Senior Sisters, I Don’t Want To Work Hard Anymore

Chapter 95: Dirty Deal

After a brief surprise, Qin Muling quickly calmed down.

It seems that her initial speculation was correct. The space within the Azure Lotus leaf phantom can continue to expand. She originally thought that she would have to wait until her cultivation broke through to the next realm, but now with the massive supply of spiritual energy, the growth of this space has been accelerated.

Qin Muling's gaze turned towards the distant blue spiritual stone mountain range. If she could absorb all the spiritual energy from the entire mountain range, she wondered how much the space within her body could grow.

Could it become an independent world with its own laws, a higher-level Grotto-Heaven? It is not impossible.

Putting aside her thoughts, Qin Muling began to concentrate on absorbing the spiritual energy from the spiritual stone peak beneath her. In this Illusory Mist Secret Realm, where else could she find such convenient conditions as in the Extreme Void Starry Sky? If she wanted the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed to grow quickly, she couldn't wait for an eternity.

With the existence of Qin Muling, a bug that cannot be reasoned with, the spiritual stone peak beneath the six of them began to undergo visible changes at a rapid pace. A dense gray death energy spread in all directions from them, reaching the edge of the mountain peak and spreading downward.

This is a normal phenomenon after all the spiritual essence in the spiritual stone is extracted. In fact, the five senior sisters only took a small portion, while the majority was swallowed by Qin Muling.

After more than two hours, Xue Bingxuan, Cheng Yulan, Luo Huan, and Luo Wanqing had to stop extracting spiritual energy. Even though they were all at the Late Stage of the Immortal Transformation realm and had bodies of immortals, the amount of spiritual energy they could accommodate at once was still limited.

Next, they would have to spend some time refining and absorbing the spiritual energy. Qi Yalan, who had the highest cultivation, continued to absorb.

When Yu Lingzhou arrived with more than three thousand Law Weapons with large storage space, Qin Muling temporarily stopped and made a round trip to the Extreme Void Starry Sky. After all, that was the main task.

Qi Yalan could only persist for another two hours before having to stop. Only Qin Muling remained motionless in place. By this time, the spiritual stone peak beneath her, which was over a thousand miles high, had already turned half gray.

The five senior sisters didn't ask much and quietly guarded Qin Muling's side. After all, the shock that the junior brother had brought them was already enough, and they didn't need more this time.

In the blink of an eye, another three hours passed. The speed at which the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed extracted the essence of spiritual energy was clearly accelerating. The entire spiritual stone peak had turned gray and spread further into the depths of the earth.

In Qin Muling's perception, the space within the Azure Lotus leaf phantom was growing larger and larger. It went from ten zhang in diameter to twenty zhang, then thirty zhang, fifty zhang...

By the time Yu Lingzhou arrived again with the Law Weapons filled with large storage space, the space within Qin Muling's body had grown to nearly a hundred zhang in diameter.

As a result, several nearby spiritual stone peaks had all turned into gray stone mountains.

"It has reached its limit," Qin Muling said somewhat regretfully. The feedback from the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed made her understand that unless her cultivation broke through to the Divine Spirit Realm, it would be impossible for the space within her body to continue growing at this stage.

Of course, this is already an unexpected joy, but unfortunately the sect cannot currently provide more Law Weapons with larger storage capacity. Moreover, manpower is limited, and even if hundreds of elders work tirelessly, it will not significantly improve the efficiency of resource plundering in the short term.

"Younger Junior Brother, do you have a better solution?" Xue Bingxuan asked. At the current rate of transportation, it would probably take a month to completely excavate this massive mountain range that stretches for millions of miles.

However, there are still many similar super spirit stone veins. Perhaps only less than one-thousandth of them can be transported until the Illusory Mist Secret Realm closes.

Qin Muling pondered and said, "Since we can't increase the quantity, we can only find a solution in terms of quality. Instead of digging these spirit stones, let's see if there are any spirit crystal veins."

Xue Bingxuan's eyes lit up. "Good idea, let's go with that."

Spirit crystal veins are even rarer and more precious. The exchange ratio between Supreme Grade spirit stones and Low Grade spirit crystals is one hundred to one, with a value difference of hundreds of times. It would be even more ideal if Middle Grade or High Grade spirit crystal veins could be found.

The six of them returned to the Heavenly Ark Ship. Qin Muling took a moment to adjust his qi and blood, refine his spiritual power, and then calmly began to calculate.

"I have the result. It's 370,000 miles southeast. There should be a large-scale spirit crystal vein there."

