This is a cultivation game, but the operation is bad

Which map has the highest spirit stone yield?
do not know.

It doesn't matter, the Taiyi Immortal Alliance will definitely know.

Open the large map and click teleport.

Taiyi Immortal City!

Move to the Immortal Alliance Headquarters!

Upon entering the headquarters, Jiang Liu went straight to the receptionist and asked bluntly, "I would like to inquire whether there are any maps in the Central Continent with high spirit stone production and a large number of monsters, the denser the better, preferably the kind that can generate hundreds of millions of spirit stones per day."

Upon hearing this, the receptionist's face showed a hint of surprise.

A map that earns hundreds of millions of spirit stones a day?
We want to know too!
However, it does exist, but it is extremely dangerous. Even powerful cultivators in the Mahayana stage dare not easily step into it; it is a region where one has a nine-out-of-ten chance of death.

The receptionist frowned slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment. I will search for a map that meets your requirements for you."

With that, she raised her hand and waved it, and a crystal-clear jade mirror appeared in front of her. A faint spiritual light flowed across the jade mirror. She quickly ran her fingertips across the jade mirror, her eyes focused on searching for information.

A moment later, the receptionist stopped what she was doing, turned to Jiang Liu, and said respectfully, "Director Jiang, there is a map that matches your requirements, called the Myriad Spirits Mine Secret Realm. This secret realm is located in the northeast of Zhongzhou. The realm is filled with spirit stone mines, and the monsters inside are all mineral spirits that feed on spirit stones. Their numbers are extremely large. After being killed, they will turn into piles of spirit stones. Ordinary cultivators can harvest tens of millions of spirit stones a day inside. If high-level cultivators work hard to kill monsters, earning hundreds of millions of spirit stones a day is not a problem."

"The Myriad Spirits Mine Secret Realm?"

Jiang Liu's eyes lit up. This was exactly the map he wanted, a goldmine tailor-made for him. He quickly asked, "Are there any restrictions on entering this secret realm? For example, are there any requirements regarding cultivation level or the number of times you can enter?"

"Reporting to the council, this secret realm has no realm restrictions or entry limits, and anyone can enter. However, the mineral spirits inside the secret realm are quite powerful, with the lowest being the early stage of the Integration Realm, and in the depths there are even mineral spirits at the Tribulation Transcending or Mahayana stages. Moreover, powerful cultivators occasionally compete for mineral veins in the secret realm, so generally only high-level cultivators will go there."

The maid patiently explained, while handing Jiang Liu a jade talisman: "This is a jade talisman with coordinates for the Myriad Spirits Mine Secret Realm. Fellow Daoist, crush the talisman to sense the exact location of the secret realm. If you go there, please be careful."

OMG!

It's a free map!
I can't believe I was able to get a free map from the Taiyi Immortal Alliance. I feel like I have no regrets in this life.

Danger?

Laughing, what am I afraid of?
A monster at the Tribulation Transcending or Mahayana stage?

I want you!
Jiang Liu took the jade talisman, its surface smooth and warm to the touch. The talisman contained clear coordinate information. He casually put it away and nodded to the receptionist, "Thank you."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the headquarters exit without stopping at all. His steps were so fast that it was as if a monster was chasing him, as if he was afraid that if he was a second late, he would lose money.

After leaving Taiyi Immortal City, Jiang Liu immediately crushed the coordinate jade talisman, and the exact location of the Myriad Spirits Mine Secret Realm was displayed on the large map.

It wasn't far, just in a desolate mountain range in the northeast of Zhongzhou. At his speed, he could fly there in an hour or two.

Take off right away!
After half an hour.

Jiang Liu looked at the several cultivators blocking his way, his face full of question marks.

A Nascent Soul cultivator, trying to rob me?

Zhongzhou is truly a land of simple and honest people. As long as you don't teleport, you're bound to encounter people asking for tolls.

Ok?
Wait, these cultivators look like players.
They've become even bolder!

How dare a player rob me? Don't they know who I am?

"Is something wrong?"

Jiang Liu hovered in mid-air, frowning as he looked at the Nascent Soul players opposite him.

Seeing that Jiang Liu had actually stopped, the Nascent Soul cultivators breathed a sigh of relief. They straightened their backs, brandished their broken swords, and tried to make their tone sound fierce as they said, "This road is mine, this tree is mine. If you want to pass, leave your toll!"

"Brother, judging by your fine clothes and bulging storage bag, you must be carrying a lot of spirit stones. If you know what's good for you, hand over 100 million spirit stones and leave behind a magic artifact, and we'll let you go. Otherwise, we'll guard your corpse for the rest of our lives!"

"On what basis?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu couldn't help but sneer, his eyes full of mockery and disdain. He said speechlessly, "You dare to act like NPCs and rob people with just a few Nascent Soul cultivators? You must be new to Zhongzhou!"

