I have changed my destiny and become an unparalleled immortal.

Gu Yun took a deep breath and swallowed the ball of stone powder.

With a loud "boom".

The spiritual energy contained in the raw ore was extremely violent. Once it entered Gu Yun's body, it violently tore apart his internal organs.

But his body reacted immediately!

Gu Yun's dark bronze muscles were twitching, and his stomach was making a sound like a millstone crushing bones.

Finally, it transformed into wisps of pure spiritual energy that flowed through his blood, continuously nourishing his body.

"It feels very..."

Gu Yun let out a muffled groan.

He could clearly sense that the four Dao foundations in the Purple Mansion were still locked, and he could not mobilize his magic power.

However, the pure power of his physical body gradually became stronger amidst the extremely violent devouring of spirit ore.

Just as Gu Yun was about to crush the second piece of the original ore.

"New here!"

A sound came from the shadows of the mine tunnel.

Three ordinary mortal miners walked towards this side.

Their muscles were very prominent, and their faces were full of fat.

The man in front was bald, with a scar on his face that ran from one side of his nose to the other. He was holding a stone pickaxe in his hand and weighing it back and forth.

This is considered the mine tycoon at the bottom of the mine.

The overseers of immortal cultivation don't care much about the lives of mortals.

Then the mining tycoons appeared.

The mine tyrant would steal spirit stones from newcomers to fulfill his obligations in exchange for white flour buns given by the overseer.

Many of the new recruits who were robbed either starved to death or were beaten to death.

The bald man with a scar spat and asked, "Don't you know the rules?"

He pointed to the bamboo basket at Gu Yun's feet and said, "Hand over the raw ore you just dug out. From now on, you have to give me 70% of the ore you dig every day. I guarantee you'll survive a few more days in Mine No. 5."

Gu Yun crouched on the ground, holding a sharp piece of ore that he had just dug out.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the three rude bullies.

"When I'm doing research, I really dislike being disturbed by other people."

Gu Yun was speaking; his voice was hoarse.

Upon hearing this, the bald man flew into a rage. He picked up a stone pickaxe and smashed it down hard on Gu Yun's head!

If that hits, even a cow's head would probably be cracked open.

Gu Yun simply extended one hand and gently grasped the wrist of the bald man wielding the stone pickaxe.

"you……"

The bald man wanted to do something more.

"Click!"

Hearing a particularly loud, crisp sound can make one's scalp tingle.

Gu Yun twisted the bald man's arm, like twisting a rope.

The white bone fragments on the bald man's arm had pierced through the flesh and were now visible.

"Ugh!"

The bald man was about to let out that extremely shrill scream.

Gu Yun quickly reached out with his other hand and grabbed the bald man's neck.

The bald man weighed 200 pounds, but Gu Yun lifted him up with one hand as if he were a chick, and held him in mid-air.

He let out a scream, the sound trapped in his throat.

The bald man's legs were kicking wildly in the air, and his eyes were almost bulging out.

Gu Yun showed no expression, holding the hard and sharp spirit stone ore in his right hand, and suddenly shoved it into the bald guy's open mouth.

With a loud "plop," all of his teeth were smashed to pieces.

The bald man's mouth was full of blood, and a stone was stuck in his throat, making desperate noises. Finally, his eyes rolled back, and he suffocated to death, choked by Gu Yun.

There was a loud "bang".

Gu Yun threw the bald man's corpse onto the ground like trash.

Behind him, the two henchmen who had followed the bald man were so frightened that they collapsed into the mud, a foul-smelling yellow liquid flowing from their crotches.

They were ruthless bullies.

But they did not see such a monster, which could crush human bones without even blinking.

These aren't newly arrived mine slaves; they're clearly demons in human skin.

"Sir...sir, please spare my life! Grandpa, please spare my life!"

The two henchmen kept kowtowing, their heads bleeding profusely.

"Hey, don't stop digging."

Gu Yun picked up the pickaxe from the ground and threw it in front of them.

He said calmly, "Go dig over that wall. If the two of you don't dig up enough raw ore (less than 100 jin), you'll be buried with that bald guy."

"Okay! Okay! Let's go dig right away!"

The two men, as if granted a pardon, scrambled to pick up their pickaxes and began chiseling at the rock face like madmen, their efforts more effective than the whip of the Yan family overseer.

Gu Yun went to a relatively dark place, then sat down with his legs crossed, took the raw ore and began to eat it in large mouthfuls.

With two free laborers providing cover, he was finally able to act freely.

Five hundred meters underground, a place no one could find, he ate to his heart's content.

Gu Yun turned his head to look at the dark abyss deeper in the mine.

That place is where the most core spirit stone mother mine exists in the Yan family's mining area.

Gu Yun jumped into the abyss.

Three days have passed.

The mine pit numbered E was the oversight platform for the Yan family.

"What on earth has happened these past few days? How come all the raw ore delivered from the Wu-class mine has turned into worthless, lifeless rocks?"

A steward from the outer sect of the Yan family, who was at the fourth level of Qi Refining, forcefully smashed several dusty stones onto the ground, his face looking extremely ugly.

"Manager Li, I'm not entirely sure either. Many miners are indeed digging in that rich mining area, but the spiritual energy in the stones they dig out seems to have been inexplicably drained away!"

The foreman on the second floor of the alchemy tower next to him gave his report, trembling.

"There's a bunch of useless people! If they delay the family's share, we'll all lose our lives."

Manager Li's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he drew the whip from his waist and said.

"Lead the way! I need to go down and check it out myself to see which part of the ley lines is causing the problem!"

Manager Li led two supervisors and marched menacingly toward the lowest level of the Wu-class mine shaft.

As soon as he entered, Manager Li sensed that something was amiss.

This place lacks the spiritual essence that the original ore should possess.

