My Daoist partner helps me cultivate immortality

The old miner, along with several fellow workers, shouted loudly, quickly gathering the surrounding miners. The word spread, attracting thousands of cultivators from the vicinity.

The crowd was buzzing with discussion. They had heard that the mine was unsafe and were all preparing to evacuate!

"Let's go back to the Eastern Mine!"

"This place is poor enough, but it's not safe either..."

"This mine is a suitable place for someone like you in the late stage of Qi Refining to stay. Don't you think so?"

Lin Ye watched silently from a distance.

At this moment, the arguing among the miners on the other side suddenly intensified, led by two foremen wearing large hats.

"They'll definitely sell it to the Refiners' Guild!"

"No, not everything here is forging materials. Why make two trips? Why not just submit it directly?"

Lin Ye waved and asked, "What's going on?"

The old miner explained, "Senior, they're discussing whether we should submit the minerals directly to the Wild Curse, or buy them and resell them to other organizations."

"The second option would allow us miners to earn a little more, but it also incurs time and transportation costs..."

Lin Ye seemed quite interested as he glanced at the small carts that each miner carried.

"What kind of things did you dig up?"

The old miner quickly replied, "They're all worthless things, low-grade refining materials, spirit stones, and the like."

A miner laughed and said, "I also dug up a piece of old jade. I heard that those body cultivators will buy it!"

A glint flashed in Lin Ye's eyes.

"I see."

The miners argued incessantly, and as hundreds of cultivators gathered in the empty mine shaft to watch the foreman's dispute, the glittering spirit stones on the rock wall provided a backdrop.

Lin Ye clearly heard someone at the center of the argument say, "Just sell it to Wanbaolou, they buy anything..."

This proposal seems to have received considerable support.

Lin Ye stepped forward with his hands behind his back, and the Qi Refining stage cultivators around him made way for him.

"Senior!" several foremen greeted with clasped hands.

Lin Ye revealed his guest elder token: "I am from Wanbaolou."

"I heard what you said, just give me the goods directly."

"I'll make you work the early shift!"

The miners looked at each other, unsure whether Lin Ye was a sucker or there to drive down the price.

The foremen hesitated and said, "Senior, we're so sorry."

Lin Ye smiled and said, "Meeting is fate."

Immediately, Lin Ye transmitted his voice to a silent miner sitting in the distance, leaning against the rock wall: "How much will you get if you hand over all this stuff to Huang Zhou? Don't lie to me, or he'll come after you alone!"

A look of panic flashed in the miner's eyes, and he hurriedly gestured a number to Lin Ye.

Lin Ye quietly made a note of it, inspected more than a dozen mine carts, and occasionally flipped through them with his hand.

Finally, Lin Yezhao raised the price he had just negotiated by offering a slightly higher quote. Upon hearing this, the miners relaxed, realizing that he was a knowledgeable person!

That makes things much easier!

"Senior, could you have more?"

Lin Ye said impatiently, "Alright... I'll give you another 100 points. Don't hide anything on your person. The foreman will search you."

The foremen readily agreed.

The miners did not object.

100 points is a significant sum for low-level Qi Refining cultivators in the peripheral mining areas!

Although dividing it equally among so many people doesn't mean much—especially for the foreman, it leaves room for him to take more than his share.

"Quickly, everyone who has anything hidden on them, hand it over!"

To prevent hoarding, miners are not allowed to bring spatial items into the mine.

Those who carry spatial items, such as Lin Ye, are not allowed to participate in mining; otherwise, Huang Zhou will deduct points as a punishment.

After checking for a short while, Lin Ye noticed with his sharp eyes that there was another piece of the Fallen God Ancient Jade on the mine cart!

"Senior, the inspection is complete."

Lin Ye nodded: "The money has arrived."

"Thank you, senior!"

The miners quickly received their points and couldn't help but smile.

For low-level Qi Refining cultivators, the income from mining is really not very high.

But Lin Ye couldn't be taken advantage of.

If he gives too much, among so many cultivators present, some intelligent people will inevitably suspect that Lin Ye has ulterior motives.

Therefore, Lin Ye ultimately offered a price slightly higher than the market price.

He seemed to be a knowledgeable and generous monk.

'The fragments of the Fallen God were obtained so easily!'

An older miner approached and asked, "Are you going to the deeper mining areas, senior...?"

"No, I can't wait. Who told me to accept all this stuff from you!"

Lin Ye added some points for him and said nonchalantly, "Is that enough?"

"Oh, thank you so much, senior! You've worked hard!"

The old miner left with a smile on his face.

