The pitch-black mine was suffused with an ancient smell of decay. A casual cough would produce a buzzing echo, as if there were demonic beasts entrenched in the depths of the mine. If a timid person were to enter this kind of abandoned mine, they would probably turn around and run after taking a few steps.
Ling Dong did not have any concept of fear in his mind. In his previous life, in order to survive, he had stayed in a pit of corpses for two days and one night. What was this mine? At that time, a dead martial artist had fallen face down onto Ling Dong, who was pretending to be dead. The blood from his head dripped onto Ling Dong's face for more than an hour. At that time, Ling Dong did not make a sound.
He held a pine oil torch that he had replenished from the miners' camp with one hand, and in his other hand, he held a stick with a cotton cloth wrapped around the head. He gently poked at the pitted walls of the mine, looking for a passage that he might have missed.
As for why the stick was wrapped in cotton cloth, the reason was very simple. The echoes in the mine were too loud. If he really found a crystal mine, there might be guards there. It would be troublesome to alarm them too early.
It had been seventeen days since he had parted with Ma Yingu in the cave. Ling Dong had spent ten days to finish searching the first mine. Now, he was searching for the second mine.
It should be said that Ling Zhengshan was not a complete idiot. At least, he was not stupid when it came to concealing the location of the crystal mine.
First of all, Ling Dong speculated that Ling Zhengshan had killed all the miners in the mine. Then, in those few days, he had densely abandoned several mines that were almost completely mined. This had led to Ling Dong's current predicament.
After borrowing the family's mining data from his father, Ling Dong locked onto the three mines that were abandoned by Ling Zhengshan as the possible locations of the crystal mines. It was impossible to be more precise. All the miners had died, so Ling Dong could only search by himself.
So far, the mine he had found produced an ore called White Cloud Copper. White Cloud Copper was usually added to low-grade weapons to make them more resilient.
According to the records of the clan, this mine was abandoned due to the appearance of a pack of Green Horned Wolves in the middle stage of the Xiantian realm. However, up until now, Ling Dong had not discovered the slightest trace or aura of the Green Horned Wolves.
Due to the miners digging deep into the mine, there were low passages supported by solid wood everywhere, like an ant's nest, extending in all directions. It was very troublesome to search.
Fortunately, Ling Dong had an Interspatial Ring with a large capacity, which allowed him to carry a large amount of supplies with him. That was how the search went smoothly. For example, a pine oil torch could only burn for about an hour. If he had to carry nearly a hundred torches on his back, it would be a heavy burden.
"Dong dong dong!" Light knocking sounds constantly reverberated in the mine. Ling Dong listened carefully to distinguish the sounds and used the wooden stick in his hand to knock on every suspicious part of the mine wall.
Ling Dong believed that since Ling Zhengshan could abandon three or four mines at the same time to protect the crystal mine, he would definitely pay more attention to the protection of the entrance of the crystal mine. Disguising the entrance was a must.
After spending more than four days in the White Cloud Copper mine, Ling Dong still could not find the entrance to the crystal mine.
This time, he was searching in the deepest part of the White Cloud Copper mine. The mine tunnel was very low and uneven, but the mine was very large. At the end of the tunnel, he could see scattered ores with cloud-like patterns.
As soon as he entered the mine, Ling Dong's nose smelled an extremely faint stench. He looked around, but could not find the source of the stench. There were no animal corpses or feces here.
"Dried blood?" Picking up a piece of ore, Ling Dong found a small bloodstain on it. He sniffed it, but there was no smell. It should have been a long time ago.
Ling Dong's gaze sharpened. He waved the wooden stick in his hand and began to search the walls of the mine even more meticulously and gently. Ling Dong felt that he might have found the location.
"Eh?" The wooden stick in his hand suddenly became lighter. It hit the hard wall of the mine without making any sound. Instead, it strangely stabbed into the wall. This mine wall was actually softer than tofu?
Curious, Ling Dong used the wooden stick in his hand to poke at the wall. After a few pokes, he found a 'false' area that was about the height of a person and the width of two people.
Looking at it with his eyes, it looked like a hard wall. It was no different from other mine walls, but the wooden stick could easily pierce through it.
"Illusion array? Ling Zhengshan actually bought an illusion array flag for defense! "Exclaiming in surprise, Ling Dong began to study it. Ling Dong had spent a lot of effort on arrays in his previous life.
It could be said that in the last fifty years of Ling Dong's previous life, he spent most of his energy on researching arrays. Among the four fields of alchemy, refining weapons, and talisman arrays, arrays were his strongest field. He had almost reached the level of an array grandmaster!
There were many types of illusion arrays. There were pure illusion arrays, illusionary bewilderment arrays, and more advanced ones were illusionary killing arrays and illusionary trapping arrays. For example, if the advanced illusionary killing arrays were powered by high-grade crystals, even an Earth Realm expert would suffer a great loss if they rashly entered.
Probing the array from the outside was a simple task for a former array grandmaster. After a few minutes, Ling Dong was ninety percent sure that the illusion array in front of him was a simple illusion array.
