Everyone wore grave expressions, some even frowning. Yunxi gritted her teeth, a flash of resentment in her eyes.
"They did it on purpose. That attendant Immortal Official sold us out. Now that we do not even have our Identity Jade Tokens, we cannot leave this place at all."
Hao Yan raised her narrow eyes.
"What do we do now? Even if we want to leave, we first have to break the seal on our Dantians. Otherwise, we cannot do anything. The Immortal Practitioners guarding this mine have ill intentions toward Ranxi and me, and those cultivators who were tricked here like us are probably eyeing us as well."
Tianyun's gaze flickered.
"How about we mine immortal stones first and complete the daily quota? Then we can show weakness to the mine guards. Perhaps we will have a chance to leave."
Hao Yan immediately took offense. She whipped around and said displeasedly,
"Tianyun, are you trying to push Ranxi and me out to pave the way? What, do you think us sisters are easy to bully? Why do you not go flatter those mine-guarding Immortal Practitioners yourself?"
Tianyun curled her lips.
"That would require them to take a liking to me! My looks and cultivation are both inferior to yours, Sisters."
Yunxi's expression turned cold as well.
"Tianyun, by your reasoning, is being beautiful somehow wrong? My parents gave me this face. If you are willing to make the sacrifice, you can conjure up a gorgeous face. I certainly will not steal your limelight."
Tianyun smoothed her sleeve.
"Even if I changed my face, they would value cultivation more. Sacrifice one of you, and everyone gets a chance to leave."
"Shut up!"
Haoran cut off their quarrel with a cold face, saying in a deep voice,
"Tianyun, we have only been