If the same words were spoken by different people, the effect would be completely different.
If Yan Yalun had asked such a question, the people of the Liu Yun clan would have glared at him angrily again. However, since it was Li Buhui who said it, everyone was brought to the entrance of the Liu Yun clan's Immortal Crystal Mine in less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn.
It was not a high stone mountain. A huge hole more than four meters in diameter had been dug out, slanting down to the soil. The faint sound of the wind, like the low roar of a demon beast, came from the depths of the huge hole.
"This is the map of the mine. After hundreds of years of excavation, the mine below is like a maze. Without a map, it's easy to get lost in it." The leader of the Driftcloud clan, Yun Wufeng, had someone bring over a thick stack of maps and gave everyone a copy. Then, he said, "The green passageways are marked on the maps, which are feasible routes. The red passageways have been abandoned for quite some time, so they might have already changed. We can't be sure what kind of dangers there are for now, so please be careful after you enter the mines."
Li Mu also got a map.
There were many winding routes outlined on the map. At first glance, it looked like a circuit diagram. Li Mu gasped. The Liuyun family had dug such a huge underground maze under the ground. Were the people of the Liuyun family a group of ants?
"What do you mean?" Yan Yalun stared at Liuyun Wufeng and said, "Don't you people from the Liuyun family go down to lead the way?"
Liuyun Wufeng said, "The strength of the Liuyun family is weak. If we go down, we will be a burden. So, what happens next is up to you."
Yan Yalun wanted to say something, but Li Buhui, the disciple of the Hidden Sword Sea, snorted and said, "If you are afraid of death, get out of here. Don't talk nonsense here."
Yan Yalun's face suddenly turned red. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, he obediently stood behind his brother Yan Yaan and stared at Li Buhui's back with hatred.
Li Buhui was a famous Great Sword Celestial in Shu Prefecture. He was one of the best of the new generation in the Hidden Sword Sea. Whether it was in terms of power or personal strength, he was way above Yan Ya Lun. Not to mention him, even his brother Yan Ya 'an had to accept Li Buhui's scolding.
This was identity, this was strength.
"Hey, someone has already gone in." Sister Jia Ning of the Delirium Holy Land looked at the giant hole in the mine and said, "It's Li Mu from the Holy Zhi Palace. Hmph, all he knows is to put on a brave front. He's willing to throw his life away for the treasure of the Immortal Sky Emperor. He deserves to die."
When the crowd looked over, all they saw was Li Mu's back. Like a flash of lightning, he had already rushed in.
"Let's go."
Someone shouted loudly. He turned into a gale and rushed in, unwilling to fall behind.
Li Buhui, the Sword Energy Soaring to the Sky, flashed and turned into a beam of sword light. He was the fastest.
Then, the people from the Thousand Flames Holy Land and the Delirium Holy Land also rushed into the mine.
Although there might be great dangers inside, which one of these successors of the Holy Land was not skilled and daring? Moreover, they had all kinds of treasures bestowed by their sects, so they were overflowing with confidence. Killing the red-haired monster was just a matter of convenience. The most important thing was the [Nine Serenities Soul Devouring Fire] and the possible clues of the inheritance of the Immortal Heavenly Emperor.
Of course, no one would be so naive to think that they could get the complete inheritance of the Immortal Sky Emperor here.
In the past thousands of years, there had been countless versions of the inheritance of the Great Emperors on the Chaotic Continent. Especially for a legendary Great Emperor like the Immortal Sky Emperor, there would be news about the inheritance of the Immortal Sky Emperor from time to time. It was hard to determine whether it was true or not. Sometimes, some clues could be found, but most of the time, it was just an empty joy.
It was the same this time.
Most of the successors of the Holy Lands who came here were here to try their luck and complete the training tasks of the Military Ministry.
If the inheritance of the Undying Heavenly Emperor was truly in this mine, then it wouldn't be the turn of the younger generation. Instead, many old monsters would appear and set off a bloody battle.
…
Buzz! Buzz!
The rusted sword vibrated slightly.
Li Mu walked in the mine, which looked like an ant's nest, with joy on his face.
The news from the Taoist Palace was right.
Wang Shiyu's soul might really exist in this mine, because the rusted sword was reacting, just like the last time when he explored the Blood-colored Moon Ship.
Along the way, Li Mu had killed more than a dozen red-haired monsters.
The light in the mine was extremely dim, and the faint red was extremely strange, as if it was dyed with blood, which caused the visibility to be extremely low and the temperature to be extremely high.
And the deeper and deeper he went, the higher the temperature.
The strength of the red-haired monsters on the periphery was obviously average. Most of them were in the Divine Mystery Realm, so Li Mu could kill them easily.
Even with a map, it was very difficult to determine the route in the depths of the mine. There were forks everywhere, and every time he made a choice, a new route would appear. After making a few choices, he would soon lose track of the way he came.
