Jiang Yuan was stunned for a long time after hearing just those six words.

"Wait a minute, one is ten million and the other is one million. Even if I had more of the Mark of the Dead, I couldn't possibly come up with such a large number!" Jiang Yuan was speechless.

At his current pace, it would take him several months to collect one million marks of the dead, let alone ten million. That would be asking too much of anyone.

As soon as those words were spoken, it seemed that the Heavenly Eye and the Hand of Death were once again locked in a struggle.

Jiang Yuan felt a pang in his heart. These two had never had any conflicts before, but they seemed to be talking a lot today. Seeing that the two sides hadn't come to any conclusion yet, and that he didn't have enough Death Marks to perform restoration operations, he could only refocus his attention on the mine.

The Divine Blood Stone is already faintly visible. With the decrease of the desolate evil energy, the Divine Blood Stone can now be captured.

However, there was no need to rush. Once the Desolate Spirit was activated, he could feel that his physical body had become one with the entire mine. He couldn't move easily, otherwise he would break his cultivation and it would be difficult to absorb the Desolate Spirit's evil energy again.

Ning Yanlan and Leng Yue couldn't contact him for the same reason. Because of the existence of the physical technique, the Desolate Spirit, he was inseparable from the mine, but in order not to break his technique, he had to persevere.

"This Divine Blood Stone is really huge!" Jiang Yuan's attention was completely drawn to the Divine Blood Stone.

The first Divine Bloodstone he obtained was the one in Ji Jinghui's hand, but that one was only the size of a millstone, only a third the size of the Divine Bloodstone in front of him; as for the second Divine Bloodstone, he knew even less. After being devoured by the slime monster, he directly absorbed the Divine Bloodstone to make up for the lack of divine attributes and cultivated the first level of the Divine Wood Codex.

Therefore, this third piece of Divine Bloodstone can be said to be the largest he has ever seen. With a diameter of more than half a meter, it is enough to be used several times.

"Let's see if we can put it away first!" Jiang Yuan felt that putting it away first was the safest option, so he activated his divine power to lock onto the location of the Divine Blood Stone.

"My little one, come into the bowl!"

The divine energy in the energy-gathering state enveloped the Divine Blood Stone. Because of the existence of the Desolate Spirit state, his divine energy carried a desolate intent that corroded all things.

Clang!

The Divine Blood Stone tried to escape, colliding with divine energy and making a piercing sound, but this time it was beyond Jiang Yuan's expectations.

He seized the Divine Blood Stone!

"Holy crap, they managed to catch that?" Jiang Yuan was very surprised, because he had tried his best to catch the Divine Blood Stone before but failed. Now, the extension of divine energy had firmly controlled the Divine Blood Stone.

Without hesitation, Jiang Yuan directly put the Divine Bloodstone into his personal space.

His action relieved Ning Yanlan, who was on tenterhooks outside. Since the personal space was shared, Jiang Yuan could control it, and so could she, so she also noticed when the Divine Blood Stone appeared.

"Phew! That scared me to death!" Ning Yanlan's heart was pounding, but she asked Leng Yue with a calm expression, "What would you do if something happened to him?"

"Me?" Leng Yue didn't know why Ning Yanlan was asking this out of the blue.

"I had heard of you before the catastrophe. Rumor has it that you're not interested in men!" Ning Yanlan felt much more relaxed knowing that Jiang Yuan was alright.

“I’m not interested in women either!” Leng Yue added, then slowly continued, “And about your question earlier, my answer is simple: he was like a ray of light shining into my dark life, and he will continue to be the one guiding me through the darkness. So I won’t let anything happen to him!”

“So, you really…” Ning Yanlan’s expression changed; she herself hadn’t expected Leng Yue to have such thoughts.

"Don't misunderstand, he has nothing to do with me! It's just that he captured my heart at a certain moment, and I wanted to try to get into his heart too!" Leng Yue didn't try to hide anything and spoke her mind frankly.

Ning Yanlan stared blankly at Leng Yue for a while before coming to her senses and asking strangely, "Isn't it inappropriate for you to say this to me so openly?"

“If we disregard that master-servant contract!” Leng Yue turned her face away calmly and continued, “I don’t see anything inappropriate about it!”

"But don't worry, what's yours will be yours. I, Leng Yue, would never resort to underhanded tactics!"

"Hey, what's wrong with you..." Ning Yanlan felt completely overwhelmed. To be honest, she had never met anyone like this before, trying to poach her partner so brazenly.

"You don't need to worry, I'm here to repay a debt of gratitude, not to steal a man!" Leng Yue's lips curled up, a teasing smile appearing beneath her mask. "However, I'm not sure how your man will ask me to repay this debt! Of course, I'll accept any form of repayment unconditionally!"

Ning Yanlan's heart was in turmoil at this moment. She felt both blocked up and worried. Leng Yue's words sounded right, but she still felt that something was wrong!

Unlike the two women chatting outside, Jiang Yuan had already absorbed most of the Desolate Spirit Qi, and his Desolate Spirit Body Technique had reached a terrifying level.

If his physical skills were previously considered to be only at the beginner level, now he can at least be considered to have entered the beginner level, and he has already begun to strive towards the minor mastery level.

Don't underestimate the leap from novice to novice; the difference is enormous, increasing your skills by at least several times.

"We can start collecting Holy Spirit Stones now!" Although Jiang Yuan hadn't stopped his physical technique, the concentration of the desolate evil energy in the mine had already dropped to a level where people could come in and collect the Holy Spirit Stones.

Jiang Yuan dared not take any risks, so he only released the first fifth-tier cave ant. The ant soldier was frantic for two minutes after it came out, but eventually it adapted to the atmosphere of the place and began to obey Jiang Yuan.

"Looks like everything's working!" Jiang Yuan released all the ant soldiers, and then the ant soldiers, led by the little ant, began mining the Holy Spirit Stone.

The Holy Spirit Stones in the vein do not exist as piles of pure ore. Each Holy Spirit Stone is encased in a special stony colloid. To extract a Holy Spirit Stone, the outer stony colloid must be broken open, which is obviously a very laborious task and too difficult to accomplish in the vein.

However, this did not stump Jiang Yuan. Others' storage rings might have limited space, but his personal space was definitely enough to hold it all.

With the help of dozens of cave ants, the Holy Spirit Stones were collected one by one. In just one hour, Jiang Yuan's personal space contained five thousand pieces of ore wrapped with Holy Spirit Stones.

The desolate spiritual energy of the entire mine has been completely exhausted. The Desolate Spirit in the Great Desolate Body Tempering Technique has broken through to the entry level and reached the minor completion level, which is a huge leap forward.

"It's time to give them a surprise!" Jiang Yuan loosened his wrist. During the process of the Wild Spirit, he became one with the entire mine and had no chance to move at all.

"I received a telepathic message from Jiang Yuan!"

Leng Yue, who was hiding outside, suddenly opened her eyes.

“Me too!” Ning Yanlan nodded in agreement.

"This guy is really something, he almost emptied the entire mine by himself!" Leng Yue sighed inwardly.

"Let's go over there too. There should still be some Holy Spirit Stones left in the mine!"