I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 603 Slander (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Jiang Yi hadn't even arrived at the scene when the battle was already over.

Just like the previous times, the ones who came were all Golden Core cultivators disguised as desperate rogue cultivators, and Zhen Shan could handle them all by himself.

In fact, these people went to great lengths to steal her mining puppet, using many methods of concealment, stealth, and escape, some of which were even undetectable by the divine sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Unfortunately, Zhenshan Duanjin cultivated the Xuanhuang Qi, and his perception of earth veins and minerals was extremely strong. In Zhenshan Duanjin's eyes, the entire mineral vein was like the hands and feet extending from his body.

It cannot be controlled, yet it can be clearly perceived.

As long as those puppets are distributed around the mine, they are like hairs on these 'arms'. How could they not feel someone secretly plucking hairs from Zhenshan and Duanjin?

Sure enough, they caught them every time.

Jiang Yi appeared on the makeshift mining platform at sea and watched as Zhen Shan tossed the two chained male cultivators to the ground like he was handling chicks.

"My lord, is it the same as before?"

Jiang Yi nodded. "Okay, as usual."

"okay!"

Without Jiang Yi needing to say anything more, Zhen Shan, already familiar with the process, went to Duan Jin, retrieved a set of shackles, and put them on the two of them.

The two men looked terrified. After they were arrested, these people didn't even interrogate them? Maybe they would talk if they wanted to?

Seeing that things were going badly, one of them suddenly shouted in an attempt to save his life, "Sword Lord, spare us! We'll talk! We are... mmm mmm!"

Before he could speak, Zhenshan had already sealed his mouth with an iron mask.

Jiang Yi stood there lazily picking her ears, not wanting to listen at all, nor needing them to tell her; she would 'see' it herself.

"Get out of here!"

Zhenshan kicked the two men into the sea. The two struggled in the water, but the shackles on their bodies were too heavy, dragging them down.

Standing on the platform, Zhenshan shouted gruffly, "Work hard to mine and improve your skills! If you dare to escape, the shackles on your bodies will teach you what it means to wish you were dead! Also, if you don't want soul-piercing spikes to grow on your shackles, don't even think about slacking off!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhenshan manipulated gravity, causing the two of them to sink completely into the sea.

There were several more such laborers underwater, diligently mining. In any case, the Qian Tian Sect dared not acknowledge or claim them. Golden Core cultivators did not need to eat or rest and could move normally underwater. Jiang Yi accepted all the free laborers.

After repairing several damaged puppets, Duan Jin walked over with a worried look on his face. "My lord, I'm afraid this can't go on?"

Jiang Yihun said nonchalantly, "It's alright. We're not the ones who should be worried. They'll come to apologize and beg me for forgiveness someday."

Duan Jin was still worried, "But what if they succeed? Although I'm confident that the core of the puppet I created won't be so easily dismantled and copied, what if something unexpected happens?"

Jiang Yisuo said, "I don't understand the art of puppetry very well. Besides the complex mechanism for dismantling, could you add something else to the core of the puppet? For example, if someone tries to dismantle it, as long as they touch a few key points, it will... bang!"

Duan Jin's eyes lit up. "I understand. It's not difficult. Thank you for your guidance, Your Excellency. Next time someone comes, I'll send a few of these puppets to them and teach them a lesson!"

"Where is Flower Rakshasa? Hasn't she returned yet?"

Jiang Yi released her divine sense to search the surrounding sea area. If she were nearby, she would definitely come to check if there was any commotion. Duan Jin went to do his work, and Zhen Shan put the ore that the rat puppet had carried up into a storage bag, saying, "She's still at the Ziyang Sect."

In areas with mineral veins, Zhenshan and Duanjin's perception range is wider than Jiang Yi's. This sea area is rich in mineral veins, and the Ziyang Sect also has some.

