martial arts development log

Chapter 196
The mountain-swallowing spirit beast does not have the mysterious structural principle of the two puppet mechanism beasts assigned by the Immortal Alliance, but it has a natural sensitivity to spirit stones.Coupled with the natural ability to travel through mountains and soil, the search for spirit stones is even faster than the two puppet mechanism beasts.

After a while, the mountain-piercing spirit swallowing beast twisted its body and got out of the soil, opened its mouth, and spit out a spirit stone in front of Qin Chuan.

Although this little thing feeds on spirit stones, it only eats one piece a day during the second level.I will not eat again after I am full, and all the spirit stones collected will be handed over to the owner.

Qin Chuan is quite satisfied with its collection speed.Pat it on the head to express approval, and then let it go back into the mountain immediately to continue searching for the whereabouts of the spirit stone.

Next, whether it was the mountain-piercing spirit swallowing beast or the puppet mechanism beast, the search speed for the spirit stones of both was much slower.Qin Chuan knew that this was normal. After all, the spirit stone veins here were abandoned after being mined by underground demons, and the density of spirit stones would not be too high.It is estimated that it is impossible to complete the task in this abandoned mine vein, but at least there will be a lot of gains.

As for the other five sects including Siwuzong, I'm afraid they haven't got a single spirit stone yet!
The direction they chose can lead directly to the Lingshi mine that the underground demons are currently mining.Among them, the resources of spirit stones must be much richer than those of abandoned mines.But at the same time, there are also a large number of earth demon troops guarding it.

Si Wuzong and other sects would not be able to enter the mine without paying a price, let alone mining.

Thinking of them, Qin Chuan couldn't help thinking of Sun Jinpeng, the Patriarch of Qixia Sect.Qin Chuan didn't dare to judge whether this person was a good person, but he believed that the other person must be a calm-headed and principled person.

Such a person is undoubtedly worth making friends with.If conditions permit, Qin Chuan doesn't mind supporting him so that he can complete the task smoothly.But at that time, it was not suitable to throw an olive branch to the other party.Now Qixia Sect and Siwu Sect will also be in trouble, which is a pity.

Sun Jinpeng... If you can complete the task of collecting 100 yuan of spirit stones this time, after you go out, Yuhuamen is willing to make you a friend.If it can't be done...then there's no point in talking about anything else.

After thinking about this, Qin Chuan controlled his thoughts and refocused on the collection of spirit stones...

When the Yuhua Sect was working together in the abandoned mine to collect spirit stones in an orderly manner, the other five sects headed by Siwuzong also gradually reached the end of the path, and a busy scene appeared in front of them.

At the end of the path, there is a forest of chaotic stones, which is just used to hide the figure.Zhu Shigu, the patriarch of the Si Wu Sect, stood in the stone forest and observed the scene ahead. He couldn't help being overjoyed, and said to the other sects in a low voice: "Our luck is really good! Ahead is the collection of spirit stones of the underground demons." field!"

Everyone also looked out.I saw a tall and continuous mountain on the opposite side.There are many deep mines opened on the mountain, and groups of strong but ugly old demons are coming in and out of the mines, busy collecting spirit stones.

Although the subterranean race is naturally strong, its technical strength is extremely backward.For jobs like mining, they don't use many tools like humans, and everything depends on brute force.

Fortunately, these Old Demons who work as hard workers have low intelligence and simple thinking.No matter how hard and tiring the work is, they don't know how to resist, so the entire mine is in order.

Everyone was excited when they saw such a large mine.After all, if you want to complete the task of collecting spirit stones, you must first find a place with spirit stones.And the underground world below Xuyuan is very vast and boundless.Bad luck, if you can't find the mine of the underground devil, then there is no chance at all.

It is really good luck to choose a path at random and come across the Earth Demon Mine.

The mine has been found, what should I do next?With such thoughts in their hearts, everyone turned their heads to look at Zhu Shigu, the suzerain of Si Wuzong.

Along the way, there have been simple exchanges between the five sects.Among them, Siwu Sect is the strongest, Qixia Sect is slightly second, and the other three sects are second.

