As the spirit energy circulated, the meridians in the gray ape's body suddenly widened. They were more than twice as wide as before and were even more resilient.
The gray ape was stunned for a moment before it understood what was going on. Joy appeared on its face as it barked at the golden ape.
The golden ape was also stunned. Then, joy appeared on its face as it barked at Yang Xuan. From the looks of it, it seemed to be thanking him.
The Dark Night saw all of this with a strange gaze.
Yang Xuan had changed the gray ape's meridians and increased its talent. How could he not see that?
However, he did not ask. Such a method was definitely a personal secret. For Yang Xuan to use it in front of him meant that he did not treat him as an outsider.
After settling the matter here and taking in a powerful pet, Yang Xuan was in a good mood.
However, this pet loved to drink too much. The two jars of 10,000 Souls Wine were finished in no time. It even looked at Yang Xuan eagerly.
Yang Xuan smiled bitterly and shook his head. In the end, the Dark Night could not stand it anymore and took out more than ten jars of 10,000 Souls Wine for Yang Xuan.
After Yang Xuan took out a jar for the monkey, he threatened it with a few words. It was nothing more than asking it to be more frugal.
The two of them and the monkey continued on their journey. This time, there was no convoy following them. The two of them flew in the air, so their speed was very fast.
The monkey was already an Empty God Realm spirit beast. Naturally, flying was not a problem. However, the way it drank and flew at the same time did not look like a good monkey.
Yang Xuan thought helplessly. If he gave it a stick and a Somersault Cloud, would it become Sun Wukong?
In less than two days, the Dark Night, who was flying beside Yang Xuan, nodded at Yang Xuan and landed first.
Yang Xuan knew that they had arrived and landed with the monkey.
This was a small county at the foot of a mountain. The city walls were damaged in many places and the city gate was dilapidated. It had not been repaired for a long time and there was a desolate atmosphere everywhere.
Outside the city gate, four to five city guards were dozing off listlessly. They didn't even look at the pedestrians who were walking in groups of twos and threes, wearing shabby clothes.
Yang Xuan was puzzled. This county was not bustling and had a small population. Why would the Sacred Mountain set up a branch here? Moreover, after the incident, they would send a Virtual God expert like An Ye to investigate.
After An Ye landed on the ground, he walked towards the city gate and said, "Follow me!"
Yang Xuan brought Monkey and followed closely behind him.
Dark Night and Yang Xuan were dressed strangely and were already very eye-catching. Moreover, they were accompanied by a monkey that was almost as tall as a human, which was even more eye-catching.
However, the city guards only glanced at them for a while before they continued to doze off, completely ignoring them.
The Dark Night led Yang Xuan straight into the county.
There weren't many pedestrians on the street to begin with. When they saw them walking over, they hurriedly moved aside and didn't even dare to raise their heads.
Yang Xuan found it strange and asked, "This county …"
An Ye knew what he was going to ask, so he only replied with one sentence, "This county belongs to us."
Yang Xuan immediately understood, so he didn't ask any more questions.
After walking for a while, they arrived at the gate of the county government.
There wasn't even a guard at the gate of the dilapidated county government. The gate, whose paint was almost peeling off, was casually opened. Yang Xuan even saw a flower spider spinning a web.
An Ye walked straight in and didn't meet anyone along the way. When he was about to reach the end, he saw an old man dressed as an advisor hurriedly running over.
The Dark Night took out a yellow token.
When the advisor saw the token, he trembled all over and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Greetings, Divine Envoy."
An Ye put away the token and asked coldly, "Where's Tang Qi?"
The advisor didn't even dare to raise his head and said, "The county magistrate went underground a month ago and hasn't come out since. I don't have the authority to enter without permission."
"Why didn't you report this to your superiors?" An Ye asked coldly with killing intent in his eyes.
The advisor trembled even more violently and said with trepidation, "I don't have the authority either."
An Ye snorted and said coldly, "You can leave first. I'll deal with it after I find out the truth."
"Yes, I'll take my leave!" The advisor didn't dare to get up, so he just left kneeling.
After the advisor left, An Ye explained, "The county magistrate here, Tang Qi, is the contact person of this branch. He's the only one who has the authority to enter the underground mine. No one else has the authority."
"Underground mine?" Yang Xuan asked curiously.
An Ye nodded and said, "Follow me!"
As he spoke, he walked to the back of a rockery and reached out to press on a few protruding rocks. The rockery made creaking sounds and then revealed a flight of stairs leading downwards.
His movements weren't fast. Obviously, he deliberately let Yang Xuan remember the order of pressing.
After that, An Ye took the lead and walked down the stairs.
Yang Xuan glanced at the stones again and then walked down with Monkey.
After they went down, the entrance of the cave closed automatically.
This passage was very spacious. There were unknown stones on the walls that emitted light, so it wasn't dark.
After walking for a while, Yang Xuan felt that they were about 200 meters down when An Ye stopped.
At this time, they were in a relatively spacious cave. There was a huge stone door on one side of the wall.
An Ye's face was gloomy. He said in a deep voice, "Something really happened."
Yang Xuan looked at him.
An Ye explained, "There should be someone guarding this place, but now there's no one. It doesn't make sense."
As he spoke, he walked forward and pushed open the stone door.
"This stone door can only be opened from the inside, but now it's open. There's really something wrong," An Ye said in a deep voice.
The stone door opened, revealing another downward passage. The two of them didn't hesitate and directly went down.
After walking for a while, Yang Xuan suddenly frowned.
Corpses!
In the passage, there were human corpses everywhere. Their skin was green, but there was no blood. Their faces were full of fear, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying before they died.
An Ye squatted next to a corpse and carefully examined it. He said in a deep voice, "They died because their vitality was sucked out."
Yang Xuan didn't doubt An Ye's words. The vitality of these corpses was cut off. It seemed that all of their vitality had been sucked out in an instant.
After that, they continued to go down. After a while, there was light in front of them.
After walking for a while, their eyes suddenly lit up.
What entered Yang Xuan's eyes was a huge crater. The crater was roughly two hundred meters in diameter and fifty meters deep. Surrounding the crater were layers upon layers of terraced fields, with a few small houses on top. It was extremely simple and crude!
Countless torches were randomly inserted into the stone walls. Some had already been extinguished, while the flames that hadn't were greatly weakened. The entire space was filled with a gloomy atmosphere.
At a glance, there were corpses wearing the same clothes everywhere. Their faces were green and black, and they died in the same way as the people in the passage.
An Ye flew up and after looking around, he landed in front of a corpse.
Yang Xuan followed along, only to discover that the corpse was dressed differently from the others. However, the way he died was the same, with a greenish-black complexion.
"He's Tang Qi," An Ye said, then squatted down to check.
After a while, he got up and said, "The way they died is the same. Their vitality was sucked out."
Yang Xuan asked, "This is the branch?"
No matter how he looked at it, it looked like a mine, not a branch.
"This is a small ore mine," An Ye said.
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