While Tianjiu was trying to refine Xiaoyuan Dan, there was a busy scene in a mountain valley thousands of miles away. Bags of raw crystal stones were being transported out of the ground in a steady stream.
Stacked in a simple house made of thatched grass. Hundreds of Qi Refining disciples wearing Huachen Outer Sect costumes lined up and waited beside the thatched house, waiting for the rough stones in their bags to be inspected and put into storage.
Transported to the sect.
This is the lifeblood of Huachen Sect, and the only mine that can still produce raw crystal stones is the Yizhifeng Crystal Mine.
There are twenty-three mining areas. Each mining area is its own. Because the output of each area is different and the mining disciples are different, these mining areas rarely communicate with each other. If there is a conflict between the mining areas, most of them will be stepped forward by the chief of each mining area.
Under the supervision of the crystal mine inspector, the matter will be handled through consultation.
At the junction of District 18 and District 19, the originally bustling mining scene came to an abrupt end.
Inspector Jiang Xu looked at the rough stones and broken limbs scattered on the ground with a gloomy face, and shouted: "Why do you want to fight privately? Who started the fight first?"
"Uncle Master, it was the people from the 19th District who made the move first. They attacked us secretly!" A dark and thin short monk stood up and pointed at the dove-faced monk with the same charcoal-black face.
The short monk reached the peak of the seventh level of Qi refining, while the dove-faced monk reached the eighth level of Qi refining.
"Black Gopher, you fucking fart! How dare you slander me after doing this for a few days!" The dove-faced monk jumped up.
"Ma Jiu, don't think that I am afraid of you because you are at the eighth level of Qi Refining. You usually bully us secretly, but today you openly took over our territory and treated us like rats!" Black Gopher gritted his teeth and shot back.
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"How presumptuous! You two are so arrogant. I am here as the inspector, but you are still so arrogant. Is it because your cultivation has been ruined?" Jiang Xu shouted angrily.
"I'm sorry, uncle! Disciple doesn't dare anymore!" Black Gopher was agitated and apologized hurriedly.
"Disciple is wrong!" Ma Jiu said in a panic.
"Okay, stop pretending to be pitiful. What's going on? I don't think it's just a few small rough stones, right?" Jiang Xu narrowed his eyes. He has been here as an inspector for two years and has never seen anything.
However, as soon as he came here, he felt that something was wrong, as if something big had happened.
Black Gopher gritted his teeth and sighed: "Uncle Master, to be honest, this is not a small rough stone."
"It's not a rough stone, what is it?" Jiang Xu was stunned.
"Look at this!" Black Gopher opened his palm, and on his palm, a rough stone the size of an egg was exposed.
"This is--? A high-level rough stone?!" Jiang Xu was shocked.
One high-grade rough stone is almost equivalent to ten bags of low-grade rough stones. No wonder they would fight with force.
Jiang Xu grabbed the original stone and asked quickly: "Where did it come from?"
The black gopher hesitated and looked around. Jiang Xu immediately understood and shouted to the surrounding miners: "What are you looking at? Is there anything exciting to see? Go back to your own area, otherwise, everyone will be fined
Pay fifty crystal stones! You, Ma Jiu! Leave a question!"
The disciples in both districts lowered their heads and reluctantly walked out of the mine.
"Uncle Master, my disciples dug them out of that mine. Because they used too much force, several rough stones flew into the attached cave in District 19. As soon as they found out that these were high-level rough stones, they swarmed in and went crazy.
Grab our rough stones..." Seeing everyone disperse, Black Gopher said angrily.
"Hmph! Black Gopher, take a look for yourself, the direction of this mine, does it lead to our 19th District? If you dig another foot further, you will reach our territory. Can't I stop it?
Uncle Master, you come to judge!" Ma Jiu sneered.
"Shut up, everyone! This mining area belongs to Hua Chen. What are you arguing about? Is it private to you?" Jiang Xu was trembling with anger. These two were so audacious. They didn't have any consciousness at all.
