Terran Guardian - Chapter 3732

Chapter 3709 The Immortal Mine with Astounding Reserves

Then,

Venerable Jiuyue didn’t hold back and directly explained his own path.

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

But this was normal.

After all, the Great Dao of Karmic Fire was the path followed by the Great Sage of Crossing Calamity, naturally incomparable to Venerable Jiuyue’s path.

Every immortal has their own path. A few immortals inherit the path of their predecessors, which makes the subsequent path easier, but the upper limit is also obvious.

Most immortals choose to comprehend the path of their predecessors and then comprehend their own path.

In this way,

their own path

theoretically has no upper limit.

The strength of such an immortal path depends only on the strength of the cultivator.

If Venerable Jiuyue could one day reach the Great Sage realm, then his path would naturally be comparable to the Great Dao of Karmic Fire.

But now it’s different.

Venerable Jiuyue is only a sixth-order half-saint.

Even if his path is profound, it is difficult to truly compare with the Great Dao of Karmic Fire.   Venerable Jiuyue understood

this .   Shen Changqing understood it as well.   The reason Shen Changqing expounded on the Great Dao of Karmic Fire was simply to repay the favor he owed to Bodhi Wuxin Tea.   Additionally, the Xuanji Immortal Sect had intervened to help the five major powers who intended to use the rules of the Longevity Immortal Mine to suppress and besiege him; Shen Changqing remembered this favor.   Explaining the Great Dao of Karmic Fire to them was a way of repaying it.   As for the Chang Geng Demon God, that was secondary.   The latter was one of his own, so expounding the Dao to him was nothing to Shen Changqing. However, whether the Chang Geng Demon God could truly comprehend the Great Dao of Karmic Fire was unknown.   Ultimately,   comprehending the Great Dao of Longevity, especially the Great Dao of a powerhouse like the Great Sage of Crossing Calamity, is not easy.   As   many half-saints from various forces have failed to comprehend the Great Dao of Karmic Fire.   This alone is enough to reveal much.   …   After the Nine Peaks Venerable finished his exposition, 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 Great Dao of Karmic Fire you speak of. In truth, I have the advantage!”   Venerable Jiuyue shook his head and chuckled. He had put considerable effort into this lecture, hoping to repay the favor he owed.   However, Venerable Jiuyue was also aware that this lecture, along with the half-ounce Bodhi Heartless Tea, paled in comparison to the favor owed him by the Great Dao of Karmic Fire.   However—   for Venerable Jiuyue, not being able to repay the favor completely at once wasn’t entirely a bad thing.   With this as a linchpin, their relationship could naturally progress further.   Venerable Jiuyue held Shen Changqing in high regard.   The deeper his understanding of the former, the more he realized the latter’s potential.   Such a cultivator   , barring unforeseen circumstances, would undoubtedly have a chance to become a saint in the future. Despite   Venerable Jiuyue’s countless years of cultivation and his advancement to the Sixth Tribulation Realm, he had no certainty about whether he could reach the Saint Realm in the future.   Above the Sixth Tribulation, there were still three more tribulations.   The further one progresses, the more terrifying the Five Signs of Decay become.   More importantly,   even if one truly enters the Nine Tribulations Half-Saint Realm, the difficulty of actually breaking through to the Saint Realm is astonishing.   There is a watershed between the Half-Saint and Saint Realms.   This watershed is like an insurmountable chasm.   Even among a hundred Nine Tribulations Half-Saints, not even one might truly break through to the Saint Realm.   This   is the difference between a Saint and a Half-Saint.   Not all geniuses have the potential to break through to the Saint Realm.   In fact,   for the vast majority of geniuses, whether they can even break through to the Half-Saint Realm in the future is a question.   This shows how astonishing Shen Changqing’s potential is.   This is also why Venerable Jiuyue is willing to befriend him.   Friendships between cultivators can never be truly pure.   If there were absolutely no merit in it, then there would be no point in talking about friendship.   Although this is said bluntly, it is the truth.   Then,   Venerable Jiuyue reached out again, and a storage ring appeared in front of Shen Changqing.   ”The various factions at the Longevity Immortal Mine have agreed to divide the spoils every 100,000 years. Your emergence from seclusion after your enlightenment is perfectly timed.   Over the past 100,000 years, the Longevity Immortal Mine has extracted a total of 600 million high-grade immortal stones, 236 top-grade immortal stones, and 130,000 longevity immortal stones.   You, my friend, have a 4.2% share, including 14 million high-grade immortal stones, 6 top-grade immortal stones, and 3,034 longevity immortal stones.   All the immortal stone resources are here now; you may take inventory.   Furthermore, Fellow Daoist Chang Geng has witnessed the results of the Longevity Immortal Mine’s 100,000 years of mining; you may also consult him for confirmation!”   ”I naturally trust the Xuanji Immortal Sect’s work!”   Shen Changqing smiled calmly, his divine sense sweeping through the storage ring, revealing all the immortal stone resources within.   To be honest   , Shen Changqing hadn’t expected such gains in just 100,000 years.   The immortal stone resources contained in a true Great Saint-level Longevity Immortal Mine were far more astonishing than he had imagined.   In comparison,   the Tai Luo Immortal Mine of the former Heavenly Demon Holy Land seems somewhat useless.   A true Great Sage-level Longevity 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.   However, even so, Shen Changqing is satisfied with the current yield over 100,000 years.   Fourteen million high-grade immortal stones.   This single resource is equivalent to the accumulation of many Immortal Emperor forces over countless years.   Most Immortal Emperor forces, even if they exhaust their resources, would find it difficult to produce so many high-grade immortal stones.   But thinking of this Great Sage Immortal Mine, Shen Changqing is relieved.   A Great Sage-level Longevity Immortal Mine is not something Immortal Emperor forces are qualified to touch.