After a while, Qin Muling opened his eyes and said. With the help of supreme luck and the distance not being particularly far, and without interference from other powerful beings, the calculation of this matter was not as difficult as imagined.

Xue Bingxuan immediately informed Yu Lingzhou and Yueyi Tianjun. After a quick exchange, all the elders stopped working and returned to the Heavenly Ark Ship, speeding towards the new target area.

...

Deep in the Extreme Void Starry Sky, at the main altar of the Palace of Calamitous Fate.

In the deep and ancient hall, with mist rising and brilliant treasures shining, dozens of figures sat quietly, and a majestic pressure enveloped the space.

On the colorful and mysterious bronze lotus throne, the voice of the Palace Lord of the Palace of Calamitous Fate sounded unhurriedly.

"...The Sect Master of Jade Pearl Star Palace, Yan Qinyang, has agreed to the conditions we proposed last time, so we can consider helping him solve the issue of Luck depletion for his precious son."

The elders remained silent for a while, and a voice spoke up, "Since they are willing to offer enough compensation, there is no harm in agreeing to this matter. However, our strategy of suppressing and balancing the Jade Pearl Star Palace cannot change."

Another elder echoed, "Indeed, according to our intelligence network feedback, the Jade Pearl Star Palace currently controls a territory that is close to the territories of three Supreme Sects. Its important resource reserves, annual total income, size of the Supreme Elder Council, and number of core disciples all exceed the warning standards by a significant margin. Therefore, we cannot sit idly by and allow them to continue growing and expanding."

"My suggestion is to prioritize the Young Master of the Bright Moon Sword Sect and the seeds of talent from several other Supreme Sects for recovery. As for the two individuals from the Jade Pearl Star Palace, let's give them another year or so. The reason is already there; it's not easy to prepare suitable 'materials,' and we need enough time to find them. I believe they will understand."

Having both cooperation and prevention of confrontation is the normal relationship between the Supreme sects, and all considerations and choices are based on interests.

Palace Master Dao said, "Regarding this matter, my view is consistent with that of the elders, so let's continue with the plans that have been agreed upon. Hmm, have we found any leads on the recent incident that Mei Qingfeng encountered?"

"Palace Master, not yet."

Elder Luo Yujue said, "The only thing we can be sure of is that an unidentified cultivator took the opportunity before her and obtained the heavenly medicine inside. However, it seems that the other party has some special means or treasures that obscure the heavenly secrets, making it impossible for us to deduce any valuable information. Therefore, the investigation has made little progress."

Heavenly medicine is not an ordinary resource. Even a force as ancient and powerful as the Palace of Calamitous Fate cannot overlook such an opportunity.

Mei Qingfeng, as the only direct descendant of the Palace Master, naturally has unquestionable abilities and talents. It is not something an ordinary person can achieve to suffer such a big loss unintentionally and almost be surrounded by people from other sects.

After pondering for a moment, the Palace Master said, "Forget it, we can slowly investigate this matter. Is there any other important information to report?"

Elder Luo Yujue immediately presented a jade scroll and explained, "Since the opening of the Illusory Mist Secret Realm, it has been more than four months. The top one hundred Supreme-level forces, their gains and losses, as well as some important events that have occurred during this period, have been analyzed and summarized by the elders. Please review them, Palace Master."

The Palace Master quickly browsed through the jade scroll he received. Although the contents were not completely accurate, about sixty to seventy percent of their authenticity could be guaranteed.

Thanks to the Palace of Calamitous Fate's secret operation of a massive intelligence system for millions of years and their unique divination techniques, many things in the Extreme Void Starry Sky, including the secrets of the Supreme sects, cannot escape their surveillance.

After a moment of contemplation, the Palace Master said, "Everything else is fine, but there is one thing that puzzles me. It is a message from the high-level members of the Celestial Human Clan, transmitted through a special channel. They say that this 'harvesting' operation has not been going smoothly. So far, the Luck obtained from the secret realm is far below expectations. What do you think we should do about it?"

Yuan Xuan Kong sneered, "What does it have to do with us? The Luck of the Extreme Void Starry Sky cultivators being harvested is governed by the laws of the secret realm. How much they ultimately obtain is their own business. Why should we be asked?"

Meng Huo pondered and said, "Based on the numbers we have collected, there have been quite a few casualties among the Extreme Void Starry Sky cultivators this time, slightly higher than in previous years. But they claim that the harvest is not as expected, and the reasons seem somewhat unusual. I wonder what their plan is?"

