While An Wen saw that while he was resting and recuperating, the sun set, and the secret territory gradually became dark.

Monks are not afraid of the dark, but instinct causes them to prefer a bright environment, especially in the dense forest.

Lighting spells, formations, and magic weapons were used one after another, and the surroundings were suddenly illuminated by various lights.

There were quite a few monks present, but they all spoke through sound transmission to avoid being heard by a third party, and the scene was surprisingly quiet.

In the distance, the cries of nocturnal spirit beasts could be heard, alerting everyone to danger.

Some monks took out dry food and chewed it in small bites, finally making a little more "human voice" around them.

After resting for about five hours, An Wenjian fully recovered.

The "sky" of the secret realm was still dark, but it was not in the way, and the team set off again.

The mastermind behind the scenes really didn't want to send spirit beasts to the Hundred Beast Sect anymore, until the sun rose and the secret realm brightened, and the team was not attacked by spirit beasts.

It went all the way until noon that day, and the distance traveled was about twice as far as yesterday.

But there is still no exit from the woods.

As far as the eye can see, except for the four mountains in the distance, there are only various vegetation and spiritual plants that appear from time to time.

The head of the Ji family held a jade slip in his hand, and whenever he saw a spirit plant, the jade slip would flicker, probably in the recording position.

Similar to this is the Great Elder of the Hundred Beast Sect. However, the jade slip in his hand would only light up when a spirit beast appeared, or when he found traces of a spirit beast.

The owner of the front door of the blacksmith door basically does not look ahead when walking, but frequently looks at the ground. When you find a stone, or see a change in the color of the soil, you will quickly reach out and grab it and look at it carefully. But so far, he's always shaken his head.

The most calm are Peony and the head of the Meng family, probably both of them feel that they have the chance to win and can have the last laugh.

Xi and Jiayi held hands and walked with An Xiaofu silently.

The three of them were next to Peony, and Peony was behind An Wenjian.

Jiayi's five senses, which have become more and more powerful after relying on her own spiritual power refining, can monitor the situation of the Meng family without using spiritual power, and it is difficult to be detected. But she hasn't reported anything abnormal, which makes An Wen feel a lot more relieved.

……

On the fourth day after entering the secret realm, the exploration team finally made their way through the woods.

There were no longer large trees in front of him, and the field of vision suddenly became wider, and the four high mountains in the distance, as well as the four "matching" valleys, could already be seen in their entirety.

However, few people looked that far, and most of the monks' eyes stayed on the ground not far away: a large piece of spirit stone ore was in direct contact with the air—a spirit stone vein that could be mined in the open pit!

But none of the monks rushed forward and focused their eyes on An Wenjian, as if asking: Is it safe?

"Confirming."

An Wenjian casually reassured and focused on the spirit stone mine.

Seeing this, the head of the Meng family couldn't help but get nervous, and said, "Sixth, he won't see anything, right?" ”

"Probably not."

The sixth elder said calmly: "This Ping'an Sect Master is indeed good at breaking formations, and he is also very keen in his perception of formation and spiritual power, but the changes in the aura in the spirit stone cannot be seen with his eyes. I've also set up a few attention-grabbing formations around the area, and I'm sure I'll be able to keep some of them. ”

In fact, An Wenjian did pay more attention to the hidden formations around the spirit stone mine, and the analysis of the spirit stone mine was not long enough to directly discover the anomaly.

But—

"Attention! There are several dangerous formations around the Spirit Stone Mine. With the supply of spiritual energy from the spirit stone mine, the power will increase significantly, and the cultivators of the Soul Refining Realm may not be able to withstand it! ”

An Wenjian reminded, "In addition, I suspect that there may be something wrong with these spirit stone mines. ”

"Questions?"

The master in front of the blacksmith door glanced at the spirit stone mine: "Fellow Daoist of peace, I think these spirit stone mines are of good quality." There are no dangerous spirit beasts or spirit plants nearby, as long as you crack the formation and simply remove a layer of soil on the ground, you can directly establish an open-pit spirit stone mine. ”

"I don't know much about the Spirit Stone Mine, so I can't see the good or the bad."

