The spiritual light on the body flashed, and a series of magic spells were produced.
The gray orb in front of him was spinning, constantly drawing out traces of pure soul power from the several light balls orbiting the planet. After the purification and aggregation steps of the sacrificial vessel, it finally ignited into a pale flower flame.
The Wutu Ruimu Spirit Ring is suspended above the flower flames, emitting translucent ripples, giving people a faint feeling of cheering.
"It seems that I am on the right track. The spirit sacrifice method can indeed enhance the spirituality of the spirit ring." Lu Zhong looked at this scene and thought silently.
It's just that the spiritual growth rate of this method is really as slow as a turtle crawling.
Since he started offering sacrifices to the spirits, it took at least more than two years to work on it. During the time he was stationed at the Xiaoyuan Valley Mine, it took a full year. It was only today that the spirituality of the spirit ring began to show.
"I don't know how long it will take to complete its transformation..."
After Lu Zhong murmured, he stopped what he was doing, put the things into his storage bag, and turned around to go out.
Today it's his turn to patrol again.
After being stationed here for a year, the mine has not encountered many attacks, on average, once a month. It seems that the other side also has the idea of routine, so that a whole year has passed, and not a single high-level disciple on either side has died.
Those who died were all low-level disciples and low-level casual cultivators recruited.
Recently, those casual cultivators are obviously not as peaceful as before.
However, there is no need to worry about the rebellion of this group of hired monks. After all, they have all sworn poison and signed contracts. Although there are ways to avoid both, the price is not as high as usual. It is impossible to use the two methods on small characters.
Coming out of the secret stone room he built, Lu Zhong walked through the mine tunnels intertwined with spider webs before arriving at the central square of the mine, where the two main roads of the mine cross.
As usual, patrols gather here and then set off to perform tasks.
There were people waiting in the square for a long time, and when they saw him appearing, they immediately came over.
"Senior Brother Lu, thank you for saving me last time!" A young man wearing a jade crown said with gratitude on his face.
Lu Zhong thought for a while and then remembered that this happened half a month ago.
The young man's name is Xiao Changyuan. He comes from a family of cultivators and is currently at the seventh level of Qi refining.
That day, the mine was attacked. While repelling the invading monks, he happened to rescue Xiao Changyuan from the siege, saving this junior fellow apprentice from the fate of becoming the first disciple to die in battle.
"It's just a little effort..." Lu Zhong said calmly.
"To senior brother, it may be a trivial matter, but to me, this is a life-saving grace. If senior brother doesn't mind it, after today's patrol is over, I would like to entertain senior brother at my residence!"
After thinking for a while, Lu Zhong agreed.
Being alone all the time seems too isolated, and you need to socialize and socialize occasionally.
"By the way, does senior brother still have a golden talisman on his body?" Xiao Changyuan asked with hope.
I don't realize it at ordinary times, but only when the war begins do I realize how lucky I am to have a talisman maker who knows how to make golden talismans by my side.
The golden light talisman issued by the sect had been exhausted several months ago.
If it weren't for Lu Zhong's golden light talisman last time, Xiao Changyuan felt that he would have died in the siege long ago, and there was no way he could wait for rescue to arrive. So when he met Lu Zhong this time, he wanted to prepare more golden light talismans.
According to the current trend, God knows how long it will take for the war to end?
"How many do you want?" Lu Zhong suddenly had a smile on his face when he heard the business came to his door.
Whenever a war starts, it is a good opportunity for charm makers to make a fortune.
As now, everyone is in the Xiaoyuan Valley Mine, and communication with the outside world is almost completely cut off. Since he is the only one who can provide the golden light talisman, the price of the talisman has already been pushed up to fifteen spiritual stones per piece.
"Senior brother, can you give me ten pieces?" Xiao Changyuan said nervously.
Recently, more and more people are buying talismans from Lu Zhong, so he is worried that Lu Zhong will be reluctant to sell them.
"...Okay." Lu Zhong pretended to be thoughtful and agreed.
The reason why I didn't agree readily was because I was careful, lest people think that the Golden Light Talisman can be purchased at any time.
"Senior Brother Lu, give me five cards too."
At this time, a charming female cultivator came over, her eyes lit up when she saw Lu Zhong, and she quickly shouted.
"It's Junior Sister Bao, okay."
Lu Zhong accepted the spiritual stones from the two of them and handed over the golden light talismans respectively.
When the hired monks on the edge of the square saw the golden talismans, their faces were full of emotion. Some of them had rich spiritual stones, so they gritted their teeth and came forward to buy one or two to add to their own safety.
Assure.
As for those hired monks who couldn't afford it, they had no choice but to touch the arrow-avoiding charms in their arms and constantly warn themselves to be careful.
Soon, the team was assembled and set off.
Those in charge of patrol today are Lu Zhong, Xiao Changyuan, and Bao Danhong.
