Chapter 92

The river water was icy, and a cold aura permeated.

The surrounding light was dim.

"The government mining department is oil-rich."

Shanye sneered, "This Li Lu keeps saying we are aristocratic children, righteous and stern."

"In fact, she herself is a well-connected person with a deep background."

"Don't worry about her," Liu Liu Tiezhu said in a deep voice, "She thinks we are freshmen from the academy, and that the cleanup is too slow, which might delay her from making money."

The earth cave was narrow outside and wide inside, quite spacious, the cave roof was jagged with strange rocks, and it was five or six meters away from the ground.

At the edge of the cliff, the underground river flowed, surging with bursts of cold air.

Deeper inside, faint light flickered, and strange cries came from time to time.

"Jiang Jian."

Liu Liu Tiezhu walked forward, "The guard monster leads the way, Shixuan follows closely."

"I and Shanye stay in the middle, the vegetation spirit monsters follow."

"You and Yinyin stay at the back, your techniques can protect her."

"What do you think?"

While speaking.

The two aloe spirit monsters stretched their bodies and bloomed with blazing light.

A range of several dozen meters was as bright as day.

"No need for so much trouble."

Jiang Jian flipped his palm lightly, holding Han Guang in his hand.

"I'll be in front, Shanye helps me restore spiritual energy, and another vegetation spirit monster follows behind me."

After these words fell.

Everything was quiet for a moment, only the sound of the underground river remained.

All gazes looked toward Jiang Jian.

Shanye hesitated, "Jiang Jian, let the guard monster protect you, otherwise it's too dangerous."

Jiang Jian did not want to waste time, walked past her, and said softly, "You follow me."

After speaking.

Jiang Jian walked to the very front of the team and headed toward the depths of the underground river.

Liu Liu Tiezhu looked at Shanye, "Do as Jiang Jian says."

Shanye thought for a moment and said, "I, Jiang Jian, and one aloe spirit monster will lead the way."

"You and Yinyin take the other aloe spirit monster and clean up the monsters we missed."

"Shixuan takes the guard monster and supports from the side."

Several people agreed, "Okay."

As they walked deeper.

The underground river water appeared a strange black.

The strange sounds around them became more and more frequent.

"1 kilometer."

Shanye stopped, opened her identity device, and breathed a sigh of relief, "We didn't encounter anything."

As soon as the words fell.

A rock on the cliff suddenly twisted, revealing a nose and mouth, its neck stretched out, and it bit toward Shanye!

Crack!

Sword light twisted over!

The rock monster shattered directly into powder!

Jiang Jian held Han Guang, performed a sword flower, and continued to walk forward.

Shanye fell a few steps behind him, and her pupils suddenly contracted, "Jiang Jian, be careful!"

On the cliffs on both sides.

Countless monsters broke free from the stone walls, roaring and lunging!

Jiang Jian's expression was calm, holding his sword and slashing horizontally!

Boom!

A streak of sword light rose!

The blazing white sword rainbow rolled over, and hundreds of rock monsters exploded directly!

Countless stone fragments scattered, and it felt like a dust rain was falling in front.

A range of several hundred meters in front was cleared clean!

Even the things that were originally restless under the underground river surface beside them were quiet at this time, with no sound.

"Jiang Jian!"

Seeing such terrifying sword light, Shanye's eyes showed shock, and she called out in a low voice, "You are that freshman with 37% divine gate spiritual accumulation!"

Jiang Jian did not deny it, stepped on the full ground of stone powder, and continued forward.

2 kilometers.

3 kilometers.

The rock wall monsters were all destroyed, and the ghosts around seemed to have sensed something.

As soon as Jiang Jian arrived, they all retreated like a tide.

"3 kilometers!"

Shanye couldn't believe it, "Actually so easy!"

Jiang Jian slowed his pace, raised his eyes to look, and said softly, "They can't run away."

In the underground river ahead, countless things were crowded together.

A rough look showed monsters like river imps, water snakes, and water grass monsters.

On the cliffs on both sides, stone monsters twisted and surged crazily, countless mouths and faces struggling, wanting to escape to the depths.

"Purify Spirit."

