Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 10: Crystalized Nereis

After the negotiation was completed, Tang Jie followed Na Xi Zhenhen into the mine, but Qiu Shuyu and others did not follow because of the rules.

Some miners in the mine were still walking around with their baskets on their backs, and only the long and narrow mine tunnels led to the unfathomable depths of darkness.

It is said that for this spirit stone vein, the Shimen Sect dug the mine tunnel almost deep into the mountain. Now the outside of the mine has been hollowed out, and it is as bright as a mountain hall. If miners want to dig enough spiritual stones, they often have to walk a long way along the mine tunnel.

The walls around the mine have been reinforced by cultivators using earth spells. After confirming that the mines in this area have been dug out, the cultivators will use earth spells to seal them to prevent collapse. However, according to the rules, there will be a certain gap in each sealed reinforcement point to facilitate the investigation by the spiritual master. .

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

After exploring for a while, Tang Jie only felt a few extremely weak energy fluctuations and knew that they were just some residues that were not worth digging. The rock wall in this area had indeed been hollowed out.

This is not surprising. This is the entrance of the mine, the place least likely to be missed. Tang Jie investigated here mainly to feel the soil quality and spiritual energy feedback here.

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

The mine map is an early map. As the mine tunnels were dug in all directions, the map gradually failed to keep up. Therefore, even if there was a map, Tang Jie still needed to find a guide to guide him forward.

He is not afraid of getting lost, but if he faints from walking, he will not even know where he has been and where he has not been. If he misses a certain point, and there is a batch of ore behind this point, the pair of Xiyue Sect It's a loss.

Tang Jie’s instruction to Xi Canhen was to use the shortest route to walk through every mine tunnel.

At this moment, the two of them continued to move forward. Every time they walked a certain distance, Tang Jie would stop and carefully search every part of the mine wall, not missing any part.

Under the dim light, the two people walked forward step by step.

The further you go in, the more rugged and difficult the road becomes. As the number of side roads increases, fewer and fewer people are encountered. At first, some miners could still be seen squatting in front of the broken stones and rummaging for rough stones. They were wary of everyone approaching them with cautious eyes. Gradually, there are fewer and fewer miners, and only occasionally the sound of mining picks hitting rocks in the distance can be heard.

"Isn't it said that the deeper you go, the more minerals there are? Why are the miners mostly concentrated in the middle and back sections, but no one goes deeper the deeper you go?" Tang Jie asked.

The young man answered without looking back: "Because there are monsters in the deepest part."

"Monsters?" Tang Jie was surprised: "You said there are monsters in the mine? Then why didn't you ask the spiritual master of the Shimen Sect to eliminate the monsters?"

"Been here." Xi Canhen replied: "It's a pity that it was useless. As soon as they came, the monsters disappeared and did not appear at all. It was as if they could be found."

Following Xi Canhen's narration, Tang Jie finally understood.

The monster incident in the mine happened about two years ago.

That day, the miners were digging in various mine tunnels deep down when they suddenly heard a scream. When the miners arrived following the cry, they found only a pool of blood on the ground, but one miner had completely disappeared.

Shortly after that, three more miners disappeared in succession.

It was at that time that the Shimen Sect sent people to investigate. This was also their first time here.

However, after investigating, the people from the Shimen Sect found nothing.

However, with the departure of the Shimen disciples, the demon incident reappeared, and it became more fierce.

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

Tang Jie asked: "You said someone saw the monster with his own eyes and survived?"

"Yes." The young man nodded: "And there was more than one person. About a dozen people saw it. It was said to have thick long hair, about three meters high, extremely strong, and had sharp claws. It can punch a big hole in the rock wall. It can drill into the ground, and yes, it can also swallow raw minerals."

"Long hair, three meters long, sharp claws, strong, burrowing into the ground, swallowing raw minerals... What kind of monster is this?" Tang Jie thought over and over, but he didn't expect any kind of monster to be like this. However, there are all sorts of wonders in the world, and all vegetation and rough stones can be turned into spirits. Even if there is something that I have never seen before, it is not surprising. Not to mention myself, even the powerful Xiyue can't say that he is used to seeing the world's wonders.

