Chapter 196: The Transforming Shadow Recording Gu

Just at this moment, Long Xuan suddenly sensed a cold gaze looking at him from behind, making him feel like he had needles on his back. He subconsciously turned his head to look.

He discovered that this person was actually a Gu Cultivator at the Spirit Sea Peak stage. Seeing his gaze look over, his gaze actually didn't avoid it, looking at him blatantly.

Long Xuan frowned slightly. This person was wearing white clothes; he should be a Gu Cultivator of the Bai Clan.

It was only then that he remembered that this Geng Metal mine vein was jointly managed by the Long Clan and the Bai Clan. Naturally, there would be Bai Clan Gu Cultivators here, and the number was not small.

It was just that in order to compete for this Geng Metal mine vein, the Long and Bai clans had fought a genius arena tournament. The Long Clan won seven and lost five in the twelve battles, so the Long Clan occupied the majority of this mine vein, and most of the mine tunnels here also belonged to the Long Clan.

Being stared at by a Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivator with a venomous gaze, Long Xuan felt a bit of fear in his heart. This Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivator shouldn't come to plot against him, right?

"This person's look at me is a bit wrong." Long Xuan looked at Long Qian and frowned.

Hearing this, all the geniuses looked at that person together.

Long Qian patted his shoulder and laughed loudly: "We crippled all their geniuses. It would be strange if their look at us was right."

"Don't pay attention to him. A gaze can't kill people. If he wants to look, let him look. I just like the way he looks at me but can't do anything to me, hahaha..."

Long Qian laughed loudly and glared back at him.

"Let's go in. As long as you don't run to the Bai Clan's territory, I guarantee you will be fine."

Long Qian ignored that person and led a group of geniuses toward one of the mine tunnels. The few geniuses behind also followed together, not taking this matter to heart at all.

Only Long Xuan frowned tightly, his vigilance not decreasing. He had taken this gaze to heart.

Being hated by a Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivator, how could he not guard against it? One only had one life; he couldn't be careless. It seemed he should send a clone to watch this person to death.

Long Xuan made up his mind and finally followed the team into the mine tunnel.

At this time, Long Qian was distributing the map of the mine tunnel and special storage bags to the geniuses at the cave entrance, as well as various tools for digging mines.

"This is the map of this mine tunnel. The poor mines and rich mines are marked on it. The mine tunnels marked with an X are dangerous areas and must not be entered."

"Of course, you can also open up mine tunnels yourselves, but newly opened mine tunnels need to be reported to update the map in time."

"Here, you can only use the cheap small storage bags specially made for the mining area. Affected by the array, although your own storage bags and insect-breeding bags can be used, they can no longer be put into any metal products."

"The Straw Gu hut will also lose its effect here due to the influence of the Forbidden Air Array. These are all means to avoid miners hiding things privately. I hope you can understand."

The few geniuses nodded together, indicating understanding.

Long Xuan opened the map and looked at it, discovering that although the Geng Metal mine vein had just been developed not long ago, the mine tunnels were unexpectedly numerous.

Inside, there were countless mine tunnels, intricate and complex, intertwined together, in a mess.

This was a giant labyrinth. He believed that if there were no map guidance, entering such a large labyrinth would surely lead to getting lost.

It absolutely couldn't have been dug out by humans. There was probably a natural giant karst cave here, Long Xuan guessed secretly in his heart.

"Remember! Do not enter those tunnels marked with an X, you know? Those are extremely dangerous areas. Even if a Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivator walks in, they might lose their life. There are too many unknown things and dangers here."

Long Qian reminded him again, not at ease. After a group of geniuses shouted "Understood" in unison, only then did he walk out with peace of mind.

The geniuses then excitedly scattered, holding the maps, and ran toward the rich mine locations excitedly.

"How about we go together? Where do you plan to dig for mines?" Long Qilin walked over at this time, hugging Long Xuan's shoulder and saying enthusiastically.

"You think this is hunting spirit beasts? Still need help? Two people digging in one place will definitely result in less harvest. Digging separately will maximize the benefits, so forget it." Long Xuan refused.

Just kidding, what he wanted to dig was not Geng Metal, but Geng Metal Essence. How could he bring someone along?

He had to act alone, so he could only refuse Long Qilin's invitation.

"That's right. I plan to use Geng Metal to build a big house, so the demand for Geng Metal is very large. Since that's the case, let's go separately. Let's bet on who digs more."

"Small bets are fun, big bets hurt the body. Let's bet on ten pieces of Geng Metal." Long Qilin smiled.

Long Xuan's smile also grew more intense. Actually daring to compete with himself on who digs more Geng Metal—isn't this looking for death?

Where on earth was he thinking wrong to dare to bet with himself? The Geng Metal he dug probably wouldn't even be a fraction of his own.

Since he liked to be a money-sending boy, how could he not fulfill his wish?

"Good, then let's bet on ten pieces of Geng Metal. You should prepare to take out ten pieces of Geng Metal first. Don't even dig out ten pieces of Geng Metal by then." Long Xuan said with a smile.

"Hmph! Looking down on whom? I am good at body refining, full of strength, and dig mines quickly. Ten pieces of Geng Metal are probably not even enough for a fraction of mine. Just wait to lose."

After speaking, Long Qilin didn't waste time chatting anymore and walked toward the depths of the mine tunnel quickly.

Behind him, Long Xuan revealed an insidious smile.

He suddenly released a pile of his clones. Could one person digging mines be faster than six people? Competing with himself on mining speed—isn't this overestimating one's own ability?

If Long Qilin saw this scene at this time, who knew what expression he would reveal? His face would probably be as black as a black charcoal head, Long Xuan couldn't help but smile.

