Chapter 994: Mining Area
"I'm willing to go with you!"
Wan'er made a statement, and I immediately took her with her, rode the Golden Retriever Roar, and marched in the northwest direction.
In the central area of Blackstone Fort, it is quite prosperous.
The nearly three-meter-tall horse, dressed in bronze armor, with a pair of eyes glowing like torch blood, galloped along the road.
The long string of carriages connected at the back, like horse-drawn carriages, kicked up dust on the loess road.
The carriage bumped occasionally, and on top of the tall carriage, the powder of the spirit crystal was immediately shaken out.
A group of people in tattered clothes rushed to the side of the road and loaded dustpans with powdered loess.
I wondered, "What are these people doing?"
Wan'er said, "There are a large amount of spiritual stone deposits under the Black Stone Castle, so many people have gathered here."
"When digging a spirit crystal, in addition to the complete spirit crystal, there will also be some powder left over from the excavation on it."
"These things are useless to cultivators, but ordinary people can take them with water and take them, and they can prolong their lives."
"There are a lot of ordinary people, all waiting on the side of the road for the caravan transporting spirit crystals."
It dawned on me.
It's no wonder that there are still people who are willing to live in poor mountains and rivers like Black Stone Castle for a long time, and it turns out that there are spiritual crystal deposits.
As you walk along the road to transport the mineral deposits, the land becomes more and more barren, and the surrounding area is desolate with dilapidated tiled huts.
In the blacksmith shop on the side of the street, several strong men were clanging, and thin children were burning charcoal beside them, and their little faces were blackened.
The woman in charge of the fire pulls the bellows and beats the baby in swaddling clothes.
When they saw me riding by on the Golden Retriever, they stopped what they were doing and bowed their heads to me.
I was even more puzzled, "These people don't know us, why are they kowtowing?"
Wan'er looked at me with a little envy in her eyes, "My lord, if you can ask such a question, you must have lived in a very harmonious place before."
"In Blackstone Castle, people who don't know how to cultivate are all slaves raised by major forces, and their status is not even as good as livestock."
"When a mortal sees a powerful cultivator, if he doesn't respect him enough, no one cares if he is killed casually."
"If they are lucky enough to give birth to an heir with spiritual roots, they will be able to change their lives against the sky."
"Otherwise, you can only make cattle and horses for the rest of your life, until your offspring is injured or sick, and dies because you can't afford treatment."
Looking at the devastation and barrenness of the land, my heart was extremely heavy.
With such poor mountains and bad waters, the people who can survive will grind their teeth and suck blood and kill people like hemp.
Murphy fled to a place like this, and I was afraid that there was a lot of danger around me, and I had to find her as soon as possible.
I fixed the compass, punched Murphy's breath into it, and began to look around for Murphy's traces.
Last time, the search range was too wide, and the energy around it was too strong, so it directly blew up the compass.
This time, I searched only a hundred miles.
Walking northwest along the mining road, the villages on both sides cover no more than a hundred miles, as long as you keep going, you should soon find Murphy.
The poisonous fog around me was diffuse, and even though I held my breath, my body still couldn't stop inhaling the poison.
As Wan'er said, poisons will not have an effect on physical health, but they will block the meridians and make it impossible to mobilize spiritual power.
Wan'er coughed a few times, took out a black gauze to cover her face, and handed me another piece of black gauze.
"My lord, if you don't dislike it, it will be better to wear this."
"Further on, there is the core area of the mineral deposit, no matter how strong the spiritual power is, it will block and become an ordinary person."
"Are you sure you want to keep going?"
I continued to drive the Golden Retriever Roar forward, and it was also affected, much slower.
After running for a while, the golden retriever roared and stopped panting, "Master, the toxins here seem to have an impact on the qi and blood of the demon beasts, and I don't have any strength at all."
The Golden Retriever roared at me, which really reminded me.
I've been walking along the wilderness for so long, and I haven't seen a single monster.
Wan'er suddenly seemed to think of something, and patted her head and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot about this."
"Monsters can't enter the hinterland of the mine, or they'll be poisoned."
I leapt from the Golden Retriever's roar and take it into my body.
Looking at the vast road ahead, I have a headache.
If I was in the city, I could still buy a horse to transport the minerals, but now I can't go back to the village or the store, and I can't go back.
Wan'er, this guy, didn't say it early.
I glanced at Wan'er, and she felt ashamed and lowered her head in embarrassment.
"Alright, let's walk."
Wan'er said, "On the road in the mining area, every 100 miles, there are post stations for horses, and the horses transporting the mineral deposits rest at the post stations."
"If you don't have a shortage of spirit crystals, you can buy one."
A hundred miles, not too far.
The two of us, we should be able to find it after walking for most of the day.
But by this time, it was almost dark.
The night gradually thickened, and the black mist emerged from the cracks in the stones, and the miasma became thicker and thicker, almost obscuring the fingers of the five fingers.
Wan'er coughed and covered her mouth, "My lord, after the night of Blackstone Castle, the poison in the mine is heavier, and there are demons born underground roaming."
"We should find a place to rest until tomorrow morning before we set off."
I asked, "What is a mining demon?"
"I don't know." Wan'er's head shook like a rattle, "I've only heard people say it, and I've seen some of it in the booklet."
"They look strange, like monsters, but not exactly."
"Normally, those who can escape have only seen demons from afar, and those who can see clearly up close have been killed."
I have no spiritual power, and I don't have the Golden Retriever's help, and it is very dangerous in the depths of the mine, so I really need to find a place to live as soon as possible.
I asked, "Where do people in the mining area usually rest?"
"They will find a small village to live in the neighborhood before the sun goes down," Wan'er said.
The sky was as dark as ink, and everything was silent, only the wind was howling.
I also couldn't find where people lived when the compass was completely out of order.
I glanced at Wan'er faintly, "When Ming'er finds the post station, I'll buy you a horse, and you can ride it back by yourself."
"Don't."
Wan'er said apologetically, "I'm too nervous today, and my head is always prone to short circuits."
"When I get used to it, I'll tell you in advance if anything happens."
Forget it, I'll trust this girl again.
The wind was howling around me, the wind was tearing at the bare trees, and the sound of whimpering made my back chill.
Since I couldn't find a place to live, I had to build a temporary shelter for myself based on my previous experience in the wilderness.
"Go, follow me inside."
Wan'er knew that she had done something wrong, so she honestly followed me, diverted from the main road, and walked towards the pile of rubbles next to her.
Two miles ahead, there were large piles of rubble, and huge rocks that had exploded and cracked.