"What's it to you!"

The Nascent Soul player at the front roared, "No matter what realm you're at, do you think you can take on all seven of us?! Each of us could easily crush you with a single skill!"

"Don't blame us. We are players from Taiye City. The guild forces us to pay 500 million spirit stones every month, saying it's to raise money for the guild leader to buy a celestial official position and forge celestial artifacts."

"All the money we earn is taken by the big shots above us, so blame them!"

"Yeah, do you think we want to rob us? We're only doing it because we have no other choice!"

Another Nascent Soul player chimed in.

Jiang Liu: “.”

Goodness, 500 million spirit stones a month is making me want to build a super sect.

"If you're going to rob someone, just rob them. Why pretend to be pitiful?"

Jiang Liu was too lazy to waste words with them, so he raised his hand and slashed with his sword.

"what!"

"what!"

"what!"

After easily dispatching these Nascent Soul players, Jiang Liu acted as if nothing had happened and continued flying towards the secret realm.

They thought they had dealt with a foolish robber and could continue their journey smoothly, but unexpectedly, after flying for less than half an hour and passing through a thick cloud layer, several arrogant and domineering voices suddenly came from the depths of the clouds.

Howling sounds erupted from all directions at once, as a large group of players completely blocked his path, staring at him with greedy eyes.

"Hey kid, stop right there! You dare trespass on our turf? You're asking for trouble, aren't you?"

The Nascent Soul player at the front glared menacingly at Jiang Liu, while the players around him were itching for a fight.

Jiang Liu: “.”

No, come again?

He looked around and was utterly speechless.

They are all players at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Are there really so many early-stage Nascent Soul players in Zhongzhou now?

Oh, that's right. Once you break through to the Nascent Soul stage, you can come to Zhongzhou. It's been so long, it's normal for there to be more Nascent Soul players now.

Normal as it may be, why are they all coming to Zhongzhou and learning to rob?
Could it be that they got taught a lesson by the NPCs?
Jiang Liu suddenly remembered that when he first came to Zhongzhou, he was also robbed by NPCs several times.

These players, they learn bad things instead of good ones, right?
"Shut up."

Jiang Liu said impatiently, "Get lost now, and I might spare your lives. I don't want to waste my time."

Spare our lives?

Upon hearing this, the surrounding players burst into laughter.

"Brother, are you kidding me? There are over a dozen of us!" "Spare our lives? Hand over all the spirit stones and equipment, and we'll spare your life!"

"You really think you're some kind of leaderboard player, huh?"

"Even if top-ranked players come, we're not afraid, we outnumber them!"

Jiang Liu: “.”

Sigh, it's been so many years since I've been involved in low-end circles. Has my legend faded away in those circles?

In this day and age, even a mere Nascent Soul cultivator dares to provoke me. I'm not in the martial world anymore, but the martial world is in complete chaos.

"Remember my name, I am Jiang Liu, and the Central Plains will honor me!"

"The Tenth Heaven of the Soaring Clouds!"

"what!"

"what!"

"what!"

"Holy crap, it's Jiang Liu! The one who forged the immortal artifact!"

"Oh no! Zhongzhou is so big, how did we run into him?!"

After clearing out another wave of small fry, Jiang Liu continued flying towards the secret realm with a dark expression.

As he flew, the expression on his face darkened again.

"Fellow Taoist, please stay."

A voice came from not far away, instantly igniting an inexplicable anger in Jiang Liu's heart, almost causing him to explode on the spot.

Isn't it? Come again?

What an unlucky day! It's all about robberies. Can't I just go out and earn money in peace?
He looked up and realized that there was only one person there; this time it was a player in the late Nascent Soul stage!
Even players at the late Nascent Soul stage are robbing people. Are these low-level players really that miserable?

“Friend, I mean no harm. I’ve just hit a bottleneck in my cultivation recently and I’m short of money. I really don’t have enough spirit stones to buy the spiritual medicine I need for a breakthrough. I’d like to borrow some spirit stones from you to tide me over. If it works out, I’ll treat you to KFC.”

The player, who was in the late Nascent Soul stage, was quite polite. He bowed slightly as he spoke, adopting a very humble posture. He paused for a moment and then added, "I only need 50 spirit stones. Please give me some face."

"A KFC that costs 50 spirit stones? I can't afford that!"

Jiang Liu, with a grim face, slashed with his sword, the power of which caused the player's expression to change drastically!

"No! Don't kill me!"

"Resurrecting in Zhongzhou is too expensive. Please, I'll leave now!"

"If you can't even resurrect, what are you doing in Zhongzhou!"

Standing on the player's tombstone, Jiang Liu asked coldly, "Tell me, what's going on? Why are so many players coming to Zhongzhou to rob us?"

