Walking back to the room, Yuanxiao was surprised to see the pile of spirit stone fragments that had been depleted of spiritual energy. He had not expected that so many spirit stones would be needed for one cultivation. He had absorbed 36 spirit stones before reaching the first level of Qi Refining.
As an inner disciple of the sect, only giving me three low-grade spirit stones a month is too stingy!
If Hai Qing, the leader of the Yunhai Sect, heard this, he'd probably vomit three liters of blood. A sect with around two thousand members, many of them elders and guests, must give out seven or eight thousand spirit stones every month, which translates to over a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones per year. Do you think our Yunhai Sect is a miner?
Oh, I forgot. Yunhai Gate and Xinshan Gate do have mineral veins to mine. We moved precisely because of the discovery. But you don't know how expensive fuel and rice are until you manage the household. The low-grade spirit stone veins will eventually run out; they're a non-renewable resource. Are we going to move again after we've mined them all?!
What Yuan Xiao didn't know was that the other disciples didn't practice like him. Most of them practiced only once they received a Spirit Stone. Even if they received several Spirit Stones at once, they would carefully divide them up and use them several times. They always made every possible preparation before using a Spirit Stone, fearing that even a single drop of spiritual energy would be wasted.
In the days when there were no spirit stones, they could still meditate and practice breathing exercises, but because the spiritual energy in the air was thin, the effect of their practice was very low. Therefore, they could only eat meat during the monthly distribution of low-grade spirit stones. They could not imagine such a wealthy dog owner as Yuanxiao.
After a night, Yuanxiao got up, stretched, and felt refreshed.
In fact, after reaching a certain level, most cultivators use meditation to replace sleep, serving as both a form of spiritual practice and a means of rest. It's normal to meditate for several hours, or even ten days or half a month. For advanced cultivators, meditating in seclusion for specialized practice can last for months, years, or even decades.
Yuanxiao has just started cultivating immortals and still maintains the living habits of a mortal. For the time being, he will not use meditation to replace sleep.
I cleaned up the remaining spiritual stones in the room and buried them in the garden outside where I planted spiritual herbs. This way, if someone knew that I often went to the mine to pick up miscellaneous spiritual stones, I would have a good explanation.
The miscellaneous spirit stones were used to improve the spiritual energy environment of the medicine garden soil. The spiritual energy in the spirit stones had been completely absorbed by the herbs, so only dark gray spirit stone residue remained.
Then, he'd occasionally use the Apocalypse Pearl to soak a little off-white spiritual liquid and water the soil in the yard. The spiritual herbs and medicinal herbs would naturally contain more spiritual energy, so it was these herbs that had absorbed all the spiritual energy from the miscellaneous spiritual stones, turning them into spiritual stone residue. This explanation was barely plausible! Yuan Xiao smiled cunningly.
Now let's go to the mine to replenish some miscellaneous spirit stones. We used up a lot of spirit stones yesterday. Even Yuanxiao, a wealthy man, felt uneasy. Who knows how many spirit stones we will need for future cultivation.
I will be here for at least a year, coming here every few days to clean out a few mines each time, and strive to clean out most of the mines in a year. This is another major task besides cultivation.
Walking to the edge of the mine square, Yuan Xiao discovered that after entering the first level of Qi Refining, his vision had improved. He could see things in the dark more clearly than before, and could make out the general outlines of objects. This allowed him to walk normally in the dark without tripping or bumping into anything.
But because we need to pick up miscellaneous spirit stones, this level is not enough, we still need to use the night pearl to prevent missing treasures.
Yuanxiao suddenly thought of the little golden mink and decided to go find it this time. Now that he was staying in the Spiritual Medicine Garden, he had his own base, and the Spiritual Medicine Garden was closest to the mine, so it would be very convenient for them to visit each other.
Yuanxiao held up the night pearl and walked into the mine, collecting various spiritual stones along the way while moving towards the platform where the little golden mink was in his memory.
Because when the man and the mink parted yesterday morning, Yuanxiao threw several low-grade spirit stones into the little golden mink's cave. It is estimated that it cannot be eaten up today, so it should still be nearby.
But Yuanxiao was not in a hurry. He had only one year here, and the mine was only this big. It would not expand or shrink. He would encounter it if he came a few more times.
It feels so good to pick up money along the way! These miscellaneous spirit stones are poisonous spirit stones and useless chicken ribs in the eyes of others. But in Yuanxiao's eyes, they are just low-grade spirit stones. If the other disciples knew about this, they would probably die of grief!
Inner disciples only get three a month, and you picked up hundreds in one trip to the mine. Calling you a tycoon is being polite! What they should be calling you is, bah! Damn tycoon!
As he walked, Yuanxiao's eyes lit up. Yes, this was the platform! Because at the base of the wall over there was the small hole where the little golden mink had hidden last time.
"Hello, a guest is coming!" Yuanxiao shouted, but there was no response.
Eh, isn't it here right now? That's normal. The little golden mink wanders around looking for food, just like when it was little and went hunting in the mountains. Sometimes it would run very far, but it would always come home.
After waiting for a while, there was still no sign of the mink. Yuanxiao decided to continue forward to collect miscellaneous spirit stones and come back to look for the little golden mink next time.
Another hour passed, and after passing several platforms, I looked up and saw that there was no road ahead. I had actually reached the end of this passage, and the platform under my feet was the end.
Just as Yuanxiao was about to leave, he suddenly noticed a small hole in the wall, about waist height, roughly the same size as the one the little golden mink had made. Hey, could it be that the little golden mink has a second home here? A cunning "mink" with three burrows?!
"Hello, a guest is coming!" Yuanxiao shouted again.
This time there was a quick response. A small head popped out of the hole and jumped onto the ground. Its whole body was golden, with only the tip of its tail having a little red. It was the little golden sable we met last time!
"Xiao Jin, will you come with me?" Yuan Xiao smiled and stretched out his hand. He casually gave the little golden mink a name and praised himself, "Look, what a great name!"
Xiao Jin jumped onto Yuanxiao's palm, sniffing and rubbing. It felt that there seemed to be something different about this person. In fact, it was because Yuanxiao had just reached the first level of Qi Refining, his Qi was vigorous, and spiritual energy had entered his body.
Yuanxiao held Xiaojin in his hand and turned to go back, but he saw Xiaojin suddenly jumped down and went back into the hole, leaving only his head exposed, chirping at Yuanxiao.
Could it be that he didn't want to leave? Yuanxiao took out a few more spirit stones, intending to give them to Xiaojin and then leave. However, he found that Xiaojin didn't come over, but turned back and went back into the cave. He only heard a few small sounds coming from the cave, and after a while, Xiaojin ran out with a spirit stone in his mouth.
Hey, low-grade spirit stone!
But it was not the low-grade spirit stone that he gave to Xiao Jin yesterday. The low-grade spirit stone that he purified was whiter and had a stronger spiritual aura. This one was clearly an ordinary low-grade spirit stone.
While Yuanxiao was still pondering, Xiaojin turned back into the cave and brought out another low-grade spirit stone. He stood at the entrance of the cave again, looking inside and then at Yuanxiao, chirping anxiously.
No way, there are still some low-grade spirit stone mines that have been missed here! ?
