"Ancestral veins?"
Source crystal mines are divided into many different levels, small, medium, large, and giant.
But there is another level above it, and that is the ancestral line.
According to legend, the source crystals produced by the ancestral veins are endless.
Obtaining the source crystal ancestral vein is not only equivalent to obtaining endless mineral deposits, but also obtaining additional bonuses belonging to this area.
Generally speaking, ancestral veins are extremely difficult to locate, and even if they are found, it is extremely difficult to capture them.
The guardians of the ancestral line are often ridiculously strong.
If the territory has not reached the sixth level, don’t even think about it.
Lu Cang looked at the information about Zumai and touched his chin.
Ultimately, I decided to put this task on hold for the time being.
Although I now have two followers with final qualifications, it seems a bit too exaggerated to want to occupy the ancestral line now.
Two days of development is not too late.
A long and thin curve was marked on Lu Cang's map.
This marked location is the source crystal ancestral vein.
"It's not too bad."
This mission at least allowed me to know the location of my ancestral line.
Even if it is not completed, there is no loss.
"Mount Evolution Stone."
[Mount Evolution Stone - You can evolve mounts with qualifications below that of a hero, making them evolve into a purer bloodline and improve their qualifications]
In this world, there are indeed ways to improve your qualifications.
However, the higher the qualification, the harder it is to improve.
Lu Cang used the mount evolution stone on the gale horse.
Buzz——
A ray of light lit up the body of the gale horse.
The gale horse evolved directly.
[Evolution of Gale Horse (Elite) - Tianxing Horse (Hero)]
Tianxingma already has the ability to fly in the air for a short period of time.
Much faster.
"Boss, there is another door inside. Do you want to check it out?"
"go."
There is also a buried treasure behind that door.
The last time I dug for treasure, I dug out the resonance core and got SSS-level skills.
Lu Cang was very greedy for this kind of treasure.
But Lu Cang thought about it.
Then he said to Beiya beside him: "Beya, I have a task for you."
"Yeah ♡, Master, you can completely rely on Beiya. Beiya will obey all orders from Master."
Lu Cang marked several locations on the map.
"You go to the location I marked on the map, capture the monster's lair, and build a teleportation array."
In this way, the skeleton soldiers can be brought nearby.
A large number of source crystal mines can be occupied.
There should be no shortage of resources tomorrow.
"Yes! Then Beja is going."
Beja bowed, and then looked at Ashborn.
"Protect Master Lu Cang."
Ashborn snorted.
"You still need to tell me?"
After saying that, Beya turned and left.
Ashbourne came to the innermost door and pushed it gently.
The door didn't move at all.
"The door is locked."
"Can it be broken open?"
Ashborn looked around and saw a ring.
"It doesn't seem necessary."
"Lord, please step back a little. This may be a trap."
Lu Cang took two steps back.
If Bea saw this scene, she would probably scold him directly.
How can you put the lord in a dangerous environment?
Axiborne is different from Beja. Axiborne's protection of Lu Cang is not that extreme.
If it were Beja, he probably wouldn't take the risk of triggering a mechanism that might be a trap.
But this does not mean that Axiburn does not value Lu Cang's safety.
He was still very responsible for protecting Lu Cang, the normal kind of responsible person.
He is confident in protecting Lu Cang, that's all.
Ashborn pulled the tab.
Click——
The sound of a machine turning was heard.
Rumble, rumble——
A dull sound sounded, and the ancient stone door moved to the left and right.
"It's really the mechanism used to open the door."
"I thought poison gas was going to be released or something."
Lu Cang clasped his hands on his chest and held his chin with one hand, but he felt a little surprised.
"Yes, it's open." Ashborn agreed.
"Ah? Is it open?" came an ethereal female voice.
Lu Cang and Axi Boer looked at each other, and then they looked into the door.
Inside the door, there is a circle of ritual floor that has been painted messily. It seems that some special ritual circle was once painted on it, but now it has been painted so that the original appearance cannot be seen clearly.
Around it are rows and rows of bookcases.
The bookcase was very big, at least Lu Cang couldn't see the top of the bookcase when he looked at it from this angle.
I don’t know how tall this bookcase is.
