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Chapter 475 Just one hundred spirit stones!
Upon seeing this, the monks who came to support from above lowered their lights and, under Wan Gu's command, formed a formation to protect the entrance of the mine. The situation of the battle began to change from a melee to a favorable situation for Bafang City!
The monks fought desperately for the spirit stone mine. The battle lasted for three days. Gu Shiyi and his men guarded the entrance to the spirit stone cave for three days and fought off countless waves of enemy attacks. Both sides also sent in a lot of monks, killing them so much that the ground was littered with corpses and rivers of blood. Some monks didn't even have a chance to bleed before they turned into a cloud of ashes or a pile of flesh and blood that floated all over the sky!

By the end of the fight, the monks on both sides were exhausted. After making sure that no reinforcements were coming, the monks on the opposing side stopped fighting first, and sat cross-legged in meditation half a mile away from the cave entrance, breathing in and out, taking pills and regulating their breathing, in the hope of recovering their strength as soon as possible. When the monks from Bafang City saw that the other side had stopped fighting, they naturally sat cross-legged as well and took the time to recover their spiritual and physical strength.

As they all knew, the spiritual energy here is thin and it is not easy to recover. When both sides are exhausted, Gu Shiyi does not need to rest. She has a strong body and is supported by elixirs. Seeing this situation, she picked up the hatchet and went out again. The cultivators of Bafang City watched this tall and fit woman covered in blood enter the opponent's camp like a god of death. The white light flashed and it was like chopping melons and vegetables. With a series of crackling sounds, round heads rolled to the ground. Gu Shiyi punched and slapped the opponent's cultivators with her left and right palms, making them scream in pain. Some of them were so scared that they set up a light to escape and ran away. Some of them were unbelieving and wanted to come up and fight a few more moves, but they were knocked down by Gu Shiyi in a few moves, or they were pierced through the chest by the white light and exploded to death on the spot. Some of them wanted to attack from behind were surrounded by a group of evil spirits, pulled and bitten, and turned into a skeleton in an instant. They looked very scary!
After Gu Shiyi had killed almost all the people on this side, she turned to the other side. It didn't take long before she cleared the area within three miles of the cave entrance. When she returned to the cave entrance, everyone looked at her differently. Gu Shiyi laughed at everyone, wiped the blood off her face and said,

"My fellow Taoists, I can only help you up to this point. The rest depends on the seniors in the sky!"

The cultivators on the ground were all low-level and were fighting fiercely. The cultivators in the air were all at the Nascent Soul stage and above, and the fighting was loud and rumbling. Everyone was attacking each other with magic weapons. Although there was a lot of noise, the casualties were very small. No one died and the injuries were only minor.

Even though the high-ranking monks above are very capable, they cannot be allowed to do the hard work of mining!

You should know that this spirit stone mine is mixed with ordinary ores, and is delicate in nature. Once magic weapons are used, the spiritual balance in it will be destroyed, and the whole mine will be destroyed if you are not careful. So don’t look at these people fighting to the death at the entrance, there is not a single cultivator really fighting in the spirit stone mine, let alone a great cultivator who would cut it down with a sword and run away with half a mine of spirit stones. There are those who have great magical powers to move the entire spirit stone mine, and they all pack up the entire mountain range, the spirit stone mine together with the nearby ordinary rocks, such as the Lingshan Mountain in the center of Bafang City. However, this kind of magical power is not possessed by cultivators above the Void Refinement Stage, so don’t even think about it!
Moreover, even for such a high-level monk, when casting spells, he needs multiple people to protect him and cannot be disturbed. Otherwise, the spell will backfire and the monk will suffer a great loss!
So the high-level monks were fighting each other, and when they saw the low-level monks on the ground running very fast, they felt frustrated, but they could do nothing!
After all, with the thinness of spiritual energy nowadays, it’s slow for low-level cultivators to recover, let alone high-level cultivators. So they are like ferocious beasts in the forest. They look mighty and imposing, but if they really have to fight, if they meet a desperate person, they will think twice. If they can’t swallow him in one bite, they will run away as soon as possible. Otherwise, if they get injured and are taken advantage of by their companions, wouldn’t it be an unjust death?
You know, which high-level monk doesn’t have some supplies on him?
Your fellow monks have done countless things to take advantage of your weakness to kill you. Killing a high-level monk might be worth half a spirit stone mine!

So after the first cultivator ran away, the second one followed. It didn’t take long before all the cultivators who came to rob the spirit stone mine fled, leaving the cultivators in Bafang City laughing triumphantly.

