Chapter Seventy-Four: Into the Mine
I don't know if Chen Ji chose to take care of Liu Lu, a newcomer, so the cave he chose to enter was the largest and most positive one in the middle.
Chen Ji didn't speak, just walked silently in front, and Liu Lu also followed silently behind, in this case, there was no need to greet each other.
Although Liu Lu is a newcomer, in this difficult and hopeless place, Chen Ji has long been wiped out of any emotions, and he is not in the mood to care about and understand the outside world and Liu Lu.
Entering the mine, I found that the space in the mine is much larger than the hole, and the mine is not a straight line, but a hundred twists and turns, with many bifurcation paths, twists and turns, just like an anthill.
As we went deeper, the cavern was not statically dark, and in some places, there was a faint glow, like moonlight shining through some crevice in a broken house.
Liu Lu was quite curious about this, it stands to reason that there is a backlog of incomparably thick Fengling Mountain, and there should be no light coming in, but what is strange is that no matter how hard Liu Lu tried, he didn't find a place where the light came in.
From the point of view of being able to see the faint light, the cold wind blowing out of some forks is even less unusual, and Liu Lu, who was originally a little worried about whether he would be suffocated inside, found that his worries were completely unnecessary, and after walking for nearly two hours, he did not feel too difficult to breathe.
Some places in the mine are wide, some places are narrow, and the wide places are fine, not only is it easy to walk, but the whole person will feel a lot easier, as for the narrow places, the walk is stumbling, Chen Ji may be because of more familiar reasons, all the way did not suffer any bumps, and Liu Lu is a little miserable, the uneven ground is limping, and the feet are broken I don't know how many times, if it is not for the strength is good, the body is still strong, otherwise it would have been broken or lame.
The foot may be avoided, the body is flexible and not easy to be injured, but the top of the head and both sides can be unavoidable, the bump is light, and the more uncomfortable is to be scratched by the sharp stones on the rock wall, although the torch held in the mine is lit up without a problem, but it is difficult to avoid the light under the dark, it can be said that it is impossible to prevent it, even if the martial arts are high, they can't avoid the injuries they suffer when they lean up.
"Senior, how long do you have to go?"
After walking for two hours, Liu Lu finally couldn't help but ask Chen Ji, this mine cave is like a bottomless pit, when will it be considered a head if it goes on like this.
Chen Ji was not so indifferent as to completely ignore Liu Lu, and still explained Liu Lu's problem out loud, but perhaps because he had rarely spoken for a long time, he spoke relatively slowly, and he felt a little late when he listened.
"Lingyu is not in a specific place, you can only find it slowly in the mines, although these mines have been rummaged through countless times, there will always be places to be exposed, you have to pay more attention to what you pass along the way, if you find it, you don't need to go deeper."
It's no wonder that the hairy monkey has that kind of request, a task with only one piece at a time, and this situation can be said to be completely lucky.
"Senior, since this place has been rummaged through countless times, even if there is, I'm afraid it's pitiful, is there a chance for a bigger place?"
Chen Ji walked in front, non-stop all the way, and said without looking back: "Naturally, there are, and the deepest part of each passage is relatively easy to find." ”
"And are we going to go to that kind of place now?"
Chen Ji didn't speak, it seemed that he had confessed.
Although it was uncomfortable to stay in the cave, Liu Lu still endured it, he didn't necessarily have to collect any bullshit spirit jade for the hairy monkey, but he wanted to understand this spirit jade mine as much as possible.
Since he has come to such a trip, the spirit jade is so important to the White Dragon Gang, Xian Yi is also very excited, and it is worth a lot of money if he wants to come, so he can't waste the opportunity in vain, at the same time, when he enters it, he will understand that the mine cave of this Fengling Mountain has obviously taken shape for a long time, and it was not dug by the White Dragon Gang at all, otherwise such a large scale, not to mention a White Dragon Gang, even Zhaoming Country itself, I am afraid that it will also have to gather the strength of the whole country, and it may be possible to spend decades or hundreds of years.
In addition, in terms of the scale of the mine, Liu Lu believes that the entrance and exit are far more than the place guarded by the White Dragon Gang, and the more you know, the better the chance of escaping.
The time for a torch to burn out is about four hours, because the space in the mine is large and small, and most of the passages are only one person high, this kind of torch made by the White Dragon Gang, when it burns, the flame is not dry, but like the twisted core in the oil lamp, burning little by little, and its fire head is also bright and quiet, and there is no strong black smoke.
Liu Lu is also quite curious about this kind of torch, the wooden pole and the linen strip wrapped around it are very ordinary, but the specific impregnated things, with his knowledge, he can't see what the oil used in the production is.
In Liu Lu's view, it is more vivid to say that it is a big candle than a torch.
After that, there was still nothing, Liu Lu couldn't remember what time it was outside the mine, in the mine, the only torch that could be used was not an accurate timekeeper, after all, its main function was still used for lighting, the production of torches, the burning environment, and even the sudden gust of wind in the mine, which could make its combustion change.
