"Large-scale crystal mine?"
This news caused Zhao Fu to feel quite shocked. He sat up straight and looked at Li Wen as he asked seriously, "Is this true?"
Li Wen understood the importance of this matter and earnestly nodded.
Seeing this, Zhao Fu couldn't help but happily stand up. Crystal stones were one of the resources that Qin Zhao Fu lacked the most. Apart from people and corpses, it was the third most important resource that he needed.
This was because refining corpses with high aptitude and high cultivation cost a lot of Crystal Stones. Because Crystal Stones were very expensive, most of Qin Zhao Fu's money was spent on Crystal Stones. It could be said that Crystal Stones greatly restricted Qin Zhao Fu's development, and Qin Zhao Fu couldn't make any big moves in this area.
Now, Li Wen had said that he had found a large-scale crystal stone mine, not a Small or Medium one, but a large-scale one. How could this not make Zhao Fu happy?
"Hurry and tell me the details of this matter!" Zhao Fu smiled as he said hurriedly.
"Yes! Your Majesty! "
Li Wen obeyed and told Zhao Fu everything that had happened.
It turned out that Li Wen had led people to open the fourth passage to the underground space. At the end of the fourth passage, they found traces of a crystal stone vein. Following these traces, they unexpectedly found a large crystal stone vein. However, this crystal stone vein was surrounded by at least fifty thousand Skeletons.
"50,000 Skeletons gathered together indeed won't be easy to deal with!"
Zhao Fu thought for a moment before saying, "Li Wen! Take me to have a look, and we'll come up with a detailed plan when we come back. "
Li Wen nodded before taking Zhao Fu to the underground tunnel.
…
A while later, a few soldiers lit torches, and Zhao Fu stood in the middle with Li Wen leading the way. The underground tunnel hadn't changed much, and it was still as dark and gave off a terrifying aura.
Everyone moved forward in silence!
Following this, they came to an intersection and stopped. Zhao Fu found that there were many crystal shards on the walls here. These shards weren't very big, only about the size of a fingernail. However, there were many of them, and they looked quite beautiful.
"Your Highness! There's a large crystal mine up ahead, so be careful, "Li Wen warned.
Zhao Fu nodded, and the group continued forward.
Finally, he came to the end. There was no path ahead, only a cliff. In front of him was a very large space. Right now, Zhao Fu was at the entrance of a cliff that was dozens of meters high.
The space in front of them was large, but it was not dark, because the rock walls in front of them were completely made of crystal stones. Such a large amount of crystal stones gave off a dazzling crystal light, causing the large space to be as bright as day. It was a very spectacular sight.
"This is a very large Sparite mine!"
However, the ground below was a vast expanse of white, and there were all sorts of Skeletons wandering around aimlessly. There were many of them, like a swarm of ants, and it was impossible to tell how many there were. There were roughly 50,000 Skeletons, which was quite troublesome.
After observing for a while, Zhao Fu said, "Let's go back! Don't alarm the skeletons here. "
Everyone was careful and slowly retreated without making a sound.
After returning to the surface, Zhao Fu gathered all of his Generals to discuss this matter. This matter was incredibly important to Qin, and they couldn't allow anything unexpected to happen. They had to be careful.
After some detailed discussions, everyone started to take action and start to conquer this large crystal mine.
First of all, they were at a high place, which was quite advantageous, and they could use this to build a defense. Secondly, a ten meter wide passageway wouldn't do, as there were at least 50,000 Skeletons in that space. Zhao Fu would have to send 20,000 soldiers down to deal with so many Skeletons, and the ten meter wide passageway was evidently too narrow, making it difficult for the soldiers to use their full strength.
Zhao Fu wanted to use the first passageway as a base and extend it to both sides. He wanted to make two more passageways and ten more entrances, and he wanted to have 2,000 soldiers to each team to guard these entrances.
However, he needed to be extremely careful and not make too much noise to avoid alarming the Skeletons. If such a large group of Skeletons rushed up, it would be incredibly dangerous.
As such, the excavation progress was quite slow, but Zhao Fu felt that waiting a few days was worth it. Moreover, after the Ghost Festival, Qin still had a large amount of talisman papers and items that could ward off ghosts. Zhao Fu tested these items on the Skeletons in the other passageways and found that they were quite effective.
However, the effects weren't as good as when dealing with Ghosts, and they were only half as effective. This was already quite good, as they were making use of trash.
Finally, the 300 Yin Soldiers, Black and White Impermanences, and City God could all be used, and they were quite good at dealing with Undead creatures.
Four days later!
When everything was ready, everyone arrived at the entrance of the passageway. The passageway was now 20 meters wide, and the edges were all made of thick iron, forming a 1.3-meter-tall iron wall. The top, bottom, left, and right of the passageway were covered with evil-warding talismans.
Zhao Fu stood at the passageway and looked down at the countless Skeletons before giving the order to attack.
Swish, swish, swish …
Suddenly, the deathly silent environment was filled with the sound of the air being torn as arrows and crossbow bolts shot out.
Ordinary arrows that didn't have any stats wouldn't have any effect on Skeletons. However, arrows with Ghost-Slaying Talismans could consume the Skeletons' deathly aura as long as they hit them.
Even though they wouldn't have any serious effects, they were still quite useful. Some powerful Archers could add stats to their arrows, and even without Ghost-Slaying Talismans, the stats of the arrows could cause the Skeletons' deathly aura to dissipate, causing their bodies to collapse into countless bones.
The bolts formed a rain of arrows as they descended on the countless Skeletons. This was especially so for the bolts with the three Ghost-Slaying Talismans, which gave off an incredibly powerful aura. As soon as they shot out, the Skeletons' bodies were blasted into countless pieces of bone that flew everywhere.
This wave of attacks caused Zhao Fu's group to be completely exposed. Countless Skeletons roared as they rushed over, giving off terrifying sounds. The roars of their souls were especially ear-piercing.
A small portion of those with weaker cultivations started to feel dizzy. The Skeletons flooded over, and Zhao Fu gave the order to fire another wave of arrows, killing a portion of the Skeletons.
Very quickly!
A large number of Skeletons reached below Zhao Fu, and they weren't ordinary Skeletons. They bit onto weapons and stabbed their bony hands into the walls, climbing up towards Zhao Fu's group.
Ordinary Skeletons wouldn't be able to do this, and they would only be able to instinctively attack and destroy the walls. However, these Skeletons were different, and they most likely retained some of their memories from when they were alive.
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