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

"I understand." Qin Muyao knew that Chen Huai'an's words made sense. After all, Liu Qing was a master at the seventh level of the late Foundation Establishment stage, while Chen Huai'an was only at the fifth level of the mid-Qi Refining stage. For him to challenge the other party was simply courting death.

Now that Liu Qing has died in battle, no matter what he may have done wrong, they cannot use this dead man for their own purposes.

"Chen Huai'an, this mission to escort the spirit stones failed. After you left, the Qingyun Mountain mine was also attacked by the Yinsha Sect disciples, suffering heavy losses. To make up for the losses, the sect ordered us to mine 20 low-grade spirit stones and send them back to the sect. This time, I plan to personally escort these spirit stones back to the sect. During this time, you outer disciples will have to continue entering the mine to mine spirit stones," Qin Muyao said to Chen Huai'an.

"Senior Sister Qin, helping the sect mine spirit stones is our mission. Even without you telling me, I would have gone into the mine to mine spirit stones," Chen Huai'an said with a smile.

Chen Huai'an had been looking for an excuse to continue mining spirit stones in the mine, but now he didn't need to find any excuse at all; he could just go into the mine and start mining spirit stones.

Chen Huai'an discovered a problem: outside, once inside the space, the growth rate of spiritual herbs was not as fast as before, and the speed of refining spirit stones also slowed down. Currently, he has 10 low-grade spirit stones in his storage bag. Outside, he can refine 100 stones a day, while inside the mine, he can refine 200 stones a day, greatly doubling his efficiency.

At the current rate of 200 stones per day in the mine, it would take him 500 days, more than a year, to refine these 10 low-grade spirit stones into high-grade spirit stones.

This is all contingent on him not earning a large amount of spirit stones within this year. If he earns some low-grade spirit stones, then he can forget about refining all the spirit stones in his space into high-grade spirit stones.

With this magical purple gourd, we must make good use of this treasure.

Therefore, Chen Huai'an had to spend a lot of time in the mine, whether it was to mine spirit stones or to refine the spirit stones in the space, he should stay in the mine.

10 low-grade spirit stones may seem like a lot, but to fully utilize all these cultivation resources, it wouldn't be enough for Chen Huai'an to reach a high level of cultivation. He would still need to find a way to grow some spiritual herbs in the space, especially those that are thousands of years old, which are very valuable.

"Alright, Senior Sister Qin, you can go ahead and do what you need to do. I'll head to the mine now to mine spirit stones. Don't worry, I'll mine 100 low-grade spirit stones for you every day," Chen Huai'an assured Qin Muyao, patting his chest.

With his Qi Refining Realm cultivation, mining 100 low-grade spirit stones a day is very easy for him.

"Okay, I believe you. For every 10 more low-grade spirit stones you mine, I'll give you one, with no upper limit," Qin Muyao said, remembering something.

If he wanted to gather another 20 low-grade spirit stones in a few days, he would have to assign tasks to these outer disciples and miscellaneous disciples.

Collecting 100 low-grade spirit stones a day is the basic task, but if these disciples aren't given a little reward, they certainly won't work so hard to mine spirit stones.

"Okay, Senior Sister Qin, remember what you said. I will try my best to mine these spirit stones," Chen Huai'an said with a smile.

With his Qi Refining Realm cultivation, he could easily mine 100 low-grade spirit stones a day, let alone 200 or 300. The other party's statement was definitely meant to encourage him to mine more, as more work means more reward, and it was also a way for him to earn extra money.

If Chen Huai'an can mine 300 low-grade spirit stones a day, he will earn an extra 20 low-grade spirit stones every day, which is 600 low-grade spirit stones a month. For some ordinary outer disciples, this is a very considerable fortune.

An outer disciple can only receive 10 low-grade spirit stones as a monthly benefit from the sect. Tasks that allow you to earn spirit stones like this are rare.

Chen Huai'an quickly entered the mine.

Chen Huai'an entered the mine and headed deep inside.

As for the task of mining spirit stones, Chen Huai'an naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to carry a pickaxe and work in the mine. What he wanted to do was to seize the time to cultivate and improve his cultivation level. As for the matter of mining spirit stones, he didn't need to do it personally at all; he could leave it to Yin Kui Yang Fei.

With Yin Kui Yang Fei's strength, not to mention mining more than 100 low-grade spirit stones a day, mining three or four hundred low-grade spirit stones would not be a problem. He also has a group of underlings working for him.

If Chen Huai'an had stayed in this mine for another day, he could have collected several thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Once these spirit stones are sent into the space, they will all belong to him.

Chen Huai'an gave Yin Kui Yang Fei the mission objectives, and then he entered the purple gourd space.

Chen Huai'an tidied up the medicinal field in the space and then began to try refining pills.

As for improving his cultivation, Chen Huai'an isn't in a hurry right now. He needs to learn how to refine pills first. In the future, he won't need to buy pills from outside. He can just acquire some medicinal herb seeds, plant them in his space, and he'll have a continuous supply of pill-refining materials.

There's an even more important problem: if his cultivation level increases too quickly, he'll definitely attract the attention of certain people.

Chen Huai'an has a mixed spiritual root of the five elements, which is considered a useless talent. If his cultivation grows too fast due to this useless talent, it will be very troublesome if he is targeted by those big families and powerful forces.

The best strategy is to develop stealthily. Chen Huai'an plans to return to his sect as soon as this mission is completed. He will find a place to cultivate in seclusion, hiding until he breaks through to the Foundation Establishment stage and condenses his Golden Core, before revealing himself.

The first step in refining pills is to purify the medicinal liquid. Now, Chen Huai'an wants to do these basic steps well so that when he actually starts refining pills, his success rate will increase significantly.

When Chen Huai'an was preparing to refine pills, he discovered that when his mental energy was exhausted and then restored, his mind remained in a highly focused and tense state, which greatly helped him to hone his mental energy.

As his mental strength increases, his divine sense will also be enhanced.

The best way to refine pills is to ensure that your mental energy is strong enough. If your mental energy is depleted when refining pills, you will not be able to control the movement inside the pill furnace and it will be easy to fail in refining pills.

Having strong mental power is a good thing for Chen Huai'an.

So during the few days he was in the mine, Chen Huai'an spent his time honing his mental strength.

"I've been in this purple gourd space for 10 days, and my spiritual energy has become sufficiently refined. I've also made some progress in purifying medicinal liquids. I wonder if I can succeed in refining pills now." After 10 days, Chen Huai'an had gained some understanding and insights into purifying medicinal liquids. Now, what he needed to do was try refining pills and see what problems he would encounter in the process. Then, he would work backward from the problems he encountered to solve them.