Twenty days
For the miners living in the mines, it was just a routine workday.
But for Ye Feng, deep in the mine, it was a transformation from being unable to control his own destiny to being able to move freely!
As he gained more and more lucid time, he was able to mine raw stones at an increasingly faster pace.
In the end, he traveled to a place almost tens of thousands of miles underground.
However, once you get here, you can hardly find any raw stones anymore.
Or, even if there is a raw stone, there are no fragments that have yet formed inside.
The mining beasts encountered are at most at the True God level; killing one can yield tens of thousands of crystal fragments.
Even for him, dealing with a true god-level mining beast would require some effort.
If you encounter a heart-eating worm, all you can do is cry for help.
In total, Ye Feng obtained approximately one million crystal fragments.
One hundred crystal fragments are worth one immortal stone, and one immortal stone is equal to one hundred million top-grade spirit stones.
However, direct top-ups only yield 50 million transaction points.
Once this million fragments are used up, it will amount to 500 billion transaction points.
These trading points were almost entirely exchanged for spirit leaves, used to cleanse the evil energy.
Now, apart from the last trace of the evil tree's recognition of him, Ye Feng's other state has completely recovered to that of when he first ascended.
In other words, chaos, shadow, and cold—the three elements of Xuanxian—for a short time...
Of course, this requires the full fusion of the two laws of chaos and darkness.
Now, both major laws and the Divine Eye need to suppress the Evil Tree... Only a slight exertion is needed to maintain the level of the Three True Immortals.
However, strictly speaking, he is still at the immortal realm, because since entering this realm, he has not yet used any laws or powers exceeding those of an immortal.
He had a feeling that if he were to slightly invoke even a fraction of the chaotic and dark laws, he could undergo a baptism of those laws and become a true immortal... a genuine true immortal.
If this happens, it will likely be detected by the StarNet very quickly.
This is indeed a difficult problem.
Given Chen Luo's status, becoming an immortal was somewhat understandable, but to suddenly become a true immortal...
The illusionary mask I wear won't withstand the scrutiny of the immortal.
Ye Feng couldn't think of a good solution to the identity issue either.
Hopefully, the upgraded system will bring him some surprises.
The system has now been upgraded, and almost all functions are now closed.
Apart from storing items in the cultivation space and exchanging energy, everything else has almost completely stopped, and even the number of trading points hasn't increased.
"We can only take it one step at a time. There are still about two hundred days left... which is about seven more mining trips!"
After calming himself down, Ye Feng once again relinquished his physical body and returned to his consciousness space.
When it comes to dealing with Chen Ping'an, this "father," the Heart-Eating Worm is clearly more experienced.
Although control was temporarily handed over to it, Ye Feng's current state allowed him to keep an eye on things and take over at any time.
The Heart-Eating Worms continued on their own, while Ye Feng pondered how to sell the other ores he had mined.
Even without the income from trading points now, such a large batch of ore is probably worth tens of thousands of immortal stones...
"Wow! You're quite something, Chen kid! Even better than your dad!"
The foreman in charge of collecting the ore, after counting the raw stones, gave Ye Feng a thumbs up.
"Eighty pills... that's twenty more than the task. If you keep working like this, you'll earn twice as much as your father in a month!"
The monthly target is ninety pills; completing it earns you two thousand in wages.
Even if you don't complete the task... it's still two thousand, but if you fall short by two hundred and seventy, you'll be expelled and never hired again.
"How about it? These twenty of yours, would you like to use them to offset some of your father's debt?"
How could someone as skilled as Chen's father, a miner, have debts?
Ye Feng was surprised for a moment, but then he came to his senses.
This debt is something you might as well take; as long as it doesn't exceed 270, it's essentially like a credit card that you don't have to pay back.
As for any large quantities found... naturally, we'll try every means to bring them out.
"Okay! That'll cover...the...debt!"
"Great! That's awesome!"
The manager, with a smile, gave another thumbs-up, then searched for Chen Ping'an's name on the artifact.
