92: Chapter 92 The Miner Addicted to Mining

"No."

"Only the documents, no official seal, we don't recognize it."

At the critical moment, the clever Sixth's eyes darted around, as if he had found a loophole in Zhao Yi's story.

"Ouch!"

What answered him was Zhao Yi's official seal.

To be honest, Zhao Yi didn't even know what was engraved on that official seal, but that didn't stop him from bashing Sixth's head until it bled.

"How about it?"

"Can I go in now?"

In the distance of the mine, some Cultivators who had come to mine were trembling with fear; they were certainly seeing something new—someone actually dared to hit the Seven Great Vajras of Jishan.

"You..."

Zhao Yi found it somewhat amusing to see how furious they were.

"What?"

"Are you trying to pick a fight with me?"

He cracked his knuckles, making a popping sound.

"Although I am a Death Cultivator, I also know a bit about martial arts."

As he spoke, he fully released his Early Stage Void Refining cultivation.

At that moment, it felt as if the sky had darkened.

"A... a Void Refining Stage Cultivator..."

"How... how did your cultivation Breakthrough?"

Second's mouth was no longer working properly.

What the hell was this thing?

A Void Refining Realm Death Cultivator who mines!

How were ordinary people like them supposed to survive?

"How about it?"

"Can I go in now?"

"You can, you can. Please, after you~"

Zhao Yi nodded and took back the Official Documents and the official seal.

"Approximate."

He called out softly, but in reality, he was silently chanting the Approximation Technique.

The golden ribbons originally in his mind turned into individual golden characters that appeared at Zhao Yi's feet, manifesting as Approximate.

When the golden, shimmering Approximate appeared, Second and the others were dumbfounded again.

"A dog?"

Good heavens, who brings a dog to mine?

This isn't hunting.

Zhao Yi walked into the mine with Approximate, using this method to tell Second and the others that the current Anning Prefecture was different from before.

Not only was he going to enter the mine, but he was also going to bring a dog.

"By the way, smash that when you have time. It looks hideous sitting here."

As he passed the Cloud Tablet, Zhao Yi kicked it, sending it flying in front of Second and the others.

"Don't let me see it again."

Second...

The few of them looked at each other, and finally, Sixth silently picked up the Cloud Tablet.

"Let's wait for the Boss to come out of seclusion."

"We are no match for him."

"Heh, it's laughable. To think that I, Second, have cultivated in the Sect for nineteen hundred years, yet I can't even keep up with a Death Cultivator..."

"My mind is made up. I'm returning to the mountain to enter seclusion immediately. I won't come out until I reach Void Refining."

"I'll leave this place to you all."

Saying this, Second mounted a cloud and returned directly to the Sect.

"This..."

The remaining few were filled with bitterness; they were still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from Void Refining, and even death-seclusion offered no hope.

"Sigh!"

"What a mess this is."

At the entrance of the mine, the original seven people had become six.

Although the passing mining Cultivators still looked at them tremblingly as before, things were different now.

Their mindsets had changed.

Zhao Yi, of course, didn't know that simply revealing his cultivation had dealt such a blow to Second and the others.

He was now strolling through the mine carrying the great sumeru treasure hoe, while Approximate darted around the mine like a streak of golden light.

"Where did this Dead Dog come from?"

"Scared the hell out of me."

The darting Approximate drew a chorus of curses from many Cultivators.

Zhao Yi was surprisingly calm, as if this place was where he truly belonged.

"Holy crap!"

"Belong?"

"Why would I have such a thought?"

"Approximate, where did that Silly Dog go?"

"Woof woof~"

Approximate's barking came from deep within the mine.

Zhao Yi quickly hurried to catch up.

In a branch tunnel, Approximate was sitting at the entrance, wagging its tail.

"Are there Spirit Stones here?"

"I thought you would lead me to the end of the mine."

"Woof woof woof~"

"What?"

"You're saying others found the wrong main tunnel, and this is the actual vein of the main tunnel?"

Zhao Yi was surprised; he could actually understand Approximate's dog language.

"For real?"

Zhao Yi looked back at the tall and spacious main tunnel.

That way is the wrong path?

"Silly Dog, I'll believe you once I dig up some Spirit Stones."

To Breakthrough to the Middle Stage Void Refining, Zhao Yi still needed 298 experience points, which meant digging up 298 High-Grade Spirit Stones.

"Or three Top-Grade Spirit Stones."

At the thought of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, Zhao Yi smiled; unless he encountered another Nirvana Mine and happened to find the right spot again.

Bang!

One swing of the hoe followed by a casual pull, and the mountain rocks came tumbling down.

Three Low-Grade Spirit Stones were exposed on the rocks.

Zhao Yi shook his head, picked out the three Spirit Stones, and threw them into a corner.

Even the dog (Approximate) looked down on these things now.

However, digging up three Low-Grade Spirit Stones in one swing showed that the density of Spirit Stones here was very high.

"Could the Silly Dog have actually guessed right, and this is the main tunnel?"

Zhao Yi swung his hoe, intending to mine for a while and see.

Bang, bang...

In the branch tunnel, rocks fell, and Approximate kept pawing out Spirit Stones and carrying them to a corner in its mouth.

"Damn!"

"I knew it. Digging up those Top-Grade Spirit Stones must have ruined my luck. What have I been digging up all day..."

Seven Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, fifty-four Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and some miscellaneous other Ores that were colorful and quite pretty. Zhao Yi estimated they could sell for eight or ten Spirit Stones.

But they didn't give Zhao Yi a single experience point.

The difficulty of the System's leveling could be seen from this.

High-Grade Spirit Stones really weren't that easy to find.

"Alright, I was too impatient wanting to find High-Grade Spirit Stones on the first day."

"Take a break, then continue~"

Subsequently, in the Jishan Spirit Stone Mine, many Cultivators discovered a freak who almost never slept, mining Spirit Stones day and night, incessantly.

Day two: High-Grade Spirit Stones, none; Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, thirty; Low-Grade Spirit Stones, two hundred and thirteen; various other Ores.

Day three: High-Grade Spirit Stones, none!

Zhao Yi was too lazy to count the other Spirit Stones and just stuffed them into his Storage Pouch.

Day four: still not a single point of experience added.

Day five: absolutely nothing.

Day six: nothing again.

Day seven: still nothing.

...

"Holy crap. Come here, Dead Dog. I promise I won't beat you to death."

"This is the 'main tunnel' you talked about? Damn it, it's been a month and I haven't dug up a single High-Grade Spirit Stone."

"Aren't you going to explain yourself?"

Approximate...

Its brain couldn't quite understand. Weren't Mid and Low-Grade Spirit Stones still Spirit Stones?

Didn't those colorful Ores count as a harvest?

Zhao Yi was suffering.

Over the past month, he had dug up over a thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones; in the past, that would have been worth ten High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Now he was dumbfounded—they were just Spirit Stones, with no experience points at all.

As for those Low-Grade Spirit Stones and other Ores, they weren't even worth mentioning.

"Damn it, three months at most."

"If I still can't find anything, I'll switch to a different Spirit Stone mine."

That's right, Zhao Yi's circumstances had improved; if he couldn't find Spirit Stones, he'd just switch mines. If he couldn't find them in this one, he'd try that one. He refused to believe he'd come up empty-handed in every single Spirit Stone mine.

Outside the mine, Sixth was constantly gathering information about Zhao Yi.

"Mining Spirit Stones?"

"He's been mining continuously for a month without rest?"

"Could mining Spirit Stones actually be addictive?"

Sixth couldn't understand Zhao Yi's state.

"Isn't this just looking for hardship for no reason?"