Beast Throne

Chapter 449 Abandoned Crystal Mine

"Uh, if it's convenient, can you explain why?"

Wu Tong and Mu Xing waited for a long time, but Opella never said the reason, and Wu Tong had no choice but to ask in the end.

"Hey..." Opella sighed, and threw out the black crystal that he had been raving for a long time, just like throwing a stone, "This is the secret of our temple, let me tell you, You must not speak out."

Opera seems to have gone through a lot of effort before making up her mind to tell Wu Tong and Mu Xing her so-called secret, but before Wu Tong could swear, she continued: "In our temple, there has always been There is something like a crack in space, we don’t know what’s inside. Someone once went in, but never came out again. But there will be continuous shadow energy gushing out from the crack, if you practice around the crack, It will achieve twice the result with half the effort. Of course, sometimes it will be sucked in by the crack, it depends on personal luck."

Opera said it was mysterious, but it was actually not the first time Wu Tong had heard of it.Because there is also a crack in the bottom of the sea, where Tanbi lives, and where the temple of the mermaids is.

Its manifestation is similar to what Opera said, the water element there is very abundant, but the crack cannot enter, and it will be washed away as soon as it gets close.Although the mermaid holds it very high, it is called the eye of the ocean.But it seems that the mermaids don't like to go there, and Wu Tong doesn't know why.

"What does that have to do with the Black Crystal?"

"It's because it would be more dangerous to practice there, so we wanted to find a safer way, which is to use the huge shadow energy to condense the crystal. So we have been trying to find a way, and I almost succeeded."

It appears that the "almost" Operarla referred to is the problem.

"Pure shadow energy is difficult to condense, so someone thought of using other things to reduce its difficulty. Anyway, what we need is safe energy, and we don't need how pure this energy is. Then we found a lot of things Do experiments, and finally found something called rock essence." Opera continued.

"Rock spirit? What's that?"

"Actually, I don't know too well. This happened a long time ago. Anyway, using this kind of thing, you can condense crystals smoothly. It seems that this kind of thing can crystallize any object. According to the records of our temple, At that time, a lot of black crystals were obtained at once, and everyone was very happy, so they planned to distribute the black crystals to various temples, so that those priests could practice faster. But fortunately, the high priest at that time was a very cautious person, First, I arranged for a few young priests to try it out, and it turned out..."

"What's the result?" Wu Tong couldn't help asking even though he knew that Opera was trying to trick her.

"It went very well at the beginning. This artificial crystal is almost indistinguishable from the naturally formed crystal. But when the high priest was preparing to promote it, an accident happened. One day, the priest who made the most progress could never recover stand up."

"Okay, you won, just tell me straight up, I'm curious, how can you use this kind of crystal to abolish your legs..." Seeing that Opera stopped again at a critical moment, Wu Tong could only cooperate Said.

"It's not that his legs are abolished, but that his lower body is also solidified, just like a stone. No matter what method he uses, he can't restore his body. From then on, he can only remain in that state until he dies."

"Irreversible petrification? Could it be caused by that rock essence?"

"We couldn't think of any other reason. In the end, the high priest had some animals caught and fed them rock spirits. As a result, they all turned into stone, and they were all permanent. This is very clear , using the crystals made by rock essences to practice, while absorbing the shadow energy, they will also absorb those rock essences, and the practitioners will also be petrified. Therefore, the high priest had to destroy those black crystals, leaving only some, The purpose is to allow our descendants to distinguish between real black crystals and black crystals mixed with rock essence. And these should all be black crystals containing rock essence. No wonder there are so many of them. I would rather have less strength than Willing to be turned to stone." Opera pursed her lips.

"Hehe, you should feel lucky. If your predecessors hadn't paid the price of their lives for you to be able to distinguish these black crystals, then you would have been miserable. Think about it, if your grandmother really brought someone to dig it, then you The temple is over."

In fact, this is the so-called importance of experience and lessons. No matter how good a person is, it is impossible to know everything.Inheritance is the foundation for the continuation of a race.

