Old Ironhead stopped in his tracks.
He glanced at the dark mine tunnel, not wanting to go any deeper.
Su Qingxue was a little flustered and pleaded, “Old senior, it’s all the way here, can’t you give us another lift?”
Old Iron Head shook his head, “The entire vein is divided into three layers, the shallow layer, the white iron layer, and the ice steel layer. I usually move around in the first two layers and rarely go down to the Ice Steel layer. This is because legend has it that a long time ago, miners dug out evil spirits in the ice steel layer, causing this place to become a waste mine.”
Zhang Yuanwu was a bit scared and persuaded, “Miss Su, let’s go back, it’s too dangerous down there, there might be some evil monsters.”
“No, I must go down to find a treasure.”Su Qingxue’s attitude was alarmed.
Old Iron Head’s eyes narrowed as he said suspiciously, “Miss Su, what treasure are you looking for, even though you are in danger, you are not willing to give up.”
Su Qingxue hesitated again and again, and finally sighed, “I obtained an ancient map that said that in the ice and steel layer, there was a heaven and earth fire, the Yin Underworld Fire, that had been bred!”
Saying so, he took out an ancient beast skin, which was painted with dense black lines, and at first glance, it looked like a mass of graffiti.
The crowd was jolted.
“Surprisingly, it’s for a heaven and earth foreign fire.”
“Yin Underworld Flame, but it’s the most Yin fire, rumoured to come from hell.”
“This is a supreme treasure, I’ve heard of an Immortal King who became a Daoist with the help of this fire.”
Qin Li’s eyes narrowed, heaven and earth’s foreign flames had a fatal attraction to refiners, after all, the higher-ranked the material, the more difficult it was to melt, if he could devour a foreign fire, not only would his strength skyrocket, but he could also use it to become a high-level refiner.
Incidentally, his Leaving Flame was also a heaven and earth foreign fire.
“Map!”Old Iron Head was very surprised and took the map and looked at it, “This map is a bit old! It is indeed a map of the mine, but it is drawn wrongly in a few places and cannot be used as a proof. Miss Su, listen to my advice, turn back!”
The crowd looked at Su Qingxue, hoping that she would extinguish her delusions.
However!
Su Qingxue gritted her teeth:
“I have some reasons why I must find the Yin Underworld Flame.”
“No matter who it is, as long as they can help me get the Yin Underworld Flame, I will do my best to help them fulfil a wish.”
The meaning behind a girl saying such words was already very obvious.
Zhao Lingzhi couldn’t help but sigh, seemingly lamenting her own young lady’s rough fate.
Zhang Yuanwu’s eyes were glowing as he said in a loud voice, “Isn’t it just another layer of the mine? What’s there to be afraid of. By the way, I’ll be ugly and say it in advance, you all were found by me, if you get the Yin Underworld Flame, the credit will be considered mine.”
Qin Li was somewhat surprised and glanced at Su Qingxue, who was biting her lower lip tightly, her eyes revealing a few points of helplessness and determination, as if she had encountered some heavenly difficulty and wanted to find the Yin Underworld Flame at all costs, to lift the predicament at hand.
“Miss Su, I’m still unsure.”Old Iron Head was still hesitant.
Su Qingxue did not say anything, but instead handed out two fourth-grade pills to Old Iron Head, incidentally settling Qin Li’s half of the Resident Green Flower, and the rest of the people’s remuneration as well, seemingly breaking the mould.
Old Iron Head didn’t refuse after all: “In that case, I’ll follow the map and take everyone down there, whoever told me to have an iron head!”
The words fell.
The crowd set off and entered the Ice Steel Layer.
The Ice Steel Layer was narrow and cold, with a thick layer of ice on the ground, stepping on it and rustling, it was like walking in the dark and snowy night.
Old Iron Head looked solemn, walking for a distance, looking twice at the map, still dropping a few fluorescent stones from time to time as markers.
This section of the journey was extremely depressing to walk.
“Eh! Look guys, there’s a bright light in front of us, could we have reached the exit!”Zhao Lingzhi was surprised to find a bit of bright light in the darkness.
The crowd’s spirits were shaken.
Only after getting closer did they realise that the bright light was a fluorescent stone.
“Isn’t this the marker I threw?”Old Iron Head’s face sank.
Zhang Yuanwu’s face changed as he asked, “Old Iron Head, you’re not lost, are you?”
Old Tie Tou looked grave and did not answer, instead, he looked closely at the map, then pointed in a direction and said, “Let’s go this way, we should be able to get out.”
The crowd set off again.
After making a big detour, they returned to the same place.
There was still the same fluorescent stone in front of them, and beside it were the scattered footprints of the crowd.
Zhang Yuanwu’s face changed drastically and he panicked, “Old Iron Head, you’re leading the wrong way.”
“It’s not that I led the wrong way, but the map was drawn wrongly, this is a big trouble.”Old Iron Head’s face was horribly gloomy as he pointed to another passageway and said:
“Let’s try this side again, maybe there’s a turnaround.”