"What happened next?" Tang Jie asked.

The young man shrugged: "What else can we do? Let's inform the Shimen Sect again. But the monster is really cunning. As soon as the Shimen Sect's people come, it will immediately hide and not come out. This is a big mountain, and it can burrow into the ground. If it didn't come out, the Shimen Sect wouldn't be able to do anything about it unless it overturned the entire Yongsui Mountain. Later, the Shimen Sect simply sent its disciples to pretend to be miners, restrain their aura, and wait for the monster in secret. As a result, it was really waited for once, and a The Shimen disciples fought with the monster, but unfortunately they could not kill the monster. The monster escaped before the Shimen reinforcements arrived. However, the disciple also learned something about it, saying that the monster should have some kind of ability, and he could draw his own sword. Territory, any life that enters its territory can be discovered by it. Because of this, it is very difficult to encircle and suppress this monster. In addition, the method of impersonation has been used, and the monster has suffered a loss, and it will probably not be easily fooled again. It's impossible to catch it. But as long as it's outside the monster's territory, the monster won't move out easily."

"So the miners no longer dig deep inside?"

"Yes. Fortunately, the monster came out late, and all the mines that can be mined in the deep areas have been dug. In addition, its territory is not large, so although it will miss some ores, the loss will not be too big. . Furthermore, sometimes bold miners will sneak over and knock a few times, smuggling some raw ore out. As long as the movement is not too loud, the monsters will ignore it."

As he spoke, Xi Canhen looked back at Tang Jie: "The reason why I can get the most raw ore is because I break in the most. Maybe it's because I'm too small. Every time I go in, the monsters don't eat it. Me."

"So that's it..." Tang Jie made a long final sound and narrowed his eyes slightly.

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

At the end of the mine tunnel is a bottomless abyss. Looking from top to bottom, the abyss is pitch black and nothing can be seen.

"This is the end." Xi Canhen said: "The veins end here. There are still some raw ores on the rock walls here, but there is the monster underground, and the miners dare not come. If it weren't for you, I don’t dare to stand here either. I usually stay on the edge of its territory, collect some and run away.”

The mine wall in this area was not sealed. Tang Jie reached out and randomly explored it, and found that there was indeed a large energy fluctuation behind the rock wall, confirming that there was indeed a lot of raw ore here.

This is also the last remaining land of this mineral vein.

According to the Shimen Sect, after the ore in other places is mined, the Shimen Sect will personally send disciples to guard this place and dig out the remaining ores. All Tang Jie has to do is report the number of remaining ores that have been discovered, and then Xiyue After the faction collected their share, they no longer had to pay attention to this vein of minerals.

It is easy to confirm the remaining ore, but to find out the specific number of the remaining ore requires the cultivator to pay attention and concentrate on detection. However, Tang Jiewu's wisdom palm gave him insight. For him, prospecting was just a trivial matter, so he could roughly understand the ore behind the rock wall with just a little concentration.

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

This black stone is what Xi Canhen gave him before. It is also the key to the young man's ability to open the Jade Gate, and it is also the key to making Tang Jie moved.

Xi Canhen pointed to a rock wall not far away and said: "It's right here. I came over to steal ore that day, and happened to see an exposed raw ore in front of me. For miners, exposed raw ore is like the ground of gold, so I went there regardless of the danger, mined the raw ore, and brought out this stone. I thought the stone was a bit strange, so I took it back. Unexpectedly, that night, my whole body was burning hot, and my body felt like Something rushed around, and then I felt much stronger..."

"It's true." Tang Jie murmured.

"Do you know what this is?" Xi Canhen asked. Ever since he got the black stone, he felt obvious changes in his body, and he was also curious about what it was. However, he knew that he was unable to keep the secret, and he never dared to reveal it until Tang Jie saw his secret. , was forced to speak out. Now that Tang Jie knew about it, he naturally wanted to ask clearly.

Tang Jie did not hide it from him: "This is the crystallized lugworm."

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

"Yes." Tang Jie nodded: "To be precise, it is a lugworm turned into stone, which is a rare material in the cultivation world."

