The Demon Eye of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 23 Spirit Stone Mine

Several days later, a spirit stone mine hundreds of miles away from Yanjiabao had been completely occupied by Mu Chunfeng and his group.

At this moment, he sat side by side with Han Li on the bluestone at the entrance of the mine tunnel. His gaze swept over the disciples of various sects coming and going. He saw that everyone was casual and disorganized, without any sense of wariness.

Han Li frowned slightly and turned to Mu Chunfeng, whispering, "Senior brother, look at these people. They've been lingering here for days without activating any defensive formations or setting up any sentry posts. This laxity and carelessness is truly fraught with hidden dangers."

Upon hearing this, Mu Chunfeng glanced at the undisciplined cultivators and said calmly, "Junior brother, these people were only temporarily recruited by Xuan Le and the others. They are a mixed group of factions, and their hearts are not united. How can we talk about cooperation and tacit understanding? If something unexpected happens, they will only care about their own survival. In the end, we will still have to rely on ourselves."

Han Li nodded slowly, deeply agreeing with Mu Chunfeng's words.

The two sat side by side, chatting and resting while secretly observing and keeping a close eye on the movements inside and outside the mine.

Just then, a slender figure walked slowly from behind the two, and a clear voice rang out: "Senior Brother Mu, Junior Brother Han."

"Greetings, Senior Sister Chen."

Han Li quickly stood up, cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

Mu Chunfeng simply nodded slightly in acknowledgment. In terms of cultivation, he was already slightly superior to Chen Qiaoqian, but due to his memories from his previous life, he would subconsciously want to call her "Senior Sister Chen" every time he saw her. Over time, he simply stopped nodding as a greeting and stopped saying anything more.

Chen Qiaoqian walked up to the two of them, her gaze sweeping over them, and said softly, "I've heard about what happened at Yan Family Fortress. I heard that you and Junior Sister Dong went to participate in the treasure hunt together, and then something unexpected happened at Yan Family Fortress. I thought you were in grave danger, and I've been worried sick these past few days."

Although she was speaking to both of them, her gaze remained fixed on Han Li the entire time, and the concern in her eyes was impossible to hide.

Mu Chunfeng saw things clearly and had no intention of staying to be an eyesore. He immediately stood up, dusted off his robes, and walked towards the depths of the mine: "You rest here for a while. I'll go back inside the mine to check again, just in case there's anything I've overlooked."

Having said that, he left and stepped into the dimly lit mine tunnel.

A moment later, he had gone deep underground and arrived at the entrance of a mine tunnel with many branching paths.

The mine is a vast underground network, with crisscrossing tunnels that stretch as far as the eye can see. Ordinary cultivators' spiritual senses simply cannot explore every corner.

Mu Chunfeng no longer hesitated. His eyes narrowed slightly, and his double pupils quietly opened. A faint purple light flowed in his eyes. At the same time, he pushed his divine sense to the limit, like an invisible net, sweeping over every detail of the mine tunnel piece by piece.

However, the penetrating power of the double pupils can only cover what is in front of him. Even when enhanced by his divine sense, the penetrating power will weaken as the distance increases. Therefore, whenever his divine sense reaches the end of a mine tunnel, he uses his double pupils to see through the rock walls and underground around the tunnel to check if there are any adjacent but unconnected hidden mine tunnels. Then he takes out an earth escape talisman, infuses it with spiritual power, and transforms it into a beam of earth-yellow spiritual light, which travels straight through the hard rock.

Even with the aid of double pupils and earth escape talismans, this meticulous, carpet-like search still took him a full hour before he finally found a hidden passage leading to a huge cave behind an extremely concealed rock wall.

A glint of light flashed in Mu Chunfeng's eyes. Without further delay, he moved and disappeared into the rock wall, silently approaching the entrance to the cave.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the giant cave, Mu Chunfeng did not rush in rashly. Instead, he pushed his divine sense to its limit and cautiously explored forward.

