It was a blooming black flower with mottled golden spots. It was like a cluster of stars, like a starry night sky. It was very beautiful.
This beautiful flower had a very nice name. It was called the Starry Night Sky.
The spiritual herbs in the Land of Exile could be divided into four grades — Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, and the legendary Gold.
The four grades were further divided into low, mid, high, and top grade.
For example, the Black Iron Root was a low grade Black Iron. The Black Light Single Leaf Grass that Mu Gaoli found was a high grade Black Iron.
Low-grade Black Iron Cores were generally worth 10 Black Iron Cores, Mid-grade Black Iron Cores were worth 100 Black Iron Cores, High-grade Black Iron Cores were worth 1000 Black Iron Cores, and Supreme-Grade Black Iron Cores were worth 10,000 Black Iron Cores, which was equivalent to one Bronze Core.
The spiritual herbs and ores in the first layer of the Sinner's Cave were mostly Black Iron. However, there were some exceptions. For example, the Starry Night Sky that Chu Mu found was a Bronze grade herb. Moreover, it was a mid Bronze grade herb.
The price of a middle-grade Bronze Spirit Herb was one hundred Bronze Hearts.
This was what Chu Mu found. This meant that Chu Mu would get sixty Bronze Cores. However, he would need to give forty to the other four if Chu Mu wanted to keep the Starry Night Sky for himself.
"Brother Chu, how about selling the Starry Night Sky to me?" Long Yunkong transmitted.
"Okay." Chu Mu immediately agreed. Although the Starry Night Sky was a Bronze grade spiritual herb, it was of no use to Chu Mu. He didn't have the time to refine pills right now. The pill recipes in the Land of Exile were different from those in the Deep Blue World. He would need to spend more time to study them.
After Long Yunkong obtained the Starry Night Sky, he took out sixty Bronze Cores and gave them to Chu Mu. Then, he took out thirty Bronze Cores and gave them to the other three.
Mu Gaoli's expression had been ugly ever since he saw the Starry Night Sky.
There was nothing he could do about it. Who asked him to have a cheap mouth before, insisting that he was taking advantage of Chu Mu? After that, Chu Mu's performance was equivalent to refuting him time and time again, slapping him in the face time and time again. Until now, although he had made some contributions, compared to Chu Mu's contributions, there was no doubt that there was a clear gap.
The contributions of the four of them combined were comparable to Chu Mu's.
Especially the last time, when a Starry Night directly slapped his face until it was swollen, and it was burning with pain.
If this cave only had one level, then the Dark Night Stars that Chu Mu had found would be the most valuable one. There was no other one that could compare.
Suddenly, Mu Gaoli felt that the ten Bronze Hearts were burning hot.
"I take back what I said earlier. Up until now, you have contributed the most to the team." Mu Gaoli took a deep breath and transmitted with his divine sense, "However, I won't lose to you, Four Star Sage."
As they continued forward, they encountered another fork in the path. There were a total of three paths.
The five of them chose the leftmost path. Black iron roots were essential, and there were also other black iron spirit herbs that were constantly discovered.
About an hour later, there was no path left. They could only turn back and choose the middle path. After collecting some spirit herbs and ores, they entered the main path.
The deeper they went into the sinner's cave, the more complicated it became. Sometimes, if they chose the wrong path, they would have to turn back.
Up until now, Long Yunkong had guessed that this cave had two levels. Then, the spirit herbs and ores on the second level would be far more valuable than the first. So entering the second level was their primary goal.
Of course, the second level would definitely be more dangerous than the first.
Forward, forward, forward. Relying on Chu Mu's extraordinary hearing, they avoided the patrolling sinners time and time again before attacking and killing them. At first, they weren't convinced, but after several times, they had no choice but to believe that Chu Mu, a Four Star Sage, was indeed extraordinary. There was something about him that they couldn't compare to.
However, they still firmly believed that in terms of strength, Chu Mu was absolutely inferior to them. This was what the other three thought except for Long Yunkong, but they didn't show it.
About a few hours later, Chu Mu transmitted his voice again.
"There's movement."
When everyone heard this, they all stopped in their tracks and quickly hid.
Although they were very puzzled as to how Chu Mu, a Four Star Sage, found the movement that they couldn't find, time and time again proved that Chu Mu was right. They just needed to listen to him.
But this time, Chu Mu didn't hide. Instead, he stood in place and listened.
"There are many sinners." Chu Mu transmitted his voice as he slowly walked forward. The others also came out and slowly approached.
They were all smeared with the juice of the black iron roots. They only needed a little to hide their aura.
The darkness in front of them seemed to be gradually dispelled. A faint light fell into their eyes.