According to the plan, they need to lead their respective teams and patrol the periphery of the mine according to the patrol route to prevent hostile monks from sneaking in without knowing it.
Once the enemy is discovered, it is also the responsibility to attack and expel it.
Fortunately, it was another uneventful day.
Lu Zhong led the team back to the mine and found that everyone on Xiao Changyuan's side was injured. The originally full team was missing three people. Apparently, they encountered a monk from the Jinhong Sect or the Luoyun Sect.
Xiao Changyuan looked frightened at this time. When he saw Lu Zhong coming over, he said thankfully: "Fortunately, I bought ten golden light talismans from my senior brother when we set out, otherwise I might never be able to come back from this trip!"
The sound of footsteps came, and Bao Danhong's team also came back, and they were also in bad shape.
Seeing this, Lu Zhong realized that he was lucky enough not to run into trouble.
Of course, it is also possible that the eighth level of Qi Refining has played a role in preventing the opponent from targeting him.
After all, you still have to pick the persimmons that are soft when pinched.
"Senior brother, see you tonight!"
"I will go to the appointment on time." Lu Zhong nodded.
Dismissing all the team members, he walked towards the west area of the mine.
The huge Xiaoyuangu Mine can actually be divided into four areas.
The north and south areas are where mines are located, the eastern area is where minerals are initially processed, or the ore is screened out, or the ore is directly smelted into ore ingots, and only the western area is the residential area.
Lu Zhong's secret residence is in the South District, and the purpose of going to the West District is to buy ingredients.
He has experienced mental problems before, and now he pays more attention to his mental changes. He feels depressed after living in the mine for a long time, so he wants to buy the ingredients here to satisfy his craving. I heard that the food here is quite unique.
He gathered his breath and soon arrived at the West Market.
Before you even walked inside, a strong breath of life hit your face.
The sound of bargaining and shouting for customers was very lively.
His eyes passed over various ingredients, all of which Lu Zhong had never seen before.
There are unknown blind fish caught from underground rivers, fresh mushrooms cultivated in mines, and fresh vegetables grown by mortals themselves. There are quite a lot of varieties.
But what Lu Zhong wanted was not these ingredients.
As a monk, if you eat such food that does not contain spiritual energy, you will only find it unpalatable.
Walking to a towering pavilion in the West City, there are not many goods on the shelves here, but without exception, they are all ingredients containing spiritual energy, including the digging monsters that broke into the mine tunnels, and those that were nourished by the spiritual energy.
Mushroom.
The price of the things is not high. After all, there are not many monks in the mine, so it is difficult to digest all the goods, and the spiritual energy content of these ingredients is only about that, so Lu Zhong spent more than a dozen spirit stones to buy enough for a year.
Ingredients and received in storage bags.
"boom!"
Suddenly, a loud bang came from the side.
But in the direction Lu Zhong had just walked, an explosion suddenly occurred in a store.
"Crash!"
The blood rained down, mixed with many broken limbs and flesh.
It's conceivable how many mortals have just lost their lives!
Wails, screams...
In an instant, West City fell into complete panic, and all mortals fled in all directions, trying to leave this place of death.
In the distance, on the sentry tower in the West District, a spiritual flame shot into the sky, and the warning bell rang loudly!
Lu Zhong blocked the blood rain with a water-patterned mask, looking at the direction of the black smoke billowing from the explosion, he couldn't help but frown.
In the vision of the Qi Watching Technique, the West Market, which was peaceful just now, is now covered with black corpse aura, and it is like a fountain, gushing out from the store that just exploded.
Any mortal covered by this corpse energy would fall to the ground before taking three or five steps, and when he got up again he would be a living corpse.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of living corpses appeared.
"Are you planning to paralyze the operation of the mine? After all, the operation of the mine cannot be separated from mortals..."
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong took out dozens of exorcism talismans and activated them to form a dazzling golden light, purifying the living corpses that rushed past with their teeth and claws.
Wherever he passed, the corpse inside the living corpse was set on fire, and golden flames spewed out from all the orifices.
After a period of wailing, he fell to the ground and did not move again.
After consuming most of the power of the exorcism talisman, Lu Zhong approached the explosion site.
At this moment, a shadow of blood suddenly appeared from the ground nearby.
It slapped a claw on the water-patterned shield, and it actually scratched out three eye-catching scarlet claw marks, and it continued to sizzle, frantically consuming the power of the shield.
A group of monks who came after hearing the news arrived just in time. The leader was a middle-aged man with a bookish temperament. When he saw the blood shadow, his expression changed with horror, and he hurriedly reminded: "Senior brother, be careful, this is the evil spirit blood shadow of the devil bastard."
, a vicious monster that specializes in breaking through our spiritual shield!"
Lu Zhong was also secretly frightened when he heard the other party's reminder.
No wonder one claw consumed half of his spiritual power. It turned out to be a monster that specializes in breaking spiritual shields!
With a cold snort, Lu Zhong popped out the exorcism talisman in his hand that had not yet exhausted its power.
