12 What? Money? No!

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed.

During this time, apart from Ye Chen who had been cultivating, everyone had been working very hard to mine spirit stones.

Moreover, with the addition of a Core Formation Realm big shot like Ran Xuan...

The speed of mining spirit stones had increased by more than five times according to the record on the sect's panel. 

More than half of the spirit stones in the reserve had been created by her alone.

Ran Xuan had reached a high cultivation realm, so she could go deep into the mine and dig in places with more abundant resources.

It did not take long for her to get a spirit stone, and its quality was not low either. At the very least, it was a Middle-Grade spirit stone.

Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun were not as good. Sometimes, they would not even get a few pieces even if they had dug for two hours. Moreover, the quality of their finds was low, so they were basically Low-Grade spirit stones.

A Middle-Grade spirit stone was equivalent to a hundred Low-Grade spirit stones.

According to the conversion ratio, a Low-Grade spirit stone was equivalent to one contribution point. The corresponding Middle-Grade spirit stone was equivalent to a hundred; High-Grade spirit stones were equivalent to ten thousand, and Supreme-Grade spirit stones were equivalent to a million.

As such, Ran Xuan's rate of earning sect contribution points was unusually fast.

She could earn quite a lot in two hours.

However, she was not the one who contributed the most.

Gong Lingyun had been lucky enough to dig up a Supreme-Grade spirit stone outside the mine and had immediately obtained a million points.

As for Ran Xuan, she had only managed to obtain 800,000 points.

She could not even pay off her debts.

That had also resulted in her daily trip to the mine extending from six hours to eight or nine hours.

Only then was she able to pay off her debts and still have some surplus.

Xiao Huohuo was in trouble. Up until now, his sect contribution points had yet to break into the five-digit category.

With Ran Xuan's example, he and Gong Lingyun were both thinking about whether they should make use of time to raise their cultivation. Then, they could return to the mine to earn contribution points later.

However, cultivation required mental techniques, which one could not take lightly. Once one had chosen a method, one basically could not change it unless one had exhausted all of their cultivation or practiced a related secret technique.

Only then did the two realize that they had fallen into a dead cycle.

If they wanted to earn more contribution points, they had to increase their cultivation level.

However, if they wanted to increase their cultivation level, they had to exchange sect contribution points for mental cultivation methods.

That aside, one of their goals was the heavenly flame and the other was a Heaven-Grade cultivation method. Both of them were currently out of reach.

If their strength did not increase, they would not be able to enter the mine and earn more contribution points.

For that reason, they found Ran Xuan, which meant that they were in a difficult situation.

After hearing about their predicament, Ran Xuan shared her opinion.

"You can't go deep into the mine, which means that your body is unable to digest the pressure caused by the dense spiritual energy entering your body."

"This problem is very easy to solve, and it doesn't have to increase your cultivation level."

Hearing this, the eyes of the two brightened, and they hurriedly asked.

Ran Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "You can try to refine your body, expand your meridians, and increase the strength of your body. If nothing goes wrong, you can withstand even denser spiritual qi entering your body."

"But I've already passed the Body Refining Realm..."Gong Lingyun was a little distressed.

"Refining one's body isn't something that only those in the Body Refining Realm can do."

Ran Xuan smiled and said, "In the immortal cultivation world, there are cultivators who don't learn any spells and only refine their bodies using cultivation arts to prove their Dao. They are also known as body cultivators."

"There are such people?"

Those words opened their eyes.

"That's right." Ran Xuan continued, "It is said that the strongest body cultivator is invulnerable to swords as well as spears, and invulnerable to all techniques. His physique has been tempered to the extreme. Even heavenly tribulations can't do anything to him."

Terrifying!

Invulnerable to all techniques!

Invulnerable to swords and spears!

The two new cultivators looked at each other and swallowed their saliva.

"Then wouldn't he be invincible?"

"Such a person has only appeared in legends. There are no records of a cultivator like that."

Ran Xuan smiled. "I can't make you become like that, though. However, as long as you are willing to put in the effort and work with the pills I've refined, it shouldn't be a problem for you to withstand the intensity of the spiritual energy of someone in my current position."

"That would be great!"

Xiao Huohuo was a bit impatient. "Senior, shall we start?"

"Don't be anxious." Ran Xuan rolled his eyes at him, "The sect does not have any pill refining materials right now. We need to ask the leader for some spirit stones."

Dragon Head Peak, leader's training room.

It was rare for Ye Chen to not be training, but he was holding a piece of paper and writing.

Beside him was already a huge pile of paper.

He was mumbling.

"Only one hundred thousand contribution points per day is too little. After a while, she will be able to earn it. Her contribution is not in vain at all.

"Should I think of a way to trick her?

"Or should I just set a threshold and stop mining after she reaches a certain realm. Then she may only use contribution points to advance to a higher rank?

"But she's already an elder. Where else can she advance to? Become the sect leader's wife?

"That doesn't seem impossible...

"That figure, those thick fair legs, that fierce... Cough, cough.

"Bah!

"She's already over a thousand years old. She's not suitable!

"Nevertheless, this can be used to restrict ordinary miscellaneous chores disciples.

"Then how many contribution points should I set promotion to..."

Hence, he needed to settle the accounts.

However, there was nothing to settle.

The sect was too sensible, and it worked hard. Human resources, cultivation technique resources, magic treasures, materials, and other resources would all be provided by the sect.

There was no need for him, the sect leader, to worry whatsoever.

The only thing he could do was to set up rules for the sect and the disciples.

Cough!

Restrictions!

Restrictions on the disciples of the sect!

Knock, knock, knock.

At that moment, there was knocking on the door.

"Leader, Ran Xuan would like to see you."

Holy sh*t!

Ye Chen looked around. The whole training room was filled with paper balls, and there were piles and piles of notes on them.

Although he could not use them, if that girl saw him, she would definitely fight him to the death!

"Cough... Elder Ran, I have just finished my closed-door training. You should go and wait for me in the hall."

"Very well," Ran Xuan replied before she walked away.

Hearing her departing footsteps, Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

After cleaning up the training room and getting rid of all the paper balls, he hurried to Dragon Head Peak's main hall.

Ran Xuan had been sitting there for a long time, and her tea was already cold.

Ye Chen waved his hand, telling Gong Lingyun to leave before sitting down in the leader's seat.

"Elder Ran, why have you personally come here?"

Hearing him, a partial smile appeared on Ran Xuan's face as she softly said, "I don't think our Grand Mystery Sect has arranged any maids for me yet. If I don't come, who will?"

"That's right!"

Ye Chen's skin was thick, so he ignored her strange tone and seriously said, "It looks like it's time for our Grand Mystery Sect to recruit disciples and hold a general election."

Ran Xuan rolled her eyes. She was already used to Ye Chen's bad intentions.

"Elder Ran, let's get down to business."

"I am here to ask for some spirit stones from the leader to buy some spirit plants."

"What? Money? No!"

Ran Xuan was speechless.