Chapter 451 Odd Mine Cave
Su Li never thought that she could realize the goal by herself alone, so she needed many more talents. Besides the annexation of different sects, if she met right talents, she would not let any of them go.
Su Mian was born with a sensitive instinct, and Su Li appreciated that. But only time would tell whether this person could meet her standard in the future.
A few moments later, Su Li and Su Mian walked out of the main tent, while Su Yuanhai stayed to preside over the overall situation.
“Go to the mining cave occupied by the Sixth Branch.”
Su Li faintly instructed. Su Mian led the way instantly and consciously didn’t ask a single question.
They left the camp, walked through the dark forest, and arrived at the back of a small hill after about an hour.
Although a black mist obstructed the sight, Su Li saw miners coming and going in the pitted minefield inside the col in her first sight. The incessant clank of chiseling revealed the mining activity in full swing.
“The mine of the Sixth Branch lies right behind the hillside.”
Su Mian transmitted voice with a little nervous, “The mine is surrounded by the people of the Sixth Branch and heavily guarded. Master, it’ll be a little difficult for us to sneak in.”
Su Li asked with voice transmitting as her gaze flashed, “You’ve been scouting this place for quite a while. Have you ever encountered practitioners of Huashen Realm?”
“Huashen Realm?!”
Su Mian became popeyed and shook his head oddly, “Since I started to practice, I’ve only met one person at the late stage of Yuanying Realm, but never seen any Mighty Practitioners of Huashen Realm…”
Before Su Mian completed his words, he suddenly realized that the living person in front of him was right at the late stage of Yuanying Realm.
“Was I lucky enough to be valued by a senior at the late stage of Yuanying Realm?” He thought.
He pinched his face but still felt it was surreal.
Su Li stared at the coming and going minecarts in the minefield, in which the ore shimmered with a strange glow in the firelight.
She quietly spread out her psychic awareness over the whole minefield and to the depths of the spiritual stone mine. However, this time… her psychic awareness, which never failed before, was blocked by the earth and she was unable to sense the situation inside the mineshaft.
“Can demon crystal block my psychic awareness?”
Su Li narrowed her eyes slightly. She picked up Su Mian, who was still in a daze, and flew downward in an open way.
“!!!”
With two eyes staring, Su Mian felt that he was threw into the light minefield by Su Li. He was so scared that his heart was pounding very quickly.
The good thing was that he could hold his nerve and didn’t scream out in fear.
After he landed quietly, Su Mian stiffly looked around and found that either practitioners or miners patrolled or worked as usual, as if they did not see him at all.
“Senior, this…”
Su Mian was dumbfounded to see this. He subconsciously turned to Su Li but found Su Li had no intention to explain at all. Su Li just pointed to the mine cave, and transmitted her voice, “You’ve been here before. Lead the way.”
Su Mian nodded. He took a few tentative steps towards the mine cave, and found that no one could really see him. Then he got rid of the hesitation and became excited. He marched towards the mine cave.
His eyes shone brightly. He had practiced for more than two hundred years and thought that he had seen a lot of strange and bizarre things. But he never expected there was such a secret skill in the world and it could help him break into the enemy camp without being detected.
He wished he could do the same one day when he achieved practice excellence!
As Su Mian was lost in his mind, he looked for the right entrance.
Su Li followed him with a touch of praise flickering through her eyes.
This young man was brave enough and had a good temperament. As long as his talent was not bad, he was worthy of being trained properly.
At this moment, her thoughts became different from before.
It was a waste to have him as a scout.
Although the spiritual stone mine did not been exploited for a long time, the tunnels inside the mine cave were already connected. There were six or seven entrances from the minefield to the cave.
After careful comparison, Su Mian recognized the entrance he sneaked in last time.
“Senior, that odd ore cannot be found in every cave. As I came here before, that strange ore was found only in this cave among three entrances. There are seven caves now, and it seems that the people of the Sixth Branch found a new mining spot.”
Su Mian led the way while analyzing.
Su Li nodded gently but did not speak.
A few moments later, the pneuma of the mine changed abruptly. Su Li smelt a faint demonic pneuma.
So, she stopped and saw around. But it was dark and silent.
“This area has been mined out, and no one stays.”
Su Mian added carefully and saw Su Li walking to the stone wall and picking off a thumb-sized odd stone.
“It’s demon crystal!”
The Black Lotus Ring appeared. Sensing the wisp of demonic pneuma in Su Li’s hand, he transmitted his surprised voice to Su Li, “This wisp of demonic pneuma is so pure…”
“Pure?”
Su Li glanced at the Black Lotus Ring. Black Lotus did not lose his temper this time but carefully explained, “Yes! The status in Demon Clan was based on the bloodline. The purer the bloodline is, the nobler the status will be. According to the pneuma left on the demon crystal, it must be from the royal family of the ancient demon clan!”
