Chapter 420: Mineral Lode

"It's here?"

Little voices sounded.

Looking at the scene in front of him in a deep valley, Chen Changming frowned.

At this moment, he is in a barren area.

Surrounded by a piece of Huangshan, there are buildings standing everywhere, standing in this place, it seems that it has been a few years.

In front of Chen Changming, an old man who looked very old, already an octogenarian, stood there, facing Chen Changming with a bitter look on his face.

"Yes, this is the place."

Liu Wen nodded, and said helplessly, "Every night, some abnormalities will appear here."

"What's the specific situation?"

Chen Changming turned around and looked at the old man in front of him: "Tell me."

"yes."

Liu Wen nodded, and after thinking for a while, he continued: "It happened about half a month ago."

"At that time, there was a strange sound coming from the depths of the entire mine lode."

"At the beginning, the little old man didn't pay much attention to it, but felt a little strange, thinking that some wild beasts from outside were attracted by the spiritual power of this place."

"However, after several days of thorough investigations, no results were obtained in the end. On the contrary, people have been missing since that day."

Liu Wen said with a helpless face.

"Missing?"

Chen Changming frowned: "What's the missing method?"

"I don't know."

Liu Wen kept the helpless expression on his face before, and said softly at this time: "It's like the whole living person suddenly disappeared. There is nothing abnormal, but it still disappears."

"The whole process is very strange, it feels a little inexplicable."

With a puzzled look on his face, he said so.

Before that, in order to solve this problem, he didn't take action himself, on the contrary, he bit the bullet and searched around.

But in the end, the result of the search was nothing.

Every day, those who disappeared continue to disappear, with no intention of stopping.

Even, as time passed, not only did this trend not stop, but it became more and more intense.

Seeing that the matter continued to expand, it was about to reach a point where even Liu Wen himself could not cover it up.

Therefore, he had no choice but to ask for help and pass the news to Chen Changming.

"Unexplainable disappearance."

Chen Changming frowned, feeling a little surprised at this moment.

Standing there, he turned around and looked ahead.

On top of the many mountain peaks in front, there are huge caves, which are very conspicuous.

These are the traces left by excavating spirit stones in the past, and they still remain here.

But in the surroundings, Chen Changming let go of his senses and sensed them carefully, but nothing special happened.

There is no bloody smell here, nor is there any abnormality. Apart from the abnormal abundance of inspiration, there is nothing special about it.

Think about it too.

If there were any obvious traces, Liu Wen in front of him would not be helpless.

After all, to a certain extent, Liu Wen in front of him is not weak anymore, and he can be considered an elder in size.

There are many kinds of elders in Suiwang Palace, but they can be roughly divided into two categories.

One category is naturally the best among the best, not only the status and strength are top-notch, but also the talents are outstanding, and they performed extremely well when they were only disciples.

The other category is purely about reputation, which is slowly gained by ordinary disciples through their qualifications.

Compared with the former, the strength of the latter is much weaker. Although the strength is not bad, generally speaking, it is at most the strength of the spirit realm.

The Liu Wen in front of him can be released to the outside world to watch the spiritual veins. Naturally, it is the latter. His strength is not as good as that of the ordinary spirit realm, and he can be regarded as the bottom in the spirit realm.

But even if he is at the bottom, this is still a spiritual realm, and because of his seniority, he has rich experience and is very sophisticated.

If there was any particularly obvious situation, the other party must have already discovered it, and it would not be Chen Changming's turn to come here.

Standing where he was, Chen Changming shook his head secretly, then turned around and looked in front of him.

Beside him, Zhou Ren and Liu Yao were just standing there, frowning at each other at this moment, as if they were thinking about something.

As for Zhou Qingping, she was standing by Chen Changming's side at this moment, very close to Chen Changming's position, and she seemed to be thinking of something at this moment.

"Do you remember anything?"

Looking at Zhou Qingping, Chen Changming said casually, just mentioning it casually.

