It was late at night, and the Lingkuang area was not allowed to light candles at night, it was pitch black, and the scenery outside the house was not visible.

But the mining area is not quiet, there are spirit beasts roaring in the primeval forest, mountains and rivers shaking, thousands of trees shaking, and chaotic leaves falling.

Among the mountains and ravines, spirit beasts were rampant, and all kinds of terrible voices rose and fell in the darkness, as if they were fighting, and as if warning everyone, occupying their territory.

The Keling mining area was surrounded by thorns and rattans, and with the blessing of the formation, the spirit beasts in the forest were afraid and did not dare to overstep.

As usual, when everyone fell asleep, Zhongli, who was hiding in the futon and secretly cultivating, suddenly heard a voice in his ears.

"You have become a mine slave, why do you still insist on cultivating every day, don't you know that if you enter the mortal martial realm, you will also be beaten into the Spirit Breaking Nail?"

Zhongli nervously opened his eyes and saw a pair of eyes staring at him beside him.

"Who are you!?" Zhongli asked nervously.

Although the spirit disciple was not beaten into the Broken Spirit Nail, if he practiced secretly, if someone found out, the consequences would be very serious.

"I know you, but you don't know me, huh!" the speaker laughed to himself. "I'm Ma Yun of the Heavenly Fire Sect. ”

"Are you Senior Brother Ma, who is ranked twelfth on the sect's disciple list?" Zhongli asked softly in disbelief.

Zhongli naturally knew Ma Yun, after all, he was a famous master on the sect's list, but he didn't expect Ma Yun to know him, and he became what he is now.

Ma Yun, as a genius disciple of the former sect, was arrested and subjected to various tortures, and he has long lost the handsome and chic he had when he was in the sect.

Zhong Li didn't recognize it for a while, but after careful identification, between the outlines, he could still see that it was Ma Yun, who was ranked twelfth at the beginning.

"How could Senior Brother Ma know me? I'm just an outer disciple. Zhongli asked suspiciously.

"Of course I know you, speaking of which, I am half of your fellow senior brother, and I am the personal disciple of the late Elder Zhong. ”

Elder Zhong, the Elder Zhong who brought him back to the Heavenly Fire Sect, Zhong Li thought about it, how could he never have heard of Elder Zhong and other disciples before, yes, he had not entered the inner gate, and he was not even a disciple of Elder Zhong.

Ma Yun watched Zhongli wander thousands of miles, thinking about what was wrong, and coughed awkwardly, pulling Zhongli's thoughts back.

"Zhongli, although you are only a disciple of the outer gate of the Heavenly Fire Sect and have not entered the inner gate, I have been observing you and protecting you since you were brought back to the Heavenly Fire Sect by your master when you were six years old. Ma Yun said.

Zhongli was surprised, "Why is this?

Zhongli did not let down all his vigilance at this time, and there were also many spirit disciples in the mining area who secretly cultivated and tried to escape, but they were arrested after being reported, and were beaten to death by the deacon with a spirit interception whip to show the public.

The mine slaves were transferred every three months to avoid rebellion and escape, and Zhongli had just been transferred to this mining area a few days ago, and he never thought that he would be found secretly cultivating tonight.

Ma Yun said: "I know what you are thinking, and there is no need to lie to you, as for why you are observed, it is Master's order." ”

"Master came to me before the final retreat and said that if I am gone, let me protect you in the sect and keep an eye on you until you are promoted to the Mortal Martial Realm, and then take you to the Xuanguang Temple in Sunset City. ”

"But..."Saying this, Ma Yun paused.

"But what?" Zhongli asked eagerly.

Hearing Xuanguang Temple, Zhongli had already confirmed that Ma Yun had not lied to himself, because that was the place where he had lived until he was six years old, and it was the place where he and the old beggar who depended on each other lived.

If Ma Yun lied to himself, it was impossible to know these things, only the late Elder Zhong knew about it.

"Be quiet. Ma Yun made a shushing gesture, looked left and right at the sleeping person next to him, and was not woken up, before he whispered: "But I can't let you break through with the help of the Spirit Breaking Pill." ”

"How is this possible?" Zhong Li asked strangely, when a cultivator reached the ninth order of a spirit disciple, he had always taken the Spirit Breaking Pill to break through to the mortal martial realm, and the disciples in the sect had always been like this.

"How is it impossible?" Ma Yun said coldly.

"If the sect is still there, you have reached the Nine Realms of Spirit Disciples, and when you enter the inner gate assessment, if your cultivation talent is regarded as a disciple, your master will use your spiritual power to stabilize your realm and help you break the mirror when you break the mirror. ”

The sect is not stingy with the Breaking Spirit Pill and is unwilling to give it to the disciples, but the cultivators who take the pill to break the mirror, and then in the broken mirror, there will be more bottlenecks, only the disciples with extremely poor cultivation talents, so that the sect does not have hope, and no one accepts the disciples, will let them use the Breaking Spirit Pill.

