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Chapter 3709 The Immortal Mine with Astounding Reserves

Then.

The Venerable Jiuyue did not hold back and directly explained his own path.

However, the path the other party cultivated was ultimately inferior to the Great Dao of Karmic Fire.

But that's normal.

After all, the Great Dao of Karmic Fire is the path walked by the Great Sage of Crossing Calamity, and naturally it cannot be compared with the path of the Venerable of Nine Mountains.

Each immortal being has their own path, and a few immortal beings inherit the path of their predecessors. This makes it easier to progress further, but the upper limit and bottleneck are also obvious.

Most people who aspire to immortality choose to study the teachings of their predecessors and then discover their own path.

In this way.

The Way of Oneself.

In theory, there is no upper limit.

The strength or weakness of such paths to immortality depends solely on the strength or weakness of the cultivator themselves.

If the Venerable Nine Peaks were to reach the Great Sage Realm one day, then his Dao would naturally be comparable to the Great Dao of Karmic Fire.

But things are different now.

The Venerable Jiuyue was only a sixth-order half-saint.

Even if the opponent's Dao is profound, it is difficult to truly compare with the Great Dao of Karmic Fire.

at this point.

The Venerable Jiuyue understood.

Shen Changqing knew the same thing.

The reason Shen Changqing expounded on the Great Dao of Karmic Fire was simply to repay the favor he owed to Bodhi Wuxin Tea.

In addition, the five major forces mentioned above wanted to use the rules of the Longevity Immortal Mine to suppress and annihilate him, and the Xuanji Immortal Sect stepped forward to help him. Shen Changqing also remembered this favor.

This time, explaining the Great Dao of Karmic Fire to the other party can be considered as repaying a debt.

As for the demon god Chang Geng, that was just a side note.

The latter was one of their own, so preaching to him was nothing to Shen Changqing. However, whether the Chang Geng Demon God could truly comprehend the Great Dao of Karmic Fire was another matter entirely.

After all.

Comprehending the Great Dao of Immortality, especially the Great Dao of a powerful figure like the Great Sage of Crossing Calamity, is not easy.

Don't you see?

Many semi-saints from various factions failed to comprehend the Great Dao of Karmic Fire.

This one point alone is enough to reveal a lot.

……

When Venerable Jiuyue finished his sermon, Shen Changqing also withdrew from his state of enlightenment.

"I have benefited greatly from listening to your teachings today!"

"My own path cannot compare to the Path of Karmic Fire that you spoke of, fellow Daoist. In truth, my own path has the advantage!"

Venerable Jiuyue shook his head and chuckled. He had put a lot of effort into this sermon in order to repay the favor he had done for the other party as much as possible.

However, Venerable Jiuyue was also well aware that this sermon and the half-ounce Bodhi Heartless Tea were ultimately far inferior to the human touch of the Karmic Fire Path.

but--

For Venerable Jiuyue, not being able to repay all the favors at once wasn't entirely a bad thing.

With this as a pivotal point, their relationship can naturally progress further.

The Nine Mountains Venerable held Shen Changqing in high regard.

The deeper your understanding of the former, the more you can appreciate its potential.

These monks.

Unless they perish unexpectedly, they will surely have the potential to become saints in the future.

Despite having cultivated for countless years and reached the Six Tribulations Realm, Venerable Jiuyue had no certainty about whether he could reach the Saint Realm in the future.

Above the sixth calamity, there are still three more calamities.

The further along the path, the more terrifying the five signs of decay become.

more importantly.

Even if one truly enters the Ninth Tribulation Half-Saint Realm, the difficulty of actually breaking through to the Saint Realm is astonishing.

There is a dividing line between the realm of half-saint and the realm of saint.

This watershed seems like an insurmountable chasm.

Even among a hundred Ninth Tribulation Half-Saints, not one might truly break through to the Saint Realm.

This.

That's the difference between a saint and a semi-saint.

Not all geniuses have the potential to break through to the level of a saint.

In fact.

For most of these prodigies, whether they will be able to break through to the semi-saint realm in the future is a question.

This demonstrates just how astonishing Shen Changqing's potential is.

This is also why Venerable Jiuyue was willing to befriend the other party.

The friendships between cultivators can never be truly pure.

If there's absolutely nothing to commend them, then there's no point in talking about friendship.

Although this is a blunt statement, it is the truth.

Then.

Venerable Jiuyue reached out again, and a storage ring appeared in front of Shen Changqing.

"The various forces at the Longevity Immortal Mine have agreed that the mining will be divided into two parts every 100,000 years. Fellow Daoist's emergence from seclusion this time is just right in terms of timing."

Over the past 100,000 years, the Longevity Immortal Mine has mined a total of 600 million high-grade immortal stones, 236 top-grade immortal stones, and 130,000 longevity immortal stones.

Fellow Daoist, you occupy 4.2% of the share, including 14 million high-grade immortal stones, six top-grade immortal stones, and 3,034 longevity immortal stones.

All the immortal stone resources are now here; fellow Daoist, please take stock of them.

Furthermore, Fellow Daoist Chang Geng has witnessed the results of the Longevity Immortal Mine's 100,000 years of mining; Fellow Daoist Shen may also seek confirmation from Fellow Daoist Chang Geng!

"I naturally trust the Xuanji Immortal Sect to handle matters!"

Shen Changqing smiled calmly, and with a sweep of his divine sense, he had already taken stock of all the immortal stone resources inside the storage ring.

to be frank.

Shen Changqing was somewhat surprised that he could gain so much in just 100,000 years.

