Mortal: My divine sense has mutated.

Chapter 25 Wang Chan

The wasteland spirit stone mine also has a fire chamber, which makes it convenient for Chen Liang to refine weapons.

After Chen Liang's meticulous crafting, a set of rare treasures customized for Chen Qiaoqian was successfully completed.

After that, Chen Liang entered into a comfortable life of refining a large amount of evil energy and making rapid progress in his cultivation.

However, this kind of comfort was destined not to last long, especially after the glorious deeds of Chen Liang in refining the Golden Mantis Scissors became known even to the garrisoned cultivators at the wasteland spirit stone mine. Lu Tianmeng and Xuan Le looked at Chen Liang with a noticeable change in their gaze.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Chen Liang has been stationed at the wasteland spirit stone mine for almost a year.

News came from the border that they were about to break down.

After all, there weren't many rugged terrains along the border of the Yue Kingdom for the cultivator alliance to defend, and the fact that they had held out this long was already a testament to their hard work.

Therefore, the spirit stone mine in the wasteland where Chen Liang was located also began preparations for evacuation.

First, the tens of thousands of mortals in the mine must be dispersed. Although the great battles in the cultivation world generally do not involve mortals, the demonic path is never short of madmen, so it is best to let these mortals retreat.

Fortunately, these mortals have their own management system, and the mines also have reserves of things like carts, horses, and food, so they can leave on their own.

Next, the spirit stones stored in the mine must be emptied. This is of utmost importance, but it is also fraught with trouble.

In the daily operation of the spirit stone mine, after the spirit stones are mined and cut into standard shapes, they are systematically packed into boxes and stored.

During this period, the refining manager in the spirit stone mine also had to seal the spirit stone boxes with sealing talismans from various factions.

Only when representatives from various factions come to collect the spirit stones can the unsealing talismans they bring partially unseal the spirit stone boxes; otherwise, those spirit stone boxes sealed by the talismans will certainly not fit into the storage bag.

Moreover, the seal on the spirit stone box will only be completely removed when it returns to its respective sect.

During this period, if someone forcibly unseales the boxes, the spirit stone boxes and the spirit stones inside may explode.

On the other hand, the number of spirit stones a spirit stone mine can produce is roughly limited.

As long as the number of spirit stone boxes roughly matches, even if the cultivators stationed at the spirit stone mine secretly embezzle some spirit stones as usual, the seven sects will not interfere.

This ensures that the cultivators stationed at the spirit stone mine will not be too greedy, and also makes the value of the spirit stones that are stolen not too great, thus preventing powerful rogue cultivators from eyeing the spirit stone mine.

However, the various factions within this system and the sealing talismans are now causing Chen Liang and his group a great deal of trouble.

The agreed time had passed, but the representatives of the seven factions who were supposed to appear were nowhere to be seen.

Without the unsealing talismans brought by the representatives of the seven factions, Chen Liang and the other stationed cultivators could not move the spirit stone reserves, nor could they withdraw on time.

Several days passed in this way, and Han Li, feeling increasingly uneasy, came up with an idea. He wanted the hundred or so Qi Refining cultivators in the spirit stone mine and the many Qi Refining puppets he had created to work together to move the spirit stone boxes away from the site first.

In this way, these Foundation Establishment cultivators could also retreat.

Chen Liang and Chen Qiaoqian agreed, but Lü Tianmeng and Xuan Le strongly opposed it, claiming they wanted to wait two more days.

This aroused Han Li's suspicion, while Chen Liang was even more certain that these two guys were up to something, and might even be targeting him.

So Chen Liang, Chen Qiaoqian, and Han Li discussed countermeasures in private and decided that if things went wrong, they would lead the remaining Qi Refining cultivators in the spirit stone mine to evacuate through the mine tunnels.

Fortunately, the cautious Han Li had previously discovered a mining route that led directly to the distant exit, which came in handy now.