The situation at Ziyang Sect was indeed beyond Jiang Yi's expectations. She originally thought that Ziyang Sect would be at odds with her because of Xia Changying, but unexpectedly, Shen Xingxian of Ziyang Sect was very reasonable, humble and polite, and handled official business without personal grudges.

If it weren't for him, the distribution plan for this seabed mineral vein among the three islands wouldn't have been so easy to reach. She and Shen Xingxian vetoed Qian Tianzong's crooked idea with just two votes.

Now the mine is divided equally among the three families, with clear boundaries drawn, and each family hires its own people to mine it, keeping to themselves and their own interests.

The Ziyang Sect has always behaved properly and has not overstepped its bounds.

Not only did the Qian Tian Sect repeatedly dig beyond their boundaries, but they also tried to use the moral high ground of human righteousness to blackmail her, because they saw that her mining puppets were efficient and saved manpower, and made her send some to both sides.

She said she could sell it, but not give it away, and when she set a price, Qian Tianzong thought it was too expensive.

"You guys keep going. I'll hurry up and finish hammering in the remaining Dragon-Locking Nails. My brow has been twitching lately, so I'll just have to be prepared."

Zhenshan and Duanjin understood Jiang Yi's meaning. The sea had been too calm lately, and even the Xun wind had stopped, which was not a good omen.

……

The island where the Qiantian Sect is based.

Seeing that the people he had sent out had not returned, the chief official, True Lord Jackal, cursed angrily, "A bunch of useless trash! Not one of them can solve my problems!"

His face was ashen as he scanned his own island with his divine sense.

The entire camp was a mess, like a ruin, with rubble everywhere, deep pits that had not been filled, and only a few barely excavated dirt roads winding through the exposed rock.

Piles of mined ore lay along the roadside, but due to a shortage of weapon refiners, they had not yet been refined into talisman bricks for city construction.

They arrived two months earlier than Jiang Yi, and it has been five months now, yet they haven't even finished the entire foundation of the city.

We lack ore, we lack weapon refiners, we lack craftsmen, we lack everything!
Especially the mines. Before Jiang Yi came, the places she now occupies were originally being mined by their Qiantian Sect. She just forcibly took them away after she arrived.

Jackal Feather hadn't expected that Jiang Yi, who looked so young and came from a poor place like Lingxu Sword Sect, would have such a wealthy family background that he could produce five or six hundred puppets to mine, without needing any manpower.

There was a powerful array blocking her from knowing what was going on on the island, so Jackal Feather couldn't find out. But he could imagine that since the mining manpower had been freed up, the island's construction progress must be quite fast.

"True Lord!" A Golden Core cultivator in charge of Chai Yu rushed in. "The Mountain and Sea Alliance has issued an urgent order! It requires the completion of the island's defensive array within this month. They say there may be unexpected changes at sea, and no matter what happens, this island must be defended and cannot be lost!"

Chai Yu's temple veins bulged. "Set up an array? What array? Do they even know how much material it would take to set up a real protective array on such a large island? It would require smelting at least ten thousand tons of refined ore, and the Mountain and Sea Alliance hasn't even allocated half an ounce of black iron! What am I supposed to do with that?!"

The steward lowered his head and dared not speak. If it weren't for the domineering nature of the Qian Tian Sect, which forcibly abducted him here, with his cultivation level, he could have become an elder in other small sects in Qianzhou.

A sinister glint flashed in Jackal Feather's eyes. "Go and send a message to the Mountain and Sea Alliance. Tell them that Jiang Yi of the Lingxu Sword Sect has repeatedly obstructed our sect's mining of shared mineral veins and detained our sect's cultivators to vent his personal grudges, causing serious delays in the construction of Qiantian Island. Such actions disregard the greater good of the human race. We demand an explanation from the Mountain and Sea Alliance!"

The managing cultivator understood immediately, "Understood! I will certainly report the situation of 'Jiang Yi being selfish, abusing his power, and dragging down the entire alliance' to the Mountain and Sea Alliance in detail!"

(End of this chapter)