Taoist cultivation begins with being a miner

"Tsk tsk tsk~ I never thought even I was wrong. Such a strong fighting spirit, he's practically a born warrior." The steward exclaimed in amazement upon seeing this.

"If he's still alive after this battle, we'll recruit him and train him well; he'll definitely earn us a lot of magic stones," the steward said to his subordinate after watching for a while.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away."

……

On the stage, Lu Yan fought the purple scorpion demon to a standstill, just as he had planned.

Finally, with their opponent's magic power exhausted, they fought to a standstill, with Lu Yan narrowly emerging victorious.

"Do you want to continue?" the master demon asked Lu Yan.

"No, I no longer have the strength to fight." Lu Yan waved his hand and refused directly.

One hundred low-grade magic stones are enough for me to use for a long time. Once my magic power increases, there are many ways to obtain magic stones.

"Alright, then come with me." The master demon beckoned, and two bone demons carried Lu Yan to the back.

"Here are your magic stones, a total of one hundred." A demon-devouring creature placed a wooden box in front of Lu Yan.

"Okay." Lu Yan opened the wooden box, glanced at it, and found no problems before closing it again.

This demon realm has a storage device, but it is much rarer and more expensive than the cultivation world I live in.

After all, weapon refiners are very rare in the demon realm, and the materials are not as abundant as in the cultivation world.

"Ximen Mengde, are you interested in working with us?" Lu Yan had just picked up the wooden box when the food demon spoke up to recruit him.

"I'm sorry, I'm used to freedom and have no intention of joining any other faction." Lu Yan shook his head and refused directly.

"Don't rush. As long as you join my Demon Arena, we guarantee your safety. You may be new to Star River Fortress and not know how dangerous it is here," the Demon Eater said meaningfully.

"No, thank you for your kindness, but I prefer to be alone." Lu Yan shook his head again, picked up the wooden box, and turned to leave.

"He disagrees, so what do we do now?" the master demon asked after Lu Yan left.

"Hmph! Daring to refuse our offer is courting death. Same as always, we'll make our move after he's gone. But I think there are quite a few demons ready to strike."

"After all, a hundred magic stones is no small sum, especially since he's just a lowly level two magic soldier," the Devourer sneered.

"Where is the manager?"

"You don't need to worry about the manager; I'll explain. Just send a demon to retrieve one hundred magic stones."

"OK."

……

Lu Yan was naturally unaware of all this, as he was carrying the wooden box outside.

As you pass the corner, switch the magic stone in the wooden box with the magic stone. The magic stone is now in your storage ring, and the wooden box is full of stones.

"Quite a few." Lu Yan, a demon who was being followed, curled the corner of his mouth. It seemed that they all regarded him as a fat sheep.

It was already late, and under the red moon, there was a bloody feeling; a strong killing intent had already surrounded Lu Yan.

Lu Yan didn't intend to go straight back to his residence, but walked directly out of the fortress.

Seemingly fearing that Lu Yan might run out of the fortress and cause further trouble, a demon finally couldn't resist jumping out.

"Boy, put down that wooden box in your hand. I'll spare your life." A bone demon wielding a long sword blocked Lu Yan's path.

"Okay." Lu Yan obediently placed the wooden box on the ground and then stepped back.

"Uh~ Aren't you going to put up a fight?" The Bone Demon was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Lu Yan to give up so easily. These hundred magic stones were earned by Lu Yan with his life on the line. If it were him, he would rather die than let go.

"Brother, what are you saying? You're a level four magic soldier, while I'm just a lowly level two magic soldier. Isn't it suicide to rebel against you?" Lu Yan replied.

"Hmm, you're smart enough to get lost. I won't kill you today." The Bone Demon was quite pleased to hear this. He waved his hand to tell Lu Yan to get lost, and then stepped forward to pick up the wooden box.

"Tch~"

As soon as the Bone Demon bent down, a beam of silver light pierced through his skull.

"Boom!"

The Bone Demon didn't even have time to resist before collapsing and dying. A level-five demon soldier, the Purple Scorpion Demon, emerged from the shadows, holding a longbow, and took over the wooden box containing the magic stones.

Before he could leave, more than twenty demons with the cultivation level of level five or six demon soldiers blocked his way and surrounded him.

Those demons with lower strength who were hiding in the shadows all wisely left upon seeing this.

"Kill!" someone shouted, and the demons began a chaotic free-for-all.

First, the Purple Scorpion Demon was blasted to smithereens by concentrated fire, and then they fought individually, their eyes fixed on the wooden box.

In an instant, demons fought in chaos, with blood and severed limbs flying through the air.

In the midst of the fight, someone carelessly slashed at the wooden box, exposing countless shards of stone to the demons' view.

Upon seeing this, everyone stopped fighting, then looked at each other in disbelief, as if the word "foolish" was written all over the faces of the demons.

So after fighting for so long and killing so many demons, the target turned out to be a pile of useless stones.

"Find that damned horned demon, I'll tear him to pieces!" a powerful demon shouted, crushing a rock in his hand.

"Find him! He dared to play tricks on me, he's asking for death!"

The other demons also shouted and clamored.

Meanwhile, Lu Yan had already returned to his residence.

After the battle in the Demon Arena, I am now considered a public monster.

This Star River Fortress isn't particularly big or small, so for now, it's best to focus on absorbing magic stones to increase your strength and avoid going out as much as possible.

Just as Lu Yan was about to sit down, he noticed a sudden cloud of white smoke rising in the room. The smoke was extremely cold, and anything covered by it would freeze into frost.

"Who!" Upon seeing this, Lu Yan was shocked and quickly took out the Mining God's Pickaxe to be on guard.

Someone who can approach you silently and undetected is definitely not weak, and judging from the situation, they are definitely not a friendly person.

"Hand over the magic stone." Before even seeing the demon, a clear, cold voice reached his ears.

"Playing tricks, come out if you dare." Seeing the white fog inside the room getting thicker and thicker, Lu Yan tried to use his divine sense to find out what was inside, but to his surprise, he found enemies everywhere under his divine sense scan.

"Whoosh~"

He heard a faint sound nearby, and then dozens of icicles rushed toward him.

Upon seeing this, Lu Yan recalled the ice cone talisman he had used before.

However, this attack was no match for Lu Yan.

The God of Mining swung his pickaxe rapidly, knocking away most of the ice spikes that were attacking him.

"Huh? You're not a level two demon soldier." This time it was the Demon in the Dark's turn to be surprised.

"Die!" As the opponent attacked, Lu Yan also felt the surge of magic power, instantly locked onto the opponent, and swung his pickaxe.

"Do~"

"Click~"

Lu Yan was met with a huge ice shield. He smashed the ice shield with a single swing of his pickaxe and also saw the demon that had attacked him.

However, the newcomer's appearance startled Lu Yan, who then put away the God of Mining Pickaxe in his hand.