Jiang Yuebai followed Little Green all the way down the mountain to the lowest level of the mine, where they discovered a stone chamber for cultivation.

The stone chamber was empty, evidently where the Golden Core Master who once guarded the Yin Mountain Mine used to live and cultivate.

Little Green hovered in the center of the chamber; runes were etched onto the ground, forming the shape of an array plate, and the central position had been broken by Little Green.

Jiang Yuebai went over to inspect it, "It’s just a very weak Earth Vein Spiritual Energy. The mine has been abandoned, so they definitely took anything valuable with them before leaving."

Earth Vein Spiritual Energy is different from ordinary Spiritual Energy. While ordinary Spiritual Energy floats in the air, Earth Vein Spiritual Energy lies within the land, bearing a certain weight.

Martial Cultivators often use Earth Vein Spiritual Energy during body refining to increase their strength.

[Look again]

Little Green was adamant, indicating that there was something below.

Squeak squeak!

Jixiang jumped down from Jiang Yuebai’s waist, intending to dive into the hole, but Little Green suddenly spewed out a flame, almost burning Jixiang. Little Green itself turned from a green lantern into a red lantern.

Squeak!

Jixiang shrank to Jiang Yuebai’s feet, trembling.

Jiang Yuebai understood, feeling a headache coming on.

"Little Green, treasure hunting is Jixiang’s bloodline talent. You just do your part as the Ghost Lamp, be a brick to knock around, and occasionally spit some fire. Regardless of your treasure-hunting abilities, you yourself are my treasure." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Jiang Yuebai tossed Jixiang into the hole and watched as Little Green’s red faded away, returning to its original green color.

She remembered obtaining the Sword Sky Puppet and traveling by water from the Chaotian Domain to the Quicksand Domain; Little Green had burned her fish in anger just because she chatted with the Sword Sky Puppet.

That’s why she dislikes keeping Spiritual Pets, as caring for their emotions wastes too much time.

But she had to manage them once she kept them, and fortunately, not all Spiritual Artifacts can give birth to an Artifact Spirit. Little Green was an exception; if they were all like that, she’d have a headache as big as a bucket.

Squeak!

Jixiang went down for just a moment and returned with a cherry-sized black stone, dropping it at Jiang Yuebai’s feet.

Jiang Yuebai picked it up and held it up to Little Green, "Just this?"

Xie Jingshan walked in from outside, his body covered in rubble, who knows where he got stuck again.

"That’s a Magnetic Stone, containing Primordial Magnetic Power; it’s an Earth attribute yet counteracts Metal."

Xie Jingshan brushed off the rubble on his body and looked around.

"It’s likely that after the Earth Vein Spiritual Energy here was consumed, Thunder Elemental Power from the Thunder Marsh flowed in and fused with the underlying ordinary metal ores to produce these Magnetic Stones, which can be found in the Thunder Marsh."

"I thought I found some treasure, but this bit of Earth Vein Spiritual Energy is still energy, so I’ll collect it."

Jiang Yuebai glanced at Little Green, who, turning pink, zipped into the mountain wall and vanished.

Jiang Yuebai summoned a lotus platform to hover above the hole, absorbing every bit of the remaining Earth Vein Spiritual Energy.

A mountain is built from accumulated soil; even a mosquito is meat.

Crack!

Suddenly, there was a sound of shattering from her dantian. Jiang Yuebai used Inner Vision of her Elixir Field and found the Ruyi Earth Gourd rapidly cracking, as an old stone ruler the length of a forearm leaped out.

The ruler flew from Jiang Yuebai’s dantian, directly striking the Magnetic Stone.

As soon as the Magnetic Stone was struck, it shattered into fine black sand, swirling like a school of fish around the ruler before fully sinking into it and disappearing.

"Is this a Primordial Magnetic Spiritual Artifact?"

The ruler returned to Jiang Yuebai’s hand; she examined it curiously. She had previously sensed it was an Earth Element Magic Treasure; now it appeared to have magnetic properties.

With a thought, Jiang Yuebai had a steady stream of yellow sand pouring from the ruler, forming a sand wall before her as she waved it, then morphing to encircle her.

The yellow sand freely merged and split, wrapping around a table in the stone chamber and squeezing tightly, reducing the table to dust.

Jiang Yuebai also waved it at a stone bed, causing the bed to vibrate and lift from the ground.

This ruler perfectly retained the spirituality of the yellow sand and could manipulate mountain stones; with enough spiritual energy, it might even move mountains.

Again, Jiang Yuebai attempted fine control; while the sand slowly took on human contours, more detail was momentarily beyond her reach.