The crowd set off once.
Then, it was still back here.
It was like falling into a labyrinth, no matter which direction they went, they would return to the same place.
“It’s over, now we’re completely lost, we can’t even find the way back.”Old Iron Head’s heart was stuffed.
In a split second!
A cloud of despair filled the hearts of the crowd.
“I don’t want to be stuck here!”Zhang Yuanwu sat paralysed on the ground with a face of despair. He regretted everything in his heart, regretting that he shouldn’t be lustful and delve into the ancient mining pit.
The rest of them also kept complaining, “Damn it, I shouldn’t have gone down to the ice and steel layer just now.”
“Hmph! What Earth Flame Sect, giving a little bit of revenge and letting us fight for our lives.”
“It’s all because of that Miss Su, forcibly pushing everyone into danger.”
“These two females, both are not good things.”
Everyone’s gazes, staring fiercely at Su Qingxue and Zhao Yazhi, their eyes full of complaints, even oozing a few points of tyranny and lust.
“You guys ……”
Su Qingxue retreated two steps in fear.
The most terrifying thing in the darkness was not evil spirits, but hearts ah!
She was a little panicked, if this group of people attacked in a group, the consequences would be unimaginable. Subconsciously, Su Qingxue looked at Qin Li first.
Covered in a black robe, Qin Li always said nothing, giving people a silent sense of security and solidity.
“Mr Jin, what do you have in mind.”Su Qingxue asked carefully.
Qin Li said indifferently, “Since we can’t get out of the labyrinth, why don’t we force a way out.”
Old Iron Head jolted and warned, “Young man, don’t mess around, this place is tens of thousands of metres deep into the ground, if it collapses, an Immortal Elder would have to be buried alive.”
“Don’t worry, I’m sure!”
Golden light blossomed on Qin Li’s fist as he punched the wall.
Boom!
Earth and rocks flew and smoke filled the air.
A loud ringing sound shook the crowd’s eardrums with severe pain.
Zhang Yuanwu went crazy and roared, “Are you crazy, trying to bury us alive!”
Su Qingxue, however, said in surprise, “Look guys, Jin blasted out a way out.”
The crowd looked sideways!
A new road appeared in the black hole in front of them.
Old Iron Head exclaimed, “Young man, you’re still strong.”
“Go in and take a look!”
Qin Li said and walked in.
The crowd followed, but unexpectedly came to a new world.
This was a huge cavern with a gloomy aura that seemed to be wide and without borders.
“Underground cavern, there’s this kind of place underneath the mine pit.”Old Iron Head was very surprised and threw out a fluorescent stone with force.
The fluorescent stone broke through the air and flew thousands of metres without encountering any obstacles, and finally exhausted itself and landed on the ground with a snapping sound.
Zhang Yuanwu was horrified, “This cave is also too big, could it be that we have come to the legendary kingdom of the dead, the boundless hell.”
Su Qingxue calmly said, “That’s just a legend, it’s 80% that we’ve entered a large cavern.”
“Let’s go!”
Qin Li’s expression was calm as he walked into the cavern.
The crowd followed suit, hoping to find a way out.
The underground cavern was extremely cold, with a sinister aura permeating the surroundings and a layer of blue ice frozen on the ground.
“This is Thousand Years of Cold Ice, the product of quenching ice for millions of years, it’s considered a low grade material. It seems that this cave is extraordinary, and it is highly likely that it will breed Yin Underworld Flames.”Qin Li faintly said.
Su Qingxue was overjoyed, “Great, after so many difficulties, we’re finally arriving.”
The crowd was also shaken in spirit, feeling that this long journey was coming to an end.
Continuing onwards.
The temperature became colder and colder, and the Immortal Lord was somewhat overwhelmed.
However, a faint bright light appeared ahead, like a bright light in the dark night.
“There’s a light, could it be the firelight of the Yin Underworld Flame!”The crowd was pleasantly surprised and hurriedly quickened their pace, rushing over.
However!
After getting closer, everyone was dumbfounded.
What was glowing was not the Yin Underworld Fire, but a towering cold ice gate.
This gate was three hundred feet tall, the entire body was made of thousands of years of cold ice, majestic, ancient in style, carved with mysterious patterns, and just stood in the middle of the underground cave, and on top of it, there was a plaque with three ancient scripts, which were vastly different from the common scripts of the present day.
“Could this be the Ghost Gateway, with a desolate ancient flavour. Why is the text on it, how come I don’t recognise it?”Su Qingxue was appalled in her heart, anyone who encountered a gate underground would have bad associations.
Qin Li’s face was grave as he explained, “This is the tadpole script from the ancient times, rumoured to contain the rhythms of the great dao, however, it was too profound and obscure, and was later gradually abandoned.”
Su Qingxue couldn’t help but ask, “It’s actually tadpole script, I wonder what the meaning of these three characters is?”
Qin Li replied, “Eternal Life Sect!”