He just mentioned it casually, and didn't really expect the other party to give an answer.

But the other party surprised him a bit.

"Son."

Zhou Qingping turned around, looked at Chen Changming and said softly: "I have read books before, and I have seen a few stories."

"In the past, there were mortals who strayed into the secret realm, and finally got trapped in it after various accidents."

"But the scene at this moment is somewhat similar to those stories."

After her words fell, Zhou Ren and Liu Yao's eyes lit up.

"good!"

Zhou Ren nodded, and said excitedly: "If it's something like a secret realm, then it's easy to explain."

"Those missing people may not have suffered accidents, but entered that secret realm by mistake, and were swallowed by that secret realm."

"Therefore, naturally there will be no traces left here, because those people were not attacked at all, and there will be no traces of divine power left in the battle."

He opened his mouth excitedly, but frowned suddenly when he said this: "No."

"If it's a secret realm, why is there no trace of space, and why are some people swallowed and others not?"

"That's easy to explain."

Standing by Zhou Ren's side, Liu Yao took the conversation, and then continued: "What if this secret place is not the ordinary one, but the kind left by people?"

"For the secret realm left by humans, if the people left behind are strong enough and the patterns left are perfect enough, it will be enough to block the traces of the secret realm."

"As for some people being able to enter and some not being able to, it may be because of the conditions of that secret realm."

"Some people don't meet the conditions to enter that secret realm, so naturally they can't enter it."

He spoke softly, saying this was a supplement to Zhou Ren's words.

In a short period of time, the three of them roughly analyzed the possible situation and the reasons for it.

Although it has not been proven yet, judging from the current situation, it is very possible.

Liu Wen couldn't help but his eyes brightened: "That's right."

"The little old man has forgotten, and it may be a secret realm."

Speaking of this, he was also a little excited, and even his voice became excited at this time.

Between the heavens and the earth in this world, there are various mysteries everywhere.

Some of these secret realms are naturally generated, and some are left over by the ancestors in the past, but all of them are very precious, and each has great value.

However, the number of these secret realms is also very rare, and they are often encountered but not sought after.

Therefore, at the beginning, Liu Wen didn't think about it.

But thinking about it now, he couldn't help but get excited.

The birth of a secret realm contains a lot of benefits.

Whether it is the elixir or the secret treasure, once it can be taken out, it will be an amazing wealth.

With Chen Changming here, although the big head has nothing to do with Liu Wen, as far as Liu Wen's cultivation base is concerned, even if he only gets some leftovers, it is enough to satisfy him, and he will even go further in the future to reach higher level.

Even if he got nothing from it, he could still please Chen Changming, the holy son.

When Chen Changming was happy, he might remember him and transfer him away from this place.

These are all clear benefits.

Thinking of this, Liu Wen couldn't help being a little excited. Looking at Chen Changming at this time, he continued to speak: "Son, the little old man is willing to help and lead people to explore the entire mining area."

"Then summon the disciples."

Chen Changming nodded, and then spoke like this.

At the beginning, he didn't want Liu Wen to participate in it, but Liu Wen has been in charge of this place for so many years, no matter what, he is quite familiar with this place.

With the help of the other party, the search for the secret realm will probably be smoother.

Therefore, for Liu Wen's active approach, Chen Changming did not refuse, but nodded in agreement.

"Leave, too."

Afterwards, he looked at Zhou Ren and Zhou Ren who were eager to try, and finally nodded to them: "If you want to, go too."

"However, remember to be safe and don't let yourself encounter any accidents."

Looking at their excited faces, Chen Changming shook his head secretly, and then explained like this.

"yes."

Listening to Chen Changming's words, Zhou Ren and Liu Yao nodded and said yes without hesitation.

Looking at it like this, I don't know if I listened to Chen Changming's words.

However, Chen Changming didn't care about it.

After all, what should be said has already been said, and it is their business whether they can listen to it or not.

Although Chen Changming is willing to help, he is not a nanny and will not take care of them all the time.