The exact name of the Nereid is actually the Spirit-Eating Nereid, which is an extremely rare monster insect. The biggest characteristic of this kind of monster insect is its appetite for spiritual stones. The lifespan of a lugworm is generally about five hundred days. During these five hundred days, it devours spiritual stones at a rate of two kilograms per day. It can swallow about a thousand spiritual stones in its lifetime. About a kilogram of raw spiritual stone ore, converted into spiritual stones is one hundred spiritual stones.

With such a terrifying appetite, Nereis silkworm does not waste any spiritual energy. Except for those meaningless residues, every bit of spiritual energy is in its body. The reason for this is that Nereis has a special ability, which is the crystallization of spiritual energy. However, as the lugworm devoured more and more, the crystallized spiritual energy became stronger and stronger. Eventually, the lugworm's entire body would completely crystallize, forming the black stone in Tang Jie's hand.

For practitioners, it is a supreme treasure.

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

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

For example, at the peak of the spiritual sea, thousands of drops of spiritual liquid are the manifestation of the liquefaction of spiritual energy. Even cultivators who have transcended from the mortal world can only use the spirit in their bodies to inspire the spirits of heaven and earth, but their own spiritual space reserves are actually the same as those of peak spiritual sea students, and there is no change, because this is the limit of the human body.

If spiritual energy can be crystallized, then the cultivator's magic power will undoubtedly be greatly improved. Unfortunately, the innate limitations of the human body make it almost impossible for cultivators to crystallize spiritual liquid.

The crystallized lugworm is a treasure that can make up for this regret. It can help cultivators generate a structure in the body that can crystallize spiritual liquid, so that part of the spiritual liquid can be crystallized, thereby increasing the spiritual energy reserves.

Of course, the cultivator cannot crystallize all the spiritual liquid because of this. It will only make the cultivator swallow gold like a mortal and fall into the spiritual sky to death. Therefore, the spiritual sea is still the basis, and crystallization is only for assistance. Like an iceberg in the sea, it is a limited improvement.

Although it is a limited increase, it is after all an increase in the total amount of spiritual energy, and its value can be imagined!

Because of this, the crystallized lugworm is a hundred times rarer than the spiritual mine, and almost every piece of it can be sold for a sky-high price in the market.

If used properly, the piece of crystallized lugworm in Tang Jie's hand can help Tang Jie form a spiritual energy crystallization structure of about 300 points. The amount of crystallized spiritual energy that a cultivator can hold is about 30% of the upper limit. In other words, ten pieces of crystallized lugworms can increase Tang Jie's total mana by 30%, which is quite astonishing.

With such terrifying spiritual energy content and quality, it is only natural that it can help Xi Canhen break through the Jade Gate, but this kid is just lucky. Although the crystallized lugworm can help break through the Jade Gate, the danger is not low at all. He is destined to survive. It is rare that this little guy has reached the sixth level of the Jade Gate without anyone's guidance. Tang Jie asked about it and found out that this boy was stubborn by nature. Although his whole body was in pain at the time, without anyone's guidance, he managed to remain silent based on his nature alone and did not waste his talent at all. Tang Jie had to admire him.

Now that he knew the significance of this lugworm, Xi Canhen was also stunned: "Then isn't this thing very valuable?"

This was the first thought that came to his mind.

"Yes, in the cultivation world, a piece of crystallized lugworm can be sold for at least 100,000 yuan or more. It is still priceless but has no market." Tang Jie replied: "But because of your improper maintenance, your piece has been absorbed by you day and night. The value has been reduced a lot... You are a luxury by using the crystallized lugworm to attack the Yumen, but it is not without benefits. At least your body is strong."

Xi Canhen had never learned the immortal cultivation technique, so the excess spiritual energy had nowhere to go, so he spontaneously nourished his body, making the boy's body very strong. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to defeat the four strong men.

"One hundred thousand spiritual coins." The young man's eyes almost burst into flames when he looked at the black stone.

"What? Do you regret it?" Tang Jie asked with a smile.

The young man thought for a while and replied: "It's just a pity, but it's nothing. If you don't tell me, you won't know. It will only waste a good thing."

