Gao Han discovered it immediately. The amplitude of the vibration was not large and it was very light, but Tianjiao's senses were stronger than those of ordinary disciples.
Chai Chengyun thought it was an illusion because there was no movement afterwards. He came to Gao Han and looked at him with a frosty face.
"Gao Tianjiao is really putting on such a big show. If I remember correctly, demons are the natural enemies of Lingtian Continent. Every cultivator has the responsibility to deal with demons even if they don't cooperate." Chai Chengyun's words were full of thorns, and the thorns were long and sharp.
Gao Han knew what he wanted to say as soon as he heard it. He had already seen how Zhang Mingyang and the other man tried to lure the demon over, but they ended up losing more than they gained. He had not taken it seriously. He did not expect that Ji Shang Zong would dare to question him about this matter.
"If you mean that your fellow disciples tried to lead the demon to my side, but the demon didn't fall for it and killed your other fellow disciples, then I can only tell you that responsibility is not an obligation."
After being ridiculed, Chai Chengyun's face turned pale and blue, "You were fine before, why didn't you go and kill the demon?"
"I killed a demon genius, and my spiritual power is exhausted. I can't rest, and I have to sacrifice myself to help you kill the demon, right? Where's your face?" Gao Han asked back coldly.
Chai Chengyun is a genius. Although his status in Jishang Sect is not as high as Senior Brother Wen and the others, many people still have to give him face. He has never been ridiculed like this before. He immediately became angry and said, "You don't look exhausted at all."
"Do I have to show you how exhausted I am?" Gao Han never had a good face towards those who were unreasonable.
Being asked questions one after another and being unable to refute them, Chai Chengyun couldn't hold back his face and couldn't help asking, "Then how do you explain the fact that you secretly learned the Eight Divine Swords from my Jishang Sect?"
Gao Han's face turned cold. "Are all the monks who use swords in this world stealing the sword techniques of the Supreme Sect?"
"You!" Chai Chengyun was angry.
At this moment, the ground suddenly shook violently. The previous feeling was not an illusion. The ground was indeed shaking, and the amplitude was getting bigger and bigger. With a loud bang, a part of the ground suddenly cracked.
The demons and humans who were fighting immediately stopped and looked in the direction of the loud noise with horror.
The rumbling sound was getting closer and closer, and a large group of strong monsters suddenly rushed out from behind the mountain in front. Each monster was like crazy, and some of them even had red eyes.
"Demon, the monster has gone mad!" Demons and humans were horified.
The combat power of the mad monsters will increase by one to two times than usual. It would be fine if most of these monsters were in the Foundation Establishment Stage, but the majority are in the Golden Core Stage, and ahead of the Golden Core Stage, there are even a few Nascent Soul Stage monsters.
"Everyone run, the Nascent Soul stage monster is coming!" someone shouted in horror.
It was as if the people who were frozen in time finally reacted. There was a commotion and everyone started to flee madly.
They couldn't even deal with hundreds of Jindan-stage monsters, let alone Yuanying-stage ones. A single toe could crush them to death.
Everyone was running away like crazy. What was wrong with these monsters? Why did they suddenly go crazy for no reason?
The demons and humans who ran slowly didn't even have a chance to escape. They were trampled to death by hundreds of monsters. Their deaths were very miserable.
Chai Chengyun didn't bother to argue with Gao Han about the Eight Divine Swords, and hurriedly took the remaining disciples of the Supreme Sect to join the fleeing army.
Wherever the army of monsters passed, no grass grew. Even the corpses of those who had died in the previous war between monsters and humans were trampled to pieces. The ground was covered with pieces of flesh and deep red blood, with not a single bone left.
Zhongli Tingzhou dropped Kailos in the air and instantly came to Gao Han's side. He chased in the direction where Chang Xiaoxiao and the others had fled, and soon caught up with them.
"Uncle-master, the army of monsters has really appeared. Was it really done by Baiyun Sect and Dan Sect?" Chang Xiaoxiao was both scared and excited. She was actually right about what her uncle said.
"I don't know." Gao Han did not see any disciples from Baiyun Sect and Dan Sect, so he could not be sure whether they did it.
