In the pitch-black mine, Ling Dong sat there quietly, motionless. However, the situation in his body was earth-shattering.
The surging Xiantian Qi in his body was like a tidal wave, crashing against the barrier of Houtian Realm Level Nine wave after wave. Every time the surging True Qi hit the barrier of Houtian Realm Level Nine, the barrier would weaken a little.
Every time the True Qi hit the barrier of Houtian Realm Level Nine, it would bring a bone-piercing pain. Ling Dong understood that the True Qi in his body was helping him open up new meridians.
When a warrior cultivated Qi, it was a heaven-defying change of fate. Every time he broke through, he would experience pain, and his strength would increase. Every time he broke through, he would be reborn, and he would experience pain that was several times more painful. If someone couldn't endure the pain during a breakthrough, what awaited him was failure.
In order to reduce the pain during a breakthrough, pills were created. A few decades later, a pill called the Painkiller Pill became popular all over the world. To be honest, Ling Dong also knew how to make the Painkiller Pill, but Ling Dong definitely wouldn't use it.
This kind of pain was also a form of training for a warrior's spiritual sense. In his previous life, Ling Dong had researched and discovered that every time a warrior endured the pain and broke through, their spiritual sense would increase by a certain degree. However, after using the Painkiller Pill, there would be no change to their spiritual sense. This was also Ling Dong's little secret.
Ling Dong knew that today was the day he would break through to Houtian Realm Level Nine. As long as he stepped into Houtian Realm Level Nine, it would mean that Ling Dong had entered the Lesser Xiantian Realm. Then, he would be able to prepare for the second stage of the Big Dipper Technique, and the wonders of the Big Dipper Technique would be revealed.
As the miniature Big Dipper Technique in his body rotated at high speed, Ling Dong sent all the True Qi in his body into the True Qi army that was crashing against the barrier of Houtian Realm Level Nine. At the same time, he absorbed a gentle force of Wood Energy from the Connate Wood Energy Pearl in his hand, continuously repairing his damaged meridians.
"Pu!"
Ling Dong felt as if a membrane had been pierced through. His body felt lighter, and the surging Stellar Energy in his body seemed to have found a vent. After surging for a while, it gradually calmed down.
At this moment, the miniature constellation that had become empty due to the frantic outpouring of Gang Qi from the barrier began to spin even more crazily. The Gang Qi between heaven and earth seemed to have encountered a super vortex and was all sucked towards Ling Dong's body. A layer of dense mist surrounded Ling Dong's body, making him look extremely mysterious.
In this state, his Gang Qi, which usually required four hours to recover, was completely recovered in less than an hour. Within his Dantian, the miniature Astral Combat Cloak had become a size larger, and it was already half the size of a Congenital Realm martial artist.
Standing up and straightening his spine, Ling Dong's joints began to crackle. The feeling of fullness after the breakthrough made Ling Dong feel extremely comfortable.
Compared to Houtian Realm Level Eight, the Gang Qi in his body had almost doubled. To Ling Dong, this was a huge leap. Not to mention other things, just the Gang Rejuvenation Pills didn't need to be swallowed in small portions anymore. He no longer needed to swallow one Gang Rejuvenation Pill three or four times.
In the darkness, Ling Dong's eyes shone brightly, and his gaze was as sharp as lightning. Inhaling a deep breath of air, Ling Dong resisted the urge to impatiently display his strength after his increase. He lifted his foot and walked towards the Illusory Bewildering Formation that was almost broken.
After breaking through to Houtian Realm Level Nine, Ling Dong's eyesight had also improved. He could see even more clearly in the darkness. Even without a torch, he could see everything within four to five meters without a blink of an eye.
This time, Ling Dong wasn't in a hurry to break the Illusory Formation. Instead, he kept the Illusory Formation Flag into his pocket. After all, as long as he killed the people inside, the Formation Flag wouldn't be able to escape.
Using the most direct method, Ling Dong walked out of the Illusory Formation after closing his eyes and taking a few steps forward. He then entered another tunnel.
In the tunnel, there was a Luminous Stone embedded in the ceiling every few dozen meters. It emitted a hazy green light and gave off a desolate feeling. The Luminous Stone was a special stone that emitted a faint fluorescent light at night. It was often used to illuminate secret rooms or tunnels. It was simple and convenient, but it was more expensive.
Here, Ling Dong finally found the source of the faint stench. It was a pile of charred bones. In the left corner, it was particularly eye-catching — those should be the corpses of the missing miners.
