Chapter 595: Leaving the Mining Area

Although Bai San had left the Longevity Continent a long time ago, he vaguely remembered that refining something like the Myriad Soul Banner was considered definitively evil cultivation on the Longevity Continent.

And once an evil cultivator dared to show their face, they would absolutely be surrounded and intercepted by other cultivators.

Regarding evil cultivators, the Longevity Continent's consistent attitude had always been to kill the innocent rather than let a single one escape.

He did not care much about whether Ye Lin lived or died, but if the righteous sects came knocking, he would certainly suffer as well.

When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer; if something happened to Ye Lin, it would certainly implicate him, Bai San.

"Oh? There's such a good thing?"

Unexpectedly, Ye Lin's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

In that case, he still had a second fallback plan.

If he truly could not find that so-called Black Jade Heaven-Mending Paste, he would simply re-refine the Human Emperor Flag.

As for those lost soul bodies, he could just use those who came to hunt him down to replenish them.

The population density of the Longevity Continent, he imagined, should be much greater than the world he originally came from.

Correspondingly, the quality of these cultivators' soul bodies must be much better than the sorry lot from the Sang Kingdom.

However, he would have to wait until his strength was greater to do this; otherwise, there was a high probability he would be directly suppressed and nipped in the bud.

"What are you going to do?"

Bai San's heart skipped a beat; he suddenly regretted telling Ye Lin about this.

"Don't worry, I'm not doing anything. I will definitely listen to you and not use the Human Emperor Flag in front of others. Besides, how would I dare to use this Human Emperor Flag now? If I use it one more time, it will probably just collapse."

Ye Lin patted his chest to guarantee it, and at the same time, grabbed Bai San, preparing to stuff him back into the Human Emperor Flag.

"Wait! Wait a moment!" Bai San shouted. "You can lock me up, but you must allow me to use my spiritual sense to perceive the surroundings!"

Seeing Ye Lin hesitate, Bai San hurriedly continued to add.

"This is also good for you. If there are any heaven-sent treasures, I can discover them immediately, and if there is any situation, I can warn you at once!"

Hearing this, a smile tugged at the corners of Ye Lin's mouth.

"Brother Bai San, what kind of talk is that? You just want to see your homeland, how could I not allow it?"

Ye Lin released his control over Bai San; although his soul body still could not leave the Human Emperor Flag, he was already able to perceive the environment around Ye Lin.

After obtaining the desired information from Bai San, Ye Lin began to dig away the collapsed mine tunnel bit by bit.

Above the ruins, flames burned fiercely, and paper money fluttered in the sky.

Kuai Yan squatted on the ruins, continuously burning paper money; looking closely, one could see faint tear stains at the corners of his eyes.

"Brother Ye Lin, how could you be so unlucky? You chose the poorest mine tunnel, and it collapsed."

"That bastard Qiu Weizhi won't even let me dig up your remains, saying it affects mining efficiency."

"In your next life, be reborn into a good family; don't be an ascender again. Being an ascender, you'll never get ahead in your whole life."

"By the way, you still owe me one low-grade Immortal Source Stone. If you are reborn as a second-generation immortal, you must remember to pay me back..."

As Kuai Yan was speaking, he suddenly felt a tremor beneath his feet.

Immediately after, a head poked out from under the pile of burning paper money, and the flames instantly ignited the head.

"There's a ghost!"

Kuai Yan let out a terrified scream.

He had long heard other ascenders say that one could often encounter soul bodies in the mining area recently; he didn't expect to run into one himself today!

"Brother Kuai Yan, don't panic, it's me, Ye Lin!" Ye Lin hurriedly spoke to let Kuai Yan calm down.

"It's you? You're not dead?"

Kuai Yan's tone was full of surprise, and then he couldn't help but remind him.

"Your head is on fire."

"It's fine, I'm cosplaying the invincible Zoffy."

Ye Lin nonchalantly extinguished the fire on his head.

Kuai Yan couldn't help but step forward to touch Ye Lin, and only after confirming that the other party was flesh and blood did he heave a long sigh of relief.

"Wow! It really is you!"

"It's just great that you're not dead. A narrow escape from death must bring future blessings!"

Kuai Yan hugged Ye Lin excitedly.

"Don't worry, the good don't live long, but the wicked live for a thousand years. Someone like me can live for a very long time."

Ye Lin smiled and comforted Kuai Yan, then asked.

"Brother Kuai Yan, have you considered the future?"

"The future?"

A look of confusion appeared in Kuai Yan's eyes.

"Just... work hard, mine well, and strive to save up enough Immortal Source Stones needed to reshape my physical body."

"That's it?"

"That's it." Kuai Yan shook his head.

"A great man lives between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and live under others for long?"

Ye Lin spoke eloquently.

"Brother Kuai Yan, have you never thought about changing your way of life? For example... escaping this mining area!"

As soon as Ye Lin finished speaking, Kuai Yan's face changed wildly in fear, and he hurriedly rushed forward to cover Ye Lin's little mouth.

"Don't you dare talk nonsense!"

After looking around and finding no one else, Kuai Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Ye Lin, you just arrived, you don't understand! Our status as ascenders on the Longevity Continent is not much better than dogs; we have no human rights at all!"

"Not to mention how hard it is to escape this mining area, even if we do escape, as long as we run into other natives of the Longevity Continent, we are still in grave danger."

"So you had better not have any bold and dangerous ideas; just stay here and mine properly."

Ye Lin remained silent. He could tell that Kuai Yan was someone worth befriending, but this guy seemed to have had his spirit worn down by three hundred years of mining, and he dared not have any thoughts of resistance at all.

"Then what if I tell you that this mining area will likely never produce another piece of Immortal Source Ore?"

A shocking statement; Ye Lin's words made Kuai Yan frown deeply.

"Although the Lingquan vein has been mined for a long time, there should still be at least one-third of the area left unmined; how could it not produce Immortal Source Ore?"

"Do I have any reason to lie to you?"

Ye Lin spread his hands with an innocent expression.

The Immortal Source Ore in this mining area had been dug up by him; how could he not know?

"If you don't believe me, you can dig for another three days. After three days, I will find a way to leave here. As for whether you want to leave, that is your business."

It is hard to persuade a damn ghost with kind words; if Kuai Yan was obsessed and determined to stay here as a miner, he would not say anything more.

Ye Lin set off to leave, and at the same time, he released Ban Muming, telling him to keep an eye on Kuai Yan in secret.

"If he shows any signs of reporting to Qiu Weizhi or those high-level officials in the mining area, don't report to me, just kill him!"