210: Chapter 209 Stealing the Immortal Mine

Xiao Ye stood up tall, like a demon god rising from the ruins.

With the Immortal Slaying Sword in hand, he swung it. With his current cultivation, he could already unleash most of the sword's power.

Wherever the sword light reached, the opponent's Low Grade Immortal Artifact was sent flying, its Immortal light shattered—

Boom!

As the sword blade descended, that Middle Stage Heavenly Immortal expert was instantly crushed into dust.

"Top Grade Immortal Artifact!"

The surrounding Immortals were all stunned. A native from the Lower Realm, actually holding a Top Grade Immortal Artifact?

Could he be the illegitimate son of some Immortal King visiting incognito?

One must know that even in the Immortal Realm, Immortal Artifacts are extremely valuable. For ordinary Earth Immortals or Heavenly Immortals, possessing even a single Low Grade Immortal Artifact is enough to make others jealous.

Let alone a Lower Realm Cultivator who had just achieved Ascension with no background?

Now, a newly Ascended Cultivator not only crushed a Heavenly Immortal with his bare hands but also wielded a Top Grade Immortal Artifact right out of the gate—who would believe he has no one backing him?

For a moment, the deacon Disciples of the major Immortal sects all fell silent. Watching Xiao Ye slowly walk out of the Flying Immortal Pool, no one dared to make another move.

Their minds raced with speculation: Could he be the son of an Immortal King? Or perhaps the Reincarnation of some Immortal Lord?

This was not impossible—many big figures in the Immortal Realm liked to send their offspring to the Lower Realm for training, or simply go through Reincarnation to recultivate.

Legend has it that there was once an Immortal Emperor who endured billions of kalpas to attain the Emperor throne, his footsteps covering the three thousand Major Thousand Worlds and numerous space-times.

In this instant, Xiao Ye suddenly became mysterious in the eyes of everyone. Even a fool would know that he was definitely no ordinary Ascended Cultivator.

"Who are you?" one Heavenly Immortal asked, bracing himself.

"Just based on who you are, you aren't qualified to know of my existence!" Xiao Ye snorted coldly. He struck repeatedly, cleanly and swiftly subduing more than a dozen Heavenly Immortals, planting Restrictions on them, and incidentally prying quite a bit of useful information from their mouths.

"Now, take me to the nearest Immortal Mine." He picked up a Heavenly Immortal, a cold sneer hanging on his lips.

Then he turned to look at the group of Ascended Cultivators, "Are you willing to follow me?"

Among the crowd, there was no lack of excellent female Cultivators—those who could achieve Ascension were by no means mediocre.

After a moment of silence, a wild-looking woman wearing a beast-hide skirt stepped out, "I am willing to work for you!" Her name was Ah Zhu, hailing from some savage plane. Her features were well-defined, her physique was fit and healthy, and her pair of long, matte-skinned legs were particularly eye-catching, her whole body exuding a savage, wild charm.

She not only possessed a Low Grade Spiritual Root but also had a certain ancient Bloodline flowing within her.

"Good! Follow me!" Xiao Ye nodded in satisfaction.

Under his call, nearly a thousand Ascended Cultivators responded, among whom female Cultivators accounted for nearly three hundred.

The rest chose to leave—in their view, Xiao Ye had killed Immortal sect Disciples right upon arrival, inviting a monstrous disaster, and following him was simply asking for trouble.

Xiao Ye didn't care, leading his group of followers away from the Flying Immortal Pool and heading straight outside the city.

Eighty thousand li away was the Hengyu Mountain Range, continuous and endless, almost spanning half of the Ziluo Immortal Domain.

This mountain range alone was as large as dozens of Lower Realm Nine Provinces continents.

There were countless Immortal Mines in the mountains, with hundreds already explored, divided and guarded by the major forces nearby.

Seventy percent of the produced Immortal Stones were handed over to the Ziluo Immortal Palace, and then transferred to the Heavenly Court by the Palace.

The forces in this area were deeply intertwined, with Immortal sects, aristocratic families, and exotic races interlocked, numbering over a hundred, large and small.

The Ziluo Immortal Palace did not directly intervene in the affairs of the Immortal Mines; as long as the tribute was paid on time, it was fine.

This also led to constant warfare in the Hengyu Mountain Range year after year, with major forces fighting fiercely to seize the mineral veins.

