"Also, except for the third-level demon king, the rest of the golden-scaled black-horned lizards we hunted will be given to you."

Master Huo Qian spoke again.

"Forgive me, Master. I have been busy lately and cannot help you."

The thief who had previously sold the star tree was the first to speak.

After saying that, he stood up and bowed to Master Huo Qian as an apology, then walked out of the hall.

"Forgive me, sir. I have been out for a long time this time and need to return to my family."

Then, another person stood up and apologized and left.

The rest of the people looked at it and someone else wanted to stand up.

Taoist Huo Qian was not in a hurry either. He moved the corners of his mouth, and the several figures who had stood up before retreated one after another.

"The real person is so sincere. If the junior is still unreasonable, then he really does not know etiquette."

The monks who received the message actually retreated one by one.

Including Shen Lian, he also received the message from Master Huo Qian.

The content of the message was also very simple. True Man Huo Qian already had the ability to create a magic weapon embryo. If he participated in this clearing operation, he could help him refine a magic weapon embryo.

Shen Lian had little interest in whether Master Huo Qian could refine the embryo of a magic weapon; he had no interest in it either.

I think other monks have also received the corresponding message.

"You guys play, I won't participate."

At this time, Xue Zishou stood up from his seat and stretched.

"Goodbye."

Watching Xue Zishou leave, Shen Lian also stood up from his seat. He came to investigate the red crystal fire ants, not to participate in any mining operations.

Besides, if Master Huo Qian left, it would be convenient for him to investigate.

It’s not that I’m not interested in the mineral vein, but I’m not interested in going with these people.

It's possible to follow quietly and steal some Heavenly Fire Gold Stone.

"I also have something important to do and cannot delay. Please forgive me, senior."

"I wish you and all the fellow Taoists a successful start."

After bowing to Huo Qian, Shen Lian also headed out of the hall.

Taoist Master Huo Qian did not care about the departure of Shen Lian and Xue Zishou. His eyes fell on the remaining six cultivators.

However.

As soon as the two of them reached the door, they were stopped by Gong Zhongze who was guarding the door.

"My two Taoist friends, my master has already told me the location of the mineral vein. If you leave, who will be responsible if something unexpected happens?"

Gong Zhongze's actions also attracted the attention of other monks.

"ha……"

Xue Zishou sneered, "Tianzhu Mountain is so big, there are countless cracks in the ground, who knows which crack it is."

“It’s still possible.”

Gong Zhongze was blocking the door with a calm expression.

"Master, please consider everyone's safety."

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of the many cultivators who remained behind became sharp. Although the probability was very small, it did not mean that there was no probability.

"Yo, I'm about to be forced onto a pirate ship."

Xue Zishou spread out his hands, then took two steps back, looking like he was so scared.

"Okay, count me in on this, okay? We are few in number and weak in power, so we have to behave ourselves."

As he said this, he winked at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian looked at the restrictions in the attic. It was normal for Master Huo Qian to act timidly.

Then he also retreated back to his seat.

Seeing this scene happening, Master Huo Qian squinted his eyes as if he was asleep.

When Shen Lian and Xue Zishou returned to their seats, he woke up as if from a dream and said with a smile, "Thank you all in advance."

Seeing this, everyone did not dare to be arrogant. They stood up, bowed to Master Huo Qian, and then sat down again.

"Including my servants, there are ten of us in total. Next, we must work together to kill the monster and open up the mines."

Huo Qian Zhenren continued with a smile: "Before that, everyone still needs to have a brief understanding."

"Xu Qianzong, a casual cultivator near the Black Gold Mine City, has been promoted to the ninth level of foundation building for twenty years."

The monk who had previously sold monster eggs spoke first.

"My name is Wei Wanling, an outer sect elder of the Lingmu Sect."

…

"Mu Yicheng, a native cultivator from the Red Crystal Mining City."

…

Everyone in the group briefly introduced themselves. They were all veteran foundation builders who had been promoted to the ninth level many years ago.

One of them is named Qi Guangsen. It has been seventy years since he was promoted to the ninth level of foundation building. His aura seems very old and he is obviously on the decline.

After everyone finished their introductions, Master Huo Qian took out a talisman from his arms.

"To be on the safe side, everyone should sign the Hou Tu Contract."

"The master is indeed thorough in his conduct, a role model for monks like me."

"With the Houtu Contract, some people should now believe that not every Taoist fellow is as you think."