An Wenjian pointed to the ground near the spirit stone mine: "But if you look carefully at the weeds growing around the ore, are they obviously different from the weeds that are a little farther away?" ”

"Weeds..."

A group of people looked closely.

Not to mention that they didn't pay attention, but after being reminded like this, the monks immediately noticed the abnormality:

"Why is the grass around the Lingshi Mine so soft?"

"It's so obvious, like a line has been drawn!"

"Why didn't you find out just now?"

The more the group of monks discussed, the worse the mood of the head of the Meng family became.

An Wen saw that he turned around and asked, "Is there any Taoist friend who knows more about this situation?" ”

Most of the people present silently turned their attention to the Ji family.

"The old man knows a little about Lingzhi."

The head of the Ji family touched his beard and walked out: "Please also ask the peace Taoist friends to lift those formations first." ”

"Well said."

An Wenjian spent a second trying to understand why the head of the Ji family understood the spirit plant - the refining of the pill was inseparable from all kinds of spirit plants. Considering that some elixirs still need to use parts on spirit beasts, this head of the Ji family is likely to know a lot about spirit beasts.

Begin to break the formation.

[Obviously, the spiritual energy is abundant, but the flow of spiritual power in the formation is weak, and the stability is slightly poor. It seems that when arranging, time was a little tight, and it was easier to crack. 】

Seeing this, An Wen sent his spiritual power into the formation not far away, and began to disarm the formation from the inside.

The other monks all saw that on the ground next to the spirit stone mine, more than a dozen formations with a diameter of two meters appeared, emitting a faint green spiritual light, starting from the center of the formation and outward, quickly disappearing.

Then, An Wenjian began to observe repeatedly.

"Fortunately, the formation has been cracked."

Three hours later, An Wenjian finally determined that the formations around the spirit stone mine had been completely destroyed, and nodded to the head of the Ji family: "Fellow Daoist, please." ”

The head of the Ji family nodded in response, took out a pair of thick leather gloves from the storage vessel on his waist, put them on, stepped forward, and squatted down.

Pick a grass that is obviously soft, pull it out, and after casting a spell on it, look at it carefully.

Soon, he wrung off the grass in his hand again, took out some medicine and added it, and confirmed it repeatedly.

In the end, the head of the Ji family returned, put away his gloves, and his face was ugly: "What Daoist Friend Ping An said is right, there is indeed a problem with this spirit stone mine, and it is a very serious problem. ”

"What's the problem?"

The master of the door in front of the blacksmith door hurriedly asked, "Cassia Daoist, you should hurry up and make it clear!" ”

"The aura in these spirit stone mines is very likely to have turned into 'poisonous aura'."

The head of the Ji family said in a deep voice: "If we absorb these poisonous spiritual qi, we will reduce our life expectancy at the least, and we will die at the worst. ”

Hearing this, the monks present (outside the Meng family) all felt a chill rushing to their heads.

[Poisonous aura? I've never heard of a poisonous aura appearing in the natural secret realm, unless...]

Peony frowned, and when she was about to ask a question, An Wenjian's voice suddenly sounded in her ears: "Peony Mansion Master, don't be impatient." ”

【？！ 】

Peony was taken aback, but under precise control, her expression did not change in the slightest: "Friend of Ping An, why do you say this?" ”

"I think the owner of the Peony Mansion should have almost discovered it, and there have already been monks in this secret realm......

An Wenjian quickly said what he found and thought of after entering the secret realm, and said, "It's too dangerous to stimulate the people of the Meng family now, let's pretend not to know first." I will continue to lead the team into the secret realm and make some arrangements by the way. If the master of the Peony Mansion has a way to quietly remind, please let the other disciples prepare as soon as possible, but be sure not to let the people of the Meng family find out. ”