Everyone has also discussed that the underground world is extremely dangerous. If you want to successfully complete the mission, you must have a unified deployment and a unified command. Therefore, they jointly elected the Suzerain Zhu Shigu as the temporary leader to be responsible for commanding the overall operations of the five sects.

Zhu Shigu already felt superior to others because of the strength of his sect, so if he was asked to be the leader of the five sects, of course he would not refuse and quickly entered the role.

At this time, hiding in the rocky forest, after observing for a while the scene of the earth devil laborers collecting spirit stones on the opposite hidden dragon mountain, Zhu Shigu said: "In this mine, most of them are earth devil laborers, and their combat effectiveness is very low. And the guarding force of the surrounding Earth Demon army is not strong either. The five sects huddled together, chose the cave with the most Earth Demon laborers to rush into, and then guarded the cave while using puppet mechanism beasts to collect spirit stones. Everyone agrees how?"

After everyone discussed in low voices for a while, there was basically no objection.However, Sun Jinpeng couldn't help frowning, and said: "This Lingshi mine seems to be very large. Even in the underground world, it must be a great fortune. I am worried that there may be an army of old demons stationed nearby. . Shall we hold off on the shot, get to know the situation first, and then choose the best location?"

Zhu Shigu is arrogant by nature, and likes to say what he says best.At this time, what I said was questioned by Sun Jinpeng, and he was very displeased, and said with a straight face: "Sect Master Sun, it is good to be cautious, but too cautious will inevitably give people the feeling of being indecisive, greedy for life and afraid of death. Don't even think about it, Hidden Dragon Mountain is so big, even if there are old demon troops stationed, will we be able to find it in a while? Besides, the spirit stone veins are not everywhere, you can guarantee that you can find them in a short time Is your so-called 'best location'? Don't forget, the mission time given to us by the Immortal Alliance is only five days!"

In the task request sent by the messenger of the Changhe Sword Sect, it was indeed clearly stated that the maximum period for this task of collecting spirit stones is five days.After five days, those sects that have not collected enough spirit stones will be treated as unfinished tasks.

Zhu Shigu paused for a moment, and then said: "The suzerain has just carefully observed that the strength of the earth demon guards around the mine is basically between the seventh and eighth layers of Qi training period. This can show that even if there are earth demon guards nearby The army of demons is stationed, and the overall strength should only be at the seventh or eighth level of the Qi training period. Our five factions jointly seized a mine, released puppet mechanism beasts to collect spirit stones, and we worked together to guard the entrance of the cave. There is no problem with the army's attack. Therefore, this Suzerain believes that there is no need to carry out the so-called 'understanding', just attack directly, complete the task and wait for the alliance to bring us out of the abyss."

After Zhu Shigu finished speaking, most of the other sects nodded in agreement.

While distributing the puppet mechanism beasts, the Xiandao Alliance also distributed a special storage bag to each sect.After collecting enough spirit stones, put them into the storage bag, and the alliance will sense it immediately, and then activate the teleportation formation to take the sect that has completed the task away from the abyss.

Therefore, out of confidence in their own strength, everyone felt that Sun Jinpeng's cautious plan was not as good as Zhu Shigu's frontal attack plan.After all, it is completely unknown whether a better mining location can be found, and it should be no problem to withstand the attack of the Earth Demon army for an hour or two.

Although Sun Jinpeng felt that a Lingshi mine of this size was definitely a huge wealth, and the guarding force of the Earth Demon could not be as weak as Zhu Shigu judged, but he also knew that to complete the mining task, he could only rely on himself It is impossible to accomplish it with the power of one sect, and it must be done with the help of other sects.Therefore, seeing that the other sects agreed with Zhu Shigu's proposal, they naturally had no choice but to obey.

Since everyone has no more objections, the action will start immediately.Each school uses its own unique means, or uses magic weapons, or uses talismans to hide its body shape and breath, and then slowly approach the central mine with the largest number of hard workers.

"In the process of approaching, everyone must be careful not to expose Xingzang. As long as you approach the mine smoothly, and then violently kill all the hard workers in the cave, and then control the entrance of the cave to prevent the underground demons from invading, then use the Immortal Alliance's It is easy for the puppet mechanism beast to collect spirit stones and complete the task." Zhu Shigu condensed his mana, gathered his voice into a thread, and said to everyone.