Such a complicated terrain made it difficult for dozens of successors of the Holy Land of Martial Arts to meet each other, like a handful of salt sprinkled into the sea.
After half an hour, Li Mu gave up looking for the way according to the map provided by the Liu Yun family. Instead, he went all the way by relying on the reaction of the rusted sword.
Roar!
A red-haired monster more than two meters tall rushed toward him, opening its mouth and spitting flames.
But before it got close to Li Mu, a knife light flashed, and the red-haired monster was cut in two at the waist.
It fell into the gravel.
Blood flowed out and turned into orange-red flames, burning in the air.
"The frequency of red-haired monsters in front of me is getting higher and higher. Is it their lair?" Li Mu thought to himself.
Heavy footsteps could be heard.
Soon, more than a dozen red-haired monsters rushed over. In the dim tunnel, their vision was not affected, and their physical defense was amazing. They only relied on physical attacks to smash the tunnel rocks into powder …
Li Mu was afraid that these monsters would collapse the tunnel, so he directly took action and killed them one by one.
It turned out that Li Mu's guess was right.
There was indeed a nest of red-haired monsters in front of him.
The huge underground mine was like an underground karst cave. Three to four hundred red-haired monsters were gathered here. To Li Mu's surprise, the red-haired monsters seemed to have some intelligence. They were quite organized, as if they were in a line. They clustered around a huge square rock, on which sat a crimson human-shaped shadow.
Because the underground light was dim, especially this nest, which was strangely red like flowing liquid, blocked Li Mu's sight. For a moment, he couldn't see clearly what the red humanoid shadow was.
The moment Li Mu broke into the nest, the red-haired monsters madly rushed toward him.
"I can try the power of the White Sword Sutra … Heaven-breaking Light in Six Styles."
As soon as he thought of it, the sword light suddenly appeared.
The dim environment in the nest was like the darkness that enveloped the earth before dawn. The sword light was like the moment when the sun rose. Thousands of rays of light instantly crushed and dispelled all the darkness.
More than a hundred red-haired monsters still maintained the posture of rushing forward, but their vitality had long been destroyed by the sword light.
Bang!
The orange-red flames swirled.
The dead bodies of the red-haired monsters burned like eye-catching torches in the dark night.
Li Mu was also stunned.
"This swordsmanship … is very powerful."
It was the first time that he used the White Sword Sutra against an enemy, and he knew how powerful it was. What surprised him was the killing intent that the opponent couldn't resist after he used it. Li Mu himself couldn't figure out how to crack such a swordsmanship.
He put away the rusted sword and replaced it with a long Taoist broadsword.
Although he had tried to turn the sword into a broadsword when he was in the Taoist Palace, using a long broadsword to perform the White Sword Sutra was far inferior to using a sword as a weapon.
Li Mu performed the Six Styles of Sky-breaking Light in a row and killed all the red-haired monsters in the nest.
He came to the square rock.
Only then did he see that the person sitting on the rock was a normal person.
This person seemed to be in his fifties. His facial features were distinct, and he was wearing the elder uniform of the Liuyun family. His face was haggard, like a withered tree. However, his hair and eyebrows had all turned red. There was a terrifying heat flowing out of his body, as if he was a huge fireball.
Li Mu remembered what Liuyun Wufeng had said before. "Is this person the Taoist Realm elder of the Liuyun family who was trapped in the mine?"
"If it's really this person, doesn't he have the cultivation of the Tao Master Realm now?"
Li Mu was startled.
"So many red-haired monsters are risking their lives to protect this person. Could it be that he has become the leader of the red-haired monsters?" Since there was no red hair on his skin, it was obvious that he had undergone some kind of mutation similar to evolution.
However, Li Mu didn't feel any dangerous aura from this person.
The rusted sword buzzed and vibrated more violently than ever before.
Li Mu slowly approached.
The scorching aura was a little unbearable for him.
"This guy hasn't been burned to death, has he?"
Li Mu cursed inwardly and ran his cultivation method to resist.
As he continued to approach, Li Mu finally saw that in the body of the elder of the Liuyun family, there was a faint red brilliance, making his body as transparent as warm jade. It could be seen that there was a wisp of flame in his dantian, flickering faintly like a candle.
"That is …" Li Mu was surprised.
"The flame burning in his dantian?"
"This elder of the Liuyun family seems to be practicing or trying to integrate the flame in his dantian. That's why he is motionless?"
"Could it be that the flame is …"
The sound of footsteps came.
When Li Mu looked back, he saw that several people from the Thousand Flames Holy Land had coincidentally arrived.
Yan Yalun walked in the front and saw the empty nest of the red-haired monsters. Finally, their eyes fell on the figure on the square rock.
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