The pitch-black Ancient Mine was silent. Ye Fan stood there for a long time and thought about many things. In the end, he didn't change his mind and chose to move forward.
He moved forward alone at a steady pace, observing everything around him. However, there were no more carvings on the rock walls. Everything just now was over.
After moving forward for more than 30 miles, the soil suddenly became soft. When he stepped on it, the soles of his feet completely sank into it and turned gray.
At first, Ye Fan didn't care. However, after walking for thousands of feet, he felt that it was getting colder and colder. The Yin Qi here was extremely heavy, like the north wind blowing snow on his body.
When he stepped on a hard object and made a cracking sound, Ye Fan suddenly understood what kind of place he had come to.
The gray on the ground was not ordinary soil, but bone ashes. There were still bones that had not completely melted inside. The Yin Qi was emitted by these bone ashes.
He was a cultivator, so he was not afraid. However, he had to think about how many human bones were needed to accumulate these bone ashes.
Soon, he thought of the Peerless God Source in this dragon vein. When it was born, there were mountains of bones and rivers of blood. Was it caused by that horrible creature from more than 100,000 years ago? Those Source Gatherers in the past all rested here …
After walking for a long time, there was still no end to the gray bone ashes. There was a thick layer of them in the Ancient Mine.
"Crack!"
After walking for hundreds of meters, the bone ashes finally disappeared. Instead, there were dry bones everywhere. They had long decayed. With a light step, they would turn into ashes. Under the power of time, nothing could last long.
At this place, the Ancient Mine was like an icehouse. The cold air was like a knife scraping people's skin.
"No wonder the Demon Bats live here. As recorded in the ancient books, they like to live on the edge of the Great Ominous Place."
Ye Fan was on high alert. He didn't want to lose his life in the Ancient Mine before entering the Purple Mountain.
"Woo …"
The chilly wind whistled, shadows were indistinct, and in this pile of bones, hazy ghostly figures appeared one after another, they were very faint.
"Is there really such a thing?" Ye Fan was surprised.
He raised the stone knife in his hand and walked forward resolutely. This two-foot-long ancient knife seemed to have the power to repel evil spirits. Those shadows all retreated.
Hualala!
From the pile of bones in front of him came the sound of iron chains. Ye Fan's heart chilled as he felt a cold and gloomy baleful aura.
He stuck close to the wall of the mine and silently moved forward. His aura was completely concealed by the stone clothes, so not a single drop leaked out.
Just over a thousand feet away, there was a pitch-black hole in the rock wall of the mine, and the sound of iron chains swaying was coming from it.
That hole was extremely deep, and the bone-piercing coldness made one's heart tremble. It turned into a tangible substance and seeped out. When it came into contact with one's skin, one would feel as if they were being pricked by needles.
Ye Fan hurriedly put down the hood of the stone helmet, covering his eyes and face.
In the depths of the black hole, there was an inaudible roar, accompanied by the sound of iron chains shaking, as if a ferocious creature had been locked up.
One could clearly see that there were many ghostly shadows among the pile of bones. Following the roar, they shattered and turned into Yin Qi, which was then swallowed into the black hole.
"What is this thing?!" Ye Fan frowned. It was definitely not a good thing. It was probably a super ferocious creature.
One had to know that many Source gatherers and cultivators had died here more than a hundred thousand years ago. Blood flowed like rivers, and after so many years, it was normal for a ferocious spirit to be born.
"Who cares what it is, as long as it doesn't block my way." He secretly estimated and felt that the ferocious creature wouldn't rush out. He carefully circled around it and continued walking into the depths of the mine.
"Perhaps this stone robe really does have some strange effects. I can't let anything dirty touch me."
After a long distance, the pile of bones finally disappeared. The inside of the ancient mine was very dry, and there was nothing left.
Ye Fan estimated the distance and found that he was about thirty-five miles deep. He probably wasn't too far from the Purple Mountain.
After walking for another four or five miles, there was actually a flickering light in front of him. It was very gentle.
This surprised Ye Fan. He had just walked past the pile of bones. In his opinion, he must have entered a place of great danger and would be even more dangerous.
However, just a few miles away, there was a strong Spiritual Qi blowing over, making people feel peaceful.
"I just walked out of the pile of corpses, and a pure land appeared?"
The cry of a crane came from ahead. This was not an illusion, because he had really seen it.
After walking for a few miles, a bright world appeared in front of him. The Ancient Mine was no longer dark. Soft light flowed, and it was peaceful and holy.
"This is the aura of Source!"
Although it was bright, he couldn't see very far. The flowing mist blocked people's sight.
Ye Fan was a little dazed. The mist was formed after the Source was dissolved, and it was the vigorous essence of life.
"The essence of the Spiritual Source is overflowing. There must be a large amount of Source here …" Ye Fan searched but found nothing.
Origin Qi fluttered, and colorful lights flowed. A crane spread its wings and soared in the Ancient Mine as if it didn't see him.
"This is …" Ye Fan was quite surprised.
"Roar …" Then he saw an earth dragon with a lizard body and dragon scales. It crawled by not far away, and its huge body looked very heavy.
Then, a flock of fiery red birds flew by, flapping their wings, causing the air to surge violently.
"How can there be creatures?"
He was wearing a stone coat, so these creatures didn't feel his aura. He stood in the field in a daze.