Flipping his palm, Han Guang was inserted into the stone wall.

Jiang Jian's gaze was cold, his hands forming seals.

Blood-red flames permeated and rose.

The next second.

Boom!

Countless scarlet true fires surged from the void, burning indiscriminately toward the stone cave ahead!

Even the pitch-black river water was melted by the blood-red flames!

The sea of fire boiled!

Jiang Jian's incantation did not stop here.

Shenque spiritual energy surged wildly, pouring crazily into the Purify Spirit fire sea!

Under the support of thick spiritual accumulation, the power of the Purify Spirit technique increased again!

The blood-red fire sea roared fiercely, extremely violent!

Sizzle!

Where the fire sea rolled over, the burning sound was continuous, clear and harsh!

The endless stone cave underground river rang with countless miserable strange cries!

The spirit monsters and ghosts were swallowed by the fire sea while struggling crazily.

All turned into ashes, sinking into the deep, pitch-black river water.

The sizzling sound echoed in the stone cave.

Further and further away, until it was completely quiet.

I don't know how long passed.

Jiang Jian finally stopped the incantation, his fingers loosened, and his face was a bit pale.

Shenque spiritual energy was consumed by 30%!

Shanye's eyes widened, her mouth slightly open, staring ahead, even forgetting to help Jiang Jian restore spiritual energy.

Standing here, looking toward the depths of the stone cave.

There was no sign of life.

On the underground river surface, a thick layer of black ash floated, emitting an unpleasant stench.

That was the spiritual ash formed by the monster's body after death, which was also a cultivation resource.

Not long after.

Shixuan came here, his eyes showing shock, unable to speak.

Liu Liu Tiezhu stood beside him, clicking his tongue in wonder, "Too strong, second-year students in the academy are just at this level."

Yinyin looked at Jiang Jian, her heart also shocked, but her expression remained calm, and she said softly, "Ordinary second-year students are not as powerful as classmate Jiang Jian."

Hurried footsteps came.

"This... what is going on!"

Li Lu wore a government uniform and walked over in big strides.

Looking at the dead underground river, her expression was full of disbelief.

She had taken the staff to collect stone veins at the 1-kilometer mark.

Sensing the violent spiritual energy fluctuations in the depths.

The collection instruments even showed that at the 3-kilometer mark, countless spiritual ashes appeared!

"My god!"

Li Lu looked around, her gaze fixed on the thick layer in the underground river, ecstatic.

"There are actually so many natural spiritual ashes!"

"Quick! Collect them all for me!"

She waved her arm, and the staff behind her had their eyes glowing, rushing up with instruments.

Clang!

The sword hummed clearly!

Brilliant sword light swept over, carrying blinding blazing light, brushing past Li Lu's forehead, and directly shattered most of the stone wall!

The stones collapsed, fell into the pitch-black underground river, sank to the bottom, and didn't splash even half a water drop.

Li Lu's face was pale, a strand of hair broke and drifted to the ground.

Several staff members trembled, stood in place, silent as cicadas, and dared not make half a sound.

Jiang Jian stretched out his pale, slender fingers, pulled Han Guang out of the stone wall, and said softly, "These are not natural spiritual ashes."

He walked to Li Lu, and on the Han Guang sword tip, blazing white sword light spat out, "They are my spoils of war."

Li Lu looked at the student holding the sword, biting her teeth hard.

As a government staff member and a member of the Li family in Five-Fold Jiangcheng, Linjiang Prefecture.

She really wanted to be condescending to these students as usual and say some harsh words.

But looking at Jiang Jian's cold eyes.

Li Lu felt her heart tremble, and she couldn't even say half a sentence.

She even suspected.

If she said the wrong thing, a blazing sword light would strike in an instant, and her soul would be destroyed.

Although the laws of the prefecture were strict and humans were not allowed to hurt each other.

But at this very moment, Li Lu was afraid.

"This classmate."

Li Lu squeezed out a smile, "Yes, they are your spoils of war, they are all yours."

Seeing her appearance.

Jiang Jian was a bit speechless, looked at Shanye, "Show her the recording."

According to the learning task regulations.

