Ying Wu Ji had an indescribable feeling towards this loose cultivator who called himself Niu Meng. Disregarding everything else, he had a tacit understanding with this person at times.
Take this moment as an example. Facing this unknown door, he and Niu Meng had decided on a plan with just a simple sentence and a glance.
There was no need for too much elaboration or anything else. The two of them already understood each other's thoughts.
Ying Wu Ji led the way in front while Niu Meng monitored from behind.
Working with such a person was undoubtedly very easy.
If Niu Meng was not here, he might not have the intention to explore further. His main mission was to protect the Cloud River Tier cultivators under him as they collected Earth Fire. He had the responsibility to ensure their safety.
The road ahead was unknown, and Ying Wu Ji could not care less about it. The biggest problem was to immediately send a message to Lu Nai and ask him to send other True Lake Tier cultivators.
They would come over to cooperate with him.
But with Niu Meng beside him, there was no need to delay things.
His gaze swept across the Cloud River Tier cultivators under him, and Ying Wu Ji pointed out half of them. "You all follow me down. The rest stay outside to provide support. If there are any abnormalities, immediately send a message back!" “
"Yes!" Everyone agreed. This time, even the flirtatious female cultivator's expression became extremely serious.
Normally, Ying Wu Ji was easy to approach, and they could talk and laugh with him. But now that he had given an order, they could only follow it.
"Senior Ying, I'll go in first," an Eighth Order Solid Cloud River Realm cultivator volunteered and walked into the dark hole.
"Move!" Ying Wu Ji pulled him to the side and jumped into the hole on the stone platform.
The hole was like the mouth of a beast, swallowing him whole. "Follow." A voice came from below. A few Cloud River Tier cultivators who were pointed out hurriedly followed Ying Wu Ji's footsteps and jumped in one by one.
Lu Ye walked at the back.
After he walked in, there were only a few cultivators left. They all spread out and were vigilant.
Below the stone platform was a stone staircase that led downwards. No one knew where it led.
The stone staircase was obviously man-made. It was flat and smooth. Even after the erosion of time, it was still as stable as before.
There were seven to eight people in the group, with the two True Lake Tier cultivators in front and behind, and the Cloud River Tier cultivators in the middle. They all tiptoed like cats, and there was no sound as they walked.
The passage down wasn't crowded and could accommodate seven or eight people walking side by side. The further down they went, the darker it became. However, everyone was considered to have some success in their cultivation, so they channeled enough spirit force into their eyes to observe their surroundings.
Ying Wuji, who was leading the way, did not hide himself. He walked and stopped, as if he had discovered something.
Lu Ye, who was at the back, soon knew what he had discovered. Passing by the place where he had stopped, Lu Ye could clearly see that there were some strange stone carvings on the stone walls on both sides of the passage.
The patterns on the stone carvings were not uniform and appeared to be arbitrary. Some were flowers, some were sabers and spears, and some were human figures and ferocious beasts.
From the looks of it, it was something left behind by the workers of ancient times and did not contain any special information.
However, the pattern that appeared the most frequently was the sun in the sky. Within this pattern, there were many figures kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.
Regardless of the origin of the owner of this place, just from the pattern alone, it seemed to be worshipping the sun in the sky.
All the way down, it was unknown how far they had gone.
Until a certain moment, there was a sudden cry from the front. Lu Ye, who was walking at the back, couldn't help but quicken his pace.
The moment he stepped off the stone steps, Lu Ye couldn't help but fall into a daze.
Su Chunran had … a giant karst cave. This karst cave was so large that one couldn't see the end of it with a single glance.
Deep within the cave, fiery red magma flowed like a river, shining with a brilliant light that clearly imprinted the scene inside the karst cave into everyone's field of vision.
What caused everyone to exclaim in surprise was not the vastness of the karst cave, but rather the fact that there was a city-like existence in the cave!
Rows upon rows of rough-looking houses of different heights were scattered all over the city. These houses were all carved out of hard stones, and many of them had collapsed due to years of disrepair. Only a few of them were still intact.
In this underground karst cave, there was actually an ancient city!
The city was crisscrossed with the magma flowing through the canals, like a moat.
Just from the scene in front of them and their previous experience, this city had been uninhabited for many, many years.
But what was hard to imagine was, what kind of people would live in such an environment!
Even a True Lake Stage cultivator like Ying Wuji couldn't stay here for long. He had to constantly circulate his spiritual energy to resist the scorching heat of the environment, which consumed a lot of spiritual energy.
Suddenly seeing a dilapidated city in such a position was really hard to believe.
"What's up there?" Suddenly, a cultivator looked up.
Above everyone's heads was the underground rock wall, but because of the environment, it was scorched red. But on the rock wall, every set distance, there were specks of light constantly flickering.
Ying Wu Ji and Lu Ye flew up at the same time and soon returned, each holding a fist-sized irregular crystal in their hands.
