Chapter 34: Entering the Cave
The flying boat flew along the Wuxiang Mountain Ridge for more than half of the incense stick, and Duan Qing and his party finally arrived at the Ling Mine.
Different from Duan Qing's imagination, the place where everyone landed was a deep circular valley. The deep valley was lined with dozens of large and small buildings against the side of the mountain wall.
The most conspicuous among them is the simple hall built against the mountain wall, which looks a bit in disrepair. The other buildings are distributed in front of the hall like stars over the moon.
On the other side of the deep valley facing the ancient hall, there are three dark cave entrances about ten feet high, each of which is separated by about a hundred feet.
On both sides of the deep valley, there are dozens of arm-thick iron chains, hanging down from the valley wall and hanging along the valley wall. The excess parts are piled in a pile on the ground. The strangest thing is the part on the ground. There seems to be a lot more than just hanging parts.
After arriving at the deep valley, Elder Li put away the cloud boat, looked around the crowd, pointed at the three cave entrances and said.
"This is the important place of our sect, the spiritual mine, the foundation where our Jin Xuan Sect has stood in Xiaonanjie for hundreds of years without falling."
After speaking, Elder Li paused and continued.
"It's the first time for some of you to come to the Spirit Mine for rotation, so I'd like to tell you a few things."
When he said this, Duan Qing seemed to feel that Elder Li glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally.
"First, the terrain inside the spirit mine is complicated, so don't go too deep. Second, everyone's mining task must be completed. This year, it is 300 per person per month. Third, there are moonstones in these rooms, go mining You can take some with you when you arrive. Fourth, don’t try to take the rough stones away from this place privately. Finally, don’t cause trouble. If you are found by me to cause trouble, you will be severely punished according to the rules.”
When he said the last words, Elder Li suddenly released his momentum. Everyone suddenly felt as if a big mountain was about to fall above their heads, especially Duan Qing, who had the lowest cultivation level among everyone, and was almost overwhelmed by Elder Li's momentum. To suffocate.
Elder Li took the opportunity to observe everyone, and looked at Su Yutong and Xuan Jing, whose expressions remained unchanged, and nodded slightly.
Except for the two of them, Qian Datong was considered to be the better one. He gritted his teeth and persisted, sweating profusely. The others were even more unbearable and fell to the ground with their heads in their hands.
Among them, Duan Qing was probably the one who felt the deepest feeling. He had the lowest cultivation level among the people. As soon as Elder Li's momentum exerted pressure on everyone, he felt as if a thousand kilograms of weight had been hung all over his body. He was so pressed that he couldn't even breathe.
Fortunately, Elder Li's aura only lasted for a moment and then he withdrew, but Duan Qing was still a little frightened. It was really scary to ask the state of mind, and the aura alone could kill him.
After putting away his momentum, Elder Li explained to the embarrassed people. "Each of us find a room to live in. The rotation will officially start tomorrow."
Finally, he turned around and walked towards the main hall.
After everyone had left, Duan Qing also took steps to find a room to stay in. He chose an inconspicuous room in a corner and far away from the main hall.
The house was very simple, similar to his cabin in Yanfeng. It was covered with dust and looked like it hadn't been lived in for some years. However, Duan Qing didn't care much about it. He just cleaned it briefly and took out the house. One by one, the spiritual stones began to be cultivated.
With so many people nearby, he didn't dare to rashly take out the spiritual spring for practice.
The next day, just after dawn, Duan Qing couldn't help but prepare to go to the spirit mine. Several sky-blue stones on the table were emitting a faint light, illuminating the room. It was probably the moon that Elder Li mentioned. light stone.
Collecting several pieces of moonstone and putting them into the storage bag, Duan Qing walked out of the house, carefully closed the door, and walked slowly towards the mine.
There was some fog in the deep valley in the morning. When he came to the three mines, Duan Qing could only vaguely see the outlines of the three mines. At this time, he was a little confused and didn't know which one to go. However, since Elder Li did not explain in detail, it stands to reason that the three mines should be similar.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind him. Duan Qing looked back. At first, because it was not bright yet and there was fog, he couldn't see clearly. When he got closer, he realized that the person who came was actually Senior Sister Su!
