Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Ore Vein
With the excavation of this mine over the years, many of the caves in it are inevitably intertwined, and with the traces of monsters that often appear in the depths of the mines, no one dares to go deep for a long time.
The pitch-black mine cave was complex and tortuous, and Lu Xiu held a piece of glowing fluorite and kept going deeper. After walking forward for a while, two more forks in the road appeared where the light shone.
Seeing this, Lu Xiu couldn't help frowning. After an hour, this was the seventh time he had encountered a fork in the road. In addition to the fact that the miners are reluctant to go deep into the mine because of the monsters, another important reason is this labyrinthine fork in the road, and there are many miners trapped in it, just because they can't find a way out and are starved to death?
Therefore, Lu Xiu always chooses the rightmost one, and when he comes out, he only needs to take the leftmost one every time.
Walking into the mine on the far right again, Lu Xiu lifted the fluorite and looked around. At this time, the mine cave was no longer dug by the unified regulations of the mine, but some miners dug it out indiscriminately when they had nothing to do, some people found a lot of precious ore because of this, and exchanged it for a lot of cultivation resources; some people found nothing and wasted their efforts; some people even dug up the lair of demon beasts and died.
In short, the mines that appear at this time are more irregular and more dangerous. Although Lu Xiu is confident, he is not arrogant, and he is always vigilant against potential dangers.
The mines dug by the miners are often narrow and simple, both the roof and the ground are uneven, and many rocks protrude from them. Lu Xiu had to bend his body and move forward inside, his right arm had already turned into a scaly arm, and from time to time he violently drove away the obstacles in front of him.
"Sha, sha, sha!"
In the stone cave of the empty mine, there was a sudden sound of dense friction.
"Bang!"
Smashing a sharp stone pillar blocking the road again, Lu Xiu stopped all his movements at once, and he also heard those sounds.
Squatting down, Lu Xiu put his ears on the stone wall.
"Sha, sha, sha!"
The sound was more pronounced, coming from far and near, and seemed to be coming from inside the stone wall on the right.
"Whew!"
"It's coming!" Lu Xiu's eyes froze, and he exhaled in a low voice.
As soon as Lu Xiu's words fell, a black whip tail stabbed out from the stone wall on the right, and the solid stone wall was pierced through a large hole, and the rubble was splashed.
"Hmph, did you finally find it?"
Lu Xiu snorted coldly, there was not the slightest panic in his eyes, but a faint hint of joy.
Staring at the black tail, Lu Xiu's eyes were quick, and his right hand quickly reached out, grabbing the sharp tail that stabbed him.
"Squeak!"
An angry scream came from the stone wall, and the tail in Lu Xiu's hand struggled violently.
Lu Xiu naturally didn't give it a chance, the scales on his right arm suddenly closed, and a huge force gushed out, about to pull out the things in the stone wall.
At this moment, the tip of the thin tail in his hand suddenly bent, and a barb-like thing at the tip of the tail stabbed at Lu Xiu's right arm.
"Ding!"
A golden and iron clash sounded, and a piece of black scale on Lu Xiu's hand was actually shattered.
"Damn!" Lu Xiu knew that he was careless, and he didn't expect this demon beast to have this trick. Fortunately, it was his right arm that was attacked, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The tail tip repels with a single blow, trying to launch the next attack.
"Boom!"
The vitality in Lu Xiu's body surged rapidly, constantly flowing towards his right arm, and his right arm seemed to be a little bigger, and even the scales that had been broken just now were reunited, and a dazzling golden light directly lit up in the darkness.
"Come out for me!" Lu Xiu shouted, his thick right arm suddenly clenched the tail and pulled it suddenly.
"Boom!"
The stone wall shattered, and a half-human-sized giant scorpion was pulled out mixed with rubble.
The fluorite shone away, and the giant scorpion swung its arm-thick sharp feet, and the two giant claws kept waving, and the huge body also struggled wildly. Lu Xiu's right hand naturally did not relax, he threw down the fluorite with his left hand, picked up a sharp gravel and smashed it at the giant scorpion.
Lu Xiu's strength is so great now, with the sharp stone, he went down and directly pierced the back of the giant scorpion, and green blood gushed out.
"Squeak-"
The giant scorpion screamed, its two egg-sized eyes were full of fierce light, and the two giant claws quickly came towards Lu Xiu.
Lu Xiu did not dodge or dodge, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.
"Bang!"
The giant claws finally struck out, but they were stopped by a half-human-tall black scale shield, and the sharp claws did not leave a trace on the scale shield.
"Huh!"
The scale shield flashed and quickly disappeared. Lu Xiu's right arm had already pinched the giant scorpion's tail into a ball of flesh, his right arm was freed up, and he quickly poked forward, and five sharp fingers were inserted into the giant scorpion's body like inserting tofu, and then stirred indiscriminately, and the giant scorpion finally died completely.
"Buzz!"
A burst of cyan light lit up, and the giant scorpion dissipated, leaving behind only a half-palm-sized beast element and a long black tail.
"Finally harvested the first demon beast. Lu Xiu nodded with satisfaction and picked up the two things on the ground.
Needless to say, the beast element is naturally used for cultivation, and the tail of the giant scorpion can also be made into a weapon.