"He is quite sensible." Tang Jie nodded with satisfaction, then suddenly waved his hand and gave the crystallized lugworm to Xi Canhen.

Xi Canhen looked at Tang Jie in puzzlement. Tang Jie said: "No life exists alone. There are often two when there is one. So if there is a piece of crystallized lugworm, there will also be a second one." piece, the third piece... all I want is the location where they exist. As for this piece, I will return it to you, lest you think that I, a great cultivator, am cheating something from a little kid like you."

Xi Canhen shouted: "I'm not a little kid!"

But his hands and feet quickly put away the crystallized silkworm, and his eyes showed a hint of gratitude.

Tang Jie then continued to explore the mine wall, looking for the crystallized lugworm.

No matter how hard Tang Jie tried, he couldn't find a piece.

This made Tang Jie greatly puzzled. Although it was said that the energy of the crystallized lugworm rarely escapes due to crystallization, and there are spiritual stones everywhere behind the rock wall, its energy fluctuations are more likely to be disturbed. But in the end, Tang Jie He is a person who has gained insight and is confident that if there is a lugworm in this area, there is no reason why he cannot discover it.

Is there really only this one Nereis worm?

This is not impossible. Nereis worms are good at earth escape. It is common for them to travel hundreds of miles a day to live in spiritual mines. If it is just an alien nereid silkworm that discovers the mineral veins here and comes to eat, although the chance is small. , but there are also precedents to follow.

Or has it been mined by previous people?

This is not impossible.

In fact, those who oversee the work will steal from themselves. This is a common thing in the cultivation world. Even the Xiyue Sect does not think that the Shimen Sect will be clean. However, everything must be done in moderation. As long as it is not overdone, the Xiyue Sect usually He would also turn a blind eye, just like Wu Xiucai turned a blind eye at the Shimen Party.

But Nereis is a big deal. If this happens, it will be stolen. Once word spreads, it will be a disaster for the whole family.

And it is difficult to keep this kind of thing secret. After all, after the crystallized lugworm comes out, it will either be used by yourself or sold outside. No matter which choice is made, it will be big news. As long as there is no exact origin, the major sects will definitely pursue it. It would be difficult for the Shimen Sect to conceal its origin.

However, no miners have mined the rock wall here since the demon incident. The rock wall is intact. If someone mined it secretly, it would be impossible for the rock wall to remain so intact, and it is impossible for the miners to not know about it.

That or... this is actually not a nest of lugworms?

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

He slowly came to the abyss, shot out his right hand, and an eyeball appeared out of nowhere in his hand, which was the eye of penetration.

The eyeballs rose towards the top of the abyss and observed carefully. It was just that although the eyes could observe from all angles, they could not penetrate. Everywhere in the field of vision, the surroundings were pitch black and there were solid rock walls everywhere. But what was it? No clues were found.

Tang Jie frowned deeply and stood there thinking for a long time.

Finally, a light lit up in the center of his eyebrows, and a vertical eye gradually appeared.

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.

Unfortunately, even with the Third Eye inspection, nothing was found. Tang Jie couldn't help but think again that maybe he had made a mistake, and this lugworm was just walking alone.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from behind.

The remaining traces of Xi!

The vertical eyes disappeared. Tang Jie turned around and saw Xi Canhen flying towards him.

As soon as Tang Jie stretched out his hand to grab Xi Canhen~IndoMTL.com~, he heard a roar and a huge black shadow rushed towards Tang Jie.

Hairy!

Tall!

Claws!

In the dim light, Tang Jie saw the vague appearance of the black shadow rushing towards him. It was the monster that Xi Canhen had mentioned.

It actually appeared.

At this time, Tang Jie was holding Xi Canhen and his hands were restrained. He could have raised Xi Canhen and used him as a shield to resist the claws, but at that moment, Tang Jie still let go of Xi Canhen. The remaining traces of Shi Xi were beaten.

At the same time, the monster's sharp claws struck Tang Jie fiercely, hitting Tang Jie's chest. With one blow, Tang Jie was sent flying and he fell deep into the cliff.

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