Endless Clone Emperor

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Su Zhan once calculated the huge profit of the entire mine while chatting with people in his spare time.

There are thousands of people in one mining area alone, and there must be at least 50,000 people in nearly ten mining areas.

On average, each person hands in 100 mixed spirit stones every day, and with 50,000 people, that means at least 5 million mixed spirit stones daily. According to the exchange rate of the outside world, that amounts to 500,000 low-grade spirit stones every day!

Remember, this is every day.

In a month, that's 15 million low-grade spirit stones.

This doesn't include the extremely expensive food, clothes, enjoyment, and other benefits in the mine. Adding it all up, it's an astronomical figure!

The key mine costs are almost zero. The only expense is hiring cultivators above the fourth level of the mortal realm for the punishment team.

But even for those in the punishment team, they can squeeze enough wealth from others without receiving a penny of salary!

Spirit stones are a necessity for Su Zhan now.

The further he goes, the more spirit stones the black mark consumes. Even if he leaves here, he would have to kill, rob, intercept, and plunder. But even so, the efficiency is far less than the profit from staying in the mine!

Not only that, the mine can also hide the existence of these black shadow clones.

Killing and robbing is risky; there's a chance of being discovered, retaliated against, and hunted down. In comparison, having the black shadow clones mine every day is much less risky.

Imagine, once Su Zhan takes over this place, he will earn 500,000 spirit stones every day, and his black mark stage will improve rapidly, reaching the tenth or twentieth level in no time!

Originally, Su Zhan wouldn't dare to think this way.

He just wanted to get stronger quickly, find an opportunity to leave this hellhole, and live a stable life.

But the functions unlocked by the black mark are more powerful each time, and with the right timing and circumstances, what reason does he have to refuse?

"We have a goal, but we can't take too big a step. We have to take it slow… With my current strength of the first level of the mortal realm, let alone the punishment team, any ordinary second-level mortal realm can kill me in seconds."

"Not to mention that the mine is backed by the Chunyang Sect."

After nearly a month of inquiries, Su Zhan confirmed that the mastermind behind the mine is the Chunyang Sect, admired and worshipped by countless people within a thousand miles!

This explains why Su Zhan and others were targeted shortly after leaving the Chunyang Sect.

It also explains why there are tens of thousands of first-level mortal realm people here, but they are still being exploited.

There are several similar mines!

Only a behemoth like the Chunyang Sect can manage such a scene.

"I need more spirit stones for cultivation, elixirs, skills, weapons, treasures, etc.… With so many Xiao Hei helping me, my speed of becoming stronger is faster than others!"

Su Zhan's eyes flashed.

The mines, which were once suffering and hell for him, have now become heaven!

There are spirit stones everywhere, no one cares, you can dig them at will, and you can get ten times the exchange income from the outside world through Xiao Hei… If this isn't heaven, then what is?

As long as he is cautious, doesn't show off, and avoids drawing attention, there is basically no problem!

"Four good brothers, work hard, and I will marry you a beautiful female disciple of the sect next year!"

Su Zhan, who was both a social animal and a single dog in his previous life, laughed, lay down on the ground, and began to imagine the future.

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In the evening, the sun set in the west.

The loud bell rang, and many people packed up their hoes, dragged their tired bodies, and went to the exchange office to hand in the spirit stones in exchange for today's income.

In the crowd, Su Zhan seemed relaxed and happy, and even his steps were lighter than those of others.

"Burp."

He even burped from time to time.

Since he could go out to exchange spirit stones, how could he not bring back some delicious food to reward himself?

If he brought wine and food from the outside, the smell would be too strong and easy to notice. In the mine, no one would notice whatever he ate.

"Su Zhan, the quality today is still acceptable. Here's your spirit stone."

The bald man casually threw a low-grade spirit stone to Su Zhan.

Mr. Zhou, who was behind him, opened his eyes and glanced at Su Zhan.

"Mr. Zhou."

Su Zhan nodded slightly. If it weren't for his help yesterday, Su Zhan wouldn't even have a little black clone now.

Mr. Zhou didn't say anything, turned his head, and closed his eyes.

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The next day.

Su Zhan went to work as usual.

When he came to the mine again, he saw that the number of mixed spirit stones behind the four Xiao Hei clones had piled up into a small mountain!

"It feels so good to wake up and find a huge harvest!"

Su Zhan happily stepped forward and began to count.

After a while, the number came out. The total result of the four Xiao Hei clones' hard work all night was 417 mixed spirit stones!

"If the four Xiao Hei clones work all day, they can get about 800 mixed spirit stones daily… Before I finish work today, I will have the opportunity to enter the fourth stage!"

"In that case, I can boldly absorb spirit stones to become stronger."

Immediately, Su Zhan sat down, "Xiao Hei, go get my spirit stone."

Xiao Hei obeyed and quickly entered deeper into the mine, dug out a small bag from an inconspicuous corner of the mine wall, grabbed it, and brought it to Su Zhan.

Once opened, the bag emitted fluorescence.

There were fifteen low-grade spirit stones inside.

Twelve were leftover from feeding the black mark to the third stage yesterday, and the other three were exchanged by Xiao Hei before work ended.

Now the absorption rules of the black mark have been mastered.

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