Chapter 564 The Whereabouts of the Lingzhu Fruit
Somewhere in the mine.
A yellow formation barrier stands.
Outside the barrier are densely packed fire ants.
Within the barrier were two men, one woman, and three foundation-building monks.
The three of them are Jing Kai, Tang Chuang, the head of the Tang family, and Tang Lin, the elder of the Tang family in the foundation building period.
"Clan Chief Tang, I have exhausted all the middle-grade spiritual stones on my body. Do you still have them?" Jing Kai asked.
Tang Tao shook his head, "We don't have any anymore either."
Jing Kaixin couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling, and her brows were filled with worry.
When the middle-grade spiritual stones are exhausted, and only low-grade spiritual stones are used to maintain the operation of the formation, its defensive power will be greatly reduced.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist the attacks of countless fire ants.
"It seems we can only do our best!" Jing Kai said helplessly.
Tang Chuang said, "This was originally just a matter of my Tang family, but I didn't expect that it would implicate fellow Daoist Jing. Wait, the three of us will each rely on our own abilities. Each of us can escape one by one."
The three people who were ready for a desperate fight suddenly noticed that the Yin Fire Ants outside the formation were unusually restless.
They seemed to be stimulated by some strong stimulus and began to rush around anxiously.
The fire ants began to collide with each other and kept making "hissing" sounds.
Then, fire ants crawled to the outside of the mine one after another.
The number of ants that were originally densely surrounding the formation decreased rapidly.
The three of them looked at each other with a look of surprise in their eyes.
They did not rush to remove the formation, but waited for a while until the number of fire ants outside the formation was no longer enough to threaten them.
Tang Chuang suddenly put away his formation and roared.
"Walk!"
Before he finished speaking, Tang Chuang took the lead and rushed out.
As the head of the Tang family, he is very familiar with the distribution and direction of underground mines.
After walking a hundred feet, a branch road appeared on the left and right in front of the three of them.
Tang Chuang turned to the left mine without hesitation, avoiding the army of fire ants in front of him that had not yet left.
The three of them walked around and around in the intersecting mines, sometimes going up and sometimes going down.
After a full two-quarters of an hour, the three of them successfully crossed the huge pit and reached the ground.
The three people who thought they were doomed all looked like they were surviving the disaster.
"Fellow Daoist Jing, how about you go to my Tang family residence to rest for a while?"
Tang Chuang took the initiative and invited Jing Kai to the Tang family's residence.
The three of them were trapped by fire ants in the underground mine for half a month. Their spiritual power and mind were severely depleted, and they were all seriously injured.
It stands to reason that Jing Kai should go to the Tang family to rest, and then return to Wuji Island after his injuries recover and his spiritual power is restored.
But Jing Kai shook his head, "Thank you very much, Master Tang, for your kindness. We have been trapped in the mine for half a month. I have some urgent matters that need to be dealt with back to the sect, and we cannot stay any longer."
Tang Chuang was slightly surprised, but he did not continue to persuade.
"In this case, Fellow Daoist, please be more careful on the road. Although the task of eradicating the fire ants has not been completed, it is not the fault of Fellow Daoist. I will send a message to the mission hall, explain the situation, and let the Mission Hall distribute the rewards to Fellow Daoist."
Jing Kai nodded.
"Farewell."
Jingkai soared into the sky and soon disappeared into the night sky.
Tang Chuang glanced in the direction of the stone house. The stone house no longer existed, only a pile of gravel remained.
Tang Lin on the side also noticed this.
There was obvious uneasiness on her face. Just as she was about to speak, Tang Chuang stopped her with a look.
"Let's go back to the family!"
After saying that, the two stood up with their swords and headed towards the Tang family's residence.
...
Above the vast sea.
A spaceship speeds past.
"Senior Jiyin, did you save me?" Jing Kai bowed to Song Wen.
The reason why Jing Kai did not agree to Tang Chuang and go to the Tang family's residence to rest was because he received a message from Song Wen.
Following Song Wen's instructions, he found Song Wen and took Song Wen's spaceship to Wuji Island.
Song Wen nodded slightly.
"Thank you, senior, for saving your life." Jing Kai said gratefully.
"Tell me exactly how you were trapped in the mine." Song Wen asked.