Everyone nodded when they heard the words, but Sun Jinpeng still maintained a strong vigilance in his heart, and secretly told his disciples: "Everyone must not be too optimistic, and keep your spirits up. If the situation is different, don't love to fight, and escape immediately. It's important here."

All Qixia sect members also nodded, keeping the suzerain's order firmly in their hearts.

As Zhu Shigu said just now, the guards around the mine are not strong, and the tallest ones are comparable to the eighth-level monks in the human Qi training period.They didn't notice the slightest bit of the concealment methods used by the five major factions.

As for the hard workers responsible for collecting minerals, their strength is even lower, and there is no possibility of discovery.

When Zhu Shigu, Sun Jinpeng and others successfully approached the selected large mine, they immediately withdrew to hide and revealed their figures.

All of a sudden, spells bombarded around the mine, magic weapons flew around, and many earth demon miners were powerless to fight back, just like harvested leeks, falling to the ground to die one by one.The five major factions successfully entered the mine.

After entering the cave, Zhu Shigu immediately ordered in a loud voice: "Every disciple sent out will join forces to mop up the participating Earth Demon miners in the cave, and the rest of the staff will stay at the entrance of the cave to guard. Anyone who approaches will be killed!"

After everyone heard this, they immediately assigned five monks to be responsible for killing the old devil laborers in the mine.These earth devil laborers are the lowest existence among the underground devil race. In front of many monks whose strength level is above the ninth level of the Qi training stage, they have no power to fight back, and they are all slaughtered in a short time.

So far, the largest mine in the Lingshi mine has been officially occupied by the five factions.

While they were killing the old devil's laborers in the cave, the old devil's guards outside had also noticed something abnormal.Suddenly, a sharp "woo hoo" sound pierced the sky and resounded through the sky. It must be the means used by the old demon guards to convey information.

The old demon guards quickly assembled while passing on the news of the attack.A team of about 80 to [-] people was formed, and they rushed towards the mine occupied by human monks.

In this team, only the leader of the old demon has a cultivation base around the Great Perfection during the Qi training period, and the rest of the Old Demon guards only have the strength of the seventh or eighth level of the Qi training period.Although the number of personnel has an advantage, the entrance of the cave is narrow, and the advantage of the number of people cannot be exerted at all.In addition, Zhu Shigu, Sun Jinpeng and others have strong cultivation bases and mighty magic weapons, guarding the entrance of the cave.Under the command of the commander, the old demon guards rushed over, and soon fell one after another under the bombardment of the magic weapons of the human monks.

This kind of harvesting speed is not much slower than the old devil's laborer in the harvesting hole just now.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Shigu was very satisfied.I took back the magic weapon temporarily, and handed over the task of defending the entrance of the cave to others, while I stood aside and gave a new order: "This suzerain is sure to be right, these earth demons have no chance of attacking. Everyone, quickly release the puppet mechanism beast and start Let's collect spirit stones!"

The rest of the people were also full of optimism about the situation, and they took out their own puppet mechanism beasts one after another, and began to prepare for the collection of spirit stones.

Their puppet mechanism beast is exactly the same as the one in Qin Chuan's hands.Two mechanical animals with mysterious workmanship were put together soon after they landed. One was in charge of detection and the other was in charge of digging holes. The hole suddenly became noisy and busy.

This cave, as the mine that the old devil's laborers are collecting, is indeed much richer in spiritual stone resources than the abandoned mine where Qin Chuan and the others are located.A few little puppet mechanism beasts just got into the rocks for a while, and then returned to the ground one by one, each spit out the harvested spirit stones, and handed them over to the leaders of their respective sects.

Zhu Shigu looked at these small and miraculous gadgets, and was very curious in his heart.As a quite powerful sect, he had heard of the puppet mechanism technique in the world of cultivating immortals before, but he had never seen it before.

Now watching these little puppets collect spirit stones with my own eyes is really an eye-opener.

Just as he was observing the puppet mechanism beast with curiosity, a monk suddenly called out from the entrance of the cave: "Look, the old demon army is here to support it!"

Zhu Shigu's expression darkened when he heard this, and he immediately returned to the entrance of the cave and looked out.Sure enough, outside the mine, the old demon army rushed here from four directions.All of them were green like ghosts, screaming in their mouths, and the momentum was quite astonishing.

