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"There are more than a dozen supervisors in the Taicang Mountain mine who are constantly patrolling the area."

"The vast majority of those who mine are martial arts masters, and even those few Tongxuan realm martial arts grandmasters are far inferior to the disciples of Taicang Mountain in overall strength."

"So it's absolutely impossible to do anything under their noses."

"Furthermore, mining these gold spirit stones is no easy task. We had over a thousand people enter the mine and dig for more than two hours, but we didn't manage to extract a single gold spirit stone."

"Looks like we need to change our approach!"

Jiang Wangzu approached a Grandmaster of martial arts at the Tongxuan Realm who was overseeing the construction of Mount Taicang, and then immediately used the spiritual secret technique, the Life and Death Seal, to instantly control him.

Oh no, Jiang Wangzu has already sublimated his primordial spirit and formed a divine flower. The secret technique he is now using should be called the Primordial Mystic Technique!

Jiang Wangzu was originally a seventh-grade terrestrial immortal, and his overall strength was comparable to that of a second-grade terrestrial immortal.

His primordial spirit was even more powerful.

A mere Grandmaster of the Profound Realm of Martial Arts had no chance to resist before he was completely under his control.

"What's your name?"

Jiang Wangzu asked.

"Your Excellency, I, Huang Zhong, respectfully report."

Huang Zhong spoke respectfully.

"Lead the way, take me to the other overseers!"

Jiang Wangzu nodded upon hearing this, and then followed Huang Zhong to find one supervisor after another at Taicang Mountain, and directly took them all under control.

To Jiang Wangzu's surprise, they only had twelve overseers on the surface, but there were ten more secretly mixed in with the miners.

Among them are nine martial arts masters and one grandmaster of martial arts.

If Jiang Wangzu hadn't controlled the twelve overseers on the surface, it really wouldn't have been easy to expose them.

Now, all twenty-two overseers of the spirit stone mine, both openly and secretly, are under Jiang Wangzu's control.

Jiang Wangzu started making them mine like crazy and made them hand over all the gold spirit stones that others had mined.

In addition, Jiang Wangzu himself also used his primordial mystic arts to explore and excavate the Golden Spirit Stone.

He alone unearthed more gold spirit stones than all the others combined.

More than two months passed like this.

Jiang Wangzu and his men completely emptied the entire mine.

"Tai Cang Mountain is ultimately a third-rate power. Even after this gold spirit stone mine has been thoroughly mined, only a few hundred gold spirit stones have been unearthed."

"Although I refined it all, the essence of metal is simply not enough to open the Golden Dao Palace."

"At this rate, I'll need at least five thousand gold spirit stones to accumulate enough gold essence to open the Gold Dao Palace and fully enter the Five Qi Gathering stage!"

Jiang Wangzu was making plans in his mind.

He left the spirit stone mine under the rule of Taicang Mountain and fled.

In the days that followed, he used the same method to mine the spirit stone mines of the Fiery Fire Gang, Divine Water Palace, Stone Gate, Green Wood Hall, and other forces.

Finally, it exploded!

The Taicang Mountain, where Jiang Wangzu initially started his troubles, did not experience any major incidents. Instead, the Stone Gate discovered that the spirit stone mine was being mined, and someone had swept away all the earth spirit stones.

Then the sect leader of the Stone Gate quickly realized that such a daring person must have come from the Abandoned Land.

Therefore, major powers have stopped mining or only allowed their own disciples to mine, and several terrestrial immortals at the Five Qi Gathering level are required to oversee it.

"Resources are extremely scarce."

"Even for a first-rate power, it would probably take a hundred years to cultivate a terrestrial immortal who has opened up five Dao Palaces and reached the peak of the Five Qi Gathering stage."

"It is common for a second-grade terrestrial immortal to be cultivated every two or three hundred years."

"Then, within eight hundred years, we will select one of the three or four second-rank terrestrial immortals in our force and nurture him with all our might. Only then will it be possible to cultivate a new first-rank terrestrial immortal for our force and complete the transition between the old and the new."