The more pills used, the greater the self-limitation, and the more difficult it will be to break the mirror in the future, of course, Zhongli doesn't know all this, after all, after eight years of practice, no one has really directed.

Ma Yun: "Only those who have extremely poor talent, and after entering the inner door assessment, who have not yet apprenticed, will take the Breaking Spirit Pill." ”

"But eight years have passed, and you are already fourteen years old, but you are still only a spirit disciple in the Eight Realms!"

Feeling the disappointment in Ma Yun's tone, Zhongli thought ashamedly, he thought that Shizun was forced by the pressure of the sect, gave up on himself, and left himself to fend for himself.

But I didn't expect to arrange for my senior brother to take care of myself in front of me, but my talent was not enough, and I still couldn't break the mirror after many years of practice, maybe this is fate!

"I'm a spirit disciple in the Nine Realms..."Zhongli whispered.

The voice was a little unconfident, ashamed, but also unyielding, I have always worked hard, even if the cultivation speed is very slow, but I never give up.

The spiritual ore was originally formed after the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered to reach a certain concentration, and then after tens of millions of years.

Since coming to the Spirit Mining Area, Zhongli has absorbed the aura of heaven and earth faster.

Although since the cultivation, most of the heaven and earth spiritual energy absorbed by daily cultivation has not been converted into one's own spiritual power, but the speed has accelerated, and the amount of transformation has naturally increased.

Cultivating at a speed that was several times faster than before, absorbing, and exhaling the aura of heaven and earth, just a few days ago, Zhongli finally entered the Nine Realms of Spirit Disciples.

"Really?"

Ma Yun grabbed Zhongli's arm with one hand and asked in surprise.

Since being captured by Biyun Sect and becoming a mining slave, Ma Yun has not wanted to escape from the Spirit Mining Area for a day, and the blood feud of the sect has always been remembered in his heart.

However, the spirit mining area is surrounded by mountains, and the forest is rampant with wild beasts, if you don't regain your strength, even if there is no one to guard it, there is only one way to escape.

Tonight, when I ran into Zhongli Cultivation, I didn't have any hope, I just wanted to talk about my thoughts.

After all, even if he is half a junior brother, he also told him what the master explained, so as not to leave regrets.

But Zhong Li's words gave him a glimmer of hope, if Zhong Li could break through to the mortal martial realm, he would be able to cultivate spiritual skills, and the spiritual power in his body would be enough to use that set of formations, and he would hopefully pull out the spirit breaking nail on his body for himself.

As long as the strength is restored, there may not be no possibility of escape.

Zhongli watched Ma Yun grab him, his expression of excitement, and he was obviously frightened when he spoke so loudly.

"Shh

Zhongli reminded Ma Yun that the two of them should not talk too loudly, which would cause trouble to others.

Ma Yun looked around left and right, no one woke up, and he knew that he was excited for a while, and he didn't control his emotions, so he nodded again and again.

"Senior Brother Zhong, are you a true spirit disciple in the Nine Realms?"

Looking at Ma Yun's expectant expression, Zhongli nodded.

He just didn't even have the Mortal Martial Realm, Senior Brother Ma was so excited.

Zhongli didn't understand, Ma Yun had been in the Spirit Mining Area for more than three months, and he was thinking about escaping all the time.

Not long ago, I met an acquaintance, and after talking to the two, I learned that the other party had a formation that could pull out the Soul Breaking Nail on the body.

It's a pity that you need a cultivator who is at least at the middle level of the Mortal Martial Realm, that is, above the fourth level of the Mortal Martial Realm, to be able to activate the Spirit Array.

And in the Mine Slaves in the Spirit Mining Area, all cultivators above the Martial Realm were all driven into the Spirit Breaking Spike, and they were unable to implement their plan at all.

"Senior Brother Zhong, let me ask you, if you have the chance, do you want to escape?"

Of course Zhongli thought about it, but he knew that this was impossible, with his cultivation realm, if he ran away rashly, he would only be sent to death.

Looking at Zhongli's eyes, Ma Yun knew that he had misunderstood.

"It's not that you should escape now, in this way, if you come to the southwest mining area tomorrow, enter through the entrance of Cave 69, and I will talk to you in detail!"

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside, Ma Yun hurriedly dropped this sentence and hurriedly returned to the bed to lie down.

Although Zhongli had a lot of questions, he also knew that now was not the time to communicate, so he could only lie down with questions.