Cultivation towards immortality, starting from being a fisherman
Chapter 537 - 299 Rapid Development, Devouring Ore Veins!_2

Chapter 537: Chapter 299 Rapid Development, Devouring Ore Veins!_2

After confirming that there were indeed no issues he needed to personally resolve in the short term through his Divine Sense and contacts with various Guardian Gods,

The next second,

Su Ping used a Town Return Talisman and directly returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

Within the Immortal Cultivation Realm,

This period was considered a rare comfortable time for all the sects.

With the area where the Great Golden Light Temple had stood now vanished,

The sects and cultivators in the various workshops found that the Spiritual Energy had suddenly become much cleaner.

Whether it be Evil Spirits or Avatars of Evil Gods, they all suddenly quieted down, as if they had all entered hibernation simultaneously.

Many cultivators, who had been stuck at a bottleneck for a long time, managed to break through during this short period.

Many lower-level cultivators were unclear about the specific circumstances.

Some even began to think that the Immortal Cultivation World would start to improve from then on.

And they acted on this belief.

In the vast realm, there were no shortage of Foundation Establishment Cultivators who started hosting large banquets, inviting friends they could still find to reminisce.

Some smaller sects quietly opened their Mountain Gates, issuing an Immortal Ascension Order to the surrounding workshops where mortals were present.

The major sects, too, took advantage of this time to gather strength.

Preparing for the fierce battles that were to come.

The sect leaders also frequently communicated with each other.

Their top priority was actually to seek refuge with the Chi Yuan Immortal Sect,

Followed by the Southern Desolate Islands.

It wasn’t that the Southern Desolate Islands seemed less mysterious or inferior to the Immortal Sects in their eyes.

After experiencing the Great Golden Light Temple, even the most foolish sect leaders realized just how valuable the mysterious Alliance Hierarch of the Southern Desolate Islands was,

It’s just that, after thoroughly understanding the environment of the Southern Desolate Islands and the operations within that secret realm,

If there were good alternatives, they still wouldn’t want to head to the Southern Desolate Islands.

Of course, this was only about them not going; dispatching a branch or a few True Disciples there was something they had already done.

...

In the Central Domain, at a location of an abandoned spirit mine,

A sound like earth-shaking thunder erupted.

A Divine Beast, resembling a huge mountain, the Mysterious Turtle, appeared on the surface.

The Mysterious Turtle shook its huge head, and with a bite, it shattered the mountainside mine.

Then it continued to eat, repeatedly opening and closing its mouth, devouring the ore veins that extended into the depths of the earth.

In just a few minutes, it had gnawed out a kilometer-deep pit in the mountain range where the spirit mine was located.

And after a pause, it started to devour those clearly sparse lower ore veins.

Thefact is that these Spirit Stone veins did not produce the standard Low Grade Spirit Stones used by cultivators.

Those Mid-Grade and Top-Grade Spirit Stones that naturally formed within the veins were indeed not bad,

But each spirit mine’s development and exploration started by finding and taking away these Mid-Grade and Top-Grade Spirit Stones first.

What’s left are then the Spirit Sands hidden within the rocks of the veins.

These fine sands, resembling sand, are the main products of the veins.

These Spirit Sands could be used by Foundation Establishment Cultivators and above, through Artifact Refining methods, to synthesize into Low Grade Spirit Stones.

Now the new task of Mysterious Turtle Ba Xia was to start with those Spirit Mines declared ownerless.

Utilizing the Mysterious Turtle’s devouring traits to ensure efficiency in acquisition,

Even if some ore veins were wasted, they were wasted inside the stomach of the Mysterious Turtle.

It looked like a win-win situation to any observer!

As for the methods of producing Spirit Stones, with so many High Tier Cultivators flocking to Su Ping, he naturally would not lack such capabilities.

Mysterious Turtle Ba Xia spent about an hour and a bit more, before finally consuming the entire ore vein completely.

Afterward, it rested for a while,

Only then did Mysterious Turtle Ba Xia shift its shape into a streak of red light and disappeared into the air,

Leaving behind only an ugly deep pit where it had feasted.

Not long after,

Mysterious Turtle Ba Xia appeared in another mine, and its massive form emerged.

This was a Second Tier spirit mine,

Unlike before,

This mine actually concealed a group of Demon Sect Disciples.

Hiding in the depths of the ore vein and using various secret techniques, they thought they were impeccably hidden.