Now, we in Bafang City have finally secured this spiritual stone mine!

This can be regarded as a great victory for Bafang City. Gu Shiyi performed very well in this battle. After returning to Bafang City, Gu Shiyi asked Pu Yanlan,
"I wonder...what reward will Liu Yan give us?"

Pu Yanlan said,

"Most likely it's spirit stones or something like that. I'll ask if I can exchange it for reading secret manuals or something like that?"

Gu Shi nodded,

"Just watch!"

Sure enough, the next day, Aunt Wan, who was quite polite to the two, came but only called Gu Shiyi.

"Friend Gu, Lord Liu wants to see you..."

Gu Shiyi smiled and bowed in return.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wan, for leading the way!"

Aunt Wan brought Gu Shiyi to the lobby of the mansion. There was already a woman sitting in the middle. Gu Shiyi felt like he was seeing a middle-aged Yan'er at first glance. They both had a small figure, a cold face, a wide robe with big sleeves, and thin arms and legs. It seemed that they would be blown away by a gust of wind. Gu Shiyi muttered secretly in his heart,
"Go back and tell Yan'er to eat more. Don't let her become like this person when she gets old. She looks like a wrinkled, dried eggplant. She doesn't look good at all!"

She murmured in her heart, but smiled and saluted.

"Your Majesty, you are polite!"

Liu Yan looked her up and down, frowned slightly, and nodded.
"I heard that Brother Gu was very brave in killing the enemy in the battle at the Spirit Stone Mine and performed very well?"

Gu Shiyi laughed and said,

"You are too polite. It is all thanks to the help of all of you fellows. We have all fought bravely against the enemy!"

Liu Yan nodded and said,
"That means you will be rewarded for your merits. My master has also said that he will reward meritorious people generously. So, of course, I will give you 100 spirit stones!"

Gu Shiyi was furious when he heard this and cursed in his heart,

"I fought bravely and repelled the enemy's attacks so many times, and you only give me a third prize?"

What a stingy guy! It's an entire spiritual stone vein, and you're so shameless as to give it away for just 100?

She immediately lost all favor towards Bafang City, Liu Yan, and Lord Kuang!
One hundred spirit stones, I don’t even look down on it!

After thinking about it, I replied,
"Master Liu, please understand. I am a cultivator from the demon race. I have always been suffering from the lack of a suitable training method. If you want to reward me, I am willing to exchange the 100 spirit stones for the opportunity to read the secret manual of the training method..."

Liu Yan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said,

"Well, my Bafang City has always been open to recruiting talented people and wants to make good friends with heroes from all directions. If you don't want the spirit stones, then go to the library in the city to look through the secret manuals!"

Anyway, those classics can be read by the low-level disciples in the sect. Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. She really doesn't want to give these 100 spirit stones to a demon!
After saying that, he raised his hand and threw a waist card at Gu Shiyi.
"With this, you can enter the second floor of the library..."

"Thank you, sir!"

Gu Shiyi bowed and Liu Yan nodded.
"Go!"

When Gu Shiyi came back and told her about the meeting with Liu Yan, Pu Yanlan also felt that Bafang City was a bit stingy, but they were not interested in this, so they did not say much. However, in the evening, someone gave Pu Yanlan a reward, which was two low-grade spirit stones. Gu Shiyi took one and weighed it in his hand, snorted and said,

"It seems that this Bafang City is nothing but a pile of horse shit!"

On the surface, he said he wanted to recruit eight heroes, but when it came to actually giving out spirit stones, he was stingy and miserly!

The two went to the city's library the next day. With the badge Liu Yan gave them, they searched the second floor. Although they saw the largest map of the continent, there were only a few words describing the magic circle.
"It seems... we have to keep up the good work..." In this way, the two worked hard for Guanshan Tower under Liu Yan's seat. Sometimes they went out to patrol the territory, sometimes they helped to hunt monsters, and sometimes they fought with nearby forces. There were wins and losses, but Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan cooperated with each other very well. They were also very smart. They didn't fight hard when they saw that the situation was not right. They saved their strength first. In this way, they managed to stay in Guanshan Tower for nearly a year and successfully got the badge to enter the third-floor library. On the other side, Mu Xun, who didn't know how he got by, was even better than the two of them and became Fan Sui's confidant. When the three met privately, Gu Shiyi asked curiously,

"Brother Mu, how did you do it?"

