The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

As the origin of the world faded away, Lu Yao's understanding of the three foundation-building spells also improved rapidly.

After a dozen or so breaths, the light faded, and Lu Yao's comprehension of magic reached perfection.

Foundation Building spells are difficult to cultivate and require a lot of time. Using the world's origin to quickly improve is the best option.

However, there is no need for Qi Refining spells. With Lu Yao's Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, it is not difficult for him to understand and learn Qi Refining stage spells. Using the World Origin would be a waste.

Just as Lu Yao was pondering a spell, he suddenly discovered a voice transmission remaining in the cave.

With a wave of his hand, he took a sound transmission talisman.

"Come to my cave immediately after your seclusion ends."

The message in the talisman was very brief, and it was Qiong Laoguai's voice.

Curious about why Qiong Laoguai wanted to see him, Lu Yao tidied himself up, then used the flying artifact issued by the sect to head towards Qiong Laoguai's cave.

……

"I've found you a good job, take a look."

Old Monster Qiong took out a jade slip and threw it to Lu Yao.

"Mining spirit stone veins?"

Lu Yao used his divine sense to scan the jade slip and quickly learned its contents.

“That’s right. A mid-grade spirit stone has been discovered in a low-grade mine that was originally controlled by the seven major sects. Therefore, in order to expand mining, it is necessary to send Foundation Establishment cultivators to oversee the operation.”

Old Monster Qiong briefly explained the situation of the mine to Lu Yao.

"Can't we just send anyone to guard the mine?"

Lu Yao frowned slightly, clearly unwilling to go.

The seven major sects each possess a considerable number of spirit stone mines. The Hidden Moon Sect even controls a mine that produces mid-grade spirit stones. Guarding the mine is obviously a tedious job, often requiring several years of guarding.

"Hehehe, how could I let you suffer a loss? Because it is a joint development by the seven major sects, and it is located on the border of Yue Kingdom, there is a certain danger. Therefore, half of the low-grade spirit stones produced in the first year will be kept by the garrison. Many Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sect have their eyes on this task."

"This mission was originally snatched away by a junior named Xuan Le. I had to pay a price to get it back from him."

Old Monster Qiong chuckled, clearly indicating that taking on this mission was to train Lu Yao.

As they approach the border of Yue Kingdom, the influence of the seven major sects will weaken, and there will inevitably be some audacious rogue cultivators who covet the mineral veins' output and try to steal the spirit stones from them.

However, all seven major sects will send Foundation Establishment cultivators, so the safety is relatively high. At the very least, there are invisible needle talismans. Therefore, Old Monster Qiong thinks this mission is very suitable for Lu Yao.

"Xuan Le?"

Lu Yao was slightly taken aback, and immediately thought of the ancient teleportation array in the original work.

Chaotic sea of ​​stars!

The Heaven-Mending Pill!

Blood Jade Spider!

Normally, Lu Yao wouldn't have been interested in an ordinary spirit stone mine. He didn't lack spirit stones, so why would he take the risk?

A spirit stone mine can yield about three to four thousand a year, which is less than two thousand spirit stones in six months. If you just stay and manage it for five years, you can get at least 1,500 low-grade spirit stones. No wonder so many Foundation Establishment cultivators are vying for this mission.

"I go!"

Lu Yao straightened up and immediately agreed to the task.

"?"

Old Monster Qiong was taken aback and looked at Lu Yao strangely. He had just looked unwilling, how could he change his expression so quickly?

"In that case, go to the Sect Affairs Hall and find Xuan Le yourself. He will explain the situation to you in detail."

Old Monster Qiong nodded and then told Lu Yao to go and hand over the reins to Xuan Le.

"The disciple retire."

Lu Yao bowed to Old Monster Qiong and then left the cave.

"You'd better grow up quickly, time..."

After watching Lu Yao leave, Old Monster Qiong muttered to himself.

……

After leaving the cave, Lu Yao flew directly towards the Affairs Hall.

As they approached the Hall of Affairs, the number of disciples from the Hidden Moon Sect increased, and cultivators frequently flew by on their flying magical artifacts.

"I wonder if Senior Brother Xuanle is here?"

Lu Yao went straight to the point and asked the disciple of the Affairs Hall.

"Please wait a moment, Uncle-Master, I will go and inform them."

The disciple who was receiving the guests bowed to Lu Yao and then turned to find Xuan Le.

A moment later, a figure emerged from behind the Hall of Affairs.

"Junior Brother Lu, I've long admired you through our shared understanding; I'm so glad to finally meet you in person today."

Xuan Le, dressed in a pure white moon-covering robe, walked over with a smile on her face.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Xuan. I'm here to hand over my mission."

Lu Yao nodded. He didn't have any particular feelings about Xuan Le, but he knew that Xuan Le was extremely treacherous and he still had to be careful.

"Junior Brother Lu, here are the jade slips containing the coordinates of the mining mission and the mission details."

"The mining equipment issued by the sect is also in this storage bag."

"Ten Qi Refining disciples will accompany you, and they will all obey your orders."

Seeing that Lu Yao had no intention of talking, Xuan Le directly began the handover of tasks.

"We need to recruit independent cultivators to work in the mines. Junior Brother Lu can handle this himself, but these independent cultivators might steal spirit stones, so we need to be extra careful."

Xuan Le thought for a moment and then added another word of advice.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Xuan."

Lu Yao nodded, accepted the storage bag, and turned to leave.

"Do you really think my mission is so easy to steal?"

After Lu Yao left, Xuan Le let out a cold laugh.

He had already planted people in this mission to sabotage it, so that when Lu Yao was punished by the sect, he could take over the mission legitimately.

……

According to the mission instructions, Lu Yao arrived at the gathering place, which was a high platform on a cliff.

This place is called Moon Terrace, where the sect's magic ships dock.

The ten disciples were at the Qi Refining stage, four at the seventh level of Qi Refining and six at the eighth level of Qi Refining. There were seven women and three men, and three couples were dual cultivation partners.

This is also a tradition of the Hidden Moon Sect. Disciples who become Daoist partners generally like to go on missions together, and the sect also encourages this.

"Now that everyone is here, let's set off."

Lu Yao scanned the area with his divine sense, confirmed the identities of the ten Qi Refining disciples, and then prepared to set off.

"Yes, Uncle-Master."

All ten bowed in response, as their safety for this mission still depended on Lu Yao's protection, so none of them dared to offend him.

Lu Yao took out a small boat model from his storage bag. This was the flying boat that the sect had provided for him, which was essentially a loan to him.

As Lu Yao poured his magic power into it, the flying boat immediately grew larger and soon transformed into a giant ship in the air.

"go!"

With a wave of his hand, Lu Yao brought ten Qi Refining disciples onto the ship and began to connect the flying boat with his divine sense.

"I have to pay with spirit stones myself?"

After Lu Yao connected his divine sense to the flying boat, he immediately discovered that the flying boat's drive module was empty, and he was speechless.

Lu Yao took out ten low-grade spirit stones from his own pocket and put them in, urging the flying boat to quickly take off and disappear into the Moon Immortal Platform as a streak of light.

Before they even started mining the spirit stone vein, they already lost ten low-grade spirit stones.