Yunxi pondered for a moment after hearing this, then said:
"Attendant Immortal Official, could you allow us some time to discuss this? I would also like to know exactly how many Immortal Stones I owe, so I can make an informed choice."
Si Shijiu nodded in understanding and directly waved his sleeve, sending each of them a jade slip. It listed the amount of Immortal Stones they needed to compensate for—naturally, some owed more and some less. Once they compared notes, they discovered that Ranxi owed the most among them.
Yunxi rubbed her nose and ultimately decided to mine Immortal stones from an Immortal stone vein. This was the fastest way to repay the debt; otherwise, with interest piling upon interest, who knew how long she would be paying it off? Remaining in debt indefinitely would also hinder her cultivation. Thus, she sought out Haoran and said:
"Old Ancestor, I owe rather a lot, so I have decided to mine Immortal Stones. It will be hard, but at least I can repay the Immortal Stones I owe within ten years."
Haoran considered it, then said:
"If that is the case, I will go with you. However, I will not need ten years to repay the Immortal Stones I owe. I wonder whether I can leave early. I will go ask first."
Hao Yan had already gone to inquire. After all, she felt it was a worthwhile bargain to earn the first batch of cultivation resources needed after entering the Immortal Domain by mining Immortal Stones. Once she learned that they could leave at any time after repaying the Immortal Stones they owed, she too chose the latter method of repaying her debt.
In the end, from the group of twenty, Yunxi, Haoran, Hao Yan, Haohui, Mingjia, Minghong, Shi Jun, and