"I need to stay here to measure the spiritual energy concentration. Sigh... You don't need to move the stuff, so hurry up and leave. Don't crowd here."

"Alright, everyone, you can all leave now!"

The miners left quickly.

Lin Ye was the only one left in the edge of the mine, and he stored all the minerals away.

Using my spiritual vision to examine them, I obtained a total of three fragments of the Fallen God.

“That’s right. First, let’s get our hands on the fragments of the Fallen God that the miners have been collecting since the mine was opened not long ago.”

Mid-level mining area.

Lin Ye no longer acted as before, but simply revealed his Wanbaolou identity card and received goods one truckload at a time.

As he approached the core area, rumors began to circulate throughout the mining region that Wanbaolou was interested in buying the goods from here.

And the price is excellent!

The cultivators in the middle-level mining area became excited, trying to find the Wanbaolou guest elder, or to sell the items directly to Wanbaolou, hoping to get a similar preferential price as the guest elder had offered.

Lin Ye expressed her satisfaction.

I obtained a total of four fragments of the Fallen God this time.

Since the collected minerals themselves have value, the cost is at most a few hundred points.

Compared to the value of the fragments of the Fallen God, this expense is simply negligible!

But this is only the offline part.

The real catch came next—the fish began to flow into Wanbaolou!

Lin Ye would use his status as Young Master Lin to get Deacon Chen to take all the goods from this mine and then resell them to himself.

In this way, the initial collection of Godfall fragments was completed.

The rest are basically what hasn't been dug up yet, as well as what has been unearthed in the core mining area.

"Senior Wanbaolou, please help me!"

A miner was covered in dust and dirt, and his arm appeared to be broken.

Lin Ye frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"There are groups of cultivators... there are physical cultivators looting! They stole a piece of ancient jade, and many of our fellow workers were beaten even though they didn't have the jade!"

Lin Ye's heart raced.

'Damn it! This thing can't attract attention; what if it attracts some weirdo with a collecting obsession?'

'Even if you don't absorb the fragments of the Fallen God using the correct method, they're still somewhat useful to body cultivators. And then this bunch of troublemakers arrives...'

Lin Ye said in a deep voice, "Don't panic!"

"Where are they?"

The cultivator shook his head repeatedly: "Senior, you should go to Wanbaolou to call for help... I can't beat them!"

"Call for help?"

As they were speaking, a massive, incredibly strong man with muscles as hard as rock leisurely blocked their path.

Chapter 72 Senior Sister, Save Me

Body cultivators are indeed at a disadvantage in this era due to the prevailing environment of high attack and low defense.

But they have an advantage in such a confined environment as a mine!

The body cultivator was also very confident. He mustered all his Qi, which was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and raised his hand to attack.

Lin Ye rolled away, narrowly dodging the attack. His disheveled appearance only excited the burly cultivator, who turned around and shouted, "You can't escape now, prepare to die!"

Lin Ye silently confirmed that there were no other enemies around who were dressed or sized similarly to this body cultivator. He turned around, only to find that the body cultivator had already attacked again!

Lin Ye swiftly threw a counter-punch, and the body cultivator's arm missed and struck Lin Ye's face, but his own cheek was dented from the blow.

boom!

The body cultivator was slammed against the rock wall like a stubborn rock.

What kind of power...and speed is this?! Foundation Establishment cultivator?

Fear immediately flashed in the eyes of the body cultivator whose face was covered in blood: "Fellow Daoist...it's a misunderstanding! We're both body cultivators!"

Nearby, the miner who had been injured by the body cultivator trembled, then showed a look of surprise.

He scrutinized Lin Ye repeatedly.

This guest retainer of Wanbaolou is actually so strong!

He doesn't seem to have reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, yet he was able to easily defeat someone at the ninth level of Qi Refining!

I'd better run away quickly...

The body cultivator lay prostrate on the ground, begging for mercy, "I am a subordinate of the Kunpeng clan cultivator. He ordered us to collect the ancient jade!"

"Which Kunpeng clan cultivator are you? Tell me and I'll spare your life."

"I...I can't say, I really can't..."

"Just say it's a man or a woman!"

"Men, huh..." the burly body cultivator quickly replied, "It's not just us; many body cultivator factions have already gathered in the core mining area!"

'This is troublesome...'

Lin Ye nodded, and suddenly moved like lightning, striking the burly man's head with a palm.

puff!

The headless corpse of the body cultivator quickly collapsed to the ground.

'I haven't fought anyone in a long time, but my skills haven't become rusty.'

The reason for sparing his life was simply to prevent him from using the blood-burning technique; all's fair in war.

The first blow the opponent delivered was aimed at killing him, so of course it was a fight to the death.