Chapter 77: Chapter 77: The Ownership of the Spirit Mine, a World of its Own (Happy New Year)
Translator: 549690339
“Thank you, Sect Master Ye!”
All the cultivators from various sects bowed respectfully to Ye Feng.
If it hadn’t been for Ye Feng’s brave intervention today, their cultivation careers would have come to an abrupt end, and their hearts were now filled with gratitude.
“Sect Master Ye, thank you for saving our lives. Here are one hundred lower grade spirit stones, I hope you will accept them.”
“I have fifty spirit stones here as well.”
“This Sect Leader has a bottle of Lower Grade Cultivation Qi Pills.”
The dozen or so Sect Leaders in attendance all took out the valuable possessions they had on them as a token of gratitude for Ye Feng saving their lives.
Ye Feng wasn’t pretentious and gladly accepted them.
“Our Falling Mountain Sect will no longer compete for this spirit mine, we concede it to Sect Master Ye and the Misty Sect.”
“The Feathers Sect won’t compete either.”
“After this crisis, I’ve realized the horrors of cultivation. Fearing that I might not have descendants to carry on, when I return, I will find a match and marry a wife to calm my nerves.”
“Farewell, everyone!”
Having sustained various injuries, the members of the sects were in a hurry to return and recuperate, and they quickly left the valley.
“Everyone, I won’t see you off,” Sect Master Ye said.
Ye Feng waved his hand at the crowd.
Long Tianxing, seeing everyone else had left, jumped three feet high with excitement and said to Ye Feng, “Sect Leader, the spirit mine is all ours now!”
Ye Feng walked over, placed his hand on Long Tianxing’s head, and said, “Don’t get carried away. Oh, and since I can’t cast spells, you will use ‘”Earth Escape”‘ to delve into the ruins and try to clear out the spirit mine before the end of the day.”
“Okay.”
The disciples nodded in agreement.
Afterward, Ye Feng collected all the formation flags, cleaned up the battlefield, and then led his disciples back into the tunnel, descending once again three hundred meters below the surface.
However, the cavern containing the spirit mine had been sealed off due to the collapse of the ruins, and Ye Feng couldn’t enter.
“Let me go first!”
Shi Lei was the first to step forward, taking out the Mysterious Turtle Shield given to him by Ye Feng and patting Long Tianxing’s shoulder, “Junior Brother Long, you have better eyesight, come with me!”
“You got it!”
Long Tianxing, lively and restless by nature, was only too eager to comply.
Soon, the two of them used the First Grade Spell ‘”Earth Escape”‘, blending into the surroundings like a sack of salt dissolving in a lake.
“Let’s go in too!” Mo Ying said.
Hearing this, the other disciples all nodded their heads.
Though Mo Ying was only the fourth disciple, she was the strongest among the top ten disciples of the Misty Sect, and the others were willing to follow her lead. They all used ‘”Earth Escape”‘ to enter the ruins without delay.
Even the Whitefloat Five Immortals and the Little White Fox began to move the debris, digging out some of the nearby ore.
Two hours passed.
Ye Feng looked at the pile of ore on the ground amounting to five cubic meters, worth at least three thousand lower grade spirit stones, and his smile gradually turned ecstatic, as if he had received a long-awaited New Year’s gift.
“Is everything moved out?” Ye Feng asked the disciples.
“Sect Master Uncle, I’ve made a new discovery!” Just then, Long Tianxing and Shi Lei came out of the ruins, excitedly saying.
“What did you find?” asked Ye Feng.
Long Tianxing pointed to his eyes and said, “Just now, big brother and I found a narrow crevice at the deepest part of the cave. There’s wind coming from it, and it’s emitting a bright spiritual energy light. There must be something inside.”
At this moment, Huo Yunjie stepped forward: “Sect Master Uncle, let me join them and explore further!”
“Alright, but be careful,” Ye Feng nodded.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be fine,” Huo Yunjie raised his fist confidently.
“Wait a moment!” Mo Ying called out to Huo Yunjie, “Let Fox Da Hong send out the Paper Warrior General to scout ahead, and the rest of us will follow behind. That would be safer.”
Upon hearing this, everyone felt it made sense.
“Leave it to me.”
Fox Da Hong, upon hearing there was a use for him, immediately got excited, stood upright, formed hand seals with both hands, blew out Spiritual Energy, and transformed it into a Paper Warrior General.
Huo Yunjie seized the Paper Warrior General and used the “Earth Escape” to penetrate into the ruins, exploring continuously under the leadership of Long Tianxing and Shi Lei.
