I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

"Spirit Stones".

The words "Wan Ling" (meaning "all spirits") fell.

The detector in the technician's hand had started to sound an alarm.

This is not a danger alarm.

It indicates that the value is out of range.

He quickly shifted gears.

The numbers on the screen stabilized again.

"The internal spiritual energy density is very high."

"This is not an ordinary associated rock."

Lin Ye broke the stone open a little.

The outer bluish-gray stone skin is very brittle.

The exposed milky-white crystals inside were only the size of a thumb.

But when you hold it in your hand, you can clearly feel its warmth.

It's not temperature.

It's spiritual energy seeping into the palm of my hand.

Lin Ye did not smoke.

First, hand it over to the technician for sealing.

Cheng Fang asked Zhou Xiao:

"A lot here?"

Zhou Xiao nodded.

"They used to be found occasionally along the mountain road."

His reaction was excessively bland.

What they just picked up wasn't a spirit stone.

Just ordinary pebbles.

"Didn't you pick them up before?"

"The condition is too poor."

Zhou Xiao said.

"It has too many impurities and too little spiritual energy."

Wanling immediately added a comment.

"Even outer sect disciples are too lazy to take these spirit stones."

Tang Zhi is not here.

Nobody's going to complain.

There was no idle chatter in the lobby.

Cheng Fang asked directly:

"What do outer sect disciples usually use?"

"Monthly salary."

Zhou Xiao answered naturally.

"Newcomers receive three low-grade spirit stones per month."

"Five pieces after opening the pulse."

"Upon reaching the late stage of Qi Condensation, additional duties will be added."

The technician paused for a moment while taking notes.

Lin Ye didn't say anything either.

Three dollars a month.

That doesn't sound like much.

However, in the modern world, there is not a single spirit stone mine that can be mined stably.

Most of the high-concentration spiritual materials in the hands of the Seventh Division were painstakingly extracted from abnormal areas, fragments of spiritual artifacts, and special nodes.

In the past, Lin Ye was considered to be treated well if he could use specially prepared spiritual liquid to replenish his energy after a round of intense exertion.

The result was from two thousand years ago.

A newly initiated outer disciple.

There are spirit stones to receive every month.

Wanling clearly enjoys this contrast.

"Now you know how poor you are?"

Lin Ye ignored it.

He squatted down.

Ling Ting pressed down into the ground near the spirit stone.

At first, all we heard was noise from the mountain.

Stone layer.

Water veins.

root.

There are also array patterns that haven't fully recovered yet.

soon.

He heard several similar faint sounds.

very weak.

But the rhythm is similar.

Like many tiny water droplets buried in a stone.

Lin Ye looked up.

"There are more underground around here."

Cheng Fang immediately instructed the technical team to set up locations.

Three probes were driven into both sides of the mountain road.

The spiritual energy curve quickly became abnormal.

The mountain wall on the left.

Three meters underground.

There is one more place.

Go another ten meters or so.

There are more.

The technician looked at the drawing.

"Not a single one."

"It's distributed like a ribbon."

Zhou Xiao also realized what was happening.

"This place used to be near the old mine tunnels."

Cheng Fang looked at him.

"Spirit Stone Mine?"

"Abandoned mine".

"Why is it useless?"

"It's been hollowed out."

After Zhou Xiao finished speaking, he frowned first.

Lin Ye understood.

If it's really hollowed out.

So where did these spirit stones come from?

Several people looked up at the mountain wall at the same time.

Wanling spoke first:

"Don't rush."

"Spirit stone mines are not inanimate objects."

"With sufficient spiritual energy and a spiritual vein present, the mineral vein will slowly recrystallize."

The technician immediately asked:

"how long?"

"Examine the spiritual veins."

"several years?"

Wanling sneered.

"You're dreaming."

"It could take decades or even centuries."

"But this place has been closed for over two thousand years."

It paused for a moment.

"The spirits may be completely severed outside, but not necessarily here."

"If there's still a remnant of a pulse, it wouldn't be surprising if some of it grew back."

This statement is more valuable than the spirit stone itself.

If there are spirit ores in the return zone that can be restored.

Then the resources are not disposable.

Instead, it can continue to grow.

Cheng Fang immediately gave the order:

"Coordinate markers".

"We will not enter the mine tunnel for the time being."

"Take three samples from the perimeter, leave the rest unchanged."

The technician nodded.

This is the rule for the first batch of explorations.

