"Hey! Old Chen, this is your son who graduated from the Immortal Studies program! He's here so early to help you."
"You still have a month until graduation from the Immortal Academy, and your son is already here to help you. He's really obedient!"
"Old Chen really picked up a good son. My son... sigh, never mind!"
...
Along the way, seeing Chen Ping'an with his son, his familiar coworkers showered him with praise.
Although Chen Ping'an was modest and polite in his words, the smile on his face never stopped.
He first took Chen Luo to register and receive a set of mining tools.
Then he continued to remind me of things to pay attention to along the way.
Inside the mine, all storage items must be inspected upon exiting.
If you have personal items that you don't want to be inspected, you should store them in your locker beforehand.
The terrain inside the mine is complex; going in could be thousands of miles away. Make sure you bring your own food and supplies...
Once inside, you don't need to come out every day, but you must submit a task once a month.
If you fail to complete three tasks in a row, you will be expelled.
Of course, if someone goes into a mine and doesn't come out for three months, they will most likely be marked as dead.
......
As soon as they entered the mine, Chen Ping'an had his son put on a dust-proof protective device.
He himself simply covered his mouth and nose with a piece of cloth.
"The daily task is three raw gems... Today, I'm just showing you around to get a feel for it; we don't need to go too deep..."
Chen Ping'an's somewhat muffled voice came from behind his mask. As he spoke, he walked to the corner of the wall, took out his pickaxe, and tapped it a few times from left to right. A round rock about the size of an adult's fist rolled out.
Seeing his son's surprised look, he said with a smile in his eyes,
"Once you learn to identify the outer layer of the stone, digging it out will be just as easy!"
After saying that, Chen Ping'an walked inside, making a lot of knocking and banging.
Chen Luo stood there, speechless for a long time.
Suddenly, those seemingly dull eyes blinked sharply, revealing a pair of bright and intelligent eyes.
"Raw stone..."
...
"Come in quickly! Divine sense can't penetrate the mine, don't get separated!"
Chen Luo's eyes flashed, and he resumed his blank expression, quickly stepping forward to catch up with Chen Ping'an.
Within its body, in the space of consciousness,
Ye Feng, who was suspended in front of the divine tree, suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at the slightly transparent corner in his consciousness space.
He then turned his gaze to the panel.
Upgrade time: 7089:58:56
This time, the system upgrade will take a full year, which is a year in the Immortal Realm!
Based on the intermittent trading point notifications that came from that void, a year in the Immortal Realm is probably equivalent to an unknown amount of time in the mortal realm.
The system is currently undergoing maintenance, and the acquisition of trading points has also stopped. The only functions he can use are the cultivation space and system top-ups.
The cultivation space can't be accelerated yet... and system top-ups can only be used to exchange for Law cultivation.
Previously, in the space where I had just entered the Immortal Realm, I encountered a terrifying attack that almost instantly shattered the evil tree's mark of recognition.
With him fully utilizing his cultivation, the evil tree began to cause trouble again.
There was no other way but to shut down his consciousness and suppress it with all his might.
It is gradually purified by the life energy naturally generated by the sacred tree.
After entering the Celestial Realm, the Divine Tree finally surpassed 99 meters in height.
Now, several months have passed, and it has reached about 200 meters... and it is still growing.
The life energy emitted naturally increases significantly.
Even so, it would probably take hundreds of years to regain control of the evil tree as it was before...
Of course, Ye Feng doesn't need to fully recover to his previous state; he only needs to forcibly control himself so he can withdraw his consciousness.
Even so, it will still take several years.
Furthermore, since his cultivation level needs to suppress the evil tree, his displayed strength cannot be very high.
How to integrate into this world, and how to acquire a large number of trading points, are also questions.
Fortunately, he happened to run into Chen Luo, who was driven by greed, and Chen Luo directly helped him resolve his identity issue.
They even sent a consciousness puppet... Now even the trading point problem has been solved in one go!
Although the raw stone has not yet been imbued with spirit, it contains a small crystal fragment.
