93: Chapter 93 Only he can make up for my deficit

[You mined a High-Grade Spirit Stone, experience points +1.]

"Hmm?"

Zhao Yi almost thought he was hallucinating; the System's notification sound had finally played.

Quickly retrieving the High-Grade Spirit Stone from the rocks, Zhao Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Damn it, so this Spirit Stone mine actually has High-Grade Spirit Stones. I thought it was just a garbage mine."

After mining this High-Grade Spirit Stone, Zhao Yi's racing heart finally settled.

But Zhao Yi soon realized he had celebrated too early.

Over the next month, he didn't manage to mine a single High-Grade Spirit Stone again.

"I'm not mining anymore."

After digging up a Low-Grade Spirit Stone with one swing, Zhao Yi tossed the great sumeru treasure hoe aside.

He had reached the limit of his patience.

"Dead Dog, let's go."

Collecting the Spirit Stones from the corner, Zhao Yi woke up Approximate, who was floating nearby, and left the branch tunnel.

"Big brother, what were you doing just now?"

"Cultivating?"

"Ridiculous. You're just a manifestation of a Spell; is Cultivating even useful for you?"

In two months, he had mined one High-Grade Spirit Stone and gained a tiny bit of experience points.

Zhao Yi's anger had already reached its Peak.

"Senior Zhao, how many Spirit Stones did you mine in the Spirit Stone mine?"

"According to the rules, there's a ten-ninety split."

Zhao Yi looked at Sixth.

"So young, yet your head is already broken?"

"A ten-ninety split?"

"Split with whom?"

"With..."

Sixth stared at Zhao Yi, stunned.

Zhao Yi was a mining commissioner appointed by the Immortal Dynasty; standing there, he represented the Immortal Dynasty himself, so Sixth naturally couldn't use the Immortal Dynasty's name as an excuse.

But Sixth was Sixth; his mind worked fast.

"With Ninth Master, of course."

Zhao Yi...

"A ten-ninety split with Ninth Master?"

"Are you sure?"

"If I dare to give it, would he dare to take it?"

Sixth puffed out his chest,

"Of course."

"Good, good, good."

Zhao Yi said "good" three times, then pulled out that pink Storage Pouch and poured out the Spirit Stones.

Looking at the items before him, Sixth swallowed hard.

"One High-Grade Spirit Stone, two thousand and eight Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and five thousand eight hundred and sixty-five Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"And these Ores..."

Zhao Yi looked disgusted. Individually, they weren't worth a single High-Grade Spirit Stone. Mining them gave no experience points and no special rewards; they just took up space in his Storage Pouch.

But since they were still worth Spirit Stones, he couldn't just throw them away. Now was the perfect time to give them all to Sixth.

Staring at the Spirit Ores before him, Sixth's eyes went wide.

"You mined all this in just two months?"

"How did you mine so much?"

Zhao Yi...

Much?

He suspected Sixth was badmouthing him.

"You motherf—..."

"Do you want to die?"

The great sumeru treasure hoe was rested against Sixth's head. If Sixth said one wrong word, Zhao Yi would end his life and path.

Feeling Zhao Yi's cold killing intent, Sixth trembled and said, "What is Mining Envoy Zhao doing?"

"If you don't want to hand over the Spirit Stones, just say so. Why intimidate me?"

Zhao Yi raised the hoe slightly. Feeling the blade graze his scalp, Sixth's legs gave out, and he collapsed with a thud.

The smell of urine wafted up; he had actually wetted himself in fear.

Zhao Yi...

Seeing Sixth's pathetic state, his killing intent vanished without a trace instantly.

"Get lost, don't dirty my Spirit Stones."

Zhao Yi had originally planned to use these Spirit Stones to scheme against Li Yingtang, but seeing Sixth's performance, he changed his mind.

These trash weren't worth the mental effort; it was much more satisfying to just use force.

Putting the Spirit Stones back into his Storage Pouch, Zhao Yi mounted a cloud and headed straight for the Great White Spirit Stone Mine.

Slumped on the ground and no longer facing a life-threatening situation, Sixth's heart began to bleed.

"One High-Grade Spirit Stone, over two thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, over five thousand eight hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones..."

