I can't be bothered to talk to you. You're not worthy of hearing it.

The man beside him said hesitantly, "I heard... I heard it was because he happened to dig into some baleful qi in an earth vein while mining source. It struck him, and with his poor health, he died before he could get out."

Just then, the Life Spring Burly Man walked over, a mocking smile on his face. "Oh, I heard someone died!"

"My condolences! Try to move on!"

Qin Tian gave him a long look and said coldly, "You killed him!"

The Life Spring Burly Man hastily waved his hands. "I didn't! You have no proof, so don't go spitting blood and slandering me!"

"The Yaoguang Holy Land doesn't allow Mine Slaves to kill each other."

Qin Tian nodded indifferently. "You're right!"

Qin Tian murmured inwardly, But this isn't my previous life. So what if I have no proof... it's enough that I believe it.

I never imagined a single argument would get the old man killed.

Qin Tian grinned, the expression hideous. "What a wake-up call!"

"I nearly forgot that this world's true nature is the strong devouring the weak. Hatred left behind will spread, and soon turn into ropes binding the people I care about."

"So... when cutting weeds, you have to pull out the roots!"

He gave the Life Spring Burly Man another long look, then carried the old man's body away.

The look in Qin Tian's eyes sent a chill through the Life Spring Burly Man. A trace of regret stirred in his heart, and he wondered whether he should have done it.

That day, Qin Tian went down into the mine, the stray tuft of hair atop his head rising slightly. In full view of everyone, he dug out a piece of heterogeneous source through a "momentary lapse of attention."

It was a fist-sized piece of snowy jade, like a block of ice. Frost spread from it, making the air temperature plummet. Wisps of cold drifted in every direction, freezing all the surrounding soil.

"That's... heterogeneous source! Ice-snow source!"

Greed gleamed in everyone's eyes.

"Hmph!" Qin Tian snorted coldly. Divine power at the life spring level erupted, surging ink-black. Loose stones trembled beneath his feet, and even the newly frozen ground cracked.

Under Qin Tian's icy gaze, everyone involuntarily lowered their heads.

Mine Slaves were ultimately just Mine Slaves. Only a scant few had opened their bitter seas; most were merely strong mortals who had not.

Qin Tian tucked the heterogeneous source into his pouch, turned, and left.

"Keep digging! There might be more heterogeneous source!"

Once Qin Tian had left, everyone hurried over to the spot where he had been mining and began digging with all their strength, hoping to uncover heterogeneous source themselves.

It was common knowledge that places where heterogeneous source had appeared were very likely to yield more.

"I heard someone dug up heterogeneous source!"

Before long, a middle-aged man hurried over with a large crowd of lackeys.

"All of you, get lost!"

"This place is mine now!"

Three different artifacts flew out of his bitter sea, shimmering with mystic light and radiating an icy aura. Ink-black divine power spilled outward as the Divine Bridge Boss coldly surveyed everyone present.

Relying on his superior cultivation, the Divine Bridge Boss drove everyone out of that section of the mine.

As his men dug, they began chatting and boasting. One asked the Life Spring Burly Man, "Well? Did you go see that brat this morning?"

The Life Spring Burly Man boasted, "Hahaha, of course I did! You should've seen how ugly his expression was!"

"Now that's some vicious revenge!"

"What kind of revenge is that?" The Life Spring Burly Man sneered. "When he comes down to the mine, we'll have a nice little talk with him."

"For instance, we can cripple one of his legs first."

"Good idea!"

The Divine Bridge Boss frowned and snapped, "Quit the fucking chatter and dig!"

One of his lackeys swung his pickaxe down. The rock shattered, revealing a brilliant, clear light.

"Boss, we've found source!"

The Divine Bridge Boss hurried forward, shoved the lackey aside, and eagerly pulled the source out.

"Hahaha! Good, good, good! I've finally got heterogeneous source!"

A biting chill washed over their faces as a snow-white source stone appeared before them. It was another piece of ice-snow source.

"Hahaha! With this piece of source, I can exchange it for the Other Shore Chapter!"

Holding the ice-snow source in his hands, the Divine Bridge Boss flushed with excitement. "Once I break through to the other shore, I can escape this damned slave status and become a knight of the Yaoguang Holy Land!"

"Boss, don't forget us once you're out!" the Life Spring Burly Man said ingratiatingly.

"Of course I won't!"

The Divine Bridge Boss put it into his basket and waved a hand. "I don't want to go through fighting all alone again!"

It was precisely because he had experienced being shunned that he had chosen to gather a crew.

The Divine Bridge Boss chuckled and patted the shoulder of the man beside him. "I'll find a way to bring you all into the Yaoguang Holy Land too."

Just then, a cool voice rang out in the mine tunnel. "I'm afraid there won't be a future for any of you!"

"Who's there?"

Everyone hurriedly turned around and saw a boy of twelve or thirteen leaning against the stone wall, watching them coldly.

"Oh, it's you, brat!"

The Life Spring Burly Man smiled disdainfully. I can't beat you one-on-one, but things are different now.

Without hesitation, he pointed at Qin Tian and wailed to his boss, "Boss, he's the one who beat me! You have to avenge me!"

A muscular man standing one meter ninety tall clung to another burly man's thigh, his face full of grievance.

Before Qin Tian could even attack, the sight had already dealt him a thousand points of psychological damage.

The Divine Bridge Boss discreetly kicked the burly man away and said, "Oh, you're a life spring realm expert too. How about joining us? Stick with your big brother, and you'll be feasting on the finest food and drink!"

Qin Tian sighed, a touch of melancholy in his voice. "I thought I had a lot to say to you, like asking why you killed the old man."

Qin Tian gave a derisive laugh. "But then I thought, why waste words on an extra who doesn't even have a name?"

"I can't be bothered to talk to you. You're not worthy of hearing it!" Qin Tian said coldly, raising a hand and pressing it down through the air.

Rumble!

The array formation buried earlier awakened. World-shaking killing intent erupted as countless array marks appeared and burned. The array foundations burned, the array marks burned-all to unleash the most terrifying destructive power.

It was as though endless volcanoes were erupting, blasting into the clouds!

Without warning, powerful fluctuations of divine power surged before everyone present, carrying a searing, scorching heat. Divine flames blazed, and even space trembled and warped.

"Aaaah!"

Heart-rending agony engulfed them outright. The flames were immensely powerful, yet burned very slowly, setting their bodies alight and consuming them bit by bit.

They tried to flee first, but unfortunately, space had been tampered with and turned into a Seal, blocking everyone's path.

From the moment they had entered, there had been no possibility of leaving again.

They could only cry out helplessly as they watched their bodies burn away. Skin, muscle, bone-from bottom to top, everything burned bit by bit. The terror of death rushed at them, instantly shattering their mental defenses. They sobbed, tears and snot streaming down their faces. "No! Spare me!"

One after another, they collapsed to the ground, some wailing, others shouting warnings:

"Please, spare me! I had nothing to do with setting up that old man!"

"I was wrong! I was really wrong!"

"The Yaoguang Holy Land doesn't allow the unauthorized murder of Mine Slaves!"

Qin Tian watched it all coldly and said, "Forgiving you is the Buddha's business. Mine is only to send you to meet him."