Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 59 "Run!!!" [Please read on, please vote with monthly tickets!]

Qiu Qianhai found this place a couple of days ago. He discovered that the amount of cold iron sand in the waters around this area was far greater than in other places.

In this situation, any miner with a bit of experience could guess that there must be a cold cave nearby.

It's still a dead end!

As for why we know it's a dead cave... because in a living, cold cave, you can feel the chill from a mile away.

To find the dead hole, one must first discover that the amount of cold iron sand in one place is richer than in other places. For ordinary miners, only the most experienced miners would be able to detect even the slightest anomaly.

But none of these are problems in front of Qiu Qianhai, who possesses mysterious finger bones.

Several days ago, he had been telling Ji Yuan that finding a dead hole was a piece of cake for him.

Now, he has actually found a clue... In the past, he could only dig up three and a half catties of cold iron sand in other places at most.

But here, you can easily dig up four pounds.

Therefore, Qiu Qianhai concluded that there must be a dead hole nearby that no one had discovered.

If it's a dead hole that no one has discovered, then it must be that both the top and bottom have collapsed and blocked, and the surface is covered with a thick layer of mud and sand.

Ji Yuan and he wandered around the area for two days, eliminating several other places.

Now only one place remains.

After the two used their magic to disperse the three-meter-deep mud and sand, they indeed saw a rocky slope made of dark, jumbled stones.

Qiu Qianhai found a hollow spot, and as soon as he took out the finger bone, the thing lit up with a blue glow.

Moreover, the closer one gets to the rocky slope, the brighter the light becomes.

Therefore, it can be basically concluded that the dead hole is right here!

Faced with the collapsed boulder, Qiu Qianhai first tried to manipulate it using his object manipulation technique, but it didn't budge.

Ji Yuan, meanwhile, stood guard, keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings.

It was already late, and the underwater world was even darker.

The nighttime rain and fog are far more dangerous than the daytime.

Many ferocious spirit fish and demonic beasts only come out to roam at night.

Moreover, the cultivators couldn't see very clearly underwater, which added to the danger... Ji Yuan overcame this problem by preparing a lot of night vision talismans in advance, all of which were just the most basic first-grade low-level talismans, which he picked up easily.

Ji Yuan waited for a while, and Qiu Qianhai also tried many spells, such as the Water Arrow Technique or the Water Technique Thousand Blades that he was good at, but he could not move the collapsed boulder and open the gap in the dead hole.

That makes sense, since the boulder was already enormous.

In addition, this place is close to the cold iron sand vein, so even the stones on the outer perimeter are not as hard as ordinary stones.

Seeing that Qiu Qianhai was still staring blankly at the dead hole, Ji Yuan thought for a moment, then stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and made a few hand gestures.

The idea was to have Qiu Qianhai keep watch while he gave it a try.

Ji Yuan stepped forward and looked at these huge rocks. It was basically hopeless to move them. He could only look for some weak spots, make a small hole, and crawl in.

And Qiu Qianhai found this place.

The area where several boulders were squeezed together was covered with knife marks from his magical weapon.

Ji Yuan's first thought was to summon the White Water Flying Sword. The flying sword entered the water, transformed into its normal size, and slashed forward.

Although it wasn't as smooth as splitting tofu with a knife, it still penetrated the stone by about two fingers.

There is a play!

The White Water Flying Sword is, after all, a mid-grade magic weapon, and it is still somewhat useful for cutting rocks.

Qiu Qianhai's eyes lit up, but Ji Yuan still felt it was a bit slow. It was already dark, and if they didn't hurry, it would take forever to open the door.

Just as Ji Yuan was pondering this, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he suddenly thought of something.

He flipped his hand over, and the breast-protecting mirror he had obtained from Xiong Youfu appeared in his hand.

Although this magical artifact is only a low-grade artifact, it can emit a powerful spiritual light as long as spiritual energy is injected into it.

"This will work, this will work."

Qiu Qianhai muttered excitedly.

Ji Yuan hummed in agreement, then floated up slightly and held the breastplate up to the opening at the bottom of the water.

Spiritual energy surged in frantically.

Even for a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator of the water element, known for his abundant spiritual energy, it took him a full third of his spiritual energy to completely fill the Heart-Protecting Mirror.

Then, with a thought, he suddenly released it.

In an instant, a thick white beam of spiritual light shot out from the protective mirror and flew straight toward the gap.

"boom--"

Accompanying the loud bang was a surging wave of water.

Even though Ji Yuan had already erected several water shields, he was still pushed several meters away before he could finally regain his footing. He hurriedly looked around at the surrounding waters.

The calculations were correct; the water resistance was extremely high.

The water didn't travel very far before it was dissolved.

"Walk!"

Qiu Qianhai took the lead and rushed towards the dead hole.

Ji Yuan followed closely behind and, upon inspection, indeed discovered a dark, gaping hole at the bottom of the water.

Qiu Qianhai instinctively wanted to jump in, but Ji Yuan quickly reached out and grabbed him, then slowly shook his head.

"Um!"

Qiu Qianhai understood his meaning, summoned a piece of white bone tortoise shell to protect himself, and then summoned his crescent moon blade.

Ji Yuan then stuck another night vision talisman on him before he jumped in and disappeared into the cave entrance.

The task of going down into the cave was originally to have one person go down while the other kept watch.

Not to mention that this is a water cave. If no one is guarding it, a monster might come, or it might attract other miners.

If you get ambushed at that point, you're doomed.

Ji Yuan summoned the Black Wind Boat, sat cross-legged on it, and waited silently.

If anything were to happen, he could take Qiu Qianhai away immediately.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Ji Yuan was somewhat pleased, estimating that there was probably quite a bit of cold iron sand inside.

In the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn, Ji Yuan was even more delighted, fearing that there was probably a great deal of cold iron sand.

But after three incense sticks' worth of time had passed, Ji Yuan became a little worried.

Something's not right. Could something have happened?

Otherwise, why would it have taken so long?

Just as he was wondering whether he should go down and take a look, he suddenly sensed a fluctuation of spiritual energy coming from the dead cave, along with some unusual sounds.

Ji Yuan immediately stood up, and as soon as the White Water Flying Sword appeared, Qiu Qianhai's figure darted out from the dead hole.

Not only that, but it seemed that there was something huge following behind him.

Without saying a word, Ji Yuan's white flying sword had already swept away with the momentum of "entwining waves".

Using the "Wave-Climbing" technique in this water will naturally yield twice the result with half the effort.

So the thing slowed down as soon as it emerged from the cave, allowing Ji Yuan to see its true form.

What appeared to be a giant crab, the size of a millstone, was entirely blackish-gray, with a thick layer of stone armor covering its claws and shell.

His eyes were bloodshot.

It looks like it's about to devour anyone it can.

Damn it, even if this isn't a late-stage demonic beast, it's almost that level... Ji Yuan raised his hand and pointed, sending out nearly ten water droplet fingers.

The stone crab waved its pincers, blocking most of the blows, but two still struck its weak points.

Upon feeling the pain, the stone crab immediately shrank back.

Ji Yuan seized the opportunity, grabbed Qiu Qianhai by the collar, and threw him onto his Black Wind Boat.

"run!!!"

(End of this chapter)