According to Ye Fan's understanding, this was a dead land, and there couldn't be anything here, but he couldn't understand it.
"Origin Qi … It's formed by Origin Qi!" Ye Fan was suddenly shocked and said, "There can't be such a creature underground."
"There is a Source of God here!" He thought of the legends he had heard in the stone village. Some Source of God would turn into all kinds of strange creatures after it was leaked, running and roaring in the surroundings.
He was suddenly excited. If he could find the Source of God, it would be a great harvest! It was a treasure that even the Holy Land would fight for, and they would not hesitate to fall out with.
Ye Fan held the stone knife in his hand, stood in front of him, and searched in the dense Spirit Qi.
"Crack!"
The sound of bones cracking came from under his feet. He frowned. There were so many bones in such a peaceful place.
"Hey, this is …" Ye Fan was shocked. These bones couldn't have been left behind hundreds of thousands of years ago. They were very hard and had a flowing luster.
He squatted down in the fog and carefully observed. He saw more than a dozen skeletons one after another. Some of the skeletons were thousands of years old, while some seemed to be only a few hundred years old.
"It seems that people have mistakenly entered this place over the years …" Ye Fan was shocked. These people had died here. This peaceful place was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
Cranes, earth dragons, fiery red birds, and other creatures were circling and running everywhere.
In addition, Ye Fan found many huge pits, full of fossils and skeletons, all of which belonged to some strange Primordial Creatures.
He felt that this place was very strange. He slowly moved forward in the Ancient Mine. After walking for more than a mile, he finally came to the place where the Spirit Qi was the densest.
In addition, he felt a terrible killing intent here, and his heart was palpitating.
Just in front of him, there were two bottomless holes. One was filled with Spirit Qi, and Genesis Qi was constantly rolling up, while the other was filled with a murderous aura. It was even more terrifying than the sharpest sword light, making people's hearts tremble.
The two were very close to each other, and around them, there was silence.
"Yin-Yang Eyes!"
Ye Fan was really surprised. These two black holes were very similar to the Yin-Yang Eyes in the Taiji Diagram. If a circle was drawn around them, it would simply be a natural Taiji Diagram.
In fact, they were indeed operating like this. The hole that spewed Genesis Qi was surrounded by bones and fossils, and the murderous aura was dense. The hole that shot out the murderous aura was surrounded by shining brilliance, and Origin Stones were everywhere.
Carrying Yin to embrace Yang, carrying Yang to embrace Yin. This was completely a natural Taiji Diagram, not artificially carved. This was the mighty power of nature.
"It contains the divine power of the Great Path!"
Ye Fan's heart trembled. No wonder the Yuan Taoist Master of the Zhang family had repeatedly stressed that the general trend of this place could not be changed. One could know the general trend by looking at a spot, and one could know the coldness of winter by looking at the ice under the eaves.
Before entering the Purple Mountain, he had already seen such a landscape. One could imagine the horror of this place.
It was indeed a natural Taiji Diagram. Genesis Qi and murderous aura flowed together, cutting off the front.
In front of this natural Taiji Diagram, Ye Fan saw many dry bones. He had to squat down to carefully observe them. If the ancestor of the Zhang family had died here, there was no need for him to continue forward.
There were more than 20 dry bones in total. Judging from their bones, they had existed for thousands to tens of thousands of years, and all of them were pierced by the sword Qi.
Ye Fan picked up a dry bone and threw it at the natural Taiji Diagram.
"Chi!"
Genesis Qi and murderous aura flowed, forming thousands of sword Qi. The dry bone was instantly turned into ashes.
He used his divine power and tried to break the surrounding walls to find another way out. However, the God Diagram had a spirit. Sword Qi crisscrossed and slashed at it.
The supreme power formed by nature made Ye Fan's heart turn cold. With such a God Diagram blocking his way, how could he get past? It was simply invincible.
Ye Fan carefully examined the bones on the ground. They should have been experts, but none of them could get past. They were all pierced and killed here.
One of the bones even had specks of silver light. The bone structure was very special. It was obvious that it was a top expert, but it still couldn't escape the fate of death.
Ye Fan searched carefully and found many broken weapons. He even found a jade pendant in front of a delicate skeleton. The two words "Jade Pool" were carved on it.
This made his heart skip a beat. He searched carefully, but there were no other relics, let alone the Jade Pool Mantra that he needed.
"How do I get past?" According to Ye Fan's knowledge, the ancestor of the Zhang family a thousand years ago didn't have a very high cultivation level. He couldn't have gone far.
"Where he can reach, I should be able to reach too. Did he shatter here, or did he enter inside? "
Ye Fan paced back and forth outside the Taiji Diagram. He took out the Myriad Qi Cauldron and gritted his teeth. He was ready to see if the cauldron could withstand such sword Qi.
"Rumble!"
Suddenly, he found an unusual phenomenon. The Taiji Diagram was sometimes completely shrouded in murderous aura, and sometimes completely shrouded in Genesis Qi.
It wasn't always Yin and Yang circulating. Occasionally, there would be solitary Yin and solitary Yang, forming a single pole. Such sword Qi was even more terrifying. The terrifying waves made Ye Fan's heart turn cold.
However, at this time, he found a trace of abnormality. Whenever there was a solitary Yang, which was when the God Source Hole erupted alone, his stone clothes and stone saber would glow.
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