In the cave of the mineral vein.
Xia Ping and Liu Rulan strolled in and saw many digging tools on the ground. There were traces of digging and gravel everywhere. However, it seemed like it was just the beginning and the work had not been going on for a long time.
Liu Rulan knew that it was normal. After all, it had not been long since Zhuo Hao obtained the soul stone mineral vein. Moreover, he had to send people to kill them and do all sorts of things to cover up his actions.
They were even unlucky enough to encounter Chen Wei and the rest who had descended from the sky, causing them to be unable to excavate the soul stones properly. That was why they were still in a state where they had yet to begin.
"As expected of a soul stone mineral vein. The spiritual energy is so dense."
Xia Ping took a deep breath. As soon as he entered the cave, he could sense the dense spiritual energy. It seemed like a slight breath could increase his spiritual energy slightly.
Even though he had devoured the remnant spiritual energy of Zhuo Hao and the rest, it could not compare to the soul stone mineral vein. It was like a paradise.
"How do you want to excavate it?"
Liu Rulan looked at Xia Ping as if she was watching a show. It was not easy to excavate a mountain. Although the destructive power of a cultivator on divine level was shocking, it did not mean that he could excavate the mineral vein easily.
If he used too much strength, he might even shatter the soul stone. By then, the loss would outweigh the gain.
However, if he was not careful, the entire mountain would collapse and he would be buried alive in the mountain. It would be even more difficult to excavate the soul stone.
Even if none of those things happened, it would take a long time to excavate the entire mineral vein. It would take at least a few months.
"It's just a small matter."
Xia Ping smiled. He had already thought of what to do. With a swoosh, the Golden Slime appeared on the ground.
What?!
Liu Rulan was shocked. It was her first time seeing such a strange creature. However, since it was released by Xia Ping, she did not think it would be too dangerous.
Moreover, the creature was soft like a ball and looked very cute. Compared to the ferocious beasts, it was a mascot that made people want to hug it.
"Let's do it. Dig out the soul stones here."
Xia Ping gave an order to the Golden Slime. He reckoned that there were very few creatures in the universe that could match the Golden Slime's mining speed. After all, it was a unique creature that grew by devouring various substances in the world. Mining was a common thing for it.
"Slime."
The Golden Slime cried out. All of a sudden, its entire body split apart.
In just a few breaths' time, hundreds and thousands of Golden Slimes appeared on the empty ground. However, these Golden Slimes were much smaller than the original, only the size of a fist.
This was the Slimes' splitting ability. They could split into multiple clones and increase the speed of devouring.
The Golden Slimes were the pinnacle existences of the Slimes race, and their cloning abilities were naturally top-notch.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
Hundreds and thousands of Golden Slimes cried out. They immediately moved into the depths of the mine, opened their mouths, and began to devour the huge rocks.
At once, the rocks in the entire cave disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if they were melted by some substance and were devoured into the stomach of the Golden Slime.
"That's fast!"
Liu Rulan's beautiful eyes widened. She could not believe her eyes. Under the devouring of the Golden Slime, the entire mine seemed to have disappeared. It was as if the entire mountain was being devoured by the Golden Slime.
Even top-notch mining experts could not match up to such a mining speed.
Moreover, it was as if its stomach was loaded with a dimensional bag. No matter how much it devoured, it could not be filled.
…
Half a day passed in the blink of an eye. Under the devouring of the Golden Slime, the entire mountain seemed to have been hollowed out. In fact, it was hundreds of meters underground.
At this moment, a small hill of soul stones appeared on a huge empty ground. These were all excavated by the Golden Slime.
After a careful count, there were at least 100,000 soul stones. This was an astronomical number. Even in the entire Blood Soul Mainland, it was a shocking number.
"Such rich soul energy."
Xia Ping was shocked too. The energy of 100,000 soul stones stacked together was extremely shocking. Even with his current cultivation, his brain would explode if he were to devour 100,000 soul stones.
He estimated that these soul stones could at least support his cultivation to the True Fire Realm. As compared to the sect mission, he had already completed far more soul stones than the mission required.
"To be able to obtain so many soul stones, seems like Xia Ping will evolve faster than expected. Perhaps he will have the ability to search for the treasure left behind by the old master soon."
Korin's eyes flickered as if he was thinking about something.
"Oh my god!"
Liu Rulan was shocked too. Even as a native of the Blood Soul Mainland, she had never seen so many soul stones. Even the combined wealth of ten Liu Families back then would not be this much.
It was no wonder that Zhuo Hao, the leader of the Hall of Souls in Huaining City, wanted to kill the Liu Family. Who wouldn't be tempted by such a shocking amount of wealth?
"Slime!"
The Golden Slime was also very excited, because it sensed that the Soul Stone was also very beneficial to its evolution.
"Don't worry, you can eat some of them too." Xia Ping patted the Golden Slime's little head. He could not devour so many soul stones with him.
Moreover, if the Golden Slime became stronger, it would benefit him greatly too.
At this moment, the Golden Slime's doppelgangers had almost dug out the entire mineral vein and reached the end.
"Slime!"
Suddenly, the Golden Slime called out as if it was in trouble.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!!!
Immediately, hundreds and thousands of Slime doppelgangers returned to their original bodies. The Golden Slime sent a telepathic message to Xia Ping, informing him of what had happened to the Slime doppelgangers.
"What? You said that there's a huge barrier at the end of the mineral vein and you can't break in?! There might be a relic here?! "Xia Ping raised his eyebrows. He did not expect to dig out a relic barrier while digging out a mineral vein.
He waved his hand and placed all the soul stones into his space ring. Then, he followed the Golden Slime deep into the mineral vein and reached the end quickly.
Liu Rulan followed Xia Ping.
"There really is a barrier!"
When Xia Ping arrived at the end of the mineral vein, he immediately noticed a layer of black energy shrouding the surroundings. It was like a space barrier, isolating all the surrounding objects.
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