There were demons in this Black Stone Forest!
Su Li’s sight became cold. Remembering the sight after she explored the Cang Lei’s Cave, she transmitted her voice softly, “Do you think that the demon is possibly hiding in the depths of the Black Stone Forest?”
“This…”
Black Lotus looked into the depths of the dark mine cave and listened to Su Li’s speculation. Suddenly, it made his toes curl.
“Who knows? If such a mighty demon does exist, we… we’d better run away now. The people of whole Jiuzhou Region will be no match for it.”
Su Li glanced at him and walked further into the mine cave.
What Su Mian saw was that Su Li paused for a while and left suddenly. He had no clue what happened but followed her quickly.
Black Lotus went off to sulk in the Black Lotus Ring and recalled Su Li’s gaze just now.
“I… was despised?”
“Hmph, a girl who doesn’t know the world. When you see that mighty demon, you will be regretted!”
“However, if she meets the demon, I will be swallowed by the mighty demon as well. No, no…”
As Black Lotus was entangled with his thoughts, Su Li had reached the end of the mine cave, where a fork of three paths appeared in front of her. The tunnel was no longer as dark as before. Instead, a lamp was lit in every dozens of steps.
It was bright there.
“It was not like this before!”
Su Mian exclaimed silently. When Su Li came to and stroked the stone wall, a faint demonic luster flickered away.
“There are a large number of broken demon crystals in the wall, which are too crashed to be exploited. Did Su Jinnan make this? Or…”
Su Li became vigilant, and randomly chose a path after a short pause.
But her look changed slightly after a few steps, and she took Su Mian to retreat at a faster speed.
“Senior…”
Su Mian looked puzzled. Because he saw nobody, but why did Su Li look like to be frightened?
Su Li glanced at the deep cave entrance and turned towards the second path. She stopped again after a few steps.
“The same coldness. Is there great danger waiting for me at the end of every path?” Su Li thought.
Su Li’s expression was cold and solemn as she looked into the dark depths. This was absolutely not made by the Sixth Branch of the Su Family.
“Senior, what happened?”
Su Mian looked at Su Li’s face and finally sensed something wrong. He asked with a hint of panic.
Su Li gave him a reassuring look and said gently, “Now, let’s leave this cave and return by the way we came.”
“Yes, Senior.”
Although Su Mian had no idea why Su Li had to return after a few steps without any findings, he didn’t hesitate to follow the order and turned around to walk outside.
But when he reached the fork, he was stunned.
“The way back disappeared!”
He ran to the smooth wall and touched the thick wall. At that moment, he fell into a daze, “How can it be possible? Even the immortals cannot block a mine cave in such a brief time. We’re trapped!”
Seeing Su Mian lost his wits, Su Li seemed to understand the reason.
“There is no trace of a tactical matrix. Could it… be done by demonic skills?”
Su Li summoned Black Lotus silently. But the Black Lotus Ring did not appear and only transmitted his emotions.
“You’ve been targeted by the mighty demon!”
A mighty demon indeed?!
Su Li’s pupils suddenly shrank, but she didn’t panic because the mighty demon just blocked the way back, which indicated that its intention was not to kill her but force Su Li to meet it.
However, no one could tell what would happen after the meeting.
Su Li took a deep breath and led Su Mian into the third path.
Since they were going to meet, it didn’t matter which path they took. The mighty demon was just trying to confuse Su Li and made her flustered.
However, it obviously underestimated Su Li.
Following Su Li, Su Mian suddenly felt the surrounding temperature was dropping and the unpleasant smell in the air brought him into a trance.
He subconsciously approached Su Li and regained his consciousness instantly.
“The air here is poisonous. If you stay nine feet away from me, you will possibly die. So, be careful.”
Su Li spoke in a faint voice. Su Mian felt that his blood froze and immediately moved closer to Su Li. At that moment, he even hated that he couldn’t stick on Su Li’s back.
“Why does everything change when I follow the senior into the mine? I’m just a scout of Zhuji Realm!”
Su Mian wondered with grievance. He inadvertently found that the pattern on the wall suddenly wriggled, as if countless snakes were swimming there.
This horrible scene was so frightened that Su Mian even changed his tone.
“Senior, something on the wall is moving!”
Oh?
Su Li looked at the wall, but the movement on the wall immediately stopped. It was quiet, as if nothing had ever happened.
“Senior, believe me. It really moved!”
Su Mian said repeatedly with a long face and worried that Su Li would not believe him.
Su Li shook her head. She walked to the wall, and touched its cold surface. She did not see anything wriggling, but the pattern was really different from before.
Fighting back his fear, Su Mian walked to Su Li and stared at the wall. After staring at the pattern on the wall for a long time, he felt it sick for no reason.
“Senior, the wall is dirty and slippery.”
He touched the wall and turned around. Then he found that Su Li was looking at him with a strange gaze. Was it… admiration?