In the passageway.
Ye Feng and the other disciples gathered in front of the light screen created by Fox Da Hong, watching through the perspective of the Paper Warrior General. They discovered it was a very narrow crevice, just wide enough for a person to squeeze through sideways.
As they delved deeper, light actually began to stream from the crevice, and it wasn’t dark.
Shortly, the Paper Warrior General arrived at another cavern.
The space inside was unexpectedly broad, the inner space shaped like a gourd. The four walls were made of rock, preventing the use of “Earth Escape” to get through. In the center was a three-meter-wide pool with a one-foot-high Stone Bamboo Shoot growing in it, emitting a rich glow, which surprisingly converged to form a Spiritual Energy Vortex.
“It’s a Mini Jade Bamboo Shoot, a kind of heavenly earth Spiritual Object. Its function is similar to a Spiritual Energy Vortex, capable of creating a blessed land for cultivation,” explained Mo Ying, again showcasing her advantage of extensive knowledge.
“Once you have confirmed there’s no danger, dig it out and bring it back,” Ye Feng said.
Fox Da Hong nodded, controlling the Paper Warrior General to circle the pool. Finding no danger, he then waved to signal for Huo Yunjie and the others to come in and excavate the Jade Bamboo Shoot.
At that moment, Shi Lei looked up and spotted a bucket-thick passage directly above the pool, going straight up, and said, “No wonder there’s airflow; there’s a ventilation hole above us.”
Suddenly, a shadow appeared at the ventilation hole, quickly plunging towards Shi Lei and the others.
“Be careful!”
Shi Lei stepped forward to shield the front, formed a hand seal with one hand, and enlarged the Mysterious Turtle Shield to block the passage.
Thud!
The shadow crashed down with a dull sound, the Mysterious Turtle Shield unable to stop it, and was knocked to the ground.
Only then did the shadow reveal its true form.
It was a three-meter-long centipede!
Its shell was actually white but flashed with a strange metallic luster, giving off an impression of being indestructible.
“This appearance… It’s a High-rank Demon Soldier Level Demon Beast, the ‘White-shelled Centipede’, possessing potent venom. Even Cultivators might not withstand it. Its defense is very strong, fortunately, apart from its venom, its other offensive capabilities are not so powerful,” Mo Ying, who was closely watching the light screen, immediately warned upon seeing the White-shelled Centipede.
However, Fox Da Hong could not transmit the voice there, causing Ye Feng and the others to worry.
In front of the pool.
Shi Lei picked up the Mysterious Turtle Shield, stood in the forefront, and urged Long Tianxing, who was holding the Jade Bamboo Shoot, “You go back first, Yun Jie and I will hold it off for a while… Ah!”
Before Shi Lei could finish his words, he found himself seized by the shoulder and thrown into the crevice by Huo Yunjie.
The next moment, Long Tianxing also got tossed into the crevice by Huo Yunjie.
“I’m the strongest here, you guys retreat first, I’ll hold it off for a while!”
Huo Yunjie erupted with the aura of his Qi Refinement’s seventh layer at its peak, using his left hand to cast “Iron Shield Technique” and his right to cast “Fiery Cloud Palm”, blocking the rocky crevice.
Long Tianxing and Shi Lei wanted to go back to help, but then they thought, if they went back, it would waste the opportunity Huo Yunjie had created. So, they sped up climbing through the crevice and then used “Earth Escape” to merge into the ground.
At this time, the White-shelled Centipede landed on the rocky edge of the pool, emitting a creepy sound. Its body compressed like a spring and then leapt towards Huo Yunjie in an instant.
“Get away!”
Huo Yunjie used his shield to knock the White-shelled Centipede flying and then jumped into the crevice, striking the rock wall so that several large rocks fell, blocking most of the entrance to the crevice.
“That was close!”
Huo Yunjie quickly crawled towards the other end of the crevice with dirt in the ruins, as he couldn’t use “Earth Escape” to get away otherwise.
But just as he reached the end, about to enter the dirt, the White-shelled Centipede broke through the rocks blocking the path and swiftly crawled over, biting onto Huo Yunjie’s shoulder.
“Ah!”
Agonizing pain surged through Huo Yunjie’s body, clouding his consciousness yet, with the fierce determination honed from years of grueling cultivation, he clenched his teeth and persisted, moving through the soil at the fastest speed possible.
[Happy New Year, may all go well with you]