"Fire Spirit Stone!" Ying Wuji was stunned.
Most of the Spirit Stones didn't have an attribute, but there were many special environments that could produce Spirit Stones with special attributes.
For example, here, the environment was scorching hot and the fire spiritual energy was dense and active. Over the years, fire spirit stones could be born.
This kind of thing was useless to normal cultivators, but for cultivators like Lu Ye who cultivated fire attribute techniques and had fire attribute spiritual energy, using this spirit stone to cultivate would be much more efficient than using normal spirit stones.
Not only that, attribute spirit stones had other uses that normal spirit stones couldn't replace.
So in terms of value, attribute spirit stones were much more valuable than normal spirit stones. Under the premise of the same quality and size, one attribute spirit stone could be exchanged for three to five normal spirit stones.
This kind of thing was usually kept as a strategic reserve by the two factions.
Lu Ye once tried to find fire spirit stones in the Tian Ji Treasure House, but didn't find a single one. It wasn't that the Tian Ji Treasure House didn't sell it, but when there was stock, it was all snatched up by the cultivators of the two factions.
It was the same treatment as the Earth Core Fire.
There were fire spirit stones in the rock wall above the city, which meant that there was a complete fire spiritual vein above, or else it wouldn't be able to nurture fire spirit stones.
Looking up, there were as many fire spirit stones on the rock wall as there were stars in the sky. There were obviously a lot of them.
No one had set foot in this place for thousands of years, so it wasn't strange that there were so many fire spirit stones here.
"Senior Ying, should we start mining?" A cultivator asked, his face flushed with excitement.
In the face of such an opportunity, everyone was naturally tempted. If they could mine all the fire spirit stones above, then even if they divided them evenly, everyone would benefit greatly.
Ying Wu Ji thought for a moment, then said, "Since we've encountered it, we naturally can't miss it."
"Then we … … we'll start now?" “
But be vigilant at all times! "Ying Wu Ji waved his hand.
A few cultivators immediately soared into the sky and flew towards the cliff above.
"Brother Niu, what do you plan to do?" Ying Wu Ji turned to look at Lu Ye.
He couldn't help but feel a bit strange. In the face of such wealth, this Brother Niu didn't seem to be very tempted.
"I'll look around and see if there's any danger."
Ying Wu Ji finally understood Lu Ye's intentions and said gratefully, "Then I'll have to trouble Brother Niu!"
Sure enough, he could rely on his own people! It wasn't that Brother Niu wasn't tempted by the fire spirit stones; he was just a bit more cautious.
"Don't worry, Brother Niu will get his share," Ying Wu Ji added. Since Lu Ye was willing to take the risk of exploring the area, he naturally wouldn't be stingy. Everyone was working together now, and although the division of labor was different, when the time came, he couldn't leave out a share of the benefits.
Lu Ye nodded and walked towards the city. After walking a few steps, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and said, "It's best if they hand over all the fire spirit stones they've mined to you for safekeeping. This way, it'll be convenient for the final tally and avoid any suspicions."
During the process of mining, if someone was secretly hiding something, they couldn't possibly check the storage bags of others.
Rather than making a fuss and embarrassing everyone, it was better to let Ying Wu Ji keep all the fire spirit stones and split the profits among everyone.
Ying Wu Ji immediately understood Lu Ye's intentions, and nodded, saying, "Brother Niu's considerations are thorough. We'll do as Brother Niu says."
Only then did Lu Ye leave and enter the city.
Ying Wu Ji then flew into the air and met up with the Cloud River Tier cultivators under his command. He passed down an order and had them hand over all the fire spirit stones they've mined.
Regarding this, the Cloud River Tier cultivators didn't have much objection. They also understood Ying Wu Ji's intentions.
The efficiency of the cultivators was very high. Piece after piece of fire spirit stone was mined, and every time a certain amount was accumulated, they would come to Ying Wu Ji's side to be counted.
While this side was bustling with activity, Lu Ye also made a discovery.
In a half-collapsed stone house, Lu Ye looked at a stool in front of him with a strange expression.
There was no other reason. This stool … was actually carved out of fire spirit stones. The workmanship wasn't exquisite, and it was actually very crude. However, it couldn't hide the special quality of its material!
The reason why he had taken the initiative to invite Granny to explore this underground city was because this place was unknown. Although no one had visited it for many years, who knew if there really were some hidden dangers? It wouldn't be too late to think about the benefits after exploring it thoroughly.
There were many thorns on the path of cultivation, so it was always right to be a little more careful.
However, he hadn't thought that a casual stroll would result in such a harvest.
Who exactly had lived in this city in the past? To actually use such a good thing as a stool, weren't they afraid of burning their butts?
Or could it be that the people who had lived in this city all cultivated fire element cultivation techniques?
This was a remnant of a long time ago. If there weren't any special clues now, there was no way to prove anything.
Lu Ye stepped forward and put away the stool. He looked around again, and only left after confirming that there were no other good things.
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