Mu Xun smiled and said lightly,
"It's not a secret. It's just that my family has a long history of learning, and my ancestors taught me carefully, so I know a little more about ghost cultivation. I don't know why Fan Sui has been fascinated by soul refining recently, and he often asks me about soul refining. Unknowingly, I have gained his attention!"

"Soul refining?"

Pu Yanlan frowned.
"He is refining his soul?"

Musun hummed.
"He was very evasive when he asked, and all he asked were quick fixes, which probably didn't lead to any good results!"

As mentioned in the previous article, ghost cultivators can easily go astray. Ghosts are better than trained soldiers in the hands of ghost cultivators. If they honestly follow the proper methods to perform rituals and training, it will be time-consuming, laborious, and a great drain on the cultivator's spiritual energy. But if they use some quick methods, it will be like driving a person crazy regardless of whether he lives or dies. Naturally, the fighting power will increase exponentially, and less time will be spent. However, the ghost will be basically useless, and will not be able to reincarnate. If they are not careful, it will backfire on its master, biting both the body and the soul!

Pu Yanlan sneered secretly after hearing this.
"Brother Mu, don't get involved. Just answer whatever he asks!"

Musun nodded.
"Exactly, that's what I planned!"

On the third day after the three met, Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan received the news that they had to go out on patrol again. Gu Shiyi now had some power under Liu Yan and became a patrol captain. He immediately gathered his ten men and left Bafang City.

Bafang City is a large city, and it takes three days to patrol the area they are responsible for. Three days later, the two of them led the team back to Bafang City. However, as soon as they arrived outside the city, they saw a light flying out in a panic from afar. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Wan Gu. The two of them led a team to greet her.

"Where are you going, Fellow Daoist Wan?"

When Wan Gu saw everyone, she forced a smile and said,
"There is something urgent that the master wants me to do. You should go back to the city first!"

But she left in a hurry without asking about the affairs outside. The two looked at her back and saw that she looked flustered. They felt that something had happened. They returned to the mansion and handed over the token. They saw that everything was normal in the mansion and did not find anything unusual. While they were accepting the flight, someone suddenly came to report that

"My Lords, there is a Lord outside who wants to see you..."

The two of them wondered,

"We don't know anyone in Bafang City except Brother Mu. Who would come to meet us?"

When the two of them went out, they saw a familiar-looking monk. Gu Shiyi remembered that he was a disciple of Fan Sui and was acquainted with Mu Xun. He stepped forward to greet him.

"I wonder what we want to see, fellow Taoist?"

The man saluted the two and said,

"My surname is Zeng, and I am acquainted with Mu Xun... Daoist Friend Mu. Daoist Friend Mu asked me to give him a token of trust..."

After saying that, he flipped his hand and took out a brocade bag. Gu Shiyi took it and the man bowed.

"The things have been handed over, so Zeng will take his leave!"

The two of them sent him out, both of them confused. Gu Shiyi opened the brocade bag and saw that there was a peach pit inside. The two of them looked at each other and didn't know what it meant. Pu Yanlan thought about it carefully and her face changed.
"Oh no, Brother Mu is in danger!"

Gu Shiyi understood it a little later.
"He gave us a peach pit. Does that mean he wants us to run away? Does he want us to run away?"

Pu Yanlan frowned.
"Why do you want us to flee? We have no enemies in this Bafang City, and we haven't done anything that violates the sect's rules. Why do you want us to flee?"

The two looked at each other and thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out why. However, to be cautious, they packed up their things and found an excuse to leave Liu's house. After leaving Liu's house, they did not leave the city. Instead, they changed their appearance, pretended to be ordinary people, found an empty house of a rich man and moved in.

"Brother Mu is warning us, so something must have happened. Let's stay here for two days and observe the situation first!"

There were many cultivators in the Liu Mansion. Some were out on business, some were visiting friends in the city, and they were all doing their own things. Unless someone from above was looking for them, no one would pay attention to where they were going.

Sure enough, that night, the two of them were meditating in the house until midnight, when they suddenly heard a commotion from the direction of the inner city. There was only an old couple guarding the empty house in front, and they were awakened by the noise outside. The old man put on his clothes and went out to see what was going on. When he came back, he said to his wife,

"I heard that there was a fire in Lord Liu's house in the inner city!"

"Take water?"

The old woman was surprised.

"The masters of cultivation live in that house, how could there be a fire?"

These are god-like figures. Can't a fire be put out by just blowing their breath?