"For the rest of the time, you all follow Elder Liu."

Looking at Liu Wen in front of him, Chen Changming thought for a while, and then said: "No matter what, Elder Liu has been here for many years, so he must be very familiar with this place."

"Please rest assured, Holy Son."

Liu Wen suddenly understood what Chen Changming meant.

He looked at Chen Changming in front of him with a respectful expression: "I will try my best to assist the two stewards."

"If the two stewards have any needs, they can directly ask the old man."

With a respectful face, he looked at Zhou Ren and Liu Yao and said.

Zhou Ren and Liu Yao also nodded, expressing respect for the elder Liu Wen.

They have no reason to be proud.

You know, if it wasn't for Chen Changming, they would probably still be struggling in Suiwang Palace at this moment, and their identities are far from being comparable to elders like Liu Wen.

If it wasn't for Chen Changming, as the other party, there was absolutely no need to pay attention to them.

After spending many years in Suiwang Palace, they naturally did not dare to be disrespectful to such an elder, and did not dare to have the slightest righteousness.

Regarding Zhou Ren and Liu Yao's attitude, Liu Wen seemed quite satisfied, with a smile on his face all the time.

Afterwards, they walked aside and discussed.

Judging from this, it should be ready to search the entire vein.

I don't know what to do.

Chen Changming didn't care about their plan, he just turned around and looked aside.

Standing in place, he stood there, feeling the breath of life around the entire mine, and couldn't help frowning at this moment.

"There are more people than I thought."

He felt the aura filling the surroundings, and this thought could not help but flash through at this moment.

The mine lode in front of me belongs to the Sui Palace, and there are naturally disciples belonging to the Sui Palace stationed there.

However, there are also a large number of mortals in it.

Moreover, in Chen Changming's perception, these mortals are much weaker than ordinary people, and many of them are dying and dying.

Following the feeling in his heart, Chen Changming walked forward and saw some figures.

Those figures in ragged clothes were lying there one by one, and the breath on their bodies was very weak.

Of course, there are also some people who are still working, constantly waving the shovel in their hands, and constantly working there.

Looking at these people, Chen Changming frowned.

Most of these people in front of them have some problems.

Their bodies were emaciated, and there were abnormalities in many places on their bodies. Looking at it like this, it seemed that each of them had chronic diseases.

In the mine ahead, there were screams from time to time. Although the sound was not loud, it was very clear, and Chen Changming could hear it.

"Aura erosion?"

Looking at the abnormalities on those people, Chen Changming frowned, and this thought flashed through his mind at this moment.

With his current experience and cultivation base, he just glanced at those people and instantly understood what happened to them.

There is no doubt that this is a typical phenomenon of aura erosion.

Reiki is a good thing for monks, and it is also for mortals.

Ordinary people can prolong their lifespan if they stay in an environment full of aura for a long time, so that they can stay healthy and live to the limit of their own life span easily.

But there is a degree to everything.

A moderate amount of aura is an excellent thing for ordinary people, but once it is overdose, the consequences will be very terrifying.

Too strong spiritual energy will corrode the body of mortals, causing various reactions.

The result of this kind of reaction is horrific, often causing the entire body of a mortal to collapse, and finally a large piece of flesh and blood falls off, directly turning into a skeleton.

The people in the mine in front of them were obviously corroded by spiritual energy, so they became what they were in front of them.

"In this spiritual vein, are the people responsible for digging the spiritual stones all mortals?"

Looking at the people lying in front of him, Chen Changming said softly.

"right."

Hearing Chen Changming's words, Liu Wen was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "No way."

"Excavating spirit stones is a big project. If you use monks, you can't afford it at all, and it's too wasteful."

"So, not only here, but in all places, the excavation of spirit stones is the responsibility of mortals."

PS: I recommend the book next door, "Zuo Dao Jiang Hu", which was put on the shelves yesterday, and it will be changed a hundred times after it is put on the shelves.