"It's one thing to build your own house, but why build it on a hill?"

"Don't they find it troublesome to climb up and down like that?"

"Goodness, they cut down so many trees to build such a huge house!"

"It doesn't matter how many trees are cut down; nobody cares about the trees in the mine."

"What I mean is, they are all martial artists. Ordinary people couldn't possibly cut down so many trees and build so many big houses in just one morning!"

"Not all of them are martial artists. There are seven or eight martial artists among them, but the rest are ordinary people."

"Where did Old Liang find such a group of people? It's really mysterious."

"Who cares, it has nothing to do with us anyway... Stop arguing, let's go down into the mine."

Ye Feng, Bai Yue, and Wang Zongde all heard the conversation among the people below the hill.

But they don't care at all.

Anyway, there aren't any powerful figures in this mine. The few martial arts guards that Old Liang hired were only at the Body Tempering Realm, not even as good as Wang Zongde.

In that case, there's absolutely no need to be careful.

The house is already built, and the women are now handling the rest of the work.

So Ye Feng went down into the mine with Wang Zongde, Wang Dachun, Sanzi, and others.

Once inside the mine, Wang Zongde and Wang Dachun worked diligently together, digging and shoveling.

Wang Zongde was, after all, a martial artist at the Separation and Union Realm, and his strength was astonishing. He could knock off a large piece of ore with a single swing of his pickaxe. However, just as Old Liang had said, there was not much ore left in this vein.

The ore mined now consists mostly of ordinary, worthless stones, with only a small portion being metallic stones that shimmer with various lusters.

"Young Master Gong, you can go out now. You don't need to do this heavy work," Wang Zongde said with a smile.

"Your cultivation level isn't as high as mine, and your strength isn't as great either," Ye Feng laughed.

"But we can't let you... an alchemist, do such rough work."

When he mentioned the word "alchemist," Wang Zongde deliberately lowered his voice, afraid that outsiders would hear him.

Night Wind waved his hand and said, "I didn't come down here to work, but to find something. You guys keep working, don't worry about me."

After speaking, Ye Feng wandered around the intricate mine veins, which resembled an underground labyrinth.

An hour passed before they knew it, and Ye Feng finally found the Yin energy.

The Yin energy is located within that spiritual vein, but because it is deep underground, Ye Feng cannot directly extract the Yin energy from the hills.

If Ye Feng insists on taking action, he would have to break the entire spiritual vein apart, but that would destroy the vein's structure, rendering it nonexistent, and could cause a great disturbance.

So after much thought, Ye Feng decided that it was better to take it slow and do things carefully.

That's the area below the spiritual vein, where the yin energy resides.

Ye Feng then called over Wang Zongde, Wang Dachun, Sanzi, and others.

"You dig here, keep digging forward, dig deeper!"

“I will give you a magical artifact. With this artifact to guide you, you will not miss out on good things.”

As Ye Feng spoke, he took out a bead.

This bead is crystal clear, only the size of a walnut, but inside is a small black fish.

The little fish hovered quietly inside the bead, spinning around erratically. But after a while, the little fish pointed forward, which was precisely where the earth's yin energy existed.

These beads are called Taiyin Xuanzhu (太阴玄珠), and they were given to Ye Feng by the Taiyin Sect Master, Fairy Luoxia (落霞仙子). There are six of them in total.

Once the six beads are filled with Yin energy, the mission will be complete, and Ye Feng can leave Ten Absolute Island.

This was not a difficult task for Ye Feng.

According to his estimate, it would take at least one month, or at most three months, to leave the Ten Absolute Islands.

Wang Zongde knew that the magical artifact Ye Feng handed over was an extraordinary treasure. He quickly wiped his dusty hands on his clothes before finally taking the Taiyin Xuanzhu from Ye Feng's hands.

Moreover, Wang Zongde held the Taiyin Xuanzhu carefully in his hands, as if he were afraid that it would fall and break if he didn't do so.

Ye Feng found it amusing and said, "This is a high-grade spiritual artifact. Even if you use all your strength, you can't destroy it, let alone shatter it."

"Really?" Wang Zongde asked.

"Try it if you don't believe me," Ye Feng laughed.

Wang Zongde certainly wouldn't dare to try.

But he didn't dare to try, while that silly boy Wang Dachun did.

He was already very curious, and when he heard Ye Feng's words, he snatched the Taiyin Xuanzhu from Wang Zongde's hand and then slammed it heavily onto a large rock.

A loud bang was heard.

The Taiyin Mystic Pearl rolled to the ground, its surface without the slightest scratch, let alone any damage.

Instead, the large rock was smashed by the Taiyin Xuanzhu, leaving a small, shallow crater.

"What are you doing!" Wang Zongde roared in anger.

Wang Dachun said with a grin, "Young Master Gong told us to give it a try, so of course we have to give it a try. We can't disobey Young Master Gong."

"You silly boy..."

Wang Zongde was so angry at Wang Dachun that his scalp tingled and his hands trembled.

However, with this, Wang Zongde could finally rest assured.

When he saw Ye Feng take out the Taiyin Profound Pearl, he didn't dare to take it, afraid that Ye Feng would break it. After all, such a treasure was not something a small martial artist like him could afford to compensate for.

Now that they knew the Taiyin Mystic Pearl was incredibly sturdy and beyond their ability to damage, Wang Zongde finally breathed a sigh of relief, his heart finally settling down.

The Taiyin Mystic Pearl is no ordinary spiritual artifact; it is a tenth-grade perfect spiritual artifact. However, it takes six Taiyin Mystic Pearls to form a tenth-grade perfect spiritual artifact, and a single Taiyin Mystic Pearl is comparable to a ninth-grade spiritual artifact.

Ye Feng only said it was a high-grade spiritual artifact, but did not specify whether it was a ninth or tenth grade. He was afraid that saying it would frighten Wang Zongde and the others, and he did not want to expose his identity so quickly.

“Alright, start digging according to the guidance of the Taiyin Mystic Pearl. If you dig up anything you don’t recognize or can’t understand, come find me,” Ye Feng said.

After saying that, Ye Feng turned around and strode away.

"Young Master Gong, where are you going?" Wang Dachun asked.

"Of course we're going back to refine pills. You all want to get the antidote as soon as possible, right?" Ye Feng said with a smile, then walked away without looking back.

After Ye Feng left, Wang Zongde shouted, "What are you all standing there for? Dig! Dig!"

Wang Dachun and the others then picked up their pickaxes and followed behind Wang Zongde, digging with all their might.

Ye Feng returned to his and Bai Yue's residence and began to refine a elixir to neutralize the poison.

Bai Yue didn't disturb Ye Feng, but just watched quietly from the side. However, she wasn't idle either; she had picked a large pile of red and green wild fruits from somewhere and was now crunching and eating them.

After Bai Yue finished eating the pile of wild fruits, Ye Feng finally refined the first batch of spirit pills.