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Chapter 161 Millennium Stone Heart Milk

In the abyss.

Wu Ming and his group descended rapidly, and soon arrived at a depth of about three hundred feet.

At this point, the terrain becomes more complex. It is no longer a straight abyss, but instead, there are countless crisscrossing, broken ravines. Some of these ravines even look very unstable and are at risk of collapsing at any time.

“This area has already been explored; there are signs of people passing through. Let’s change direction.”

Han Cheng stopped on a protruding rock, glanced at the surrounding environment briefly, and then spoke to Yan Chuyu and the others behind him.

Swish! Swish!

Yan Chuyu and the others followed behind, and they all arrived at the protruding rock. Wu Ming was among them. He held the black iron spear, leaped lightly, and stood on the edge of the rock.

At this moment, the environment before them was complex, and they had many choices. They could continue downwards along the deeper fissures, explore vertically along this abyss, or explore horizontally through some broken ravines. In short, there were paths in all directions.

"There are people exploring on both sides, let's go a little further down."

Ling Zhonghan carefully observed the surroundings and then spoke to Han Cheng, Wu Ming, and the others.

After listening, Han Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Going further down is quite risky, but the deeper we go, the closer we get to the earth's veins, the more resources we will find... Wu Ming, Chu Yu, what do you think?"

Wu Ming had already surveyed the surrounding area, and now he turned around and said, "Sooner or later we'll have to go down."

Although exploring further down is riskier, this depth of about 300 zhang has been explored by more than one group of people. Sooner or later, they will have explored all of this area of ​​several hundred miles. When that happens, we will still have to continue to go deeper. Since that is the case, we might as well take the lead and go a little deeper.

The depth of this abyss is unknown; it is at least three hundred feet away from its bottom.

“Wu Ming is right. We’ll have to explore downwards sooner or later. Since none of the people who came before us went down, let’s go down.”

Yan Chuyu directly agreed with Wu Ming's opinion.

Seeing that Ling Zhonghan, Wu Ming, and Yan Chuyu all agreed to continue down, Han Cheng thought for a moment and did not object. He nodded and once again took the lead, continuing down the steepest crevice.

The group continued their descent, dropping another two hundred feet or so, until they reached a depth of about five hundred feet. There, they found no trace of exploration left, and the dark abyss was utterly silent.

"Wu Ming, it's up to you now."

Han Cheng stopped on a slope, looked around, and spoke to Wu Ming, who was following behind.

Wu Ming understood Han Cheng's meaning.

The environment here is complex, with ravines and fissures everywhere. Some of these fissures look very unstable, and if someone goes in to explore, they could accidentally touch something and cause a collapse.

Even a martial artist who has achieved four levels of blood coagulation would have difficulty digging another passage under such a collapse, but Wu Ming had no such concerns. His primordial spirit could leave his body and explore any crack at will, so he was not afraid of the collapse at all.

"Alright, I'll take care of these unstable cracks."

Wu Ming nodded slightly, and immediately with a thought, his primordial spirit instantly left his body, retaining only a wisp of soul to control his physical form, while his primordial spirit floated out and burrowed into the nearest narrow and rugged crevice.

While Wu Ming set off to explore, Han Cheng, Yan Chuyu, and the others were not idle either.

"Zhonghan, you stay here. Chuyu and I will go scout ahead."

Han Cheng spoke to Ling Zhonghan.

Wu Ming's spirit left his body to explore the rift, while his physical body remained outside. Naturally, he needed someone to protect him. Given Yan Chuyu's personality, she probably wouldn't want to stay in the same place, and he couldn't just watch Yan Chuyu go on an adventure alone.

"it is good."

Ling Zhonghan's response was brief.

Although he once regarded Wu Ming as an opponent, and still wants to compete with Wu Ming now, that was only to hone himself. Right now, he is exploring a dangerous area, so he will naturally consider the overall situation.