Moreover, it is not always lit, after all, the six torches are only two days, and they have been burning continuously, and the time of the other day is not easy to grasp, and it is not a small matter to collect spiritual jade, in this labyrinth-like mine, there is no light, I don't know the time, it is easy to lose control and go crazy, trapped in it.
Therefore, when every torch burns out, Chen Ji will rest for a period of time, about two quarters of an hour, during this time, Chen Ji will not light the torch.
When the two torches burned out, Chen Ji did not continue to walk, but began to rest, under Liu Lu's understanding, this is the beginning of the end of the day after the end of the sleep and recuperation time, in the mine cave that does not know the sun and the moon, people who can survive, will find out their own rules, among which resting on time is extremely important.
And in this kind of rest time like "night", the torch must not be saved, it must be lit, not for lighting, just to remember the time, otherwise when you wake up, you don't know the start and end of the time, there will be considerable trouble.
Lighting the torch, Chen Ji ate a little ration, then leaned against the rock wall and closed his eyes and fell asleep.
At the beginning, Liu Lu was also sitting a few steps away from Chen Ji, eating silently, but when Chen Ji began to sleep, Liu Lu was not tired yet, and second, where could he sleep in this scene, so he planned to go around alone.
"Senpai, I want to look around."
Liu Lu greeted Chen Ji, but Chen Ji didn't make a sound, and his eyes didn't open, as if he hadn't heard it at all.
Liu Lu looked at Chen Ji with his eyes closed, not sure if he had fallen asleep, and after waiting for a while and not seeing Chen Ji react, Liu Lu ignored it, lit a torch and left.
After leaving Chen Ji, Liu Lu didn't go too far, although there was no Chen Ji to lead the way in this mine, he would be trapped to death if he didn't see it, but now he needs to follow Chen Ji to understand everything here, the more he knows, the better, and it is not easy to act alone too early.
"Xianyi, have you found anything?"
Liu Lu stayed away from Chen Ji, also to communicate with Xianyi, this guy was more excited when he was at the entrance of the mine, but after coming in, there was no sound at all.
"Where dogs don't poop, what can you find!"
Liu Lu is quite helpless, this is mainly because he can't arouse his interest, he is too lazy to show up, and the communication is really irritable.
"Lingyu, you have great powers, have you found anything along the way?"
"What kind of spirit jade, that's called a spirit stone."
Just listening to the voice, you can hear Xianyi's contempt for Liu Lu's dirt buns.
Liu Lu automatically ignored Xianyi's temper, "Why is it called Lingshi, listening to your tone, that thing seems to be very valuable?" ”
"It's not just money, it's money in itself."
"How do you say that?" Liu Lu can be described as a good seduction.
Xian Yi didn't ignore Liu Lu this time, but patiently explained, "Spirit stone, a stone that contains aura, and aura is the foundation of immortal cultivators, and this spiritual stone is like food for ordinary people to immortal cultivators." Of course, because of this value, spirit stones are hard currency among immortal cultivators, just like money in the mortal world, it can be regarded as a kind of currency. ”
"I see." Liu Lu somewhat understood.
In this way, the White Dragon Gang has long been aware of the value of spirit stones, as for why the spirit stones are called spirit jade, in Liu Lu's thoughts, I am afraid that it is also to hide people's eyes, in this jade-rich Jade Dragon Mountain Range, there is nothing more confusing than calling spirit jade.
"Looking at the traces here, it should be a spirit stone vein from a long time ago, but it has long been mined, you people, you can't even pick up some scraps, you can only be regarded as scraps."
Liu Lu didn't hear this very well, and his tone was louder than that of a toad, but in fact, he couldn't see anything too great.
"Take a big breath, the hero didn't mention the courage of the year!"
"Boy, what are you muttering?"
"I'm thinking, this place can be regarded as a spirit stone mine, even if it is abandoned, picking up some residues from it will always be enough for us to eat."
"Who hates having too much money, it's not enough to eat, it's better than nothing. Boy, in this place where the spiritual energy is thin, if you want to break through quickly in your cultivation in the future, this spirit stone is essential, and then it depends on your performance, find a way to find more spirit stones. ”
"This is natural, I'll do the errands, but you can't just stare at it, you have to use your magic powers to find the spirit stone, otherwise in such a big place, where can I find it, the spirit stone hasn't been found yet, I'm afraid that people will burp a long time ago."
Although he disdains the behavior of the White Dragon Gang and others in picking up the residue, even if they are immortals, there is a difficult time, at this time, Xian Yi is also greedy for the abandoned spirit stone vein of Feng Lingshan, so he has a lot of heart, otherwise he would not talk so much nonsense with Liu Lu.
"You're kind of self-aware. Don't worry, although I can't exert any strength now, within a few zhang of the surrounding passage of this mine, it is still not a problem to sense the aura of the spirit stone. ”
"That's good."
Thinking about the fact that the spirit stone is money in the world of cultivating immortals, it makes Liu Lu very motivated, not to mention the spirit stone, it is an ordinary gold, silver and jade mine, seize such an opportunity, you have to take him a good hand, this time is to catch up, I'm afraid I won't be able to drive him away.