Opera could afford to put it down. Knowing that these black crystals were not available, Opera didn't miss them any more, and didn't even take one as a souvenir.In her own words, the body will involuntarily absorb the shadow energy, and it is likely that the rock essence will also be absorbed, so it is better to stay away from these black crystals to be safe.

But unfortunately, Opera has not been able to get too far away from these black crystals, because the ends of the second, third, and fourth passages are all places full of black crystals.

Although it can't be said to be tiring, this kind of monotonous and repetitive work still greatly consumed the energy of the three of them.In the end, everyone didn't even have the energy to talk, and just hurried on their way.Thinking that the passage at the back would definitely be longer than the previous one, the three of them were really frowning.

But after coming to the end of the passage for the fifth time, the scene in front of him finally changed.

This is no longer an opera hall, it is more like a huge black crystal camp, like a large mine, the size of dozens of football fields, looking around, it is densely packed with black crystals, with a shadowy atmosphere The richness here reached its peak, and even Wu Tong felt a little depressed.

"Although I still haven't found the right one, but this place is really big, why don't you light up the lights, it must be very beautiful." Opella sighed, no matter whether these black crystals are useful or not, this place is really spectacular.

"Hey, look at your sister Mu Xing, what is she doing?" Wu Tong looked annoyed as if he hated iron but not steel.

Probably because he has been walking for too long and has not encountered any creatures, Opera has already let go.However, Mu Xing remained vigilant all the time. Although his eyesight was affected, he still tried his best to observe the surrounding environment and did not relax at all.

"Hey, hey, I can't compare with Sister Mu Xing." Opera stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, and then tried to look around. It didn't take long for Opera to know why Wu Tong did this time Lighting is off.

Because it can be clearly seen that there is an area in the distance, where the crystals have traces of being mined, and many crystal pillars are broken from the roots, which cannot be formed naturally.

"Don't make any noise, let's go over and have a look." Wu Tong said in a soft voice. After speaking, he spread his wings slightly and floated up, slowly moving forward in mid-air. As expected, there was no sound at all.Opera and Mu Xing also used Wu Tong's body as a cover and walked forward slowly.

But what is disappointing is that although there are obvious traces of mining, it seems that some time has passed. I don't know if it has been abandoned or it was only planned to be mined once.

"No matter who it is, what do they want these black crystals for? Aren't they afraid of being petrified?" Opera was puzzled by this. Judging from the state of the surrounding crystals, the amount of black crystals taken away by mining is really not small.

"Perhaps some creatures can just use these crystals. The world is full of wonders." Wu Tong thought of those cavemen and black ants.

Two completely different species can coexist peacefully, obviously needing each other, which is a mutually beneficial behavior.If those black ants can digest the black crystals, and the cavemen can help mine them, they will be able to accept the whereabouts of these crystals.

Black ants have formic acid, which may solve the problem of petrification.But this idea is just Wu Tong's guess, not convincing.

"Look for it. Is there any passage nearby? We came from there, and the crystals over there are intact. Since the crystals here have been mined, they should come from here." Wu Tong said , and fireball lighting pops up.Now that it has been determined that there are no other creatures, there is no need to hide.

This time it was Mu Xing who found it. Behind a pile of crystal shards, Mu Xing found a secret door, and even blocked it with a larger crystal, obviously not wanting to be discovered.However, if you are willing to search carefully, you can still dig it out, which is not difficult for careful elves.

"Is this a windfall?" Wu Tong pushed for a long time but failed to push the crystal away. Finally, he had to use a flame impact behind his back to remove it.After removing the crystal, a tunnel appeared behind, and there were traces of artificial carving everywhere. Those stalagmites and stalactites were removed, making it appear very flat.

And judging by the height, it is much taller than those cavemen, so it is definitely not made by those cavemen.

"Haha, we found it, let's go!" Opera became more energetic now, no matter how the process was, her magic finally worked. Although Opera did not show it, she was still worried , for fear that I wasted my time.

Well now, even if it wasn't her shadow that found the dark elf, it was still a great help.

"Don't be careless this time, we must find them before others find us, do you understand?" Wu Tong urged.

"Hehe, yes, Master Suzaku." Opera made a playful face, and took her black cat as her pathfinder.

(End of this chapter)