One had to know that the Western Lands Long Clan gave them one month of mining time. Within this month, no matter how much they dug, the minerals were theirs.

Then using clones to dig mines was truly too advantageous; it was simply playing shamelessly.

The mines dug by the other geniuses added together probably wouldn't be as much as his alone. One had to know that Long Xuan's eyes could locate. Opening one cheat wasn't enough; he actually had to open double cheats.

How could this Long Qilin win against this cheat-user? By then, he would probably lose until he didn't even have his underpants left.

Long Xuan quickly distributed storage bags and pickaxes to a group of clones. There were plenty of these things in the mine tunnel. He took a pile in front of Long Qian.

The other geniuses also took quite a few pickaxes for backup. After all, pickaxes would also be damaged after being used for a long time.

But they didn't take as many storage bags as Long Xuan, who was insanely crazy, as if he could fill all the storage bags.

It made Long Qian's mouth twitch, but he didn't say anything in the end. Anyway, the storage bags here were not valuable. Saying it would instead make him look stingy.

After distributing the mining equipment, Long Xuan ordered a group of clones to go to various locations to dig for mines separately.

This mine vein was truly too large. As long as his clones were distributed widely enough, no one could notice two Long Xuans at the same time, so naturally, no one would know he was using clones to dig for mines.

However, Long Xuan suddenly thought of something and hurriedly stopped the Flame Clone, pondered for a moment, and finally said: "You don't need to go deep. Just hide well on the edge outside the cave."

"Watch that Bai Clan Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivator to death for me. Once he secretly runs in, immediately notify me with a communication talisman. The Straw Gu cannot be used here."

Thinking back and forth, he was still not at ease with that gaze looking at him just now. He always felt that the venomous gaze would be disadvantageous to him.

What if that Bai Clan Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivator rushed in to kill him?

Although this possibility didn't seem great, he was used to being cautious by nature, so he still wanted to guard against it.

The more he thought, the more he felt that the gaze was wrong. What if the one he crippled that day was his grandson? This assumption was also theoretically possible; he had to guard against it.

Long Xuan thought for a moment and took out a Shadow Recording Gu from his insect-breeding bag. The Shadow Recording Gu could also be considered his second-team Gu worm. It had long been included in the establishment, had been stored in the insect-breeding bag, and had long since completed transformation.

The reason he took out the Shadow Recording Gu was to leave a hand. He certainly couldn't deal with a Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivator. Even if he discovered him entering the cave, he couldn't do anything about him.

So it was best to use the Shadow Recording Gu to leave evidence and borrow the family's power to solve the trouble for him.

"Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivators have an extremely far sensing range. You just need to use the Heavenly Mechanism Eye to monitor from a long distance. This Shadow Recording Gu was transformed by my self-created method and already has the ability to record from a long distance. You don't need to worry that the Shadow Recording Gu won't be able to record if the distance is too far."

The Flame Clone nodded. After taking the Shadow Recording Gu, he secretly walked toward the outside of the cave, using the Heavenly Mechanism Eye's long-distance vision ability to strictly monitor every move of that Bai Clan Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivator...

After Long Xuan left this backhand, he finally walked toward the depths of the mine tunnel with peace of mind and boldness.

Although leaving a clone outside the cave to keep watch would reduce one laborer and make his Geng Metal harvest much less, he didn't care. In the face of absolute safety, even the greatest benefits had to give way.

Long Xuan opened the Heavenly Mechanism Eye, used his ability to see progress, and quickly scanned inside the mine tunnel.

The next moment, the dense progress in the mine tunnel appeared in his eyes.

There was progress that didn't move, and there was also progress that moved around. It could be miners who were digging for mines, or it could be unknown dangers hidden in the mine tunnel.

He hadn't forgotten the words Long Qian said several times just now: do not enter the mine tunnels marked with an X. Maybe unknown creatures were hidden inside.

In this world full of spiritual power, many creatures could become spirits.

And those immobile four-decimal-place progress points, Long Xuan guessed, were Geng Metal.

The immobile five-decimal-place progress points, he guessed, were Geng Metal Essence.

And in his line of sight, a progress point with five decimal places appeared now.

Long Xuan's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly touched toward that position.

Clones didn't have the cheat to see progress and could only dig for ordinary Geng Metal. He, the main body, had to dig specifically for Geng Metal Essence.

Letting him in to dig for mines was absolutely the most wrong decision of the Long Clan. He could not only release a pile of clones but also accurately find the location of all Geng Metal Essence and scrape the Geng Metal Essence here clean.

It could be foreseen that after Long Xuan left, the Long Clan would find it very difficult to dig out Geng Metal Essence. Letting him in was simply having the worst luck for eight lifetimes.

Not long after, Long Xuan appeared in a rich mine tunnel. The mine tunnel was very dim. Although lamps were hanging on the cave wall, the lamp light flickered and could not illuminate the inside of the cave very clearly.

Because it was a rich mine, there were quite a few miners here. The vast majority were Spirit Gathering stage Gu Cultivators, a small portion were Marrow Cleansing stage Gu Cultivators, and Spirit Sea stage Gu Cultivators were the overseers here and would not enter the cave.

As soon as Long Xuan arrived here, he could hear the sound of pickaxes hitting stones—bang, bang. The sound was very dense, the noise was extremely loud, and somewhat deafening, which made him, who liked quiet, frown slightly.

It wasn't just that the sound was loud; the key was that there were quite a few people here. With many people and mixed eyes, that piece of Geng Metal Essence was not easy to dig out in front of so many people.

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