technique from twenty meters to forty meters.

When the golden characters transformed into Approximate, Zhao Yi rubbed his eyes.

"Approximate, why have you become so small?"

The current Approximate was half the size it used to be.

"You..."

"Forget it, this isn't the time to nitpick. Hurry up and take me to find Spirit Stones."

"Want this?"

"Understand?"

Zhao Yi took out a High-Grade Spirit Stone and threw it to Approximate.

To be honest, he felt a bit of heartache. He had already fed two of the four High-Grade Spirit Stones to Approximate, and the rest had to be handed over to the academy. Zhao Yi was basically working for nothing.

Crunch, crunch.

Approximate didn't know how to be polite at all; it swallowed that High-Grade Spirit Stone in just two bites, which made the corners of Zhao Yi's eyes twitch.

A total wastrel of a dog.

After eating the High-Grade Spirit Stone, Approximate wiggled its waist, walked on its short little legs, and trotted along the main mine tunnel.

Zhao Yi hurriedly followed.

After passing through who knows how many branch tunnels, Approximate stopped and sat at the entrance of a branch tunnel, waiting for Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi looked at this mine tunnel; the rocks inside were chaotic, and there wasn't even a stone Teleportation Array set up. This meant that this branch tunnel had never been deeply excavated.

And branch tunnels that hadn't been deeply excavated basically had nothing in them.

"Damn it!"

"Silly Dog, are you sure there are High-Grade Spirit Stones in there?"

"It's not like before; my time is very tight."

"Woof~"

Approximate's gaze held a sense of urgency.

Zhao Yi...

"Fine, I believe you!"

"Come on!"

With a shout, the great sumeru treasure hoe appeared in Zhao Yi's hand.

Bang!

He didn't know if it was his imagination, but the hoe seemed much lighter now.

"Could it be that devouring the artifact spirit of the xuanqiong shield has this kind of benefit?"

Though he was puzzled, Zhao Yi's hands didn't stop. Rocks fell, and the sound of banging echoed in the mine tunnel.

【You have dug up a High-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 100.】

"What?"

Zhao Yi didn't seem to hear the System prompt clearly, so he hurriedly rummaged through the rocks.

"It really is a High-Grade Spirit Stone?"

"Big Brother, you're capable. You've got some tricks."

When he wasn't happy, it was Silly Dog or Dead Dog; when he was happy, it was Big Brother. It was a good thing Approximate was formed from a Spell, otherwise, any dog demon with a refined throat bone would have cursed him out.

After digging out a High-Grade Spirit Stone, Zhao Yi was in a great mood. He gained one hundred experience points and also made up for the loss from what Approximate ate, so he was very comforted.

"Again!"

The banging sound started again.

He didn't know if he had used up all his luck at the beginning, but for the next half a day, Zhao Yi didn't even see a single Low-Grade Spirit Stone.

"Silly Dog, come here!"

"Are there any more Spirit Stones here?"

"Woof!"

"Big Brother, I don't understand dog language. Are there any more Spirit Stones here?"

"Woof!"

Zhao Yi was numb and had to take out the High-Grade Spirit Stone from earlier.

"This..."

"Where else are there?"

Before the Spirit Stone even landed, it was caught by Approximate mid-air, and it devoured it in two crunches.

"Woof woof woof!"

Approximate lay on the mine tunnel wall that Zhao Yi had just dug and barked.

"You mean there are still High-Grade Spirit Stones here?"

Zhao Yi...

For some reason, he felt like an idiot.

At the same time, he realized something.

"That's not right, Dead Dog, when did you develop the bad habit of not working unless you get paid?"

"You just wait, when I survive this tribulation, we will settle accounts properly."

Zhao Yi was numb.

He was actually negotiating and bargaining with his own Spell. Where is the justice in this?

Although Zhao Yi was grumbling, his hands didn't stop. A moment later, the System prompt came again.

【You have dug up a High-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 100.】

"Another High-Grade Spirit Stone?"

"This branch tunnel is really strange."

Zhao Yi had been digging for so long and had only dug up two High-Grade Spirit Stones; he hadn't even dug up a single Medium or Low-Grade Spirit Stone.

This was Heaven-Defying. In other branch tunnels, which one didn't have a mix of High, Medium, and Low Spirit Stones?

About half a quarter of an hour later, another prompt sounded.

【You have dug up a High-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 100.】

"System."

【Miner: Zhao Yi】

【Cultivation: Mid Nascent Soul Stage (Insufficient experience points, cannot upgrade)】

【experience points: 1356 / 1600】

【Reward: None】

Looking at the System panel, Zhao Yi narrowed his eyes.

"Digging three more High-Grade Spirit Stones will be enough experience points to reach the Late Nascent Soul Stage."

"I don't know how long it will take for that woman to undergo her tribulation, so I need to hurry."

Zhao Yi swung his hoe, digging for a whole day and night.

The entire mine tunnel had been dug a circle larger.

As a result, there was nothing.

"Silly Dog, I will never trust you again."

With one swing of the hoe, Zhao Yi paused.

【You have dug up a piece of White Iron Stone, experience points + 15.】

【First time digging up White Iron Stone, Reward: good luck card (150 seconds)】

"White Iron Stone?"

Zhao Yi looked at the white iron stone brought out by the great sumeru treasure hoe; it was the size of a washbasin, but estimated to weigh over five hundred catties.

The white iron refined from this White Iron Stone was the main Material for crafting sword-type Magical Artifacts.

"Approximate, come here, look at these three mine walls, which one has Spirit Stones?"

The petite Approximate, holding its belly, wiggling its butt, and tucking its tail, walked to the mine wall in front of Zhao Yi without hesitation.

Zhao Yi...

He suspected that Approximate was brushing him off, but he couldn't find any evidence.

"Fine!"

"I'll trust you one more time."

"System, claim reward."

What was a White Iron Stone? Zhao Yi didn't even want to put it into his Storage Pouch; the good luck card rewarded by the System was his true love.

As a 150-second countdown appeared in his eyes.

Zhao Yi pushed his hand speed to the limit.

The power of his Mid Nascent Soul Stage burst forth, pouring into the great sumeru treasure hoe, not caring whether it could withstand it or not.

At such speed, the mine wall in front of Zhao Yi was like a landslide; a large amount of rock fell, startling Approximate.

But soon, Approximate's eyes lit up because it found High-Grade Spirit Stones in the rocks.

And by Zhao Yi's ears, System prompts kept coming.

【You have dug up a High-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 100.】

【You have dug up a High-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points + 100.】

【You have dug up a piece of White Iron Stone, experience points + 15.】

...

The prompts continued, all of them being High-Grade Spirit Stones, with the sound of White Iron Stone appearing once or twice.

150 seconds was not long, nor was it short, especially for a Cultivator of Zhao Yi's level, Mid Nascent Soul Stage.

Swinging the hoe thousands of times, he felt no pressure at all.

3... 2... 1...

"Okay, the good luck card is used up."

Zhao Yi leaned on the handle of the hoe, panting heavily.

One hundred and fifty seconds of extreme effort almost dug his heart out.

But turning around to look at the mountain-like pile of Spirit Stones, he was stunned.

"How many High-Grade Spirit Stones were dug up?"