The Strongest in the Mine Dungeon Volume 1 Chapter 1: Earth Miner

  "Trouble the immortal to add some goods..."

  A dusty Chu Yi resisted a pickaxe made of dark iron and walked out of the deep mine, coming to stand in front of a young man wearing green clothes.

  As an outer disciple of the Guardian Family's Spiritual Stone Vein, his innate strength can be said to be the lowest among the millions of cultivators in the Xuan Yuan Star, but when facing Chu Yi, a miner who is slightly lower than ordinary civilians, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of disdain and contempt.

  However, when he saw the three spiritual stones handed over by Chu Yi, his expression changed slightly.

  "It's actually a low-grade Fire Spirit Crystal... You little brat really hit the jackpot, this one crystal is worth half a year's income for an ordinary miner!"

  Chu Yi smiled foolishly and replied in a slightly silly tone: "Good luck, hehe!"

  After all, Chu Yi was not the first lucky person he had seen. The man in green didn't ask any further questions and put away three low-grade fire spirit crystals into his storage bracelet. He counted out 900 supply coins and stuffed them into a small cloth bag before tossing it to Chu Yi.

  "Thank you, immortal elder."

  Chu Yi took over the bag filled with currency and hurriedly rushed to the market outside the mine entrance, which was more than a thousand meters away.

  This town is a place of rest for miners, and it is also the only place where more than 10,000 people who have no chance to cultivate their spiritual energy can rely on selling their labor force to earn a living. After working hard for several days or even dozens of days, they can finally enjoy some leisure time.

  Chu Yi, who had been working hard for more than half a year, was naturally familiar with the place. He spent 10 gold coins to rent the best room in the wine house in the market, ordered a big table of food, and even splurged 50 gold coins to buy a jug of "Baoling Brew".

  "This 'Bai Ling Nian' is no ordinary wine, it's a fine product of the Xiu Zhen Sect, which owns the mining rights here, and is a secret brew unique to the Supreme Yuan Yang Sect."

  Of course, the definition of this good thing is aimed at miner laborers like Chu Yi and billions of ordinary people on Xuan Yuan Star. For millions of cultivators on Xuan Yuan Star, the value of "Bai Ling Niang" is no more than a bottle of beer on Earth where Chu Yi used to be.

  He poured himself a drink and after half an hour, Chu Yi was already slightly drunk. He muttered to himself: "It seems that in this life, I will no longer be able to see my family and friends back on Earth..."

  Two years ago, Chu Yi was still on Earth. He graduated from a prestigious architecture school and entered society for just over two years, but he already had a net worth of tens of millions. On the surface, he was a well-known architectural designer internationally, while in secret, Chu Yi was a tomb raider.

  It's all because of Chu Yiyuan's closest grandfather since childhood, and the amazing skills that Chu Yiyuan has in modern times are mostly learned from his grandfather.

  As for why Chu Yi came to Xuan Yuan Star, it was because of an inconspicuous stone bead, a bead that was said to have been dug up from the tomb of Bai Qi, the "Killing God" of Qin State.

  When Grandfather was about to die, he gave the stone pendant on his chest to Chuyi. He would rather die than believe that this thing would cause him to travel through space and come to a completely strange planet.

  Stroking the stone bead hanging from his chest, Chu Yi couldn't help but grit his teeth in hatred. If he didn't still hold onto a thread of hope, expecting this broken toy to once again flash with light and heat, activating the transmission array that resembled a six-pointed star pattern to send himself back to Earth, he would have smashed it to pieces long ago.

  Two years after arriving on Xuan Yuan Star, Chu Yi also gradually walked out of despair and helplessness. This was a planet far beyond his imagination, where there was no modern technology, everything was so retro. If it were just that, it would be fine, it could be considered as rebirth in ancient times, and with the knowledge of a modern person, he might even be able to find a decent way out for himself.

  But it's clear that heaven didn't satisfy Chu Yi's wish for a peaceful life, the Xuan Yuan star is actually a planet occupied by cultivators, although there are a large number of ordinary people, but the ones who control this planet are those few cultivators with abilities like flying and teleportation.

  Millions of cultivators exist in this realm, on the Xuan Yuan planet, cultivating to become an immortal is the only way to live a better life, but this path is so difficult that it has caused Chu Yi, a man known for his perseverance in the past, to give up several times.

  He took another big sip of "Bai Ling Niang", and Chu Yi rubbed the dull, lightless stone bead on his chest, recalling his experiences from when he first arrived at Xuan Yuan Star until now, and couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions.

  The Xuan Yuan star is unknown how many times larger than the Earth, but its mountains and rivers are quite similar to those of the Earth. There are nine major countries on it, and more than 100 small countries that depend on these nine major countries. The total population of these countries is absolutely over 10 billion, but the nine major countries are not the dominant existence of Xuan Yuan star. Behind them are the nine major powers with absolute power.

  In the words of Xuan Yuan Star, the nine major countries belong to the highest existence in the mortal world, while the nine major upper gates are the highest existence in the cultivation world.

  It also reflects the Taoist's transcendence of worldly affairs and indifference to secular life.

  In the first six months after arriving at Xuan Yuan Star, Chu Yi's life was extremely difficult due to his unfamiliarity with the place and the huge contrast in environment, and he even nearly lost his life several times.

  Until he caught up with the opportunity of Wu Shangyuan Zong recruiting miners, Chu Yi was able to find an opportunity that would allow him to live a better life on this cultivation planet.

  At present, Chu Yi's location is a mountainous area that stretches for hundreds of miles, known as the Huayun Mountain Range, which is one of the eighteen spiritual stone mines owned by the Supreme Yuan Yang Sect.

  As a high-ranking cultivator, it's not reasonable to personally do the hard labor of mining spiritual stones, which is why there are miners. Of course, the selection of miners naturally falls on the commoners with their massive population base.

  Although mining spiritual stones is a tiring and dangerous job, many ordinary people are eager to do it due to the generous rewards.

  Work hard for three years and you will have no worries for the rest of your life.

  This is the mantra that hangs on the lips of more than 10,000 miners here, and it's indeed a fact. The wealth accumulated over three years working here can absolutely make them live a rich and comfortable life, and becoming a small landowner is not difficult at all.

  But these were not the reasons why Chu Yi came here...

  "Mortals cultivating immortality, how difficult it is... This miner's life is but the first step for Chu Yi to set foot in the realm of cultivating truth..."

  He took another sip of the Baoling wine, and a determined glint flashed in Chu Yi's eyes as he muttered to himself.