The border of Ghost Cry Peak, Da Cui Peak, and Bo Peak.
Thud!
A heavy muffled sound echoed from the forest. Three headless bodies slowly fell to the ground, and bright red blood gushed out from their necks like fountains.
However, the blood quickly turned black.
As the black blood stained their bodies, the three corpses melted away at a visible speed. In just a few breaths, the bloody and mangled bodies had completely melted, leaving only a pool of black sewage that seeped into the ground.
As a gentle breeze blew, it dispersed the fishy stench in the air, restoring everything to its original state.
The halo on Lin Sheng's fingertips dissipated, and his gaze fell on the only person remaining in the field besides himself.
"That's a direct descendant of the Fang Family, you... you actually dared to kill him, you want to provoke a war between the Seven Forms Sect and the Fang Family!!"
Seeing the other party look at him, Wang Hai's face showed panic, and he subconsciously retreated a few steps.
He had thought he had escaped with his life and that this trip was without danger, but he didn't expect that just as he relaxed, he saw the other party appear in front of them. Before they could react, the three Fang Family members, including Fang Huajie, had their heads explode and were dead beyond dead.
Things happened too quickly, there was no room for maneuver.
He subconsciously uttered threatening words, but as soon as the words left his mouth, he regretted it. How could someone who killed so recklessly be afraid of his threats?
Things were indeed as he had expected. As soon as his voice fell, his body flew out directly, crashing heavily against an ancient tree, his body embedded in it.
The immense Giant Strength made him feel as if all his bones were shattered. Intense pain swept through his body, and he let out a low, hoarse wail. However, before he could react, he was grabbed again.
Like a dead dog, he was casually thrown onto the ground.
"As a direct descendant of the Fang Family, what did you come all the way here for?"
Lin Sheng squatted down, looked at Wang Hai, and spoke indifferently.
He even thoughtfully brushed aside his messy hair.
"I... we just happened to discover that the mine was very old, so we wanted to come and explore it to see if there were other high-grade mines..."
Wang Hai's heart pounded. His strength was not even as good as the two Fang Family disciples just now. He had just entered the Blood Transportation Realm, and his vitality had already declined due to his age. Facing this terrifying guy, he knew very well that he had no chance of resisting at all.
Just thinking about how much the Fang Family valued this matter, he swallowed and prepared to come up with an excuse to get by. After all, he didn't think the other party would let him go.
Even a direct descendant of the Fang Family like Fang Huajie could be killed without hesitation. The young man in front of him was clearly a reckless person. Since he was going to die anyway, why reveal any information to the other party?
"My patience is limited, and I hate being lied to. If I find out you're lying to me, then..."
Speaking of which, Lin Sheng stretched out his palm and gently pressed it on the other party's neck.
The next moment, his palm had already turned dark red and quickly seeped into Wang Hai's skin, surging frantically throughout his body.
"Ah... ah... Stop!! Quick... stop..."
At first, Wang Hai was a little confused, but soon his eyes widened, and his face twisted as if he was enduring unimaginable pain, letting out an instinctive scream.
But soon, the scream stopped abruptly, and his body trembled, shrinking into a ball.
Just as he felt his consciousness was about to be submerged by the intense pain, the pain in his body suddenly disappeared.
Looking at the trembling Wang Hai in front of him, whose eyes were somewhat vacant, he spoke indifferently.
"Now I'll give you another chance, only one..."
Lin Sheng reached out and tidied his messy clothes, as if saying a final farewell to a child about to embark on a long journey.
Wang Hai's consciousness returned. At this moment, his body was already soaked with sweat. Looking at the calm face close at hand, a deep sense of fear arose in his heart.
The intense pain that had swept over him like a tide had completely shattered his courage. He spoke tremblingly.
"If... if I tell you everything, can you spare my life?"
"No."
A smile appeared on Lin Sheng's face as he said without hesitation.
"But you can die a little more comfortably..."
Hearing this, a hint of resentment appeared in Wang Hai's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by fear.
Seeing the other party's palm turn dark red again.
He no longer dared to hide anything and stammeringly recounted what had happened.
"Monster Beast Mine Seed? Bone-Piercing Azure Evil Python!"