Huachenmen’s interests are taken seriously.
"You said this rough stone was dug out of this attached cave?" Jiang Xu asked, pointing to a one-meter square circular hole ten feet away from him.
"Yes! Uncle Master, that's right there!" Black Gopher lowered his head and said, secretly glancing at the hole with greedy and reluctant eyes.
"Yeah!" Jiang Xu nodded, ducked to the cave, looked into the cave with his consciousness, and then began to think deeply.
This cave is only one meter square and thirty to forty feet long. The bluestone inside has a dark jade color, and there are traces of white thick saliva-like traces on the bluestone. The bluestone is not a whole piece, but is a palm-sized pebble.
Stacked together irregularly.
"Eh? What is this white object?" Jiang Xu frowned.
The black gopher was stunned, crawled into the hole, bent down, picked up a pebble, took it in his hand and touched it.
"Uncle Master, is this white stuff a bit sticky? Oops, it stinks!" Black Gopher shouted.
"What? Sticky, smelly?" Jiang Xu's eyes shot out a ray of light, and with a bang, he wiped out a dark jade-colored high-level magic sword.
"Uncle Master, what are you doing...?" Black Gopher was startled.
"Get out of the way!" Jiang Xu roared, and the spiritual energy in his magic sword was strong, and he shot toward the bottom of the cave.
"Woo!" A cry-like sound came from the ground, and then, with a loud bang, a sharp claw flew out like lightning and hit Jiang Xu's magic sword directly.
The magic sword whined and flew back.
"Oh my God! Monster!" The black gopher crawled out in a pee.
However, the sharp claw continued unabated and inserted itself into the black gopher's dantian.
"Ah!" the black gopher screamed, and died before he could even call for help.
"You evil beast! How dare you!"
Jiang Xu's eyes widened in anger, and he used a little magic sword to frantically inject spiritual power into the sword. The magic sword paused, then turned around and shot towards the claws.
"Hey!" There was a sound like a toothache, and a little light appeared on the sharp claws. The high-level magic sword hit the sharp claws, leaving no trace at all.
These changes happened in the blink of an eye, and even Ma Jiu, who had been standing outside, had not yet reacted, and was still looking into the hole stupidly, not knowing what was going on.
"Bang!" There was another explosion, pebbles flew, and a huge thing rushed out.
It has a tiger's head, an ox's body, and a snake's tail, with two limbs on the ground, and the other two limbs waving, one of which is the sharp claw that knocks away the magic sword.
"Crystal-eating beast!" Jiang Xu shouted in horror. At the same time, he waved his hands and shot out a spear and a shield.
Ge body shook and suddenly grew to a length of one foot. When the shield was stretched out in the air, it also grew a hundred times. The aura flowed on the black shield surface and lay horizontally in front of Jiang Xu a few meters away.
The crystal-devouring beast's anthropomorphic eyes glared and emitted a sharp light, which contained contempt, disgrace and ridicule. Then, its figure suddenly moved, and an afterimage shot towards Jiang Xu.
"Crack!" Feige broke at the waist.
"Boom!" The shield trembled violently and whined, as if it was about to collapse at any moment.
"No! Escape quickly!"
Jiang Xu's face turned pale in an instant, and he stepped back quickly. At the same time, he wiped out a transmission talisman, muttered quickly, and threw it behind him.
The transmission note beeped and turned into a stream of light that shot into the depths of the mine.
Half an hour later, "Ah!" "Ah!" several screams echoed in the depths of the mine, and then everything fell silent...
A stream of light shot into Zhizhuo Hall, and the stream of light condensed, revealing the figure of Sikong Xing.
"Eh? Deacon Sikong, why are you here uninvited? Are you also here to say goodbye to the Fifth Elder?" Head Ouyang De asked with a smile.
The fifth elder looked at the anxious Sikong Xing with a half-smile, and said with a smile: "How could I ever put such a bad thing in the eyes of Deacon Sikong? Seeing the eagerness on Deacon Sikong's face, something must have happened at Tiandu Peak, right?"
