Immortals Step into Heaven

Liu Shi, with a serious expression, led Zheng Yuan and the others through an illusion array and quickly came to the spirit stone mine that was tightly surrounded by the array. The array here was like an indestructible barrier.

Liu Shi paused for a moment, then pulled a token from his storage. The token was ancient and exquisite, intricately carved. As the token approached the formation, it seemed to sense a specific signal and trembled slightly. Then, a crack appeared in the formation.

Liu Shi took the lead and stepped forward, leading everyone through the formation, as if passing through an invisible barrier. When they had completely passed through the formation, an attic appeared before them. This attic was simple and old, and it was unknown how many years it had existed. It was surrounded by green trees and was very quiet.

Zheng Yuan and others followed Liu Shi into the pavilion. Zheng Yuan saw a huge circular array plate in the lobby with a small amount of spirit stones placed on it. He guessed that this should be the core of the spirit stone mine array.

Uncle Liu was handing over the task to another uncle in the Foundation Establishment stage who had been waiting there. The handover was brief, verifying information and the amount of spirit stone ore. Afterward, the uncle led his five disciples out of the spirit stone mine. Zheng Yuan noticed that the five disciples all looked unhappy as they left.

Liu Shi looked at the five people's backs as they gradually walked away. After they completely disappeared from his sight, he turned around and said to everyone with a serious face, "There are five mines, and you each guard one."

This is your responsibility, so please keep it in mind. Make sure everyone digs up 500 pieces of spirit stone ore within this month, not a single piece less.

If the numbers are not enough, I will not let you off easily! His voice was stern and cold, and his eyes revealed an unquestionable majesty that made everyone feel a chill in their hearts.

Liu Shi then added, "The sizes and depths of these five spiritual stone mine tunnels are all recorded in detail. Don't be tempted to think you can claim all the treasure just by digging more."

If you dig up too much and don't hand it in, and someone else comes to verify the information and finds a huge discrepancy, the sect will punish you severely and show no mercy! The consequences will be more than you can afford.

As he spoke, he scanned the crowd with his sharp eyes, as if he wanted to engrave these words deeply in everyone's heart.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Yuan and others nodded solemnly.

Liu Shi waved his hand, his expression slightly relaxed, and said, "Okay, you guys go." There was still a hint of majesty in his tone.

Upon hearing this, everyone saluted Liu Shi again and left the hall. Without saying a word, everyone headed towards their assigned mines. Zheng Yuan also hurried towards his own, Cave No. 5.

When he arrived in front of the mine and looked at the deep entrance, he could faintly smell a damp smell and weak spiritual fluctuations from inside.

Zheng Yuan calmed himself and stepped into the mine. The mine was illuminated by oil lamps. The oil in the lamps was made from the fat of monsters and was lit with ordinary fire. If no one interfered, it would not go out for a hundred years. After walking for an unknown amount of time, Zheng Yuan came to the depths of the spirit stone mine and looked at the wall. He saw that the stone wall in front of him was inlaid with pieces of spirit stones emitting unique light. They were large or small and wrapped in stones.

When Zheng Yuan came in, he had measured the size and depth of the area with his steps, and it was almost the same as the record. Zheng Yuan's face changed involuntarily. When he came here, he was still thinking about using the bracelet space to take a batch of spirit stones out without anyone noticing. After all, no one could find his storage bag, and he would not leave the storage bag.

But the current situation shattered Zheng Yuan's last bit of thought.

Zheng Yuan took out the Water Ripple Sword and chopped it on the ore, leaving a deep sword mark. This ore was very hard, much harder than ordinary stone. Its hardness was not much inferior to that of inferior defensive magic weapons, which surprised Zheng Yuan.

After thinking for a while, he figured out that this place was surrounded by spiritual energy, so it was normal for the ore to be so hard. Zheng Yuan didn't dare to use too much force every time he drew his sword for fear of damaging the spiritual ore. He could only dig it piece by piece. After half a day, Zheng Yuan had dug about a hundred pieces of spiritual stone ore, and he lost interest in digging.

Zheng Yuan looked at the hundred or so pieces of spirit stone he had dug out and mentally calculated the workload for the five hundred pieces. However, he soon realized that there wasn't much room for him to hide.

He couldn't help but lament that he had underestimated the sect's methods. The sect's management of the spirit stone mine was clearly extremely strict. From the clear definition of tasks to the subsequent verification measures, they ensured that the spirit stone mine would not be easily embezzled. If everyone could hide a large amount of spirit stone from the mine, the sect's spirit stone mine would have been depleted long ago.

Zheng Yuan released Xiao Hei and the Soul-Seeking Rat from the soul beast bag. After Xiao Hei ate the demon-transforming lotus seeds and refined them, he broke through to the late first stage and reached perfection. The Soul-Seeking Rat also reached the peak of the middle first stage.

As soon as the two beasts appeared, they were very curious about the surroundings, and their eyes sparkled when they saw the spirit stone mine.

Looking at the appearance of the two beasts, Zheng Yuan just smiled slightly and let them dig ore to train them. Zheng Yuan also gave them strict requirements. They could dig slowly, but they could not destroy the spirit stone mine.

Zheng Yuan also found it amusing to watch Xiao Hei, the spirit-seeking rat, digging for spirit stones in such a state of embarrassment that he dared not slap it with his claws, but could only control his strength and slowly dig with his claws.

Xiao Hei, the Spirit Seeking Rat. While digging for spiritual ore, he thought to himself, "I never thought that as a great demon beast, I would have to dig spiritual stone ore for the human race one day. It is simply a shame for the demon world. If I tell others about it, I will definitely not be able to hold my head up." Xiao Hei would look at the Spirit Seeking Rat from time to time.

The Soul-Seeking Rat felt that Xiao Hei was looking at him from time to time, and he immediately understood what he meant. He was frightened and didn't dare to move his head. He said to himself, "I can't see, I only dig my own ore."

Zheng Yuanze was meditating and practicing. The spiritual energy here was very rich and very suitable for cultivation.

As for why the middle gate had to dig for spirit stones slowly, Zheng Yuan could probably guess that there was enough spiritual energy in this place, and the spirit stone mine would grow slowly on its own, which would be beneficial to the sect in the long run. If it was all dug out at once and the foundation was damaged, wouldn't that be like drinking water to fill a well and cutting off one's own foundation?

A few days later, the Spirit Rat and Xiao Hei had almost dug up the spiritual mine. Xiao Hei and the Spirit Rat also lay in the mine to absorb and exhale spiritual energy.

Suddenly, the spirit mouse was startled and ran to Zheng Yuan, chirping excitedly.

Zheng Yuan, Xiao Hei was also awakened by him!

Master, I found a treasure in this mine, Xunling Rat sent a message to Zheng Yuan.

Zheng Yuan was also surprised after hearing this! There are treasures in this place. He knew in his heart that the treasures in the spirit stone mine are probably not simple.

Zheng Yuan hurriedly asked what treasure it was?

Master, I really don’t know what treasure that is, but I can vaguely feel that it is located here.