Hiding behind a huge protruding black iron ore, the five of them looked ahead in surprise.
There was a large pool that was about ten meters wide and ten meters long. The pool was filled with Black Iron liquid that was extremely viscous. It was like a mirror, and it gave off a weak light, dispelling the darkness in the surroundings, creating a dusky darkness.
The dim light obviously had less of an effect on everyone's vision.
They saw dozens of black iron sinners carrying things back and forth. They threw pieces of black iron ore and black iron roots into the black pool. They were swallowed without splashing any water and disappeared without a trace.
At the edge, dozens of sinners were mining black iron ore. Perhaps it was because of their continuous mining that the surrounding area was very wide. It was hundreds of meters high and tens of thousands of meters wide.
Every sinner was very quiet. They didn't make any roars. They were like robots, carrying out orders.
"Is that pool the Birth Pool?" Yue Zhen's voice was filled with surprise.
"It should be the Birth Pool," Long Yunkong said.
Speaking of which, other than Chu Mu, the four of them had entered sinner caves more than once. However, those caves had already been excavated and didn't have much value.
They had naturally heard of the Birth Pool.
The sinners' appearance was different from human reproduction. They appeared from the Birth Pool. As for the principle, no one knew.
In short, the sinners' Birth Pool was very special. After throwing in black iron ore and black iron roots, a black iron sinner would be born after a period of time.
Now, they saw a Birth Pool with their own eyes.
In fact, not all caves had Birth Pools. Normally, sinner caves with Birth Pools had more than two floors.
Long Yunkong exhaled and said solemnly, "It seems that this cave may have three floors."
There was a big difference between having one floor and two floors. The difference between having three and two floors was even bigger.
The first floor had mostly black iron sinners and black iron treasures. The second floor had mostly bronze treasures. The third floor had mostly silver treasures.
Hearing Long Yunkong's words, they didn't feel excited. Instead, they felt serious.
If it was the second floor, they could still explore it with their strength. However, if it was the third floor, they might die if they were not careful. After all, the strength of a Silver Sinner far surpassed that of a Bronze Sinner. A single Silver Sinner was enough to kill all five of them.
However, there was one more thing. The sinners in the cave were all sleeping. If they were lucky enough, they could enter the third floor and gain something.
Speaking of which, this was a story for the future. They were still on the first floor and looking for the entrance to the second floor.
In front of them, other than the Birth Pool, there were hundreds of black iron sinners and two bronze sinners.
The strength of the two Bronze Sinners was at least comparable to a Seven-star Saint. It was impossible for the few of them to kill them in an instant.
To make matters worse, they had found an entrance. It was very likely that it was the entrance to the second floor.
There were two powerful Bronze-level Sinners and more than a hundred Black Iron-level Sinners. Excluding the two Bronze-level Sinners, even if there were more than a hundred Black Iron-level Sinners, they would still need to spend some time to kill them. And during this process, there was a high chance that they would disturb the other Sinners and wake them up from their slumber.
Once one sinner was awakened, the other sinners would wake up one after another. At that time, Chu Mu's group of five would be in a difficult situation.
"Are we going to retreat just like that?" Mu Gaoli transmitted his voice. He was very unwilling. If they entered the second floor, their harvest would definitely be better than the first floor. No one was willing to retreat just like that.
"Of course not, but we have to think of a way to kill all of them without waking up the other sinners," Long Yunkong said.
"Four-star saints. Do you have any ideas?" Mu Gaoli suddenly asked Chu Mu.
"No," replied Chu Mu.
If they burst out with their full strength, they could indeed kill the two bronze sinners and at least twenty black iron sinners in an instant. However, they would need some time to kill the other sinners. During this time, it was very likely that they would disturb the sleeping sinners.
However, Chu Mu felt that the other four should also have their own trump cards. If they used their trump cards and cooperated with each other, they should be able to kill all the sinners in an instant.
The problem was that a trump card was usually only used when they were in a life-and-death crisis. They all understood this and knew how precious a trump card was. Therefore, they wouldn't use it easily.
"Think about it again," said Long Yunkong.
"I have the Icebound Spiritual Jade. I can freeze all the sinners in one strike." Xu Qingya, who had been silent all this time, took the initiative to speak. "This is my trump card. I can use it, but you have to compensate me."
"How do you want to compensate me?" asked Yue Zhen.
"Everyone, compensate me with ten thousand bronze hearts," said Xu Qingya.
Everyone silently calculated. Ten thousand bronze hearts was indeed a lot. However, if they could enter the second floor, their harvest would be even greater. Therefore, they agreed to Xu Qingya's compensation. Immediately, an ice-blue jade appeared in Xu Qingya's hand. It emitted traces of cold air.
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