Stone chamber.

Ye Chen closed his eyes and crossed his knees, and took a fourth-order Peiyuan Pill to cultivate. After this Pei Yuan Pill melted in his abdomen, it turned into a faint wisp of vitality and circulated in his body. After a short moment, this wisp of vitality was quickly absorbed by his primordial spirit.

For example, the original spirit the size of an egg is in the form of gas at this time, and the size no longer changes, but the original spirit is constantly absorbing the vitality and concentrating it. With the strengthening of the original god, the light of the original god is also gradually brightening.

Ye Chen felt that the Yuan Shen was gradually brightening, and couldn't help but secretly say, "I am already in the middle of the first layer of foundation building at the Mountain Gate, and I have been in retreat for more than half a year, and I have experienced several months on the road. Now that the Yuan Shen has reached the peak of the first layer of the foundation building period, it is about to break through the second layer! It is estimated that it will only be a matter of time before it can break through the second layer these days. ”

"Xiao Sanqi's three mid-level spells of Ice Wind and Thunder have been able to be released. However, the cultivation time is short, and the cultivation of the three Dharma seals is only less than one-tenth of the cultivation, and the power is still small. ”

"After cultivating all the nine layers of the Qi Cultivation Chapter of the Sword Qi Technique, you can emit nine one-foot-long sword qi. The next step is to cultivate the foundation building chapter of "Sword Qi Decision", which can emit a sword qi that is one zhang long. ”

On this day, after Ye Chen finished cultivating, he came out of the stone chamber of the Earth Flame Mountain Cave.

He Feng, who was in the stone room next to him, didn't know where he went.

At this time, the lively scene in the cave of Earth Flame Mountain made Ye Chen a little surprised.

Ye Chen's stone chamber was near the small square of the cave, and at a glance, he saw nearly a thousand monks gathered in this small square. There are stalls to do business, and groups of three or five gather together to chat and discuss, which is very lively.

"Brother Ye!"

"Brother Ye has come out! I'm still worried that if you don't come out again, I'm afraid you'll miss the opening of the passage on the second floor of the cave this time!"

"The two of us have been in the cave for the past few days, asking everywhere, and we have learned a lot about the situation. ”

Immortal Master Kong and Venerable Wu were waiting outside, and when they saw Ye Chen coming out of the stone room, they hurriedly reported to Ye Chen all kinds of situations in the Earth Flame Mountain that they had heard about in the past few days. The varieties of various ores in the Earth Flame Mountain, as well as the distribution of various ore points in the karst cave.

In their hands, there are also ores dug up from various mining sites. Each variety was dug up to the size of a thumb for Ye Chen to see.

After listening to their reports, Ye Chen took these ores in his hand and carefully distinguished them, and couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

He had been in the Nanhu Mining Area of Tianxumen, and he knew more about the mine than ordinary monks.

There are many kinds of minerals in the first layer of the karst cave of Diyan Mountain, reaching nearly 20 kinds, all of which are mainly igneous minerals. If this Yanshan is developed into a mine, it will probably be a large mine, at least ten times larger than the Nanhu mining area.

This is only the first layer of Earth Flame Mountain.

If the second layer of karst caves being excavated is counted, the scale of the Earth Flame Mountain mining area is probably even larger.

In such a large-scale mining area, Tianxumen will not be indifferent. In particular, this Earth Flame Mountain is still on the border of the Ulan Empire under the jurisdiction of Tianxumen, and it is definitely an asset of Tianxumen in name.

If he reported the situation of Earth Flame Mountain to the Heavenly Void Sect, it would be a great achievement, and it would be an additional contribution to the sect.

After listening to the report of the two, Ye Chen already knew it in his heart, and gave each of them fifty spirit stones as a reward.

Kong and Wu were overjoyed, they just walked around the Earth Flame Mountain and asked, and they got such a reward after a few days. You must know that ordinary low-level Qi cultivators may not be able to earn ten spirit stones after working hard in a month.

Ye Chen asked the two of them to continue to collect the news of the disciples of the Flame Worship Sect and the scattered cultivators in the Earth Flame Mountain. The Heavenly Void Sect wants to send disciples over to control the Earth Flame Mountain, and this information is very important.

Kong and Wu were naturally willing, anyway, with the extremely low cultivation of the two of them, they didn't dare to enter the second layer of the cave to take risks, so they simply stayed on the first layer of the cave to collect news for Ye Chen.

Afterwards, Ye Chen came to the small square flat on the first floor of the cave.

Nearly a thousand monks had gathered in this small square, among which there were no less than thirty or fifty monks in the foundation building period, and as many as two hundred monks in the late stage of qi refining. Judging by their different costumes, it is clear that they are not monks of the same power.

The monks were eagerly waiting for the second layer of the cave to be opened.

Ye Chen appeared in the square, dozens of divine senses swept over him, and when he found that he was an ordinary Qi Refining Stage cultivator, he quickly moved away.

"This second-layer passage of Earth Flame Mountain should be able to be dug through today!"

"I just don't know, what powerful demon beasts are on this second layer! I heard that when I was exploring the first floor of Earth Flame Mountain, I encountered a lot of third-order demon beasts, and several monks died!"

"Near the Heavenly Treasure and Earth Treasure, there must be demon beasts guarding them, and the higher the level of the spirit treasure, the stronger the guardian demon beasts are. In the second layer of this cave, I am afraid that there will be powerful demon beasts above the fourth order. Only the foundation building period monks can compete with these demon beasts above the fourth order. ”

"When the time comes, let's go in together!