At the end of the mine tunnel, he saw two miners digging hard.

Behind the two miners, a burly man was sitting on a pile of raw ore, resting with his eyes closed.

"What are you doing?"

Manager Li was furious.

He didn't ask any reason.

The long whip in his hand was accompanied by a crackling sound as it tore through the air.

He lashed out at Gu Yun, who was sitting on the rock!

This whip, wielded with full force, could severely injure an ordinary person.

It was about to hit Gu Yun's face.

Gu Yun had kept her eyes closed, but suddenly opened them.

He casually reached out and forcefully grabbed at the air in mid-air!

"Snap"

"What?!"

Manager Li's face changed completely!

"You dare catch my whip? Then you can just wait to die."

Gu Yun opened his mouth, a cruel smile on his face.

Manager Li eventually realized that something was wrong.

He cried out in panic, "You...you have no magical energy...what kind of monster are you?"

Then he tried to loosen the whip and back away.

"Now you want to run away?"

Gu Yun suddenly swung his arms forcefully.

Before Steward Li could even shout, Gu Yun pulled him over from ten feet away.

Gu Yun stood up.

Gu Yun's punch landed directly in Manager Li's chest and then came out through his back.

puff…….

Manager Li's eyes suddenly widened as he stared in disbelief at the large, blood-stained hand on his chest, his life force quickly fading away.

The remaining two supervisors on the second level of the Qi Refining Platform collapsed onto the muddy ground, their legs giving way, too exhausted to even cry for help.

Gu Yun casually tossed the body of Steward Li against the rock wall.

Gu Yun turned his neck, making a "crackling" sound.

"After eating a certain amount of stones, I lose interest in them."

Inside the abandoned mine pit, designated as "E", it was very quiet, with only the "plop" sound of blood dripping down could be heard.

The two foremen on the second level of the Qi Refining Tower were now sprawled in the foul-smelling sewage, their crotches soaked, their bodies trembling uncontrollably like sieves.

They looked at the man before them, who was covered in black mud. This miner did not seem to be human, but rather an ancient demon in human skin.

Gu Yun ignored the two people who had lost their courage in fear.

He waved his hand, which was stained with blood. He stared blankly at Steward Li's corpse, which was gradually growing cold.

He said, "There's a crazed Golden Core cultivator from the Hehuan Sect searching the mountain outside. Trying to break out like this wouldn't be a good idea. This mine has excellent natural cover, and there are also many raw spirit stone deposits..."

A bold and crazy idea suddenly popped into his head.

"Killing Steward Li would cause trouble. How about... I impersonate Steward Li?"

Gu Yun Shen took a deep breath, then suddenly squatted down and immediately pressed down on Steward Li's still slightly warm skull.

"The Thirteen Pearls of the Purple Mansion, Soul Search!"

Gu Yun's brow trembled suddenly.

Manager Li's memories, such as the Yan family of Beiyuan, his connections at the mine, his own greedy nature, and his accent, were all crammed into Gu Yun's consciousness.

"So that's how it is... This Manager Li is named Li De. He's a peripheral manager in the outer sect of the Yan family, and he got promoted by flattering others. He's greedy for money and fond of women. He flatters his superiors and is cruel and ruthless to his subordinates. Moreover, he secretly embezzled raw ore and built a private smelting room at the bottom of the mine. It seems there's still quite a bit of spirit ore."

Gu Yun's lips curled up into a satisfied smile as he said, "This persona seems to have been tailor-made for me."

Gu Yun stood up and took a deep breath.

The mine shaft was pitch black, followed by a terrifying sound of bones breaking.

They watched as Gu Yun's originally towering figure began to twist and shrink rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In extreme pain, he suddenly shrank by half a foot, becoming as tall as the dead Li De.

Not only that, the muscles in Gu Yun's face began to move in a strange way.

He was already familiar with unorthodox martial arts techniques such as disguise and bone shrinking.

Now, with the "Great Wilderness Body" granting absolute control over his physical body, Gu Yun was wiping the black mud off his face when...

He stripped the steward's robe from Li De's corpse. There was a large hole in Li De's chest. Gu Yun casually grabbed a handful of mud and blood from the ground and smeared it on the robe, making it look as if he had been severely injured in the mining accident.

After changing his clothes, he immediately put on Li De's identity token and storage bag.

"Manager Li" slowly turned around and stared at the two dumbfounded supervisors of the second-floor academy in the corner.

"What...what do you do for a living...?"

One of the foremen was chattering uncontrollably, feeling like he was being driven crazy.

Gu Yun slowly walked towards the two people, and the Terror Pearl in his Purple Mansion suddenly fluctuated.

There was an invisible fear.

The fear followed their eyes and seeped into their minds.

They then erased parts of their memories, planting a seed of fear in their souls.

The two people cried out "Ah!" and covered their heads with their hands, curling up into a ball on the ground in pain.

Gu Yun looked down at them with an air of superiority, and spoke coldly, mimicking Li De's tone.

"Are you blind? The ore deep inside the Wu-class mine collapsed, and all the rioting miners were crushed to death. I, the foreman, was seriously injured while protecting the Yan family's mine! Do you understand?"

The fear that came from the depths of their souls prevented the two overseers from having the slightest thought of resistance.

They kept banging their heads into the mud, shouting, "We know! We know! It was a mine collapse! Manager Li was incredibly capable; he suppressed the riot. We all saw it with our own eyes!"

"Okay, not bad."

Gu Yun patted their sweaty cheeks with satisfaction.

"Help me upstairs. My internal injuries are severe, and I need to return to my private smelting room immediately for treatment. During this time, no one should disturb me."

"Yes, Steward Li!"

The two overseers seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, their hands trembling as they held onto Gu Yun's arms.