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

Chapter 90 Messages from the Messenger, A Misty Aura (First Update)
To collect mica from the earth, one must wait until noon each day when the yang energy is at its peak.

After Su Ji reached an agreement with the Wang family cultivators, he continued to wait near the death tornado, while Yan Tianchou had an analysis result.

"Judging from the depth of this cave, the Earth Yang Spirit Vein is at least twelve zhang deep, and the treasures are transitioning from low-grade to mid-grade."

"The Earth Yang Spring we've been excavating is about this deep. At the current rate of excavation, even without cooperating with the Wang family cultivators to collect Earth Yang Mica, it will be difficult to reach the bottom within three days..."

Su Ji spent the whole day digging at the Diyang Spring yesterday, but only dug to a depth of 23 feet, and what he got were just some low-grade Diyang stones.

Even though Su Ji worked late and returned early because he was escorting Zhang Xiaolian, thus saving about four hours of work, he shouldn't forget that the top layer of the Diyang Spring is five feet deep in loose soil, and it gets harder to dig as you go down.

Today is the fifth day of the third month. Su Ji originally planned to go to the Bright Moon Spirit Realm, but if things continue like this, it might be difficult to even dig through the Earth Yang Spring.

Therefore, Yan Tianchou suggested, "There are two solutions: one is to bring the Golden Toad clone into the Great Sun Spirit Realm to participate in the excavation, and the other is to ask Mo Linglong, the great mage who has received the true teachings of the Xuan Arts, to help with the excavation."

Mo Linglong cultivates the "Minor Yin-Yang Method," but the profound principles she controls are the metal element of the Five Elements. She can also transform into a humanoid machine, making her practically a human excavator.

Hearing this, Su Ji felt somewhat helpless.

Ultimately, his celestial soul was only about five inches tall. Even if he could use [Earth Yang Gush] to assist in digging the Earth Yang Spring, moving the low-grade Earth Yang Stone was extremely difficult, resulting in an unsatisfactory digging speed.

As for Mo Linglong, not to mention that she is a noble young lady from Qianbian Town, her silver-haired appearance gave Su Ji the illusion that he was making an underage girl work.

"If all else fails, we'll have to bring in the physical form of the golden toad from its clone..."

Currently, only Zhang Xiaolian and the Earth God know about the existence of the Golden Toad's clone.

However, the Earth Yang Spring not only contains many treasures, but also involves the perfect foundation of the path of cultivation. Su Ji has no choice but to reveal that he possesses the materialized golden toad.

Yan Tianchou reminded her, "If you are using the materialized golden toad, try not to let Mo Linglong see it."

"Firstly, the Golden Toad's clone was involved in the death of the catfish, and at that time, the mechanical sorcerer of Thousand Transformations Town took the blame."

"Secondly, the materialized golden toad is a manifestation of Zhang Xiaolian's real dream, and can be considered a naturally formed toad-shaped magical artifact, which would be easily noticed by Mo Linglong..."

Just as Yan Tianchou was analyzing the situation, the sounds of fighting suddenly came from afar.

It turned out that although the cave had spewed out treasures twice in a row, most of them were only worth a dozen or twenty strands of divine power. Naturally, the cultivators wanted treasures of higher value.

Both the Qian family cultivators and the Ren family cultivators had their eyes on that small piece of mid-grade Earth Yang Stone. For this treasure, which was worth at least 150 strands of divine power, the two sides began a martial arts battle.

Although it's called a physical fight, it's unlikely to escalate into a full-blown conflict; the point is to stop short of a confrontation.

Both sides cast three low-grade spells, with the hit rate as the standard. If the score is tied, they will continue for another round, competing in skill and spell proficiency.

The two fought as they flew, each trying their best to dodge and attack, which was quite a sight to behold.

To conserve his energy, Su Ji had Yan Tianchou use his Heavenly Soul to sense and observe the situation in the cave.

In no time, the Qian family cultivators and the Ren family cultivators were tied two to two, and then a new round of competition began.

"boom--"

At that moment, another commotion came from inside the cave.

After receiving Yan Tianchou's reminder, Su Ji's expression changed, and he reached out and pressed down.

