Sacrificial Artifact System: From Bell-ringer to the Ancestral Patriarch of the Sect

Next, the Yuhua Sect Master made detailed arrangements for the collection of the Immortal Gold Mine.

Tens of thousands of Earthly Immortals were divided into eight teams, each led by a Ten Thousand Leader from one of the eight Daoist Palaces, under whom were Chiliarchs and Centurions, who were other Earthly Immortals from the Daoist Palaces, Daoist Mansions, and Daoist Academies.

The four Earthly Immortals from Luoyuan Taoist School were assigned under the command of a Ten Thousand Leader from the Beichen Dao Palace.

Finally, a large number of Earthly Immortals were continuously teleported through the portals into the depths of the Samsung Mountain Range.

This was a relatively safe area created by the Yuhua Immortal Sect.

Powerful arrays shielded the area, isolating the power of space rifts, although the cost was enormous.

However, to excavate the Immortal Gold Mine, all costs were deemed worthwhile.

Through this transit-safe area, the tens of thousands of Earthly Immortals from the Yuhua Immortal Sect entered the Secret Realm through the Space Gate.

Upon entering the Secret Realm, Li Qian immediately sensed the oppressive and terrifying atmosphere between heaven and earth. In the sky above, terrifying thunder seemed to be roaming, as if it could strike down at any moment.

Li Qian possessed a Thunder Spirit Root and had comprehended the Thunder Profound Meaning in his cultivation of the Divine Firmament Nine Swords.

If he hadn't obtained the Law of the Frosty Seed, perhaps after his future Transformation and Infant Formation, he might have had to comprehend a Thunder-related Law....

Therefore, he could feel the terrifying thunder aura above the sky.

If one cultivates a Thunder cultivation technique, practicing in such an environment would definitely yield twice the result with half the effort.

"No wonder they didn't dare send in experts above the Heavenly Immortal rank. In such an environment... if a Heavenly Tribulation occurs, they might die without a doubt."

Li Qian thought to himself.

As to why Void Immortals weren't sent in, Li Qian had generally figured it out: the world's rules were so strong... even Earthly Immortals like him were greatly suppressed.

If a Void Immortal were to come in, they might be no different from an ordinary person, making the difficulty of mining very high.

Earthly Immortals, on the other hand, were most suitable.

At least here, he could still utilize part of his strength.

"What a peculiar world, no wonder it can nurture an Immortal Gold Mine."

Li Qian stroked his chin.

Generally speaking, Immortal Gold is exceedingly precious, and cannot be formed in ordinary environments.

Furthermore, Immortal Gold differs from regular Immortal Gold in that its extraction difficulty is exceedingly high.

Ordinary Immortal Gold can be refined by Earthly Immortals using their own Spiritual Power, but Immortal Gold is different. It is said that only the power at the Law level can refine Immortal Gold.

That means even if Earthly Immortals, Heavenly Immortals, or ordinary Profound Immortals obtain an Immortal Gold Mine, they may not be able to refine Immortal Gold.

"I wonder if my Power of Frosty can refine Immortal Gold?"

Li Qian had a thought.

Immortal Gold is incredibly rare and priceless; it's not something one can seek easily.

If he doesn't manage to acquire some this time, he might not have the opportunity again in the future.

Of course, he also knew that if he was found privately stashing Immortal Gold Mine by the higher-ups of the Yuhua Immortal Sect, he would surely be severely punished.

Once Immortal Gold Mine is taken out, the higher-ups will definitely inspect it, making it impossible to hide.

But he was different.

He possessed the Chenzhong Cave Heaven.

This secret Cave Heaven was undetectable by anyone.

He had just sensed that he could still enter and leave the Chenzhong Cave Heaven freely without being affected by the Secret Realm.

This was his opportunity.

Once all the Earthly Immortals were teleported into the Secret Realm, they began arranging themselves according to the previously allocated teams.

The entire Immortal Gold Mine was immense.

During the collection process, a team of a hundred was typically formed.

In each hundred-member team, there was at least one top-tier Earthly Immortal acting as the Centurion.

The reason was simple; the collection wasn't just undertaken by the Yuhua Immortal Sect, but also by a large number of Earthly Immortals from the Supreme Mysterious Immortal Sect. Privately, there might be conflicts or fights over mining rights for the Immortal Gold Mine.

Even though mining areas had been delineated long ago, nobody could ensure there wouldn't be any incidents of resource snatching.

Even within the Yuhua Immortal Sect, similar situations might occur.

After all, the Immortal Gold Mine represented Immortal Crystals; the more mined, the more Immortal Crystals obtained after leaving.

The size and scope of the Immortal Gold Mine had long been mapped, with each Earthly Immortal having a map indicating various mining points.

The four Earthly Immortals from the Luoyuan Taoist School followed a hundred-member team, led by a top-tier Earthly Immortal from the Golden Jade Daoist Mansion, arriving at a designated area.

This area was covered in trees and dense vegetation.

However, many charred trees had been struck by lightning.

Evidently, lightning strikes were very severe here.

Even if one hadn't reached the Heavenly Immortal rank, there was still a possibility of being struck by lightning.

"Everyone, find a place to mine on your own, but of course, you could mine together... however, I advise mining separately to avoid conflicts later on."

The Earthly Immortal Ming Yu from the Golden Jade Daoist Mansion spoke.

The excavation of the Immortal Gold Mine was different from ordinary mines.

Primarily because the hardness of the Immortal Gold Mine was extremely high, only using Spiritual Power to activate a Spiritual Artifact could possibly extract the gold.

So, each chose a spot and began digging.

Li Qian's group of four chose a spot not too far apart to keep an eye on each other.

Li Qian summoned the Two Forms Spirit Sword, and with Spiritual Power, quickly dug through the surface soil, stabilizing and reinforcing the mine entrance with Spiritual Power compression.

After digging less than ten feet deep, the rock became extraordinarily hard.

Even under the attack of his Two Forms Spirit Sword, the progress slowed significantly.