After getting the first piece of qinggang stone, Xu Chunniang did not rush to cut it. She put it into the small world and continued to mine the next piece.
The temperature in the quarry is not much higher than that outside.
Because the mine is connected to the outside world, cold wind will flow in through the mine tunnel.
Therefore, she and Xiaobai had to dig enough Qinggang stone before the spiritual energy in her body was exhausted.
The two men worked with their heads covered. For a while, there was no other sound in the mine except the sound of chiseling stones.
Only after all the cycads in the mine were mined and all the cycads and two quarrying chisels were stored in the small world, did Xu Chunniang take Xiaobai away and return to the mine to look for the next mine.
In the mine, the two occasionally encountered other immortals who were mining Qinggang stone.
They wore thick fur coats and carried a huge backpack as they moved back and forth in the mine.
Xu Chunniang noticed that the fur coats worn by most of the immortals were very worn out and had many traces of mending.
There were only a very small number of fairies who were well-dressed and had handy tools in their hands.
Seeing that Xu Chunniang and Xiaobai were neither wearing fur coats nor carrying baskets on their backs, these people couldn't help but look at them a few more times, but no one spoke to them.
Xu Chunniang was happy to keep a low profile. She didn't know about it before and thought the chisel was not a valuable item, so she showed it to others casually.
It was not until he discovered that most of the immortals in the mine did not quarry or chisel, that he realized that three hundred immortal crystals were not a small number, and naturally he would not give them out carelessly.
After finding another mine and mining for two or three hours, Xu Chunniang reminded Xiaobai, "Let's go, it's time to go back."
Xiao Bai was a little confused. "There are still a lot of cycads that can be mined in this mine. Shouldn't we mine them all before going back?"
"It would be a little unreasonable if we stayed in the mine for too long and only got a little bit of cycad stone."
Xu Chunniang expressed her own inference, "I found that among the immortals who mined Qinggang stone, not many had immortal storage tools.
We are new here, and unfamiliar faces are easy to be noticed by others, so it is best not to reveal the secret of our little world."
"I understand. So we must not go out empty-handed. It's better to get a bigger backpack like those people and carry a basket of Qinggang stone..."
Xiao Bai suddenly realized, and then he felt a little distressed, "But where can I find a backpack?"
"Don't worry, I have a way. Please wait here for a moment. I will be back soon."
Xu Chunniang smiled mysteriously and her figure suddenly disappeared.
Soon, her figure appeared in the same place, holding a bunch of long branches in her hands.
Xiaobai smelled a familiar scent and stared at the branch for a long time.
"What is this? Why does it look so familiar to me? Could it be... a twig?"
Xu Chunniang smiled and nodded. She used her magical energy to condense the branches several times to increase their toughness, and then began to weave the backpack.
“These branches are picked from the twigs, but now the twigs are no longer twigs.
It took root in the small world and grew in it for many years. It has grown into a towering tree, and its grade has also grown from acquired spiritual treasure to semi-immortal grade. "
Xiaobai was surprised and delighted, "Is the little twig so powerful?"
Xu Chunniang smiled. Hundreds of years ago, when she first went to the demon world, the small branch was just an acquired spiritual treasure.
It couldn't adapt to the environment of the demon world, so she left it in the small world.
Unexpectedly, the little branch liked the small world very much and took root in it, growing bigger and bigger.
The spiritual energy in the small world was already abundant, and the small branch grew very fast, but before it ascended, its grade was only innate level.
Until she ascended to heaven, when Xu Chunniang passed by the Boundary Lake, all the spiritual energy in the walnut world was transformed into fairy energy.
At this moment, the small world was filled with immortal energy and had a fairy-like atmosphere.
The small walnut became a veritable "immortal seed", and the small branch, under the nourishment of the immortal energy, advanced again and broke through to the semi-immortal weapon in one fell swoop.
Xiao Bai was shocked when he heard this. "No wonder I felt something was wrong when I left Jie Lake. The water level in the lake seemed to be shallower. It turned out that Little Walnut did it!"
When Little Walnut heard Little White saying bad things about it, it couldn't help but stick its head out to defend itself.
"I didn't mean to do that! It was those immortal spirits that were too overbearing. They drove away the spiritual energy in my body at will and took it back! Didn't you encounter the same thing?"
Xu Chunniang explained, “When I ascended, the domains of law that I had condensed were about to collapse.
There were only two choices at the time, one was to watch them collapse, and the other was to leave everything in the netherworld.
But I didn't choose any of them, and threw them all into the little walnut that was very eager for the power of the law. "
Xiao Bai suddenly realized, "I understand, Little Walnut has absorbed a lot of law domains, supplemented the power of the law in his body, and also advanced to the fairy level.
Only when Jiehu recognized it would it replace the spiritual energy in Walnut Time with fairy energy!"
"That's right. The mountain spirit that gave Little Walnut to me once said that Little Walnut is a 'fairy seed'. I'm not surprised that Little Walnut has grown to this point."
"Immortal seed, sounds amazing."
Xiaobai's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of a possibility, "Then can we practice in the Walnut World like before, or even live in it?"
"I'm afraid not."
Xu Chunniang shook her head and said, "Although the little walnut has absorbed a lot of immortal energy, the walnut world is very large, and the immortal energy inside is even thinner than Zong Dongtian's.
Moreover, the small walnuts and the small branches rooted in them also need immortal energy to grow. At most, some low-level immortal grass plants can be planted in them to earn immortal crystals. "
"I see. I thought it was too simple."
Xiaobai soon realized that his idea was not realistic, so he picked up branches from the ground and began to weave a backpack like Xu Chunniang.
After working for a while, the two backpacks were successfully woven and looked quite good.
Xu Chunniang pulled it hard to make sure the basket was durable enough, then took out some bluestones of different sizes and piled them in the basket.
Afterwards, she and Xiaobai each carried a backpack and walked back along the mine tunnel.
There were many immortals mining Qinggang stone. After carrying the backpacks, the two of them were not so conspicuous. They got out of the mine smoothly and returned to their residence on the mountainside.
It was almost midnight and the sky was already dark.
The two were busy all day but did not feel tired. Relying on the fact that they could see clearly in the dark and had the laws of immortal energy to ward off the cold, they began to process the Qinggang stone and cut it into flat pieces of suitable size.
Xu Chunniang and Xiaobai were both novices. When they first started cutting, they always failed to control the strength, and the Qinggang stone they cut was either the wrong size or not flat enough.
After experiencing several failures, they realized how much hard work was hidden behind the old man Gong's casual actions.