"【Earthly Yang Surge】!" A surge of earthly yang energy flew out from the upper diagonal, blocking something flying up below. Su Ji stepped forward and quickly caught it.

"A mechanical spirit beast?"

The Wang family cultivator was startled, and then a sense of foreboding arose: "Could something have happened to Miss Mo Linglong?!"

These six cultivators arrived late and did not see Mo Linglong's silver-haired, golden-eyed humanoid robot combat form, so it's understandable that they made this guess.

Su Ji was quite relieved. Even the mechanical spirit beast was unharmed, so Mo Linglong, who had triple protection, was sure to be safe.

"Within the mechanical spirit beast..."

As soon as Yan Tianchou spoke up, the mechanical spirit beast stretched out its round little head and spat out a ball of spiritual light towards Su Ji.

As soon as Su Ji sensed it, a scene appeared before his eyes.

Mo Linglong's spiritual robes were tattered, her spiritual armor was missing from her left hand and right leg, the ends of her silver hair seemed to be melting, and the golden spiritual patterns on her exposed skin were slightly dimmed...

The lotus-shaped Yang fire seed on Mo Linglong's forehead still radiated a warm light, but the brightness in her eyes had diminished.

"Fellow Daoist Jin, I have found the target I was looking for. Although this treasure has not yet met my expectations, the reward I owe you will still be substantial..."

Not far behind Mo Linglong, there were gusts of earth yang energy flowing, while around her flowed streams of spiritual light. Whenever the spiritual light flowed onto the treasures on the ground, bursts of spiritual runes would quietly bloom.

Then, Mo Linglong continued, "As you can see, I have also found many treasures. There are five high-grade treasures that are difficult to carry. I will use the power of the Death Tornado to send them out later. Please help me collect them."

"Fellow Daoist, your efforts will not be in vain. After I retrieve the target treasure using a secret technique, I will reward you handsomely!"

A standard high-grade spiritual material is worth at least five hundred strands of divine power, but those produced in the Great Sun Spiritual Realm contain earth yang attributes, making them worth twice as much.

As a result, the total value of the five high-grade treasures collected by Mo Linglong is definitely no less than six thousand strands of divine power.

An ordinary spirit official's basic monthly salary is one hundred strands of divine power. Mo Linglong risked entering the source of the death tornado and received more than fifty years' salary for an ordinary spirit official.

However, Yan Tianchou focused his attention on the wisps of spiritual light, and then exclaimed with delight:
"This ethereal light is most likely the most precious spiritual essence of the Earth Yang Spiritual Vein. It not only contains rare Yang mysteries and even the principles of heaven and earth, but is also a necessary material for perfect foundation building."

"If the treasure that Mo Linglong is looking for is these Earth Yang Spiritual Veins, we can try to discuss obtaining some later."
"If this isn't what she wants, then we'll get it no matter the cost!"

To enter the Death Tornado, even a great mage like Mo Linglong, who has mastered the Golden Nature Mystic Arts, is not enough. Su Ji, a "Mystic Dao Seed" who can mitigate some of the Death Tornado's power, is also needed.

This collaboration is extremely dangerous, but the rewards it brings are enough to make countless cultivators envious. As a participant, Su Ji naturally has to protect the interests of both parties.

Therefore, Su Ji reminded the Wang family cultivator beside him, "Fellow Daoist Wang, there is no need to worry. Fellow Daoist Mo is searching for treasure underground. He sent out the mechanical spirit beast to notify me to collect the treasure. Please protect me for a while, Fellow Daoist Wang."

If it were anyone else, Su Ji could only be wary of them, but he had just reached an agreement with the Wang family to collect the Earth Yang Mica, so they could be considered allies with similar interests.

"Miss Mo is alright, that's wonderful!" The Wang family cultivator breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't that he cared much about Mo Linglong, but rather that given Mo Linglong's status, if something happened to her in the Great Sun Spirit Realm, who knew what kind of commotion the Thousand Changes Town would cause.

As a descendant of the daytime spirit general of the City God Temple, the Wang family cultivator was quite sensible and quickly assured him, "Fellow Daoist Jin, just collect the treasures, I will protect you!"

(End of this chapter)