Xianxia :I live for ever in Cultivation World

Thirty spirit stones a year.

Three hundred in ten years.

Three thousand in a hundred years.

Thirty thousand in a thousand years.

In other words, if He Song's income never increased, he would need to farm for a thousand years to save up thirty thousand spirit stones.

And that would require He Song to neither eat nor drink, not spend spirit stones on cultivation, nor spend spirit stones on socializing, in order to save up that amount.

A thousand years? By then, even the yellow flowers would have wilted.

Although he had an endless lifespan, it wasn't meant to be wasted like this.

With just a thought, He Song pushed the idea out of his mind and continued listening to the follow-up.

"Now, the Thick Earth Sect is recruiting rogue cultivators to mine. Each rogue cultivator who enters and mines for a month will receive thirty spirit stones as wages."

As Wei Fan's voice came again.

The two, who were already somewhat shocked, widened their eyes once more.

Thirty spirit stones a month? That's three hundred and sixty spirit stones a year!

This income.

Was much higher than that of a spirit planter, an internal member of the immortal market.

As an internal spirit planter of the immortal market, He Song could only earn one hundred and fifty spirit stones a year after working himself to the bone.

After deducting rent, he was left with only thirty spirit stones to spend freely.

But now.

Any rogue cultivator who went to mine could earn three hundred and sixty spirit stones a year.

As long as they didn't rent a place in the immortal market.

The income of those rogue cultivators would all be freely disposable.

The difference between thirty spirit stones and three hundred and sixty spirit stones was more than tenfold!

Calculating this in his mind, He Song suddenly felt that the thirty spirit stones he earned in a year were no longer appealing.

He worked hard for a year to earn thirty spirit stones.

A rogue cultivator could earn thirty spirit stones in a month.

The gap between them was like heaven and earth.

Calculating it this way.

Going to mine at the nearby Crimson Spirit Gold mine was like picking up spirit stones with a sack!

"Unfortunately, they only recruit rogue cultivators. Internal members of the immortal market like us aren't even allowed to enter. Sigh." As if sensing the two's interest, Wei Fan immediately poured cold water on their enthusiasm.

Taking a sip from his teacup, Wei Fan continued.

"Don't even think about leaving the immortal market. It's easy to leave, but coming back would be as difficult as climbing to the heavens. Once you become a rogue cultivator, you won't have the stability you have now."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Beside him, Meng Guan, who had been somewhat tempted, grabbed the teacup next to him, furrowed his brows, and drank it all in one go.

He Song kept his eyes down, not saying a word.

But in his heart, he had already made his decision.

The Thick Earth Sect was recruiting rogue cultivators as miners, offering thirty spirit stones a month as wages.

This indicated that due to the immense value of the mineral vein, the Thick Earth Sect wanted to complete the mining as quickly as possible.

As for whether there were any dangers in the mine.

That was something He Song couldn't know.

However, having lived through an era of information explosion in his previous life, He Song was always cautious about everything.

Such a high price to hire rogue cultivators as miners suggested that there must be something fishy going on.

Moreover, the Thick Earth Sect only recruited rogue cultivators as miners and didn't allow internal members of the immortal market to mine, which was hard to understand.

The Bamboo Mountain Immortal Market wasn't far from that mineral vein.

If they really wanted to mine quickly, it would make more sense to trust their own people from the immortal market.

Given that, if they still only recruited rogue cultivators as miners...

The greed in He Song's eyes completely dissipated at this moment.

This mine.

Absolutely must not be entered!

He made up his mind, and a weight in his heart was lifted at this moment.

It was true that being a miner could earn more spirit stones, but even if you earned more, you had to be alive to spend them.

You were eyeing the generous wages.

But what they were eyeing might be your life.

Which was more important, He Song naturally understood.

As an immortal, living long was his greatest advantage.

If he were to take risks for a bit of cultivation resources like other cultivators, then he would be a very unworthy immortal.

Other cultivators fought to the death for cultivation resources because their lives were short, and if they didn't strive, they would die.

But he had already achieved immortality, and he was completely different from them.

Casually pouring a cup of tea for Meng Guan, He Song pushed the teacup in front of Meng Guan.

At this moment.

Meng Guan, with his aged appearance, looked extremely conflicted.

He had been stuck at the mid-Qi Refinement stage for far too long.

So long that he felt his mentality had aged, causing him to take on the appearance of an old man.

But now.

An opportunity to earn a large amount of spirit stones was right before his eyes.

However, if he wanted to seize this opportunity, he would have to give up his status as an internal member of the immortal market and become a rogue cultivator.

This was something he absolutely could not accept.

The gap between internal members of the immortal market and rogue cultivators was actually enormous.

The mortality rate of rogue cultivators was extremely high.

If a rogue cultivator was cheated, no one would avenge them.

The status of rogue cultivators was very low, so low that anyone could step on them.

The resources rogue cultivators could obtain were also extremely limited.

But as long as you were an internal member of the immortal market, none of these things would exist.

You could cultivate peacefully.

Receive fixed resources every month or year.

If you were cheated, your friends would avenge you.

Your status within the immortal market was high, and you could even swagger around in front of rogue cultivators.

Such a stark contrast made Meng Guan both want to earn the high spirit stones and unwilling to give up his status as an internal member of the immortal market.

This was why he was so conflicted now.

"Old Meng, don't think too much about it. Save up your spirit stones peacefully, and when the time is right, we'll go to Green Wall Immortal City together and buy you a Breakthrough Pill." Wei Fan noticed Meng Guan's conflict and immediately spoke softly.

"Brother Wei is right. Just slowly save up spirit stones. Who knows, maybe by the time you've saved enough, you'll have already broken through on your own." Hearing this, He Song also comforted him.

Meng Guan could be considered He Song's guide in the cultivation world.

If Meng Guan hadn't casually given his previous body a copy of "Spirit Plant Cultivation Techniques," He Song would probably have become a rogue cultivator as soon as he crossed over.

The way of life for rogue cultivators in the cultivation world was much worse than that of a spirit planter.

Forget breaking through to the third level of Qi Refinement in five years.

Whether he could even break through to the second level of Qi Refinement in five years was a question.

Not to mention the various dangers rogue cultivators had to face, which He Song had never encountered.

In this sense, Meng Guan had indeed done He Song a great favor, though he himself didn't know it.

But He Song needed to remember this.

In cultivation, having a clear mind was also one of the essential elements.

Now, seeing Meng Guan about to jump into the pit of fire that was the mine, He Song definitely needed to persuade him, as long as it didn't affect himself.

Although mining in the mine could earn more.

His life might not be safe.

At the same time, he would have to resign from his position as an internal member of the immortal market.

Paying such a heavy price, only to jump into a pit of fire.

If he didn't persuade Meng Guan and just watched him jump into the pit of fire, He Song would feel guilty.

(End of Chapter)