After the negotiation, Tang Jie followed Naxi Remnant into the mine, but Qiu Shuyu and others did not follow the rules because of the rules.

In the mine, some miners were still walking around with their ore baskets on their backs, but the long and narrow mine tunnels led to the unpredictable depths of darkness.

It is said that for this vein of spirit stone, Shimen faction dug the mine tunnel to the depths of the mountain. Now the periphery of the mine has been hollowed out, and it looks like a large hall in a mountain. Miners often have to walk a long way along the mine tunnel if they want to dig enough spiritual stones.

The walls around the mine are all reinforced by the repairers with earth magic. After confirming that the mine in this area has been dug up, the repairer will seal it with earth magic to prevent it from collapsing. However, according to the rules, there will be a certain gap in each forbidden reinforcement point, which is convenient for the spiritual master to investigate. .

At this moment, as Xi Canhen walked a few steps in the hall, Tang Jie came to a rock wall, put his hand in the gap, and activated his aura. Sisi aura penetrates through the gap, and there can be energy fluctuations after feeling the barrier.

After investigating for a while, Tang Jie only felt a little bit of extremely faint energy fluctuations, knowing that it was just some residue that was not worth digging, and that this piece of rock wall had indeed been hollowed out.

This is not surprising. This is the entrance of the mine, and it is the place most unlikely to be missed. Tang Jie is investigating here, mainly to feel the soil quality and spiritual energy feedback here.

After trying, Tang Jie took out the mine pit map, wrote a few notes on it, and said to Xi Canhen: "Let's go."

The map of the mine was an early map. As the mine was dug in all directions, the map gradually couldn't keep up. Therefore, even if there was a map, Tang Jie still needed to find a guide to move forward accordingly.

He is not afraid of getting lost, but if he faints, he doesn’t even know where he’s been and where he’s never been. In case a certain point is missed, and there is a batch of ore after this point, that’s a good deal for the Moonwashing Sect. loss.

Tang Jie's instructions to Xi Canhen were: Use the shortest route to walk every mine tunnel.

At this moment, the two of them continued to move forward, and Tang Jie would stop and search every mine wall carefully every time they walked a section of the road, without missing any one.

Under the dim light, the two of them walked step by step.

The more you go in, the more rugged the road becomes, and as the number of forks increases, the number of people you encounter decreases. At first, some miners could still be seen squatting in front of the broken stones, searching for the rough stones. They watched carefully everyone approaching them. Gradually, there are fewer and fewer miners, but occasionally the sound of distant mining picks hitting rocks can be heard.

"Isn't that the more the mine goes deeper? Why are the miners concentrated in the middle and later stages, and no one goes deeper?" Tang Jie asked.

The boy answered without looking back, "Because there are monsters in the deepest place."

"Youkai?" Tang Jie was startled: "You said there are monsters in the mine? Then why don't you find a Shimen sect spiritual master to kill the monsters?"

"I've been here." Xi Canhen replied, "Unfortunately, it's useless. When they came, the monsters were gone, and they didn't appear at all, as if they could be found."

With Xi Canhen's account, Tang Jie only understood.

The mine was about two years ago.

That day, the miners were digging in various mine tunnels in the depths, and suddenly they heard a scream. When the miners followed the calls, they found only a pool of blood on the ground, but one miner completely disappeared.

Shortly after that, three more miners went missing in succession.

Shimen faction sent people to investigate at that time, and this was also their first visit.

However, after investigation, the Shimen faction found nothing.

However, with the departure of the Shimen disciple, the demon event reappeared, and it appeared more fierce.

This time it was directly revealed—someone saw the monster with their own eyes.

Tang Jie asked: "You said someone saw a monster with their own eyes and didn't die?"

"En." The boy nodded: "And more than one person, about a dozen people saw it. It is said to have thick long hair, about three meters high, extremely powerful, with sharp claws. A big hole is punched in the rock wall. It can drill into the ground, yes, it can also swallow the raw ore."

"Long hair, three meters, sharp claws, great strength, burrowing into the ground, devouring raw ore...What kind of monster is this?" Tang Jie pondered over and over, but he didn't expect any kind of monsters to be like this. However, there are no wonders in the world, plants, trees, and stones can be refined, even if there is something that I have not seen before, not to mention myself, even if the moon is great, I dare not say that I am used to seeing the wonders of the world.

