Those who could survive in this mine for a long time either had extremely strong bodies that could resist the corrosion of the baleful aura, or they could use the baleful aura to cultivate.
Regardless of the type, they definitely weren't weak.
Wang Daoyuan's metal-attribute spiritual energy already contained some baleful aura, so it wouldn't be a problem for him to absorb some more.
Baleful aura was derived from metal-attribute spiritual energy and yin energy. His fire-attribute spiritual energy also contained pure yang energy, so he wasn't afraid of baleful aura.
Even if he absorbed a bit more baleful aura, he could still consume it.
After entering the mine, he didn't walk very far before he encountered two forks in the road.
There was no difference in the concentration of baleful aura between the two forks. He chose the left one.
After walking for less than half a kilometer, he encountered another three forks in the road. He continued to take the left one.
More and more forks appeared, appearing less and less regularly. It was hard to say when a fork would suddenly appear.
The deeper he went, the thicker the baleful aura became.
Wang Daoyuan had already gone dozens of kilometers into the mine. He couldn't remember how many forks he had taken.
The baleful aura here was too dense, affecting the soul of a Zifu Realm cultivator.
The baleful aura could also interfere with the detection of spiritual sense. Wang Daoyuan's spiritual sense was able to detect things up to fifty kilometers away.
Here, he could only detect things up to a thousand meters away.
To a Zifu Realm cultivator, this distance wasn't much different from having their face pressed against each other.
Adding on the fact that the mine was extremely winding, the stone walls were even more effective against spiritual sense than the baleful aura.
If a cultivator was lying in ambush in one of the forks and wanted to ambush him, he wouldn't have much time to react.
Wang Daoyuan gripped the bone sword in his hand, ready to summon the Xuanwu Shield at any time to deal with a possible ambush.
All of a sudden, his Divine Sense detected a wisp of spiritual power fluctuations about two hundred meters in front of him.
He immediately used the Sword Shadow Godlight technique, creating ten sword shadows to protect his body. He asked, "Who's there? If you don't come out, I'll attack."
The trace of spiritual energy fluctuation was immediately retracted. Wang Daoyuan controlled a sword shadow to attack the source of the fluctuation.
The sword shadow arrived in an instant, and the person hiding didn't dare to continue hiding.
He took out a long sword and broke the sword shadow. He smiled and said, "Daoyou's spiritual sense is very sharp. Even in this kind of place, you can still find me."
This person was wearing a black cloak. There were almost no blood Qi fluctuations on his body, and his spirit energy fluctuations were extremely weak. It was impossible to tell what cultivation level he was at.
The hand that held the sword was all skin and bones, and the skin was still grayish-black.
Wang Daoyuan condensed another sword shadow and asked, "What does Daoyou want? Do you want to fight to the death or get out of my way? "
The black-clothed man replied, "Of course I'm making way for you. This old man has been corroded by this evil Qi until I'm neither a human nor a ghost. My spiritual power has long been exhausted, and I can only rely on my remaining Zhen Yuan to support myself. How can I be Daoyou's opponent?"
This person's spiritual energy had been exhausted, and he could only rely on his True Essence, so he wouldn't be able to last for long.
In his eyes, he was just food that could prolong his life. He would never let him go.
Fighting was inevitable. His body had already deteriorated to such an extent. Once his soul was injured, he would probably die immediately. It was not possible to refine a clone.
However, the black-clothed man had stayed in this mine for quite some time. He could fish for information from the black-clothed man and figure out the situation in the mine.
Wang Daoyuan asked, "Since Daoyou can't stay here any longer, have you thought of leaving?"
The black-clothed man shook his head and smiled bitterly. "I was imprisoned here because I committed a crime.
If I want to leave, I'll have to pay five times the amount of Heaven Ferocious Gold to atone.
There's a Tier 4 array formation guarding outside the cave. Previously, many Daoyou tried to force their way out, but they were all killed by the array formation.
This Heaven Ferocious Gold vein has been mined for close to 10,000 years. How much ore can there be left?
I've been here for more than 20 years and have only dug up five kilograms.
After being corroded by the evil Qi for 20 years, life and death are only a matter of time.
I wonder if Daoyou has any spiritual items on him. I'm willing to use all the Heaven Ferocious Gold I have to exchange for some spiritual items with Daoyou. "
Wang Daoyuan shook his head. "When I came in, the medicinal pills and other spiritual items I had on me were all confiscated by the guards.
Now, all that's left is this bone sword and two empty storage pouches. Everything else is gone. "
The black-clothed man was somewhat puzzled. "Daoyou, didn't you commit a crime and get sent here? How can you bring medicinal pills and other spiritual items here? "
Wang Daoyuan replied, "I accepted a mission from Bloodfiend City's Mission Hall and came here to mine for Heaven Ferocious Gold.