Sikong Xing forced a smile, cupped his fists and saluted: "I didn't know that the fifth elder was going to retreat to practice. Sikong Xing would like to apologize to you, and also wishes the fifth elder to achieve success in one fell swoop and successfully break through to the middle stage of the golden elixir!"
"No need to be polite, just tell me, what's the matter?" the fifth elder nodded and asked.
Sikong Xing had a look of embarrassment on his face.
"What? There are only masters here, Chang Feng and I, don't you still believe it? Why don't you ask the disciple to go out? His status is a bit low!" The fifth elder was obviously a little angry.
Ouyang De shook his head and said nothing.
Sikong Xing could only clasp his fists and said: "Fifth Elder, Sect Leader, it's like this. I just received a transmission note from Junior Brother Jiang Xu, the inspector of the Yizhidfeng Crystal Mine, saying that a second-level crystal-devouring beast appeared in the mine.
, has already killed one of our mining area leaders, and he is also trying his best to stop it, but the situation is critical!"
"Oh? The second-level crystal-devouring beast? It is equivalent to the strength of a monk in the early and middle stages of foundation building. What kind of cultivation level is Jiang Xu?" The fifth elder was slightly stunned for a moment, looked at Sikong Xing and asked.
"Middle stage of foundation building!"
"That's enough. With so many disciples in the mine and the cooperation of a few masters, it shouldn't be a problem to kill the second-level crystal-devouring beast."
"But Junior Brother Jiang Xu's soul lamp was extinguished at the same time when I received the transmission note. He must have died!" Sikong Xing trembled and replied.
"Huh? Fallen?" The fifth elder and Ouyang De raised their heads almost at the same time, showing signs of shock.
Ouyang De's face was solemn, he thought for a moment, waved his hand and said: "Organize the manpower immediately, rush to Yizhi Peak, go down to the mine to check, and make a clear count of the losses!"
"Yes! Master! When the disciples arrived, they had already sent an order to each of the four halls to send two monks to form a small team and assemble at Tiandu Palace to be on standby." Sikong Xing said in a deep voice.
When the fifth elder heard this, he laughed: "Deacon Sikong is very resolute in his work, and I appreciate it very much. Well, although my disciple Chang Feng has just advanced to foundation building, he has a deep understanding of the way of killing, so let him represent the sword hall.
Let's go on a trip and try him out casually, what do you think?"
Sikong Xing was overjoyed after hearing this: "Thank you very much, Fifth Elder, for your strong support! With Junior Brother Chang's leadership, we will surely succeed this time!"
After saying that, he waved his hand, nodded to Chang Feng and said, "Junior brother Chang, you've got a job!"
Chang Feng, who had been sitting on the edge without saying a word, stood up and was about to throw the flying magic weapon. The fifth elder seemed to have thought of something and softly shouted: "Wait!"
"What are your orders, master?" Chang Feng bowed and asked.
"Feng'er, my master is about to go into seclusion. I won't come out until I advance to the middle stage this time. You're out and about. Please ask your brothers and uncles for advice. Don't ruin my reputation. I
There is a set of magic formations here, which was my favorite back then, called the 'Spirit Devouring [***] Formation'. It can be placed around the cave when meditating and practicing, and it can prevent the harassment of some unscrupulous people."
"Spiritual Devouring [***] Formation?!" Sikong Xing showed a trace of envy in his eyes.
"Also, Feng'er, this crystal-devouring beast is very intelligent and has great stone escape skills. Master has dealt with them a lot. I also have a small set of concealment circles here, which I will also give to you.
When this magic circle is activated, it can break the crystal-eating beast's stone escape technique without it noticing it. Using this magic circle, the master once killed a third-level crystal-eating beast, haha!"
"Thank you for your kindness, Master!" Chang Pengpeng's face was filled with joy and he respectfully took the storage bag handed to him by the Fifth Elder.