But they never expected to encounter a ruthless beast dispatched to devour the ore veins,

This was an ore vein that slowly produced Spirit Sand!

Even as the previous owners fled, they couldn’t bear to destroy it,

Now, however, it was being uprooted entirely by the opposition.

Why weren’t there any Immortal Sects, or major sects coming to stop such shameless behavior!

"Run!"

The discovered Demon Sect Disciples, none willing to cover the retreat and none daring to make a move,

All fled in panic upon witnessing the power of Mysterious Turtle Ba Xia.

Mysterious Turtle Ba Xia looked at these Demon Sect disciples who were not part of the plan.

After frowning, it let out an angry roar.

Under the sonic attack,

out of the several Demon Sect disciples, only one who had a secret treasure to protect himself managed to escape,

while the others screamed and fell.

They, along with other dirt and ores, were swallowed whole by the Mysterious Turtle Ba Xia.

However, the much cleverer Mysterious Turtle Ba Xia did not digest those Demon Sect disciples.

Instead, it wrapped them in an energy bundle to protect them, planning to return and seek commendation from Su Ping.

Meanwhile, the escaping Demon Sect disciple, in his blind panic, flew into a canyon.

After activating a barrier within the canyon,

the complexion of this Demon Sect disciple slightly changed.

He discovered that the place was deserted.

"Damn! Am I not also a True Disciple of the Holy Sect?"

"Why didn’t anyone notify me when fleeing?"

After cursing softly, this Demon Sect disciple took out a talisman and lit it.

The incense smoke slowly diffused into the air.

Then, the smoke morphed into the shape of an elderly man.

This person looked at the Demon Sect disciple and inquired after him.

After learning that they had been attacked by a divine beast as large as a mountain,

the old man’s mind stirred, and he sought further details.

Then, after comforting him a few times, he told that Demon Sect disciple to stay put and not move.

From the details given by the Demon Sect disciple,

the Demon Sect elder guess was that it was indeed the divine beast Mysterious Turtle as warned by the Demon Lord!

This was an Ancient Divine Beast!

And it was an Ancient Divine Beast that hadn’t yet fully grown!

The Demon Sect elder became greedy.

He began to report this information level by level to the Demon God Avatars.

After the Seventh Son of the Evil God had suffered losses in the war with the subordinates of the High Tower Master,

it had quieted down in the Immortal Cultivation World.

It even voluntarily gave up several Evil God Avatars,

focusing entirely on nurturing its strongest Demon God Avatar.

For caution,

the Seventh Son of the Evil God hoped to wait until the concentration of evil qi in the Immortal Cultivation World went up again before collaborating with its brothers to tear apart the Immortal Cultivation World for revenge.

Upon learning this, the first thought of the Seventh Son of the Evil God was that this was a trap!

However, even though it felt that there might be deceit, the temptation of the Ancient Divine Beast still led this Son of the Evil God to use measures to investigate the other party.

Then, the Son of the Evil God realized that the divine beast Mysterious Turtle was indeed acting alone.

There was no sighting of that troublesome ancient Old Ancestor within tens of thousands of miles.

At the same time, those monitoring the Southern Desolate Islands also reported,

They confirmed that the Old Ancestor had appeared at the City Lord Mansion, currently hosting guests from the Immortal City.

The expression of the Demon God Avatar slightly flickered.

It hesitated for a moment and then extended its hands.

A scroll appeared in its hands.

This was a projection of a treasure from the Seventh Son of the Evil God.

In the projected scroll, a bird’s-eye view of the area centered around the Mysterious Turtle emerged.

"Interesting!"

"That guy, does he really think that the divine beast he nurtured... can actually withstand us making a move?"

"No, not just withstand, but also stall us long enough for him to make a move himself!"

"Hmm!"

"Is it some special method?"

"Hehe, is this a chessboard inviting me into the game?"

After chuckling, the Demon Lord Avatar no longer hesitated.

With a whoosh, it vanished into the Underground Palace.

No matter what the opponent’s move was,

the Seventh Son of the Evil God always felt it had a greater chance of winning!

Even if it also used powers from beyond this world to cheat,

could the opponent be quicker and more convenient than having themselves watching closely?

As for powers surpassing its own,

Hehe.

In the view of the Seventh Son of the Evil God, if the opponent really had such capabilities, they would have already snatched the initiative rather than playing these games with it.

The Seventh Son of the Evil God had encountered those truly high-tier dignitaries.

It understood what those dignitaries are supposed to be like.