After listening to what he said, Lin Sheng raised his eyebrows and chewed on the words.
He had probably never heard the name of this monster beast before, and it was clearly a monster beast that had long been extinct.
He hadn't expected that the other party's target was this, and it was in the deepest part of the mine he had discovered.
"The Fang Family wants the essence blood of this Azure Evil Python. How can you be sure that the essence blood in the mine seed inside is enough for their consumption? And this mine is very old, how can you be sure that the mine seed inside hasn't been damaged?"
Lin Sheng asked.
He clearly remembered that the mine seeds he had dug out were already severely damaged.
"This..."
Lin Sheng's words stunned Wang Hai, but he quickly answered.
"This won't happen. Mine seeds are rarely damaged. Even if there is some damage due to natural changes like an earthquake, it will only damage a small part at most. After all, the mine seed is also protected by the mine around it."
"And there are Smelling Groundhogs. If the mine seed under this mine is really severely damaged, the Smelling Groundhogs will also sense it..."
"Is that so?"
Lin Sheng frowned.
If what the other party said was true, then what was going on with the mine seeds he had dug out before?
And that so-called Smelling Groundhog.
"Where is that mouse?"
Looking at Wang Hai, Lin Sheng frowned and asked.
Wang Hai shook his head slightly, apparently not knowing either.
Seeing this, Lin Sheng was too lazy to delay any longer. He reached out and directly snapped the other party's neck, then turned and disappeared from the spot.
It wasn't until half an hour after Lin Sheng left that a small furry head finally emerged from the ground in the distance. Its two nimble eyes looked left and right, as if confirming the direction, and then it disappeared back into the ground.
...
Da Cui Peak, the edge of Area Ding Er.
Lin Sheng stood outside the partially excavated mine, looking at the small mine he had discovered a few days ago.
When he discovered this mine, he had also searched carefully, but he hadn't found any mine seeds. At the time, he was quite disappointed, as the reserves of this mine were not low, and if there were mine seeds within it, their quality would undoubtedly be better.
"Did I miss something during my previous exploration?"
Thinking of Wang Hai's words, fine black scales appeared on his body and he sank into the ground.
Within the mine, his descent speed was extremely fast. His reckless approach caused the mine patterns within to constantly fluctuate, finally exploding directly. As for these violent energy impacts, Lin Sheng was too lazy to dodge. He just casually batted away the energy rushing towards him, and eventually, he was even too lazy to bat it away, directly withstanding it with his physical body.
The power of these energy waves was not weak. Even a Blood Transportation Warrior in the Late Stage like Gou Donglai would have to deal with them carefully.
But for him, it was really nothing and couldn't cause him any substantial harm at all.
He searched the mine again, but just like the first time, he didn't find any mine seeds.
"There are no mine seeds. Could it be that those people from the Fang Family found the wrong location?"
He thought this to himself, but soon shook his head slightly.
The way those people were making such a big fuss, even willing to conflict with their Seven Forms Sect to occupy this mine, clearly meant they were very confident.
Thinking of this, his gaze fell on the bottom of the mine again. He had basically searched most areas of this mine, and only the very bottom had not been searched. After all, according to common sense, mine seeds are usually located at the center of the mine.
"Perhaps I need to go deeper!?"
Lin Sheng muttered to himself, not giving up, and decided to continue downwards. He would find the very bottom of this mine in one go, and if he still didn't find anything by then, he would stop wasting time.
As his thoughts flickered, he had already continued to drill towards the bottom of this mine.
However, this excavation surprised him. It had been half an hour, and he still hadn't reached the very bottom of this mine.
One must know that at this moment, he had descended at least six thousand meters.
Logically speaking, a small mine of a million jin would definitely not reach such a depth.
This mine was in the shape of an inverted triangle, with the volume of the mine decreasing as it went down.
Originally, his search had only descended to about two thousand meters. He had estimated that this mine would only go down to three or four thousand meters underground at most. He hadn't expected that he had already reached a depth of about six thousand meters and still hadn't reached the bottom.
Moreover, according to his perception, the volume of this mine seemed to have begun to change.
At this time, as he continued to descend, the volume of the mine, which had been getting smaller and smaller, now began to gradually widen again, as if it had changed from an inverted triangle to an upright triangle.