"It's them." Zhongli Tingzhou said suddenly.
Gao Han looked at him, "How do you know?"
"Two Baiyun Sect disciples ran away in the crowd. Their chests were a little swollen. They must have succeeded in getting the Nascent Soul monster cubs, but the price was a bit high. The others might have died." Zhongli Tingzhou smiled. "Take them and run first, and meet up with Yuan Ran and the others. I have something to do and will be back soon."
After he finished speaking, he disappeared without waiting for Gao Han to answer, but before he completely disappeared, something shot into his arms.
He was running so fast that Gao Han knew he was afraid that he would stop him, so when he saw him catch the thing, he didn't call him again.
"Uncle Gao, what's the matter with Uncle Zhongli?" Chang Xiaoxiao asked curiously.
"I don't know. I'll send you to meet Yuan Ran first. After the monster army passes, we'll go and dig for the top-grade spirit stone mine." This was the first time Gao Han had separated from Zhongli Tingzhou after entering the secret realm. No one knew what his plan was, but he roughly knew what he wanted to do.
"Yes, we still have top-grade spirit stone mines to dig."
If Gao Han hadn't mentioned it, everyone would have almost forgotten about the top-grade spirit stone mine. Their original intention of joining the war was for that top-grade spirit stone mine. Although many accidents had occurred, there was still plenty of time.
"Once we find Yuan Ran, we will dig it up right away and not give other forces any chance. Anyway, they didn't tell us how much we would get." Chang Xiaoxiao finished speaking and looked at Gao Han in admiration. "Master is smart. If he had told us how much we would get, we wouldn't have been able to dig it up so easily."
Tian Yijun had a complicated expression. It turned out that when they were thinking about the first step, he had already thought about what would happen after the ninth-ninth step.
While dodging the chasing monsters, they were looking for Yuanran and other disciples. Fortunately, Yuanran left a mark for them. As they searched along the way, the chasing monsters really became fewer and fewer. Finally, they were found in a hidden cave.
Yuan Ran paced back and forth at the entrance of the cave. He wanted to go out to find them several times, but he was afraid that he would not be there when Gao Han came. So he waited for a long time, and fortunately they finally came.
"You are finally here... Hey, where is Master Uncle Zhongli?"
"He has something to do." Gao Han told him about the top-grade spirit stone mine without waiting for him to speak, and asked him to wait until the army of monsters had passed, and then take the disciples of Zixiao Sect to dig for the top-grade spirit stone mine. They should dig as much as they could, and there was no need to leave any for other forces.
Yuan Ran was surprised and delighted, and suddenly realized that he didn't seem to intend to act with them, "What about you?"
"I'm going to find Tingzhou. The only demon who has the ability to fight now is Kailos. If you meet him, you should be able to fight him. Don't worry about others." Gao Han left after giving his instructions.
Yuan Ran actually had a lot of questions to ask him, but when he chased him out, his figure had disappeared. When he returned to the cave, he asked Senior Brother Chen and the others to tell him the whole story again.
They talked about everything, even the words that Chai Chengyun came to question Gao Han. Senior Brother Chen was relatively close at the time and happened to hear it.
"Chai Chengyun has gone too far. After leaving the secret realm this time, he will definitely not let it go."
He would definitely tell the elders of Ji Shang Sect about the Eight Divine Swords, but they couldn't just kill people to silence them, Yuan Ran felt a little worried.
"Yuanran, since the Jishang Sect is so shameless, there is no need for us to give them face. We will go and dig up the top-grade spirit stone mine and dig out all the top-grade spirit stones, leaving not a single one for them." This was the best way of revenge that Chang Xiaoxiao could think of.
"Yes, humans can defeat the demons thanks to our two uncles. Since he repays kindness with enmity, don't blame us for being unkind and unjust." Tian Yijun also said.
Yuan Ran was surprised for a moment, and then a smile flashed in his eyes. He thought that Tian Yijun didn't like his uncle and others, but he didn't expect that he would speak for them.
Half a day later, the noise outside died down a bit, and Yuan Ran immediately led everyone to look for a top-grade spirit stone mine.
On the way, they encountered several monsters that had separated from the main group, including some that had reached the great perfection of the golden elixir. They were all dealt with by Yuanran.
