You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

"Master, don't worry, I guarantee I'll complete the mission." Yang Fei was worried that he hadn't been able to demonstrate enough value to Chen Huai'an, but now he knew that his life was temporarily spared.

What he feared most was that Chen Huai'an was indifferent to worldly desires; if that happened, the other party would take the benefits and surely kill him.

"Alright, go get to work. Try not to provoke the Qingyun Sect disciples. What you need to do now is mine spirit stones in the mine. I need a lot of spirit stones for cultivation." Chen Huai'an instructed Yang Fei.

"Master, rest assured, I will complete the mission. I know there are several places in this spirit stone mine where a large amount of spirit stones have not yet been mined. I will definitely recruit these Yin puppets in the mine to mine spirit stones for your use."

Chen Huai'an waved to Yang Fei, "Go ahead."

After sending Yang Fei away, Chen Huai'an examined the 10 storage bags in front of him, wondering what kind of surprise this guy could bring him.

Chen Huai'an erased the divine imprint on the storage bag and then began to count the spoils of war.

"Wow, I'm rich! I'm really rich!" Chen Huai'an counted the spirit stones in the 10 storage bags and found that there were 2 low-grade spirit stones in them. He was incredibly rich.

Even a Foundation Establishment stage expert cannot easily produce 2 low-grade spirit stones.

For Chen Huai'an, these 2 low-grade spirit stones were not just 2 low-grade spirit stones, but 2 high-grade spirit stones.

Inside this storage bag, besides some low-grade spirit stones, there were also some flying swords and magical artifacts. These things were also a considerable fortune; if Chen Huai'an were to dispose of these low-grade magical artifacts, he could earn at least several thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Now, as long as Chen Huai'an digests all these cultivation resources, he will definitely be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

Even without purchasing cultivation resources, as long as he refines all 2 low-grade spirit stones into high-grade spirit stones and absorbs them, he estimates he will be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

"No, I want to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm. It can't be done just by absorbing the spiritual energy from the spirit stones. When Yang Fei comes back, I need to have a good talk with him about how to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm." Chen Huai'an looked into the distance, his brows furrowed. Breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm wasn't as simple as he had imagined, just as having enough cultivation resources was not enough. As for him, he had a mixed spiritual root of the five elements, so breaking through would definitely not be easy.

With Yang Fei, the Yin puppet, secretly helping to mine spirit stones, Chen Huai'an wasn't idle either. He knew that this amount of spirit stones was simply not enough to break through to a higher realm. He had to find a way to get more spirit stones. Only with more cultivation resources could he cultivate without restraint.

In the following days, Chen Huai'an spent a small amount of time tending to the medicinal fields in his space, and a lot of time mining spirit stones in the mine.

"Master, these are the spirit stones that my puppets have mined in the past two days." Two days later, Yang Fei came to Chen Huai'an with two storage bags.

"Five thousand low-grade spirit stones, well done." Chen Huai'an scanned the storage bag with his divine sense and found that there were actually five thousand low-grade spirit stones inside.

"Master, we also found a mid-grade spirit stone in a mine, but the monsters in this mine are very difficult to deal with," Yang Fei suddenly said.

"Tell me in detail what exactly happened? There are mid-grade spirit stones in the mine, but what about this monster?" Chen Huai'an asked, showing interest.

He knew that there were monsters in the mine.

Every year, when Qingyun Sect mines spirit stones in the spirit mines, many people die tragically, some of them from the mouths of demonic beasts.

Soon, after Yang Fei explained, he understood what was going on.

Within this mine, demonic beasts dwell. If disciples of the Qingyun Sect discover powerful demonic beasts in the mine, they will either notify the sect to dispatch experts to deal with them, or quickly seal the entrance and cease mining operations there.

Actually, the simplest solution is to kill the monsters in the mine, but doing so might cause the mine tunnels to collapse, and the cleanup afterwards would be very troublesome.

This mineral vein is quite special. To mine spirit stones, it must be reinforced with a seal to prevent the mine shafts deep underground from collapsing. Spirit minerals can isolate divine senses, and once the mine shafts collapse, a large amount of manpower and resources will be needed to clean up the debris.

To prevent the mines from collapsing during a major battle, the Qingyun Sect's higher-ups would issue extermination missions upon discovering demonic beasts within them, ordering disciples to slay them. If the beasts could not be killed, the mines would be sealed off or even permanently sealed off, depending on the circumstances.

"There is a fourth-tier demonic beast in this mine tunnel," Yang Fei said in a deep voice.

"A fourth-tier demonic beast, isn't that equivalent to the Golden Core realm?" Chen Huai'an asked with a look of doubt.

"Master, this fourth-tier demonic beast is not a Golden Core realm demonic beast," Yang Fei quickly explained.

First-tier demonic beasts correspond to cultivators at the Body Refinement stage. These demonic beasts are only slightly stronger than ordinary wild animals because they know how to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for cultivation. Second-tier demonic beasts are equivalent to cultivators at the Qi Refining stage.

Third-tier demonic beasts have awakened their intelligence and can unleash magical attacks, equivalent to the early stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.

Fourth-tier demonic beasts already possess considerable intelligence, equivalent to cultivators in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Fifth-tier demonic beasts are equivalent to cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage. Sixth-tier demonic beasts absorb the essence of the sun and moon, nurturing a demonic core within their bodies, which corresponds to the Golden Core stage.

In the world of cultivation, the Foundation Establishment realm is a huge watershed. Breaking through the Foundation Establishment realm is very difficult, and breaking through the Golden Core realm is even more difficult.

As for breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, the resources required are terrifying, and some spiritual herbs cannot be bought even with spirit stones.

"Foundation Establishment Realm, what level of Foundation Establishment Realm were you in your previous life?" Chen Huai'an hadn't taken it seriously before, but now he was very curious about Yang Fei's realm.

"Reporting to Master, I am at the fourth level of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage," Yang Fei transmitted his thoughts.

"I was somewhat confident in dealing with this fourth-tier demonic beast when I was alive, but in my current state, I have no chance at all."

"Alright, I understand." Although Chen Huai'an was very interested in the mid-grade spirit stone, he did not rush off to get it. Some things are good, but you have to be lucky enough to get them.

"I will report this to the sect and have them send experts to exterminate this fourth-tier demonic beast. What you need to do now is hide in this mine and mine spirit stones," Chen Huai'an said, seemingly having thought of something.

He needs to speed up the mining of this spirit stone mine.

Chen Huai'an sent the spirit stones that Yang Fei brought into his spatial storage, and then he walked out of the mine.

He had been in the underground mine for more than ten days, and he had to go up to see what the situation was like. Also, he felt that the underground mine was not safe at all, and he had to find a way to get some life-saving talismans from Senior Sister Qin. He needed to get some third-tier talismans, and even some fourth-tier talismans, so that he would be safe.