Cui Liyi jumped off Jiao's back, stepped forward to take a closer look, and said softly, "The last time I found the ore vein, I didn't see claw marks and bones here. ”

Zhao Ling'er said disapprehantly: "What's so strange about this? There are many monsters in the dark area, maybe there are some underground monsters fighting here?" I said, let's hurry up and go mining......" As she was speaking, she saw that Cui Liyi turned out a black skeleton from the pile of dry bones next to the stone.

"Uh......" Seeing the black skeleton, Zhao Ling'er couldn't help but be stunned.

Cui Liyi held the skeleton in one hand, and pinched the other small hand into a claw gesture, and gestured into the claw marks on the stone.

"It's the traces left by human hands. Cui Liyi nodded affirmatively and said, "To be exact, it's the marks cut out by the skeleton's claws." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be a skull claw. Li Ding looked at Zhao Ling'er with strange eyes.

The corners of Zhao Ling'er's mouth twitched twice, and she suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, I'll just say it's an underground monster! Skeletons are also a type of underground monsters! Legend has it that some places in the Dark Regions are connected to the Netherlands, so it's normal for a few skeletons to come out. Well, I mean, when we get lost, we even run into zombies and ghosts, so what are skeletons?"

The so-called Netherworld is the world where people's souls return after death. According to Li Ding's understanding, it is a place similar to the hell and underworld in the legends of the earth. Of course, in this world of gods and demons, the Netherworld is a real existence, not just an ethereal legend.

At this time, Lu Jianke said coldly: "The zombies and ghosts we encountered when we got lost were so weak that they couldn't even drill through the mud, that is, they looked shocking enough and frightened enough to frighten children. But the skeletons here can cut out claw marks several inches thick in the stone. ”

Zhao Ling'er said without embarrassment: "So it's an underground monster! I don't have any ability, how can I be worthy of the title of monster? ”

Cui Liyi said: "Anyway, be careful, a small skeleton is nothing, I'm afraid of encountering a powerful ghost." ”

"Ghost?" Li Ding heard the new term, looked at Cui Liyi with a look of curiosity, and asked, "What is a ghost?"

Cui Liyi's eyes were matched with Li Ding's blazing eyes, and her pretty face and ears couldn't help but heat up slightly.

She unconsciously lowered her head, looked at her toes, and said softly: "The so-called ghosts and demons are cultivated from ghosts to demons. The sun world is by no means a good place for ghosts. Even in an underground world like the Dark Domain, which does not see the sky all year round, its yang world aura is also lethal to most ghosts.

"From the Netherworld, through the passage between the yin and yang that appeared unexpectedly, most of the ghosts that occasionally enter the yang realm will slowly die. Only a strong enough fierce ghost can have a chance to survive and gradually accept the breath of the yang world and cultivate into a ghost.

"Once a ghost becomes a ghost, it becomes very difficult. When we wait for a monk to encounter a ghost of the same level, it will be very difficult to kill it. And most of the ghosts and demons have the stunt of possessing the body with one hand, and if you are not careful, you may be taken away by the ghosts. ”

Zhao Ling'er added: "That's right, ghosts and demons are very difficult to deal with. In the history of our ship sect, there were monks who were taken away by ghosts and demons. It is said that hundreds of years ago, there was a predecessor of the exorcism level in this gate, who was taken away by a ghost. Then that ghost demon was so bold that he continued to fight in the ship sect with the body of that senior.

"Because he was cautious in his words and deeds at the beginning, he did not show his feet for a long time. After several years, the demon saw that he was well disguised and mixed well, so he gradually got carried away. After a drunken time, he accidentally showed his mouth, and then he was investigated and liquidated. ”

Li Ding was surprised: "Can you actually take it away? and pretend to be no different from the original? It seems that we really have to be careful." ”

At that moment, the four of them walked cautiously towards the destination, releasing their thoughts as they went, paying attention to their feelings.

Of course, they didn't dare to release their thoughts too far. Because the Divine Mind Induction is a two-way street, if there is really an enemy who is also a Nian monk, such as a ghost, the Divine Mind Induction can certainly be discovered in advance, but at the same time as sensing the ghost, it also means that he has already exposed himself in front of the other party.

Therefore, they only released their divine thoughts, carefully scanning everything within a hundred zhang of their body, and beware of being attacked by others.

All the way forward, getting closer and closer to the destination, but Li Ding and his party never found anything abnormal. Not a single skeleton was found.

"That skeleton, maybe it's just an accident!" Cui Liyi muttered to herself, pointing to a mountain dozens of feet high in front of her and said, "Over that mountain, the destination has arrived!"

"Oh! get rich!" Zhao Ling'er cheered, jumped off Jiao's back, blessed a magic talisman, and rushed to the top of the mountain like the wind.

Then she froze. But she was stunned for a moment, and then she quickly bent down and crept behind a large rock like a stealthy thief. Then she turned around, and beckoned to Li Ding and the others with a pale face. He pointed to the double-headed Jiao again and made a gesture from long to short.

Li Ding, Cui Liyi, and Lu Jianke looked at each other for a while, and then jumped off Jiao's back. Under Cui Liyi's instructions, the double-headed Jiao became a small Jiao with a long palm. Then the three of them went up to the top of the mountain lightly and came to Zhao Ling'er, who was leaning against the big stone.

"What's going on?" Li Ding leaned into Zhao Ling'er's ear and asked in a low voice.

Zhao Ling'er made a silent gesture and motioned for Li Ding to look at it himself.

Li Ding poked his head out and glanced behind the stone.

Then he was dumbfounded.

Behind the big rocks, there is a steep cliff. The cliff is not high, only more than 30 zhang. At the bottom of the cliff is a huge valley.

And in the middle of the valley, there stood a huge pale cyan castle, which shimmered with a cold metallic hue, and looked as if it was made of some kind of metal.

The ground around the castle is littered with holes. Queues of skeletons and zombies line up in neat queues in and out of the pits. The skeleton zombies that went in were naturally empty-handed. The skeleton zombies that came out carried them on their shoulders and carried out pieces of ore covered with pale cyan spots, and then transported them into the castle in an orderly manner!

"Ah......" When Li Ding was shocked by the busy and silent labor scene in the valley, Cui Liyi whispered in a suppressed voice, "What's the matter? Why are there so many skeletons and zombies?" Ah, that castle is actually made of broken star steel! The ore transported by the skeletons and zombies is all the ore of broken star steel!"

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