The combat effectiveness of the Black Wind Rat is negligible, but it is a first-class good tool for exploring paths. There are very likely people who will pay attention to such a weak gadget.
As the little thing continued to explore, a winding underground passage appeared in Xu Wen's mind.
After a little comparison, he found that although the caves often zigzag back and forth, they generally extended eastward, pointing directly towards the inner city.
This is also consistent with Xu Wen's conjecture. If the place with the strongest spiritual energy in Qingfeng City is naturally the non-inner city module.
There was no danger along the way, and Xu Wen also followed Black Wind Rat to explore inside.
The deeper you go into the tunnel, the stronger the concentration of spiritual energy becomes, and soon it reaches a level that is sufficient for the fourth level of Qi refining.
This concentration of spiritual energy was enough for Xu Wen to successfully break through, but the tunnel still had not reached the end.
After climbing another three to four hundred feet, the Black Wind Rat's field of vision suddenly expanded a lot, and he actually came to an underground cave, which should be the end of this tunnel.
He felt happy in his heart, and just as he was about to let the Black Wind Rat explore the cave, several small golden and red rays of light suddenly flew out from the corner and headed towards the Black Wind Rat.
Each one is about the size of a thumb, with a bulbous head, thin horns, and oval eyes and a thin waist, just like a bumblebee, but more streamlined than a bumblebee.
"Bollfly Spirit Bee!"
Shocked, Xu Wen immediately ordered the Black Wind Rat to turn around.
The flesh puppet summoned by the Yama Creation Statue is very special. The flesh and body are not made of the material of the statue itself, as if they were summoned from a special place.
The natural death of the summoned object will not have any impact on the statue, but if it dies abnormally, the statue will suffer some damage.
Therefore, although Xu Wen didn't care about the Black Wind Rat, he didn't want it to die here inexplicably.
The Black Wind Rat turned around quickly, but the flying borer was much faster than it. In the blink of an eye, it flew onto the Black Wind Rat. The shining poisonous needle disappeared in a flash and pierced the Black Wind Rat's head.
The Black Wind Rat is a flesh and blood puppet, and its head is not a vital part. However, under the toxin attack, the internal talismans are still greatly affected, and its movements are somewhat uncoordinated.
He staggered around in the pile of rocks, bumping into protruding rocks from time to time, and his speed suddenly slowed down.
A dozen other borers immediately pounced on the Black Wind Rat, stabbing him randomly.
"Damn it!"
Xu Wen immediately cut off contact with the Black Wind Rat, but he still felt as if the sharp poisonous needles were stabbing him one after another.
What a fierce little thing!
Cursing secretly, Xu Wen drew out the black iron sword and moved forward cautiously.
Spiritual energy gives birth to all things and is the source of the evolution of all living things. Wherever spiritual energy is rich, spiritual beings will usually be produced, or evil beings will be entrenched.
The spiritual energy here cannot give birth to high-level spiritual insects. Although the borer and spiritual bees are fierce, they are only insects in the early stage of Qi refining. Xu Wen is not afraid of them yet.
The closer you get to the cave, the wider the passage becomes. The passage here is enough for people to walk upright.
After walking a few dozen feet, Xu Wen suddenly felt a chill running down his spine as a hazy light came before his eyes.
Without thinking, he turned around suddenly, raised his hand and struck out hard in the air.
Mana surged out, spiritual energy gathered, and tiny green grass grew out of thin air, forming a small, airtight cage. The menacing borer was unable to dodge and crashed into it.
The sharp poisonous needles flashed, and several strips of grass transformed by mana instantly collapsed. However, more grass surged forward and soon trapped the borer.
The next moment, there was a loud "buzzing" sound of flapping wings, and a dozen or so borers emerged and rushed towards Xu Wen.
The fingers flew around, and several fireballs flew out. Winged insects were most afraid of flames. The borers immediately panicked and fled, and the originally tight formation was suddenly scattered.
However, Xu Wen had other ideas about these borers and did not want to burn them into charcoal. The speed of the fireball was very slow, and they flew deep into the cave.
But some particularly ferocious borers had already rushed to his side, and he had no other choice. He could only use his fingers to shoot out several wooden thorns, exploding them one by one.
What a pity, what a pity!
While screaming in his heart, Xu Wen cast spells repeatedly, and green grass rose up out of thin air one after another, catching all the remaining borers.
After walking about ten feet further, the surrounding area suddenly became empty, and an underground cave five or six feet high and covering an area of fifty or sixty meters suddenly appeared.
There was a stalagmite that was about a foot long in the middle of the cave. The moment Xu Wen entered, streams of rich spiritual energy rushed out from the stalagmite, and the spiritual energy of the cave suddenly rose to a higher level.
"Spirit Cave!"
Although he had already suspected it, Xu Wen couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw this scene.
Spiritual energy is produced by spiritual veins. According to the amount of spiritual energy produced, it is divided into first-order spiritual veins, second-order spiritual veins, etc., also known as spiritual points, spiritual springs...
The spiritual acupoint corresponds to the Qi refining period and cannot produce spiritual energy all the time. It only erupts during a certain period of time.
The spiritual spring has an endless supply, just like spring water that never stops flowing. Therefore, it is called spiritual spring, which does not mean that there is really a spring.
Later, the spiritual energy became very rich, not only providing practice, but also affecting the surrounding environment. This kind of place was no longer an ordinary place, but was called a spiritual place, a spiritual realm, or even a dojo, a paradise in the cave, etc.
Qingfeng City is built on the second-level spiritual veins, but what Xu Wen and other ordinary monks can enjoy is the spiritual energy gathered and distributed using formations. Different plots of land have strict restrictions on the spiritual energy.
And an exclusive spiritual vein, even the lowest level spiritual acupoint, is enough for practice during the Qi refining period.
However, this spiritual cave cannot be counted as his now. There is a fist-sized mud nest at the top of the stalagmite, and a giant borer twice the size of an ordinary borer is lying on it, staring at Xu Wen eagerly.
This is the source of this nest of borers - the queen of borers. She may have come here while burrowing into the ground in search of a host, and then settled here.
Fortunately, the borer wasp only lays one egg at a time, and its lifespan is limited. If bees, wasps, and the like come, it is estimated that thousands of offspring can be hatched.
Looking at the queen of the borer, Xu Wen suddenly raised his hand, the cold mountain disappeared in a flash, and the black iron sword instantly cut the borer nest into several pieces, and the larvae inside were also shaken to pieces.
At the same time, a piercing scream suddenly rang out from the empty underground cave. In the strange scream, Queen Boreal was like a wandering sharp arrow, swooping around Xu Wen.
Although it is only a mid-level first-order spiritual insect, its speed is definitely higher than that of many late-stage spiritual insects. Its iron-like wings vibrate sharply, making a terrifying scream.
A series of clanging sounds sounded, and in just an instant, the black iron sword was hit dozens of times.
Being hit like this, an ordinary insect would have been shattered to pieces, but his body was as strong as steel, and nothing happened to him.
With a flick of the finger, a series of spells flew out, including wooden spikes, entanglement spells, and small fireballs, but they were all avoided at extremely fast speeds.
