Chapter 103 Passerby Affected by the Cultivation Novel 9
After completing the transformation, Jiang Yue's cultivation level dropped to the first level of Qi Refining, but the quality of spiritual energy was much higher. The cultivation speed of this Five Elements Technique is so slow. Normal cultivation methods cultivate only one type of spiritual energy, but the Five Elements Technique requires a balance of five types of spiritual energy. No wonder the complete version only costs 500 spirit stones.
After taking a sip of tea, Jiang Yue realized it was almost time to leave, so she got up and went out. She returned the cultivation manual jade slip to her attendant, who checked it and, after confirming that Jiang Yue didn't need anything, saw her off. Once outside the library, Jiang Yue wandered around the market, inquiring about the prices of pills and talismans. Even the most basic fireball talisman cost 5 spirit stones each—she couldn't afford it!
Jiang Yue had 8888 scan her once, but it didn't find the energy she needed. She had hoped to find some treasure using its scanning ability, but 8888 said it didn't have that function and could only identify specific types of energy.
Seeing that it was getting late, I went to find my fellow disciples at the entrance of the market. Once everyone was there, we set off back to Qingyang Sect. Just as my junior sister had said, we didn't encounter a single person who tried to kill or rob us. Being poor has its advantages, I guess; at least no one is after you.
After returning to her sect, Jiang Yue began a repetitive life, spending her days forging iron and cultivating. Her cultivation level returned to the third level of Qi Refining, and she mastered the newly acquired spells to a minor degree of success, as well as the initial spells to a major degree of success. However, this comfortable life did not last long. Someone informed her to report to the mine next month. The person who came to Jiang Yue said, "I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful. If you know you're wrong, go and change your cultivation method. Otherwise, you can forget about coming back. You'll be working your way up in the mine until you die."
Seeing that Jiang Yue didn't speak, the disciple pressed on, "So, what's your choice?" Jiang Yue looked at him calmly and said, "This disciple chooses to go to the mine." The disciple's face turned ashen, and he waved his hand, shouting sharply, "You ungrateful wretch! No need for next month, go tomorrow!"
Jiang Yue cupped her hands in a respectful bow and said calmly, "Disciple obeys!" This nearly infuriated the messenger. After he left, her colleagues asked her with concern what had happened: "Junior Sister Jiang, who did you offend? See if you can ask Steward Li to put in a good word for you. Once you're at the mine, who knows when you'll be able to return to the sect? If all else fails, just run away!"
"Yeah, don't argue. It's nothing to lower your head."
Jiang Yue thanked her companions for their kind words of comfort, then spread her hands helplessly and said, "I have a golden spiritual root, and I didn't become a guinea pig for the elders who were passing on their skills. Do you understand now?" Upon hearing this, her companions fell silent. Several of them also looked troubled, as they had also offended others in the past. "So this isn't a matter of bowing down or not. Going to the mine might allow us to survive, but becoming a guinea pig might mean dying any day now."
"Doesn't the sect care? Openly murdering disciples, he's even more demonic than the Demonic Sect! The entire Transmission Hall has become his personal fiefdom!" The moment these words left his mouth, they were covered. The senior brother covering his mouth shouted sternly, "Do you want to die?! How can you say such nonsense?"
Although the speaker's mouth was covered, he still looked unconvinced. After a while, several senior brothers took out two spirit stones and handed them to Jiang Yue: "Little Jiang, you can keep them. We can't help you much. Take the spirit stones to the mine and give the manager some gifts. He'll be assigned an easy job and will have some time to cultivate."
Jiang Yue declined at first but couldn't refuse her fellow disciples' kindness, so she finally accepted. After finishing her work, Jiang Yue suddenly remembered something: "Senior brother, how many mines does our Qingyang Sect have?"
"Just this one, so what?"
"It's nothing, thank you, senior brother. I was just asking."
Jiang Yue remembered that the Qingyang Sect was wiped out because they were discovered secretly mining spirit stones. There was only one mine, which meant that there were spirit stones underneath it. After carefully reviewing the world's plot, she realized that this was the case. Wasn't this exactly what she wanted? She was short of spirit stones right now. She had maxed out her cultivation technique, but her cultivation level couldn't rise. She had to make money first.
The next morning, Jiang Yue was taken to the mine by the disciple who had delivered the message. He verbally humiliated Jiang Yue along the way. Jiang Yue angrily said, "If I can't deal with that Qi Refining Level 9 elder, I can at least kill you, a little minion. I directly poisoned him with a slow-acting poison. I don't know if it will kill him."
After all, there are antidotes in the cultivation world, but even if there were, he might not be able to afford them. When he arrived at the mine, he whispered with the manager for a long time, and then Jiang Yue was assigned to the deepest abandoned mine shaft. She could only go to the surface once a month. Although there were no performance requirements, if she couldn't hand over the ore, she would have to stay there forever without making any contributions. The manager was waiting to see Jiang Yue beg for mercy, but Jiang Yue remained calm, which suited her just fine.
After the crowd dispersed, the manager arranged for people to go down to mine. When Jiang Yue arrived at her mine, she saw that it was about 20 meters deep. The mine was winding and twisting, and it was easy to get lost if you weren't careful. Jiang Yue had 8888 scan it. Although there was no energy she needed, a large energy reaction was detected 50 meters below her, which should be the spirit stone mine.
"50 meters, how long will it take to dig this thing out?" Jiang Yue had just tried it out. The ore here was very hard, and she could only dig one meter out every two or three days. She had to turn around where she couldn't dig. With a sigh, she started working. The first thing she had to do was to disguise it. It took her a month to dig a hole to the side, and then she piled up all the stones she dug out to block the other hole. This blocked hole was where Jiang Yue planned to dig further down.
Three months later, the manager initially sent someone to check if Jiang Yue was dead. Later, the manager got used to Jiang Yue going up once a month and stopped sending people to look for her. It was then that Jiang Yue took action. After delivering the ore she had mined that month, Jiang Yue went down into the ground and began her work at night.
Using his spatial storage, Jiang Yue put the rubble inside. After entering the fork in the road, he released the rubble to block the entrance. Three months passed in this way, and Jiang Yue had dug about 20 meters. Today is the half-year period, and the disciples have two days of rest.
They could spend spirit stones to ask the mine's law enforcement disciples to escort them back to their sect. The disciples were free to move around for the next two days, and they would have to return to the mine in two days. Jiang Yue also stopped digging for the next two days, afraid that someone might be blind and discover her work. Half a month later, Jiang Yue resumed her digging project, and half a year later, she finally dug through.
Jiang Yue jumped down, and the spiritual energy here made her dizzy. She quickly used ore to block the mine shaft she had dug. What if the spiritual energy ran up and was discovered? The mine shaft was full of densely packed spirit stones. Jiang Yue suppressed the urge to shout, "I'm rich! I'm rich!"
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