Taoist cultivation begins with being a miner

Seeing this, the remaining two level-eight demon soldiers also began to attack Lu Yan.

"Double image!"

A dozen or so sword shadows appeared, repelling the three demons. Then Lu Yan picked up the iron box and ran away.

As time went by, most of the contents of the Ningyi storage device had been looted, and the battlefield gradually became clearer: the bandits and demons and the demonic cultivators of Xinghe Fortress were fighting again.

There was no point in staying here, so Lu Yan ran straight out of the fortress.

"Chase!" The three level-eight demon soldiers gave chase without hesitation when they saw Lu Yan running away.

After flying for a while, Lu Yan entered the mountains and forests without hesitation, and then slowed down to wait for the three demonic cultivators to catch up.

"Run! Keep running! You dare to steal my stuff? Today I'll skin you alive!" One of the three demonic cultivators, the Power Demon, hoisted a large hammer onto his shoulder and glared angrily at Lu Yan.

He never expected that a mere level seven demon soldier could steal the item right under the noses of three level eight demon soldiers.

"Stop talking nonsense, kill him and take the stuff back." One of the demons launched an attack, thrusting his spear at Lu Yan.

"Clang~"

Lu Yan summoned the Pickaxe of the Mining God to block the shot.

"Excuse me, everyone, from now on you are the prey." Lu Yan smiled and spread out the spears.

"Hmm? This demon is strange. Attack together." Seeing that Lu Yan easily blocked its attack, the demon-eating demon sensed something was wrong and immediately called on the remaining two demons to attack together, while it quickly retreated.

"Too late!" Lu Yan naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.

"Die!" Lu Yan swung the Mining God's Pickaxe with all his might, smashing it down on the Devourer.

"Great!"

"Click~"

The demon tried to defend himself with his spear, but the shaft was broken off like a wooden stick, and then the pickaxe tip pierced his chest.

The monster was killed in one blow before it could even scream.

Seeing this, the other two demons were shocked. The three demons were of equal strength, and one of them was killed so easily. Wouldn't it be just as easy for them to kill him?

The remaining two demonic cultivators exchanged a glance and consciously joined forces to resist Lu Yan.

"It's been a long time since I've gone all out. Today I'll use you two as practice." Facing two level-eight demon soldiers at the same time, Lu Yan showed no fear whatsoever.

With the Pickaxe of the Mining God in hand, Lu Yan's strength is no weaker than that of a level nine magic weapon.

"Clang~"

This time, Lu Yan's pickaxe struck Li Mo's hammer.

Even the powerful Li Mo was forced to retreat repeatedly by Lu Yan, and even his hammer almost slipped from his grasp.

"Double Slash." The Bone Demon seized the opportunity to come behind Lu Yan and slashed at the back of Lu Yan's head.

"Too slow~" Lu Yan turned around and slashed the Bone Demon's greatsword in half.

"Run!" Even together they were no match for the two demons, so they decisively retreated.

"Stay here." The pickaxe in his hand swung down again, this time piercing through the Bone Demon's back, killing it instantly, just like the Devourer Demon before it.

When Lu Yan turned back to look for the powerful demon, he found that the demon had already abandoned the hammer and run far away.

Seeing this, Lu Yan thought for a moment and then gave up the pursuit. He could catch up now, but the direction the Power Demon was fleeing was Star River Fortress.

There are not only a large number of bandits and demons there, but also a multi-armed demon of the third level. Chasing after him would be a losing proposition.

After looting the corpses of the two demons, Lu Yan began to flee again. This time, he ran for more than fifty miles before stopping to check his spoils.

First, there are magic stones. In addition to more than 300 low-grade magic stones, there are two mid-grade magic stones, enough for me to use for a long time. Next, there are more than ten kinds of medicinal herbs, all of which are used to refine second-tier pills and are quite valuable.

Although I am currently a first-level alchemist, I can save it for future use.

Finally, there was the metal box. Lu Yan took it out and examined it from all angles, but there wasn't even a keyhole, so he had no idea how to open it.

Fortunately, Lu Yan had experience in this area. He placed the iron box on the ground and then picked up the Mining God's Pickaxe to start chiseling.

Lu Yan reduced his strength and chiseled a row of small holes in the iron box. Then, he used the flat spatula to pry open the iron box.

Inside the iron box was a very strange statue, made of an unknown material.

He sat cross-legged, with four arms and one eye, and his eyes were closed. His whole body was surrounded by demonic energy, which quickly dissipated as soon as he left the iron box.

The sheer amount of demonic energy overjoyed Lu Yan, who quickly retrieved the Mine God's Pickaxe and picked up the statue.

But as soon as Lu Yan touched the statue, the demonic energy seemed to have eyes, wrapping around Lu Yan's arm and then entering his body.

"Believer, I grant you unparalleled power." At the same time, a voice rang in Lu Yan's ears.

In an instant, Lu Yan felt the magic power within his body increasing wildly. Originally, he had just reached the seventh level of magic weapon cultivation, but now, in just a few breaths, he had reached the eighth level of magic weapon cultivation.

The speed was so fast that Lu Yan was overjoyed.

Just as his cultivation was about to reach the ninth level of demonic weapon, the rising demonic power came into contact with the spiritual power in his dantian. Lu Yan could clearly feel that the demonic energy entering his body paused for a moment and then suddenly stopped.

"Outsider!" The voice that had just arrived rang out again.

Unlike at the beginning, this time the tone was a mixture of shock and surprise.

Suddenly, the single eye on the statue, which had been closed, opened, and a beam of black light shot into the sky.

After the black light shot into the sky, it stirred up rings of clouds that spread outwards.

A fierce wind arose, accompanied by lightning and thunder, and the sky and earth seemed to change color.

This scene shocked Lu Yan, who wanted to drop the statue and run away, but he sadly discovered that he was unable to move and could not even summon a teleportation portal.

As time slowly passed, the commotion in the sky grew louder and louder, expanding from a small area at the beginning to several miles or even tens of miles away, and the expansion showed no signs of stopping.

"This, this, this!" Lu Yan hadn't expected to cause such a commotion. He hoped he hadn't attracted any powerful demons.

"Outsiders!" The voice rang out again, those same three words, but this time it wasn't in his ears, but across the entire sky.

Lu Yan looked up and saw a pair of large, blood-red eyes appear at the very center of the cloud vortex, looking down at him.

Not only Lu Yan, but also Star River Fortress, which is closest to this place, witnessed this scene.

"What's going on? What's going on here?" The once chaotic Star River Fortress suddenly fell silent, and all the demons stared blankly at the scene, at a loss for what to do.

Even the multi-armed demon general, who had forgotten to heal his wounds, stared blankly at this scene.

"Is this a demon god?" The multi-armed demon general was somewhat unsure.

"Quick, go and see what's going on!" After realizing what was happening, the multi-armed demon general ordered the demons around him to go.

"Yes, sir." Several demonic cultivators quickly ran towards the very center of the vortex.

At this moment, Lu Yan felt something merge into his soul, as if it had its own will.