Among the thirteen states of the Yue Kingdom, Linzhou can only be considered a medium-sized state, with a small area and a small population. Except for the pretty scenery of the Yanliang Mountains, there are no special products or features that anyone can tell.
The edge of Linzhou is close to a vast wasteland, which is full of barren mountains and gravel, with almost no grass growing.
However, deep in this seemingly barren wasteland, in a huge barren mountain canyon, there is actually a large spirit stone vein. Even in the entire Yue Kingdom, there are only a dozen or so spiritual stone mines of this size.
However, what is unimaginable is that there are less than ten monks stationed in such a large mine that is ranked among the top ten in the Yue Kingdom. The ones with the highest cultivation level are only in the early stage of foundation building, and the rest are just practicing Qi.
Mo Juren rushed to the Lingshi vein and was a little stunned after learning about the situation.
Only such a weak guard force is deployed in such a large mine. How comfortable have the Seven Factions been these years? In other words, the seven factions of the Yue Kingdom are dominant. If it were the situation in the Yuanwu Kingdom where good and evil were evenly matched, I am afraid that even the slightest negligence may cause problems.
In the early stages of foundation building, the monk's name was Yu Xing. He was from Tianque Castle, one of the seven sects. He looked a little old and seemed to be quite old.
According to his own introduction, because his qualifications are not high and there is no hope of breakthrough, he chose to garrison in this spiritual mine. Although the reward is not as good as other tasks, it is more stable and safe enough.
Therefore, after stationed here, he never left. It has been more than ten years now.
"This is a rest area. Only the resident monks can live here. The mortal miners responsible for mining live in another closed area." After walking to a cave dwelling, Yu Xing took the initiative to introduce.
"How many mortal miners are there?"
"No less than a few thousand." At this point, Yu Xing suddenly paused, glanced at Mo Juren, and then said,
"Standing at the Lingshi Mine is a relatively boring job, and although the pay is stable, it is not outstanding. Therefore, except for the chores that have to be done, few people will take the initiative to choose to come here. As for the foundation-building monks, unless they are sent by the sect, even more so Very few people take the initiative to receive it.”
"What do you want to say?" Hearing what the other party said, Mo Juren suddenly narrowed his eyes, with a half-smile on his face.
"Yu just said it casually, fellow Taoist, please don't think too much."
Somehow, being looked at by the other party's dark eyes, Yu Xing's heart skipped a beat involuntarily, as if he was being targeted by some kind of monster.
Not daring to test it further, I quickly laughed and ignored the matter. After he finished introducing the entire mining area, he stopped staying and left slowly with a goodbye.
Looking at the other person's retreating back, Mo Juren's originally calm eyes suddenly revealed a hint of coldness, and disappeared in a flash. Without saying anything, he walked towards the cave dwelling ahead.
Unconsciously, a month passed quietly.
During this period, Mo Juren did nothing except occasionally patrolling the various mines and briefly communicating with the hard-working mortal miners. Most of the rest of the time, he stayed in his room without going out, acting like he was practicing asceticism in seclusion.
Seeing this, Yu Xing, who was originally doubtful about his arrival, gradually lost interest in exploring and stopped paying attention.
One day a month later, late at night.
A black shadow suddenly flashed across the quiet mining area, passed through the rest area, and rushed straight towards the depths of the mine. Its speed was extremely fast, and it did not attract anyone's attention.
"Eternal God Emperor"
In the dark mine, Mo Juren held the moonstone in his hand and walked while exploring the surrounding situation.
It's not that he really did nothing during this period, but he learned about almost all the mines in the mining area. Through the words of some mortals and my own analysis, I finally determined several goals.
What we are walking through right now is one of them, a tunnel that has been mined and abandoned. Looking at the cratered stone walls all around, it's hard to imagine that this place was dug entirely by mortals.
The tunnel is very long. I walked for nearly half an hour but still didn't reach the end. Just when he thought he had made a mistake, a slight vibration suddenly came from the distance, waking him up instantly.
"Could it be?"
Faintly thinking of something, Mo Juren's heart moved. He immediately put away the moonstone in his hand, released his consciousness and hurried forward.
After a while, I finally walked out of the long tunnel, and my eyes suddenly opened up. I saw a stalactite cave extending in all directions, with an unknown area but definitely not a small one.
Seeing this, Mo Juren's eyes showed joy, but at the same time he became more cautious. He was always alert to the surrounding situation while walking.
The environment in the cave is extremely complicated, with passages everywhere, and it's completely unclear where the correct direction is.
In this regard, he could only investigate possible targets one by one. Fortunately, there was a vibration sound before, which gave him a rough idea of his location.
"Check..."
But at this moment, a slight sound sounded again, as if something sharp was rubbing against the ground.
Mo Juren's spiritual sense was so keen that he immediately turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from, his eyes flashed with joy, and he rushed forward.
After passing through dozens of caves of different sizes, the space of the stalactite cave became larger and larger, and finally, it suddenly stopped when entering a certain cave.
At this moment, he could clearly feel the aura of monsters surrounding him. If his guess was correct, the Blood Jade Spider must be hiding here.
Just when he was about to let go of his consciousness and search carefully, at this moment, a sudden change occurred. A white, strange thing of unknown origin suddenly struck from the darkness, and its target was exactly where he was.
Mo Juren changed his body shape and subconsciously avoided it, but suddenly found that the entrance of the cave behind him was directly sealed.
"cobweb!"
At this moment, how could he not know what it was? He couldn't help but shudder in his heart. This beast had such a strong fighting instinct. As soon as Fang noticed the aura of the stranger, he instantly responded with an attack without any hesitation.
Moreover, it does not rely on brute force to run rampant like ordinary monsters, but chooses to block the exit as soon as possible, as if it wants to trap the enemy first.
Obviously, this monster has extremely high intelligence, which is rare among spiritual insect monsters.
Mo Juren was not too worried about this. Different from the golden-backed mantis, this monster is only at the beginning of the fourth level. Moreover, it does not have as strong fighting power as the former, so it does not pose a threat to him at this moment.
Not to mention anything else, just in terms of physical strength, he asked himself that although he was not as good as the opponent at this time, he was not much worse. Even if you don't use any magic weapon, you won't be inferior at all if you choose to fight in close combat.
The only thing you need to worry about is its ability to spit out spider silk. This thing is extremely sticky and will be extremely troublesome if it gets trapped.
While he was thinking, the blood jade spider had already moved closer and attacked fiercely.
Mo Juren's expression remained unchanged, but his body turned into an afterimage and disappeared instantly.
"boom……"
The blood jade spider's huge claws were like two giant blades slashing at the hard ground, causing gravel to fly in an instant.
But at this moment, Mo Juren suddenly appeared to the side like a ghost, and a golden arm was raised rapidly, like a golden light blade, and struck hard at the joints of the opponent's chelicerae.