"Then later?" Tang Jie asked.

The boy shrugged: "What else? Tell the Shimen faction again. But the monster is really cunning, as long as the Shimen faction comes, it will not be able to hibernate immediately. This is a mountain, and it can burrow into the ground. If it doesn't However, unless the entire Yongsui Mountain was lifted, the Shimen faction had nothing to do with it. Later, the Shimen faction simply sent its disciples to pretend to be miners, restrain their breath, and wait for the monsters in secret. In the end, it was really waited until a Shimen disciple and a Shimen disciple and During the monster battle, it was a pity that he could not kill the monster, and he was strayed by the monster before the Shimen reinforcements arrived. However, the disciple also knew something about it, saying that the monster should have some kind of ability, and he could set his own territory. Life within its territory can be discovered by it. For this reason, it is very difficult to encircle and suppress this demon. In addition, the method of impersonation has already been used, and the demon has suffered. Arrived. However, as long as it is outside the realm of that monster, the monster will not be easily dispatched."

"So the miners don't dig deep inside anymore?"

"Yes. Fortunately, when the monster came out late, the mines that are easy to dig in the depths have been dug, and its territory is not large, so even if it misses some ores, the loss is not too big. Besides. Sometimes a bold miner sneaks over and knocks twice, sneaking out some raw ore. As long as the movement is not too big, the monster will ignore it."

Speaking of Xi Canhen, I looked back at Tang Jie: "The reason I can get the most raw ore is because I steal the most. Maybe it's because of my small size. Every time I go in, the monsters don't eat me."

"So it's like this..." Tang Jie made a long tail sound, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

After walking for a while, Tang Jie and Xi Remnant had reached the deepest point.

At the end of the mine tunnel is a bottomless abyss. Looking down from the top, the abyss is completely dark and nothing can be seen.

"This is the end point." Xi Canhen said: "The mine vein ends here. There are still some raw ore on the rock wall, but the monster is underground. The miners dare not come easily. If you were not there, I would not Dare to stand here, I usually stay on the edge of its territory, pick some and run away."

The mine walls in this area were not banned. Tang Jie stretched out his hand to probe for a while, and found that there were large energy fluctuations on the rock walls, confirming that there were indeed a lot of raw mines here.

This is also the last surplus of this mineral vein.

According to the Shimen faction, after the ore in other places is mined, the Shimen faction will send disciples to guard the place and dig out the remaining ore. What Tang Jie has to do is to report the amount of the remaining ore ascertained, and then the Xiyue faction will expropriate it. After owning his share, I don't need to bother about this vein anymore.

To confirm the surplus ore is simple, and to find out the specific quantity of the surplus ore, the repairer must bother and explore. However, Tang Jiewu's wisdom palms insight, mine prospecting is just a trivial matter for him, so just a little bit of attention, the original ore behind the rock wall is roughly clear.

After counting the number, Tang Jie took out a black stone: "What about this one?"

This black stone was what Xi Canhen gave him before, and it was also the key to the boy's ability to open the Yumen, and it was the key to moving Tang Jie's face.

Xi Canhen pointed to a rock wall not far away and said, "It's right here. I came to steal the ore that day, and just saw a bare ore in front of me. To the miners, the bare ore is like gold on the ground. So I went over in spite of the danger, mined the ore, and finally brought out the stone. I saw that the stone was a bit weird, so I took it back. I didn’t expect my whole body to be hot that night, and there seemed to be something in my body. I rushed back and forth, and then I felt a lot stronger..."

"Sure enough," Tang Jie murmured.

"Do you know what this is?" Xi Canhen asked. Ever since he got the black stone, he felt that his body had undergone obvious changes, and he was also curious about what it was, but he knew that he had no ability to keep a secret, so he didn't dare to disclose it until Tang Jie saw his secret. , Was forced to speak out. Now that Tang Jie knew about it, I naturally wanted to ask.

Tang Jie didn't hide it from him: "This is crystallized sandworm."

"Legworm? You mean this is not a stone, but an animal?" Xi Canhen asked in surprise.

