The moment the formation was broken, two streaks of light flew out from it. Master Immortal Liu and Master Immortal Du, who were standing in the air, flew to meet them. Immediately, all kinds of spells and artifacts collided with each other, creating a deafening sound. Fortunately, the four of them fought further and further away from Xuan Qi Island, allowing the disciples to breathe a sigh of relief.
Everyone shouted and rushed into the buildings on the island, each looking for an opponent and fighting in pairs.
Lu Ping was originally furious, wanting to settle the score with the cultivator who used the bead to attack him. But what made him speechless was that Xuan Ling Sect had very few disciples to begin with. Including the rogue cultivators from the Cultivator Sharing Union, there were only thirty of them. Including Zhenling and the disciples stationed on Xuan Hua Island, there were more than forty of them. Moreover, Lu Ping was looking for someone for revenge, so he avoided the first battle. Now, he had no opponents!
Lu Ping watched as his seniors fought bravely against the enemies. Just as he was wondering which disciple he should help, he suddenly saw a figure flashing past behind one of the pavilions.
Of course, Lu Ping would not let him go, but seeing that the other party was moving stealthily, he quietly followed behind the person.
The black-robed man in front was clearly very anxious. The pavilion was built high up in the col and the black-robed man directly ran towards the bottom of a cliff in the distance. When he reached the cliff, he took another turn. At the end of an artificially flattened piece of land was a mine. Tens of mortal miners were sitting at the entrance of the mine. Clearly, they knew what had happened outside and there was some worry on their faces. However, battles between cultivators generally did not involve mortals. Thus, they did not run around and simply sat there, waiting for the result.
When the person in black saw that the miners did not run away, he was overjoyed, but he quickly asked, "Where are the spirit stones we obtained in the past five days?"
A person who looked like the leader of the miners quickly came forward and handed over two storage pouches. The person in black quickly snatched the storage pouches from the leader's hand and opened them. His face lit up with joy and he turned to leave.
When the black-clothed man turned around the cliff, he was still immersed in the joy of his unexpected fortune. Suddenly, he felt a murderous aura, and a chill came from above his head. He looked up and saw a black object smashing down on his face.
Before the person in black could show despair, he was smashed three feet into the ground by the "Landslide".
Lu Ping was also surprised. This person was not prepared at all. Just how many spirit stones could make a cultivator lose his guard in a dangerous situation?
Lu Ping put away the "Landslide". This thing was definitely good for killing and robbing. It seemed that when his cultivation was higher, he would have to upgrade this magic artifact to suit his needs.
Lu Ping picked up the two interspatial pouches and the black-clothed cultivator's own interspatial pouches. He looked around to make sure no one was around and quickly checked the three interspatial pouches.
The black-robed cultivator's pouch contained a low-grade Ruyi Jade Artifact, more than sixty spirit stones, two bottles of cultivation enhancing pills used by Ninth Layer Blood Refining Realm cultivators, a few jade slips, a map of Xuan Qi Island and its surrounding seas, and the rest were miscellaneous items like spirit herbs and spirit wealth.
When Lu Ping opened the remaining two storage bags, before Lu Ping had time to rejoice, he knew that things had gotten serious!
It wasn't that the number of spirit stones inside wasn't small, but there were way too many. More than 1,800 spirit stones!
Lu Ping heard it clearly from the corner. This was the output of five days. On average, more than three hundred spirit stones could be dug out in a day. This was a small spirit mine!
Spirit ores were like gold to mortals to cultivators!
As far as Lu Ping knew, in the cultivation world, 95% of the spirit mines discovered in the past tens of thousands of years were mini mines, more than 3% were small mines, and less than 2% were medium mines, large mines, and even the legendary giant mines. Only 12 large mines had been discovered, and only 6 giant mines had been discovered.
For a small mine, a sect with a Dharma Ancestor would have to send a Core Forging Perfected Master to fight for it. For a medium mine, only a Dharma Ancestor would have to fight for it. In the end, two or three sects would have to work together to develop a medium mine. Only a large sect would be able to monopolize a medium mine, just like Xuan Ling Sect in the Northern Sea!
As for large mines and giant mines, Lu Ping had never heard of who owned them or which region they belonged to. Such spirit mines were definitely developed in cooperation, but he didn't know how many sects shared the profits.
Mines with an average output of less than 200 spirit stones per day were mini mines; those with an average output of less than 500 spirit stones per day were small mines; those with an average output of less than 1,000 spirit stones per day were medium mines; as for the output of large and giant mines, even Lu Ping didn't know. Perhaps only the Laozu who participated in the sect's activities would know.
Lu Ping didn't know why Xuan Ling Sect only sent Blood Condensation cultivators to guard such an important spirit mine. Perhaps they didn't want to attract attention. Zhenling probably didn't know about this either. Otherwise, he wouldn't have attacked Xuan Qi Island so carelessly.
One had to know that on a few small islands, only a Core Forging Enlightened Master would work for them. At most, they would send a few Blood Condensation disciples to work for them. But this small spirit mine was enough to turn the two sects against each other!
No matter what Zhenling's motive was, there must be a Core Forging Enlightened Master behind him. The matter of the spirit mine couldn't be hidden anymore, so Xuan Ling Sect had to take measures in advance. Otherwise, the Core Forging Enlightened Masters from Xuan Ling Sect would definitely kill them before Zhenling could act!
However, he couldn't just hand over the spirit stones in his hands for nothing. He had to think of a way!
After figuring out the cause and effect, Lu Ping had to come up with an excuse to hide this windfall.
As the saying goes, a quick wit comes out of an emergency. After quickly covering up the traces of a fight, Lu Ping pretended to have just discovered this place. He turned the corner and saw the miners at the entrance of the cave. With a curious expression, he asked, "Eh, there's actually a mine here. May I ask what kind of spirit stone is produced here?"
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The rest was simple. On the way back, Lu Ping searched through Xuan Ling Sect's island base. Unfortunately, these disciples must have packed up their belongings before Zhenling attacked. There was nothing left.
Lu Ping only found a few stalks of hundred-year-old spiritual herbs in a place that looked like a pill-concocting facility. He estimated that they were worth at least a hundred spirit stones. There was even a five-hundred-year-old spiritual herb that could be used to concoct the Blood Condensation Pill. This made Lu Ping very excited!
When he returned to the front, Zhenling had already gained the upper hand. Lu Ping helped his seniors clean up the remaining enemies. Then, he and Zhenling's disciples watched the battle between Master Immortal Liu and Master Immortal Du, Zhao Lingqiao, and the Cultivator Sharing Union's leader, Zhang Zhihe.
Looking at the crowd watching the battle in the sky with reverence, Lu Ping's mind was elsewhere. The Blood Refining Realm disciples hadn't cultivated their divine sense, so they couldn't benefit from the battle at all. They were only there to watch the show, but everyone was enjoying it.
An idea came to Lu Ping's mind. He took out the map he obtained from the black-clothed cultivator and looked at it in an inconspicuous place.
The moment he looked at it, the greed in Lu Ping's heart was ignited!
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