Han Cheng and Yan Chuyu then explored straight ahead along the edge of the wide abyss, leaving only Wu Ming and Ling Zhonghan behind. Ling Zhonghan stood calmly, sword in hand, guarding Wu Ming's side.

Not long after.

Then, from the crack ahead, a dark black stone flew out.

Wu Ming's primordial spirit threw the black stone toward his own body, then instantly returned to his body and caught the black stone. He weighed it in his hand and found it to be very heavy.

"Is this obsidian rough?"

Ling Zhonghan looked at the object in Wu Ming's hand with slight surprise and said, "Is there an obsidian vein inside?"

Obsidian is a high-quality material for forging artifacts. Weapons forged from this stone can almost all reach the level of treasures, and therefore are extremely valuable. Although it is difficult to distinguish the quality of the piece in Wu Ming's hand with the naked eye, even if it is a medium-to-low-quality obsidian, it is worth at least a thousand merit points.

Moreover, obsidian ore exists in veins. If there is an obsidian ore deep in this fissure, its value would be astonishing. Even the smallest vein would probably contain millions of merit points. Although mining is very difficult in this place, the merit of just discovering a vein is already quite considerable.

"No."

However, Wu Ming shook his head and said, "Going in from here, it's about a hundred feet deep, and that's where it ends. I went around the end and only found this piece of obsidian. After a careful search, I found no mineral veins nearby."

There was no need to hide the existence of mineral veins. After all, even if there were mineral veins, mining them would take a long time. And for him, it was impossible to stay here specifically to mine. At most, he would report the information about the mineral veins and then have the Cautious Punishment Division or the Demon Suppression Division send a group of people down here to mine them slowly.

"That must have been unearthed by the earthquake; the vein might be deeper down, or even deeper."

Ling Zhonghan pondered for a moment and said. Whether it is located at the bottom or deeper, it is very troublesome. After all, this place is already 500 zhang deep, and it is inconvenient to do anything. Even if we just go down a few hundred zhang further, it is difficult to mine the mineral vein. If it is completely buried deeper underground, then it goes without saying that even if it is worth millions of merit points, we can basically only give up.

At this depth, Wu Ming's primordial spirit also found it difficult to traverse the deep underground. It was alright in these gaps, but in the depths of completely solidified rock and soil, the power of the earth veins became stronger the further in you went. It was like diving from the ground into the earth, and the pressure became greater the deeper you went. After all, this place was already five hundred feet deep.

"Hmm, there's not much point in investigating."

Wu Ming put away the obsidian source stone, then suddenly his gaze shifted and he looked into the distance.

"What did you discover, Brother Wu?"

Ling Zhonghan noticed Wu Ming's expression and was slightly taken aback. He then followed Wu Ming's gaze and saw that it was in the direction Han Cheng and Yan Chuyu had gone.

Wu Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Let's go, it seems that Manager Han and the others have run into trouble."

Ling Zhonghan's eyes sharpened, and he immediately drew his sword and walked ahead, quickly heading towards Han Cheng's direction along the steep mountain wall.

……

In the abyss.

Han Cheng and Yan Chuyu continued forward along the steep mountain wall.

After walking for several thousand feet, the two suddenly stopped at the same time, their eyes turning to the side of the mountain wall. On the rugged mountain wall, there was a dark cave, and a strange aura permeated the cave.

This strange aura was not from demons or evil spirits, but rather a very peculiar feeling. Although martial artists are not very sensitive to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they can sense it to some extent after reaching the fourth stage of blood coagulation.

"There's something good!"

Yan Chuyu and Han Cheng's eyes lit up.

next moment,
Yan Chuyu was about to draw her sword and enter the cave.

"Wait, Chuyu, I'll go first, be careful."

Han Cheng reached out and stopped her. Although he knew there must be something strange ahead, he was much more composed than Yan Chuyu. After drawing his sword, he carefully entered the cave, moving extremely slowly and constantly sensing his surroundings.

Seeing this, Yan Chuyu also kept quiet and followed behind Han Cheng.