Ye Feng glanced at the number Chen Ping'an had -60 and noticed that a 20 had been added after it.
This foreman, named Zhang Liang, was once a miner who, by chance, ascended to the Immortal Realm.
Having been a former absentee himself, he naturally understood the difficulties faced by those who skipped work after becoming a supervisor.
But seeing Chen Luo's drive and ambition, he couldn't help but want to mentor him.
He immediately whispered.
"These next few days, don't go too deep into the mine... Our commander is coming to inspect soon. If you show your face in front of those important figures, you might get remembered... If there's an opportunity, I'll report your performance. If one of the important figures is in a good mood, he might just give you a small reward, and you could even be promoted to immortality..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng's eyes narrowed in the consciousness space.
The heart-eating worm also showed a look of surprise at the opportune moment.
"Thank you so much... Manager Zhang! I will repay you in the future!"
...
Repaying the debt is for later; the key now is to get the person back.
The mine commander is a Xuanxian realm cultivator, a high-level Illusionary Skin user—there's no way he can hide it from us...
However, I still need to explain things to Chen Xin first.
Don't ask me to buy anything again; don't go looking for Chen Luo.
If Chen Luo's habit of bringing his own things were exposed, given his personality,
Either I'll have to bring him things, or he'll just report me...
Even the strongest being on a logistics star is only an Earth Immortal.
Ye Feng, however, was not particularly afraid.
But if it attracts the pursuit of the Holy Empire, then it will be really difficult to move forward.
Chen Xin's secondary school was located near the mine.
Around the school, you can still see some trees that are rare in mining areas.
The environment here is more than ten times better than that of the residential area.
In a large square, thousands of young people sat cross-legged, watching intently as their teacher demonstrated his martial arts techniques.
It was the same as what Chen Xin had demonstrated, but when performed by a celestial being, the effect was completely different.
Of course, in Ye Feng's view, the difference wasn't significant...
Although the environment in the mining area is harsh, not everyone living here is a miner.
For example, teachers, shop owners...
These kinds of positions are basically held by immortals.
After all, not every immortal can live well in the main city.
The classes on immortality are free; whether you attend or not is entirely up to you.
Ye Feng took advantage of the break between classes to call Chen Xin out.
Seeing the little girl skip and hop towards him, his brows furrowed even more.
Ye Feng didn't say much, but simply gestured for Chen Xin to follow him.
The two walked home one after the other until they reached a secluded path, where Ye Feng finally spoke.
"From now on, that matter is never to be mentioned again! Understand?"
Which matter was it...? It goes without saying.
Stealing crystal fragments is an open secret, but if the mine discovers it, it's a death sentence!
Seeing her elder brother's solemn expression, Chen Xin nodded with a look of fear on her face.
"And... you're not allowed to mention whether I'm healed or not again! These two things are absolute secrets between the two of us. Unless I bring them up with you, you're not allowed to say a word about them to anyone... including me!"
Seeing the fear on Chen Xin's face, Ye Feng couldn't help but soften his heart again.
"Just in case, if someone overhears, the whole family will be implicated... How about this, let's agree on a code. If you really need to contact me, just say, 'The clouds are so beautiful,' and I'll reply, 'Penglai is even higher...' Only when I reply with that can you talk to me! Got it?"
Chen Xin nodded emphatically and repeated it again.
"The clouds are so beautiful... Penglai is even higher! I'll remember that!"
"You should only use the code as a last resort... If the code doesn't match, you absolutely mustn't tell me anything else!"
With the code, Chen Xin's trembling heart relaxed considerably, and her respect for her elder brother grew even stronger.
I get scared easily, but my older brother has hidden so much and secretly taken care of the family...
The clouds are so beautiful... There's nothing wrong with that statement; everyone would agree that the clouds are beautiful.
Penglai is even higher!
It sounds like a mountain... but apart from the eldest brother, probably no one would know this name!
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