Chen Zhiyuan didn't stay at home for too long, and after communicating with the old students, Chen Zhiyuan went back to the Yuling Gate.

The next few days were relatively simple, Chen Zhiyuan still insisted on going to the Han Silkworm Cave to mine every month to find trouble with the Han silkworm, and he would wait for Mo He to go into the mountains together to continue hunting.

After a few months, Mo He also succeeded in making a puppet from the spiny back thorny turtle, Chen Zhiyuan had seen it, although it was not as flexible as when he was alive, but the defense was on a higher level, at least now if Chen Zhiyuan attacks it, it will be difficult to break the defense, after all, the previous weakness does not exist after becoming a puppet.

However, it is a pity that the two abilities of the spiny-backed thorn turtle were not retained, and disappeared with its death, so just like Mo He's other puppet tiger, its actual combat power is a little weaker than before. However, Mo He was not too distressed, after all, the puppet he used to attack now had a puppet tiger, and the thorny back thorny turtle for defense was already much stronger than before.

However, this month, Mo He and Chen Zhiyuan did not go hunting again as usual, but made other arrangements.

"What is the task of Senior Brother this time?" Chen Zhiyuan still had some expectations, after all, the last time Mo He's senior brother led the team, he learned some tips for using thunder talismans, so Chen Zhiyuan was still very happy to have such an opportunity this time.

"I don't know, it seems that I have received some kind of investigation mission, we will find out when the senior brother comes. Mo He shook his head, he just heard from his senior brother that he had taken on a relatively simple task, and he could take them with him to do it, and if he encountered any good materials that could be used as puppets, he could also take care of Mo He.

"Everyone is ready, aren't they, everything is ready? "The person who came was a middle-aged man with a Chinese face, somewhat similar to Mo He, but the flesh on his body looked very well-proportioned, not as dry and thin as Mo He. And next to him was a female cultivator, who was also in the condensation stage, and was his partner.

"It's all ready, let's go, senior brother. Mo He nodded and followed.

The male cultivator in this condensation period is Senior Brother Mo Long, who led the team this time, and he is Mo He's cousin, who looks a little old-fashioned, but in fact, he is not much older than Mo He, and he is more than ten years older, and they are all people from the Mo family of Yulingmen.

Last time, Mo Long also led the team and took them to a rat nest near the Yuling Gate, because I received feedback from someone that this nest of rats was about to become a disaster, and there were no less than five hundred of them, so I wanted to control it.

On the way, Mo Long explained this mission to everyone.

"This time we are going to a cave two hundred miles to the west, not long ago the spirit slave over there dug down the mine, and as a result, a group of fire spirits ran out and injured people, so we have to deal with it, the final reward is calculated according to the number of fire essences disposed of, if you have prepared a water talisman or magic weapon in your hand, it should be much easier to deal with. ”

Because the distance is not very close, Mo Long can explain in detail the various habits and weaknesses of the fire spirit on the way.

The fire spirit is actually one of the spirits formed by heaven and earth that lives in the underground spirit stone veins, and the strong ones can be as strong as the condensing vein cultivators, and the weak ordinary people will take a basin of water and pour it to death.

However, the fire spirit in the mine has already been cleaned up once, and this time a new batch has appeared, because as the ore vein excavation continues to go deeper, the area that could not be explored before has now been touched, and this time it is the same.

There was a mining spirit slave digging and digging suddenly there was a landslide, and then a batch of fire spirits of different sizes suddenly appeared in the place of the collapse, because it was a sudden situation, so accidentally injured people to the fire spirit, and more than 30 spirit slaves died, and then the fire spirit was hidden back in the hole.

At that time, the monks stationed next to the spirit mine had already cleaned up most of the fire essences, and now Mo Long and the others were given the task of cleaning up the fire essences hidden in the mines.

After a day of running, Chen Zhiyuan and his entourage also came to the place where the accident occurred.

The cave where the accident occurred has been covered by the people of the Imperial Spirit Gate with a formation, after all, the spirit stone vein is also the foundation of a sect, and it will not be exposed to others so casually.

After the report and inspection, Chen Zhiyuan and his party also entered the mine smoothly, and Chen Zhiyuan also saw for the first time what the spirit stone vein looked like.

The spirit stone vein is like a natural karst cave, there are all kinds of crystals and passages everywhere, and I don't know where the light is, anyway, the entire inside of the pit is faintly bright, and it is not as dark as Chen Zhiyuan imagined.

The four of them found a mine cave that no one occupied, and they went straight into it, of course, they didn't rush into it so recklessly, as disciples of the Imperial Spirit Gate, the puppet exploration was simply a routine operation.

In the mine, Chen Zhiyuan saw for the first time the fire spirit, a species different from ordinary creatures, and what he had seen in "Hundred Things" did not count.

Large and small fire spirits gathered together, the big ones were the size of a basin, and the small ones were only the size of eggs, and there was not much difference between them and stones, but most of the fire spirits were round, and there were flickering lines on their bodies, so that they could be distinguished from the stones.