Seeing that Master Huo Qian took out the Hou Tu Contract Talisman, all the cultivators present showed expressions of satisfaction.

With the constraints of the contract, the journey will be safer.

The dignified Fake Dan Zhenren even took out the Houtu Contract, is there any need to say more about such sincerity? Xue Zishou scratched the back of his head, with surprise in his eyes.

"During the entire process of hunting the golden-scaled black-horned lizard and mining the mineral veins, all of our fellow Taoists must not attack each other."

At this time, Master Huo Qian spoke solemnly.

"Just sign the contract as the real person said."

The Hou Tu Contract fell into the hands of the cultivators present for inspection in turn. When it fell into Shen Lian's hands, he scanned it with his mind.

I found that this Hou Tu contract is a bit incomplete.

It was very different from the Hou Tu Contract he drew, and some of the lines of the restrictions inside were blurred.

He silently handed the Hou Tu Contract to the next person.

After everyone checked the contract, they began to sign it with blood.

During this process, Shen Lian noticed that Gong Zhongze, who was standing nearby, did not come forward to sign the contract together.

But no one paid attention to this matter.

"With a contract, everyone can be honest with each other."

After signing the contract, Xu Qianzong spoke with a smile.

Although the others didn't say anything, they were thinking the same thing.

His divine sense sensed the contract that had sunk into his sea of ​​divine sense, and the degree of its pressure was about 40% of the contract he had signed with Saitama, probably less than 50%.

Even if the Hou Tu contract was violated to this extent, Shen Lian estimated that he would only suffer serious backlash and would not be fatal.

With the guarantee of the contract, everyone wasted no time and headed out of the market.

Shen Lian stayed on the ground outside the market town for a while, took the spirit puppet into his body, and then jumped onto the flying boat.

On the flying boat, Xue Zishou found a corner, took out a few side dishes, and started drinking happily, ignoring everyone else.

The Tianzhu Mountain mining area is extremely vast, with undulating mountains and rivers. Due to the long period of ore mining, many large cracks have appeared inside the mountains.

Some of the cracks are deep and have spiritual vitality, and have become the habitats of some monster tribes.

After coming out of the Huogu Market, as they went deeper into the mountains and forests, Master Huo Qian did not dare to show off in public, and flew his flying boat at a height close to the middle of the mountain.

Along the way, sometimes we even took a detour to avoid some monsters.

…

On this day, among the vast mountains and forests, a stream of red light emerged from a distant valley and then quickly disappeared into a jungle.

At the same time, a red light flashed, and ten figures suddenly fell to the ground.

"We've arrived. After I discovered this place, I set up the Thousand Mountains and Myriad Formations to block the entrance and exit of the rift valley."

Taoist Huo Qian looked at everyone looking around and spoke with a smile.

"The real person is really mature and prudent."

"After I open the entrance and exit, I will still have to use the formation to seal the entrance again, so that our movements will not attract other monsters and cultivators."

"What the Immortal said is absolutely right. Tianzhu Mountain is full of dangers. We still need to be more cautious."

Qi Guangsen stroked his beard and spoke. He was the oldest among those who were building the foundation.

The other monks also nodded in agreement.

"Master, please open the formation. I really can't find where the rift is."

"Everyone, follow me."

True Man Huo Qian transformed into a streak of red light and fled towards the distant valley, and the others followed him.

When everyone entered the valley, Master Huo Qian shot out a ray of spiritual light that fell towards a verdant area.

Suddenly, ripples like water waves appeared in the valley, and the grass, trees and rocks also wrinkled and soon twisted into a ball.

Then, a deep and winding crack appeared in the valley that was originally full of lush vegetation, and a strong demonic aura emanated from it.

Shen Lian followed in the middle of the team and scanned the rift with his spiritual sense. There were indeed golden-scaled black-horned lizards, but the rift was very deep and his spiritual sense could not reach the end.

This kind of monster likes dark environments. If there really is a third-level monster king, he will hide in the deepest place.

Apart from the fact that the Hou Tu Contract he signed was not powerful enough, he did not notice anything else unusual.

"That third-level golden-scaled black-horned lizard demon king, I have confirmed that he has just been promoted to the third level not long ago. He is now hiding in the deepest mineral vein in the rift to practice. It won't be difficult for us to kill him together."

"What do you think? Should we kill our way in directly from the outside, or go around the small lizards and reach the deepest part to kill the Lizard King first?"

