Chapter 689: Mine Ghost
The Jianyi Sect notified the disciples in the mine to evacuate the mine, which would take some time.

Because the people who mine for Jianyi Sect are not only disciples of Jianyi Sect, but also some people who were captured by Jianyi Sect for various reasons and used as mining slaves.

The reason why everyone had to be called out before Zhou Qing entered the magnetite vein was because they were afraid that something bad would happen after Zhou Qing met these miners, thus affecting the Jianyi Sect.

"Senior Sister Yan, you stay here and rest later. I will go into the magnetite vein alone."

"I'll ask An Lang to stay as well, so we can get in touch if anything happens."

Yan Kuangtu's staying outside is actually a kind of help to Zhou Qing. With her deterrence, at least Zhou Qing will not bear some risks from outside the mine when he is in the mine.

"Junior brother, be careful."

Yan Kuangtu nodded, "These mineral veins that have power and can be used by practitioners will often breed some strange things."

"I understand. I'll pay attention."

There are many strange things happening under the mines. Even in a world like Zhou Qing's previous life, there are countless anecdotes about underground mines.

Not to mention a world with extraordinary powers. Each piece of ore contains power. Then there is the momentum of mountains and rivers, the influence of the energy of heaven and earth, and the accumulation of evil spirits. There is no telling how many sneaky things are hidden in the mineral veins buried deep underground.

Mining is not a popular task among any force and is recognized as a dirty, tiring and dangerous job.

However, few mortals have the ability to mine various high-grade mineral veins, so this matter ultimately falls on the practitioners.

Like the border battle a few months ago, Xuandu Temple also captured a group of barbarians on the battlefield.

Mining slaves were one of the final destinations of those barbarians.

In addition, there are positions for drug testing, puppet refining, etc., which also need to be filled with prisoners.

After a brief chat, the courtyard fell silent, and the two of them each carried out shallow-level cultivation.

As time passed, Sect Master He finally walked into the courtyard.

"My two fellow Taoists, everything is ready. You can enter the magnetite vein at any time."

"Then go now."

Zhou Qing stood up and said, "I am going down to the mine alone, please lead the way, Sect Master He."

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please follow me."

The two men left the yard and turned left and right in the sky.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, I apologize to you again on behalf of my traitor. I hope you won't blame him."

Hearing this, Zhou Qing shook his head.

"Master He, there is no need to say more. It's just a small matter. I don't take it to heart."

"Then I wonder if Fellow Daoist Yan..."

"Just don't bother Senior Sister Yan anymore."

Zhou Qing also asked Yan Kuangtu how to deal with this matter?

Yan Kuangtu just said forget it, and left after exploring the magnetic vein. He had no intention of getting angry about it.

But if Yan Kuangtu is offended again later, it will not be something that can be easily forgotten.

Some things can only happen once, not twice.

Sect Master He breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly:
"No one will bother Fellow Daoist Yan again."

He Chong has been put under house arrest by him.

Under the leadership of Sect Leader He, they soon arrived at a low mountain. There were cave entrances scattered randomly at the bottom of the mountain. It was deep and bottomless, and there was no trace of any human beings.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, this is where the magnetite vein is located."

"Sorry to bother you, Sect Master He."

Zhou Qing's eyes swept across the mines one by one, and then he said:

"Then I will go in first. Master He, don't worry, I won't damage the magnetite vein itself."

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please do as you please."

Zhou Qing strode forward and chose a mine cave with a stronger golden evil energy to enter. His figure was immediately swallowed up by the darkness.

Looking at this scene, Sect Master He sighed softly.

This was supposed to be a good opportunity to build relationships with these two Xuandu Temple disciples, how did it turn out like this...

This time Zhou Qing and his friends took the initiative to ask for the ore. Even if they didn't get the magnetic iron in the end, the two sides had a cause and effect relationship and a good relationship, which might be useful in the future.

However, He Chong's reckless offense made the Sword Faction become very passive.

Such a good relationship has now become somewhat distorted.

That's why when he was in the sect master's hall, Zhou Qing felt that He Chong, the sect master's disciple, was not responsible at all for himself or the sword sect.

In the magnetite vein, because of the unusually quiet environment, Zhou Qing's footsteps were very obvious.

Zhou Qing strolled in the mine tunnel, using his mental and physical strength to carefully sense the surrounding situation. He was extremely serious and meticulous, trying not to miss any place.

He sensed some ordinary magnets, but they did not arouse Zhou Qing's interest at all.

No one from the Jianyi faction followed Zhou Qing into the mine, which showed their magnanimity to the fullest.