"En." Tang Jie nodded, "To be precise, it is a silkworm that has been turned into stone. It is a rare material in the cultivation world."

The exact name of the sandworm is actually the spirit-eating sandworm, which is an extremely rare monster. The biggest characteristic of this kind of monster is that it is addicted to spirit stones. The lifespan of a sandworm is generally about 500 days. During these 500 days, it devours spirit stones at a rate of two catties a day, and it can swallow about 1,000 in its lifetime. The raw ore of Lingshi around a catty can be converted into one hundred Lingshi.

With such a terrifying appetite, the sand silkworm did not waste a single bit of aura, except for those meaningless residues, every bit of aura was in its body. The reason for this is that the sandworm possesses a special ability, that is, aura crystallization. However, as the sandworm swallowed more and more, the aura of crystallization became more and more fierce. Eventually the whole body of the sandworm would completely crystallize, forming the black stone in Tang Jie's hands.

For the cultivator, it is the supreme treasure.

Because it is an important material that can increase the spiritual energy reserves of the practitioner.

For the cultivator, due to innate limitations, the cultivator can only liquefy the spiritual energy.

For example, the peak of Linghai, with millions of drops of Lingli, is the manifestation of the liquefaction of Lingqi. Even a cultivator who has escaped from the ordinary can only use the spirit of the body to mobilize the spirit of heaven and earth, but his own spiritual space reserves are actually the same as those of the pinnacle of Linghai, because this is the limit of the human body.

If the spiritual energy can be crystallized, the mana of the cultivator will undoubtedly be greatly increased, but unfortunately the inherent limitations of the human body make it almost impossible for the cultivator to crystallize the spiritual fluid.

Crystallized sandworm is a kind of treasure that can make up for this regret. It can help the repairer to form a structure that can crystallize the spiritual liquid in the body, so that part of the spiritual liquid is liquidized, thereby increasing the spiritual energy reserve.

Of course, the cultivator cannot crystallize all the spiritual liquid because of this. It will only make the cultivator die like a mortal swallowing gold and falling into the spiritual void. Therefore, the spiritual sea is still the foundation, and the crystallization is only for assistance, just like an iceberg in the sea. , Is a limited improvement.

Although it is a limited improvement, after all, it is the total amount of aura that has been promoted, and its value can be imagined!

Because of this, the crystallized sandworm is a hundred times rarer than the ling mine, and almost every piece can be sold at a sky-high price in the market.

Like the crystallized sandworm in Tang Jie's hand, if used properly, it can help Tang Jie form a spiritual energy crystal structure of about three hundred points. The crystallized aura that a cultivator can hold is about 30% of the upper limit, which means that ten crystallized sandworms can increase Tang Jie's total mana by 30%, which is quite amazing.

Such a terrifying aura content and quality, it is normal to help Xi Muhen break through the Yumen, but this kid is lucky. Although the crystallized sandworm can help break through the Yumen, the danger is not low at all. He is not dead because of his life. It is rare that this little guy has reached the sixth level of Yumen without any guidance. Tang Jie asked, only to realize that this kid was stubborn in nature. Although his whole body was in pain at the time, he did not say a word under no one's guidance, and he did not waste his talent at all, which made Tang Jie also compelled to admire.

Knowing the meaning of this sand silkworm, Xi Canhen was also dumbfounded: "Then isn't this thing very valuable?"

This was the first thought that popped up in his mind.

"Yes, in Xiujie, a piece of crystallized silkworm can be sold for at least 100,000 yuan, but there is still a price but no market." Tang Jie replied, "But your piece has been absorbed by you day and night because of your improper maintenance, and its value has been reduced. Many...Use crystallized sand silkworms to rush Yumen, you are also considered a luxury, but it is not useless, at least this body is strong."

Xi Canhen had never learned the practice of cultivating immortals, and the extra aura had nowhere to go, so he spontaneously nourished his body, making this kid's bones quite strong, otherwise it would be impossible to defeat the four strong men.

"Hundred thousand souls." The boy's eyes looking at Heishoku almost burst into flames.

"What? Regret it?" Tang Jie asked with a smile.

The teenager thought for a while and wanted to answer: "It's just a pity, but it's nothing. You don't know if you don't tell me, you will only spoil the good things for nothing."