And sitting on the floor inside the portal was a silver-haired girl with long, pointed ears.
"Who are you……"
Before Lu Cang could ask, she had already taken the lead in answering Lu Cang's question.
"Elves."
It can be seen that the long and pointed ears are indeed a symbol of elves.
"Aren't elves extinct?"
But just when Lu Cang asked, Axiborne sent a thought.
This idea is very serious.
"Boss, the other party seems to be very strong."
"Can you survive?"
"I don't know, but I should be able to run away."
"Does the other party have any malicious intentions?"
"I didn't feel it."
Ashborn had already protected Lu Cang in front of him, ready to raise his shield to attack at any time.
But he didn't take out the equipment rashly, because the other party might not have any malicious intentions, so Ashborn didn't intend to actively stir up trouble.
Facing Lu Cang's question, the silver-haired elf blinked and responded: "Hmm~ It's almost extinct, right?"
Lu Cang squinted slightly, unable to see the opponent's level and rank.
The only ones that the lord can directly see the level and level are the wild monsters that only have pure desires.
For neutral units and natives who can communicate, the level and level cannot be directly seen.
Except for special skills.
"Elaine, my name."
"Thanks to you, I can finally go out."
Elaine stretched, stood up slowly, and walked out as if no one was around.
In just a few steps, she had already arrived at Lu Cang's side.
When she walked to Lu Cang's side, she seemed to smell something.
He lowered his head and sniffed Lu Cang.
"Hey! Elf!"
Ashbourne was instantly alert! At this moment, he already had the idea of taking action!
But Lu Cang suppressed him with a thought: "Axiborne, don't act rashly."
Elaine put her hands behind her back and raised her head to look at Lu Cang.
"Humanity."
"Are you the lord who was predicted to come?"
"You have an unknown smell about you. You were marked by Baal."
Elaine frowned.
"You released me, I owe you a favor, but even so, I can't help you remove this mark with my ability."
"But I can tell you how to remove the mark, do you need it?"
Lu Cang did not answer immediately, but asked instead: "What does Baal's mark mean?"
Although Lu Cang had gone to school, the school only taught basic knowledge. Lu Cang had not learned these profound things.
"Well... to put it simply, you became the target of Barr's assassination ritual."
"After being marked, all Baal believers who want to complete the ritual will find ways to assassinate you."
"The mortality rate of being marked is very high."
Elaine sniffed again.
"Hmm... But this mark is a bit weak. It seems to be a relatively elementary trial."
Lu Cang suddenly remembered the Baal ritual mentioned by Luo Sheng just now.
Good guy, just now I was thinking that it had nothing to do with me, but in the end it happened to me.
"Did I touch something to get the mark?"
Elaine shook her head slightly: "No, Barr's ritual goal does not require a medium, and it has nothing to do with what you touched."
"To put it simply, it is like a roll call. The ceremony only mentions your name and does not require any other medium."
"It's just that you should be clearly marked in the eyes of Baal believers."
"But the ceremony this time seems to be a bit special. This ceremony seems to be set up for you. Only [Lords] should be able to receive this trial."
Hear Elaine explain this.
Lu Cang's heart relaxed slightly.
Lu Cang was indeed a little worried when he heard that he had been marked. After all, Baal was also the god of murder, so he had a god's name.
Being marked by him sounds scary.
Moreover, he also said that he would be hunted down by all the Baal believers. Who knows if there is such a strong and terrifying existence among the Baal believers in the place where he lives.
Now I haven't developed enough to be so arrogant.
But when I heard that only lords could receive this trial.
Lu Cang's worries were instantly wiped away.
"Oh, that's okay. It doesn't matter if the mark is not removed."
Elaine looked a little suspicious.
"Really? If the assassination ceremony cannot be completed, Baal's followers may choose to join forces."
"Generally speaking, it's quite tricky."
Lu Cang shrugged slightly: "It doesn't matter."
"Haha, our boss is very strong. He is the strongest lord in the land where he lives!"
Lu Cang turned around and gave Axibon a cold look.
Ashbern immediately covered his mouth.
"Oh? The strongest?"
