84: Chapter 84 Anning Prefecture Mining Commissioner

A dead mine?

"Damn it, no wonder I couldn't dig up a single Low-Grade Spirit Stone for the past ten days or so; I thought it was just my bad Luck." Zhao Yi was speechless.

In the nascent stage of a Spiritual Vein, the Spiritual Vein absorbs Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth. At this time, Spiritual Qi gathers, and outside the Spiritual Vein, all living things rely on the Spiritual Vein to Cultivate, creating a scene of prosperity.

In the middle stage of a Spiritual Vein, after eons of gathering Spiritual Qi, Spirit Stones are finally born within the mountain rocks and soil. However, at this time, the Spiritual Vein neither absorbs nor releases Spiritual Qi. Because of the accumulation of billions of Spirit Stones, the entire mine becomes a forbidden zone for techniques.

A Spiritual Vein in its middle stage is just an ordinary Spirit Stone mine.

If these Spirit Stone mines are not mined by anyone, they will continue to evolve into Luck Dragon Veins, becoming an immortal fate for Cultivators, or the evolution will fail, leading to total extinction, where the Spirit Stones dissipate and return to heaven and earth as Spiritual Qi.

Of course, the timescale for this is measured in eons, and unless one pays special attention, it is impossible to notice.

The Lushan Spirit Stone Mine is clearly a dead mine; four Top-Grade Spirit Stones, a bit of incense—that is the ending the Spiritual Vein gave itself.

"So it means the Lushan Spirit Stone Mine ended before it even began." Zhao Yi was speechless.

Compared to Zhao Yi's speechlessness, Li Yingzhen was even more dejected.

"How could it be like this?"

"Why would Immortal Father conspire against me?"

Zhao Yi also felt something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

A moment later.

"The Second Master and the Eleventh Master have arrived!"

"Hmm?"

"Why are they here?"

Li Yingzhen immediately wiped away her dejected expression and became expressionless.

Zhao Yi also retreated into a corner. These were masters, and he couldn't afford to offend them.

"Hahaha, Fourth Brother, I heard your Spirit Stone mine struck it rich?"

"You dug up four Top-Grade Spirit Stones right from the start; that's four million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, which converts to four hundred million purple gold coins."

"We brothers congratulate you on getting rich!"

Before the person arrived, the voice of the Eleventh Prince, Li Yingzi, came from afar.

Zhao Yi didn't know what the ruler of the Great Yin Immortal Dynasty looked like, but the three people in the living room were all rare and handsome men, on par with him.

In fact, it was just that Zhao Yi's brain hadn't turned the corner; in the Xianxia world, is appearance a problem?

As long as one's cultivation is a bit higher, who isn't a handsome man or a beautiful woman?

Facing her two brothers, Li Yingzhen's face was calm; no one could tell what she was thinking.

"Everyone knows Ninth Brother is the God of Wealth, and now Fourth Brother is rich too; the poor ones are us brothers." Li Yingzi said sarcastically.

Li Yingzhen seemed not to have heard Li Yingzi's words and said indifferently, "Sit."

With a wave of her hand, clouds appeared as seats. Zhao Yi looked at the cloud seat in front of him, stunned. He had one too?

Can this be sat on?

Then he thought, damn it, I'm already a Cultivator, and a Death Cultivator who mines at that, why should I care about this?

So he plopped down onto the cloud seat.

"Hmm, where did this servant come from, so disrespectful? He can actually sit on equal footing with us?"

"Spirit Transformation Cultivator Zhao Yi, a Reversal Cultivator!"

Hearing Li Yingzhen's words, Zhao Yi's heart skipped a beat.

"Fourth Master is joking, what Reversal Cultivator?"

"I'm just someone who mines."

"Oh, so you are Zhao Yi." The two princes became interested in Zhao Yi.

"Spirit Transformation Zhao, we all have Spirit Stone mines in Anning Prefecture, but that bunch of idiots digs too slowly. I wonder if you can help us?" The Second Prince, Li Yingren, asked with a grin.

"Yes, yes."

"I have a medium-sized Spirit Stone mine in Anning Prefecture. The Spirit Stones mined each year, when converted to Low-Grade Spirit Stones, are barely over fifty thousand. This amount of Spirit Stones is almost leaving me to drink the northwest wind."

"Fourth Brother, you must let Spirit Transformation Zhao help us."

