Eternal Life as False Emperor

"Uncle Zhou, we’re working right now. What do you need us for?"

"Uncle, I just dug up a piece of Fire Rock Ore. If there’s something, please tell us quickly, I’m afraid someone else might dig it up soon."

"Brother, could something have happened again? Our Riverbend Village can’t handle any more trouble."

Zhou Shitou ignored them and instead respectfully said to Zheng Yi, "Lord, I’ve brought the people you requested. Please give your orders."

He was establishing authority for Zheng Yi in front of these people.

Without Zhou Shitou, it wouldn’t be easy for Zheng Yi to command these people.

But now, seeing Zhou Shitou being so respectful to Zheng Yi, the others, although confused, didn’t dare act out.

"Chen Mu, give them the tools." Zheng Yi said in a deep voice to Mr. Chen.

Mr. Chen handed over the two mining pickaxes Zheng Yi had prepared yesterday, along with his own and Zhou Shitou’s, totaling four, to the young men.

"I have a task for you: use these pickaxes imbued with Immortal Technique to mine."

"But be careful not to mine too much. Just meet today’s assigned task."

"Once you’ve completed the assigned amount, bring the pickaxes back and use ordinary pickaxes to help the other villagers with their mining."

"Work hard. If you satisfy this Immortal, you can eat meat tonight, and not just tonight, you’ll have it in the future too."

At the mention of meat, the group couldn’t help but start swallowing.

Zhou Shitou, having tasted meat in better days, was older and had lived through times when life was bearable.

But the younger generation, under the worsening oppression of the Zhao Family, many had never tasted meat.

The group looked collectively at Zhou Shitou, clearly waiting for his response.

That’s the role of Zhou Shitou.

After all, Zheng Yi was an outsider, and no matter what benefits he promised, if not immediately delivered, no one would believe him.

However, they trusted Zhou Shitou unconditionally.

Zhou Shitou nodded, "What the lord says is true. As long as you work hard, you will not be short of benefits. But remember clearly, this is Riverbend Village’s top secret and should not be easily disclosed to anyone."

Although they still felt a bit strange, with Zhou Shitou present, they agreed obediently.

"Don’t worry, Brother Zhou, I’ll keep an eye on these young ones."

It was Zhou Yang who spoke, Zhou Shitou’s cousin and the most reliable ally.

After they left with the pickaxes, Zheng Yi called Zhou Shitou to bring over Feng Haitao.

"Village chief, you called for me?" Feng Haitao responded in a timid manner.

He was the incredibly frail young man, who could barely lift a pickaxe.

Zhou Shitou didn’t answer him but looked at Zheng Yi.

Zhou Shitou also found it puzzling that Zheng Yi had called for Feng Haitao.

In Riverbend Village, the youngster was practically a wreck. A normal young man, while mining three pieces of Fire Rock Ore in one day wasn’t easy, most could manage it.

If lucky, they could even mine a few more.

But Feng Haitao considered himself lucky if he mined one piece of Fire Rock Ore in three days.

If it weren’t for help from fellow villagers, he might have died long ago.

The reason people in Riverbend Village helped him was largely due to his father’s previous aid to the village when working for the Zhao Family.

At least seven or eight families in the village, if not for Feng Haitao’s father pleading and negotiating, might have all been linked and punished to death.

To most, Feng Haitao seemed a useless wreck, but Zheng Yi knew this guy was a misplaced genius.

Nine Yin Spirit Vein!

A genius for cultivating Water and Ice Element Cultivation Technique.

His frailty was due to his constitution, which was suited for Water and Ice Element Cultivation Technique, being forced into Fire Cultivation Technique.

After so many years of training, though weak, he hadn’t died from the Fire and Demonic state yet, which spoke volumes about his talent.

"Shitou, for us to live good lives, we can’t rely on favors, we must earn it with our own hands."

"So, lacking strength is absolutely not an option."

"Today, I’ll teach you cultivation techniques, work hard and strengthen yourselves quickly."

Not long ago, Zheng Yi had browsed all the techniques in the Star Sea Scripture Pavilion.

Though numerous, Zheng Yi couldn’t remember most of them.

But Zheng Yi never simply memorized.

He had already grasped the essence of those techniques, creating suitable techniques based on individual situations.

Zhou Shitou’s strong constitution allowed him to train much harder than others.

Therefore, even while cultivating the most basic Fiery Scripture, Zhou Shitou progressed several times faster than a normal person.

Given his condition, Zheng Yi devised an integrated internal and external technique, Mountain Shaking Fist.

Though named a fist technique, it had no defined moves. Regardless, it enhanced both physical body and spiritual energy cultivation.

In battle, forget fancy moves and just fiercely punch the enemy in the face.

Feng Haitao was slightly more challenging, his constitution aligned with both ice and water elements.

Such a constitution suited training in cold regions. However, the mine was filled with Fire Spiritual Qi.

Zheng Yi estimated that the entire Cangyan Realm was dominated by Fire Spiritual Qi.

Finding a cold place to train might be close to impossible without the means to leave, even if they did exist.

After a whole afternoon of deliberation, Zheng Yi drew inspiration from the Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture.

Utilizing the principles of Fire nurturing Earth, Earth nurturing Metal, and Metal nurturing Water, he intricately crafted a technique suitable for Feng Haitao.

Immensely talented, Feng Haitao memorized it after a single recitation.

Following Zheng Yi’s clarification on unclear parts, Feng Haitao successfully completed the technique’s Circulation on his first attempt.

Feeling the gentle and ample Spiritual Qi flowing through his meridians, Feng Haitao was overwhelmed and burst into tears.

From the beginning of his cultivation journey, Feng Haitao had never been lazy.

But no matter how he trained, his cultivation showed barely any progress.

During each session, the fierce Fire Spiritual Qi made him feel as if in a furnace.

Without understanding the root cause, he had no choice but to continue diligently.

But his diligence yielded no benefits, and his body gradually deteriorated during cultivation.

Only today he understood; his efforts were misdirected.

Fire Rock Ore was a natural cultivation resource.

In this place, seemingly infinite Fire Rock Ore allowed Zhou Shitou and Feng Haitao to devour its Spiritual Qi eagerly throughout the day.

By evening, Zhou Shitou was nearly at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Zheng Yi had stopped him; although the deeper parts of the mine were relatively deserted, breaking through there was too risky, drawing attention would be detrimental.

Feng Haitao was similar, reaching the Middle-stage Qi Cultivation directly.

The rapid progress made Zheng Yi a bit envious; during his formative years, such opportunities eluded him!

As for now...

His cultivation had essentially reached Mid-stage Golden Core.

Despite the benefits, the Fire Rock Ore wouldn’t further his cultivation alone.

It would take the absorption of the entire mine’s Fire Rock Ore solely for that.

Currently, his focus was breaking the Heavenly Dao’s suppression.

That evening, Zheng Yi led Zhou Shitou to capture a wild boar, offering meat to Zhou Ming and others.

"This is meat? It’s so delicious."

"Lord Immortal, please assign me any tasks in the future, anything for meat."

"Oh, I can’t believe I’ve come to eat meat!"

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