Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 61: Was it you who lured the monster here?

As night fell, four French ships broke the tranquility of the clear pond.

As luck would have it, Liu Da and Liu Er happened to be protecting Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai in the middle.

"How much further?"

Before two incense sticks' worth of time had even passed, Liu Er couldn't help but urge them on, asking anxiously, worried that Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai might be up to something.

"Almost there, almost there. We'll be there after we pass this rocky island," Qiu Qianhai replied.

Liu Da and Liu Er exchanged a glance and nodded to each other.

They had lived in Qingbo Pond for decades and were extremely familiar with the area. They knew exactly where the Dead Cave had been and where the Cold Cave was.

There are very few dead holes in this area.

It's not unreasonable that one of them has been found now.

"arrive."

After circling the island and confirming that the dead hole was nearby, Ji Yuan lowered the bow of the boat, slapped a water-repelling talisman on his body, and returned to the waters.

As soon as he entered the water, he immediately looked down at the bottom.

Although most of the silt has sunk to the bottom, the water still looks somewhat murky.

He quietly affixed a night vision talisman to his body and looked towards the entrance of the dead hole again. His vision immediately became clear.

The cave entrance remained the same, but the stone crab was nowhere to be seen.

It seems they retreated back into the dead end once again.

Qiu Qianhai, who was standing to the side, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they hadn't discussed it, their ideas were completely aligned... Weren't the Liu brothers looking for a dead end?

Then let's just give them the Dead Hole.

As for the stone crabs inside... what stone crabs? I don't know anything about them.

Liu Da casually pushed out a jade bead, infused it with spiritual energy, and the surroundings immediately lit up, exposing the cave entrance to the group.

"Seriously, you two didn't even bother to cover up this damn hole? Are you afraid no one will see it?"

Liu Da's voice echoed from the bottom of the water.

Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai exchanged a few glances, stammered for a while, and couldn't say a word that anyone could understand.

Liu Da impatiently tossed a talisman to Ji Yuan.

"Don't use this trash water-repelling talisman next time. You're already at the sixth level of Qi Refining, you should at least use a mid-grade water-repelling talisman."

Ji Yuan took it and stuck it to his body. The surrounding water visibly loosened, allowing him to speak. "My family is poor, and I really can't afford this mid-grade water-repelling talisman. How about you give me a few, brother?"

Both mid-grade and low-grade water-avoidance talismans can avoid water; the only difference is that the mid-grade talisman allows the user to speak freely in the water.

However, the price has almost doubled.

Ji Yuan, being diligent and thrifty in managing her household, naturally chose to use this inferior water-repelling talisman.

"Heh, I'll send you a few after we finish digging this dead hole."

With the dead end right in front of him, Liu Da's voice and attitude changed somewhat.

Ji Yuan didn't care. "We used to fill the hole back up every day after we finished digging, but then we found that no one came around here, and since we leave early and come back late, we got lazy and stopped filling it up."

"Heh, no one else noticed this. They're lucky. No wonder they found this dead hole."

Liu Er also spoke.

The four of them then landed around the cave entrance.

Being so close, Ji Yuan was genuinely worried that the stone crab might suddenly leap out, so he held a golden armor talisman in each of his hands, which were hidden in his sleeves.

Liu Dayu summoned the jade bead and threw it into the dead hole, where the faint light of cold iron sand shone through.

His breathing quickened immediately, and he turned to ask, "One of you, come into the cave with us."

"I."

Qiu Qianhai muttered something and immediately stepped forward.

In his view, although Ji Yuan's cultivation level and strength were higher than his, today's events were all caused by him.

Furthermore, this dead cave is teeming with powerful stone-armored crabs, making it extremely dangerous, so it's only right that he be allowed to go.

Liu Da glanced at him, but finally looked at Ji Yuan.

"Then we'll have to trouble Brother Changsheng to come with us."

One of them was at the fifth level of Qi Refining, and the other at the sixth level. Naturally, the one at the sixth level of Qi Refining should stay by his side.

Otherwise, with a Qi Refining Level 6 guarding the cave entrance, Liu Da wouldn't feel very safe.

"it is good."

Ji Yuan didn't hesitate.

If one of the two has to go with the others, it is indeed more suitable for him to go. He has the formation in his hands, so whether to fight or run away is entirely up to him.

"I'll go down first, you follow, and you bring up the rear, second brother."

After Liu Da finished speaking, he leaped into the dead hole, followed closely by Ji Yuan, and Liu Er was the last to jump down.

After entering the dead cave, Ji Yuan became even more vigilant. He held two golden armor talismans in each hand and also activated the dragon armor shield in his storage bag.

He watched the depths of the cave warily.

Illuminated by Liu Da's precious pearl, Ji Yuan was able to see his surroundings clearly.

The cave is narrow and cramped, with walls made of black, broken stones, some of which have pale blue fragments on them.

It's likely that in a few hundred or a thousand years, it will turn into cold iron sand.

There was no sign of the stone crab in front of them.

As Liu Da walked along this path, he kept looking at the ground.

He'd throw in a comment every now and then.

"The places you dug up are dirt cleaner than a dog licked."

"Big brother, up ahead!"

Liu Er suddenly spoke up at the end.

Ji Yuan subconsciously thought that he had seen the stone crab and was thinking of planting a flag to make a move, but when he looked up, he found that the ground in front of him was covered with a layer of blue mud and sand.

Qiu Qianhai said that he only dug one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters)... so it's normal that he saw batches of cold iron sand not far into the cave.

"Good heavens, so many!"

Liu Da was shocked when he saw the layer of cold iron sand and exclaimed.

Without saying a word, he hurried forward, and even Liu Er behind Ji Yuan did the same.

The two brothers squatted down nearby, first scooped up a handful, and marveled at the sight.

"This hole probably yields a lot. If we dig it all out, we could probably get several dozen kilograms! Brother, we're rich! We're rich!"

Liu Da said excitedly.

"Okay, enough talk, let's dig."

Liu Da was clearly much calmer.

Even after they started mining, Liu Da and Liu Er summoned their protective magical artifacts, which swirled around them.

Damn it, no wonder they've survived until now at Qingbo Pool, they're so careful... Ji Yuan cursed inwardly, and followed them forward.

Before he could even squat down, Liu Da and Liu Er turned to look at him simultaneously, asking warily, "What do you want to do?"

"Mining, isn't this the dead hole we discovered?"

Ji Yuan said it as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Heh, wait, we'll share with you after we're done digging."

After Liu Da finished speaking, he added, "Stand back a bit."

Ji Yuan seemed to be annoyed, his face flushed red, but as the two brothers, Liu Da and Liu Er, slowly stood up, he was "forced" to take a few steps back.

He looked into the depths of the cave, but there was no movement.

He waited there until Liu Da and Liu Er had dug more than two zhang forward, and were almost dizzy from the cold iron sand, before he shouted:

"You guys have gone too far!"

"You didn't say that outside!"

"Stop making noise! ​​What are you shouting for? Aren't you afraid someone will hear you?" Liu Da yelled as he turned around.

Ji Yuan wanted to speak again, but he vaguely heard the sound of stones being struck, so he immediately shut up.

Liu Da turned around and continued mining.

Ji Yuan's gaze fell on the precious pearl. He flicked his finger silently, and a thin, hair-like spiritual light flashed away.

"Snap—"

The cave, which had been brightly lit, suddenly became dark.

Ji Yuan summoned the Yin Ghost Flag and planted it in the ground. The black mist surged forth, instantly enveloping the Qingbo Duo and the Stone Armor Crab that had just rushed out.

(End of this chapter)