Ye Chen and a group of four others walked along the stone steps to the densest gathering place of monks on the first floor of Diyan Mountain.
Ye Chen looked at the environment here.
This is a huge cave, thousands of feet long and wide, and the surrounding cave walls are simple stone chambers carved out by monks.
After a quick glance and a rough count, I found that there were no less than a few hundred rooms, and at least hundreds of monks planned to live and practice here for a long time.
Let’s not talk about whether fire spiritual treasures can be found in Diyan Mountain. The abundant fire spiritual energy here alone is very suitable for monks with fire spiritual roots to practice. The fire spiritual energy here is richer than Qingshan Lake in Tianwu Xianyuan City.
It's still high. Of course, it's just that the fire aura is higher.
The resident monk population of this small gathering place is estimated to be several hundred monks, mainly Fire Spirit Root monks. Monks from other departments cannot stay here for a long time and can only visit occasionally to see if they can find the Fire Spirit Treasure. If
Counting these monks who come occasionally, the number should be ten times more, at least thousands of monks entering and leaving this Earth Flame Mountain Spiritual Land.
Ye Chen was surprised by this estimated number.
A small flat square has been opened in the center of the cave, where dozens of low-level monks in the Qi Refining Stage have set up stalls selling various spiritual items.
"They set up a stall here to sell things, can they sell it? I'm afraid they won't be able to make a few sales all day long!"
Master Kong Xian saw some monks setting up stalls selling goods from a distance, and was very surprised.
"Exactly. If the monks here can find spiritual objects in Diyan Mountain, they can just look for them themselves. Why buy them from others!"
Master Wu was confused.
The monk in the Confucian shirt shook his head and said with a smile, "If a monk buys it, he may not use it himself. He may transport it to other places for resale. Many monks specialize in reselling spiritual objects in various spiritual places. The spiritual objects produced by the Earthly Flame Mountain will definitely be sold.
If someone buys it, you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell it.”
"Let's go and have a look!"
Ye Chen said and led them over.
The dozens of monks setting up stalls were doing some leisurely business and were chatting in twos and threes. When they saw Ye Chen and his entourage coming over, they quickly greeted him warmly and asked if they wanted anything.
Ye Chen took a quick look and saw that dozens of stalls were all selling fire-based spiritual items. Of course, there were also some low-level spiritual pills, spiritual wine, etc., which were probably sold to the monks practicing here.
"Are these the spiritual creatures from Yanshan Mountain?"
Ye Chen picked up a fire-colored spiritual vine from a stall.
"Yes, these are all spiritual objects found in the caves on the first floor of Diyan Mountain. This is the third-level fire python spirit vine, used to refine the fire python pill! I picked these myself, you want
If you buy more, the price can be cheaper.”
The monk hurriedly said, "And this is the third-level red flame stone, which is used to refine high-level fire-based spiritual weapons!"
Ye Chen thought about it, asked the price, and spent dozens of spiritual stones to buy one of each of several low-level spiritual herbs on the street. Although he had already established a foundation, the low-level spiritual herbs were of little use, but
Places that may come in handy in the future are kept in the Immortal Mansion.
Master Kong Xian and Master Wu saw the various spiritual objects on the stall, chatting in low voices with extremely excited expressions.
Their cultivation level is very low at the first level of Qi Refining, and they are just starting out in the world of immortality, so their requirements are not high. For them, the second and third level spiritual objects are very high-end good things.
The spiritual objects on this stall were all found in the caves of Diyan Mountain. If they could find a few low-level spiritual objects here, it would be a fortune, and the trip would not be in vain.
The monk who set up the street stall heard their conversation and couldn't help laughing and said, "You want to find spiritual objects here, but you are too late. There is no text in the Baidu Post Bar! If you had come a year earlier, you might have been able to find it. But now
, every corner of the first floor of this cave has been turned over countless times, and almost all the spiritual objects that can be found have been found. There are no spiritual vines like the one on my stall. Only some hard low-level fire remains.
It’s an ore. However, it’s too tiring to dig this ore, and the low-level ore isn’t worth much, so no one wants to dig it.”
"Didn't the guards at the outer passage say that they are digging the mountain and will soon be able to dig through the second level of Diyan Mountain? They should also be able to find spiritual objects!"
Master Kong Xian said hurriedly.
The monk setting up the stall shook his head and said, "We are digging the second layer of Diyan Mountain. Of course we can still find spiritual objects, but the deeper we go into Diyan Mountain, the more dangerous it becomes. The first layer of Diyan Mountain is closest to the surface.
In the cave, there were monks who once encountered third-level fire monsters when they were looking for spiritual objects. Several monks even died in the beginning.
The deeper you dig, the stronger the fire spirit will be, and you will definitely encounter stronger monsters. It is not uncommon to encounter fourth-level monsters. Besides, your cultivation level is too low. Don't talk about you, even I
In this middle stage of Qi refining, you may not dare to explore the second floor of Diyan Mountain at will. When the passage on the second floor opens, you will definitely find an accomplice to search for it together."
"What, there are monsters here?!"
"The third-level monster...doesn't it have the strength of a monk in the late stage of Qi refining?!"