Before long, the entire underground cavern was clearly imprinted in his mind: countless incomplete skeletons were scattered on the ground, and in the center of the cavern, a blood jade spider, pure white and the size of a millstone, was coiled on a huge spider web, exuding a fierce and menacing aura. At the deepest part of the cavern, an ancient and mottled teleportation array stood silently.

Judging from the tattered clothes and corpses scattered all over the place, they must have been ordinary miners or low-level cultivators who had mistakenly wandered into this place and ultimately became food for the Blood Jade Spider.

Mu Chunfeng thought to himself: This Blood Jade Spider is a level four demon beast with a body as hard as a top-tier magic weapon. With my current cultivation level, although I can kill it, the violent fluctuations of spiritual energy will inevitably alert Xuan Le and Lü Tianmeng on the ground once I make a move.

He pondered for a moment, a calculating glint in his eyes—it would be better to remain still for now, and wait until Xuan Le and the others arrived and were locked in a fierce battle with the Blood Jade Spiders, at which point he could then stalk the bird from behind and reap the benefits.

A day later, Mu Chunfeng was patrolling around the mine, keeping a close watch on his surroundings, when suddenly, a crimson flame rose into the sky outside the mine.

The moment the fireworks exploded, they transformed into a peculiar pattern that lingered high in the sky for a long time.

"These are warning fireworks for Yellow Maple Valley!"

Upon seeing this, one of the monks immediately cried out in alarm.

Chen Qiaoqian's expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, she ordered sharply, "Everyone! Activate the defensive array immediately!"

As the cultivators hurriedly poured spiritual energy into the array's core to fill the spirit stones, a pale blue array barrier slowly rose from the ground, like a giant dome, gradually closing in towards the sky.

Just as the barrier was about to close completely, a beam of azure light shot out like an arrow. Han Li, riding on the Divine Wind Boat, moved with lightning speed and steadily rushed into the formation.

Upon landing, he didn't even have time to catch his breath before rushing to Chen Qiaoqian, his expression extremely grave: "Senior Sister Chen, something terrible has happened! Demonic cultivators are launching a massive attack, and they're less than five miles away now, they'll be there in a moment!"

Upon hearing this, a look of understanding flashed in Mu Chunfeng's eyes. Without further hesitation, he turned around and ran straight into the depths of the mine.

He knew all too well that given the lax attitude of the cultivators in the mine, coupled with the overwhelming force of the demonic cultivators, this spirit stone mine was definitely not going to be defended.

The chaos had begun, and it was the perfect opportunity he had been waiting for. He could take advantage of the confusion to go directly to the underground cave, lie in wait, and wait for Xuan Le, Lü Tianmeng, and the others to walk right into his trap.

Meanwhile, outside the mine, Wang Chan was leading a large group of demonic cultivators dressed in black robes and exuding a fierce aura as they arrived at the spirit stone mine.

He looked up at the array of light rising in the mine, a cold and ruthless smile curling at the corner of his mouth: "As expected, these scum from the Seven Sects are hiding here."

He then gave a stern order: "Everyone, listen to my command! Bombard with all your might! After breaking through the formation, leave no one alive inside!"

As countless violent spiritual energy attacks slammed into the array barrier, the entire spirit stone mine trembled, and rubble fell from the top of the mine tunnel.

Han Li looked around but couldn't see Mu Chunfeng. He didn't dare to delay any longer and turned to run wildly into the depths of the mine, trying to find a way to escape.

Meanwhile, Lu Tianmeng and Xuan Le were each leading two disciples, seemingly walking leisurely into the depths of the underground mine tunnel. On the surface, Xuan Le and Lu Tianmeng were chatting happily and warmly, but deep in her eyes, there was a faint, imperceptible chill, as if she were secretly plotting something.

Before long, Mu Chunfeng arrived at the entrance of the giant cave again.

Just then, the entire underground cave suddenly trembled violently, and large chunks of rock crashed off the cave ceiling, making a deafening noise as they hit the ground, sending dust flying everywhere.

The blood jade spiders inside the cave were also startled by the huge commotion, emitting sharp and piercing hisses as they scurried around the cave, their sticky spider silk flying everywhere.