In the vast sea of sand, two Shatuo beasts were running hard under the urging of the knights on their backs.
In the desert more than ten miles in front of Shatuo Beast, a bulging thin line was spreading towards the depths of the desert at a speed faster than a galloping horse.
The thin line rises and falls, tilts east and west, and is not completely straight. However, no matter how it turns, the two Shatuo beasts chasing behind it can always change direction in time to catch up with it.
Even when the thin line stops extending, the knights on the backs of the two Shatu beasts will rein in their mounts in time to stop and wait until the thin line appears and spreads forward again, then they will start to follow again.
The sun was shining brightly, and the Shatuo beast's back was bumpy. For Zhou Yang, who was riding a camel beast for the first time in the desert, this feeling was really uncomfortable.
Thanks to the immortal cultivator's strong physique and the fact that he had not eaten a grain of rice in the past ten days, he was not jolted to the point of vomiting on the spot. However, the jolting sensation, as if his internal organs were about to be displaced, almost made him suffer a few times.
I couldn't help but shout out.
Looking ahead, he was also riding a camel beast all the way, but old man Zhou Quan stood firmly on the camel's back as if nothing happened, as if he couldn't feel any bumps at all.
If a hundred-year-old man can be so calm and composed, how can Zhou Yang, a twenty-year-old junior, have the nerve to shout?
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and endure the whole journey, already hating the escaped [gold-eating rat] in his heart.
If it wasn't for the successful completion of the "rat returning home" plan, why would he have to suffer like this? He would have killed the seriously injured [Gold-eating Rat] at the iron ore vein.
After chasing for a long time and hundreds of miles, Zhou Yang, who was already turning pale from the bumps on his hunchback, finally saw the old man Zhou Quan who was leading the way, restraining the Shatuo beast and stopping.
"Phew! Is it finally here?"
He tightened the reins of his mount with both hands, and jumped off the camel's back in a state of exhaustion. He sat down on the sand with a sweaty brow and gasped for air. He was out of breath.
Not to mention how embarrassing it was.
"Hehehe, Xiaojiu, there are times when you are not good at it. I thought you were good at everything!"
Old man Zhou Quan walked up to him with ease, looked at his embarrassed appearance, and couldn't help but laugh, his face full of teasing.
"Huh! I'm already like this. Grandpa Third, please stop teasing me and let me take a good rest first!"
Zhou Yang rolled his eyes, facing the old man's joke, he just smiled wryly and waved his hands, not wanting to move again.
When the old man saw this, the smile on his face faded and he said seriously: "Okay, I won't tease you kid anymore. That beast has probably arrived. I'll go over and check the situation first. You can rest here and wait for me."
"Then Third Grandpa, please be more careful."
Zhou Yang nodded and had no objection to the old man acting alone.
The [Gold-eating Rat] had been severely injured by them and had traveled hundreds of miles. Now it was impossible to pose a threat to the intact old man Zhou Quan. He really didn't have to worry about the safety of old man Zhou Quan.
He was now afraid that his and old man Zhou Quan's guesses were wrong, or that the veins discovered had little mining value, which would be too shocking.
In the following time, Zhou Yang was worried about gains and losses.
I hope for a while that I can discover a mine of huge value this time and make a fortune for my family and myself.
After a while, he was afraid that this trip would be in vain, a waste of energy, and the death of dozens of mortal miners.
In such a worried mood, he almost counted the seconds passing by, and several times he almost couldn't help but follow him to find old man Zhou Quan who had taken the first step.
After waiting in agony for nearly half an hour, old man Zhou Quan finally came back with eager anticipation.
"How's it going? Third Grandpa, how's your investigation going? Have you found any traces of mineral veins?"
He couldn't wait to greet the old man, looked at the old man expectantly, and kept asking about the situation.
"We discovered it. We are quite lucky. There is a red flame iron ore vein in front of us!"
Old man Zhou Quan didn't show off, and directly told what he found.
"Very good!"
Zhou Yang clapped his hands excitedly and almost jumped up with excitement.
Red flame iron, like fine iron, is also a first-level spiritual gold. However, red flame iron is suitable for refining fire-attribute magic weapons. Many second-level fire-attribute magic weapons will add red flame iron as an auxiliary material, so in terms of value
, red flame iron is one or two points higher than fine iron.
The refined iron ore in Zhoujia Qingping Mountain can bring a net profit of 500 low-grade spiritual stones every year. As long as the red flame iron ore vein is mined normally, the profit will definitely not be less than this amount. When the time comes, Zhou Yang and Zhou Quan, as the discoverers,
Just by getting dividends every year, each person can get dozens more low-grade spiritual stones.
Dozens of dollars a year, hundreds of dollars a decade, year after year, it’s still a huge amount.
Now that he was about to get such a large amount of spiritual stones for free, how could Zhou Yang not be excited?