"Yuanran, are you about to break through?" Before others felt anything, Senior Brother Chen was the first to notice something was wrong.
If it was not a mad monster, he would not say so, because Yuan Ran is indeed powerful, but the strength of a mad monster has increased by at least twice, and he can still kill it easily, unless it is about to break through.
"Yes, if everything goes well." Yuan Ran nodded. The resources in Shuangdong Secret Realm are extremely rich. After being here for so long, everyone has gained something, and he is no exception.
Everyone was delighted when they heard this. If Yuan Ran could break through in the secret realm, he might be the only Nascent Soul cultivator in the secret realm. Then they wouldn't have to be scared and run away immediately when they encountered a Nascent Soul monster.
"Don't be too happy too soon. Breaking through is not an easy thing, especially in a secret realm." Yuan Ran was afraid that they would get too proud of themselves and really provoke a Nascent Soul monster, which he would not be able to deal with. He trusted the others, but Chang Xiaoxiao and Tian Yijun were still pending. If he didn't pay attention to the two of them, it would be easy to cause trouble.
"Yes, it's best to find a place without danger to break through." The difficulty of transforming the golden elixir into an infant is higher than that of transforming the golden elixir into a elixir, and someone needs to protect it. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the person may be ruined.
Chang Xiaoxiao suddenly suggested: "We can ask Uncle Shi and his friends. They are very strong and will have no problem protecting Yuan Ran until he breaks through."
"Then you go." Tian Yijun said.
Before she could even picture that scene in her mind, Chang Xiaoxiao immediately shook her head and said, "I'm not going."
Tian Yijun looked down on him.
"Let's talk about the breakthrough later. Right now we have a mine of top-grade spirit stones." Yuan Ran interrupted them. He didn't dare to think about asking his two uncle-masters to protect him for the time being.
The group then came to the vicinity of a top-grade spirit stone mine. After the army of monsters wreaked havoc, the place was in a mess and many people were scattered, including sects such as the Supreme Sect and the Fairy Sect. No one knew where they had gone, but they should all return here eventually.
After finding the location of the top-grade spirit stone mine, Yuan Ran began to instruct everyone to mine.
"Found it!" Chang Xiaoxiao randomly chose a location and turned out to be the first person to dig out a spirit stone. He immediately shouted out in excitement.
Yuan Ran came over and said at a glance: "It is indeed a top-grade spirit stone mine."
"But isn't this a top-grade spirit stone?" Chang Xiaoxiao asked curiously.
"Only the best-grade spiritual stone mines will be surrounded by high-grade spiritual stones. It is impossible for a vein of best-grade spiritual stone to be 100% made of best-grade spiritual stones. There will always be some places where the spiritual energy is weaker." Yuan Ran explained, "Now that we have dug it up, everyone should be quick. It may take some time for other sects to catch up, so we should dig as much as we can."
Just half an hour after he finished saying this, the second wave of people arrived. However, they were not the forces like the Supreme Sect or the Fairy Sect as they thought, but Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou.
Yuan Ran immediately stopped what he was doing and asked, "How did you guys get it done so quickly? Are you done?"
Gao Han shook his head, "No."
The disciples of Ji Shang Sect were scattered by the army of monsters, and there were traces of monsters everywhere. Chai Chengyun did not go with the disciples of Ji Shang Sect and followed the original route to search, but the clues were suddenly cut off.
When Gao Han found Zhongli Tingzhou, he was standing at the place where the clue was broken, thinking. When they couldn't find it, they gave up. As long as the top-grade spirit stone mine was still here, they would meet again sooner or later.
Yuan Ran did not ask what the matter was, and immediately reported the situation of the spirit stone mine to them, "This top-grade spirit stone mine is indeed not very large. We have already dug out tens of thousands of top-grade spirit stones, but the deeper we go, the harder the surrounding soil becomes, and it is difficult to dig."
"Let's do it. We'll dig in the center if we can, and dig at the edge if we can't." Gao Han made a prompt decision.
Yuan Ran nodded and was about to ask them if they had shovels for mining when he saw the two men take out their knives and swords. He was stunned for a moment until they actually used the knives and swords to mine, then he hurriedly stopped them.