The cave was not deep, only about ten feet deep, before it came to an end. Suddenly, the view opened up, and a spacious stone cave with a diameter of nearly ten feet appeared in sight.

In the center of this stone cave, there was a broken stalactite. This stalactite was extremely large, about ten feet tall, and its age was difficult to determine. Next to the broken stalactite was a black rock with a tiny groove on it, only about an inch in size. Inside the groove was a small amount of silvery-white viscous liquid.

That unusual aura, along with the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth, all emanated from this liquid.

"This is... a thousand-year-old stone heart milk?"

Yan Chuyu's eyes lit up as she looked at the tiny amount of silvery-white viscous liquid in the groove.

Millennia-old stone heart milk!
Only in the deepest underground, completely enclosed mountain caves, under the influence of unique terrain and the essence of heaven and earth, can such special products be nurtured. Their value is so precious that it is almost impossible to measure it with gold or silver!
This substance cannot promote the accumulation of blood and qi, nor can it help people restore their blood and qi. However, it has one unique effect: after taking it, it can greatly enhance one's spirituality and comprehension within a certain period of time!
To obtain this item, one can only discover it during a time of dramatic changes in the terrain, such as a cataclysmic earthquake.

In the treasuries of the Cautious Punishment Division and the Demon Suppression Division, a single drop of this substance is worth a full 300,000 merit points. And the amount accumulated here is probably no less than dozens of drops. Even a master who has achieved five levels of blood coagulation would be tempted by it!

"It is indeed milk from a thousand-year-old stone heart."

Han Cheng could not hide his joy at this moment. After careful judgment and confirmation, his thoughts were also in turmoil.

He was already over forty and had no chance to reach a higher level of martial arts, but he still had the opportunity to touch the 'unity of spirit and flesh' and to question the pinnacle of the Four Blood Warriors. However, he had been stagnant all along. Now that he had obtained this Thousand-Year Stone Heart Milk, even if he had to share it with Yan Chuyu, Wu Ming and others, he could still get at least ten drops!

With so many millennia-old stone heart milks, he will have the opportunity to comprehend the mystery of the unity of spirit and body!
"Pity."

"The terrain here has been destroyed, and even this stone pillar has broken. It can no longer produce more stone core milk. If this earthquake had been delayed by a few hundred years, the stone core milk accumulated here over the millennia could have reached several hundred drops."

Han Cheng glanced at the situation in the stone chamber again, and couldn't help but show a hint of regret.

"In a few hundred years, we will no longer be alive. What use would it be to produce a few hundred drops? We cannot be too greedy."

Yan Chuyu smiled and spoke, then took out a jade bottle made of high-grade cold jade from her bosom, preparing to collect the millennium stone heart milk from the stone trough.

but,
Just as she was about to make a move, she suddenly stopped and looked back.

Han Cheng reacted even faster, turning around with his knife in hand and shouting in a deep voice:
"Who?!"

"Huh, there's actually such a place. Let me take a look... Hmm, it's actually the Thousand-Year Stone Heart Milk?"

In the darkness, several figures walked over and entered the stone chamber. None of them paid any attention to Han Cheng and Yan Chuyu. Instead, they all turned their gazes to the stone trough behind them. Their eyes lit up when they saw the millennium stone heart milk in the trough.

Upon seeing this, Han Cheng's heart sank. He noticed that the four newcomers were all very young, and he didn't recognize any of them. He immediately realized they came from other regions and said in a deep voice:

"Gentlemen, this place was discovered by us first, and the resources have already been claimed."

"Heh, the resources of heaven and earth belong to the capable. For the two of you to try and occupy so much Millennium Stone Heart Milk is far too greedy," Qiu Feiying sneered, her face full of mockery.

"Why waste words with them? You're from the two departments of Jingye City, aren't you? Leave immediately, or we'll have to take action!"

Zhong Changdong spoke coldly.

(End of this chapter)