"The three of us entered the mine with the intention of clearing out the Yin Fire Ants. Unexpectedly, the Tang family's intelligence was wrong. There were second-order king ants among the Yin Fire Ants. The three of us were no match, so we could only fight and retreat, and were finally trapped in the Fortunately, Tang Chuang carried a set of "Five Elements Interaction Formation" with him and was able to save his life temporarily. "
"We thought that as long as we lasted for a day or two, the sect would send Elder Jindan to exterminate the fire ants. Unexpectedly, after waiting for half a month, there was still no one coming."
Jing Kai simply told what happened.
Song Wen was quite curious about the reason why Chu Lingyun was hiding in the mine. Therefore, he asked Jing Kai how the three of them were trapped.
However, judging from Jing Kai's description, Chu Lingyun did not take action against the three of them, at least not directly, so that Jing Kai did not know about Chu Lingyun hiding in the mine.
Unable to guess Chu Lingyun's purpose, Song Wen stopped worrying about the matter. It had nothing to do with him anyway.
Song Wen changed the topic and asked.
"Regarding Yuan Qing's death, what is Wuji Island's current attitude?"
Jing Kai said, "Shortly after the senior left Wuji Island, the sect stopped pursuing the matter. The junior speculated that the sect might have tracked down the real culprit."
"Have you found the real murderer?"
Song Wen looked suspicious.
After all, he was the real culprit who killed Yuan Qing.
Could it be that Wuji Island found the wrong person and someone made him a scapegoat?
But this is undoubtedly good news for Song Wen.
If Jing Kai’s guess is true, the identity of ‘Ji Yin’ can appear openly and openly on Wuji Island again.
"This is just a junior's guess, and there is no real evidence." Jing Kai said.
Song Wen nodded slightly and stopped asking about the matter.
"I asked you to investigate the Lingzhu Fruit Tree. How is the investigation going?"
"Back to senior, the Lingzhu Fruit Tree is personally looked after by Han Wu, the deacon of Yantu Lingtian." Jing Kai said.
The Flame Earth Spiritual Field is located more than a hundred miles outside Shadow City, built next to an extinct volcano.
Wuji Island used extraordinary means to induce the magma deep underground to erupt again, and established a special spiritual field near the volcano to cultivate fire-attribute spiritual grass.
"How much do you know about Han Wu?" Song Wen asked.
Jing Kai took out a jade slip and handed it to Song Wen.
"This junior has already collected detailed information about Han and Wu, all of which are contained in this jade slip."
Song Wen took the jade slip and penetrated it with his spiritual sense.
The information in the jade slips is very detailed, including Han Wu's cultivation, teachers, cultivation techniques, and monks with whom he has close contacts.
Song Wen nodded, "You did a good job."
"Senior, you deserve the award. Senior has helped junior many times, and this time he even saved junior's life. It's only natural for junior to do small things for senior," Jing Kaidao said.
"When the Ling Candle Fruit matures, do you have a way to get the Ling Candle Fruit?" Song Wen said.
Jing Kai said, "Young people can give it a try. As far as I know, when Yuan Qing handed over the Lingzhu Fruit Tree to Han Wu for cultivation, it was done in private and secretly. In order to conceal the existence of the Lingzhu Fruit Tree, Yuan Qing specially set up a tree for it. A formation to prevent outsiders from prying."
"The other spirit planters in the Flame Earth Spiritual Field do not know the existence of the Spirit Candle Fruit Tree. They only know that there is a special spiritual plant in the Flame Earth Spiritual Field that is covered by the formation. Moreover, the other spirit planters only know that this spiritual plant is It is owned by the senior officials of the sect, but they don’t know it belongs to Yuan Qing. Therefore, even if Yuan Qing is dead, no one dares to take advantage of Lingzhu Guo.”
"If the senior had not informed the junior in advance that the Lingzhu Fruit Tree was transplanted in the Flame Earth Spiritual Field, as well as the approximate time of transplantation, I am afraid that the junior would not be able to investigate this matter."
"Junior guesses that Han Wu wants to take the Ling Candle Fruit as his own. As long as we offer him a bargaining chip that makes him excited, and then threaten to report the matter to the sect, Han Wu will definitely hand over the Ling Candle Fruit."