The Palace Master said, "They want us to find a way to make more Extreme Void Starry Sky cultivators enter the secret realm and die. After all, their plan has reached a critical stage, and their need for Luck is particularly urgent. They must have more sacrifices from cultivators to meet their requirements."

"Then, what is the price?"

"They promise to give us an additional five hundred spots, along with one hundred special Law Weapons that can be taken out of the secret realm, as well as a batch of divine medicine resources. They also guarantee that any important figure from the Palace of Calamitous Fate who unfortunately falls in the secret realm will have a chance to return without any harm. Of course, there are only thirty of these special spots."

Unlike other Supreme sects, the relationship between the high-level members of the Celestial Human Clan and the Palace of Calamitous Fate is not as simple as the outside world thinks.

It is unknown what methods the Palace of Calamitous Fate has used, but they have actually convinced the high-level members of the Celestial Human Clan. For more than ten thousand years, they have had some shady dealings with the Palace of Calamitous Fate.

It can be imagined that once this matter is exposed, the Palace of Calamitous Fate will undoubtedly become the target of public criticism in the Extreme Void Starry Sky. Sacrificing cultivators from other sects to benefit themselves or trading with other races is no different from being a traitor.

Palace Master said, "This price is a bit low. We need one thousand new spots, plus at least three hundred high-level Law Weapons that can be taken out of the secret realm. The agreed-upon quantity of divine medicine resources should be doubled, and the number of special spots should be increased to one hundred."

"As long as they agree to these conditions, we can mobilize the connections of our sect and entice at least two hundred thousand Independent Cultivators to enter the secret realm and die. As long as they are prepared with spots, we will sell the spots to those Independent Cultivators at a favorable price through various secret channels."

The elders looked at each other and nodded one after another, expressing their satisfaction with these conditions. Since the descendants of the Celestial Human Clan are now in need of the Palace of Calamitous Fate, the price naturally needs to be higher.

...

Between the endless towering mountains, a long and slender celestial ship descended slowly.

"We need to be more careful this time. There are quite a few fierce and powerful exotic beasts that survive and multiply in this mountain range. It won't be as smooth as before if we want to safely excavate and transport resources," Qin Muling said. Due to the abundant spiritual energy in the vicinity of high-quality spirit crystal veins, the exotic beasts and spirit birds here have also benefited greatly. They are powerful, cunning, and ferocious. In order to defend their territory, they may even unite to eliminate intruders.

"Don't worry, with our strength, these mere beasts are no match for us," Yu Lingzhou said dismissively.

When the celestial ship hovered at a height of several hundred zhang above the ground, hundreds of elders simultaneously summoned their Law Treasures and formed a formation to leave the ship, cautiously investigating the surroundings.

After a moment, the feedback came back safe and sound. Within a radius of thousands of li, there were very few exotic beasts that could pose a threat to the elders, which made Qin Muling relax a little.

Based on the approximate location he provided, Yu Lingzhou and several elders began to dig together. As the thick layers of rock and soil were peeled away, they soon made a surprising discovery.

A pale blue vein, tens of thousands of li long and nearly a hundred li wide, appeared before their eyes. Although it was not as large as the previous spirit stone veins in scale, just by looking at the clear brilliance on the surface of the vein and the powerful spiritual pressure emanating from it, it could be confirmed that this was genuine spirit crystal. Even though its quality could only be considered Low Grade, its value was still about a hundred times that of the same volume of Supreme Grade spirit stones.

Next came the enthusiastic excavation and plundering. Even Qin Muling and five senior sisters joined in. After filling all the space Law Weapons, they returned to the Extreme Void Starry Sky.

Time passed quietly, and soon three days had passed. Several giant spirit crystal veins had been completely emptied. All the warehouses of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace and the Grotto-Heaven secret realm were already full. Mu Yinghua had to urgently mobilize the Supreme Elders to set up formations and create several new Grotto-Heaven secret realms.

The celestial ship continued to move south, and the scale and quality of the discovered spirit crystal veins became larger and higher. In the depths of the veins, many other rare minerals or divine medicine resources were also found, all of which were taken away by the elders without leaving any behind.

On this day, just as Qin Muling was guiding Yu Lingzhou to excavate a brand new vein, trouble finally arrived.

Dark clouds covered the sky, and the earth trembled incessantly. From a distance, a creature as tall as the surrounding peaks and resembling a giant ape walked over. Its entire body was covered in thick scales, its eyes were like lightning, and its blood surged like the sea. Wherever it passed, hurricanes raged and mountains crumbled.

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