Chapter 147

"Let's go, the smell of blood here is too strong. Let's change to another place to count the income and rest." Xia Daoming ignored the excitement of Lu Ye and the others and said quickly.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, their voices loud and firm.

"What are you doing? Be casual." Xia Daoming was startled by the sudden uniform voice of the crowd and said unhappily.

Everyone looked at each other, and then nodded one after another.

There were many passages connected to the place of slaughter.

Xia Daoming picked one at random and was about to enter when his heart moved slightly, and he looked back at the corpses and bloodstains on the ground.

"What's wrong, Senior Uncle?" Lu Ziying asked.

"I seem to feel something is wrong. Why does the blood on the ground seep so fast? And the corpses seem to be becoming a bit shriveled." Xia Daoming frowned slightly, revealing a look of doubt.

"This should be normal. I remember reading records about the Nether Ice Stone vein in the clan, saying that generally, such a vein is connected to the Nether Yin Earth Vein below, which will gather human blood energy.

So in such a place, let alone ordinary mortals, martial masters below the fifth rank are not suitable for staying for a long time. If it takes a little longer, I am afraid they will be deficient in blood and energy, becoming weak and unbearable," Lu Ziying said.

"Oh, is there such a saying? Then no wonder!" Xia Daoming nodded, withdrew his gaze, and then stepped forward to continue moving forward, no longer thinking about this matter.

——

Cold Star Valley, located in a cave deep underground on the ridge on the Yan Clan's side.

An altar was built in the middle of the cave.

The altar was built by stacking many blood-colored stones, covered with strange runes that seemed to be able to suck people's souls away.

In the middle of the altar was a heart only the size of an egg.

The ground around the altar was covered with dense, dark red patterns, just like blood vessels connecting to the altar.

Dark red air currents flowed slowly from all directions along these patterns, then spread into the dense runes on the altar, and gathered at the heart.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

In the silent cave, the tiny heart actually made a powerful and vigorous beating sound, emitting a weird and full-of-life aura.

——

Xia Daoming's group soon found another cave suitable for resting.

"Ziying, open this storage bag and see what's inside?" Xia Daoming sat against the rock wall and threw the storage bag obtained from Yan Li to Lu Ziying.

Lu Ziying hurriedly caught it, so excited that her thick palms seemed unable to hold the tiny storage bag.

In the Shi Zhu Lin market, the price of the smallest storage bag was at least eighty spirit stones each.

Low-tier cultivators like Lu Ziying who had no background didn't dare to hope for it at all.

In fact, even those sixth-layer Qi Refinement cultivators in the clan rarely were willing to buy storage bags.

Generally, they saved spirit stones to buy magic treasures.

After all, storage bags can only hold things, while magic treasures can save lives. Qi Refinement cultivators naturally know which is lighter and which is heavier.

Only those sixth-layer Qi Refinement cultivators in the clan who had backgrounds and mines at home were willing to buy storage bags.

In fact, Yan Li originally didn't have a storage bag either.

However, for the sake of convenience for her to carry ore and items, the clan specifically moved a storage bag to her temporarily.

The chance of a sixth-layer Qi Refinement cultivator losing their life in the mine cave was very small.

As for other levels of Qi Refinement cultivators, they didn't have such treatment.

Holding the storage bag, Lu Ziying tossed for a long time before wiping away the mark on it and opening the storage bag.

"Clatter!"

A pile of things was moved out of the storage bag and piled on the ground.

The things in the storage bag were surprisingly numerous.

Not only were there eighteen spirit stones, two small bags of spirit rice, more than ten talismans, some elixirs, but there were also more than thirty pieces of Nether Ice Stone and two pieces of Dark Nether Ice Stone collected.

Looking at the pile of things on the ground, Xia Daoming was also a little excited.

If he could harvest so much every day, the spirit stones for purchasing Enlightenment Pills and Qi Refinement introductory secret maps would probably be gathered in less than a year.

And where had Lu Ziying and the others ever seen so much wealth? Everyone's eyes were shining, and their breathing was heavy.

Made a fortune!

"This is the spirit rice bag specially made by our Lu Clan!" After a long time, Lu Ziying picked up one of the bags of spirit rice, touched a logo embroidered on it, and her excited mood gradually calmed down, adding a trace of heaviness and sadness.

"It seems that they must have killed many of our Lu Clan people before this. Fortunately, Master Xia was here this time; otherwise, we would not have escaped this disaster!" Lu Zhen said with a look of lingering fear and celebration.

"Yes, fortunately!" Lu Ziying and Lu Ye's couple looked at Xia Daoming one after another upon hearing this, their eyes full of gratitude.

"You all pick some elixirs and talismans that you can use and keep them for yourselves, and then Ziying can put the rest into the storage bag. This was seized from killing the enemy, so I will keep it, no need to hand it over," Xia Daoming said, taking out the spoils he had just put into his bosom.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison subconsciously again, and then stared at the elixirs and talismans piled on the ground with shining eyes.

Soon, everyone picked some elixirs and put them away, and Lu Ziying picked a few extra talismans.

Then, Lu Ziying put all the items on the ground into the storage bag and offered it to Xia Daoming with both hands.