As for Zhou Qing, it is impossible for him to take advantage of others just because he is alone and there is no one supervising him. He would take away even the ordinary magnet. It would be too despicable to take such a small advantage.

These ordinary magnets are of no use to him, and he even thinks they take up too much space after mining them.

"call!"

Zhou Qing slapped his hand directly against the stone wall of the mine. Then, with a howl, a spirit with a metallic luster was pulled out from the stone wall.

"What is this? A mine ghost? A mine monster?"

I took a look at this spirit. It is very weak, probably at the out-of-body realm in terms of strength. However, it can move freely in the mine and ignore the rocks and mineral veins. This ability is quite magical.

Then Zhou Qing crushed it to death, leaving only one of its fingers on his body.

This underground mine was interconnected with many passages crisscrossing each other. Zhou Qing spent some time walking through all the mines dug by the Jianyi Sect.

Unfortunately, no trace of Yuanci magnet essence was found.

Zhou Qing killed quite a few of those mining ghosts and other strange creatures, which was considered a small cleanup of filth for the Sword Sect.

The snail sounded, and then An Lang's voice came out.

"Sir, how is it?"

“Nothing has been gained yet.”

Zhou Qing answered casually. He was now in the deepest part of the mine. Further forward and downward was an area that the Jianyi Sect had not yet mined or opened up.

Mental power and heart power can detect some of the situations ahead, but they cannot perceive their limits.

Unlike on the ground where there are no obstacles and the perception ability can spread freely and extend to the limit, in the mine, the perception ability of practitioners is greatly restricted.

These pieces of ore and the endless golden evil energy can block many things and prevent people from seeing through them.

Zhou Qing's soul left his body and his body was stored in the soul bag. Then, using the miner's ghost finger as a medium, he also turned into a miner's ghost and drilled directly into the mine wall in front of him that had not yet been excavated.

Zhou Qing felt like a fish in water, as if he was back home.

Then Zhou Qing began to escape deeper, wanting to explore the deepest and most core area of ​​this magnetic vein.

Zhou Qing continued to go deeper and deeper. In the process, he also discovered that there were things like him moving around in the mine. Compared with the one he met at the beginning, the strength of these mining ghosts had improved a lot, but it was still not enough for Zhou Qing.

Whenever he encountered sneaky miners in the mines, Zhou Qing would kill them all without saying a word, as a way of eliminating harm for the people. As time went on, the quality of these magnets became higher and higher.

This made Zhou Qing feel a little excited.

I am afraid that even at this point, the quality of the magnet still has not improved. Any change would be a good thing.

At a certain moment, Zhou Qing paused, stared ahead with a serious expression.

At the edge of his mental strength, he sensed a very powerful aura, roughly equivalent to that of a Venerable who had undergone a transformation.

This kind of strength is about right. Zhou Qing would not be surprised if he met him outside.

But this is the Jianyi Sect's mine, how could there be such an aura?
Zhou Qing covered himself and then walked carefully in that direction. The closer he got there, the denser the distribution of the magnetic iron essence was, and the higher the quality was.

Until Zhou Qing saw a ball of light half the size of a human, like a lightning spark.

This is clearly solid underground, but the area around the ball of light is empty. It floats in the air, and those electric sparks sometimes explode violently and fall around. When they retract, they directly suck all the surrounding magnets into the ball of light.

As the cycle goes on, the space around it becomes even larger.

It can be seen that in the past years, this ball of light has been devouring the magnetic power around it since its birth.

Zhou Qing stared at the ball of light, his eyes extremely bright.

This is the magnetic iron he has been looking for!
The magnetite veins contain the essence of magnetic iron, which can only be achieved by taking all the essence of the magnet, just like the current situation.

This trip to Jianyi Sect was not in vain!

But Zhou Qing was not in a hurry to get the magnetic iron, because there was a shadow behind the ball of light.

It was a curled up humanoid creature, similar to a mining ghost, but the metallic luster on its body was so strong that it seemed as if its entire body was really made of metal.

At the same time, there are electric sparks on the surface of its body similar to those of the magnetic iron, but compared with the magnetic iron, they are much fainter.

The super mining ghost born along with the magnetic refined iron?
The powerful aura that Zhou Qing had sensed from afar before came from this mining ghost.

Logically speaking, it is absolutely impossible for a medium-sized magnetite vein to produce a sneaky creature of this level, but the appearance of the magnetic iron was an accident, and this accident also created another accident.

If Zhou Qing hadn't discovered this super mining ghost now, but waited until the disciples of the Sword School dug here in the future...