"Rather sensible." Tang Jie nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly waved his hand, giving the crystallized sandworm to Xi Canhen.

Xi Canhen looked at Tang Jie incomprehensibly, Tang Jie already said: "As long as life is not alone, there is often one or two. Therefore, if there is one piece of crystallized sandworm, there will be a second piece. Three pieces... what I want is only the place where they exist. As for this piece, I will give it back to you, so that you don't think that my dignified cultivator will cheat things from your little boy."

Xi Canhen shouted: "I'm not a boy!"

But the hands and feet quickly collected the crystallized sandworm, and there was a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

Tang Jie then continued to explore the mine wall, looking for crystalline sandworms.

However, no matter how hard Ren Tang Jie worked, he couldn't find a piece.

This made Tang Jie very puzzled. Although the crystallized sandworm rarely escapes energy due to crystallization, and there are spirit stones everywhere behind the rock wall, its energy fluctuations are more likely to be disturbed, but Tang Jie is a comprehension and insight. I am confident that if there is a sandworm in this area, I have no reason to find it.

Is there really only one sandworm?

This is not impossible. The sandworm is good at retreating. It is a common occurrence for the sandworm to live in the mines for hundreds of miles a day. If only a foreign sandworm finds the veins here to eat, although the probability is smaller, there are still some There are precedents to follow.

Or has it been exploited by the people before?

This is not impossible.

In fact, supervisors must steal themselves. This is a common occurrence in the repair world. Even the Moon Washers do not think that the Shimen Sects will be clean. They just need to have a degree in everything. As long as they don't do too much, the Moon Washers will usually open their doors. With only one eye closed, just like Wu Xiucai who opened one eye and closed one eye at the Shimen Party.

But the silkworm is a major event. If this is the case, it will be stolen. Once it is spread, it will be destroyed.

And this kind of thing is difficult to keep secret. After all, after the crystallized silkworm comes out, it is either used for its own use or sold out. No matter which option, it will be big news. As long as there is no definite source, the major factions will follow its source. It is difficult for the Shimen faction to conceal.

However, there were no miners to mine the rock wall since the incident, and the rock wall was intact. If someone secretly mined the rock wall, it would be impossible for the rock wall to remain so intact, and it is even more unlikely that the miners would not know it.

Or... Actually, this isn't the nest of sandworms?

Tang Jie turned his head and looked towards the abyss at the end of the mine tunnel.

He walked slowly to the abyss, shot out his right hand, an eyeball in his palm was formed for no reason, it was a clear eye.

The eyeballs rose towards the top of the abyss and observed carefully. It was only through the eyes that you could observe from a full perspective, but there was no hole to penetrate. Everywhere in the field of vision, the surrounding was dark, there were solid rock walls everywhere, but there were no clues. discover.

Tang Jie frowned deeply, standing still thinking for a long time.

Finally, a little light in his eyebrows lit up, and a vertical eye gradually revealed.

As soon as the vertical eye appeared, a beam of light shot out from the vertical eye, shining on the opposite rock wall, and then swayed around like a searchlight.

It's a pity that even if it was the celestial eye, there was still no discovery. Tang Jie couldn't help but think again, maybe he had made a mistake, this sandworm was just walking alone.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from behind.

Evening residual mark!

The vertical eyes disappeared, and Tang Jie turned his head fiercely, and saw that Xi Canhen was flying towards him.

Tang Jie stretched out his hand and grabbed Xi Remnant~lightnovelpub.net~ and heard a roar, and a huge black shadow rushed towards Tang Jie.

Long hair!

tall!

Sharp claws!

In the dim light, Tang Jie saw the vague appearance of the black shadow rushing towards him, which was exactly the monster Xi Canhen said.

It actually appeared.

At this moment, Tang Jie was holding Xi Muhen with his hands under control. He could have lifted Xi Muhen and use him as a shield to resist this claw, but at that moment, Tang Jie still let Xi Muhen go away to prevent Xi Muhen. The mark was hit.

At the same time, the demon claws had already photographed Tang Jie fiercely, right on Tang Jie's chest. With one blow, Tang Jie smashed into the air and fell towards the depths of the cliff.

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