"How do you use magic weapons to mine?"
"It's faster to mine with magic weapons." Gao Han certainly knew that most people used shovels to mine, but he felt that a shovel was not as fast as the magic weapons he was used to.
"Because mining with magic weapons is faster?" Yuan Ran felt that the two people's thinking was a bit special. After considering it for a while, he said in a tactful tone: "For most sword cultivators or knife cultivators, their life magic weapon is equivalent to their second life and should be well protected." Instead of using it for mining.
"Especially sword cultivators, they all regard their swords as something more important than their lovers." He added.
Zhongli Tingzhou glanced at Gao Han and said confidently, "How can my sword be more important than my lover? At worst, I can just get another one. If my lover is gone, where can I find another one that is exactly the same?"
Yuan Ran opened his mouth. He didn't expect that Uncle Master Zhongli would be such a passionate and emotional person. He didn't know how to persuade him.
"Don't worry, if there is any damage to the sword, I will repair it." Gao Han said.
Yuan Ran thought, I am not worried that my life magic weapon cannot be repaired. No matter how hard the spirit stone ore is, it is not as hard as my life magic weapon. However, the two of them obviously did not understand his true meaning. "...Okay then."
The speed of mining with the innate magic weapon is indeed faster than that of a shovel. In less than a quarter of an hour, Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou have dug out several times more top-grade spirit stones than all the others combined.
"Is it so easy to use my own magic weapon? Let me try it too." Chang Xiaoxiao was excited and took out her own magic weapon. After digging, she found that it was really more efficient. She excitedly recommended this mining method to Tian Yijun.
"Go away, I don't want to talk to you." Tian Yijun was busy mining. Of course he knew that mining would be faster with his natal magic weapon, but that was not how one should use his natal magic weapon.
Chang Xiaoxiao insisted, "Why? I think it's really useful. Look, I dug three spiritual stones, but you only dug two. If we all use our life-saving magic weapons to mine, we can greatly increase the speed. When people from other sects come and find that we have dug up all the spiritual stone mines, it will be very interesting."
As soon as he finished speaking, some disciples stopped what they were doing involuntarily.
Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that what Uncle Chang said made some sense.
"How about we use our own magic weapon to dig?" Senior Brother Chen couldn't help but suggest to Senior Brother Zhao.
Senior Brother Zhao stared at him with wide eyes. How long have you been with them? You’ve been infected too?
Senior Brother Chen felt embarrassed when being looked at, but he said it out loud, "The sect's rules don't say whoever gets more resources gets more. Don't blame me for not reminding you."
After saying that, he didn't care what others thought of him, and directly took out his life-saving magic weapon and started digging.
The other disciples saw that his mining speed increased instantly, at least twice as fast as theirs. They couldn't sit still anymore. One of them moved, and the second one also started to use his life-saving magic weapon. Finally, even Senior Brother Zhao silently took out his life-saving magic weapon.
Yuanran, who insisted on his own opinion and was unwilling to use his life-saving magic weapon to mine, became the only outlier.
Seeing the other disciples digging happily, Yuan Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Why was he the only one still insisting on using the shovel in the blink of an eye? Having said that, he still resolutely refused to use his life-saving magic weapon to mine.
Gao Han ignored him. Everyone has their own choices. Some people do regard their natal magic weapon as more important than their own lives.
The mining army stopped talking and just kept digging. When they dug out a spirit stone, they put it into their storage bag. After digging for two hours, the first group of people finally arrived.
It was the Fairy Sect. The seriously injured female disciple was gone, leaving only two sisters, Kong Fengjun and He Yuyan.
The three were not surprised to find that the disciples of Zixiao Sect were mining.
"Too cunning, they are too cunning!" As soon as He Yuyan saw the big hole that had been dug, she knew how long they had been late, at least an hour, and she stamped her feet in anger.
"Stop talking, let's move quickly." Kong Fengjun only now remembered how stupid the agreement was, but since she had already agreed to it, she couldn't go back on her word. Without saying much, she immediately took out the mining shovel that every disciple would bring after entering the secret realm.