"I'm more worried about the monks of the Fire Gate who keep these spiritual treasures for themselves!"

"We all paid a hundred spirit stones and bought tokens before entering this Flame Mountain. Let's enter the second layer of the cave to find the spirit treasure, at least we have to earn back the capital!

Ye Chen was walking among the monks and heard a lot of gossip from the monks in the late stage of Qi refining, discussing how to enter the second layer of the passage to find the spirit treasure.

Most of the monks here are in groups, either they have known each other for a long time, or they are monks of a family and sect, and only a few monks have come to this Flame Mountain alone to venture out to find spiritual treasures.

The identity of the monks can be seen by the signs on their clothes and sleeves. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the monks deliberately hide their origins so that other monks do not find out about their origins.

Ye Chen didn't participate in the gossip of the monks in the square, but just looked around and secretly wrote down the monks in the foundation building period who had cultivated high in the crowd. Maybe after entering the second layer of the cave, you will meet them.

About an hour or two passed.

Suddenly, there was a small commotion in the crowd. Dozens of fire-worshipping monks lined up and stood on the top floor of the cave.

Ye Chen immediately looked over.

The leader of them was none other than the pale-faced young master of the Fire Gate he had ever seen, and beside him were several Flame Gate Tsukiji monks.

"Ladies and gentlemen, down there is Xu Wei of the Fire Gate. After months of hard work, the second level of access to the cave is about to be opened. During this time, I worshiped the Fire Gate to occupy the Earth Flame Mountain, and I am afraid that everyone will have some complaints in their hearts. However, I also spent a lot of money to open up the passage in the cave. It is also natural to charge everyone a little fee for digging spirit stones for digging mountains. ”

A young monk with a pale face raised his voice.

In the small square, some monks of the foundation building period of other forces sneered in low voices.

"A hundred spirit stones can come in for one person, let's not say one or two thousand monks have gathered here. This entry alone amounted to more than one or two hundred thousand spirit stones, not to mention the spiritual objects found here. Where does it cost so many spirit stones to dig the mountain with a mining slave, and the fire gate is taking the opportunity to make money. ”

"This Ulan Empire is the territory of the Tianxu Immortal Gate, once it is discovered by the Tianxu Gate, this Earth Flame Mountain is occupied by the Fire Worship Gate, they still have good fruits to eat in the Fire Worship Gate! A small Fire Worship Gate can't even rank in the Nine Great Immortal Gates, dare to compare with the Tianxu Immortal Gate, the first great Immortal Gate in Yunzhou!"

"The Worship Fire Gate is sneaky, desperately covering up the news, not afraid of being discovered by the Tianxu Gate!"

The monks who built the foundation did not take the young master of the fire gate in their eyes at all. They were either monks from large families or the best of the loose monks, and they had a lot of experience in traveling around Yunzhou. Although the Flame Gate has strength, it does not dare to touch the anger of the public.

The pale monk looked a little embarrassed when he heard the discussion in the small square, but he continued, "There is still half an hour before the second level of the cave will be opened. According to my exploration of the Fire Gate, this second layer of karst cave is at least dozens or hundreds of miles in circumference, and there are a large number of rare and exotic treasures hidden in it, which is enough for everyone to explore. Of course, the danger of this second layer must also be high, and early stage Qi refining cultivators who lack strength should not enter at will. It is best for mid-stage and late-stage Qi refining cultivators to travel in groups. As for the foundation building monks, that's casual. ”

The young master of the Flame Gate was still talking, but the monks below had long been impatient, and many of them left the small square and gathered at the place where the miners were digging caves.

"Look, the passage of the second layer is about to be dug up! The rock wall is only one zhang thick, and you can enter the next layer if you open it!" I don't know who roared excitedly.

"Let me come!"

Some Qi refining period cultivators couldn't bear it anymore and simply let the miners get out of the way.

The miners used shovels to dig the rocks little by little, and the speed was too slow.

They unleashed a large number of fireballs, ice arrows, and earth arrows, which slammed into the rocks. The tremendous power of dozens of spells blasted this thick rock to pieces.

"Boom!"

A fragile stone wall was forcibly bombed by the monks, opening a hole several zhang in size, enough to accommodate more than ten people to pass through at the same time.

On the second layer of the cave, a strong fire spirit aura came to the face, forming a wave of fire.

The more than ten Qi Refining Stage monks standing near the cave were suddenly blown back and forth by the fire wave, and even the Foundation Building Stage monks were forced to retreat by this fire wave, looking horrified.

The second layer of fire aura in the Earth Flame Mountain Cave was several times stronger than the first layer.

However, this did not stop the ecstasy and excitement of the monks.

"The second layer of the cave has been opened!"

"Let's go, brothers, look for spiritual objects!"

The monks shouted with joy and rushed towards the passage several zhang in size, rushing into the second layer of the cave of the Earth Flame Mountain.

The monks who were still in the square heard the movement and rushed towards the cave. Soon there was no one in the square, and they were all preparing to enter the cave.

Ye Chen went in alone, and his cultivation was easy to be dragged down when he teamed up with other low-level Qi cultivators.

Xu Wei, the young master of the Fire Worship Gate, was helpless, and led a group of Fire Worship disciples into the cave.

(To be continued)