The immortal stone resources contained in a true Great Sage-level immortal mine were far more astonishing than he had imagined.

When you compare them like this...

The Tai Luo Immortal Mine, once a sacred land of the Heavenly Demons, now seems somewhat useless.

A true Great Sage-level Immortal Mine already possesses such terrifying Immortal Stone resources; if it were a true Supreme Immortal Mine, the Immortal Stone resources it contains would be unimaginable.

Even so, Shen Changqing was satisfied with the current returns after 100,000 years.

Fourteen million high-grade immortal stones.

This resource alone is equivalent to the accumulation of countless years by many Immortal Emperor forces.

Most Immortal Emperor forces, even if they exhaust all their resources, would find it difficult to produce so many high-grade immortal stones.

But when he thought about this Great Sage Immortal Mine, Shen Changqing felt relieved.

The Immortal Mine of the Great Sage level is not something that the Immortal Emperor's forces are qualified to touch.

Let alone Immortal Emperor-level forces, even some longevity forces would find it difficult to get their hands on this level of immortal mine.

Throughout the Chaotic Void Sea, there are many immortal forces with half-saints in charge, but only six major forces are truly capable of dividing up the immortal mines.

and so.

This is an unimaginable resource for the Immortal Emperor's forces.

For truly top-tier immortality forces, it's just another matter.

certainly--

If one could seize a complete share of the Longevity Immortal Mine, the extracted immortal stone resources would be enough to tempt all longevity forces at the semi-saint level.

Let's not even talk about the 600 million top-grade immortal stones.

The top-grade immortal stones and longevity immortal stones alone are enough to make semi-saints flock to them.

The benefits of top-grade immortal stones are self-evident. As for longevity immortal stones, they contain the Daoist essence of the Great Sage, which is of great benefit to half-saints if they can comprehend it.

Shen Changqing's current share of the Longevity Immortal Mine is equivalent to having a continuous supply of top-grade immortal stones.

Don't be fooled by the fact that it took 100,000 years to acquire only six top-grade immortal stones; they may seem like a small amount.

But one thing needs to be clear.

Cultivators have long lifespans.

If you extend the timeframe tenfold or a hundredfold, the returns will be extremely substantial.

When the next great calamity arrives, and Shen Changqing breaks through to the half-saint realm and attains immortality, then the effects of these immortal mines can be maximized.

After all.

He only received a little over four percent of the share.

It's obviously impossible to swallow a large amount of resources all at once.

but.

Shen Changqing has already decided to intensify his search for information on immortal mines or even top-grade immortal mines.

If I could secretly control a complete Great Sage Immortal Mine, the subsequent profits would surely be astonishing.

But while it's easy to dream about, finding the Immortal Mine is far from simple.

Even in the Chaotic Void Sea, there is only one Immortal Mine of Longevity that has emerged so far.

But Shen Changqing also had enough confidence.

As long as there are enough innate demon gods, and they spread out and traverse most of the chaos, he doesn't believe he won't find an unclaimed immortal mine.

The vast and boundless chaos has existed for countless ages, and countless powerful beings have perished due to various calamities.

The tombs of these fallen powerful figures have the potential to nurture immortal minerals.

……

All the thoughts flashed through Shen Changqing's mind in an instant. Then he put away the storage ring and asked a question with a serious expression.

"May I ask Fellow Daoist Jiuyue, how many more years can this Longevity Immortal Mine be mined?"

Upon hearing this, Venerable Jiuyue shook his head: "It's hard to say. That entire mountain range is where the Longevity Immortal Mine is located, and it spans at least several million miles."

If it were an ordinary mountain range, it wouldn't matter, but this kind of mountain range is filled with the Daoist aura of a Great Sage, and the rocks are so hard that even ancient immortals would find it difficult to shake them.

Even after 100,000 years of mining, we've only scratched the surface.

Judging from my own observation, this Immortal Mine of Longevity can be mined for at least a hundred billion years, and possibly even longer!

Billions of years!

Based on the calculation of 600 million high-grade immortal stones every 100,000 years, this Longevity Immortal Mine can mine at least 60 trillion high-grade immortal stones.

Even the highest-grade immortal stones would be worth at least tens of millions.

Even if he only has a small share, based on this calculation, he should have more than 600,000.

After doing a quick calculation, Shen Changqing took another deep breath.

Six hundred thousand top-quality immortal stones!

At least for now, the number is astonishing.

The Immortal Stone of Longevity goes without saying.

Although these immortal stones are not as abundant as high-grade immortal stones, they are still quite plentiful compared to top-grade immortal stones.

Now, after hearing what Venerable Jiuyue said, Shen Changqing understood even more clearly just how much cultivation resources a complete Great Sage Immortal Mine represented.

To put it bluntly, for a semi-saint power to take control of a complete Great Saint Immortal Mine, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it's a meteoric rise to power.

The Venerable Nine Peaks seemed to see through Shen Changqing's thoughts and couldn't help but laugh: "Fellow Daoist Shen, don't think that the output of such longevity ore is very large. You should know that any Great Sage has cultivated for countless years."

Such powerful individuals are extremely rare, regardless of the era.

It is said that powerful beings in the Great Sage Realm can inhale and exhale a massive amount of immortal energy with a single breath, and every drop of their blood contains boundless power.

The fall of a powerful being who had cultivated for at least trillions of years, with all the legacy of his Daoist essence transformed into immortal ore, naturally cannot be measured by ordinary immortal ore.

Shen Changqing nodded in agreement. (End of Chapter)