Although the exact number of Old Demons cannot be judged, judging by the momentum, at least three to five thousand Old Demon guards have rushed to support them!

However, what made Zhu Shigu feel gratified was that although the four Earth Demon armies that came to support them were large in number, their strength was not too strong.Those command-level old demons are basically between the great perfection of the Qi training period and the ninth floor of the Qi training period, and there are no higher masters.

The entrance of the mine is very narrow, and at most a dozen people can pass through it side by side.No matter how many Old Demons there are, they can't attack together, so as long as there are no particularly powerful Old Demon masters coming, they are still confident in defending the mine.

After thinking about this, Zhu Shigu cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, calm down, there is no need to worry. We will guard the entrance of the cave and take advantage of the geographical advantage. No matter how many old demons come, we will not be able to attack! In addition, we don't have to worry about us being heavily attacked." Surrounded, unable to leave. As long as enough spirit stones are collected, the teleportation formation of the Immortal Alliance will immediately take us away from this place!"

Zhu Shigu's words of encouragement revived the fighting spirit of the monks who had become a little uneasy because of the earth demon army rushing to help them.Everyone cheered up, concentrated on controlling the magic weapon, and blasted and killed the old demons near the entrance of the cave.

At this time, the seventy or eighty old demons who were originally in charge of guarding the mine had been killed by the monks.However, the four armies of Old Demons who came to support them had already reached the entrance of the cave, and surrounded the cave heavily like a tide.

However, due to the narrow entrance of the cave, only a dozen or so Old Demons could charge towards the cave side by side at a time.The other Old Demons could only squeeze behind, staring blankly and anxiously.

In this way, the battle between the monks of the five factions and the army of the old demons continued wave after wave.The first batch of more than a dozen Old Demons fell, and the second batch came up immediately, and the second batch fell, and the third batch came up again.If there are too many corpses accumulated on the ground, Old Demon will take action to clean them up, and then continue to launch a new wave of attacks.

The magic weapons of the monks of the five sects are powerful and have high lethality; while the army of the old demons is huge and can afford to die.Neither side would back down, and the battle became more and more stalemate.

Inside the cave, five groups of puppet mechanism beasts are also collecting spirit stones in an orderly manner.Every time a piece is collected, each sect will have specialized personnel to collect the spirit stone, but instead of putting it into the special storage bag issued by the Immortal Alliance, they put it away first.

All five sects collected enough spirit stones, put them into special storage bags together, and left together. This was also a consensus reached by everyone.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and more and more spirit stones were collected by the puppet mechanism beast.However, the situation of the monks of the five sects has gradually deteriorated.

Although, they guarded the cave and occupied the geographical advantage, so they could temporarily contend head-on with the Old Demon army without defeat.However, the key problem is that the number of the Old Demon army is too large, it seems that they can't kill and die.No matter how many kills, there will always be old demon guards to follow.

However, the mana of the monks of the five sects is limited.Under this high-intensity consumption, some people soon began to show signs of mana exhaustion.

Before entering Xuyuan, the spiritual stones of all monks have been forcibly collected by the Immortal Alliance, and will be returned after the task is completed.Therefore, it is impossible to use spirit stones for mana replenishment.

Although the elixir was not forcibly collected, the elixir that can quickly restore mana is extremely rare and precious, and the five sects add up to only a little bit.

The situation is critical at this time, and everyone doesn't distinguish between you and me.Once someone's mana is exhausted, the person who has the elixir will immediately take out his own elixir and give it to him to take to restore mana.

Everyone has only one goal, persist until the puppet mechanism beast collects 100 yuan of spirit stones, and then use the teleportation method of the Immortal Alliance to escape from here.

Fortunately, the puppet mechanism beast provided by the Immortal Alliance does not disappoint.In just a short period of time, a large number of spirit stones have been collected.

Among all the sects, Qixia Sect's puppet mechanism beast has the highest efficiency, and has collected 43 low-grade spirit stones.Although the rest of the sects are slightly different, they are not too big.The least one sect has already collected 35 yuan.

