Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 100 A Giant Mining Vein: A cause for great alarm

"In ancient times, there may not have been any immortals. Perhaps we spiritual cultivators were once called human immortals..."

As Su Ji spoke eloquently, he casually pointed into the pit. There was no death tornado here to interfere, and even at a depth of thirty feet, one could still unleash the [Earth Yang Surge].

The demons inside the pit dug out the soil around them, and after the [Earth Sun Eruption] carried away the dust, they moved the stones into the cave next to them.

The demons and ghosts took turns attacking throughout the afternoon. It was tough, but they weren't completely exhausted.

With so many cultivators working together, the results were quite good.

When they dug to a depth of nine zhang, a medium-grade earth yang stone was found, along with more than a dozen other low-grade spiritual materials.

When they dug to a depth of twelve zhang, they suddenly discovered a fork in the road. Although only some earth yang stones remained inside, it gave the group of demons and ghosts hope.

"If we follow this fork in the road, we'll surely enter the Earth Yang Spirit Vein, and finally we won't have to dig anymore!"

These demons and ghosts are either ghost generals or great ghost generals. They used to have many ghost soldiers serving them, so they had never done such hard work before.

"Miss Mo Linglong is far too terrifying. I will never provoke her again!"

Mo Linglong looks like a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, but her combat power is far superior to all the demons and ghosts.

Even in the eyes of these demons and ghosts, even if the Xuanmen Dao Seed Golden Toad relied on the Death Tornado, it could not possibly be a match for Mo Linglong.

"Fortunately, the rules of the City God's Spirit Realm protected us, and the Mo family of Thousand Transformations Town is a powerful and influential force, otherwise we would have really been doomed this time!"

Killing is forbidden in the Spirit Realm, but one can capture and humiliate people. If one is not afraid of ruining their reputation, they can even destroy the celestial soul and spirit of demons and ghosts, crippling their cultivation...

Amidst the sighs of the demons and ghosts, Mo Linglong and Su Ji arrived at the fork in the road below the old pit.

Although the fork in the road leads to a dead end, it is just a condensation of ordinary earth; only by clearing it can one see what lies behind.

Yan Tianchou, controlling his mechanical spirit beast, had already arrived at this spot and reminded, "Behind every clod of earth are more clods of earth, but there's now some more earth yang energy in between..."

Clearly, the passage has been partially blocked by soil erosion over a long period of time.

This little bit of dirt is the easiest job of the day, and Firebird Yanchong, as the supervisor, actually rushed to the front.

The red ape scoffed at this, but the quick-thinking demon hurriedly followed... Now they were at the crucial moment, and if they didn't show their skills now, they would miss their chance!

"Dig it through!"

Firebird Yanchong's joyful voice came, not only because of relief, but also because of the scene beyond the fork in the road.

Below the blocked passage lies the former main vein of the Earth Yang Spirit Vein. There is no layer of topsoil on the ground; instead, there is a single, massive Earth Yang Stone, shaped like a long snake.

However, it seems that due to the passage of time, the Earth Yang Stone Serpent in the main vein has become dull and lifeless, with only the Earth Yang Stone Galls scattered among it telling the story of the magnificent scene here in the past.

"The energy within the Earth Yang Stone has all dissipated, making it all of inferior quality; the Earth Yang Stone's inner chamber can isolate the inside from the outside, and there might still be a considerable amount of Earth Yang Spirit Liquid inside..."

While Yan Tianchou was analyzing, Su Ji and Mo Linglong headed towards the center of the Earth Yang Spirit Vein. The path was covered with Earth Yang Stone Galls, and they could sometimes see some low-grade spiritual materials.

"Low-grade Diyang jade and copper, low-grade Yang white clay...low-grade Diyang stone!"

Earth Yang Stone is actually an energy body formed by the condensation of the earth's Yang energy. When Earth Yang Stone appears, it means that the core of the Earth Yang spiritual vein is not far away.

Sure enough, when the group arrived at a huge cave, the sight of low-grade earth yang stones scattered all over the ground was almost blinding.