Putting it into the Spiral Turtle Shell, Lu Xiu didn't plan to take any risks and was ready to come back tomorrow.
The return journey was relatively smooth, Lu Xiu returned the same way, and soon returned to the place where everyone was mining.
"Brother Xiu, you're back. ”
As soon as Lu Xiu came back, Fan Xiaoye hurriedly walked over.
"Well, your cultivation is over?" Coming to everyone, Lu Xiu saw that everyone was waiting for him.
"Well, it's almost time, we're all waiting for you. Luo Fu walked over and explained.
Fan Xiaoye smiled and nodded: "Brother Xiu, we've only been over for a while, you're back, have you found the demon beast?"
Lu Xiu looked at Fan Xiaoye, who was full of curiosity, and had no choice but to take out the beast element of the giant scorpion.
"Oh, really, it's a scorpion demon beast!" The others also saw the beast yuan that Lu Xiu took out, and Hao Dong stepped forward in surprise and said.
"Lu Xiu, how is this scorpion, is it strong?" Qian Hao paid attention to the strength of this demon beast, and he seemed to want to learn Lu Xiu to hunt demon beasts and obtain the beast yuan.
Meng Shuangshuang and Luo Xi also looked at the Scorpion Beast Yuan in Lu Xiu's hand curiously.
"This scorpion body is half a human body, the attack is more fierce, and a scorpion tail is flexible and weird, you must not touch it before you encounter it before condensing the original god. ”
Lu Xiu stared at Qian Hao with his eyes and instructed expressionlessly.
Hearing Lu Xiu say this, the others naturally remembered it and nodded at the same time. Qian Hao also smiled dryly: "Hehe, since Lu Xiu said so, we will naturally be careful." ”
"Let's go!"
It doesn't matter what other people think, he has already told him, and he can't do anything if they listen to him or not. The rapid improvement of these days has made everyone feel a little impetuousness and arrogance.
After hauling the ore out and handing it over to the miners in charge of carrying it, the group returned to the accommodation area.
That night, Lu Xiu used the giant scorpion beast element to start cultivating, and the speed of cultivation was about the same as absorbing the spiral turtle beast element. But because he was about to break through the bluestone level and needed more vitality, the beast yuan was very terrifying to consume, and half of it was used up in one night.
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After digging the mine the next day, Lu Xiu entered the depths of the mine again. After walking for an hour or so, Lu Xiu came to the place he arrived at yesterday.
Rubble was scattered everywhere, and a dark hole was exposed in the stone wall, which was the hole dug by the giant scorpion yesterday.
The cave dug out by the giant scorpion is half a person, and Lu Xiu is going to enter from here today, so that the chance of finding the demon beast will be greater. However, this is also more dangerous, the hole is too small, Lu Xiu can't move inside, and it is easy to be attacked.
Half-squatting and marching into the cave dug by the giant scorpion, Lu Xiu held the fluorite to illuminate the front. This cave is twisted and curved, and Lu Xiu has walked for a long time without seeing the end.
"I don't know where that giant scorpion came from?" Lu Xiu secretly guessed, he felt that if he continued to walk like this, he might come to the lair of those giant scorpions.
For a while, Lu Xiu hesitated a little, if there were too many of that kind of giant scorpions, it would be difficult for him to get out, and it might even be fatal.
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Xiu's brows tightened, his character has always been courageous and not afraid of taking risks, which can be seen from the time of condensing the Yuan Shen. After analyzing the pros and cons of this trip, Lu Xiu turned his heart sideways, "Wealth and danger are sought, as long as there are not more than ten demon beasts, I should be able to retreat with the scale shield." ”
After making up his mind, Lu Xiu quickened his pace and walked towards the depths of the cave.
The cave dug by the giant scorpion was extremely deep, and Lu Xiu walked for more than ten minutes, still not seeing the end, and he didn't encounter a single demon beast on the way.
However, Lu Xiu did not let down his vigilance, and accidents often happened inadvertently. Lu Xiu walked cautiously, and the black scale shield was protected in front of him to prevent accidents.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, there was a burst of white light in front of him, and the brightness was significantly higher than that of fluorite. Lu Xiu was taken aback, he didn't expect to see such a light in the depths of this mine.
"Could it be a fluorite mine?" Lu Xiu guessed, and at the same time, his footsteps did not stop, and he turned a corner, and a huge mountain cavity appeared in front of him.
This cavity is the size of a basketball court, about three or four meters high, and the stone walls around it are covered with holes the size of half a person. On the ground of the cavity, a small pool emitting a bright white light rippled slightly, and inside was a pool of crystal clear liquid, like a jade liquid, which exuded a violent fluctuation of vitality.
"This is?" Lu Xiu took a sharp breath, he could feel that the concentration of vitality in this space was several times that of the outside.
"Yuan liquid vein. ”
Suddenly, Lu Xiu's eyes widened and he exhaled, his face was a surprise that was difficult to hide.
At the same time, as soon as Lu Xiu's words were finished, a dense "rustle" sound came from all directions. The sound became louder and louder, Lu Xiu looked up, and in the stone wall caves he saw just now, half-human-sized giant scorpions came out one by one.