Even if a Sacred Supreme does not advance further but merely maintains their own bloodline essence and cultivation level without decline, the annual consumption still needs to reach nearly twenty top quality Spirit Stones.

Over a century, the resources consumed would amount to two Chaos Spirit Stones, and over five thousand years, it would take a full hundred Chaos Spirit Stones of food and Dan medicine.

Such terrifying consumption is the fundamental reason why those Sacred Supremes always cannot save money.

If not supported by a vast power or if their own money-making means are not strong enough, how could they sustain such consumption?

This statement by the Cangping God Emperor is as good as sentencing Ji Jiuxiao to death~!

"Your Majesty~" Ji Jiuxiao panicked all at once, quickly voicing his pleas for mercy, "I know I was wrong, I can atone for my mistakes on the battlefield."

"Atone for your mistakes on the battlefield?" The Old Ancestor of the Ying Clan sneered coldly and sarcastically, "With the current favorable situation on the battlefield, are you going to seize the credit? Your Majesty, this old minister also wants to go to the battlefield to earn merit!"

Upon hearing this, the other senior ministers also responded, requesting to go to the Void Sea battlefield to give their old bones a fight!

Their attitude seemed to confirm the words of a mysterious writer in a magazine, "Anyone can go!"

"Enough~ stop all this arguing, I have already made a decision on this matter," Cangping God Emperor waved his hand, "Our Divine Dynasty has just recently lacked miners near the Chaos Mountain at the Endless Heavenly Abyss, so send Ji Jiuxiao and Jiang Lihuo to mine Chaos Stones at the Chaos Mountain."

Going to the Chaos Mountain at the Endless Heavenly Abyss to mine?

Ji Jiuxiao and Jiang Lihuo paled simultaneously.

That place is not only dangerous but constantly subject to various complex energy storms. While mining Chaos Mountain, one must continuously circulate Mysterious Energy to resist various storms, and Chaos Mountain is incredibly hard, needing to be slowly chipped and ground down bit by bit.

It’s a job extremely arduous, even painful; after staying there for a long time, each day is a torment, each day feels like living through the end of the world.

Truly, mining Chaos Mountain is lucrative; with very good luck, one could dig out various top-tier refining materials, Immortal Spirit Stones, and there’s even a minuscule chance to find treasures like Chaos Spirit Stones, Chaos Essence, and the like.

Moreover, the fragments of Chaos Stones chipped and ground out are also very important; they can be crushed into powder and refined into Chaos Bricks using the Divine Dynasty’s Primordial Heavenly Fire Furnace.

Those Chaos Bricks are an extremely important and invaluable building material.

Just like within the Provincy Office where Cangping God Emperor often resides, the walls and even the floor are laid with Chaos Bricks, which even a Sacred Supreme finds difficult to break!

Some top-tier defense facilities, stages, and some extremely important buildings, such as treasuries and the Treasure Pavilion, also use Chaos Bricks.

It could be said that mining Chaos Mountain is a job that pays back a hundredfold in profits.

But no matter how profitable, that belongs to the shared resources of the Divine Dynasty, directly entering the national treasury!

There, only some Sacred Supremes who are extremely short of money would grit their teeth and sign up to mine Chaos Mountain to extend their family’s lineage or cultivate particularly outstanding family heirs when there is no other way.

Besides, some robust yet relatively impoverished foreigners might also work at Chaos Mountain for the sake of their tribes.

To attract more powerful beings, the Government Office of the Divine Dynasty provides them with ample rewards, including food, lodging, and Dan medicine expenses, enabling them to save an additional thirty to fifty Chaos Spirit Stones after risking their lives for a thousand years.

Nevertheless, very few powerful beings would be willing to stay for long; usually, they eagerly take their earnings and leave immediately after a thousand years of mining.

There is no choice, as that is money earned by risking life and health. If one mines there too long, inevitably, it would injure their foundation and life span, and their mental state could easily become problematic.

This punishment by Cangping God Emperor is even crueler than sending them into the Cannon Fodder Camp.

Just as they looked ashen.

Cangping God Emperor continued coldly, "Because of the mistakes you committed, causing enormous and incredibly vile impacts, I am now formally dispatching you two to mine Chaos Mountain. Jiang Lihuo, as an accomplice, needs to mine material worth three hundred Chaos Spirit Stones, while Ji Jiuxiao, as the main culprit, needs to mine material worth six hundred Chaos Spirit Stones! Once you finish mining, your exile ends!"

What!?

Jiang Lihuo and Ji Jiuxiao nearly collapsed to the ground.

Especially the latter, who turned completely pale.

Mining material worth six hundred Chaos Spirit Stones? It’s a death sentence!

A Sacred Supreme, even with extreme luck, would need about two to three thousand years to mine material with such value; and if unlucky, there is still doubt whether they could finish before their life span runs out!

Moreover, even if fortunate enough to save enough within two to three thousand years for material worth six hundred Chaos Spirit Stones, staying two to three thousand years at Chaos Mountain! Can he really endure that without breaking down?

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