I saw that the reward for the mission was 500 kilograms of Heaven Ferocious Gold and a thousand spiritstones. It was quite generous, so I came. "
The black-clothed man had a mocking look on his face. "That mission has been hung up in Bloodfiend City for thousands of years. In the past, it was indeed an excellent mission.
At that time, given the power of Zifu Disciples like us, digging up 500 kilograms of Heaven Ferocious Gold really didn't take much effort.
But in the past few thousand years, the Heaven Ferocious Gold vein has been completely mined out.
Only in the deepest parts will there be a chance to find some ore and refine a few taels of Heaven Ferocious Gold.
Completing the mission can take hundreds of years.
But the baleful aura there is extremely strong. Very few people can withstand it, and even those who can last for ten years are few and far between.
Now, although this place is called the Heaven Ferocious Gold Mine, it's actually a prison. It's specially used to imprison cultivators like me who have committed crimes.
As for why the mission hasn't been revoked, perhaps it's because the Heaven Ferocious Gold Mine's guardian wants to deceive someone like Daoyou who doesn't know the truth.
Before entering the mine, they'll use the excuse of inspecting the items as an excuse to get some oil.
If they're lucky enough to encounter a cultivator who can dig up 500 kilograms of Heaven Ferocious Gold, they'll make a huge profit.
Daoyou just entered and still has a lot of spiritual energy in his body, and he's also a penta spirit veins cultivator.
I wonder if you can give me a bit of metal-type spiritual energy? I'm willing to use Heaven Ferocious Gold in exchange. "
Wang Daoyuan nodded. "How much Heaven Ferocious Gold is Daoyou willing to give, and how much spiritual energy do you want to exchange for it?"
Hearing Daoyou's intention to exchange, the black-clothed man hurriedly untied the storage pouch at his waist. He said excitedly, "All of my Heaven Ferocious Gold is here. There's a bit more than 17 kilograms in total. Please kindly accept it, Daoyou.
As for spiritual energy, it'll be fine as long as it's comparable to ten mid-grade spirit stones. "
The total amount of spiritual energy in ten mid-grade spirit stones was roughly twenty percent of an ordinary Zifu Disciple's total spiritual energy.
17 kilograms of Heaven Ferocious Gold, even if it was only mid-grade third-tier, was worth at least a hundred thousand spirit stones.
This place was near a fourth-tier spirit vein. If there was high-grade third-tier or even low-grade fourth-tier Heaven Ferocious Gold, its value would be even higher.
Wang Daoyuan nodded. "As you wish, Daoyou."
The black-clothed man tossed over a storage pouch. Demonic cultivators weren't easy to deal with, especially those on the verge of death.
There was definitely a trap in this storage pouch. Wang Daoyuan had long since prepared for it.
When the storage pouch was still fifty meters away from him, he immediately used the Cloudmist Escape to travel one and a half kilometers through the air.
The moment he escaped, his storage bag exploded, and black smoke gushed out from it.
This black smoke contained an extremely dense baleful aura, and it seemed to be mixed with corpse poison.
Soon after, over a hundred inch-long poison needles shot out from the black smoke. Over ten of them flew towards Wang Daoyuan.
Ten sword shadows flew out from Wang Daoyuan's side to block the poison needles.
In the end, he lost three sword shadows to shoot down all the needles.
He felt a lingering fear. If he hadn't been prepared, this move would've been enough to take his life.
Seeing that his attack had failed, the black-clothed man turned and left.
Wang Daoyuan replenished his sword shadows and used them to chase after the old man. He himself followed behind the sword shadows.
The black-clothed man took out a coffin. When the coffin opened, there was a high-grade third-tier corpse inside.
Looking at the corpse's attire, it should be a wandering cultivator of Blood Demon City.
This corpse had bulging muscles and silver skin. It should be one of the legendary silver-armored corpses.
Silver-armored corpses had extremely strong defensive abilities. Cultivators of the same level would find it hard to break through their defenses.
Using the corpses of Blood Demons to refine a silver-armored corpse would only increase its defensive abilities.
In addition, the baleful aura here was extremely dense. This corpse's strength was probably comparable to a peak Zifu Disciple.
The ten sword shadows struck the silver-armored corpse, producing a metallic sound. The silver-armored corpse was actually unharmed.
The black-clothed man let out a strange laugh. "This time, Daoyou won't be able to escape. It's best if you give up resisting.
I haven't tasted fresh blood for many years. If I'm happy, I might even let your soul go into reincarnation. "
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