Seeing the young man's character of coming and going like the wind, Liu Ming touched his chin and smiled helplessly. He then continued to look at the map in his hand with a thoughtful look on his face.
According to the news he had previously obtained, the situation in this mine was not very good now. Whether it was spirit stones or food, they were in urgent need.
But in this case, those with a strong physical body obviously had an advantage.
With the strength of his physical body, there was almost no need for him to fear anyone in this mine.
According to Liu Ming's plan, he wanted to take advantage of his current physical strength and spiritual power to explore the situation in the depths of the mineral vein. He also wanted to see what the evil beast was.
After all, if he couldn't adapt to the environment here in a short time, he would be too passive when his spiritual power was exhausted.
Although he still stored some upper grade spirit stones and elixirs in the Sumeru Snail, even so, with the fast consumption rate here, he naturally couldn't last long.
And it was best for him to find a way to get out of here before his spiritual power was exhausted.
As Liu Ming thought so, he looked at a place marked on the animal skin in his hand, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
According to the map, one of the passages at the fork was the only way to the depths of the mineral vein. On the way, they would also pass through a gathering place similar to the exchange area.
For this kind of place where cultivators exchanged goods and resources, Liu Ming was naturally familiar with it, but he didn't expect there to be such a place in this underground mine.
As Liu Ming thought of this, he no longer hesitated. His figure flashed a few times and went into the left passage.
Four hours later, Liu Ming followed the directions on the map and entered an unknown number of tunnels. Finally, he saw a faint white light flashing in front of him. He could vaguely see a huge cave not far away. Immediately, a slight smile appeared on his face and he strode forward.
This was obviously the so-called "exchange area".
Liu Ming suddenly felt that his field of vision widened. An empty place with more than a dozen huge stone pillars appeared in front of him.
Each of these pillars was as thick as a water tank. Their surfaces were all inlaid with densely packed luminous fluorite, illuminating the entire cave abnormally brightly.
Liu Ming glanced at them.
This place was about two to three hundred feet wide. Other than the tunnel they came from, there were several other tunnels, but he didn't know where they led to. But according to the map, one of them should lead to the depths of the mine.
It seemed that this place was a well-connected place.
From the countless large and small stone pits on the stone walls of the cave and the degree of surface wear, it could be known that this place was also a mining area a long time ago. Now it had become a gathering place for slave miners for some time.
There were forty to fifty slave miners gathered in the cave at this moment, so it didn't seem deserted.
Most of the slave miners were of the Sea Clan, and there were also some of the Human Clan and other alien races. There were only a few of the Demon Clan.
These slave miners had pale skin, disheveled hair, tattered clothes, and most of their expressions were abnormally numb. There were only a few people who looked calm, but their faces were filled with ferocity.
These people placed some things in the open air in the central square of the cave, exchanging some materials and food with each other. Among them, there seemed to be some bone weapons like the bone blade on Liu Ming's waist, but there were only a few spiritual weapons.
At this moment, when they saw Liu Ming coming in, except for a few people who turned around and glanced at him, most of them ignored him and continued to talk and meditate.
The surrounding walls of the cave were also used. There were some very simple stone caves, but most of them were empty. A few occupied stone caves had a better aura and complexion than those slave miners on the square of the cave. The things placed on the stone platform in front of them were also of much better quality than those displayed in the open air. It seemed that they were masters or powerful people in some forces here.
Come to think of it, these slave miners who stayed in the exchange area, except for a few people, were mostly the weakest people in some gangs. Some were even just Spirit Apostles. The truly powerful people were probably already in the depths of the mine.
Liu Ming walked into the cave quietly. After he found an inconspicuous corner and sat down, he began to observe quietly.
This place was similar to what he thought before. It had vaguely formed the most primitive market.
At this moment, there was a noise in a passage.
Liu Ming glanced over subconsciously.
He saw three bald human race men exuding a strong yin aura appeared at the entrance of another passage. Under the leadership of the person in the middle, they walked to a corner of the cave.
Under the bright light in the cave, Liu Ming found that the two people behind him each carried a huge linen bag. The surface of the bag was faintly overflowing with blood. A bloody smell suddenly spread in the space of the cave, causing the slave miners on the square to stop what they were doing and look up.
The lifeless eyes of many slave miners were filled with a trace of desire at this moment.
The three bald men strode to a stone cave in the corner and stopped under the gaze of everyone.
The leader made a fist salute to a middle-aged man who was meditating with his eyes closed in the cave, then he took a small bag from his waist and handed it over. He whispered a few words at the same time.
