Chapter 877 Underground Karst Cave
Ying Wuji had an indescribably strange feeling about this casual cultivator who claimed to be Niu Meng. Apart from other things, this person and himself still had a tacit understanding at certain times.
Take this moment as an example, facing this unknown portal, I and him just have a simple sentence, a look, and I have already determined the plan to deal with it.
Without too much elaboration or anything else, both of them have already understood the other's mind.
Ying Wuji led the people to explore the way ahead, while Niu Meng watched from the rear.
It is undoubtedly very easy to cooperate with such a person.
If there wasn't such a strong man in this place, he might not have the intention to investigate further. The mission he led this time was mainly to protect the Cloud River Territory under his command to collect ground fire, and he had the responsibility to ensure their safety.
The way ahead is unknown, whether it's a chance or danger, Ying Wuji can't take this risk, the biggest possibility is to immediately send a message to the pass, and ask the real lake sent by the pass to come over and cooperate with him to investigate.
But with Niu Meng by his side, there was no need to delay things so much.
Looking across the group of Yunhe people under his command, Ying Wuji dispatched half of them: "You guys go down with me, and the others stay outside to respond. If there is any abnormality, send a message back immediately!"
"Yes!" Everyone agreed one after another, and now even the coquettish female cultivator's expression became extremely serious.
Normally, Ying Wu is very approachable, they can chat and laugh with him, but at this moment, when the order is issued, they can only obey it.
"Master Ying, I'll go in first." A Yunhe eighth-level cultivation base volunteered, and he was about to walk into the dark pit while speaking.
"Avoid!" Ying Wuji pulled him aside and jumped into the hole on the stone platform first.
The mouth of the cave was like the mouth of a beast, swallowing his figure.
"Follow up." A voice came from below, and several of the highlighted Cloud River Realm hurriedly followed Ying Wuji's pace and jumped into it one by one.
Lu Ye walked at the end.
After he walked in, there were only a few monks who stayed behind, and they all dispersed, vigilant in all directions.
Below the portal of the stone platform is a stone ladder, all the way down, I don't know where it leads.
The stone ladder is obviously carved by man, smooth and smooth, even after years of erosion, it is still as firm as ever.
There were seven or eight people in a group, the two real lakes one in front and one behind, and the Yunhejing people in the middle, all of them tiptoed like cats, and there was no sound when they walked.
The passage to the bottom is not crowded, enough to accommodate seven or eight people walking side by side. The further you go down, the darker the light, but everyone is considered successful in cultivation, and they have enough spiritual power in their eyes, which does not affect the observation of the four directions .
Ying Wuji, who was leading the way, did not hide his body, and stopped and walked, as if he had discovered something.
Lu Ye, who was following behind, soon knew what he had found. Passing by where he had stopped, Lu Ye clearly saw some strange stone carvings on the stone walls on both sides of the passage.
The patterns of the stone carvings are not uniform, and they appear to be arbitrary. Some are flowers, some are swords and guns, and some are figures and beasts.
It seems that it is something left by the owner of this place at will in the long time ago, and it does not contain any special information.
However, among all the stone carving patterns, the one that appears most frequently is the great sun in the sky, and in this pattern, there are many figures kneeling on the ground and prostrating.
Regardless of the origin of the owner of this place, just judging from the pattern, it seems that he worships the great sun in the sky.
All the way down, I don't know how far it goes.
Until a certain moment, a low cry came from ahead, and Lu Ye, who was walking at the back, couldn't help but quicken his pace.
The moment he stepped out of the stone ladder, Lu Ye couldn't help but feel a little absent-minded.
Looking around, there is a huge karst cave in the depth of nearly a thousand feet underground. This karst cave is so big that you can't see the end at a glance. In the positions like ditches, fiery red magma flows and surges like a river. The shining light clearly imprinted the scene in the cave into everyone's field of vision.
What surprised everyone was not the vastness of the cave, but that there was a city-like existence in the cave!
Row upon row of houses of different heights and rough styles are scattered in various locations of the city. These houses are all carved out of hard stones. Many of them have collapsed due to disrepair, and only a few are intact.
In this underground cave, there is an ancient city!
The city is criss-crossed, with magma flowing ditches, just like the city's moat.
Judging from the scene in front of me and previous experiences, no one has lived in this city for many, many years.
But what makes it hard for everyone to imagine is who is living in such an environment!
Even in a real lake environment like Ying Wuji, it is impossible to stay here for a long time. He has to mobilize his spiritual power to resist the scorching heat of the surrounding environment at all times, which consumes a lot of spiritual power.
It was unbelievable to suddenly see a dilapidated city in such a location.
"What's on it?" Suddenly a monk looked up at the top of his head.
Above everyone's heads, there is naturally an underground rock wall, but because of the environment, they are all smoldering and red, but on that rock wall, at intervals, there are little lights shining continuously.
