Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 194

Suddenly, the stone wall trembled slightly, and with a "crack" sound, a small crack appeared.

As the crack gradually widened, a powerful and pure aura of immortal energy rushed towards us.

The human and the fox exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with delight. "Hanhan, there's a treasure! The aura of immortality is so strong!"

Gu Shihan was also pleasantly surprised. She cautiously probed her divine sense into the crack and vaguely saw a downward stone staircase inside.

"Xingbai, there are stone steps leading down through the crack. I guess the cave's owner made them? Let's go down and take a look!"

"Hanhan, let's invite Duan Siqi along!"

"Okay!! I'll send her a voice message right away!"

In less than thirty breaths, Duan Siqi arrived and noticed something different even before getting close: "Shi Han, the spiritual energy here is so rich. Do you think there's a spiritual spring here? It would be so wonderful to cultivate in a place with such rich spiritual energy!"

“Indeed, let’s investigate first. Xingbai, you should seal off the cave to prevent the immortal energy from dissipating. It would be unsafe if someone with ulterior motives discovered the anomaly.” Gu Shihan nodded and gave her instructions.

"Don't worry, Hanhan, I've already taken care of it. There won't be any problems," Xingbai said proudly.

The two people and the fox descended the stone steps and walked for about half an hour before arriving at a huge space. They were all stunned by what they saw.

"Shi Han, am I seeing things? Is this a celestial stone mine? I'm rich! I'm rich! These past few days I've been thinking about how to earn celestial spirit stones after I get out. Shi Han, you're truly my lucky star! My god of wealth!" Duan Siqi exclaimed with ecstasy.

"Siqi, don't you feel that even without cultivation, the immortal energy is seeping into your body? It feels so good!"

"I can feel it! Shi Han, how about we dig for immortal stones and cultivate right here?"

“No problem, I’ll go get the time array. When we get tired of digging for immortal stones, we can go into the array to cultivate and rest before coming out to dig again.”

We should dig up more, and ideally prepare a portion for everyone else as well; their lives might not be any better than ours.

“Shi Han is right, we are extremely lucky!” Duan Siqi immediately said.

After Gu Shihan set up the time array, the two began to excavate the immortal stones.

Of course, Xiao Hei, the Golden-Winged Roc (Xiao Jin), Yu Tong, and Xing Bai were not idle either.

Xingbai even dug a tunnel for itself, which led all the way into the distance. It seemed like it was about to cause some trouble.

Three years passed as she dug and dug, and Duan Siqi's storage treasures were filled with immortal spirit stones, making her quite wealthy.

Of course, Gu Shihan had even more. She also quietly took two smaller veins of immortal spirit stones and put them into the Moon Bracelet. With Xingbai present, it didn't cause a big commotion.

In the past three years, with the added blessing of the Time Array, Duan Siqi has reached the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, while Gu Shihan is on the verge of becoming a Deity.

"Shi Han, I've calculated that we've been in this Immortal Realm for almost five years now, and our cultivation has improved by more than a little bit. Do you think we still need to cultivate here?" Duan Siqi said, looking at the overflowing Immortal Spirit Stones, feeling somewhat dejected.

"Siqi, have you reached a bottleneck in your cultivation? If so, go out and train for a while." Gu Shihan took out several storage bags, each containing no less than 20,000 immortal spirit stones. "Ah?! No, I just felt it was a bit of a waste to have so many immortal spirit stones with nowhere to put them," Duan Siqi stammered.

"Siqi, you're so cute. In that case, you should focus on your cultivation and strive to reach the Nascent Soul stage. Once you reach the Nascent Soul stage, we can go out. It might not be easy to find a place with such abundant immortal spiritual energy again."

"Look, these storage bags can still hold more. I'll dig out a few more so that my senior brothers can have more, right?"

"Yes, that's true. I have quite a few immortal spirit stones. My storage ring and storage bracelet are full, and I've also stored quite a few with Little Gold. I'm content. I'm going to cultivate now!"

"Go!" Gu Shihan waved her hand, activated the isolation formation, and entered the space herself.

Of course, the mining of spirit stones outside did not stop, but the main force was changed to Xiao Hei and Xiao Jin, with Yu Tong and Xing Bai as assistants.

"Hanhan, there are still some empty storage magic treasures here. Do you think we need to dig up some more immortal spirit stones?"

"Keep digging! Who would complain about having too many spirit stones? You guys continue, I'm going to cultivate!"

Three more years have passed. Gu Shihan successfully transformed into a Nascent Soul two years ago and is now at the late Nascent Soul stage. Her sword domain has also reached the intermediate level.

His alchemy skills have also improved, and he can now refine third-grade immortal pills. If it weren't for the limitation of his cultivation level, he might also be able to refine fourth-grade pills.

The array formations are even better; she's definitely a fifth-grade immortal array master. As for the talismans, Gu Shihan spent less time on them, but third-grade immortal talismans are no challenge for her.

Duan Siqi lived up to expectations and successfully broke through to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. She could now draw fourth-grade talismans, and her array formation skills improved rapidly, making her a true third-grade array master.

After Duan Siqi transformed into a Nascent Soul cultivator, she left the time array and saw Gu Shihan counting the Immortal Spirit Stones. She smiled and said, "Shihan, are you still digging for Immortal Spirit Stones?"

"Siqi, you've emerged from seclusion! Congratulations on successfully transforming into a Nascent Soul!" Gu Shihan said with a smile.

"Well, you've finally succeeded in reaching the Nascent Soul stage. You're much more capable than me now, already at the late Nascent Soul stage. You'll have to protect me from now on," Duan Siqi said with a smile.

“Let’s look after each other. Siqi, help me count the immortal spirit stones. There are 100,000 in each storage bag. I have ten storage bags here, fill them all up. Here’s one for you, one for each of my senior brothers, and I’ll keep the rest.”

"Okay! Thank you, Shi Han. Shall we leave now?" Duan Siqi asked, looking around at the hollowed-out area.

"Yes! We've been here too long. We haven't even left this realm yet. Now that we have a little more power to protect ourselves, it's time to go out and see what's going on. I wonder where my senior brothers are now? Are they alright?!" Gu Shihan said with some longing. Meanwhile, Gu Shihan and the others were being forcefully pulled away. The powerful figures of the Spirit Realm sensed the sudden, unusual fluctuations, but they were powerless to do anything and could only watch as the nine of them vanished.

After Gu Shihan and the others disappeared, a pure and spiritual energy spread in all directions. This pure and spiritual energy had a purifying effect, and the originally somewhat turbid spiritual energy became fresh.

Three years later, the spirit world returned to peace, and the turbid energy seemed to have diminished considerably. Everyone remembered the kindness of Gu Shihan and the other nine, and a craze for statues arose in various places.

Nine stone statues appeared in the spirit world. There were nine statues of nine people. The spiritual power of the people increased, and their story was spread throughout the spirit world.

Especially the Five Hua Sect, three out of the nine people are from the Nine Hua Sect, and one of their stone statues is located in the largest market of the Nine Hua Sect.

(End of this chapter)