Zhu Zhen, a Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator outside the mine, saw everything Yunxi's group of eight did. A scornful smile appeared on his face as he said to the man beside him,
"These eight really are indulging in wild fantasies. They actually think they can break a Daluo Golden Immortal's seal without even weighing their own strength. Are cultivators who ascend from the lower realms all this full of themselves?"
The man also smiled mockingly in agreement. He was the Immortal Practitioner who had sent Yunxi's group of eight into their assigned tunnel. His cultivation was higher than Zhu Zhen's, at the initial Golden Immortal Realm. With his arms folded, he looked at the countless tiny images filling an enormous water mirror before him and said lazily,
"If we don't let them try, how will they ever give up? In any case, they have three days. Once those three days are up, we'll have every reason to punish them.
"I know you've taken a liking to that ascended female cultivator in the Golden Immortal Realm, but I advise you not to make too much of a scene. Wait until she fails to complete her task and is punished, then make your move. Make her follow you willingly. That way, you'll have a ready-made cultivation furnace."
Zhu Zhen gave a fawning chuckle.
"Thank you for the guidance, Brother Yang Chen. With that Golden Immortal female cultivator's help, I'll surely break through to the Golden Immortal Realm soon and take over your post, so you can leave this damned place as quickly as possible."
Mu Yangchen nodded in satisfaction. The reason he tacitly allowed Zhu Zhen to seek cultivation furnaces among the miners was also because he wanted to shake off this tedious assignment. If the ascended cultivators brought here were not