Ling Dong's gaze didn't linger on the pile of charred bones for long. He wasn't angry either. If it were him, he would've killed all of these miners. The only thing he could do was treat their families well.
As he walked forward, the tunnel became brighter and brighter. Ling Dong felt that the Heaven and Earth Chi Shield around him was getting thicker and thicker. After walking for a quarter of an hour, the Heaven and Earth Chi Shield was so thick that it made one's hair stand on end.
The Heaven and Earth Chi Shield here was almost as thick as the Earth Chi Shield in the Ling family's Gang-gathering Formation.
In the deep mine tunnel, there were echoes of banging. On the stone walls by the roadside, a prismatic light blue stone could be seen scattered on the stone walls. That was the low-grade crystal stone.
The crystal mine is really here! While feeling slightly excited, Ling Dong became even more careful. Who knew how many people Ling Zhengshan had arranged to guard this crystal mine? However, according to common sense, there shouldn't be many of them. For such a thing, the fewer people who knew, the better.
"Pa!" The sound of a whip cracking came from the depths of the tunnel. An arrogant voice began to echo in the tunnel, "Don't be lazy. Hurry up and dig. For every crystal you dig out, you can get a tael of silver!"
"Li Blackie, stop dawdling. If you continue to dawdle like this, you can only stare at the women tonight!"
"One tael of silver for a piece of low-grade crystal. This price is really good for miners. A strong miner can dig out close to 50 pieces a day. However, don't these miners know that they won't be alive to spend it? There are still women? " With a sneer, Ling Dong used his movement skill and quietly moved forward. The scene in front of him was getting closer and closer.
In one of the pits, two women in dirty clothes were sitting there. There were a few bags of food next to them. On the other side, three shirtless miners were swinging their pickaxes. Every time they swung their pickaxes, sparks would fly. In front of them were piles of light blue prismatic crystals. Occasionally, they could see a pure blue crystal that was even denser in color.
"There are mid-grade crystals. This crystal mine doesn't seem to be a poor one!" Pleasantly surprised, Ling Dong's eyes fell on a young man who was wearing a warrior's outfit and holding a whip. His back was somewhat familiar.
What shocked Ling Dong the most was the two piles of crystals behind the young man. One of them was very large and light green. It was about half a person's height. Roughly estimating, there were probably close to a thousand low-grade crystals.
The other pile was very small. The number could be counted at a glance. The color was thicker than the low-grade crystals. There were about thirty pure green crystals. Those were the extremely expensive mid-grade crystals.
The mid-grade crystals contained ten times more earth energy than low-grade crystals. Moreover, the earth energy was purer and had fewer impurities. Therefore, the price was not ten times, but twenty times.
A low-grade crystal was only worth a thousand taels of silver. However, a mid-grade crystal was worth twenty times more. It was worth at least twenty thousand taels of silver. Moreover, on the market, as long as you had a lot of money, you could buy as many low-grade crystals as you wanted.
However, mid-grade crystals were out of the question. If you didn't have an acquaintance, even if the merchant had the goods, they wouldn't sell it to you. Even if you were a sucker and offered an extremely high price, you would at most be able to get a few pieces.
Ling Dong carefully observed and found that there was only one tunnel in this mine. There were no other forks. At the very most, the only person who had martial arts here was the young man with his back turned.
Who was this person? Thinking back to what the members of the Elite Hall said when they came back a few days ago, Ling Dong already had an idea.
"Master Tao, we've already earned a few thousand taels of silver. When are you going to take us out to have some fun? Speaking of which, we're already tired of playing with the two girls you bought outside!" A miner said while swinging his pickaxe.
"Master Tao?" Hearing this name, Ling Dong was even more certain. That young man should be the Ling family's eldest grandson, Ling Tao, who had been out on an important matter and hadn't returned home. He was Ling Zhengshan's eldest son, Ling Tao. With Ling Zhengshan's suspicious personality, it was normal for him to only send his eldest son here to keep an eye on things.
"You want to go outside to have some fun?" Ling Tao sneered. You're dreaming! However, he didn't say it out loud. "I can't do it for now. There's a lot of demand for these stones outside. Once this period of time is over, I'll take you to the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant. I'll treat you!"
Ling Tao's words immediately caused the three miners to jump for joy. However, at this time, an untimely sneer sounded.
"Take the three of you to the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant? Sending you to your coffins is more like it! Am I right, Brother Ling Tao? "Ling Dong stepped forward and stood in the middle of the tunnel.
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