West Gate

"What stage has the mining of black platinum and sky flame stone reached?"

Jiang Yuan jumped down into the mine. This mine, which was only a few dozen meters long, had taken on the appearance of a large mine after a day and a night of mining. It was no ordinary mine that could produce earth spirits.

"Brother Yuan, you're finally here! Mining is absolutely exhausting!"

Jiang Yuan had just arrived when he encountered the chubby boy, covered in dust, crawling out of the mine. He was already quite muscular, so getting in and out of such places was especially difficult for him, let alone mining.

"How are you guys doing? Can you handle it?" Jiang Yuan asked. Mining veins is a technical job. The first test is the speed of energy cutting, and the second is that you need an extremely deep energy reserve, otherwise the efficiency will be very low.

"We've all survived mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so we can't handle this little bit of hardship! Besides, the thousands of cave ants under the command of the beautiful Leng have played a significant role! However, the supply of these Great Rejuvenating Pills is already running low. If this continues, the mining progress will slow down considerably!" After hesitating, Little Fatty finally voiced his concerns.

"I've been so busy lately I forgot, I'll replenish the warehouse later!"

The matter of the Great Restoration Pill is not a problem. Ning Yanlan has mastered the Divine Plant Melody, and he has spiritual fields and alchemy skills, so he can take as many Restoration Pills as he wants! Moreover, these pills are not free to use. They can be exchanged for a lot of Holy Spirit Stones and Cores in the exchange warehouse, so he is happy to do so.

"Also, the Black Stone vein has produced mid-grade Spirit-level ore. The brothers' energy purity isn't high enough, so it's difficult to cut it. Brother Yuan, do you think we should train a batch of Void Spirit Realm cultivators?" Little Fatty's expression became much more serious when he said this. The cost of training Void Spirit Realm cultivators is very high, and even those who have developed well should act according to their capabilities.

"Definitely! I have enough Holy Spirit Crystals. The difficult part right now is breaking through the Spirit Realm Barrier. I don't want our brothers to ruin their future like that, so we should raise the Spirit Realm Barrier as much as possible!" Jiang Yuan's expression was heavy. If a force wants to develop in the long term, its potential must be high, and the Spirit Realm Barrier is the most crucial step in proving that potential.

"That's true, but other forces have seen more and more Void Spirit Realm cultivators emerge after the second phase of recovery. If we can't keep up, we won't even get a taste of the spoils!" Little Fatty sighed.

"Alright, you don't need to worry about this. I'll handle it!"

Jiang Yuan patted the chubby boy on the shoulder and then asked, "Where's Yanlan? Where did she go? I haven't seen her!"

“A woman came looking for my sister-in-law before, and then my sister-in-law left. As for now, I don’t know where she is!” Little Fatty recalled.

"woman?"

"Yes, she's a pretty woman, but she talks like a man. If it weren't for my exceptional sense of beauty, I would have thought she was a rough old man!" Fatty described with a strange expression.

"You talk like a grown man?"

The image that instantly popped into Jiang Yuan's mind was Zhong Litong, the woman who had once been Ning Yanlan's comrade-in-arms. It was from Zhong Litong that he learned about the nine shackles of the physical body.

"Go ahead and do your work, I'll look for it!"

Jiang Yuan got up and walked out of the mine. As he began to sense the stone, he happened to sense Ning Yanlan's aura ten miles away. She was walking from the beast tide outside the west gate, but what surprised him was that the beast tide did not attack her.

"Why did Yanlan go there? Doesn't she know it's dangerous there?!"

He dared not linger, and with his divine wings spread, he rushed toward the edge of the west gate at top speed.

Ten miles was just a few seconds to him. Soon, Ning Yanlan's figure appeared in his sight, with a white robe and a long shadow.

That was a Ning Yanlan that Jiang Yuan had never seen before—not in appearance, but in her aura.

"Smoke and Mist!"

The eerie atmosphere made Jiang Yuan only dare to call out Ning Yanlan's name when he got close, afraid that saying anything more would cause a subtle change in the atmosphere.

"Jiang Yuan!" Ning Yanlan, wrapped in a white robe, raised her head, and her response of the same two words made the atmosphere even more eerie.

Jiang Yuan didn't think much of it and just moved closer to Ning Yanlan, but he didn't expect that this would attract Ning Yanlan's warning.

"Don't come any closer!" Ning Yanlan raised the scepter in her hand, her tone unusually cold.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Yuan had no idea what was going on and stood ten meters away, looking completely helpless.

"I...I..." Ning Yanlan stammered for a long time, but still couldn't give a reason. She just kept saying sorry while hiding under her white robe.

Even though Jiang Yuan was filled with confusion upon seeing Ning Yanlan's state, he still went over and hugged her tightly, saying in a teasing tone, "Only an idiot would keep apologizing!"

"Can we leave Nancheng? I don't want to stay here. Let's go somewhere where there's no one, just the two of us!" Ning Yanlan's body trembled uncontrollably, as if she was enduring something.

"You just saw Zhong Litong, didn't you? What did she say to you that made you so emotional?" Jiang Yuan's tone was tinged with anger; he couldn't tolerate his woman being bullied.

"No, I am just..." Ning Yanlan suddenly trembled, and all her emotions instantly stabilized. She stopped talking.

"It's okay, I'll do as you say, let's go somewhere where it's just the two of us!"

Jiang Yuan gently stroked Ning Yanlan's hair, then looked into her eyes and said, "Didn't you say you'd teach me how to ring the bell? You're doing great now. Let's go into your personal space!"

The personal space is a secret between the two of them; it's practically known only to the two of them.

"Okay!" Ning Yanlan regained her composure, but there was still an inexplicable emptiness in her eyes.

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