Still wearing the same outfit as yesterday, Duan Qing and Senior Sister Su were in front of the mine. Before Duan Qing could think about whether to say hello, Senior Sister Su had no intention of staying and walked straight towards the mine.
Su Yutong walked past Duan Qing as if there was no one around, frowning slightly. She wanted to avoid everyone and enter the mine at this time, but she didn't expect someone to walk in front of her.
Ignoring Duan Qing, Su Yutong walked straight towards the middle mine, and his figure was slowly swallowed by the dark entrance.
Duan Qing saw Senior Sister Su's figure disappearing into the mine, and then slowly opened his eyes and sighed. He was not something he could think of as a proud woman like Senior Sister Su.
He took out a moonstone, held it in his hand, and walked towards the cave entrance on the left.
As soon as he walked inside, Duan Qing discovered that the mine was much larger than he had imagined. The moonstone in his hand could not even illuminate the top of the cave. The cave walls and the soles of his feet were covered with rocks. He tried to touch the cave walls. It's cold and feels very hard. .
Duan Qing walked straight inside. This spirit mine was an important place of the Jinxuan Sect, so there shouldn't be any danger. The top priority was to quickly find a secret place to verify whether the mysterious metal was effective on the original spirit stone.
After walking for less than a cup of tea, a fork appeared in front of him. He thought for a moment and walked towards the one on the left.
In the next half hour, he encountered more than ten forks, some of which even had three or four entrances. However, without exception, he chose the leftmost one in all of them. This was so that he would not get lost when he returned. Just look for the first one on your right.
Along the way, as we go deeper, the cave becomes smaller and smaller, and crystal clear stones like spiritual stones begin to appear on the wall. They should be the original spiritual stones, and the deeper they go, the more they are distributed.
That’s it! The place where he is now is a circular cave, only slightly higher than him. Behind him is the road he came from, and in front is a dead end. The raw spiritual stones inside are very densely distributed, and there are few that can be seen. There are hundreds of them.
Duan Qing nodded with satisfaction. No one should bother him when he gets here!
He casually placed the moonstone on the raised stone high up on the cave wall, intending to get a piece of rough stone down first.
He took out the flying sword given to him by his master, San Yan Zhenren, and swiped it on the wall, easily making a deep mark.
Is this a magic weapon? It is indeed unusual. This stone wall is an ax forged from fine steel. It may not leave any traces even if it is struck with all its strength!
Duan Qing used his flying sword to draw a circle around a piece of raw spiritual stone, and easily pulled off a piece of raw stone. He then carefully removed the stone shell attached to the raw ore, and a thumb-sized raw ore appeared in front of him. In your hand, if you feel it carefully, you can also detect the essence of spiritual energy contained in it.
Duan Qing was a little excited. He took out a spirit stone from his storage bag and compared it. Sure enough, except for the spirit binding pattern on the spirit stone, there was almost no difference between the two in his hand.
He put the spirit stone into the storage bag and looked around the cave. After confirming that he was alone again, he took out the mysterious metal from the storage bag and cautiously approached the original stone in his hand.
As the mysterious metal approached the original stone, the familiar situation happened again, and the spiritual energy in the original stone was sucked out in a moment.
He quickly took out the wooden gourd he had prepared earlier from his storage bag and put the mysterious metal inside.
He had prepared a lot of these gourds. They were all wild wooden gourds that grew on Yanfeng Peak. He had picked them, hollowed them out, and filled them with water to carry them with him.
Almost as soon as he put the mysterious metal in, he felt waves of spiritual energy coming from the gourd in his hand.
Done!
Duan Qing raised his hand and took out the mysterious metal from the gourd.
It turns out that he tied a hemp rope on it to make it easier to take out. Although it is not very particular, it is still better than letting the mysterious metal sink in the gourd and accidentally drink it in the stomach.
After putting the mysterious metal away first, Duan Qing tried to take a sip of water from the gourd.
Sure enough, it has been transformed into spiritual spring water, which has the same effect as using spiritual stones.
Duan Qing resisted the urge to laugh loudly, looking at the raw stones around him that looked like stars, his mouth almost watered down.
To him, these are all sparkling white spiritual stones, and now they are placed in front of him, allowing him to usurp them.
With so many "spiritual stones" and the blessing of mysterious metals, he couldn't help but look forward to where he could go in this path of cultivation.