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"Wealth, companions, methods, land, and spirit stones must be arranged as soon as possible." Chen Huai'an previously thought that he didn't need to put all the spirit stones into the purple gourd space, but now he can put all the spirit stones into the purple gourd space.

All the spirit stones and pills need to be put into the space. The space is the foundation for his foothold in the cultivation world, so he must plan and utilize it well.

"Damn it, what kind of method is needed to remove this mark?" Chen Huai'an looked at the black mark on his chest and felt a headache coming on.

"Never mind, we have to use up all these spirit stones every day to improve our cultivation. If we run out of pills, so be it. We just need to improve our cultivation first."

Chen Huai'an currently has more than 5000 low-grade spirit stones. Even if he absorbs and refines 50 of these spirit stones every day, it will still take him more than 100 days to refine them all.

Heading to the Qingyun Mountain mine now would not bring Chen Huai'an any benefit. The probability of encountering disciples of the Yin Sha Sect would be very high, and without breaking through to the mid-stage of the Qi Refining Realm, he would ultimately have little power to protect himself.

Chen Huai'an didn't have many pills, but he had plenty of spirit stones. Absorbing spirit stones would be enough for him to break through.

"I broke through! I really broke through! Now, I'm at the fourth level of the mid-stage Qi Refining Realm. There's a real difference between taking pills and not taking pills when cultivating. I must use pills to improve my cultivation. Using spirit stones to cultivate like this is too wasteful." Ten days later, Chen Huai'an's cultivation broke through, from the peak of the second level of the Qi Refining Realm to the fourth level of the mid-stage Qi Refining Realm. In these 10 days, Chen Huai'an consumed a full 500 high-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to 50,000 low-grade spirit stones.

How many cultivation resources can you buy with 5 low-grade spirit stones?

Although Chen Huai'an currently has no shortage of spirit stones for cultivation, these spirit stones did not come easily, and he must make long-term plans.

It takes so many spirit stones to break through just one minor realm. If I break through in the future, the number of spirit stones required will be an astronomical figure.

Now, Chen Huai'an understands that if one's talent and aptitude are not good, the cultivation resources required to break through to a higher realm are truly terrifying.

However, his strength is far greater than it was half a month ago. If he were to encounter a half-step Foundation Establishment realm expert now, Chen Huai'an would definitely not be in such a sorry state as before. Even if he were no match for the opponent, escaping from their grasp would be no difficult task at all.

"It seems we still need to find someone to remove this mark. I estimate only a Foundation Establishment realm expert can remove it." Chen Huai'an didn't linger in the space. He wasn't sure what the situation would be like between the Qingyun Sect and the Yinsha Sect after nearly half a month; he needed to find out.

If the Qingyun Mountain mine is indeed occupied by the Yinsha Sect, then he will only have two options: one is to wage guerrilla warfare and see if he can extract some benefits from these Yinsha Sect disciples. Since the other side has occupied the Qingyun Mountain mine, they will definitely try to mine more spirit stones.

The second option is to return directly to Qingyun Sect. However, if one returns to Qingyun Sect now, regardless of whether the mission is completed, returning at this moment will certainly result in punishment.

After all, he hadn't even gone to the Qingyun Mountain mine yet, and he would have to report to the sect what happened there.

No matter which path he chooses, Chen Huai'an will have to make a trip to the Qingyun Mountain mine.

Previously, Chen Huai'an was only at the early stage of Qi Refining and had little ability to protect himself, but now he has broken through to the fourth level of the middle stage of Qi Refining, and among the many outer disciples, he is not considered cannon fodder.

If he goes there, as long as he doesn't encounter a Foundation Establishment realm expert, he will still have some ability to protect himself.

In less than a year since joining the Qingyun Sect, his cultivation has broken through to the fourth level of the mid-stage of the Qi Refining Realm. His cultivation speed is in no way inferior to those prodigies.

Soon, Chen Huai'an set off for the Qingyunmen mine.

Two days later, the Qingyun Mountain Mine came into Chen Huai'an's view.

However, Chen Huai'an did not rush to go.

Chen Huai'an was unaware of the current situation at the Qingyun Mountain mine, so he used earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic or technique) to hide nearby.

"Without Yin Sha Qi, could it be that the Qingyun Mountain mine has already been reclaimed by my Qingyun Sect?" Chen Huai'an spread his divine sense in all directions and found that he did not sense any Yin Sha Qi released by the Yin Sha Sect disciples in the vicinity.

Regardless of whether they sensed the aura of these Yin Sha Sect disciples, overall this was a good thing; at least, they now had a place to stay in this mine.

"Who goes there? Get out here, you sneaky little thing!" Just then, a loud shout rang out, and a group of outer disciples of the Qingyun Sect appeared in Chen Huai'an's field of vision.

"Fellow disciples, I am Chen Huai'an, an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect. I was chased by disciples of the Yinsha Sect on the road and have only just come to reunite with my sect members." Upon seeing this, Chen Huai'an stepped forward and bowed.

Chen Huai'an's current cultivation level is at the peak of the first level of Qi Refining. Being cautious will only benefit him, not harm him.

When Chen Huai'an registered, he was at the first level of the initial stage of Qi Refining. In just over half a month, his cultivation has broken through to the fourth level of the middle stage of Qi Refining. His cultivation speed is even faster than that of the inner sect's geniuses. If he is targeted by someone with ulterior motives, it will be a troublesome matter.

"You say you are a disciple of the Qingyun Sect, do you have an identity token?" The leading disciple at the Qi Refining Realm asked Chen Huai'an.

"Senior brother, this is my identity token." Chen Huai'an handed the identity token to the other party as he spoke.

"He is indeed an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect." The leading outer disciple took Chen Huai'an's waist token, examined it with his divine sense, and then nodded and said.

"Senior brother, I've gotten separated from the main group. What's the current situation at the Qingyun Mountain mine?" Now that his identity was confirmed, Chen Huai'an was eager to know the current state of the Qingyun Mountain mine.

"Junior brother, the Qingyun Mountain mine is quite complicated right now. I'll take you to see Senior Sister Qin. She's in charge here." As the leading disciple spoke, he led Chen Huai'an into the Qingyun Mountain mine.

Upon entering the Qingyun Mountain Mine, Chen Huai'an discovered that the mine was in a worse state than he had imagined, with a large number of disciples patrolling the area.

Through inquiries, Chen Huai'an learned that the disciples of the Yin Sha Sect had withdrawn from the Qingyun Mountain mine, but they had not given up and were lying in wait in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to attack the disciples of the Qingyun Sect.

Now, the disciples of Qingyun Sect are responsible for patrolling the mountains and collecting spirit stones from the mines.

Seeing that these disciples were mining spirit stones, he knew that things were probably worse than the other party had said. Otherwise, they wouldn't have organized these disciples to mine spirit stones on a large scale. They just wanted to mine more spirit stones and send them back to the sect.

"Chen Huai'an, I didn't expect you to still be alive." Han Mu looked at Chen Huai'an with a look of astonishment.

They lost many outer disciples in this operation, and Han Mu had to go through a lot of trouble to escape.

As for Chen Huai'an, he was only at the first level of the early stage of the Qi Refining Realm, yet he managed to survive the pursuit of the Yin Sha Sect disciples. It seems that Chen Huai'an must have some skill.