The native resources of the earth vein branch belong to the government.

The spoils of war obtained during the cleanup process belong to the students.

A few minutes later.

Li Lu raised her head from the screen, full of shock, staring fixedly at Jiang Jian, "This classmate, you..."

She stammered for a long time and couldn't find the right words.

No matter what, Li Lu never expected that these spiritual ashes were really not natural spiritual ashes.

But the ashes left behind after countless spirit monsters and ghosts were burned by true fire!

The Li family was a famous aristocratic family in Five-Fold Jiangcheng, Linjiang Prefecture.

But Li Lu flipped through all the famous talented juniors of the Li family for decades in her mind.

And couldn't find a student who was this strong in the first year.

"Heavenly Pride!"

Li Lu's expression changed, her thoughts surging, "This classmate Jiang Jian is definitely a Heavenly Pride!"

Heavenly Pride is rarer than a genius.

Only a peerless genius who suppresses countless peers and crowns a prefecture.

Can be called a Heavenly Pride.

"Half a month after school started, his Shenque spiritual accumulation actually reached 30% of the Divine Gift Realm!"

"Normally speaking, this is simply impossible!"

"Even children of aristocratic families, regardless of cost, holding living being origins in one hand and eating precious spiritual medicine in the other, piled up with countless resources, wouldn't be this fast!"

Li Lu thought of a very rare possibility.

"Cultivation has a great relationship with the comprehension of living beings!"

"Could this Jiang Jian be that kind of Heavenly Pride who is extremely suitable for cultivation and has extraordinary comprehension!?"

As a member of the Li family, Li Lu knew some secrets that ordinary people didn't know.

There are many factors that affect cultivation.

Native talent, secondary talent, cultivation resources.

All these are just some of them.

There is another factor that ordinary people can't touch, but is crucial.

Comprehension.

Under the same conditions.

Those with high comprehension have a cultivation speed at least several times that of those with low comprehension!

Some Heavenly Prides with monstrous comprehension have even higher multiples!

"Classmate Jiang Jian!"

Li Lu suddenly spoke, her voice firm, "I want to invite you to join the Li family."

Hearing this.

Liu Liu Tiezhu and the others all showed strange expressions.

Before Jiang Jian could speak.

Yinyin stepped forward, blocked in front of Jiang Jian, and sneered, "The Li family, are they worthy?"

Li Lu frowned, "This female classmate, I wasn't talking to you."

As a member of the Li family, one could walk sideways in Linjiang Prefecture.

Only a few aristocratic families could press down on the Li family.

This was also the reason why she saw that Shixuan and the others were aristocratic children, but didn't show any fear.

Yinyin stood with her skirt, her gaze cold, and a red light flowed between her fair fingers.

"I said, the Li family is not worthy yet."

Li Lu looked at her fingers, her face changed drastically.

Even Shixuan was stunned, looking at Yinyin.

The next second.

She didn't say a word, took the staff, and turned to walk outside.

Shixuan stared at Yinyin, "Yinyin, so you..."

"You what?"

Shanye interrupted, "Shixuan, what do you want to say?"

Jiang Jian looked over.

Shixuan hesitated, and when the words reached his lips, he still said them, "So you are not human!"

Hearing this, Shanye's face looked ugly.

Liu Liu Tiezhu looked at Yinyin, lost in thought.

Shanye gritted her teeth, "Shixuan, are you sick?"

Shixuan spread his hands, "What's wrong with me?"

"He is right," the young girl said softly, "I am indeed not human."

Yinyin turned to the side, her hair hanging down.

Between her fair, painting-like brows and eyes, cold light flickered.

The underground river water flowed.

No one spoke, and the surroundings fell into a strange silence.

"Let's keep going."

Jiang Jian said, "Hurry up and push to 10 kilometers, I have to get on the ship to cultivate."

"Today's Heavenly Ladder Ranking Tournament, I haven't played yet."

He looked at Liu Liu Tiezhu, "When we get back to the ship, lend me the cultivation room of the Cross-Boundary Shuttle."

Liu Liu Tiezhu came back to his senses and smiled, "Of course."

(End of chapter)