"Xiaojiu, don't be too eager to be happy, I haven't finished speaking yet!"
Old man Zhou Quan looked at Zhou Yang who was about to jump with joy, opened his mouth, and whispered: "It is true that the red flame iron ore vein was discovered, but in this vein, besides the [gold-eating rat], there are also
There are a large number of poisonous fire scorpion beasts living there, at least hundreds in number, and there are dozens of second-level poisonous fire scorpions, and we are not sure if there is a more powerful [Poison Fire Scorpion King]!"
What?
Zhou Yang's expression changed, and he was shocked by the news the old man said.
The poisonous fire scorpion is also a common desert monster in the boundless sea of sand. This kind of monster is available in both the first and second levels. The first-order poisonous fire scorpion only contains fire poison in its scorpion needles. As long as you are careful not to be stabbed, the innate monks can also
Can kill it easily.
However, as long as the poisonous fire scorpion is promoted to the second level, it will immediately acquire the "poisonous fire bullet" spell, which can spit fire bullets from its mouth to attack the enemy from a distance. If it is desperate, it can also shoot the scorpion needle on its tail at the enemy, which is as powerful as the second level flying scorpion.
Acupuncture tool, and contains powerful fire poison.
If a monk below the stage of Qi training is shot by this kind of scorpion needle, unless he takes a special second-level antidote elixir immediately, his body will be burned by the poisonous fire within a quarter of an hour, leaving his body intact.
This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that once the population of poisonous fire scorpions reaches hundreds or thousands, there will be a certain chance of evolving into a third-level [poisonous fire scorpion] equivalent to a monk in the foundation building period.
king】.
[Poison Fire Scorpion King] is a third-level low-grade monster, but with the help of a group of scorpions, it is much more difficult to deal with than many third-order mid-grade monsters. Even if it is faced by a monk in the late stage of foundation building, he would not dare to say anything.
Able to win steadily.
"Yes, poisonous fire scorpions like heat, and they also have the habit of swallowing fire-attributed spiritual minerals to strengthen themselves. As red flame iron is fire-attributed spiritual gold, it is not strange to attract them to breed and settle here."
Zhou Yang recalled the records of monsters like the Poisonous Fire Scorpion that he had read in the book "Desert Monsters Illustrated" and immediately believed what Zhou Quan said.
But as soon as he thought of these, an idea flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of something more important. He couldn't help but look at old man Zhou Quan with wide eyes and exclaimed:
"Third Grandpa, the [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King] is a third-order monster. The third-order monster is not comparable to the first- and second-order monsters. When a monster reaches the third level, it must occupy the same spiritual veins as us immortal cultivators before it can continue.
Progress, if there really is a [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King] here, doesn’t it mean that in addition to the red flame iron ore veins, there is also a natural third-level spiritual vein underground?”
"Yes, you are quite perceptive. It took me a long time to think of this after I discovered the poisonous fire scorpions."
The old man nodded with admiration, admiring Zhou Yang's keenness.
Generally, monks in the Qi training stage are intimidated when they hear the name [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King], and they don't have the time to think about it.
Even he, a ninth-level qi-training monk who had lived for hundreds of years, was frightened when he first saw the black swarm of poisonous fire scorpions. He did not expect this at all.
It was only after I retreated to a safe area to calm down that I thought of this because of my profession as an animal trainer.
Zhou Yang didn't care at all about the old man's praise. He had heard similar praise many times over the years and had already become immune to it.
What he was more concerned about was where the two of them would go next, so he couldn't help but look at the old man and asked: "What is the third grandfather's next plan? Is to go back directly and ask the old patriarch to come over and find out the situation in person.
Or should we take the risk to find out the situation and then return to the family to report the situation to the old patriarch?"
"What do you think? I want to hear what you think." Old man Zhou Quan did not answer the question, but he used this to test Zhou Yang.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang frowned and couldn't help but lower his head and start thinking.
After thinking quietly like this for about half a quarter of an hour, he suddenly raised his head, looked at the old man with piercing eyes and said: "If the third grandpa asks my great-nephew what I think, then he will not care whether there is [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King]
], let’s kill that big rat first, we can’t let the miners of my Zhou family die in vain, and we can’t let our half-month wait result in no real harvest at all.”
After all, he still felt ashamed of those miners who died in vain, and wanted to do something for those people. Even if he couldn't save them, he would at least avenge them.
Fortunately, this time, old man Zhou Quan did not object to his proposal.
"Okay, then I'll listen to you. Let's go to the beast's lair and skin and bones it to comfort the souls of the dead miners!" The old man nodded lightly and approved Zhou Yang's suggestion.
Therefore, the two immediately found a safe place to shelter from the wind and settled the two Shatuo beasts. Then, Old Man Zhou Quan sensed the specific location of the "Blood Spirit Mark" and went straight towards the escaped [Gold-Eating Rat]'s lair to kill it.