"And during this period, any unexpected event could lead to the complete end of a great tradition."

"The survival rules of the Immortal Realm are truly cruel!"

Jiang Wangzu, dressed in a black long robe with his long hair simply tied up, stood atop the mountain, looking down at the distant mountains, and couldn't help but sigh to himself.

It's no wonder that the forces in the Immortal Realm are so xenophobic.

Although there aren't many genius cultivators in the Abandoned Land, they have accumulated over generations and are not few in number.

If these people were to enter the Earthly Immortal Realm, it would further deplete the already scarce cultivation resources of the Earthly Immortal Realm.

If you put yourself in Jiang Wangzu's shoes, he would also send people to guard the Heavenly Gate to prevent any outsiders from entering this realm and seizing resources.

Unfortunately, Jiang Wangzu was destined to stand on the opposite side of this world.

The path of cultivation, in this age of great contention, is one of fighting to the very end!

There is an unwritten rule in the Zhongtian Martial Domain.

Only forces with a first-class terrestrial immortal in charge can be called first-rate forces.

A force with a second-rank terrestrial immortal in charge is a second-rate force.

A force with a Venerable of the Five Elements Gathering level in charge is considered a third-rate force.

However, the gap between different levels of strength is also significant.

For example, Jiang Wangzu knew that there was a second-rate force in the Zhongtian Martial Domain called the Twelve Star Palace, which had twelve second-rank terrestrial immortals in charge.

Even many powerful, top-tier forces dare not provoke them easily.

If a force is led by someone who has cultivated martial arts to its peak and can overpower or even kill a first-rank terrestrial immortal, then such a force can be called a super force.

Mount Shinbu in the Tokai region is one such example.

Tianyi Gate.

The stronghold of a second-rate force in the Zhongtian Martial Domain.

Jiang Wangzu had been scouting this place for a long time. Then, he activated the Heaven and Earth Changing Technique, transforming into the appearance of the Tianyi Sect Master, and swaggered into the Tianyi Sect's armory.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

"Didn't the sect leader go to attend the alliance meeting of the thirteen forces in the southeast of the Martial Domain? Why has he suddenly returned?"

An elderly martial arts master at the Five Qi Gathering stage, who was guarding the armory, spoke with some surprise when he saw Jiang Wangzu.

"I suddenly remembered something, so I came to the armory to retrieve some items!"

Jiang Wangzu spoke calmly.

He wouldn't have come if the Tianyi Sect Master hadn't gone to attend the alliance meeting of the thirteen forces in the southeast of the Martial Domain!

The elder guarding the armory, without suspecting anything, opened the armory directly.

Jiang Wangzu walked in and placed his hand directly on a small pile of spirit stones with five elements attributes.

[Refining the Five Elements Origin, Proficiency in the Martial Immortal Scripture Increases!]

The five elemental spirit stones were refined in an instant, and then Jiang Wangzu began to search for other natural treasures containing the origin of the five elements.

Other martial artists cannot directly utilize these things, but he has an attribute panel where he can instantly extract any of the five elements.

"Tianyi Sect truly lives up to its reputation as a long-established second-rate power; its foundation is incredibly strong."

"Currently, thirteen second-rate forces in the southeast of the Martial Domain are forming an alliance, and now is the time when their internal forces are vulnerable."

"If I were to sweep through the arsenals of thirteen second-rate powers, I estimate I could open up the Five Great Dao Palaces in one fell swoop and become a Grand Venerable at the peak of the Five Qi Convergence!"

Jiang Wangzu toured the Tianyi Sect's armory, refining all the rare and precious materials containing the five elements' essence. He also added several core cultivation techniques of the Tianyi Sect to his attribute panel. Then, he took a superior longsword and gracefully departed.

The armory gates closed again. It's estimated that the Tianyi Sect members won't discover the problem until they enter the armory again.

As for Jiang Wangzu, he headed straight for the next second-rate power without stopping.