When Master Kong Xian and Master Wu heard this, their faces suddenly turned pale, and they looked at each other with frightened expressions. If they encountered monsters, monsters were not as easy to talk to as monks, and they would let them go if they softened.
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"When will the second layer be excavated?"
"It is estimated that within these ten days and a half, once the second level is dug out, there will definitely be a large group of monks from all over the place coming to search for spiritual objects! Diyan Mountain will be bustling by then!"
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Ye Chen chatted with the stall owners at the stalls in the small square of the cave for a while, and then left the cave square with the Confucian monks He Feng, Kong, Wu and others to check the depths of the cave.
Following a curved underground crack and an artificial stone path, they arrived at an excavation site inside the cave.
I saw a large group of thousands of shirtless mining slaves, waving mining shovels, working hard to dig in a crack. The underground fire spirit was strong, they were all warriors, and their resistance to the fire spirit was not high. They were all sweating and dry.
Dry tongue.
The ground is extremely hard, and a shovel can only make a small hole an inch deep.
More than a dozen low-level monk supervisors wearing Fire Worship Sect clothes and in the early stage of Qi refining were waving whips and urging the mine slaves to dig deeper.
From time to time, you can see a mining slave in the team suddenly fainting and falling to the ground. The surrounding mining slaves are numb and have no reaction. Soon someone comes to carry the unconscious mining slave away.
In addition to these supervisors and mine slaves, there are also a group of dozens of monks dressed in colorful clothes with the Fire Worship Gate logo embroidered on their clothes. They are watching the progress of digging holes at the excavation site.
Among these monks, the leading ones are clearly Foundation Establishment Stage monks.
In the middle of this group of monks was a young Foundation-Building monk with a slightly pale face, and next to him was a middle-aged Foundation-Building monk with a sinister expression.
A foreman was respectfully explaining the progress to the pale monk, "Young Master, we have chosen the thinnest layer to dig. We can already see the next layer of caves from the cracks in the ground. But this underground
The crack is too small, less than a foot wide, and a passage needs to be dug to accommodate several people at the same time. It will take about seven days to dig!"
"This Diyan Mountain is related to my plan of worshiping the Fire Sect. Hurry up and dig! Let the mining slaves take turns digging. The sect will send another group of mining slaves over in a few days. Don't worry about lack of manpower!"
The young monk nodded and said.
"If this Diyan Mountain is managed properly, firstly, it can increase a lot of income for my Fire Worshiping Sect, and secondly, I can train a large number of disciples here. The strength of my Fire Worshiping Sect will definitely increase a lot. The young master will ascend to the position of the sect leader the next day.
, there must be no one in the door who would object!”
The monk with a sinister expression smiled.
The pale young monk laughed loudly and was about to say something when he suddenly noticed a monk coming in their direction and couldn't help but stop talking and looked over.
The young monk glanced at Ye Chen and the other four people, paused for a moment on Ye Chen and He Feng, and frowned slightly.
But then when he saw Kong and Wu who were traveling with him, they had only reached the first level of qi training and had such a low level of cultivation. He couldn't help but snorted lightly and no longer took the four of them to heart. Walking with such low level monks
Together, I think they are just ordinary monks who came to this Diyan Mountain to hunt for treasure.
Ye Chen came to the excavation site and couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he saw the young monk, the Yin Prey monk and others. The foundation-building monks of the Fire Worship Sect? It seems that there are high-level people in the Fire Worship Sect here in Yanshan.
"Walk!"
Ye Chen didn't want to meet the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Fire Worship Sect more often, lest his true cultivation would be seen through. His cultivation in the Qi Refining Stage was easy to blend in with the ordinary monks, but his cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Period attracted too much attention.
He shook his head, turned around and left quickly.
...
Ye Chen discussed with He Feng and others, and decided to stay in the cave on the first floor of Diyan Mountain for a few more days, waiting for the second layer of the tunnel to be dug out.
He found a place and opened a stone room for temporary cultivation.
Of course, Ye Chen did not leave Kong and Wu idle. He asked them to inquire about the situation and find out the size of Yanyan Mountain, what kind of ore is produced here, how many ordinary monks are there, and how many disciples of the Fire Worship Sect are there.
All useful information was collected. Kong and Wu were too low in cultivation and tactful, so they would not be wary of the Fire Worshiping Sect monks.
The Confucian monk also found a stone room to stay temporarily.
The monk in Rushan is a little worried. If we dig like this and open up the cave below, this Earth Flame Mountain will only spew out more fire spirit energy. The drought in Xingzhou County will also become more serious. However, worshipers who practice here will
The Huomen monks and hundreds of casual cultivators were simply not something he, a small middle-stage Qi refining monk, could stop. In fact, few monks would care about these. Dig the underground caves in Diyan Mountain and search inside.
Spiritual objects are what the monks are most concerned about.
A few days later.
Diyan Mountain became obviously lively, and the number of monks active here increased rapidly.
The monks who were outside were pouring in from all over the world. The monks who were practicing behind closed doors in the stone chamber also came out one after another to check the progress of the excavation, waiting for the second layer of Diyan Mountain to be dug out so that they could go in and explore more.