Elaine's eyes were slightly distracted, as if looking into the distant past.
Elaine smiled and said, "I once knew a human being who could be called the strongest."
Lu Cang looked at the small room behind Yi Lian: "You should be quite powerful, right? Why are you locked in there?"
"Hmm... It should be considered powerful. Before I came in, my strength should be among the top 10 in the land of living."
"As for the reason why I was locked up inside..."
Elaine put her finger on her chin, as if looking back on a very distant memory.
"I wanted to find the notes left by the great elf Elise. I heard that there was one in this temple, so I went to the temple administrator to borrow the Forbidden Library, but they didn't give it to me, so I sneaked into the Forbidden Library. .”
"But I was discovered by the priests in the temple, and they arrested me and locked me up here."
After hearing Elaine's description, Ashborn touched his helmet with his gauntlet.
"Well……"
"Can't you break the door and get out? You are so strong, you should have no problem breaking this door, right? Is there a strong restriction inside? Wait...you mean the priest? There are priests in this abandoned temple?"
Hear Ashbern's question.
Elaine tilted her head and looked at Ashborn with a strange look.
"You, a person who looks like armor, speaks so strangely, how can you destroy the door of other people's temple casually? This is wrong."
After hearing this, Ashbern immediately retorted.
"I don't look like armor, I am armor! And if it's not right, it wouldn't be right if you sneaked into someone else's forbidden library in the first place."
Lu Cang didn't know where to complain.
But in short, it seems that this elf named Elaine is considered to be of the good camp and can be regarded as lawful.
Elaine ignored Ashbern's complaints, but looked around and recalled: "Speaking of which, is this temple actually abandoned? No wonder no one let me out. My original plan was that if I go through It’s been a hundred years since anyone released me, so I’ll consider leaving on my own.”
Ahiburn seemed to have question marks all over his head. He scratched his helmet and asked: "How much do you like this place that you can stay there for a hundred years?"
"Axiborne, elves are immortal species, and one hundred years should not be too long for her."
Lu Cang recalled the [Comprehensive Knowledge of Races] he learned in school.
[Race: Elf - Immortal Species: It is not yet known whether it has the end of its lifespan. It is extremely slow to emotions and has an extremely weak concept of time. Birth method: unknown]
[The number of elves in the six realms is very small, and most of them are distributed in the immeasurable land among the six realms. There are about 32 of them. There are 3 in the Nine Heavens, 1 in the Nine Hells, none in the Void, 2 in the Desolate Sea, and none in the Source Realm. 】
[The time of elves is very different from that of ordinary creatures. The sky in the eyes of ordinary people is similar to the years, ten years, and centuries in the eyes of elves... Elves are an extremely patient race and are willing to spend countless hours on a trivial matter. Ten years of hard work. 】
No elves have been found in the source world.
Lu Cang really didn't expect to see an elf here.
"Yeah, exactly."
"Since you don't need to eliminate Barr's mark, well... in return for helping me open the door, you should be able to use these things."
Elaine flipped her hand gently, and two volumes of maps appeared from Elaine's hand.
"These two volumes are maps of the living areas. I heard rumors that you may need maps very much."
"One volume is an ancient map, and the other volume is a new one I bought recently... Well, the map shouldn't have changed much."
Elaine dug through her pockets again. After searching for a while, she patted her whole body with her hands.
Finally, after a period of groping, Elaine only took out 2 source crystals.
She touched her head sheepishly.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I always earn travel expenses while traveling, so I don't have many Source Crystals in my hand."
"Before I was locked up, the source crystal was used to pay the fine."
Lu Cang didn't know how to complain.
Aren't you in the top 10 in the place where you live? What does it mean to pay a fine? It’s too orderly! At least resist it!
Of course, Lu Cang's complaints were not shown on his face, and Lu Cang still maintained a polite and gentle smile.
Elaine thought for a moment and looked at the small room where she had been.
"By the way, my most valuable collection is those books."
"I have memorized the contents of those books in my mind. If you need, you can take those books..."
Before Elaine finished speaking, a colorful wooden staff appeared in her hand, and the magic around her rioted! He looked like he was about to take action!
And moving at the same time as her was Ashbourne!