"Everyone hold on, hold on! It'll be fine! With the collection speed of puppet mechanism beasts, we can complete the task and leave Xuyuan in less than an hour!" Zhu Shigu encouraged everyone.

However, his mouth is a real ominous thing.As soon as the voice fell, three figures suddenly floated down from the mountains and rivers outside the mine, rushing towards here.

Sun Jinpeng has been maintaining a high degree of attention to the outside world, and immediately discovered these three figures.After taking a closer look, his face suddenly turned pale: "Not good! Some old demon masters are coming! Here are three Yashas!"

Ye, Yasha?
Hearing this word, Zhu Shigu's eyes suddenly turned black.

He hurriedly looked out, and sure enough, he saw three muscular figures approaching here at an extremely fast speed.Zhu Shigu knew at a glance that even he could not reach this speed.At this time, the three old demons who came to support them were astonishingly powerful.

However, with the last glimmer of hope in his heart, Zhu Shigu looked up at the mouths of the three old devil masters.

He hoped that it was his own misjudgment just now, but the fact hit him hard again.

From the mouths of the three old devil masters, there were two slender and white fangs sticking out, like ivory.In the dark underground world, there is also a faint white light.

Fangs are the most obvious symbol of Yaksha's identity.After seeing this thing, Zhu Shigu's heart suddenly became cold.

Of course, he has also studied the information of the old demons, and he knows that the strength of the old demons at the Yasha level is comparable to that of human foundation-building monks.

Foundation building period!

If it is in the period of complete victory in the mental state, one's own side may still be able to fight against them for a while with the advantage of the magic weapon.

But now, after fighting head-on with the Old Demon army for dozens of waves, most of the cultivators on their side have lost a lot of mana and are on the verge of exhaustion.

Under such circumstances, I am afraid that within a few face-to-face meetings, three yakshas can knock down all five sects of monks to the ground!
The number of spirit stones is still more than half, but the old demons have Yasha to support them.what to do?what to do?
Could it be that the monks of the five sects are going to die here today?

Zhu Shigu couldn't help feeling a little regretful.He regretted that he was too arrogant just now, and didn't take Sun Jinpeng's proposal to heart at all.

It's a pity that no matter how strong an alchemist is, he can't make regret pills.Regret now, it's too late...

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Just as the monks of the five schools and the army of the old demons were fighting in full swing, Qin Chuan's group of five from the Yuhua Sect was also collecting spirit stones in an orderly manner in the abandoned mine.

Unknowingly, the collection work has been going on for an hour.Everything inside and outside the cave was calm, and nothing unusual happened.

At this moment, Chen Hao, who was arranged by Qin Chuan to observe the enemy's situation outside the cave, suddenly walked into the cave and reported the news ""Brother Sect Leader, an hour has passed.Everything outside the cave was normal, and there was no trace of the Old Demon patrolling soldiers. "

Qin Chuan stretched out his hand and touched the ring on his finger, and murmured, "Is there really no patrolling soldier? Very good, it seems that everything is as I expected, the other five sects must have started a head-on confrontation with the old demon army .”

According to the information recorded on the detailed map of the underground world, the patrol rhythm of the old demon patrols in this area is once every hour, rain or shine.

Now, an hour has passed since the last Old Demon patrol was killed, and no second patrol has yet appeared.Qin Chuan can naturally guess what happened - it must be that the old demon army and the other five sects of monks fought and concentrated all the troops, so there were no patrol soldiers here to patrol again!
At this time, it is the best time to become a feather gate.

"Junior Sister Qianxue, how many spirit stones have you collected?" Qin Chuan asked Su Qianxue immediately after pondering for a while.

Su Qianxue's grasp of the numbers in this area is simply as good as the palm of her hand.There was no need to count, and he immediately replied: "Brother Qi, the head of the sect, the puppet organmen collected 21 yuan, and the Chuanshantun spirit beast collected 20 yuan, a total of 41 spirit stones!"

Qin Chuan sighed softly when he heard the words, and said, "This number is quite different from my previous prediction..."

Su Qianxue said: "After all, this is a mine that has already been mined, and the remaining resources are very limited. At the beginning, the collection speed was okay. But now, it takes longer and longer to mine a piece of spirit stone. .”