Ying Wuji and Lu Ye flew up at the same time, and soon they returned, each holding a fist-sized irregular crystal in their hands.
"Fire stone!" Ying Wuji was stunned.
Most things like spirit stones have no attributes, but there are also many special environments that can breed spirit stones with special attributes.
In this way, the environment is extremely hot, and the fire spirit is strong and active, and it is possible to produce fire spirit stones after many years.
This kind of thing is of no use to ordinary monks, but for a monk who has practiced the fire system like Lu Ye and whose spiritual power is fire, using this spirit stone to practice is much more efficient than using ordinary spirit stones.
Not only that, there are other uses of attribute spirit stones, which cannot be replaced by ordinary spirit stones.
Therefore, in terms of value, attribute spirit stones are much more valuable than ordinary spirit stones. Under the premise of the same quality and size, one attribute spirit stone can be exchanged for three to five ordinary spirit stones.
This kind of thing is generally regarded as a strategic reserve by the two camps.
Lu Ye once tried to find fire spirit stones in the treasure house of heavenly secrets, but he didn't find any of them. It's not that the treasure house of heavenly secrets doesn't sell them, but that they were sold out by monks from the two camps if they were in stock.
It's the same treatment as today's fire in the center of the earth.
There is a fire spirit stone in the upper rock wall of the city here, which means that there is a complete fire spirit vein above, otherwise it would be impossible to breed such a thing as a fire spirit stone.
And looking up, the glowing fire stones on the rock wall are as numerous as stars, obviously huge in number.
No one has set foot here for thousands of years, so it is not surprising that there are such abundant fire stones here.
"Master Ying, do you want to mine?" A monk asked, not sure if he was excited, his face flushed.
Faced with such an opportunity, everyone is naturally tempted. If all the fire stones above are mined, even if they are evenly divided, everyone will get great benefits.
Ying Wuji pondered for a while, and said: "Since we have met, naturally we can't miss it."
"Then we... this is the action?"
"Go, but be vigilant at all times!" Ying Wuji waved his hand.
Several monks immediately shot up into the sky and swept towards the rock wall above.
"Brother Niu, what's your plan?" Ying Wuji turned to look at Lu Ye.
I can't help but feel a little strange, facing this easy-to-get wealth, this brother Niu in front of me doesn't seem to be very tempted.
"I looked around to see if there was any danger."
Only then did Ying Wuji understand Lu Ye's intentions, and he was grateful: "Then I will thank you brother Niu!"
Sure enough, I can rely on my own people to live! It's not that this brother Niu is not indifferent to Huo Lingshi, but he is a little more cautious in doing things.
"Don't worry, brother Niu's share will not be short." Ying Wuji added, he is willing to scout around and take unknown risks, so of course he won't be stingy, everyone is cooperating now, although the division of labor is different, in the end The benefit of time sharing is that you can't lose the share of others.
Lu Ye nodded, raised his foot and walked into the city. After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, and said, "It's better to let them hand over all the fire stones they mined to you for safekeeping, so that the final statistics will be convenient. Freedom from last suspicion."
During the collection process, if someone hides something secretly, you can't check other people's storage bags.
Rather than causing everyone to lose face like this, it is better for Ying Wuji to keep it in a unified manner and share it with everyone in the end.
Ying Wuji immediately understood Lu Ye's meaning, nodded and said: "Brother Niu has thought carefully, and I will follow what Brother Niu wants."
Only then did Lu Ye flash away and enter the city.
Then Ying Wuji also flew into the air, joined his subordinates from the Cloud River Realm, and gave an order to let them hand over all the mined fire spirit stones to him.
Regarding this, the monks in the Cloud River Realm didn't have much rejection, and they also understood Ying Wuji's intentions.
The efficiency of the cultivators was very high. Pieces of fire spirit stones were mined out, and every time a certain amount was accumulated, they would come to Ying Wuji and turn them in for counting.
This side was very busy, and Lu Ye also made a discovery.
In a half-collapsed stone house, Lu Ye looked at a stool in front of him with a strange expression.
Without him, this stool...was actually carved out of fire stone. The workmanship is not fine, but rather rough, but it can't stand its special material!
The reason why he took the initiative to invite Ying to come to investigate this underground city is because this place is unknown, although no one has visited it for many years, it is not certain that there is any hidden danger, it is not too late to investigate first and then think about the benefits.
There are many thorns and thorns on the road of practice, it is always right to be cautious.
It's just that he didn't expect to have such a harvest after just walking around casually.
Who in the world lived in this city before, who used such a good thing as a stool, and wasn't afraid of burning their butts?
Or is it that the people who live in this city have practiced fire attribute exercises?
The legacy of a long time ago, if there are no special clues, it is impossible to verify anything.
Lu Ye stepped forward to put the stool away, looked around again, made sure there was nothing else good, and then left.
