After transforming into a fairy, I, in my simulation, wreaked havoc in the cultivation world.

[“Boom!”]

As the heavy stone door opened, a chilling aura rushed out.

The cave was dimly lit, with only a few stones embedded in the rock walls emitting a ghostly green glow, barely illuminating the rugged path beneath our feet.

【"Cough cough cough..."】

The surrounding cultivators couldn't help but cough softly; the malevolent energy in the mine was extremely corrosive to Qi Refining cultivators.

You subtly shifted your gaze, adjusting the blood flow in your face to make yourself appear much paler.

About half an hour later, the group arrived at a spacious stone hall. The dim light brightened slightly as several eerie green soul lamps lit up.

"Hand over the storage bag!"

In the center of the main hall, a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a sinister face sat lazily behind a stone table, his cold gaze slowly sweeping over the crowd.

The surroundings were deathly silent; no one dared to utter a single word of rebuttal.

Those who embark on the path of cultivation are rarely fools. If they still can't grasp the situation after arriving here, they probably won't even know how they died.

You calmly followed the group and handed over the storage bag.

The demonic cultivator scanned the area with his divine sense and found it completely empty, containing only a very ordinary first-tier low-grade defensive magic artifact and a dozen or so low-grade spirit stones.

As for your true possessions, they are all safely stored in the system space.

He looked you up and down again, then waved his hand dismissively with a look of disgust.

"Let's go, next one."

Hey! I have such a bad temper!

You silently put your storage bag back in, took a deep breath, and decided to endure for the sake of the attribute ore vein!

However, deep down you're also glad you changed into an extremely ordinary appearance beforehand, and having learned from your experience in Cloud City, you change your figure every time you disguise yourself, making you completely uninteresting to anyone who sees you.

Otherwise, it might cause unnecessary trouble. After all, demonic cultivators are truly devoid of martial ethics; two beautiful female cultivators have already been ruthlessly dragged away.

[Continue forward, passing through another dark passageway, and after receiving instructions, you enter the next, more spacious stone hall.]

The moment they stepped inside, a powerful aura crashed down upon them like Mount Tai.

[Pfft!]

[With the sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh, you look up and see a black-robed cultivator in the center of the hall, his face contorted with rage, pulling out his longsword.]

At his feet lay a distorted corpse, the very same female cultivator who had been standing in front of you.

"A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator dares to infiltrate the territory of my Black Demon Sect?"

You feign staggering back a few steps, secretly observing his aura; he should be a peak Golden Core cultivator.

【"Next!"】

The black-robed demonic cultivator snorted coldly, and you slowly walked forward, your face pale.

"Extend your hand."

As he spoke, a dark red jade talisman appeared in his palm.

[You extended your hand as instructed, and the jade talisman was placed on the back of your hand. Immediately afterward, an extremely powerful spiritual force surged into your meridians.]

[You remained completely unmoved, letting the spiritual energy flow through your body. You even had the leisure to adjust the blood flow in your face, making your complexion appear even paler.]

"Go down."

The Golden Core demon cultivator expressionlessly retrieved the jade talisman, not even lifting an eyelid, clearly possessing absolute confidence in this treasure.

As you successfully entered the depths of the stone hall and turned around, a barely perceptible smile appeared on your lips.

[Spirit Stone, here I come!]

[After passing through the last heavy stone gate, the real mine vein finally comes into view.]

This was an extremely vast underground space, its walls inlaid with countless eerie green stones, making the entire mine appear like a ghostly realm.

The seemingly bottomless tunnels were filled with the clanging and clattering of chisels, and the occasional, merciless lashing and curses of the overseers.

"Stop dawdling! Go to Mine Number Twenty-One. If you don't dig up at least a hundred catties of spirit stones in a day, you'll be in trouble."

A woman with a fierce, menacing face glared at you, her tone extremely impatient.

You silently followed at the very back of the group. Just as you reached the deepest part of the mine, your presence slowly faded, and then your figure vanished without a trace into the crowd.

As you just observed, there are currently twenty-two mine shafts underground.

[Your divine sense was compressed to its limit by an invisible force within the mine, which is why, after personally confirming that no one was in Mine No. 21, you understood that Mine No. 22 must also be an undeveloped area.]

With your stealth skills, you easily bypassed the guards in the main hall and quietly entered.

[After traveling swiftly, they finally found exposed elemental spirit stones deep within the mine. The mine was filled with extremely cold energy, which had nurtured water-attribute spirit stones.]

[It's important to clarify a misconception here: cultivators with Heavenly Spiritual Roots do not possess only one type of spiritual root.]

The advantage of a Heavenly Spiritual Root lies in the fact that it eliminates the need to filter other types of spiritual energy when absorbing spiritual energy, thus increasing cultivation in the fastest and most efficient way.

However, their other elemental roots did not disappear; they were merely hidden and dormant, and their efficiency in absorbing spiritual energy was negligible, almost insignificant.

This is also the fundamental reason why the spirit-testing stone cannot detect anything.

This is why cultivators can still cast spells that are not of their own element when they are casting spells.

Therefore, regardless of the attribute of the spirit stone, they will all be useful to you. It's just that instead of enhancing the power of one type of spell attribute, it now enhances two; the overall purity of the spiritual energy also steadily increases.

Now that you've found the rice bin... and the spirit ore, don't waste any more time. With a flick of your wrist, a crimson flying sword flashes into existence.

This flying sword is a magic weapon for those at the Golden Core stage; cutting through mere mineral veins is effortless for it.

【"Whoosh~"】

With a slight flick of your wrist, following the texture of the rock face, a large piece of spirit stone imbued with pure water was neatly sliced ​​off, accompanied by an extremely subtle friction sound.

[With a thought, the spirit stone instantly transformed into a stream of light and steadily fell into the system space.]

Looking at the massive mineral vein, just the tip of the iceberg, you could no longer suppress the smile that curled into a triumphant grin, like the return of a dragon king.

This is the real mineral vein!

The mineral vein that Feng Qiange possessed was not naturally formed at all; rather, it consisted of fire-attribute spirit stones that he collected later, specifically to nurture the "Broken Abyss."

[Thanks to the Dark Lord for their generous sponsorship!]

[Once I have achieved full mastery of my cultivation, I will personally pay them a visit to express my sincere gratitude!]

【Hehehe~】

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