Although it looks like a stone, the fire spirit's personality is not as calm as a stone. The moment they saw the puppet, these fire spirits all screamed, and their bodies began to jump towards the puppet quickly, regardless of whether it had any effect or not, anyway, they just hit the puppet vigorously.

"You go up and practice your hands, and we will press you down. ”

Mo Long used his divine sense to probe the vicinity, there were only these fire spirits here, and there were no other creatures, so he released two foundation building puppets to guard the two ends of the passage, and asked Chen Zhiyuan and Mo He to get familiar with these fire spirits, and there would be no such opportunity in the future.

Dealing with creatures like fire spirits can't be dealt with in conventional ways, such as swords and other weapons, used to cut fire spirits is simply because their weapons don't break fast enough.

Chen Zhiyuan took out a sledgehammer from the storage bag, and Mo He didn't let go of the puppets, after all, his puppets were okay to deal with flesh creatures, but they were still a little worse at dealing with these spirits.

What Mo He took out was a long stick, which made an extremely dull sound when it hit the ground, and it was obvious that this stick was also very heavy.

A group of fire spirits were still excitedly attacking the puppets that stood still like targets, completely unaware that Chen Zhiyuan and the two had quietly touched them.

Find the target, pick up the sledgehammer, and a fist-sized fire spirit was hammered to the ground by Chen Zhiyuan, but what Chen Zhiyuan didn't expect was that although the stones on the body of the fire spirit that were hammered on the ground fell a little, and the red light dimmed a lot, it still did not die.

The fire spirit that was broken by the hammer did not take the opportunity to escape, the light on his body first dimmed, and then suddenly lit up like a flame, and crashed towards Chen Zhiyuan.

If it doesn't work, then try again, before the fire spirit jumped, Chen Zhiyuan gave it another hammer steadily. This time the hammer was strong, and the fire spirit completely collapsed and turned into a piece of gravel, in addition to Liu, a small stone with a red glow the size of a grain of rice, which is probably the fire core mentioned in the "Hundred Things", and it is also the only valuable thing on the fire spirit.

Chen Zhiyuan's side basically hammered these small fire spirits into two hammers, and the few ones needed to be hit three times before they were broken, and Mo He's side was similar, and the fire essence hit the wall straight down with a stick, and then it was over with a stick.

Now all that's left is the two basin-sized fire spirits that are still drinking the puppet competition. Chen Zhiyuan and the two glanced at each other, nodded tacitly, and rushed forward after picking one.

Thanks to the puppets controlled by Mo Long, the dozen or so small fire spirits handled earlier were all killed neatly, and no other fire spirits were attracted to Chen Zhiyuan and let them face two at once, so when facing the two larger fire spirits, except for being consumed some strength, the two of them actually did not consume anything.

Facing this basin-sized fire spirit, Chen Zhiyuan was also a little difficult to start for a while. Although it is definitely possible to break it a little bit with a hard hammer, it will undoubtedly waste a lot of time and effort, and you have to think of other ways.

Yes, fire spirits are afraid of water.

Chen Zhiyuan thought of what Mo Long said on the road, and as soon as he turned his palm, a small water talisman appeared in his hand.

With a flash of inspiration in his hand, the small water talisman was stimulated, Chen Zhiyuan threw it directly towards the fire essence, only to hear a "pop", and a water mass about the size of the fire essence was directly pasted on the fire essence, making a burst of "zizi" sound, which was no different from pouring water on the red-hot iron plate.

The fire essence that was still drinking the puppet competition was directly doused by Chen Zhiyuan's water, as if Chen Zhiyuan was not water, but some kind of poison.

This basin fire spirit suddenly lost its color just now, this fire spirit was like a frosted eggplant, the red lines on the surface directly darkened, turning into white lines on the blue-black stone, and the stone on the fire spirit also began to crack and fall off little by little, like a weathered stone.

Finally, the water of the small water talisman was evaporated by the fire essence, but the fire essence was still motionless on the ground, Chen Zhiyuan was a little strange, and gently knocked it with the sledgehammer in his hand, but he didn't expect that the fire essence of this basin was completely shattered, as if it was an unstable stone pile piled up by someone, and it was directly scattered to the ground, and even the fire core of the pigeon's egg in the fire spirit was a lot darker.

Chen Zhiyuan picked up the fire core, compared it with the fire core of those small fire essences before, and found that it was indeed the case, this fire core was big, but it seemed to be overconsumed, and the spiritual power contained in it was only a little more than those small fire cores, probably only as many as three grains of rice, which was completely unworthy of its size.

Chen Zhiyuan's side solved it quickly, and Mo He's side was a little slower without a small water talisman.

Mo He released the puppet tiger he saw last time, and directly pressed the fire spirit to the ground, and Mo He only needed to smash it with a long stick.

Just when Chen Zhiyuan heard a "bell" and heard that his skull was a little painful, there was a sudden "click", Mo He's fire essence was finally solved, and the fire core taken out of the fire spirit was also the size of a pigeon's egg, but the color was bright red, and it also glowed brightly, and it seemed to be a flame circulating inside.