Taoist cultivation begins with being a miner

The energy generated by the collision created a huge wave that kicked up the soil on the ground.

The immense force did not cause Qing Hualian to retreat, but her hand holding the sword began to tremble slightly.

Qing Hualian was also incredulous; such a powerful attack was actually unleashed by a mere cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Just as Qing Hualian opened her mouth to ask, she noticed that Lu Yan's condition was not right. Not only was he completely devoid of spiritual power, but he was also swaying unsteadily, and the pickaxe in his hand fell to the ground. He could not even stand up straight.

"You lecherous scoundrel!" Qing Hualian exclaimed, then sheathed her sword and prepared to check on Lu Yan's condition.

At this moment, Lu Yan was so dizzy that he couldn't tell which way was north or south, and he fell over the two high mountains in front of him.

"ah--"

Then came a scream, and Lu Yan was slapped away.

……

Lu Yan woke up again a day later.

As soon as I tried to get up, I found that my whole body ached and I had very little spiritual energy left. However, the most painful place was my face.

After taking a high-grade healing pill and a spirit-restoring pill, he rested for a while before getting up and going out.

Lu Yan knocked on the master bedroom door and said, "Qing Fairy~"

"What is it?" Qing Hualian opened the door with a somewhat angry expression, and her gaze toward Lu Yan was unfriendly.

"I just want to ask Fairy Qing, why did I suddenly faint?" Lu Yan asked, somewhat unable to recall what had happened.

"The move you used with the pickaxe last time drained your physical and spiritual energy, causing you to faint," Qing Hualian said truthfully.

"How powerful is it?" Lu Yan asked curiously.

"It's equivalent to a full-force attack from the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. The power is indeed impressive, but your strength is still somewhat insufficient. After this attack, you will lose all ability to resist."

"Thank you, fairy. There's something else. My face has been hurting for some time now. Do you know what's wrong?"

"Hmph!" Qing Hualian snorted coldly and closed the door directly.

After understanding the power of a single pickaxe strike that could decide the fate of an enemy, Lu Yan began to make plans.

This move is so powerful that it will definitely be used in critical moments. As for spiritual power, there is the Spirit Recovery Pacifier, but physical strength is a problem.

It seems I need to spin the magic word wheel more often to improve my physical strength.

Just as Lu Yan was continuing his cultivation at home, something happened outside the city.

A cultivator discovered corpse puppets while hunting. These corpse puppets are made from living people and vary in strength. They are cruel and bloodthirsty, and fight to the death, making them very difficult to deal with.

In addition, vengeful spirits, which are ghosts that can attack the human soul, were also discovered.

Both corpse puppets and vengeful spirits originated from the Holy Heaven Sect. Among them, corpse puppets belong to the Holy Corpse Hall of the Holy Heaven Sect, where cultivators use corpses to fight enemies.

The vengeful spirits belong to the Holy Spirit Hall of the Holy Heaven Sect, and possess numerous methods for controlling and refining souls.

Those cultivators who went out to hunt demonic beasts were in a better position. They often fought against demonic beasts and their combat abilities were not weak. They were able to protect themselves against these creatures.

However, the miners were very unlucky. They were almost all at the first or second level of Qi Refining, and their combat ability was weak. Often, a single powerful corpse puppet or vengeful spirit could wipe out a whole group of them.

Moreover, the Holy Heaven Cult specifically attacks the mines outside the city, capturing miners to refine them into corpse puppets or vengeful spirits.

This immediately plunged them into panic.

The mines outside the city have now all ceased operations.

Meanwhile, Wuyou City also began to take action, not only sending out a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators to lead teams to search for members of the Holy Heaven Sect.

They also began issuing missions to all cultivators in the city: eliminate a low-level first-tier corpse puppet or vengeful spirit, and the reward would be one low-grade spirit stone, three for a mid-level first-tier corpse puppet, and ten for a high-level first-tier corpse puppet.

One mid-grade spirit stone for a low-grade second tier, three mid-grade spirit stones for a mid-grade second tier, and ten mid-grade spirit stones for a high-grade second tier.

If you can kill a member of the Holy Heaven Sect at the early stage of Qi Refining, you will be rewarded with five low-grade spirit stones; at the middle stage, twenty; and at the late stage, one hundred.

Ten mid-grade spirit stones for the early stage of Foundation Establishment, thirty mid-grade spirit stones for the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and one hundred mid-grade spirit stones for the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

This task shows that Ye Wuyou is already angry. The main economic income of Wuyou City is nothing more than spirit stone mines and monster materials, with spirit stone mines accounting for the majority.

The Holy Heaven Sect's current sabotage has caused the spirit stone mine to cease production, cutting off people's livelihoods is like killing their parents.

The cultivators of Wuyou City were also excited about this mission.

As the saying goes, wealth is a powerful motivator, and fortune is found in danger. In the past, one could only earn three to five spirit stones a month through hard work, and there were often unexpected events.

It would be a lie to say I'm not excited now that there's a way to get rich quickly.

Although the evil cultivators of the Holy Heaven Sect are terrifying, are they as terrifying as poverty?

The resentment from mining every day is heavier than that of vengeful spirits.

We cultivators have been fighting against heaven and earth since the beginning of our cultivation. They are nothing but evil cultivators. Damn them.

As a result, the cultivators who used to hunt demonic beasts began hunting members of the Holy Heaven Sect.

Even the usually timid miners began to go out in groups to hunt low-level corpse puppets and vengeful spirits.

This has led to an exceptionally high demand for talismans and magical artifacts that can ward off evil spirits, with prices soaring.

For example, the Yang Talisman in the first-tier low-level talisman, the first-tier mid-level talisman, the Evil-Breaking Talisman, and the first-tier high-level talisman, the Yin-Transforming Talisman, etc.

Even Zheng Qu and others were tempted, and began to buy these talismans and magical artifacts everywhere in order to hunt more corpse puppets and vengeful spirits.

As expected, they couldn't get their hands on any of them and had no choice but to buy from Lu Yan.

Without saying a word, Lu Yan drew some evil-dispelling talismans and several yin-dispelling talismans for them, and went with them outside the city to see what corpse puppets and vengeful spirits were all about.

The next day.

Lu Yan, Zheng Qu, and their group, along with Qing Hualian who was just there for the fun, gathered together to prepare for a hunt outside the city.

However, they were stunned by the scene when they arrived at the city gate. Countless cultivators had crowded the place to the point of being impassable.

Moreover, Lu Yan also saw a large number of his fellow travelers, carrying iron pickaxes on their shoulders and heading out of the city with high spirits.

"So many people!" Qing Hualian was somewhat shocked.

"Naturally, everyone started working desperately to obtain spirit stones, since life had to go on even when the mines were shut down."

They need spirit stones for rent and daily necessities, and they have no choice but to do so in order to survive. This is also their opportunity.

"If we fail, we'll die outside the city; if we win, we'll get a lot of spirit stones." Zheng Qu and the others were also miners, so they understood their thinking.

"Sigh... I hope they have a safe journey." Lu Yan felt a pang of emotion upon seeing this. If he hadn't had those four roulette wheels, he probably would have been one of them too.

It's also possible that they died at the hands of the Ba Mao Gang long ago.

There is no such thing as happiness and peace in this world; there is only the struggle to live.

After all, danger can occur at any time, and one careless move could lead to death and burial in the long river of time.