“Crack, crack—”
Lu Changsheng and Li Feiyu watched as the Seeking Spirit Mouse in front of them dug into the Spirit Stone mine.
Although the Seeking Spirit Mouse was only the size of a baby, with low combat power,
its innate bloodline talent made it very efficient at mining stone veins.
However, Lu Changsheng was currently busy with other matters and naturally would not wait for it to dig slowly.
“Clang!”
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With a slap on his Storage Bag, the True Yang Five Elements Sword immediately appeared as he performed a Gesture Incantation with both hands.
“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—”
Instantly, the sword light flickered, bursting forth with fierce Sword Qi, cutting through the vein of Spirit Stones like tofu and causing the dense and pure Spiritual Energy to spill out.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”
Watching the fierce Sword Qi, the Seeking Spirit Mouse was immediately terrified and looked at Lu Changsheng with a shivering face, thinking it had done something wrong.
“Hisss, Changsheng must have broken through to the Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage, right!?”
Seeing this, Li Feiyu’s face also showed surprise and disbelief.
Not only was he astonished by Lu Changsheng’s Cultivation Strength,
but he was also amazed at how fierce Lu Changsheng’s Sword Qi was, resembling the legendary Sword Cultivators.
After all, in his view, his good brother had nothing to do with the legendary Sword Cultivators and was more suitable for the path of Yin and Yang Dual Cultivation.
“Changsheng, what happened?”
Just then, Lu Miaoge heard the noise inside and hurried over to check.
“Nothing, this Spirit Stone mine is a bit strange, there must be some treasure in the depths, I plan to take a look.”
Lu Changsheng explained, “Sister Miaoge, just keep watch outside.”
“Okay, be careful.”
Lu Miaoge nodded in response.
Seeing so many corpses in the minefield, she felt a bit of sympathy and summoned her Life-bound Spiritual Artifact, ‘Taichi Talisman’, to create several large pits outside the minefield.
Then she let Lu Yun, Lu Quanzhen, Lu Xianzhi, and others carry these corpses into the pits for burial.
Aside from Lu Quanzhen and a few other Lu Family Disciples, most found it quite unsettling facing so many ferocious and tragic corpses at once.
But they all knew that they had to adapt since this was an inevitable path they must traverse upon the start of their Cultivation journey.
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“Which direction?”
Lu Changsheng asked the Seeking Spirit Mouse, continuing his inquiry.
He could sense something was odd about this Spirit Stone mine, with possibly some Spirit Vein treasure hidden in the depths.
But he could not fully perceive the Origin Source or lock onto the specific location.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”
The Seeking Spirit Mouse quickly pointed in a direction.
This way, the two men and one mouse began to work.
After several hours, the Seeking Spirit Mouse hesitated for a long while in front of a few crevices before diving into one.
Seeing this, Lu Changsheng and Li Feiyu wielded magical swords and long knives to chisel a path.
This process was very draining on Mana.
If not for Lu Changsheng’s robust and unending Mana, or if Li Feiyu had been doing it alone, it would have been tough to continue.
Thus, after a long time, they arrived in front of a stone wall.
“It’s inside here!”
At that moment, Lu Changsheng realized that the source was within this stone wall.
He slashed fiercely with the True Yang Five Elements Sword in his hand.
“Boom, boom, boom—”
The Spirit Vein shook, and countless rocks and dust splattered, striking the Mana shields protecting him and Li Feiyu.
Suddenly, a natural rock cave over ten zhang in size appeared in front of them.
Though the cave seemed naturally formed, it was apparent that it had been artificially excavated.
Luminous Pearls that had lost their luster were placed in each corner, and there was a stone table and chairs covered in moss.
It looked like a Cultivator’s Cave Mansion.
At that instant, a rich wave of Spiritual Energy struck them from within the cave.
“This Spiritual Energy… could it be….”
Lu Changsheng gazed at the cave mansion before him, pausing for a moment as he vaguely guessed.
“Be careful, Changsheng.”
Li Feiyu, realizing that this was a predecessor’s Cave Mansion, immediately warned.
He had explored many ancient remains and cave mansions and was well aware that such places didn’t always signify good fortune.
Many cultivators with corrupt hearts, on the brink of Passing Away, or those who lost control in their Cultivation and fell into Demonic ways, would set traps and Killing Formations in their Cave Mansions out of a malicious wish that since they could not achieve the Great Dao, neither should others who come after.
There were even Cultivators who purposefully created treasure maps to bait others with the promise of their Cave Mansion’s treasures.
Thus, many who explored these relics full of joy ended up meeting tragic fates.
“Okay.”
Lu Changsheng nodded and said to the Seeking Spirit Mouse: “Hurry up.”
He then slapped his Storage Bag, summoning a Puppet and followed the Seeking Spirit Mouse into the cave.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”
The Seeking Spirit Mouse was naturally very alert to danger, and after looking around, it entered a stone chamber inside the cave.
Lu Changsheng immediately controlled the puppet to push open the stone door, and a mist-like Spiritual Energy raged out.
The Seeking Spirit Mouse immediately rushed in, followed by sounds of water and its joyful and contented chirping.
“Is this Spiritual Energy turned to mist?”
Li Feiyu had already noticed the excessively rich Spiritual Energy in the cave.
And now inside this stone chamber, the Spiritual Energy was so dense that it had misted, which was astonishing.
“It seems there is a Spiritual Eye Spring inside.”
Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, knowing his guess was correct.
Although there was no Spirit Vein here, there had to be a treasure of the Spiritual Spring!
Only then could the Spiritual Energy become so dense over the years that it overflowed and formed a miniature Spirit Stone mine.
“What, a Spiritual Eye Spring? Changsheng, are you saying there’s a Spiritual Eye Spring inside!?”
Li Feiyu exclaimed, his face turning white with shock.
Though he had never seen a Spiritual Eye Spring, he had heard of its existence.
He knew that such treasures were incredibly rare and immeasurable in value!
To think that Lu Changsheng had found a Spiritual Eye Spring on this venture!
“Changsheng, you really have great fortune to encounter such an opportunity just by stepping out.”