After the middle-aged man listened, he stretched out a hand to take the small bag. After weighing it a little, he put it in his sleeve. He nodded, then he stretched out another hand and pointed to the stone cave in the middle of the cave wall, then he continued to meditate.
Liu Ming found that the clothes on the middle-aged man were surprisingly neat and tidy compared to other slave miners. He even looked like an indifferent adopted son. There was nothing on the stone platform in front of him. It seemed that he was most likely sent by a certain force to manage this place.
When the three bald men walked to the front of the cave that the middle-aged man had pointed out, the leader suddenly turned around and shouted loudly, "You bastards!
"2000 kilograms of fresh evil beast flesh, 2 spirit stones or minerals of the same value per kilogram. First come, first served!"
As the voice sounded, the two people behind him put the sacks on their shoulders on the stone platform at the entrance of the cave, making two muffled sounds. As the bags were opened, they were filled with pieces of evil beast flesh.
"Yuan Meng, you are too black-hearted! Not long ago, it was still 1 spirit stone per kilogram. " Suddenly, a Sea Creature Clan slave miner on the square shouted, and several slave miners on the side began to echo.
"Black-Hearted? Hmph, the evil beast now is much more powerful than before. If you have the ability, go and kill it yourself. " The bald man called "Yuan Meng" glared fiercely at the Sea Race man and roared loudly. After which, he entered the cave and sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes to rest.
Seeing this, other slave miners couldn't help but look at each other.
In the end, there were still a few slave miners who swallowed their saliva and came to the entrance of the stone cave. They lined up to exchange the evil beast flesh with spirit stones from the two bald men. After one of the bald men took the spirit stones, the other bald man would use the bone knife in his hand to cut the corresponding flesh and throw it to the one who came.
As a result, in less than a moment, there was not much flesh left on the stone platform in front of "Yuan Meng". Instead, it was replaced by bags of spirit stones and various ores.
Even the man from the Sea Race who had shouted earlier, after seeing that everyone had gone to exchange for meat, finally took a bag of spirit stones and exchanged for a few dozen kilograms of meat from the bald man. Then, he left through the passage at the side.
Seeing this scene, Liu Ming couldn't help but frown. It seemed that the value of food and spirit stones here was far beyond his imagination. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Fortunately, spirit stones were still common here. Judging from the upper grade spirit stones in his Sumeru Snail, he didn't have to worry about this in a short time.
In this way, after Liu Ming stayed here for a while, he learned a little about the price of some items here, then he quietly entered the passage leading to the depths of the mineral vein.
This time, in order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, as soon as he entered the passage, he took out an unknown elixir from his body. After smearing it on his body, his face immediately became as pale as other slave miners.
After Liu Ming made a gesture with his mental power, his aura suddenly became weaker. In this way, he looked no different from other slave miners.
After doing all this, he continued to pick up the map and continued to walk forward according to the directions on the map.
After walking like this for a long time, Liu Ming's figure flickered, and he came to a small cave of more than a hundred meters in size. There were two passages in front of the cave. After a little judgment, he was ready to walk to one of the passages.
As a result, from the corner of his eye, he discovered a few corpses glowing with red light, lying in a corner of the cave in a disorderly manner.
Liu Ming was startled when he saw this scene. He couldn't help but stop. He walked forward and took a closer look. He found that these people all had their limbs broken, and their death was extremely miserable. Looking at the rotten situation, they should have died only two or three days ago. Their clothes were all stripped.
What was even more strange was that the faint red light on the surface of these corpses actually came from the unknown red insects crawling all over them. This caused Liu Ming to suck in a breath of cold air.
These little bugs were less than an inch long, and there were two tentacles on their heads. They were lying motionless on the corpses. The red round shell on their back glowed with a faint red light under the light of the blue fluorite on the cave wall. It was very strange.
Seeing all this, Liu Ming's face twitched slightly a few times, then he continued to walk toward the passage ahead.
Just as they walked past the two corners of the road, several figures appeared in front of them.
Liu Ming frowned, but he continued to walk forward without expression. He didn't look at these people at all.
A faintly discernible Divine Sense immediately swept over, but after a slight contact, it left again.
When passing by these people, Liu Ming obviously felt the hostility in these people's eyes.
But fortunately, they didn't seem to have much interest in a slave miner like him. They just glanced at him a few times, then they passed by without slowing down.
In the following time, he also encountered several waves of other slave miners on the road.
But although these people did not see his identity as a newcomer, when they saw Liu Ming was alone, there was always a hint of hostility in their eyes.
But fortunately, he was going deep into the mineral vein at the moment, and he looked like a poor man, so no one really took the initiative to take any action.
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