This anomaly made Lin Sheng's heart stir, and he already realized that this mine was indeed somewhat unusual.
"I didn't expect there to be something else hidden. At this rate, there might be another million jin of mine hidden below..."
Divine light flickered in his eyes, and he already believed Wang Hai's words to some extent.
And his descent became faster and faster.
However, another half an hour passed, and he still hadn't reached the bottom of the mine. Instead, the number of mines bred around him was increasing, clearly exceeding his original estimate.
Lin Sheng's face showed surprise. According to his estimation, the amount of mine he had discovered at this time should have already exceeded three million jin, and might even have reached four million jin.
And this was not the end. From the distribution spreading around, there were still quite a few mines bred below.
This discovery made him even more curious. If there really was a beast seed bred within this mine, and its quality was excellent, he couldn't help but feel a bit more anticipation in his heart.
Just like this, he dug downwards all the way until another hour passed, and he finally felt a change in the unchanging purplish-black Ore below.
Bang!
The black-scaled large hand passed through the Ore, and the sense of obstruction ahead immediately dissipated a lot.
Lin Sheng's eyes lit up.
He had been underground for several hours, and his current depth of descent was conservatively estimated to be around 15,000 meters. The underground pressure around him had already reached a quite strong level. It was only because of his strong physique, otherwise, an ordinary Blood Transportation Warrior might not be able to withstand this pressure.
Moreover, the mine patterns contained within the mine were also extremely dense at this moment. He could basically encounter one every few meters, and they were extremely unstable, exploding directly with just a slight touch.
The energy from the explosion of a large number of mine patterns intertwined. Even he felt a bit troublesome dealing with them. If he continued to descend, the energy fluctuations gathered together might be unbearable even for him.
Fortunately, there was finally a change.
Pushing aside the Ore blocking his path, Lin Sheng felt his whole body relax and he had fallen into an underground space.
This space was huge, seemingly an underground karst cave.
The cave gave off an indescribable sense of dryness and heat. A faint, misty red moss-like plant grew on the surrounding cave walls, illuminating the entire underground karst cave with a reddish hue.
The temperature inside the cave was extremely high, at least seventy to eighty degrees Celsius.
It was truly rare for plants to survive in such a high-pressure, high-temperature environment.
He scanned the cave with his gaze and soon spotted a bluish-black mine seed on the cave wall dozens of meters away.
This mine seed was significantly larger than the mine seeds he had seen before, indicating that its quality was also higher.
A smile appeared on Lin Sheng's face. After wasting so much time, he finally found it.
He tapped his foot, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of this cave wall. He grabbed the bluish-black mine seed with one hand, but soon his brows furrowed.
There was a gap on the other side of this bluish-black mine seed hidden in the cave wall, and the blood essence inside, like the mine seeds he had discovered before, was already mostly missing.
This discovery made him quite disappointed. He probed it with his finger. This mine seed was indeed from the Bone-Piercing Azure Evil Python monster beast, and its quality was indeed very good.
Although there was only a little blood essence left, it was much purer and more vigorous than the essence of the mine seeds he had discovered before. He thought that if his third imprint had not yet been activated, this little blood essence should have been able to give him about fifteen points of activation progress.
Of course, this situation does not mean that this Bone-Piercing Azure Evil Python is stronger than the previously discovered monster beasts like the Mysterious Eyed Golden Centipede. Those that can condense mine seeds are quite powerful existences among monster beasts. The difference in quality between mine seeds, in addition to the strength of the exotic beast, time is also an extremely important factor.
This Bone-Piercing Azure Evil Python's mine seed had clearly been conceived for a longer time, which is why its quality was higher.
He sighed regretfully, Lin Sheng did not absorb this mine seed. He kept it with him, and would absorb it when the fourth imprint needed to be activated in the future.
After looking around the cave and finding nothing else worth noting, he planned to leave. But at this moment, a rumbling muffled sound came from the other side of the mine tunnel.
He turned his head to look, and then his pupils suddenly contracted. Without any hesitation, he leaped up, grabbed the upper wall of the cave, and quickly disappeared into the rock wall.