True Man Huo Qian gave the choice to the cultivators present.

"With a real person leading the way, I think we should surround and kill the Lizard King first. This way it will be much easier to clean up the ordinary first and second level black horned lizards."

"Okay, let's go in there."

A cloud of thin red smoke emerged from Master Huo Qian's body, and soon the smoke enveloped and sank into his body, reducing his breath to a very weak level.

The remaining monks followed suit and used their own methods of concealing their breath.

With the current stage of cultivation, the breath-concealing technique is no longer a rare thing in the hands of the cultivators present here.

"Everyone, enter the rift valley. I will rearrange the formation."

Shen Lian followed everyone into the rift valley.

Taoist Huo Qian used his magic formula again to make the rift in the valley disappear and turn it into a land of lush vegetation.

Everyone was at the foundation-building stage, so it was easy for them to bypass the ordinary first- and second-order black-horned lizards on the periphery. Following the winding and dim prey, everyone quickly headed towards the depths.

Occasionally, someone would kill the black-horned lizard that blocked the way and then put it into his own storage magic weapon.

With a fake Dan and a group of ninth-level foundation-building cultivators, these little lizards in the rift can't block their way.

Soon, after passing through a crack, traces of excavated mines appeared on the surrounding rock walls, but judging from the age, this sight was normal.

But after walking along the inclined rift for dozens of miles, the end of the rift appeared in Shen Lian's mind, but he did not notice the so-called third-level golden-scaled black-horned lizard.

"Something's wrong. Why are they all first-level golden-scaled black-horned lizards?"

As they walked, Qi Guangsen spoke. His divine sense swept around. There was a group of golden-scaled black-horned lizards. It was impossible that there were only first-level ones. There had to be at least a dozen or twenty second-level ones.

But now they have walked along the way and have not found a single second-level one, which is very abnormal.

However, because of the Hou Tu Contract, he didn't think much about it.

"Did someone get there first?"

At this moment, everyone was checking their surroundings with their divine senses, including Master Huo Qian.

"I found the place where the third-level lizard king was at the innermost part."

At this moment, Master Huo Qian also frowned and was sensing his surroundings with his divine sense.

"Fellow Daoists, can we go forward and take a look?"

Both the Lizard King and the mineral veins were very attractive to many cultivators. In addition, with the Hou Tu Contract, everyone nodded and moved forward again.

However, Shen Lian was prepared.

He sensed that the end of the mineral vein was not far ahead.

The Heavenly Fire Gold Stone does exist, but it has already been excavated.

If that's the case, then there's nothing to doubt.

But there was no strong scent of the black-horned lizard at the end. The scent of the third-level demon king was very strong. Even if it was killed, it would not dissipate completely in a short time in such a closed place.

According to Taoist Huo Qian, he discovered this place during the beast tide, but the beast tide only happened two or three years ago.

It is not possible to completely dissipate the aura of a third-level demon king.

Either there is no third-level demon king here, or it has been killed a long time ago.

Thinking of this, he sent the spirit puppet into the earth and rocks. After making preparations, he wanted to see what kind of tricks Master Huo Qian would come up with.

"No, we have been deep for so long, and even the number of first-level black-horned lizards is so sparse..."

"My fellow Taoists got it right."

At this time, a fire bead appeared in the hand of Master Huo Qian, who had been smiling all the time.

Balls of fire were swirling around this bead, and each flame was like a swimming fish, emitting a terrifying aura.

"Ah, real you..."

In an instant, flames exploded among the crowd because they were not prepared and the distance was so close.

When Master Huo Qian took out the rare treasure, the Fire Bead, no one was able to react at all.

When they noticed the red fire fish swimming around, they all used their own spells to try to defend themselves, but facing this kind of rare treasure that had been refined in advance and did not require the use of spells, how could they react?

“Puff, puff, puff…”

The red fire fish exploded on the bodies of the cultivators. Although everyone's resistance was not comprehensive, they were ready to attack each other.

The Hou Tu Contract immediately exploded with power.

Whether it was Master Huo Qian or the other cultivators, they all vomited blood and screamed while holding their heads.

Especially the Foundation Establishment cultivators were in a worse situation, as they were also hit by the Red Fire Fish. Under the double blow, their faces turned pale and they were in an extremely weak state.

The oldest fellow Taoist, Qi Guangsen, was smashed directly between the earth and rocks, and it seemed that he was breathing in more than out.

(End of this chapter)