He Yuyan said nothing more. She took out two shovels, threw one to another sister, and the three of them immediately entered the cave.
The further they went inside, the more frightened they became, because the cave was so huge that it didn't look like it had been dug out just an hour ago. It seemed more like it had taken several hours.
"How can they be so fast? It's only been half a day since the monster army erupted. How long will it take to dig out such a big cave?"
"Could it be that they have been lurking nearby, waiting for the army of monsters to pass and then coming back to mine?" another junior sister speculated.
He Yuyan's face was gloomy. "That must be the case. Otherwise, how can we explain such a large cave? Oh no, we have to speed up. Ji Shang Zong and Qi Xing Gu should be here soon."
"Let's go!" Kong Fengjun flew directly to the end of the cave.
They saw that none of the disciples of Zixiao Sect were hurt, and they also spotted Yuanran in the crowd.
"Yuan Ran!"
Yuan Ran had already heard the sound of someone coming in. Before they could say anything, he turned around and smiled when he saw them: "So you are the junior sisters from the Fairy Sect."
"So you discovered the existence of the top-grade spirit stone mine a long time ago and have been lurking nearby from the beginning, right?" Kong Fengjun said in a cold voice.
"How could that be? It was Junior Brother Gao who notified us to come here. Are you sure you want to continue chatting with me?" Yuan Ran reminded.
Kong Fengjun said nothing more. She found an empty place and started digging spirit stones. It was naturally harder to dig up spirit stones so quickly because they had left the remaining stones from the Zixiao Sect. However, she could not compete with them for the good location they had dug. This cave was originally dug by the people of the Zixiao Sect. Continuing to dig downwards from here would be faster than digging a new cave outside. Of course, the real reason was that they were no match for the Zixiao Sect.
"Huh?" He Yuyan dug a few times and suddenly found something wrong. "Junior sister, look, the things in the hands of the Zixiao Sect's people are their magic weapons. Are they actually using magic weapons to mine?"
"It's my natal magic weapon." Kong Fengjun saw it at a glance and his face looked a little ugly. As a cultivator, he actually didn't cherish his natal magic weapon.
"But they are indeed much faster in digging spirit stones than us using shovels." He Yuyan said hesitantly. Seeing them do this, she was suddenly tempted.
"Senior Sister!" Kong Fengjun shouted softly.
He Yuyan was usually a little intimidated by Junior Sister Kong, but at this moment when every second counted, she felt that she must learn from the people of Zixiao Sect, "Then you use the shovel, Junior Sister Li and I will use magic weapons."
The two of them also took out their own magical weapons. As soon as they started using them, they found that the speed was indeed much faster. After a while, they became addicted to this feeling.
Kong Fengjun originally wanted to blame them, but when he saw that their speed was indeed much faster and in less than a quarter of an hour, they finally dug up a spirit stone, he stopped talking.
"Oh my God, so many top-grade spirit stones." He Yuyan dug excitedly. A large amount of spirit stones fell out and were instantly collected into her storage bag.
Junior Sister Li was also beaming with joy from digging, but her harvest was only second to He Yuyan's.
Kong Fengjun's harvest was even less than the other two. After persisting for a while, she finally couldn't bear it anymore. After all, her situation was different from Yuan Ran's. However, she also learned to make the best of a bad situation. She didn't use her own magic weapon, but used another weapon she carried with her to dig. The control was not as precise as her own magic weapon, but the speed was a little faster.
"Senior Sister, stop digging for spirit stones outside. Let's dig together towards the center of the spirit stone mine." Kong Fengjun suddenly said.
He Yuyan was stunned for a moment, then she remembered, "Are you worried that your spiritual essence will be taken away by the people of Zixiao Sect?"
"I'm not sure whether there is spiritual marrow or not, but if we want the spiritual marrow, we must dig towards the middle." Kong Fengjun noticed that there was a smaller passage in the cave. There were two fluctuations of spiritual power in the passage, which should be those two people.
"Then let's dig towards the center of the spirit stone mine. There are many top-grade spirit stones there, so it's worth it." He Yuyan said as he changed direction.
Just as they began to race against time, disciples from Ji Shang Sect and Qi Xing Valley also rushed here.
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