"Several hundred low-grade earth yang stones, even if each one is only worth thirty strands of divine power, it's still worth tens of thousands!" The unruly red ape was speechless with astonishment.

However, when the red ape looked at the other demons, it only saw the shock in their eyes, and none of them dared to harbor any greed.

Firebird Yanchong kept a close eye on every demon, fearing that even one demon might cause trouble and affect the treatment of all the demons. Yan Tianchou also kept analyzing: "This Earth Yang Spirit Vein has existed for countless years. Even a small portion of the Earth Yang Stones left is probably more than the amount remaining beneath the Death Tornado..."

The Earth Yang Stone here is slowly dissipating its energy, while the Earth Yang Stone under another cave was affected by a death tornado, ultimately leading to this situation.

Further on, medium-grade earth yang stones also appeared. Although there weren't many, there were roughly forty or fifty pieces.

"So many mid-grade Earth Yang Stones, and they also contain tens of thousands of strands of divine power!"

Not to mention the group of demons and ghosts, even Su Ji felt that something was wrong.

Logically speaking, hundreds of years ago this place was a well-known yang vein, and even if it was diverted, people should still have come here to explore it.

So many treasures have vanished here without being taken away; it's definitely not as simple as that other way around.

After taking a few more steps, the traces of a high-grade Earth Yang Stone appeared in the Heavenly Soul's perception, and then a huge Heart Stone, mostly buried underground, appeared in the consciousness.

"The Heart of the Earth's Yang Spiritual Vein!"

At a glance, one can see that there is an opening on each of the four sides, corresponding to the main trunks of the four earth yang spiritual veins. The location above should be the old pit, and there must be a passage buried underground below.

Mo Linglong flew forward, wanting to verify whether this Earth Yang Spiritual Vein Heart truly had seven orifices.

Su Ji looked around at the massive heart stone and showed a look of shock.

“Each main trunk contains treasures worth no less than 30,000 strands of divine power. The seven orifices correspond to seven channels. The total value of this earth yang spiritual vein must exceed 200,000 strands of divine power!”

In my past life, people often used phrases like "Your family owns a mine" to describe someone as wealthy and generous.

Now that a real Yang mineral vein was right in front of him, Su Ji was not only shocked but also somewhat afraid.

As the saying goes, "Every gift that God gives you comes with a hidden price."

Treasures with ten or twenty thousand strands of divine power are a pleasant surprise, but treasures with twenty or thirty thousand strands of divine power are terrifying.

A moment later, Su Ji suddenly looked at the mechanical spirit beast next to the huge heart stone, and then dazzling red words appeared in front of him.

"Warning! Upon investigation, a serpentine king-level spirit is slumbering within the Earth Yang Heart Stone. If it is awakened, perhaps only Mo Linglong will survive!"

The King level corresponds to Ghost King and High Cultivator, and has already exceeded the cultivation limit for entering the Spirit Realm.

Spirits can be plants or inanimate objects like stones. The serpent king-level spirit that Yan Tianchou mentioned should be a spirit born from the earth's yang spiritual veins.

Seeing that the white-haired girl Mo Linglong was about to enter the Heart Stone, Su Ji quickly transmitted his spiritual sense, "Fellow Daoist Mo, stop!"

If they were to leave now, it wouldn't be without a way to deal with a King-level spirit.

If Mo Linglong were to enter the Heart Stone now, it would very likely awaken the Serpent King-level spirit, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Hmm?" The white-haired girl, Mo Linglong, indeed stopped.

However, Mo Linglong did not turn around to look at Su Ji, but tilted her head as if listening to something.

The mechanical spirit beast Yuan Yuan quickly moved closer, but it seemed to have encountered something terrifying, and its body trembled involuntarily.

Immediately, Su Ji understood everything.

The serpentine king-level spirit had not yet awakened, and the one who spoke to Mo Linglong and made Yan Tianchou tremble was the consciousness of the Great Sun Spirit Realm itself.

Although the Great Sun Spirit Realm is a world of its own, it is also connected to the outside world, and its consciousness is tainted with a trace of the characteristics of the will of heaven.

(End of this chapter)