[Bonus update]
On the mountain.
After continuous mining and excavation, the Heaven and Earth Stones ore was finally hauled out bit by bit.
Bai Zihe put all the unprocessed ore into his Storage Pouch, nodded in satisfaction, and rewarded the several burly men with several hundred Spirit Stones.
"Thank you for your hard work. Tomorrow, same time, same place, keep coming here to mine."
"Remember, this matter must not be spread outside."
"Understood, understood. Many thanks, young master. Then we'll take our leave first."
The burly man in the lead cupped his hands, then left with the brothers under him.
They were all villagers from nearby local villages, and their cultivation was all at the Qi Refining stage.
It was rare to have such a chance to earn money. It was only opening up the mountain and mining, and there was no need to worry about running into any danger.
As for the arrival of the cultivators from the Heavenly Profound Continent, the local secular world here in the Central Domain was actually rather expectant.
After all, compared with the Heavenly Profound Continent, the cultivators on the Heavenly Action Continent fought in chaos all year round, and at the slightest move, everything within who knew how many li would be reduced to flying ash and annihilated smoke.
The living space of ordinary people or bottom-level cultivators had practically been squeezed to the extreme. Even if they hid in some mountain ravine, they might be swept to death by the aftershock.
The mortals on the Heavenly Profound Continent were much happier.
There were secular main cities specially built to shelter them, with immortal cultivators serving as city lords to maintain stability and public order. Strict laws had even been set down for this.
Placed on the Heavenly Action Continent, that was