"Ah, it's all because of what's happening up there."

The player said with a bitter face, "The higher-ups want to buy celestial officials and make celestial artifacts. If we don't have enough spirit stones, we have to pool them together. We can manage once, twice, but three times is a bit too much."

"As the incidents occurred more and more, the players' dissatisfaction grew stronger, and many people left Taiye City and Taiyao Tribe to make a living by hunting in the Central Plains."

"But there are too many high-level NPCs in Zhongzhou. If you're not careful, you'll die. In the end, you won't even have any spirit stones left to revive. Out of desperation, many players have started to rob lone players or isolated NPCs."

"I...I used to be a player in the Taiyao tribe. I was so desperate that I resorted to this robbery. Friend, have mercy! Please don't camp my corpse!"

After listening to his words, Jiang Liu finally understood the whole story. So that's how it was!
The 100 billion spirit stones that Taiyao Department and Taiye City previously used to buy official positions from the immortal officials were all collected from the players below. After collecting the spirit stones to buy the official positions, they still had to collect them again to refine immortal artifacts, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the players.

At this time, due to the progress of the game, a large number of players in the first and second servers broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. In a short period of time, hundreds of thousands of Nascent Soul players flooded into Zhongzhou, opened up a new map, and with the sky's the limit, they naturally did not want to be exploited by the guild leaders anymore.

Therefore, once a large number of Nascent Soul players entered Zhongzhou, they left Taiyao Division in Taiye City and began to establish themselves as kings. However, because they could not defeat NPCs and monsters, they had no choice but to turn their attention to other players.

He just happened to be in the right place at the right time, which is why he was robbed three times in a row. He can only blame himself for being unlucky.

After figuring out the whole story, Jiang Liu found it both funny and infuriating. "That's too much! If you can't beat the NPCs, you turn on the players, right?"

If they can't beat outsiders, they fight their own people. This second batch of players who came to Zhongzhou are really cowardly!

However, these things were completely irrelevant to him.

Whether it's a wave of guild withdrawals in Taiyao City or a large influx of Nascent Soul players into Zhongzhou, it's none of his business.

What about the million-dollar baby players in Zone 1 and Zone 2?
No matter how many there are, they are still ants that are no match for him, a cultivator in the early stage of the Integration Realm.

His Ice and Fire Nine Heavens technique can instantly kill a million-dollar infant!

Let alone a million-yuan infant, even a ten-million-yuan infant could be easily dealt with by him; he could kill as many as they came!

"A large number of players are entering Zhongzhou; Zhongzhou is going to be in chaos!"

Jiang Liu clicked his tongue, shook his head, and turned to continue flying towards the secret realm.

Let it be chaotic. Anyway, the map he's on is inaccessible to other players. As long as he can still monopolize the map, it doesn't matter.

Forget all that nonsense. His most important task now is to accumulate 1000 billion spirit stones and max out his progress in transforming from a spirit to an immortal. Everything else is secondary.

at last.

After being robbed three times, he arrived at the Myriad Spirits Mine Secret Realm.

Deep in the desolate mountains, at the map coordinates, the entrance to the secret realm is a huge stone gate, hundreds of feet high, forged entirely from black rock. The rock is engraved with dense ancient patterns, within which a faint spiritual light flows, exuding a heavy and ancient aura.

Below the stone gate, there were many NPCs queuing to enter. Most of them were Nascent Soul cultivators, and a few were Integration cultivators. Each of them had an eager and greedy look on their faces. They were obviously there for the spirit stones in the secret realm, like a pack of hungry wolves waiting to snatch food.

Ha, damn it, no players are coming to steal the food, so NPCs are doing it instead?

Jiang Liu glanced at the NPCs at the entrance of the secret realm and muttered to himself, "They all have to die!"

After waiting in line patiently for a while, it was finally his turn to enter the secret realm.

Jiang Liu stepped into the stone gate, his figure instantly disappearing at the entrance of the secret realm, officially entering the interior of the Myriad Spirits Mine Secret Realm.

You have entered the free map—the Myriad Spirits Mine Secret Realm.

This map is extremely dangerous; please go in a team.

[Resurrection within this map costs 100 million spirit stones]

After several system notifications sounded, as soon as I entered the secret realm, a rich, almost impenetrable aura of spirit stones rushed towards me, making me feel refreshed and as if every pore on my body had opened up.

Jiang Liu couldn't help but take a deep breath. This scent, this aroma, it was so comforting!
Before them lay a vast, boundless plain of mineral veins, dotted with spirit stone mines of all sizes.

The mine was studded with countless spirit stones, shimmering with dazzling light, stretching as far as the eye could see, like a sea of ​​spirit stones. Jiang Liu's eyes lit up at the sight—this was all money! (End of Chapter)