Then a disaster will be waiting for the disciples of the Sword Sect.

The super mining ghost is connected to the Yuan magnetic iron, and it will grow as the Yuan magnetic iron absorbs the power of the magnet. It will take a long time for the disciples of the Jianyi School to dig to the deepest part. By then, it is possible that the mining ghost will grow to the third level of refining.

That kind of strength would undoubtedly be a disaster for the Sword Faction. It could certainly be solved, but the losses would certainly be huge.

Now that the mining ghost has been discovered in advance, it is a good thing to some extent. Zhou Qing approached the magnetic iron, and the mining ghost was sleeping peacefully and did not notice him.

Although this kind of mining ghost has a high level of cultivation, his methods are actually very simple. He only has some talent and does not have any magical powers at all.

Zhou Qing is now also a mining ghost, so it is very easy for him to quietly approach the magnetic iron.

close, close...

Looking at the magnetic iron right in front of him, Zhou Qing stretched out his hands.

Bring it to you!

"boom!"

The moment the magnetic refined iron was taken away by Zhou Qing, the terrifying aura suddenly revived. The super mining ghost connected to the refined iron opened his eyes and was furious.

The electric sparks on its body suddenly became bright and dazzling. It stared at Zhou Qing's quickly leaving back and roared.

"die!"

Ghosts at the Venerable level certainly have intelligence.

But because they were born from evil spirits, metal energy, evil forces, yin forces and other forces, their hostility towards the living is rooted in their bones.

Therefore, even if it possesses intelligence, once it is born it will definitely cause killing and attack all living beings it sees until it is stopped by a stronger being.

The breath of the Super Miner spread like a tide, causing the magnets fixed to the ground around it to explode.

It chased after Zhou Qing, wanting to kill this daring fellow.

When this super mining ghost moved, the earth trembled, and the feedback was felt outside the ore vein, meaning that the entire mine was shaking, instantly alarming the masters of the Jianyi Sect.

Rays of light flashed by, and as I watched the mine shaking more and more violently, I felt horrified.

"What happened?"

“Could it be that there is a venerable fighting down there?!”

"It's bad, Brother Zhou is still down there!"

"Fellow Daoist Yan, have you contacted Fellow Daoist Zhou? Do you know what happened to him?"

"..."

Yan Kuangtu and An Lang also came to a place not far from the mine, but one of them looked indifferent while the other was very calm, and neither of them was panicked.

Underground, after returning to the mine, Zhou Qing immediately restored his true form, then spread his Tianji Phoenix wings and flew out of the mine without looking back. His speed was even faster than when he was flying through the mine just now.

The super mining ghost could only see Zhou Qing's back, but it did not give up and continued to chase him. It rushed forward and directly destroyed several mine tunnels.

Fortunately, the Jianyi Sect had other means to support the excavation of the mine tunnels, and the collapse of several mine tunnels did not have much impact on the overall magnetic ore vein. After cleaning up the rubble, the place can be restored to its original state.

After a moment, the phoenix ascended to heaven and Zhou Qing returned to the sky.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, what happened?"

Sect Leader He spoke loudly, but Zhou Qing didn't need to answer, as they soon knew the answer.

The mining ghost, covered in sparks and lightning, also rushed out, but the next second, sword energy appeared in the air and Zhou Qing slashed down.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the mining ghost fell directly to the ground. Zhou Qing took advantage of the situation and fell down, trampling on the mining ghost hard like a mountain collapsing and breaking its peak, causing it to howl loudly.

"How could a mining ghost of this level be bred in a magnetite vein?!"

“We’ve never found that before!”

All the sword masters were shocked. They recognized the miner's ghost, but it was precisely because they recognized him that they felt horrified.

Who could have thought that there was such a time bomb hidden beneath the Jianyi Sect!
Sect Leader He shouted, "Quick! Help Fellow Daoist Zhou!"

"No need to take action."

But at this time, Yan Kuangtu spoke softly, and his voice reached the ears of every sword master.

"Junior Brother Zhou has almost solved it."

Sect Leader He and his companions paused for a moment, and then they saw the black and red energy expanding, and the Immortal-Slaying Sword Domain enveloped the Super Mining Ghost.

Then, black sword energy appeared densely, arranged like a formation.

"Hey!"

Countless sword energies stabbed down at the same time, but only a whistling sound was made.

All the black sword energy rushed into the body of the Super Miner Ghost. His body shook violently, stiffened suddenly, and then became completely silent.

The Immortal-Slaying Sword Domain dissipated, and Zhou Qing lowered his head to look at the dead Super Miner Ghost.