Zhao Yi... His head was a bit dizzy. Just now, he was worried about where to go to earn experience points after the Lushan Spirit Stone Mine was gone.

Now someone had delivered themselves to his doorstep. Is mining Spirit Stones so popular now?

In fact, what Zhao Yi didn't know was that most Cultivators who could go down into mines to dig for Spirit Stones were those with no hope of a Breakthrough and little Lifespan left.

Most of these Cultivators were low-level Cultivators, with the majority being Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

By the Golden Core Stage, those Golden Core True Persons have a Lifespan of eight hundred years, and very few are willing to go down into mines.

For example, the three Golden Cores of the Bai family being willing to mine in the Great White Spirit Stone Mine is already a rarity. Didn't you see when Zhao Yi first arrived at the Great White Spirit Stone Mine, even the Nascent Soul True Monarch Gao Ling had to give them three points of respect?

Why is this? It's just scarcity.

As for a Spirit Transformation Cultivator mining, since the establishment of the Great Yin Immortal Dynasty, only Zhao Yi has appeared. It is no surprise that Zhao Yi, who came to the Great Yin Immortal Capital, aroused the interest of the two princes.

"Two brothers, you came just in time."

"Because Ninth Brother received the Immortal Father's favor, he has been stationed in Anning for a thousand years. In these thousand years, he has soared and become the God of Wealth among all the brothers; it is unknown what Realm his cultivation has reached."

"If it weren't for Zhao Yi sending four Top-Grade Spirit Stones this time, I'm afraid I would have had a hard time wrapping things up..."

"Speaking of which, I'm not afraid of you laughing, but last time when I went to the Chaotian Spirit Realm in Anning Prefecture, I saw High-Grade Spirit Stones paved under my feet and almost couldn't help but pry two off."

Li Yingzhen shook her head, talking about her own embarrassing story.

As princes, Li Yingren and Li Yingzi were considered knowledgeable, but hearing about High-Grade Spirit Stones paving the ground, they were still a bit shocked.

Those were High-Grade Spirit Stones, not middle or Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Even though they were princes, they couldn't see a few of them all year round.

"Also, excuse me for being a laughingstock to you two brothers, but my Lushan Spirit Stone Mine is a dead mine."

"A bit of incense, four Top-Grade Spirit Stones—you should have heard of it, right?"

Zhao Yi, who was nearby, was confused and didn't understand at all what Li Yingzhen was rambling about.

Meanwhile, Li Yingren and Li Yingzi beside him were already stunned.

"You even dug out the final glory of a dead mine?"

"What kind of monster is this?"

"Is a Spirit Transformation Cultivator really that powerful at mining?"

The two men's reactions made Zhao Yi feel that something was wrong.

Could it be that digging out those four Top-Grade Spirit Stones was difficult?

He didn't think so.

Zhao Yi completely forgot how he had run around Lu Mountain for more than ten days looking for the Spiritual Vein; if not for Approximate's help, he would probably still have nothing to show for it.

"So..."

"I plan to recommend him to go to Anning Prefecture to be the Mining Envoy of Anning Prefecture."

"Firstly, this can help us keep an eye on Ninth Brother."

"Secondly, with Zhao Yi's help, the Spirit Stones mined from you two brothers' Spirit Stone mines will inevitably skyrocket."

When Li Yingzhen said this, Li Yingren and Li Yingzi stopped talking, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.

A moment later, Li Yingren shook his head and said, "His cultivation is too low, only at the Spirit Transformation level. Even with the three of us brothers standing behind him, I'm afraid he won't be a match for Ninth Brother and the Sect behind him."

"Don't forget."

"For a thousand years, more than seven hundred Mining Envoys of Anning Prefecture have died, and recently, the position has been vacant for a hundred years."

"If you let Zhao Yi be the Mining Envoy of Anning Prefecture, you are harming him, not helping him. It would be better to just let him help us mine directly."

In the living room, three Divine Thoughts suddenly descended. There was no need to ask; this was the three of them, Li Yingzhen, communicating via Divine Thoughts.

As the three of them chatted, the expressions of Li Yingren and Li Yingzi became uglier.

After a short half-day, Li Yingren clapped his hands, smashing the cloud seat to pieces.

"No need to say anything more. Tomorrow, we will recommend Zhao Yi as the Mining Envoy of Anning Prefecture."