The environment inside the Immortal Mines was dangerous, filled with poisonous miasma, rampant poisonous beasts, and Vicious Beasts lurking deep in the mountains. Ordinary Cultivators simply couldn't enter; only Immortals could mine.

The major forces were keen on capturing Ascended Cultivators to be miners, while their own Disciples were responsible for guarding and overseeing.

Although the Immortal Realm was vast, the Law of survival was even more cruel than in the Lower Realm.

Life was as cheap as grass; at every moment, countless Ascended Cultivators arrived, and countless Immortals died.

Xiao Ye's goal was very clear—seize an Immortal Mine, establish his own force, and then begin his great undertaking of taking concubines.

Led by the group of Heavenly Immortals, he finally arrived at the Hengyu Mountain Range.

Looking around, towering ancient savage mountains rose from the ground, sky-high ancient trees blocked the sun, the roars of Vicious Beasts rose one after another, and an aura of blood and Killing Intent rushed towards them.

"Hiss! A familiar scent, it feels just like coming home." Ah Zhu sniffed the air vigorously, her face intoxicated.

"Such dense Spiritual Qi..." Xiao Ye exclaimed in praise. With a sweep of his divine eyes, he saw a large expanse of white, sparkling Immortal Stones piled up below the mountain range ahead.

"My Lord, that is our destination up ahead. This is the Immortal Mine guarded by the Fang family of Wangyue City. Do you intend to..." A Heavenly Immortal leader approached and asked cautiously.

"Very good." Xiao Ye waved his hand, "Go help me seize it. From now on, this place belongs to me."

"Wh...what?" The Heavenly Immortal leader was stunned—a Lower Realm Cultivator who had just achieved Ascension, and he wanted to seize an Immortal Mine right away? Wouldn't that be a bit too fast?

"Hmm? You didn't understand? Hurry up and go!" Xiao Ye snorted coldly, an invisible Killing Intent spreading out.

The Heavenly Immortal leader shivered, gritted his teeth, and led his brothers to charge in.

"Get out of the way, all of you! My Lord has taken a liking to this mine!" They roared as they charged in to kill.

"Presumptuous! This mine is guarded by my Fang family!" A roar echoed from deep within the ancient mountain, followed immediately by the sounds of intense fighting.

"Let's go help too!" Ah Zhu couldn't wait and led hundreds of Ascended Cultivators to charge in.

The Fang family guards stationed at the Immortal Mine were only a few dozen Earth Immortals plus seven or eight Heavenly Immortals; caught off guard, they were quickly defeated and scattered.

An hour later, the battle ended.

Xiao Ye walked into the Immortal Mine accompanied by the Heavenly Immortal leader. On the floor of the mine tunnel, there was a small mountain of Immortal Crystals piled up. Hundreds of mining Cultivators were squatting in the corner, all Earth Immortals, some Ascended Cultivators and some local Cultivators—they were looking at him in fear, wondering which lord this was.

How could they know that this "Lord" was actually just a newcomer who had just entered the Immortal Realm.

"My Lord, the Fang family's strength is not weak; they have several True Immortals stationed here. You have seized their mine..." the Heavenly Immortal leader reminded him kindly.

Xiao Ye tossed out ten thousand Immortal Crystals from the pile and said to these Heavenly Immortals, "You lot take this and divide it. Don't worry about anything else." After saying that, he walked out.

The Heavenly Immortal leader was overjoyed—ten thousand Immortal Crystals, even divided among so many people, was still several months' worth of his salary! He became even more curious: who exactly was this person?

Xiao Ye walked out of the mine tunnel and took out some more Immortal Crystals to distribute to his followers, giving special attention to those who performed outstandingly—for example, Ah Zhu, and a female Cultivator named Wang Fei who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

These female Cultivators had excellent looks, talent, and Heart-Nature, with scores all exceeding 80 points.

Xiao Ye couldn't help but have thoughts of expanding his lineage.

However, it was not the time yet. He would start the feast once he was settled.

On the other side, the news of the Immortal Mine being seized quickly spread back to the Fang family in Wangyue City. The entire Fang family was furious.

At the same time, news about "Ascended Cultivator causing a ruckus at the Flying Immortal Pool" also gradually spread throughout the Ziluo Immortal Domain.