The reason why I ran out of the mine was that I was afraid that the damage caused by the fight at the bottom of the mine would be too great and would directly collapse the entire mine. After all, it was someone else's land. I would be embarrassed if the mine was really destroyed.

But why do you have to chase after her?

Are you looking for death?

The miner ghost who was transformed once will die!

The battle ended so quickly that to be honest, no one from the Sword Faction had time to react.

But Yan Kuangtu and An Lang were not surprised.

The body of the super miner slowly dissipated, leaving nothing behind.

Zhou Qing put away the Taibai Sword and flew towards the crowd.

As he reached the pinnacle of marrow cleansing and perfected his sainthood, a venerable being like the Super Mining Ghost who had undergone a transformation through one refining could not cause any trouble to him.

This kind of mining ghost has never had any contact with the outside world since its birth. Apart from its own innate abilities, it has never learned any Taoist magic powers.

And how can their innate abilities compare with the inheritance of Xuandu Temple?
To Zhou Qing, this kind of mining ghost is similar to a blank board, so it is not difficult to kill it.

Especially Zhou Qing this month, he is stronger than normal. He has a congenital body this month. With the blessing of his congenital supernatural power, his strength has reached a new level.

The complete innate supernatural power has a really good bonus on strength. Even though Zhou Qing's seed of transformation has already completed 80% of the progress, the last line is the natural chasm.

Seeing Zhou Qing approaching, Sect Leader He and the others were stunned, shocked by what they had just seen.

They knew that Xuan Du's True Teachings were very powerful, but they didn't know it was so powerful.

The mining ghost that had been transformed was solved so easily and neatly.

This is just a young man in the Manifestation of Sainthood and Marrow Cleansing Realm!
Not simple, this Xuan Du true disciple named Zhou Qing must be not simple, and he probably holds a very high position in Xuan Du Temple.

"Master He, when I was exploring your sect's magnetite vein, I discovered that a Yin Shen Miner Ghost was bred inside. What happened next was just as you saw."

"Thank you very much, thank you Brother Zhou for taking action to eliminate the mine ghosts."

Sect Master He came back to his senses, with surprise and gratitude in his eyes, and said:
"This time, thanks to Fellow Daoist Zhou who discovered the mining ghost in time, otherwise the Future Sword Sect would have been in great danger."

"It is everyone's responsibility to slay demons and monsters. Sect Master He, there is no need to thank me."

Zhou Qing shook his head and said, "When the mine ghost chased me out of the mine, it collapsed several mine tunnels. I will have to trouble you to repair them later."

"a piece of cake."

Sect Leader He asked again, "I wonder if Brother Zhou can find the Yuanci refined iron? If not, we can continue to search in the mines."

Speaking of this, Zhou Qing smiled.

"Your sect's magnetite vein is unique and there is indeed a piece of magnetic iron. I have got what I wanted."

"I have a treasure here that can be exchanged for the magnetic iron."

"How can this be possible?"

Sect Master He refused again and again, "Fellow Daoist Zhou has eliminated a great evil for our Sword Sect. This is a great favor to the Sword Sect. This piece of Yuanci Fine Iron belongs to Fellow Daoist Zhou. How can I be greedy?"

"That's right, I will give you the Yuanci fine iron as a thank you gift to Brother Zhou."

"..."

The other elders were also very persistent.

As they were talking, everyone left the magnetite vein. As for the problem of magnetic iron, it had been solved in a way that both parties could accept.

"Master He, my goal has been achieved. Senior Sister Yan and I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave now."

He Zongren and others tried their best to keep Zhou Qing and his companions, but in the end they failed to keep them for a few days. In the end, they sent Zhou Qing and his companions out of Jianyi Sect and watched them leave.

"He is truly a rare talent among men."

With a sigh, many masters of the Sword School nodded in agreement.

It would be great if such a disciple could appear in my sword school.

Sect Master He and his men returned to the Sword Sect. On the main peak of Jinsha, He Chong appeared. Seeing the senior leaders coming back, he asked anxiously:

"Master, Senior Yan and the others have already left?"

"left already."

Sect Leader He glanced at his disciple and sighed.

"Chong'er, have you seen the battle between Brother Zhou and the mining ghost?"

"Disciple has seen it."

"So what do you think?"

“…Unbelievably strong.”

Sect Master He asked, "Fellow Daoist Zhou has also reached the pinnacle of marrow cleansing, and Fellow Daoist Yan was once the second true disciple of Xuandu."

He Chong fell silent upon hearing this, and then became dejected.

(End of this chapter)

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