Recalling the Magnetic Stone, Jiang Yuebai summoned a puppet avatar to spar with herself.

White Dragon Small Sword shot forth from the puppet avatar. Jiang Yuebai waved the ruler, and the sword’s formation was immediately disturbed by an unusual force.

Jiang Yuebai backed up, drawing a sand wall that absorbed all the White Dragon Small Sword.

Yet the magnetic power was insufficient; the puppet avatar exerted slightly more strength, allowing the White Dragon Small Sword to escape the magnetic grip, indicating more Magnetic Stones might boost the power.

"How can you battle with yourself? Is this how you usually practice your battle techniques?"

Xie Jingshan looked shocked, wondering how Jiang Yuebai’s mind worked with such imagination! Puppets, indeed? He’d get one when he returned!

Jiang Yuebai ignored Xie Jingshan, flipping through the ruler in her hand, musing over how her spiritual beasts and artifacts all seemed to be Gold-Eating Beasts.

Yuchen wanted ice, Little Green wanted fire, Jixiang wanted gold, the lotus platform swallowed anything like a bottomless pit, and now the ruler wanted Magnetic Stones; she’d need a fortune to sustain them!

"Jixiang, look around and see if there are any leftover ores here."

Jixiang dutifully sniffed around but found nothing.

Jiang Yuebai could only accept fate, again daydreaming of the Thunder Marsh. Magnetic Stones, right? She’d dig them aplenty!

Back in the valley above, Yun Shang and Ge Yuchan were prepared to depart. The black clouds near the Thunder Marsh were dense, shielding the skies; daylight resembled night.

Boarding the Smoke and Mist Light Boat, Jiang Yuebai glanced back at Yin Mountain, barren and deserted, with few wild beasts due to exhausted spirit veins.

Jiang Yuebai tapped the Primordial Magnetic Ruler against her palm, suddenly asking Xie Jingshan to pause.

Though puzzled, the group watched Jiang Yuebai leap into the air, her aura rapidly climbing, spiritual energy surging like a tempest and pushing the Smoke and Mist Light Boat backward.

Jiang Yuebai wanted to test if she could move the mountain with all her spiritual energy and divine sense.

Rise!

Vast and profound spiritual energy flooded into the Primordial Magnetic Ruler. Jiang Yuebai spread her divine sense to cover the main peak and three side peaks, using the ruler’s magnetic power to gradually elevate the trembling structure.

Rumble!

The ground shook and cracked, stones cascading down, touching off billowing dust while Xie Jingshan and the other three stood on the boat, awestruck as Yin Mountain slowly separated from the earth.

Moving mountains and bridging seas is a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s ability; how immense and robust was Jiang Yuebai’s spiritual energy for her to accomplish this now?

Ge Yuchan couldn’t help but remark, "It’s said the Five Spirit Roots, once forming a core, are invincible at the same tier. Today, I understand—this quantity of spiritual energy can easily wear down other Golden Core Cultivators. Facing her, quick battle is needed."

Yun Shang nodded, "Little Bai is amazing!"

Xie Jingshan nearly knelt; Ge Yuchan was right, unless resolving the fight quickly, being drawn into a prolonged battle, Jiang Yuebai would exhaust him to death.

A monstrous noise echoed as sweat gradually beaded on Jiang Yuebai’s forehead. Moving the mountain stretched her to her limit, depleting ninety percent of her spiritual energy.

Yet this feat revealed her limits.

Receive!

The Five Elements Lotus Platform emerged from her dantian; the entire Yin Mountain transformed into a beam absorbed by the platform, rapidly decomposing.

At the center of the platform’s earth, a small black hill rose, gathering earth-attributed spiritual energy to form veins.

Jiang Yuebai exhaled deeply, stowing the Primordial Magnetic Ruler as she returned to the boat, where Xie Jingshan offered an elixir.

"Ganlin Elixir, for Nascent Soul Cultivators. Take it for rapid recovery of spiritual energy and divine sense."

"Thank you."

Jiang Yuebai accepted it with a smile, promptly tossing it into her mouth.

Xie Jingshan muttered nearby, "Weren’t you worried I’d poison it?"

Jiang Yuebai seemed not to hear, heading to the cabin for rest as Xie Jingshan steered the Smoke and Mist Light Boat, racing towards the Ancient Thunder Marsh.

In less than half a day, the Smoke and Mist Light Boat descended into a barren area.

Overhead, black clouds hung low, with thunder rumbling, an aura of menace permeating the air, exposing white bones and black sands everywhere, devoid of life.