Qin Chuan nodded and said, "I understand that too. In fact, it's pretty good to be able to obtain more than 40 pieces of spirit stones in an abandoned mine. Moreover, if my predictions are correct, the other five sects have already been given to us. The Feathering Gate has created a great opportunity, we can't waste it. Put away the puppets and retailers, and set off immediately, leave this abandoned mine, and change to the next target!"

"Obey!" All the elders responded in unison.Immediately following Qin Chuan's instructions, he put away all the spirit stones, mountain-piercing spirit-swallowing beasts, and puppet mechanism beasts, and then followed Qin Chuan, quickly walked out of the abandoned mine, and galloped westward.

Although they don't know where the next target is.But they are very clear that following the leader will never make a mistake.So, no one raised any doubts.

At this time, time was running out, and Qin Chuan didn't bother to fabricate reasons and explain them to everyone.Just according to the information I learned from the detailed map at the beginning, lead the way first and run all the way.

Soon, the nearest mine to the mine just now was displayed in front of Qin Chuan again.

This mine, unlike the abandoned mine just now, is a mine that is being mined.Spirit stone resources are naturally more abundant.

Originally, according to the information provided on the detailed map of the underground world, there was not a small army of earth demons guarding the mine.With the strength of Yuhuamen, it is not enough to kill them all in an instant.

Once they spread the news, a large number of Earth Demon troops stationed in Hidden Dragon Mountain will come here in a short time to support and fight back against the invaders.

With the strength of the Yuhuamen, if Qin Chuan guards the entrance of the mine, he also believes that he will not be attacked by the Earth Demon army.But the difference between him and Zhu Shigu is that he has a very clear grasp of the information of the underground world.Knowing that on the mountains in this area, not only are there a large number of demon army-level earth demon troops stationed, but there are also several Yasha-level earth demon commanders!
If the strategy of guarding the mine is adopted, but a few Yakshas block the cave in the end, it is impossible to escape.

Because of this, Qin Chuan did not choose to come here at the beginning, but went to the abandoned mine.

In fact, if Zhu Shigu hadn't blackmailed the Yuhua sect at the beginning, Qin Chuan would have had another plan to ensure that the six sects would complete the task collectively.

Although the plan has to be changed now, Qin Chuan is still sure that Yuhuamen can successfully complete the task.

Because he knew that according to the path Zhu Shigu and others took, if he wanted to collect spirit stones, he would definitely confront the Old Demon army head-on.With their strength, before the Yasha-level old demons show up, they will definitely be able to contain a large number of old demon troops.The nearby mine guards should also go to support them.

Now, when he came to this mine to take a look, it was as expected by Qin Chuan.There are only a few dozens of guards at the level of demon soldiers left near the mine, and the rest are all lower-level earth demon coolies.

Zhu Shigu, it seems that I should thank you!Draw the attention of the old demon army to you, and I, Yuhuamen, can quietly collect spirit stones and complete the task!

Qin Chuan sneered twice in his heart, waved to all the elders, and signaled everyone to move forward: "The old devil guards and old devil miners here must be killed in a short time, neither let them release news, nor let them have any information. A chance to escape, so that we can mine safely, do you understand?"

"Don't worry, Sect Leader, there will never be a fish that slips through the net!" All the elders said in unison.

They have also seen clearly the strength of the old demon troops here, and they have absolute confidence.

Qin Chuan nodded slightly and made a "up" gesture.Immediately, the members of the Yuhua Sect and the spirit beasts left the cave as a whole without reservation, and killed the old demon guards first.

These old demon guards were few in number and weak in strength, so they couldn't withstand such a stormy attack.Almost without a chance to react, they all turned into corpses.

Next, there are the old demon miners here.They are less powerful and easier to clear.From the appearance just now to the complete control of this mine now, it is almost just a moment.

"Very well, everything is going well, we will immediately enter the cave and start mining. Remember, a crisis may come at any time, and we must remain vigilant at all times!" Qin Chuan instructed everyone.

"As ordered!"

Everyone agreed, and they were going to follow the previous division of labor, monitoring and mining at the same time.Unexpectedly, Qiu Chengfeng, the master craftsman, suddenly turned his face aside, and said in a deep voice: "Master, the situation is wrong, a large number of people are approaching here!"

(End of this chapter)