Xia Daoming accepted it without being polite, put it in his bosom, kept it close to his body, and then threw the Golden Swift Knife to Lu Ziying, saying: "Refine it and use it for now. Wait until another day to go to the market to exchange for a magic treasure that suits you."

People are basically complete with the five elements, it's just that there are differences in strength.

Therefore, cultivators can practice five-element spells, it's just that each has its own specialty.

Lu Ziying is good at earth-type spells, which are powerful and fierce.

But with Lu Ziying's current cultivation realm, no matter how good she is at earth-type spells, the power is limited, and it is definitely far inferior to having a magic treasure in hand.

Even if it is not an earth-type magic treasure she is good at, the power will definitely be much stronger than her "bare-handed" fighting.

"This, this is for me!" Even though Lu Ziying was very steady and calm when facing the enemy just now, at this moment she was a bit flustered, and her speech was stuttering.

Magic treasure!

Even the worst low-tier magic treasure is worth a hundred spirit stones.

Let alone her status, even Lu Chengtian, who was the young master of Jinxiu Valley and a fifth-layer Qi Refinement cultivator, couldn't buy one until he died.

Now, Xia Daoming actually threw this magic treasure to her so casually.

"We can't use magic treasures. If I don't give it to you, should I hide it as a treasure?" Xia Daoming laughed.

"But magic treasures are very precious!" Lu Ziying still didn't dare to accept it.

"Don't be stupid, a magic treasure is just a magic treasure. Can it be more precious than you?" Xia Daoming said.

In that battle just now, although he had scolded Lu Ziying for being stupid, in fact, it was from that moment on that he truly regarded Lu Ziying as his junior niece.

Because he knew very well that the reason why Lu Ziying was suddenly panicked and at a loss was because she was facing a difficult choice at that moment: whether to prioritize protecting her own life or protecting his.

A person who can think of another person when facing a threat to their own life.

This is enough to explain everything!

"Senior Uncle!" Lu Ziying trembled all over upon hearing this, her eyes red and tears rolling, making Xia Daoming's heart tremble a little, and he said casually: "Hurry up and refine it!"

After saying this, Xia Daoming got up and left.

This Lu Ziying is good, but she wants to repay him heavily at every turn, which makes Xia Daoming feel a little frightened.

Lu Ziying refined the Golden Swift Knife, and Lu Ye's couple and Lu Zhen each took an elixir that could replenish blood and strength, and sat down to practice.

The stimulation they received in that battle just now was still very great, and they all wanted to become stronger as soon as possible.

Xia Daoming leaned against the stone wall alone, recalling the details of the exchange with Yan Li just now.

This was his first real exchange with a Qi Refinement cultivator.

There are many places worth exploring and thinking about.

——

The next few days.

Xia Daoming still found mines with peace of mind, while Lu Ziying and the others' minds were not on finding mines.

The harvest was huge, and their strength had increased a lot in the past few days.

Especially Lu Ziying, who had a magic treasure in hand, was even more eager to move, eager to try, wishing that some blind Yan Clan disciple would bump into her, allowing her to test the knife.

Besides Lu Ziying, the one who wanted to fight the most was Lu Ye.

The day before yesterday, Xia Daoming gave him another piece of Dragon-Pattern Purple Blood Ginseng.

As a result, his eyes were even redder, and he felt that he had endless power to vent.

Unfortunately, it was not convenient for him to fight Lu Huiyun now, so he had no choice but to focus his goal on the Yan Clan disciples.

In the end, heaven rewards the diligent.

On the sixth day they entered the mine cave.

They finally encountered a group of Yan Clan people again.

This group was led by two fourth-layer Qi Refinement cultivators. Seeing that there was only one fourth-layer Qi Refinement cultivator on the Lu Clan side, and seeing that the basket behind Lu Zhen was full of Nether Ice Stone, and even had a piece of Dark Nether Ice Stone, they were suddenly evil-minded and rushed to kill without waiting for Lu Ziying and the others to ask Xia Daoming for instructions.

Since this was the case, what was there to ask for.

Lu Ziying and the others, who had long been thirsty and impatient, naturally rushed up.

While still four or five zhang away, Lu Ziying majestically released the Golden Swift Knife.

The two Yan Clan cultivators were suddenly dumbfounded.

Two against one, at the same realm, they still had a chance to kill Lu Ziying if they paid some price.

But the other side had a magic treasure in hand, so the situation was different.

The most likely outcome was both sides suffering.

So the two Yan Clan cultivators had the intention to retreat, wanting to make peace with Lu Ziying and part on good terms.

This is also a common occurrence in the mine cave when encountering each other unexpectedly.

Most of the time, when both sides see that their strength is about the same, they tacitly pretend not to see each other and go their own ways.

Only when the strength difference between the two sides is somewhat large and they can eat the other side will they fight fiercely.

Originally, the two Yan Clan cultivators thought that as soon as they opened their mouths, the other side would definitely agree to part on good terms.

After all, they had two fourth-layer Qi Refinement cultivators on their side.

As a result, what made them dumbfounded again was that Lu Ziying actually opened her mouth like a lion and said: "You can go, but leave everything behind."

(End of chapter)