Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

Yu Luoning held the Crimson Blood Crystal close to her right eyelash, closed her left eye, and gazed at it.

Within the tiny bead, there was indeed a phoenix silhouette moving about.

A powerful energy seemed to slow her heartbeat.

Yu Luoning glanced quickly at Cui Xiu in the distance out of the corner of her eye. The purple-clad pervert was resting with his eyes closed, seemingly unaware of the outside world.

Without making a sound, she used the fastest hand speed she had ever used to stuff the Crimson Blood Stone into the jade bracelet's space.

She explored and chose the path, and she dug the stones; whoever finds them gets to keep them.

Well, her logic doesn't hold water in the cultivation world.

When your fists aren't strong enough, you need to play it safe and develop your strength cautiously.

Thinking that this black boulder could be dug up with a few strokes and a divine object could be found, wouldn't there be a gold mine hidden behind it?

Yu Luoning was instantly ignited.

She took off her cumbersome outer robe, revealing a short-sleeved shirt underneath, rolled the sleeves up high to her shoulders, and then pulled off the ties to tighten her trouser legs.

Miner Xiao Yu is online.

Okay, let's get started.

Yu Luoning raised the broken sword in his hand, his eyes filled with longing for the treasure.

In the distance, Cui Xiu's previously tightly closed purple eyes opened slightly.

He watched the figure bent over, digging stones with great enthusiasm, and twitched his lips.

He closed his eyes again.

Since she wants to dig, let her dig.

The karma deep within these earth veins is not so easy to obtain.

Yu Luoning dug for a long time and found several strange stones in a pile of rocks.

Its surface was grayish and didn't look like anything good.

To prevent herself from missing out on a hidden gem, she released her spirit and used her senses to perceive the inside of the stone.

The interior was lifeless, without a trace of spiritual energy.

What a piece of junk, it's a complete waste of effort.

Yu Luoning curled her lip, disdainfully tossed it behind her, and threw it away like trash.

A chuckle suddenly came from behind.

Yu Luoning planted the sword in the ground, put her hands on her hips, and looked behind her, panting.

Sometime later, Cui Xiu had stopped meditating and was standing not far behind her.

He was still clutching the gray stone that Yu Luoning had thrown out earlier.

Do you know how to write the phrase "blind to the truth"?

Upon hearing this, Yu Luoning's heart skipped a beat.

"Is this broken stone really that valuable? I just tested it with my spiritual power, and there wasn't a trace of spiritual power inside."

"This item is called Dao Pattern Stone. When it is inlaid on a spiritual treasure, it can amplify the power of the lightning-type laws by three layers out of thin air. Even in the Upper Realm, a single one can cause Nascent Soul stage monsters to fight tooth and nail for it."

Yu Luoning's breathing stopped for three seconds.

With a three-layer increase in magical power, how many spirit stones would one of these be worth?

Wasn't the Eastern Treasure Continent supposed to be barren? How could it possibly nurture such a treasure?

Yu Luoning swallowed hard and pointed to the pile of garbage next to her that she had chopped into small hills.

"Senior, I threw at least a dozen or twenty of these gray stones just now."

Choi Soo: "..."

"Don't look at me like that. You don't believe me? Wait, I'll find it right away."

Yu Luoning bent down and used both hands to pry open the small hill, his hands filled with dust.

In no time, she found more than twenty of them in the small hill.

"I didn't realize these were all such treasures; I almost threw them away as trash. Thank you for reminding me, senior. Well then... let you choose first, and I'll take the rest."

Yu Luoning waved his hand dismissively, but his gaze lingered on her, looking so pained that Cui Xiu found it amusing.

Cui Xiu smirked, "Look at your pathetic self? I don't want you."

Yu Luoning chuckled and put all the Dao-patterned stones into his spatial storage.

He pointed to the rocks very considerately.

"Senior, I dug all of this out here. Let me dig a little deeper; maybe there's some kind of ley line essence inside?"

"How could ants possibly fathom the essence of the earth's veins?"

Yu Luoning: "..."

The conversation had died down, so we withdrew a smile.

Yu Luoning ignored him and continued with her work.

Cui Xiu watched coldly from the sidelines.

He was just waiting to see when Yu Luoning would suffer the consequences of karma.

He had just examined the area and found that what Yu Luoning had unearthed earlier included not only lightning-type Dao pattern stones, but also wind-type and fire-type stones. These were top-tier items that would even tempt a cultivator of his level.

The karmic consequences of the earth's veins are extremely heavy; those who act recklessly will surely be punished by heaven.

Before long, Yu Luoning unearthed a light-type Dao pattern stone and a dark-type Dao pattern stone.

Light-type and Dark-type Dao Pattern Stones are not part of the Five Elements series. They cannot be formed naturally; they are only born from changes in the laws of heaven and earth. They are the rarest and most top-tier Dao Pattern Stones.

But now she not only dug it out, she dug up another one.

Cui Xiu's eye twitched. Why didn't these stones turn against her?

He snorted coldly and walked over. "Your reckless rummaging and hacking is an insult to the earth's spiritual energy. Step aside, and I'll show you what true divine insight looks like."

Upon hearing this, Yu Luoning looked at Cui Xiu with shining eyes.

But then, Cui Xiu flicked his long sleeves, and a surge of powerful spiritual energy rushed into the rock strata like a tide.

He put two fingers together and slid them twice in the air. The next moment, the rock strata crumbled, and a crystal-clear jade stone emerged from the ground.

Yu Luoning's eyes widened, filled with envy.

The stone the other party dug out was much better than the dull, grayish rough stone in her hand.

The most important thing is that it's so easy for them to dig, unlike me, whose hands are numb from chopping.

Cui Xiu: "See? That's it."

Before he finished speaking, the jade in his hand instantly melted into a pile of foul-smelling, putrid water.

Yu Luoning's eyes widened.

"Where did the Dao-patterned stone go?"

Cui Xiu didn't speak, her face darkening.

He was an evil corpse, possessing his own malevolent aura. The original divine object sensed his presence and destroyed itself, refusing to give it to him.