Let alone Immortal Emperor-level forces, even some longevity forces would find it difficult to obtain an immortal mine of this caliber.

Throughout the Chaotic Void Sea, there are many longevity forces with Half-Saints in charge, but only six major forces can truly claim a share of the Longevity Immortal Mine.

Therefore,

this is an unimaginable resource for Immortal Emperor forces.

For truly top-tier longevity forces, it’s just another matter.

Of course—

if one could occupy the entire Longevity Immortal Mine, the extracted immortal stone resources would be enough to make any Half-Saint-level longevity force envious. Leaving

aside the 600 million high-grade immortal stones

, the top-grade immortal stones and Longevity Immortal Stones alone would be enough to make Half-Saints flock to them.

The value of top-grade immortal stones is self-evident, and as for Longevity Immortal Stones, they contain the Daoist essence of Great Saints, which would be greatly beneficial for Half-Saints to comprehend.

Now that Shen Changqing has obtained a share of the Longevity Immortal Mine, it’s equivalent to having a continuous supply of top-grade immortal stones.

Don’t be fooled by the seemingly small amount of six top-grade immortal stones obtained over 100,000 years.

One crucial point needs clarification:

cultivators have long lifespans.

If the timeframe were multiplied tenfold or a hundredfold, the returns would be immense.

When the next great calamity arrives and Shen Changqing breaks through to the Half-Saint realm, achieving immortality, the value of these longevity immortal mines would be maximized.

Ultimately,

he only received a little over four percent of the total.

It’s impossible for him to absorb a large amount of resources at once.

However,

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

If he could secretly control a complete Great Saint immortal mine, the subsequent profits would be astonishing.

But finding a longevity immortal mine is easier said than done.

Even in the Chaotic Void Sea, only this one longevity immortal mine has appeared so far.

But Shen Changqing is confident.

As long as there are enough innate demon gods, and they spread out across most of the chaos, he refuses to believe he can’t find an unclaimed longevity immortal mine.

The vast and boundless Chaos existed for countless ages, and countless powerful beings perished in various calamities.

The tombs of these fallen warriors held the potential to nurture the Immortal Mine of Longevity.

…

All these thoughts flashed through Shen Changqing’s mind in an instant. He then put away his storage ring and asked seriously,

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

Upon hearing this, Venerable Jiuyue shook his head: “It’s hard to say. The entire mountain range is where the Immortal Mine of Longevity is located, spanning 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 incredibly hard; even ancient immortals would find it difficult to move them much.

The current 100,000 years of mining is only scratching the surface.

In my estimation, this Immortal Mine of Longevity can be mined for at least 10 billion years, and possibly even longer!”

10 billion years!

At 600 million high-grade immortal stones every 100,000 years, this Immortal Mine of Longevity could yield at least 60 trillion high-grade immortal stones.

Even the highest-grade immortal stones would amount to at least ten million.

Even if he only had a small share, based on this calculation, he would still have around six hundred thousand.

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

Six hundred thousand highest-grade immortal stones!

At least for now, the quantity was astonishing. As for

longevity immortal stones, there was no need to elaborate.

Although the yield of these immortal stones wasn’t as high as that of high-grade immortal stones, compared to highest-grade immortal stones, the yield was still quite abundant.

Now, hearing the words of Venerable Jiuyue, Shen Changqing understood even more clearly just how much cultivation resources a complete Great Saint Immortal Mine represented.

To put it bluntly, for a semi-saint power to control a complete Great Saint Immortal Mine, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they had ascended to the heavens in one step.

Venerable Jiuyue 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 Immortal Mine is abundant. You must know that any Great Sage has cultivated for countless years.

Such powerful individuals are extremely rare, regardless of the era. It’s said that

Great Sage realm experts can inhale and exhale massive amounts of immortal energy with a single breath, and every drop of their blood contains boundless power.

When a powerful individual who has cultivated for at least trillions of years falls, their entire legacy of Daoist essence transforms into Longevity Immortal Mine, which naturally cannot be measured by ordinary immortal mines.”

Shen Changqing nodded upon hearing this. (End of Chapter)