Chapter 963 – Immortal Crystal in Hand

Chapter 963 – Immortal Crystals in Hand
Elder Gong witnessed the whole process and commented nonchalantly.

“The force is not mastered correctly, may be related to the tool you use is a quarry chisel, too much force, cutting down trees with skillful strength, not brute force, this point you still need to practice.

But your center of gravity is very stable, your balance is well mastered, you shouldn’t fall down.”

Xu Chuniang glanced at the cedar branch in her hand, a hint of a smile appearing on her face, “Many thanks to Elder Gong for mentioning this.”

“Hey, the sooner you master the skill of cutting down the cumulus cedar, the sooner you can also pay back the immortal crystals owed to me, and by helping you, I’m actually helping myself.”

Elder Gong shook his head, paying no further attention to Xu Chuniang, and searched for a thick snow accumulating pine to start chopping down on his own.

Xu Chunniang withdrew her gaze and put away the cedar branch in her hands, recalling the force of the quarrying chisel she had used earlier, she pulled over another branch and gathered her strength to continue trying.

Both of them were busy with the work in their hands, and for a while, the only sound that could be heard above the entire lonely cliff was the sound of the cedar pines colliding as they were cut down.

“Ka-ching”, another crunching sound, Gong Lao smoothly cut down the second snow pine.

After swinging the axe for a long time, he broke out in a thin sweat and his face was flushed.

A mountain wind blew, blowing Gong old head full of crane hair silver, and this lonely cliff on the snow and ice contrast, but also some immortal style immortal appearance.

He looked back at Xu Chuniang, saw that the branch on the snow pine she cut down had been cut down by one-third, so he no longer paid attention to it and continued to look for the next target.

Xu Chunniang, as a skillless novice, cut down the snow pines at a slow pace.

She always kept Gong Lao’s words in mind, keeping her body balanced was the most important thing.

Although she was slow, every stroke of the quarrying chisel was steady.

At this rate, it was only a matter of time before she finished chopping down this cumquat pine.

Xu Chuniang and Gong Lao stayed on the lonely cliff for a whole day, and by the second day, all the snow pines that had grown on the lonely cliff for over a hundred years were cut down.

There were only a few left, which were less than a hundred years old, still growing on top of the lonely cliff.

Gong Lao gave Xu Chuniang an unexpected look, ”Not bad, the first time you cut down the snow pines, you were able to cut down three of them intact.

At this rate, in less than a year, you’ll be able to pay back all the immortal crystals you owe me.”

“Thanks to Elder Gong’s good teaching.”

Xu Chuniang smiled modestly and took out as much of the harvested Accumulated Snow Pines as she could, “I’d also like to ask Elder Gong to estimate the value of these three Accumulated Snow Pines, how much they’re worth.”

Gong Lao swept a glance, thoughtlessly said, “These three snow pines, are a hundred years out of the beginning, I received all, even if you thirty immortal crystals.

Do you want Immortal Crystals, or are you prepared to offset your debt?”

Xu Chuniang thought for a moment, “I’d rather take the immortal crystals first.”

She had been in the Immortal Realm for some time, and up until now, she hadn’t seen what an Immortal Crystal looked like.

Gong Lao was also dry, hearing her say this, he immediately took out thirty lower grade immortal crystals and put them into a small cloth bag, handing them over to Xu Chuniang.

“Immortal crystals are divided into four grades: lower grade, middle grade, upper grade and extreme grade, like this, is the lower grade of immortal crystals.

But don’t think that, lower grade immortal crystals aren’t good things, in Zongdou Heaven and Changjing Heaven, this is hard currency, and only those Heavenly Immortals in the Triple Heavens who are well off don’t put lower grade immortal crystals in their eyes.”

Xu Chuniang smiled and took the small cloth bag, feeling the rich immortal qi emanating from the bag, gaining a deeper understanding of the importance of immortal crystals.

It was estimated that this Immortal Crystal was as important to Immortals as Spirit Stones in the Spirit Realm, which could be used both as currency and for cultivation. “Elder Gong is joking, I was busy all day yesterday, and it was not easy for me to obtain such a small amount of Immortal Crystals, where would I look down on its grade.”

“Hehehe, it’s good that you are clear in your heart, don’t look down on this thirty Immortal Crystals, those who don’t have the ability to climb this high, and want to earn some Immortal Crystals still don’t have a doorway to do so.”

Gong Lao walked back along the original path while meaning to say.

“Since your stone house has been built, I’m sure you must have also been at the stone quarry and seen those immortals who can only make a living by mining greenoka stone, right?”

Thinking of those Immortals carrying heavy backbaskets and wearing shabby fur coats, Xu Chuniang nodded with a complicated mood.

“Greenoka stone isn’t good to sell, but there are many immortals who mine greenoka stone, and they look …… down and out.”

“In this Zhangwei Mountain, and even in the entire Zongdang Heaven, those who are down and out, how are they not the only ones?”

Elder Gong’s tone was unimpressed, as if he was used to it.

“Originally, I thought that if I became an immortal, I would be able to live the same life as heaven and earth, and no longer have to pay attention to all the strife in this heaven and earth, but this Nine Heavens is essentially no different from the lower realms.

To the immortal world, still have to rank seniority, to the cultivation level of honor, in the lower heavens of the immortals, want to be among the upper heavens, and how difficult it is?”

Xu Chuniang was silent for a moment, “Is it difficult? Perhaps, I only focus on the path beneath my feet, and with the belief of going forward, I just keep going.

Don’t ask how long the future is, and don’t care how far I’ve traveled before, the path beneath my feet is the Dao I’m pursuing.”

Elder Gong gave her a surprised look, and after chewing on these words, there was a hint of seriousness in his eyes.

“You’re a bit different from the other ascended beings I’ve seen.”

Many ascensionists, after seeing the vastness of the Immortal Realm, realized that they could only stay in Zongdang Heaven when they reached the Human Immortal Realm, living a poor and ordinary life, saving up Immortal Crystals little by little.

When they were in the lower realms, none of them had been a party of honored ones, and the gap after ascension was so great that they would inevitably feel resentment and indignation.

There were also many ascended masters who had stayed in the Immortal Realm for some years, but not only had their cultivation not progressed an inch, they had also not been able to save any Immortal Crystals, and were living a very uninspired life.

They would even doubt their choices at some point in time, perhaps not ascending to the Immortal Realm and staying in the Spirit Realm to become a party of honored ones would be a better outcome.

“I once heard a saying that nine out of ten things in the world are not as good as they should be, and from this, it can be seen that a lot of things often go against one’s wishes.”

Xu Chuniang smiled, and her tone of voice was bemused.

“Cultivators who have ascended to the Immortal Realm have a long lifespan.

Because of the long lifespan of Immortals, there are more and more Immortals in the Zongdang Heaven, and resources are becoming more and more strained, which is the way of cause and effect, so what is there to complain about?”

“Not bad.”

Elder Gong nodded his head readily, a look of recognition spreading across his eyes.

“Those people just didn’t figure this out, and that’s why they fell into self-doubt, so much so that their cultivation couldn’t advance an inch.

But they haven’t thought about the fact that those Immortal Kings of the Fourth and Fifth Heavens, the Golden Immortals, weren’t born high up in the sky, they were just ordinary Human Immortals in the beginning.”

Xu Chuniang thought deeply that everything in the world had a cause and effect to follow.

Since she had come to the Immortal Realm, she would accept everything here and strive to become stronger.

(End of chapter)