For a while, a lot of people were taken away, which resulted in the kingdom's defensive strength being empty, which gave other subjugated countries an opportunity to make trouble in their interiors. Now, the city lords' mansions of several counties and cities have been destroyed by some mysterious things.
It was broken into by thieves.
Fortunately, this group of people never had the courage to attack the royal capital, so the core strength is still there, but if they want to be eliminated, it will probably take some time.
So they were allowed to stay in this underground town for a few months. After all, there were enemy spies everywhere outside the royal capital.
Of course, the Ziyang Kingdom would not allow these people to act recklessly in its own territory. They also secretly sent some experts there to cause trouble to their country, which also caused them a lot of trouble.
In this way, Tang Tian and the others settled down in this underground town.
A month passed like this.
During this month, Tang Tian used the large amount of resources he had previously obtained from the dignitaries of the imperial capital to practice crazily. A large number of genius treasures were directly absorbed into his body, so he finally cultivated again on this day.
Breakthrough and reached the seventh level of Qi training.
However, he still did not stop. Just when he was about to continue practicing, someone did find him.
It was the Ninth Prince.
Although he has been in a state of retreat, the security here is not very high, so he often pays attention to the situation in the outside world, and from time to time someone will inform him of the latest news, etc.
He also learned that not long after arriving, the prince and other young men joined the local mercenary union and took on tasks.
To them, these rewards may not be much, but what is more important is the experience in performing the task.
When Tang Tian saw the other party again, the ninth prince's cultivation had also broken through to the fifth level of Qi training, rising to another level.
But at this moment, the gap between him and the opponent has widened. At first, the ninth prince was able to suppress him in all aspects, but now, even if two or three of him come together, he is no longer his opponent.
And this time I came to him because I wanted to form a team with him to go on a mission.
Because the reward for this mission was extremely high, and the training materials they had brought with them before were basically consumed, it would be too slow to just use spiritual stones to practice, so it was time to make a profit.
The reason why I looked for him was because I felt that Tang Tian was extremely powerful and had a wood spirit body.
Because their mission this time is to follow a herb collection team and enter a special area underground to collect a special medicinal material.
This medicinal material is extremely special. It is wrapped in stone, and the older the medicinal material is, the thicker and harder the rock layer is.
The mission they took on was actually to protect the people who collected medicinal materials. After all, in this underground world, they were not the only city, there were many underground monsters further down.
However, if they can collect these medicinal materials while protecting them, the people from the caravan will also buy them directly. Although the price is not as high as those sold on the market, it is faster and more convenient. After all, this medicinal material is breaking open from the rock.
From now on, special methods must be used for storage, otherwise the efficacy of the medicine will be lost quickly.
Originally, after they accepted the mission, they thought that Tang Tian, a wood spirit, must have a special ability to sense these plant-like genius treasures, so they wanted him to join them.
Tang Tian also nodded after hearing this, so he still had a lot of cultivation resources on hand that he had not used yet. However, after coming here for so long, he was also very curious about this underground city. Now he just happened to go out for a walk to relax and refresh his mind.
Not bad either.
Soon that afternoon, they gathered and arrived at the place where the caravan was located.
After all, there is no such thing as day or night underground, so you can set out to search at any time, as long as you bring enough lighting tools.
This is a relatively large scale. Zuozuo has close to a hundred people and has recruited close to a hundred people for the escort team. They are all at least the fourth level of Qi training and above. We even saw two masters of the spirit gathering realm that day.
However, it seems that these two people also belong to this caravan and are not recruited from outside. After all, if you want to recruit mercenaries at the spirit-gathering level, the price will be many times higher than those at the Qi training level.
Soon they were ready to set off. After passing through the safe area, everyone began to become cautious, because a monster might emerge from a dark corner at any time.
Sure enough, not long after entering, the movement of more than 200 people on their side attracted some monsters in the darkness to attack them. It was also the first time for Tang Tian to see these strange monsters.
They all look quite strange, especially their eyes, which are almost like they don’t have anything at all. Instead, they have extremely big ears and excellent hearing.