Thinking about it, it made sense. A brilliant array formation flag board could easily cost millions of crystals. Common things like gold and silver could not buy a brilliant array formation flag board. In a situation where Ling Zhengshan had obtained a crystal mine but did not dare to open it wantonly, buying a set of ordinary illusion array formation flag boards to protect was already a luxury.
According to Ling Dong's understanding, an ordinary illusion array flag would cost four to five thousand low-grade crystals, which was equivalent to four to five million taels of silver. This price was already a sky-high price for Ling Zhengshan. If he did not have the support of a crystal mine, he would not have been able to afford it.
Ling Dong suddenly realized that Ling Zhengshan might have been secretly selling the crystals he mined and then going to the big cities to buy array flag plates. This was why he was secretly targeted by people like Mister Mou.
This was one of the simplest illusionary bewilderment arrays, called the Illusion Stone Array. As long as the array flag plate was equipped with crystals and arranged in different ways, it could simulate the appearance of various stones. Moreover, once someone broke into the array, the array would be activated, making the person who entered the array circle around in the small space of a dozen meters, forever walking without an end.
If one did not understand the array, there was a possibility of being trapped alive inside, but for Ling Dong, it was too simple.
After going straight into the array, the scenery in front of him changed. It was a straight passage, and at the end of the mine was a golden color, as if it was gold.
Seeing this, Ling Dong only sneered. If a person without willpower entered this formation, they would directly rush towards the gold at the end of the passage, thinking that they had struck it rich. Little did they know that the passage would never end. The countless amounts of gold would always be more than ten meters away from you, and you would never be able to touch it.
After walking a few steps left and right, Ling Dong deduced the array's position according to the changes that had occurred. After pondering for a moment, he closed his eyes and walked straight to the left.
Closing one's eyes to break the bewilderment array was one of the most basic ways to break the low-level bewilderment array. For low-level bewilderment arrays, as long as one closed their eyes and walked straight, they would generally be able to walk out of the predicament.
After walking straight for a few steps, Ling Dong's foot stopped as he touched a heavy object. After squatting down and feeling around, Ling Dong touched a very regular pentagonal disk. This should be the array disk that made up this bewilderment array. On the array disk, there was a light blue crystal that was emitting a faint blue brilliance. It was obviously continuing to supply energy to the array.
If one wanted to stop this bewilderment array, there were two ways. One was to move the array disk, and the other was to exhaust the energy of the crystal on the array disk.
However, this array disk was engraved with a protective array when it was made. Generally, it was the most common array of thousands of kilograms. Without the strength of a few thousand kilograms, it was very difficult to move it.
Moreover, the array disk now had an array lock. If one did not have an array needle that matched the array disk, the crystal would not be able to be taken out. The array needle was generally held in the hands of the person who made the array disk.
Ling Dong gently pressed his hand on the array disk, and the Gang Qi in his body began to continuously pour in.
Zi!
A burst of blue light suddenly burst out. It was the energy that was being supplied by the crystal to maintain the array disk colliding with the Gang Qi that was being supplied by Ling Dong.
The Gang Qi in Ling Dong's body continued to be sent to the connection between the crystal and the array disk. The blue light began to burst out frequently, and the color of the low-grade crystal on the array disk dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This was a shortcut to quickly remove the array. He could use this method to quickly consume the energy in the crystal and obtain the array disk.
That's right, Ling Dong wanted to get this set of formation flags.
With Ling Dong's current financial resources, he simply could not afford to buy the array disk. It was also difficult to gather the materials to make it himself. If he could obtain such an array disk, with Ling Dong's ability, the array disk's power would be doubled as long as he made some slight changes.
Fortunately, the array disk was inlaid with low-grade crystals. If it were mid-grade or high-grade crystals, Ling Dong would not be able to consume the energy inside even if he worked himself to death.
This method of direct transmission consumed Gang Qi extremely quickly. Five minutes later, Ling Dong had no choice but to place a Energy Recovery Pill under his tongue.
The melted medicinal liquid flowed down Ling Dong's throat, and a vast amount of Stellar Energy quickly filled Ling Dong's empty dantian. The color of the crystals on the disk array grew fainter and fainter, and he was about to succeed.
In Ling Dong's dantian, in his meridians, there were suddenly sounds of vibration like drums. His meridians began to vibrate rapidly, and on Ling Dong's forehead and the surface of his body, there was even a layer of undulating snake-like tracks.
"Damn, why did it come at this time?!" With a low cry, Ling Dong gave up on cracking the array disk. He quickly got up and retreated half an eye. When his eyes lit up, Ling Dong exited the illusion array and returned to the mine.
"Pu!"
After extinguishing the torch, the entire mine was suddenly pitch-black. Ling Dong sat cross-legged on the ground. At this time, the Gang Qi in his meridians was already surging like waves.
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PS: This is today's second update. There will be another update at around 12 o 'clock to make up for yesterday's debt. Zhu San is a man of his words.
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