Evan glanced at the tunnel the three had been digging—already several meters wide and dozens of meters long. In less than three months, their workload was honestly terrifying.
But there were no more Immortal Stones on the ground; Roxanne Lin had probably stashed them in her storage ring. After Evan appeared, the three stopped digging, shifted into human form, and walked over to him.
“Evan, mining Immortal Stones really is the best way to boost our strength. I’ve already reached late-stage Immortal now, and I’m sure I’ll break through to Earth Immortal in another month. I never thought there’d be so many Immortal Stones in this mine—after what we absorbed, there are still over two thousand low-grade stones and more than three hundred mid-grade ones left. As for high-grade, we’ve already used them all up.” Roxanne Lin smiled.
“No worries, there’s plenty more Immortal Stones in here. If you can use them to level up, go for it—but remember, your mindset has to keep up or you’ll risk inner-devil backlash. There are only two days left until I have to turn in my Immortal Stones, so you all should stop digging too. Shadow and Goldwing, get back inside my body. I’m worried someone might come after me once I hand over the stones, and if you two get discovered, it’ll be a disaster.”
Shadow and Goldwing looked a bit unwilling, both staring straight at Evan. “Don’t worry, I’ll let you out again after this blows over. I’ll still need you both for mining Immortal Stones.”
After a flash of red and gold light, the two vanished. Roxanne Lin looked at Evan and said, “Evan, they’re gone—so what about me? I can’t enter your body, you know.”
“No rush. I’m just a bit short on strength right now, but once I break through to Golden Immortal, I’ll be able to send you into the Timewheel Bracelet. That place is a cultivation paradise—one year outside is a hundred inside, and it’s packed with Immortal Essence. You’ll see soon enough.” Evan grinned.
“By the way, how’s Alex Xiao doing now? Don’t tell me you missed the timing again—the last time I thought I’d die in your storage ring, but I actually survived. Don’t mess up like that again!” Roxanne Lin said.
Bringing a beast egg into the Timewheel Bracelet was easy for Evan, but taking Roxanne Lin was a whole different headache. Of course, he could go in freely himself now. Once he got a pile of Immortal Stones, he planned to go into seclusion and rocket his strength—without enough power, surviving in the Immortal Realm was just impossible.
“I’m planning to put Alex Xiao into the Timewheel Bracelet first. Even if she wakes up inside, she’ll be fine—and she can cultivate in there too. No time to waste; I’ll move everything from my storage ring into the Timewheel Bracelet right now.”
“My Timewheel Bracelet is bound to me by contract—no one but me can take anything out of it. Plus, it looks so ordinary that nobody would ever suspect a thing. This time, I’m moving all my valuables in for good,” Evan said.
Evan then loaded a huge stash of Immortal Stones, precious herbs, Five-Element Fruits, and the old transmission master’s storage ring into the Timewheel Bracelet, leaving only basic odds and ends in the ring—nothing important if someone got their hands on it. Most crucially, he put the transformed beast egg of Alex Xiao inside, and used Divine Sense to tell Serena Frost to take good care of her.
Serena Frost was stunned by how much Evan dumped in at once, especially the terrifying Immortal Essence flooding the place—she’d lived thousands of years in the Immortal Realm and never seen anything like it. With all this Immortal Essence, it’d be much easier for her to recover her body.
Before Serena could even ask what was going on, Evan had already withdrawn his Divine Sense. He didn’t want to get too tangled up with this icy woman—sure, he had some feelings for her, but now wasn’t the time. Maybe after he got stronger, he’d think about it.
“Evan, now that we’re in the Immortal Realm, what’s your plan? This place is just survival of the fittest—we can’t afford to let our guard down. We’ve got to make arrangements,” Roxanne Lin said.
“Roxy, I know what I’m doing. After I break through to Golden Immortal, I’ll go into seclusion, and I’ll send you into the Timewheel Bracelet to cultivate too. Once we’re both strong enough, I’ll personally take you to the Phoenix Clan in the Immortal Realm, so you can reach new heights. As for me, I’ve promised Luna I’d find her, and I always keep my word.” Evan said seriously, his determined look mesmerizing Roxanne.
Now that Evan had reached late Heavenly Immortal, absorbing yin qi from women didn’t do much for him anymore. Still, the two had an intense session in the mine that left the world spinning—naturally, Roxanne ended up defeated.
Two days flew by. Evan prepared sixty low-grade Immortal Stones and three mid-grade ones, then left the mine early in the morning. He’d brought so many stones on purpose, hoping to tempt the guard’s greed and see if he’d try to enter the tunnel—giving Evan a chance to test Earthshift’s second-layer defenses.
The same middle-aged man and guard showed up again. Evan walked up and said, “Pretty good haul for three months—sixty low-grade Immortal Stones and three mid-grade ones. I’d say I went way above quota.”
The guard stared at Evan in shock. “How could you dig up so many Immortal Stones? How did you do it?”
“That’s my secret. You don’t need to know.” Evan grinned. It looked like this guy was already getting greedy, interested in mining Immortal Stones himself. If Evan guessed right, he’d probably send some men into the tunnel to dig, which would really mess up Evan’s plans.
“You’ve got guts, talking to a guard like that! Are you tired of living?” The guard snapped, thinking if he got rid of this brat, he could send his own men into the tunnel and grab as many Immortal Stones as he wanted. This kid alone could dig as much as three others, and if a veteran did the work, he’d probably get hundreds of stones.
“The mine master hasn’t said a word—what are you showing off for? Just a guard, and you think you’re hot stuff? I don’t even take you seriously.” Evan shot him a disdainful look, his face full of contempt, nearly driving the guard berserk.
“You’re way too arrogant, kid. So you dug up a few Immortal Stones and now you think you can disrespect me? If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you’ll never learn!” The guard finished and moved to attack Evan.
But just then, the middle-aged man spoke up: “Coldblade, stand down. You’re no match for him…”