Chapter 80 Wasteland Spirit Mine and Underground Cave
Among the thirteen states of the Yue Kingdom, Linzhou can only be considered a medium-sized state, with a small area and a small population. Except for the Yanliang Mountains, which have pretty good scenery, there are no special products or features that can be described. The edge of Linzhou is close to a vast wasteland, which is full of barren mountains and gravel, with almost no grass growing.
However, deep in this seemingly barren wasteland, in a huge barren mountain canyon, there is actually a large spirit stone vein. Even in the entire Yue Kingdom, there are only more than a dozen spirit stone mines of this size. p>
However, what is unimaginable is that there are less than ten monks stationed in such a large mine that is ranked among the top ten in the Yue Kingdom. The ones with the highest cultivation level are only in the early stage of foundation building, and the rest are just practicing Qi. p>
Mo Juren rushed to the Lingshi vein and was a little stunned when he learned about the situation.
Only such a weak guard force has been deployed in such a large mine. How comfortable have the seven sects been these years? In other words, the seven sects of the Yue Kingdom are the dominant ones. If it were to be in a situation like the Yuanwu Kingdom where good and evil were evenly matched, I'm afraid
Even the slightest negligence may cause problems.
In the early stage of foundation building, the monk's name was Yu Xing. He was from Tianque Castle among the seven sects. He looked a little old and looked like he was already quite old.
According to his own introduction, because his qualifications are not high and there is no hope of breakthrough, he chose to garrison in this spiritual mine. Although the reward is not as good as other tasks, it is more stable and safe enough.
Therefore, after stationed here, he never left. It has been more than ten years now.
"This is a rest area. Only the resident monks can live there. The mortal miners responsible for mining live in another closed area." Walking to a cave dwelling, Yu Xing took the initiative to introduce.
"How many mortal miners are there?"
"No less than a few thousand." At this point, Yu Xing suddenly paused, glanced at Mo Juren, and then said,
"Standing at the Lingshi Mine is a relatively boring job. Although the pay is stable, it is not outstanding. Therefore, except for the chores that have to be done, few people will take the initiative to choose to come here. As for the foundation-building monks, unless they are sent by the sect, it is even more
Very few people take the initiative to receive it."
"What do you want to say?" After hearing what the other party said, Mo Juren suddenly narrowed his eyes, and his face showed a look that was half-smiling.
"Yu just said it casually, fellow Taoist, please don't think too much about it."
Somehow, being looked at by the other party's dark eyes, Yu Xing's heart involuntarily skipped a beat, as if he was being targeted by some kind of monster.
ddxs
Not daring to test any more, he quickly laughed and ignored the matter. After introducing the entire mining area, he stopped staying, said goodbye and left slowly.
Looking at the other party's retreating figure, Mo Juren's originally calm eyes suddenly revealed a hint of coldness, and passed away in a flash. Without saying anything, he walked towards the cave dwelling ahead.
Unknowingly, a month passed quietly.
During this period, Mo Juren did nothing except occasionally patrolling the various mines and briefly communicating with the hard-working mortal miners. Most of the rest of the time, he stayed in the room and did not go out.
, a style of seclusion and asceticism.
Seeing this, Yu Xing, who was originally doubtful about his arrival, gradually lost interest in exploring and stopped paying attention.
One day a month later, late at night.
A black shadow suddenly flashed across the quiet mining area, passed through the rest area, and rushed straight towards the depths of the mine. It was extremely fast and did not attract anyone's attention.
In the dark mine, Mo Juren held the moonstone in his hand and walked while exploring the surrounding situation.
It’s not that he really did nothing during this period, but he did a lot of research on almost all the mines in the mining area. Through the words of some mortals and his own analysis, he finally identified several targets. What we are walking through now is one of them, a tunnel that has been mined and abandoned. Looking at the pitted stone walls around it, it is hard to imagine that this place was completely dug by mortals.
The tunnel was very long, and he had walked for nearly half an hour but still had not reached the end. Just when he thought he had made a mistake, suddenly, a slight vibration came from the distance, waking him up instantly.
"Is it possible?"
Faintly thinking of something, Mo Juren's heart moved. He immediately put away the moonstone in his hand, released his consciousness and hurried forward.
After a while, I finally walked out of the long tunnel, and my eyes suddenly opened up. I saw a stalactite cave extending in all directions, with an area of unknown size but definitely not small.
Seeing this, Mo Juren's eyes showed joy, but at the same time he became more cautious, and he was always alert to the surrounding situation while walking.
The environment in the cave is extremely complex, with passages everywhere, and it is completely unclear where the correct direction is.
In this regard, he could only follow the possible targets and investigate them one by one. Fortunately, there was a vibration sound before, which gave him a vague direction.
"Check..."
But at this moment, a slight sound sounded again, as if something sharp was rubbing against the ground.
Mo Juren's spiritual sense was so sharp that he immediately turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from, his eyes flashed with joy, and he rushed forward.
After passing through dozens of caves of different sizes, the space of the stalactite cave became larger and larger, and finally, it suddenly stopped when entering a certain cave.
At this moment, he could clearly feel the aura of monsters surrounding him. If his guess was correct, the Blood Jade Spider must be hiding here.
Just as he was about to let go of his consciousness and search carefully, at this moment, a sudden change occurred. A strange white thing of unknown origin suddenly came from the darkness, and the target was exactly where he was.
Mo Juren changed his body shape and subconsciously avoided it, but suddenly found that the entrance of the cave behind him was directly sealed.
"Cobweb!"
At this moment, he didn't know what it was? He couldn't help but feel secretly in his heart. This beast had such a strong fighting instinct. As soon as Fang noticed the aura of a stranger, he immediately responded with an attack without hesitation.
Moreover, it does not rely on brute force to run rampant like ordinary monsters, but chooses to block the exit as soon as possible, as if it wants to trap the enemy first.
Obviously, this monster has extremely high intelligence, which is rare among spiritual insect monsters.
Mo Juren is not too worried about this. Unlike the golden-backed mantis, this monster is only at the beginning of the fourth level. Moreover, it does not have as strong combat power as the former, so it does not pose a threat to him at this moment. Not to mention anything else, just in terms of physical strength, he asked himself that although he was not as good as the opponent at this time, he was not far behind. Even if he did not use any magic weapon, he would not be inferior at all if he chose to fight in close combat.
The only thing you need to worry about is its ability to spit out spider silk. This thing is extremely sticky and will be extremely troublesome if it gets trapped.
As he was thinking, the blood jade spider had already moved closer, and the attack came fiercely.
Mo Juren's expression remained unchanged, but his body turned into an afterimage and disappeared instantly.
"Boom..."
The huge claws of the blood jade spider were like two giant blades slashing on the hard ground, causing gravel to fly in an instant.
But at this moment, Mo Juren suddenly flashed to the side like a ghost, and a golden arm was quickly raised, like a golden light blade, and struck hard at the joints of the opponent's chelicerae.