The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

The three Mahayana monks were all stunned.

They are Mahayana monks, land immortals! Let them go mining?

Xuanyuan Heng was the first to lose patience. "Without the identity jade token, we won't enter the city. Why should we go mining to make money?"

In his opinion, even if a jade identity card was required to enter the city, they could just stay within the city. Why did they need to be concerned about whether they had a jade identity card outside? The other party was clearly looking for an excuse to deliberately embarrass them.

He knew that this Old Qi could easily subdue him, but as a Mahayana cultivator for many years, he had always been high and mighty. Suddenly being treated like an ant was too much of a psychological gap for him. He couldn't accept it for a while and subconsciously struggled and resisted.

Xiao Han suddenly became anxious. If Old Qi found out that they were outsiders or illegal immigrants, he might kill them all on the spot.

These Mahayana cultivators from Yuantian Continent may have some misunderstandings about the identity jade tokens, but as someone who has lived on Earth, I understand why Mr. Qi wants to capture them.

This is like Uncle Hat in China on Earth, who suddenly found several suspicious people without ID cards. His first reaction was that these people might be fugitives or something like that.

So she rushed over, grabbed Xuanyuan Heng's sleeve, and began to cry bitterly.

"Brother Xuanyuan, don't be angry. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It's all my fault. If I hadn't lost your identity jade tokens, you wouldn't have been fined. I'll pay the fine for you. I'm going to go mining. Woo woo woo~~~~"

Her crying and complaining made Old Qi pause in his attempt to teach Xuanyuan Heng a lesson, and also made Xuanyuan Heng calm down.

Ji Shuang quickly stepped forward and said, "I have some treasures here. I'll use them to offset the fine."

After saying that, he took out a jade box with a forbidden spirit talisman on it and opened it.

A translucent lotus root, emitting rich vitality and with a lustrous luster, lies in the jade box.

This was the Seven Treasures Lotus Root, which had been obtained from a secret realm by a cultivator of exceptional luck on the Yuantian Continent. Ji Shuang had originally exchanged this lotus root for other valuable items in order to reshape the succubus's body.

However, she hadn't used up all of it when she reshaped the succubus's body, so she still had this little bit left. Now she was taking it out, hoping to exchange this peerless treasure for spirit stones to pay the fine, so that she and others wouldn't have to go mining.

But before Elder Qi could say anything, the guard beside him curled his lips and said, "It's just a piece of seven-treasure lotus root. What kind of treasure is it?"

The look in his eyes when he looked at Ji Shuang was just about to say, "You are so poor that you treat an ordinary object as a treasure."

Elder Qi took a quick look and said, "It can be priced at fifty high-grade spirit stones."

These words were like a bucket of ice water poured over the hearts of the three Mahayana cultivators. Their most precious treasures were being treated with such contempt here.

Shui Wuhen already understood that even if they sold all the good things on them, it would be difficult to raise the fine of one thousand high-grade spirit stones per person.

He looked at Elder Qi in the main hall and asked, "How long do we need to mine to offset the fine and obtain a new jade token?"

Elder Qi said calmly, "The price of ore varies from location to location. In some of the most difficult places, you might only earn enough in ten days or half a month. When you go to the mine, you can choose the difficulty level yourself. When you earn enough, say, one thousand high-grade spirit stones, you will be free and can have your identity jade token reissued."

Shui Wuhen said: "Then let's choose to go mining."

When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. They couldn't win the fight, and they didn't have any spirit stones to hand over. It would be best if they just obeyed the instructions and then looked for a chance to slip away.

At this time, Elder Qi came out and said to the four people, "Each of you hand over a drop of essence and blood and leave it here. When you have earned enough spirit stones to pay the fine, come here and take the essence and blood away."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the three Mahayana monks instantly turned ugly.

They are not stupid. If the other party has their essence and blood, they will definitely have the means to track them.

In other words, even if they wanted to escape, the other party could easily find them unless they left this interface.

But the strong are respected. Not to mention that the other party is willing to reason with them, even if the other party forcibly wipes them out, they have no way to do anything.

This feeling of being powerless to fight back is something I haven't experienced in many years.

Xiao Han, on the other hand, didn't share the indescribable feelings of the three Mahayana cultivators. She had never truly reached the pinnacle, having mostly lived the life of an ant. Consequently, she possessed the best mental attitude.

In the end, the four of them had to squeeze out a drop of their heart's blood, which was then collected by Old Qi in four jade bottles and stored away.

With the blood essence in hand, Elder Qi was too lazy to deal with the four of them. He took out a communication magic weapon and asked the general managers of several mining areas. Then he said to the Mahayana guard, "Take them to the volcano."

The Mahayana guard was not worried about the escape of the others and simply said, "Follow me."

He flew up first and used a forbidden jade token to break a hole in the forbidden light shield of the fairy city.

It seems that the guards of the City Lord's Mansion still have the right to take shortcuts.

Xiao Han and the other three flew high into the sky. Shui Wuhen immediately grabbed Xiao Han and used her to perform the spell of shrinking the earth into an inch.

The three Mahayana monks communicated with each other while traveling, but in the end they could only reach a consensus not to resist for the time being and wait and see how the situation develops.

Then, they saw smoke rising into the sky in the distance. The guard led them directly to the place where the smoke was billowing.

Before I got close, I could smell a pungent odor.

Of course, there have been volcanic eruptions on the Yuantian Continent, so Xiao Han and the other three knew almost immediately that a volcano was erupting there.

Several people quickly sealed their mouths and noses, and followed the guards into the volcano where the sky was filled with gray-black smoke and dust, and red magma was flowing below.

Not far from the erupting crater, a spacious and tall palace-style magic house building was suspended in the air.

The guard flew over and said loudly, "Senior Yu, these are four laborers sent by the City Lord's Mansion. Please accept them."

A somewhat majestic voice came from inside the room, "Come in."

The outer perimeter of this magical room was covered with a layer of transparent restrictions. The guard turned around and said to Xiao Han and the others, "Go in."

After saying that, he passed through the restriction that seemed to have no blocking power and entered the hall.

The three Mahayana monks looked at each other and then flew in together.

Shui Wuhen let go of Xiao Han, and they walked into the suspended hall together.

Sitting above the hall was a middle-aged cultivator whose cultivation level was unknown, and below him stood five people, three of whom were at the Mahayana stage, one at the Fusion stage, and one at the Void Refining stage.

The middle-aged monk was obviously the most important person guarding this place. While drinking tea, he listened to the guards explaining why Xiao Han and the other three were punished to come here.

After the guard finished speaking, the middle-aged cultivator looked at Xiao Han and the other three and said, "Your cultivation is quite good. It won't take long to earn a thousand high-grade spirit stones. You should be thankful that our Tianhao City is considered the most reasonable immortal city."

Then he said to a Mahayana steward below, "Teach them how to catch the Fire Spirit."