During this period, Tang Tian also took action many times. After all, after receiving a reward, if he did not take any action, he would inevitably be criticized.
In this way, after traveling for more than half a day, the surrounding environment became increasingly worse.
As we go deeper into the ground, the temperature will get higher and higher, and the pressure will also increase. No wonder when recruiting mercenaries, it was already stated in advance that they must be at least the fourth level of Qi cultivation.
Otherwise, just moving around once you get here will be a problem, let alone protecting other people. Instead, you need someone to protect you.
Tang Tian also had a slight feel for the temperature here. It was almost over 80 degrees. Ordinary people might not be able to stay there for even a few seconds. He had also seen many monks using their spiritual power to resist the heat wave.
Therefore, with their basic skills, they can definitely withstand it, but if it goes on for a long time, they will inevitably feel uncomfortable physically, so it is best to use spiritual power to offset it.
But Tang Tian has no need for this, because this temperature is not a problem for him at all. Even if it rises to 80 degrees, he can bear it.
After all, after breaking through to the seventh level of Qi training this time, his physical strength has also made a huge leap. Even body training monks in the same realm may not be as physically strong as him.
Soon, he heard cheers coming from the front, and saw a middle-aged man from the caravan hurriedly ran to the roadside, then picked up a hoe and started smashing it, but after a while he dug it out.
A gray-black rock block.
Then he took out a special steel drill and smashed it carefully. After breaking it open, he also took out a special glass ball from the backpack behind him, and then broke the rock apart instantly and fell out of it.
A dark gray flower, he also directly sealed it with a glass ball.
This dark gray flower is the target of their trip. It is called terrain flower. It is an earth-attribute medicinal material. Basically, it is needed to refine earth-attribute elixirs from one to five stars. This terrain flower is
It is a very common, but also very rare medicinal material, growing at least 3 kilometers underground.
This distance is basically difficult for even masters in the spirit-gathering realm to cross, unless they open a special passage, but that would be extremely costly, or they hire practitioners who can escape from the earth to collect it, but they can
The cultivation level of practitioners who have achieved this is at least as high as the level of Juling. It feels a bit unworthy to hire them to collect medicinal materials that generally only have one to three stars.
In addition, this kind of terrain flower is not found everywhere. One of the largest collection areas known to date is under this city. It is precisely because of this that the Military Union also took a fancy to this point and chose it.
Those who built the city here have already made a lot of money for their union just by selling terrain flowers.
After discovering the Terrain Flower, the herb-collecting teams dispersed one after another. Tang Tian and the others also dispersed and followed each team forward.
I also discovered these people who were collecting herbs that day. Although their cultivation levels were generally not high, and some had not even reached the Qi Refining stage, they were extremely familiar with the surrounding environment and could tell by the changes in the texture and color of the surrounding rock layers.
Determine where there are terrain flowers.
But after walking for a while, Tang Tian also looked at a cave in front of him, and two herb collectors walked directly in. They quickly started digging around inside, and found one after a while, and carefully picked it up.
Store well.
But just as the two people were about to leave, Tang Tian came to the small cave and reached out to grab a certain area.
His palms with spiritual power were quite sharp, and he directly scratched through the surrounding rock layers and grabbed out one of the stones.
The two herb collectors were both stunned after seeing this, and then they took out a glass ball. Tang Tian suddenly grasped it with one hand, and all the surrounding rock layers shattered, revealing the one in it.
A small gray-black flower.
After the two herb collectors saw it, they were about to rush forward and grab the little flower, but were stopped by Tang Tian.
Not only did this small gray-black flower not wither in Tang Tian's hands, but it became more and more beautiful. The two people were stunned when they saw it, and then one of them said: "It turns out that this young hero is still a
Wood monk, there is no need to waste your spiritual power on this, just seal it up anyway, it won't last long if you keep consuming it like this."
This kind of terrain flower grows by absorbing the power of rocks. Once it is detached, it will immediately wither. However, after Tang Tian got it out, he immediately poured his power into it, and this small gray-black flower immediately
It began to absorb his power and grew slightly longer.