Ye Feng didn't know whether the system's default absorption was the energy of shattered crystals or the attributes that could be used as currency.
In any case, as long as the system acknowledges it, everything is fine!
...
The two spent almost the entire day together.
While teaching him how to find raw stones, Chen's father also told him about various precautions.
The mine shafts, near the surface, had long been riddled with holes and crisscrossed with branching passages.
However, the soil on the celestial planets is inherently very sturdy, and unless an extremely large space is created, there is very little risk of it collapsing.
Furthermore, the people here always pack the soil they dig up into storage bags and take it with them when they go out, preventing any dug-up from happening repeatedly.
The mine will also provide cheap support poles and planks free of charge. People usually repair any potential hazards they see in the mines they frequently pass through.
After estimating that about seven hours had passed, Chen's father stopped.
"Alright, let's go back!"
"Only four..."
"It's okay if you miss one day's task; you can make up for it next time you come!"
As expected of an experienced miner, Chen's father managed to dig up four rough stones even when he was with Chen Luo not far from the surface.
No wonder he managed to save up a considerable amount of crystal fragments to support his two children.
He would also occasionally bring some beef from the prisoner's ox home.
Chen Luo taught the consciousness body some basic common sense in detail.
Ye Feng also directly obtained this part of the memory.
This planet, although located in the realm of immortals...
However, those below the level of immortals are almost no different from mortals in the cultivation world.
The laws of the Immortal Realm are powerful, and while they enhance human physique, living in this world also consumes a tremendous amount of energy.
Not only mortals below the level of immortals, but even those who have reached the realm of true immortals still need to eat.
The food in the celestial realm is naturally rich in spiritual energy.
It is even comparable to a level four or five spiritual medicine in the lower realm.
The purchasing power of a single crystal fragment, if calculated according to the standards of the mortal world...
That's roughly equivalent to half a month's worth of food for a family.
Ten pounds of prison beef would cost about this much.
Based on previous transactions, one immortal stone can be exchanged for one hundred crystal fragments...
In the lower realms, a cultivator at the first level of the Loose Immortal realm needs to continuously refine their essence for a hundred years to create a single Immortal Essence Stone.
The laws of the Immortal Realm are powerful, so this timeframe must be greatly reduced.
Moreover, with the natural carrier of raw stone, the condensation time will definitely be reduced by several times.
Even so, for an ordinary person like Chen's father... those were things that could only be dreamed of but never attained.
Chen's mother's job was to clean the outer layer of stone from the raw stone.
Although the work was just as arduous, the working conditions were much better than going down into the mine.
The three arrived home almost simultaneously, and upon seeing the composed 'Chen Luo,' they exchanged pleasantries and inquiries.
After the two fell asleep, Chen Luo opened and closed his eyes, and Ye Feng regained control of the body.
Given the current level of control over the evil tree, it can "wake up" about two or three times a day.
The total time will not exceed ten minutes...
Incidentally, it should also be mentioned that, whether it's the mortal realm or the immortal realm,
A planet's rotation takes approximately twelve hours, or twenty-four hours.
This timing is not necessarily naturally occurring.
However, this alternation of day and night is more suitable for human survival and adaptation.
For beings above the Earth Immortal level, adjusting a planet's rotation is probably a very simple matter...
Ye Feng reached out and placed the three stone eggs, which he had secretly found during the day and stored in his cultivation space, on the table.
With a gentle squeeze, the stone shell shattered, revealing the jade-like raw stone inside.
In the center of the rough stone, there was a small crystal, no bigger than a peanut.
Actually, Ye Feng really wanted to try imbuing this raw stone with a spirit...
However, the process of spirit possession will inevitably cause fluctuations in the surrounding laws. If it is detected by a high-level cultivator, that would be disastrous.
I just don't know if it's possible to attach a spirit to something in a cultivation space...
Just as Ye Feng was about to try, the door was suddenly pushed open.
"Big brother, you're amazing! You managed to sneak back some crystal fragments on your first time going down into the mine!"
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