Chapter 391

Chapter 391: Taking Action Personally

“How was today’s harvest of secret silver ore?”

Outside the mine, several cultivators from Qianji Gate gathered, and the one who asked was a Void Refinement Stage cultivator from Qianji Gate.

The two Qianji Gate disciples who had just exited the mine quickly replied,

“Reporting to Senior Brother Zheng, today’s harvest is all here.”

Saying this, they handed over their storage bags filled with secret silver ore.

Zheng Cai opened the storage bags for a brief inspection and nodded slightly,

“Not bad.”

“Hehe, this is all thanks to Senior Brother Zheng’s clever guidance. If it were just us few brothers, even with the help of puppets, our daily harvest would likely be about this much.”

“Letting these people come in to mine not only protects our puppets from the risk of corrosion but also allows us to reap the benefits. Senior Brother Zheng’s plan is truly brilliant!”

Hearing the flattery from the two below, Zheng Cai displayed a faint smile, clearly enjoying their praise.

At this moment, another disciple spoke up,

“Senior Brother Zheng, isn’t taking fifty percent too low? There are no high-level cultivators from other sects here. How about after some time, we just take all the secret silver ore from them?”

Hearing this disciple’s suggestion, the others nodded in agreement.

With about twenty cultivators inside the mine, each would have a considerable amount of secret silver ore left. If they waited a bit longer, it would be better to just take all the secret silver ore from them.

“Hum, foolish idea!”

“It’s just some secret silver ore; what is it worth?”

“Besides, if this matter gets out, how will Qianji Gate exist in the Cultivation World?”

“The most important thing here is the essence of the Way, that is the true treasure! I will only stay here for half a month. After that, I will go to the upper levels of the secret realm to seek the essence of the Way.”

“The most important thing for a cultivator is his own realm, everything else is illusory. You can seek your own opportunities elsewhere later.”

After this scolding, the cultivators present felt ashamed and lowered their heads,

“Senior Brother Zheng is right.”

“Did anything else happen during the ore collection?”

Zheng Cai asked the two who had gone.

“Reporting to Senior Brother Zheng, the ore collection went quite smoothly, but some cultivators may have privately hidden some secret silver ore and didn’t turn it in.”

Zheng Cai waved his hand dismissively,

“It doesn’t matter. Tomorrow we will make an example of them, and I doubt they will dare to hide it.”

“That’s the best plan!”

The two replied happily.

“By the way! Senior Brother Zheng, there is one more thing!”

At this moment, the two suddenly remembered Ji Yang and proceeded to tell Zheng Cai the details of the event.

“Oh? Are you sure you didn’t see it wrong?”

“Senior Brother, we definitely did not see it wrong. He was very happy when we went to collect the ore.”

Seeing the expressions of the two, which did not seem like lies, Zheng Cai furrowed his brows slightly and said slowly,

“You two don’t need to worry about this matter. In a couple of days, I will go see for myself.”

Upon hearing that Senior Brother Zheng planned to take action personally, everyone no longer felt anxious.

Inside the mine, Ji Yang released a stream of sword energy from his hand and effortlessly severed a Red Fire Ant that charged at him.

However, looking at the interconnected tunnels beneath, Ji Yang frowned slightly.

The deeper he dug into the mine, the more Red Fire Ants he ran into.

Although these Red Fire Ants posed no real threat to him, they still delayed him by popping up from time to time.

It seemed that the nest of the Red Fire Ants was likely within this secret silver mine.

He wondered why they chose to make their home here.

Ji Yang considered changing direction for his digging, but the yield from the other routes was clearly not as good as the one beneath his feet.

He decided not to hesitate any longer and continued mining along the tunnel.

While it was somewhat bothersome, the rewards were quite decent.

In the following half month, Ji Yang remained inside the mine without ever going outside.

In the first few days, he could still hear the sounds of mining deeper in the mine.

But as time passed, those faint sounds gradually disappeared.

It wasn’t because Ji Yang had stopped; it was because the tunnel he had been digging was now far enough away from them.

This also caused many cultivators to forget about Ji Yang’s presence.

Over the months, more and more cultivators gathered at the secret silver mine, but unfortunately, there was no Void Refinement Stage cultivator among them. After arriving at the mine, they could only accept the unfair terms of Qianji Gate.

Some cultivators came in, and others went out.

The attacks from the Red Fire Ants left many cultivators’ magical tools damaged, preventing them from continuing to mine, so they had to give up.

The cultivators of Qianji Gate did not stop these people from leaving, nor did they react otherwise.

This made many cultivators feel more at ease; even though they had surrendered fifty percent of the ore, at least these Qianji Gate cultivators kept their promises.

While Ji Yang was mining, he keenly sensed that the Void Refinement Stage cultivator from Qianji Gate had been secretly observing him before.

Although his hiding ability was good, nothing could escape Ji Yang’s strong primordial spirit energy.

During this half month, Ji Yang also made significant progress.

Putting down his iron pick, Ji Yang opened his attribute panel to check the gains he had made over this past month.

【Name: Ji Yang】

【Age: 20】

【Realm: Late Spirit Transformation】

【Techniques: Feather Transformation Ascension Skill, Huang Ting Dao Jing】

【Spiritual Powers: Heart Sword, Sword Cultivation, Breathing Technique of All Things, Soldiers from Beans, Wandering Spirit Commanding Energy, Thunderous Power, You reap what you sow, Thousands of Sword Energies, Feather Transformation】

【Cultivation Level: 705/999】

【Usable】

【Status: Heaven’s Jealousy】

【Status: Heavenly Punishment】

At this moment, Ji Yang’s cultivation points had already reached seven hundred and five, an increase of over two hundred points compared to half a month ago.

This was entirely due to his day and night relentless mining. Although it was somewhat inferior to the previous planting of spiritual grains, Ji Yang was basically satisfied with it.

Now, at the Late Spirit Transformation realm, he wondered what breakthrough he could achieve after using these cultivation points.

That was genuinely exciting.

However, Ji Yang’s ambitions did not stop there. He wanted to accumulate his cultivation points to 999 and see if there was any change afterward.

But to gather the remaining three hundred points, Ji Yang estimated he would have to mine for nearly another month.

The secret realm would open in two months. Now he had already spent half a month; if he continued to mine for another month, he would have less than half a month left to find the essence of the Way.

He didn’t know if that amount of time would be enough.

After considering it, Ji Yang decided to use some extraordinary methods.

He needed to mine more secret silver ore!

In the next moment, Ji Yang activated the spell.

Breathing Technique of All Things!

This technique allowed all things to become aware, enabling Ji Yang to discern their thoughts and communicate with them. If he encountered beings with low spirit intelligence, Ji Yang could also use this power to glimpse what they had seen and heard.

The latter was a bonus effect brought by this spell after Ji Yang’s realm increased.

He didn’t often use this spell, as it wasn’t very useful in his daily life.

Mainly because Ji Yang did not have the leisure to converse with plants and trees.