Lu Tianmeng, Xuan Le, and the demonic cultivators who shared their views did not keep Chen Liang and his companions waiting long. On the very next day, a surprise force of more than a dozen Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators surrounded the wasteland spirit stone mine.

The border of Yue is long, and even the allied forces of cultivators find it difficult to completely block it, so it is quite normal for surprise troops to infiltrate Yue and cause sabotage.

However, this place is very close to the defensive line of the cultivator alliance. As long as a distress signal is sent, reinforcements will arrive within an hour.

Under these circumstances, it is clearly unusual for this surprise attack to occur here.

Before Chen Liang and his two companions could ponder for long, a luxurious flying chariot carrying several Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators and hundreds of Qi Refining demonic cultivators appeared above the wasteland spirit stone mine.

They were clearly part of the same group as the dozen or so Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators who had appeared earlier, so the two sides naturally joined together.

Then, the curtain of the flying chariot was opened, and a handsome man dressed in a silver-black robe and wearing ferocious ghost armor appeared before everyone.

He scanned the crowd, finally fixing his gaze on Chen Liang, and said, "You are Chen Liang from Huangfeng Valley, the one who, with only a Foundation Establishment stage cultivation level, crafted a fake Nascent Soul stage magic weapon?"

Chen Liang said, "So what if it is?"

The handsome man chuckled and said, "That's right. Let me introduce myself. I am Wang Chan, the young master of the Ghost Spirit Sect. Now, I'll give you a chance. Join my Ghost Spirit Sect, and my Ghost Spirit Sect will guarantee you will reach the Core Formation stage."

Upon hearing this, Chen Liang chuckled and said, "So it is the young master of the Ghost Spirit Sect in person. My apologies for my rudeness. I appreciate the young master's kindness, but my relatives are all in the Yue Kingdom, so I really cannot join your sect."

"As for you, Young Master Wang, why would someone of your noble birth risk your life like this? If our Yue allied forces were to come to your aid, you would likely be in a very difficult situation. It would be better to retreat now; that would be the best solution for both of us."

Wang Chan wasn't surprised by Chen Liang's answer, so she remained calm.

But Zhong Wu, who was standing next to him with a sinister look on his face, spoke up: "Hey! You surnamed Chen, the young master is kind-hearted and kindly offers you a bright future. But you keep making excuses. You really don't know what's good for you."

Do you really think you have a choice? Let me tell you the truth, your Yue Kingdom's allied forces should have already been defeated by our demonic reinforcements, and your original retreat plan has been ruined.

Furthermore, the Foundation Establishment cultivators sent by the seven sects to extract spirit stones have already been intercepted and killed by us. No one will come to your rescue now. If you want to live, you have no choice but to surrender. Otherwise, not a single person here will survive.”

Upon hearing this, the hundred or so Qi Refining cultivators in the mine all looked flustered.

Chen Liang and Han Li couldn't help but turn their gazes to Lü Tianmeng. Zhong Wu was once a cultivator from the Spirit Beast Mountain, but now he has openly become a traitor. Lü Tianmeng, as a cultivator from the Spirit Beast Mountain, should at least show some respect.

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Lü Tianmeng could only say, "Zhongwu, you inhuman beast, you would even betray your own family for profit."

Now you've even betrayed Spirit Beast Mountain. If I had foreseen this day, I would have killed you back then.

Zhong Wu smiled nonchalantly and said, "Senior Brother Lü, stop pretending. Don't I know you? We're birds of a feather. If you surrender now and help the young master capture Chen Liang, the young master will certainly not treat you unfairly."

Upon hearing this, Lü Tianmeng's expression became somewhat unnatural. Even if he truly had no intention of being loyal to the Seven Sects, it was still quite embarrassing to have his past exposed so blatantly.

So he argued, "Don't make false accusations! I am loyal to the sect and have never had any intention of betraying it."

"Alright, there's no point in saying more. Today, we have no choice but to fight. Bring it on! I want to see how you plan to break through this Four Fiends Formation."