In an instant, a ball of golden flame formed.
The light flame composed of Yang Qi was fatal to the blood shadow, turning it directly into a torch.
After a while, only a pile of ashes was left on the ground.
After dealing with the evil spirit blood shadow, Lu Zhong ignored the middle-aged man walking towards him. Instead, he moved his gaze to the center of the explosion. After thinking about it, he took out a handful of Sunstone powder and chanted:
The curse quickly condensed an entropic light gun.
Throw it forward, and golden flames suddenly rise into the sky.
It was a bead that emitted corpse energy and was directly ignited by the Yang energy in the gun.
"Thank you, senior brother, for taking the initiative!" Zhang Yuan said with a sincere tone, cupping his hands.
He is the guard captain of the Western District and is responsible for maintaining order in the entire area. If such a big thing happened in the area, he would have been severely punished. Fortunately, this senior brother took action and resolved the danger in time.
"It's just on my way." Lu Zhong told the truth.
Who would have thought that just going here to buy groceries would happen to happen to something like this.
He couldn't help but wonder if this incident could have been avoided if he had not hidden his cultivation when he came to the West City this time. After all, a dignified late-stage Qi Refining monk could still have a lot of deterrent effects.
As he spoke, the bead that caused the commotion here, which spewed corpse energy, was finally burned out of all the corpse energy.
"It's the Qi Bead!" Zhang Yuan said in surprise.
The reason for this expression is because this kind of thing should not appear in the mine.
The entire Xiaoyuan Valley Mine is actually surrounded by the "Wutu Bafang Array". All monks entering and exiting, as well as miners entering and exiting the mine, must be inspected. Logically speaking, it is impossible for such things to flow into it.
After all, Naqi beads are a kind of storage instrument. They function like a storage bag and cannot be stored in a storage bag.
"It's a spy." Lu Zhongmo thought.
Moreover, spies can only appear among the disciples in the late stages of Qi refining.
The inspection of entering and exiting the formation was not without loopholes. Except for the two foundation-building cultivators who were on guard, high-level disciples like Lu Zhong who were in the late stage of Qi Refining, the inspection they received was actually just a formality.
While Lu Zhong was thinking, the sound of hurried footsteps came.
A low-level Heling Sect disciple on the third level of Qi Refining ran quickly with a light body talisman. When he saw Lu Zhong, he saluted respectfully and then said: "Senior Brother Lu, Uncle Yu is summoning everyone in the central room.
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"I know, I'll go over now." Lu Zhong nodded.
Suddenly he stopped, looked at the Qi-Nabbing Bead on the ground, and said to Zhang Yuan: "Is it okay if I take this Qi-Nabbing Bead away?"
The value of the Qi Nai Bead is not low, at least it starts with nearly a thousand spiritual stones, and can store up to a hundred units of spiritual energy, which can be used to drive the Black Orb once.
With it, Lu Zhong no longer has to worry about charging the black bead.
"Of course...of course!" Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then quickly replied firmly.
Logically speaking, the Na Qi Pearl should have been the trophy of Senior Brother Lu.
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Underground in the central square, the central room of the formation.
When Lu Zhong arrived here, he found that Yu Qing had already arrived, and Xiao Changyuan and others were also sitting inside. Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere in the central room was extremely solemn.
After handing over to Yu Qing, he walked to an empty seat and sat down.
"I just received a report that an attack occurred in the west area of the mine. Master Lu, you happened to be present. Please tell me the specific situation." Yu Qing coughed and said, his face much paler than before.
Lu Zhong stood up and elaborated truthfully.
He also showed the Qi-napping bead to make sure that what he said was true.
"In this case, there is a spy in the mine. And the only people who have the ability to accomplish this are me, Junior Brother Lin, and... all the Junior Nephews present!" Yu Qing quickly came to the conclusion,
He said in a solemn tone.
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but change their expressions.
"I also have something to ask." Yu Qing glanced at everyone present, and finally settled on the empty chair beside him, "Has any of you seen Lin Nan recently?"
"Uncle Lin?"
Xiao Changyuan and others all shook their heads.
The same goes for Lu Zhong. He hasn't seen this Uncle Lin for a long time.
An idea suddenly emerged in my mind.
Could it be?
Across the long table, someone stood up, it was Ma Heng.
He is the person with the highest cultivation level among the high-level disciples. He is already at the ninth level of Qi Refining. He hesitated for a while and said: "Disciple was in the West City and met... I met Master Uncle Lin in the early morning of this morning."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.
There were expressions of shock, disbelief, and more of a thoughtful expression.
"Do you dare to swear this promise?" Yu Qing said with burning eyes.
"I swear..." Ma Heng swore.
"Very good, I also have some news to tell you." Yu Qing glanced at everyone present, and suddenly sighed: "Just now, I saw Junior Brother Lin leaving the formation in a hurry. It seems..."
She didn't finish what she said, but everyone knew what happened next.