He counted on his fingers,

"Hiss—"

"That's over two hundred and ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones in total."

"If you add those Ores..."

"With a ten-ninety split, how many Spirit Stones would that be?"

"How much commission would I get?"

"I... I..."

Sixth clutched his chest, his face turning pale from heartache.

His cultivation was reached through shortcuts, and barely reaching the Nascent Soul realm was his limit. Since he couldn't advance further, he turned his attention to Spirit Stones.

Otherwise, why would a dignified Nascent Soul Cultivator not go to a small Sect to be a patriarch, but instead run over here to guard a mine?

Now that he had missed out on a hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, that sorrow and regret...

made him forget that he had almost been scared to death just moments ago.

"No."

"I can't let this Death Cultivator take away the Spirit Stones belonging to the Jishan Spirit Stone Mine, even if he is in the Void Refining Realm."

Jealousy caused Sixth to lose his mind.

...

Chaotian Spirit Realm.

Originally plump Bai Miyao had now become skin and bones.

At this moment, her eyes were dull, and her clothes only covered her vital parts, making her look unspeakably desolate.

"Ninth Master hasn't come for over ten days."

"What should I do?"

Those two Peaks were now sagging.

It wouldn't be wrong to say she was past her prime.

Just then,

A jade sword came flying through the air.

"A Flying Sword message?"

Bai Miyao caught the Flying Sword; it contained only one piece of information: Zhao Yi had reached the Void Refining Realm.

"Void Refining Realm?"

Bai Miyao seemed to grasp a life-saving straw.

"Only he can fill my deficit."

Thinking of this, she quickly got up, threw on some clothes haphazardly, and left the Chaotian Spirit Realm.

Entrance of the Great White Spirit Stone Mine.

Zhao Yi looked at Gao Ling.

"It's been a few years; Fellow Daoist still looks as elegant as ever."

Gao Ling looked at Zhao Yi with watery eyes,

"I heard from Elder Fan that you underwent the Hundred Day Fire and Thunder Tribulation and achieved the Void Refining Realm..."

"Is it true?"

"Yes."

Most Cultivators in the Great Yin Immortal Capital knew about this, so Zhao Yi had nothing to hide.

"Wow! You're so amazing~"

Gao Ling turned into a little fangirl, her gaze almost melting Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi was all too familiar with Gao Ling in this state.

At the same time, he was a bit afraid. Once bitten, twice shy; he wanted to stay as far away from female Cultivators as possible.

"*Cough, cough!*"

"This is the Immortal Dynasty's appointment document and official seal."

"I..."

"I, Void Refining Cultivator Zhao Yi, as the Mining Envoy of Anning Prefecture,"

"now need to inspect the Great White Spirit Stone Mine."

Zhao Yi tossed the document and seal, flashing them in front of Gao Ling.

Then he slipped into the mine, leaving Gao Ling standing there in a daze.

"Woof woof!"

A streak of golden light followed Zhao Yi into the mine.

"Where did that dog come from?"

Gao Ling touched her hair,

lamenting to herself, "That dog is always by his side; it must be very happy."

"Where is Zhao Yi?"

Before Gao Ling could snap out of her emotions, a dark figure suddenly appeared before her.

"Soul Transformation Bai?"

Looking at Bai Miyao, Gao Ling was a bit dazed.

Was this still that fairy-like Soul Transformation female Cultivator?

Disheveled hair, wrinkled clothes, a pale face, bloodless lips, and nothing but skin and bones.

What had she gone through?

"I asked you, where is Zhao Yi?"

"Did he enter the mine?"

"Humph!"

"This is your punishment."

Bai Miyao flicked her finger, and a burst of Soul Transformation power hit Gao Ling right between the eyebrows, making her head spin.

"You..."

Just as Gao Ling was about to get angry, Bai Miyao was nowhere to be seen.

Zhao Yi was quite familiar with the Great White Spirit Stone Mine.

After all, he had mined Spirit Stones here for a long time.

"I hope this place won't disappoint me..."

Taking out the great sumeru treasure hoe, before he could even take the first swing, a crisp voice sounded behind him.