Now is not the time to mine.

First, confirm.

Make a note of it.

We'll calculate it later.

The group continued forward.

Zhou Xiao was noticeably more silent than before.

He saw more and more changes along the way.

A protective vine that will actively attack people.

The reappearance of the Shattered Spirit Stone.

The concentration of spiritual energy is still climbing.

This is the familiar Cangfeng Mountain to him.

He is gradually becoming someone he no longer recognizes.

After exiting the abandoned mine tunnel area.

The terrain ahead rises again.

A half-collapsed stone pavilion appeared by the roadside.

The stone table inside the pavilion is still there.

There was even a blackened wooden plaque on the table.

Zhou Xiao stopped in his tracks when he saw it.

He walked over.

Pick up the wooden sign.

Most of the words on it have been worn away.

"Outer Gate Patrol Sign"

"Whose?"

"have no idea."

Zhou Xiao turned over.

Half of a name is engraved on the back.

He looked at it for a few seconds.

He didn't say anything more.

He casually put the wooden sign back in its original place.

Lin Ye didn't ask.

These things are relics to them.

No, not for Zhou Xiao.

Further on.

More and more buildings began to appear on both sides of the mountain road.

There are collapsed houses.

Sword practice area.

Abandoned irrigation canal.

There is also a row of stone houses built against the mountain.

It's completely empty.

Technicians use a coordinate system.

But the truly valuable things are actually less than you might imagine.

There were no magical artifacts scattered all over the ground.

There wasn't a peerless martial arts manual readily available.

In many places, only traces of ordinary life remain.

This, however, made Lin Ye think it made sense.

A sect is not a treasure trove.

Where people live, there should be woodsheds, dwellings, roads, wells, and a bunch of worthless junk.

We came to a fork in the road.

Zhou Xiao suddenly stopped.

The left leads to the inner mountain.

To the right is a path overgrown with weeds.

"You can't go any further."

Cheng Fang asked:

Why?

"The inner gate area is just ahead."

"We're not going now."

Cheng Fang did not argue.

"What about the right side?"

Zhou Xiao looked over.

"Outer gate medicinal herb garden".

The Book of All Souls suddenly moved.

"Go to the right."

Lin Ye lowered his head.

"You know there's something else?"

"have no idea."

"Then why are you so excited?"

"Do you understand what a medicinal herb garden is?"

Wanling could barely contain herself.

"Spirit stone mines can still grow."

"The same goes for the herb field."

Lin Ye looked at Cheng Fang.

Needless to say.

Cheng Fang had already nodded.

"Let's go take a look."

The path is not long.

It took less than five minutes to walk.

Suddenly, the trees in front of us disappeared.

A flat area surrounded by low stone walls was revealed.

The area is larger than I imagined.

At least a dozen acres.

The outermost perimeter has been completely abandoned.

The weeds grew to waist height.

Several fields in the middle were also covered by vines.

It looks no different from abandoned farmland.

But the technician had just gotten close.

The detector jumped directly to a new high.

"The concentration of spiritual energy is twenty-one times higher."

Cheng Fang stopped in his tracks.

Zhou Xiao was also stunned.

"It wasn't this high before."

Lin Ye did not go in immediately.

First, open your spiritual hearing.

The sounds of wind and insects on the surface are normal.

But it's different underground.

Below the entire medicinal herb garden.

There is a very regular cycle of spiritual energy.

Enter from the east side.

Bypass the fields.

Divided into six strands.

Finally, they converge on the west side.

Round and round.

Something looks like it's still working.

Lin Ye's expression slowly changed.

"There's a formation coming up."

Cheng Fang looked at him.

"Alive?"

"It's still spinning."

Almost at the same time he finished speaking.

Deep in the wild grass.

An otherwise unremarkable green plant swayed slightly.

Below the leaves.

A hint of purple was visible.

The Scripture of All Souls vibrated instantly.

"Don't step on it!"

The technician at the front immediately stopped.

The voice of Wanling has changed.

"This is not an abandoned medicinal herb garden."

"There is still something alive."

Lin Ye looked up at the entire barren field.

The wind blows.

Large patches of weeds lay flat.

What's showing below isn't just one plant.

Instead, it was a whole area.

Purple.

blue.

crimson.

Scattered among the wild grasses.

At least several dozen plants.

A purple jade grass just fell down from outside.

They dare to offer millions on the black market.

And here.

There are too many to count at a glance.