The old cultivator's sharp eyes coldly swept over the crowd. Suddenly, he raised his hand, and a bright silver light rushed out, illuminating this side of the world.
The silver light instantly entered the body of a purple-clothed youth who was more than ten feet away from Chu Chen.
The purple-clothed youth stood still, not daring to move in the slightest in front of a mid-stage Heavenly River expert.
The other cultivators also stood there dumbstruck.
They saw the bright silver light wash up and down the youth's body for a moment, as if it was searching for something.
Chu Chen activated his spiritual sense to scan, and could faintly see a very small dark red stream of light shuttling back and forth in the silver light.
Even with the sharpness and valiance of the silver light, it was simply unable to capture the dark red stream of light.
Oh?
Old Tao's eyes suddenly straightened, and he stared at the youth for a while. With a thoughtful expression, he turned his head and asked Zhao Hai, "Did the mutation first break out from this group of people?"
"Reporting to Sir, at the beginning, it was a laborer named Liu Yu. He was only at the early stage of Spirit River, but after the mutation, he instantly had the battle prowess of a late-stage Spirit River cultivator. He was able to kill a mid-stage Spirit River cultivator in an instant. Later, he killed several more cultivators and absorbed their blood, Qi, and soul essence. His cultivation soared to the half-step Heavenly River level."
Zhao Hai's posture was very low, and he respectfully restored all the details one by one.
Old Tao slightly narrowed his eyes, but didn't say anything.
Zhao Hai took a deep breath, and continued carefully, "This disciple has also investigated in various ways, but I was unable to find the key. I was very frightened, so I asked Old Tao to preside over the overall situation."
"This is an ancient curse."
Old Tao's sharp eyes revealed a touch of dazzling light. Seeing that the dark red stream of light within the vast silver light couldn't be expelled, his expression became more and more dignified. Everyone could feel the pressure in the air increasing.
"This ancient curse is very strange. It is normal that you can't find it with your cultivation."
He said noncommittally.
"Sir, what should we do now?"
Zhao Hai lowered his eyebrows and asked.
Old Tao didn't pay attention to him. He closed his eyes and pondered for a long time. Suddenly, he opened his eyes again and waved his hand in the air.
In an instant, specks of resplendent light shot out from his palm.
These light spots looked like extremely delicate talismans. They were extremely small and seemed to be only the size of soybeans. They were merely the essence of light.
Tens of thousands of specks of light continuously gushed out from his palm and flew into the sky above the Crystal Gorge. When the cultivators looked up, it was as if there was an additional starry sky.
All of a sudden, the stars poured down from the sky and entered the bodies of all the cultivators in the mine.
One of the light spots instantly entered Chu Chen's body.
In an instant, Chu Chen felt a scorching aura circling around his limbs and bones, as if it was investigating the condition of his body.
His heart trembled as he silently stored the Heaven Realm Divine Fire Seed into the deepest part of the Desolate Stream of the Ancients.
This Heaven Realm Divine Flame was one of his greatest trump cards. Naturally, he didn't want others to find out about it.
All the specks of light circulated in everyone's body once, then rushed out one after another. After circling above the Crystal Gorge for a while, they all converged back into Old Tao's palm.
Old Tao closed his eyes again and silently used his spiritual sense to investigate these light spots and talismans. Suddenly, his expression changed drastically!
"Let's go!"
Old Tao's expression was cold and he didn't speak anymore. He only waved his hand lightly and left with the group of elites from the Nine Heavens. They walked far away and stopped at the end of the Crystal Gorge.
A group of white-robed Heavenly River Tier elites were at the edge of the Earth Fog World. They seemed to be discussing something.
Chu Chen's spiritual sense swept over and found that their expressions were extremely grave.
"Looks like that old guy has already discovered that everyone here has been infected by the Ancient Death Curse. No one is spared." The little hamster's voice sounded in Chu Chen's ears. Its round true body finally stood on Chu Chen's shoulder.
The little hamster sneered.
"En, then what do you think they'll do?"
Chu Chen's expression was indifferent. His eyes flickered slightly.
"What else can they do? Or find a way to break this curse. However, this doesn't seem very likely. Curses that have been infected with the power of karma are extremely difficult to deal with. If they can't deal with it … "
The little hamster stood on Chu Chen's shoulder and glanced at him, the smile on its face becoming colder and colder.
"If they can't deal with it, then the Nine Heavens will directly isolate everyone and lock them up, forbidding anyone from leaving. Then, they'll leave this group of cursed people to fend for themselves. In any case, they're just a bunch of hard workers. Even if they all die, it won't hurt. When they're all dead, they can just catch them again. "
The little hamster's emotionless voice said Chu Chen's guess.
Not long after, the white-robed Zhao Hai returned to the Black Stone Plaza. He said that Old Tao had ordered everyone to continue with their normal mining work, but they couldn't leave the Crystal Gorge without permission. Old Tao already had a solution, but it would take some time.
Chu Chen was very surprised. This ending?
The Nine Heavens didn't order everyone to be isolated. Could it be that they really had a solution?
Soon, the hard workers returned to the ruins one by one with their crystal hoes. Chu Chen also continued to excavate this incomparably huge Mountain Swallowing Nether Dragon sculpture with his own team members.
The arrival of the Nine Heavens Formation Breaking Team's higher-ups, led by the silver-haired old man, seemed to bring a bit of confidence to all the cultivators, making them feel slightly more at ease.
Therefore, most of the cultivators obediently continued to excavate the ancient ruins.
In any case, a mid stage Heavenly River Realm and a dozen early stage Heavenly River Realm cultivators overseeing things could bring some sense of security.
Chu Chen also began to eliminate distracting thoughts and wholeheartedly began to excavate.
This time, he directly dug out a circular tunnel about three meters in diameter that went straight down!
He was different from the cultivators who were digging down the Mountain Swallowing Nether Dragon sculpture's neck. He directly dug a hole near the dragon's neck.
Chu Chen's actions were very strange, but in this super huge pit, he had always been the strangest existence.
No matter what he did, everyone was already used to it.
In fact, Chu Chen had already found the entrance. It was three hundred meters under the black soil, in the huge black stone ball held in the dragon's claw.
Therefore, Chu Chen prepared to dig a hole that went straight down to the door of the black stone ball.
Chu Chen felt that time was tight. After digging a hole with his crystal hoe, he directly threw it away and summoned eight fire dragons, then the eight fire dragons merged into one.
They turned into a huge blue-eyed fire dragon and frantically drilled downwards!
The cultivators only saw a terrifying golden-red pillar of fire rush out of the hole, burning fiercely!
Chu Chen wasn't digging at this time, but using heavenly fire to penetrate the earth.
"So desperate?! Looks like he realized something? "
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