After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 244 I Have Half a Spirit Stone Mine 2
She usually takes seven-tenths of the profits, and the remaining three-tenths go to the person in charge of mining.

The manager would usually gather people to go down into the mine to mine. The workers would take one share of the spirit stones produced, and the rest would be handed over to the higher authorities.

The manager was responsible for redistributing the funds, giving the lion's share to the owners of the spirit mines, handing some over to the sects, and keeping some for himself.

Such methods inevitably breed some greedy people. In order to crack down on these people, the sect has set strict rules and imposed extremely severe punishments.

With rules in place, no one dares to pull any tricks.

This is a major sect. If they are caught doing something underhanded, not only will they not survive the punishment, but their very survival in the cultivation world will be in question.

Lin Yan checked her current spirit stones. Although she still had quite a few left, the space was very energy-consuming. Even if she stayed in the cave every day without going out, she would still consume spirit stones.

Therefore, it is necessary to mine spirit stones. Only by storing more spirit stones can she have the confidence to go into seclusion.

"How long will it take me to mine this half of the mine?"

"It might take a year at the shortest. However, there will be a settlement every month. You can either send someone with the token or come to collect it in person."

She hadn't expected that mining even half a small spirit mine would take so long.

And they settle accounts every month... Doesn't that mean she has to come and clock in every month? Where would she find the time?

"Of course, if you don't have time to come or send anyone, you can have the steward send someone to your cave, but you'll have to pay an extra delivery fee."

This approach is quite suitable for her current situation.

After checking around, the senior sister helped her estimate the harvest. Half of the vein had been mined, and she would receive about 500,000 high-grade spirit stones.

Earning 500,000 high-grade spirit stones a year is already a lot; even a medium-sized sect doesn't have that many spirit stones in its reserves.

To become a major sect, one must possess spirit mines and have a stable source of spirit stones to develop the sect.

Once she left the mine, she went to discuss the excavation with the manager. The manager was efficient and immediately issued a summons after the discussion, and soon people were assigned to go down and start excavating.

After seeing her off to the entrance of the cave, her senior sister patted her on the shoulder and took out a wooden box from her storage bag and gave it to her.

"Junior Sister, I will be going into seclusion tomorrow. Please take good care of yourself."

She took the wooden box with both hands and nodded: "Senior sister, you can go into seclusion with peace of mind. I will definitely take good care of myself and not cause any trouble."

The eldest sister nodded with satisfaction and rode away on her griffin again.

She watched her senior sister leave until that red figure disappeared from her sight.

After checking the barriers and formations around the cave and confirming that everything was in order, she entered the cave.

Little Tangyuan woke up and was playing with the ball by itself, being incredibly well-behaved. Watching it, she felt a surge of emotion and went over to pet it.

Only after checking its storage bag and confirming that it had enough spirit stones and food did it sit cross-legged to meditate and cultivate.

The next day, she woke up, stretched, and went for a stroll. After showing her face, she returned to Guiyun Peak.

She can't stay in the cave forever; she needs to show her face more often to give others the opportunity to kill her.

Wen Gui's cave is protected by a barrier, preventing him from leaving on his own. But what if someone offers him a way out?
When she visited Wen Gui that day, she checked it herself; it was a formation set up by a Nascent Soul Venerable, similar in principle to a mental trial—one could leave once the conditions were met. What are the conditions for someone to be released from confinement? Of course, it's sincerely admitting their mistakes. But Wen Gui clearly couldn't do that, otherwise he wouldn't have been confined indefinitely.

Another way is to have the person who imprisoned him and set up this formation release him.

He was escorted back to the sect ahead of time. The person responsible for confining him, who received the message from Elder Miaoyin, was most likely the elder in charge of sect discipline.

She now needed to find a reason to force the elders to release the person. With Wen Gui out of the confined cave, her options were greatly increased.

What reason could he give? Was it the death of his father, the succession to the throne, or some other event requiring his attendance?
Suddenly I remembered that the sect has an exchange activity, right? Wen Gui's personal disciple got a good ranking in the competition, so it's a good opportunity to show it off and make the sect proud.

Many people in the sect knew that he was imprisoned for attempted murder, but people in the outer sects didn't know.

Family scandals should not be aired in public. Wen Gui's affair was kept secret, and the people in the clan were afraid of losing face, so they did not tell anyone about it.

However, the matter of letting Wen Gui participate in the activities cannot be proposed by himself; it must be proposed by someone else, and the elders must agree.

The elders have no shortage of spirit stones, so using spirit stones to curry favor won't work. There needs to be some kind of honor that will tempt the elders.

Just as Lin Yan was fretting, she suddenly slapped her forehead and realized she had been a bit silly.

That's enough for her; the rest is up to Wen Gui to figure out. He must be really eager to come out and kill her right now, especially since he knows the elders of the Miaofa Sect better than she does.

He only looked down on disciples who were inferior to him, but he was quite adept at interpersonal relationships with elders who were of higher status or seniority than him.

As long as he shows a sincere attitude of admitting his mistake and has an excuse to release him, it is not impossible to release him temporarily even without Elder Miaoyin's order.

Having figured this out, she needed to find a way to guide Wen Gui to come up with this idea.

He would never have bothered with this roundabout method before, but now he'd rather come out and kill himself. If there's a way to get out, he'll definitely do it.

When that time comes, she will have Guiyun Peak and the others come to kill her. Even if Elder Miaoyin comes out of seclusion, she won't be able to do anything to her.

Even if the sea tribe has reservations, she has a reason for her master to protect her.

She spread the word that she would be going into seclusion in her cave for a few years. The sea tribe wanted to avenge Wen Gui, but they couldn't very well come all the way to Guiyun Peak, could they?
If Tian Wengui shows signs of falling into demonic possession, then killing him would be eliminating a demon, which would be perfectly reasonable and in accordance with the law. There would be no need for her master to protect her; in fact, the Miaofa Sect would have to promote her as a righteous person.

She would visit Wen Gui every few days, and everyone was saying that she was righteous and willing to forgive the person who had tried to kill her.

In public, she smiled slightly, revealing a calm and serene expression, as if she had truly put past grievances behind her.

In order to gain a good reputation, she refined a lot of top-grade healing pills and distributed them to the servants and outer disciples.

Heavenly-grade healing pills are not rare, but they are excellent for menial disciples and outer disciples who have relatively scarce cultivation resources.

They spend their spirit stones on cultivation or purchasing necessary items. For basic pills, they naturally buy inexpensive, low-quality pills that still have the corresponding effects.

That day, Li Qiu sent her a message on a jade disc, saying that he needed to talk to her about something.

She had barely replied when the other party said they were almost at her cave dwelling.

Upon going outside, they saw Li Qiu arriving on his sword.