Volume 6: Wangchuan Chapter 16: Source Demon Attack
"Qiu Shiyin?" Ji Chuan subconsciously repeated her name.
Qiu Shiyin, however, was already pulling up Ji Chuan's sleeve in a very familiar manner, and said cunningly, "Since we are in the same business, how about we cooperate? This mine is very large, with many source monsters and many connections. Outsiders coming here are like headless flies, and may encounter seven or eight source monsters, but get nothing. But I know the situation very well, and I know where the minerals are the richest. I will lead the way, and you will be responsible for dealing with the source monsters you encounter. When the harvest comes, I will take 70% and you will take 70%. How about that?"
Qiu Shiyin was very excited, as if she had discovered some great treasure.
It turned out to be a little thief from a monk.
Taking advantage of the fact that all the Qiu family members had withdrawn from the Yuanshilan mine and there was no one guarding it, he sneaked in secretly, intending to mine a batch of Yuanshilan ore and make a fortune.
Ji Chuan finally understood Qiu Shiyin's purpose. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he said meaningfully, "This is the Qiu family's mineral vein. It's not good to bring outsiders to dig into your own fertile water."
"It's okay, I don't care about these details." Qiu Shiyin waved her hand generously.
"Besides, this is the Qiu family's mineral vein, not my mineral vein, so it has nothing to do with me. But if I take you to plunder it, then the 30% of the source stone orchid ore will really be mine." The little female thief muttered a few words in a low voice.
The little girl thief's righteous words made Ji Chuan silent for a while.
He began to wonder why the female cultivator in front of him could say such shameless words so righteously.
But I didn't figure it out in the end.
Lu Qingshan was quite receptive to Qiu Shiyin's remarks.
"Eighty and two, we're eight and you're two." Lu Qingshan said with a smile.
Qiu Shiyin immediately frowned her slender eyebrows and began to think and weigh the options very seriously in her mind.
After a long while, Qiu Shiyin finally nodded with a look of pain on her face, "Okay, in exchange for helping me deal with this demon ape, I'll take a small loss. Deal."
"But, can you do it? The source monsters here are very powerful." Qiu Shiyin was a little worried.
Lu Qingshan patted Ji Chuan's shoulder with a smile and comforted the little female thief, "Don't worry, it's not a big problem."
"Great! I met a master, a great backer!" The next moment, Qiu Shiyin blinked and made a face-holding gesture to Ji Chuan, whose face was a little dark.
It’s a pity that this seemingly charming action couldn’t impress Ji Chuan at all.
"However, we saw your miserable state when we arrived. If it weren't for us, you might have been killed by the source monster," Ji Chuan said, "I am actually afraid that you will lead us into the wolf's den."
"There is no such thing as being 100% certain. Accidents happen ." Qiu Shiyin was not embarrassed at all. She naturally put away her gestures and said, "Come with me. I will show you whether I am reliable or not."
"Let's go and take a look at the situation first." Lu Qingshan said, glancing at Qiu Shiyin's back and pursing his lips.
Is this female cultivator really so generous and money-loving, or is there some other hidden secret?
He almost died here before, but the next moment he dared to recklessly enter the dangerous mine again with two monks he just met?
Ji Chuan nodded without objection.
The three of them walked into the deep mine together.
After only a few steps, the tunnel of the mine began to become pitch dark, but for the monks, it was not a problem.
Night vision is a very basic ability for monks.
Lu Qingshan looked at the strange walls on both sides of the mine.
There were many strange marks similar to claw marks on the yellow-brown walls. There were so many of them that they densely covered the entire mine tunnel.
These should be the traces left by the source monster.
Qiu Shiyin didn't lie, she was indeed very familiar with this mine.
She led the two of them around in circles, and the claw marks on the mine walls on both sides gradually turned into bumpy ancient caves. Death energy was surging like a river or sea, and a withered yellow light was flowing through it.
"There's a harvest!" The next moment, Qiu Shiyin's eyes lit up, and she reached out and took out a dark stone that was surrounded by death from one of the ancient caves.
She broke it with her hands, and the black stone that looked very hard was actually very brittle and was broken in one go by Qiu Shiyin.
In the black stone is a withered yellow orchid with lifelike petals.
But there is not a single sign of life on it, instead it is filled with a gloomy and dead atmosphere.
This is the source stone orchid, a special mineral that is almost indistinguishable from plants.
“Ah…”
But at this moment, a ferocious source monster suddenly pounced out from the darkness.
The source monster had a dark blue complexion, sharp fangs, and large claws that shone with cold light.
The aura on his body was much stronger than the source monster that Ji Chuan had just killed at the entrance of the cave.
This is a third-grade peak source monster.
The aura of Yuan Yao immediately frightened Qiu Shiyin so much that he let out a slight cry.
Then, she immediately covered her mouth, fearing that she would disturb other source monsters.
Seeing this scene, Ji Chuan just snorted coldly.
His eyes were sharp.
"call out!"
A long sword, shining brightly, flew out from his body and turned into a dazzling divine rainbow, shooting towards the terrifying source monster.
“Ah…”
This third-grade source demon roared, its scarlet eyes full of greed, its mouth wide open, and its terrifying white fangs bit towards Ji Chuan's flying sword, as if it wanted to bite it to pieces!
“Ka-ka-ka!”
Blood splattered, and the divine light transformed from the flying sword directly shattered the seemingly indestructible fangs of the source monster into pieces, melting them into powder, and then followed this trajectory, entering the bloody mouth of the source monster and passing through it.
The next moment, a lot of blood rushed out of the source monster's huge body and it died on the ground.
The third-grade source monster was killed with one strike.
"Wow, he's really a master!" Qiu Shiyin was stunned for a moment, a little bit unbelievable, and then she said excitedly.
In the darkness, Qiu Shiyin looked at Ji Chuan with sparkling eyes, as if she admired him very much, "He is actually a sword cultivator!"
The next moment, Qiu Shiyin lowered her voice again, and transformed herself into an experienced elder, advising herself: "Qiu Shiyin, sword cultivators are not good men. They are even more dedicated to their swords than their Taoist companions. You must not be tempted, otherwise you will be bullied."
Soon, Qiu Shiyin suppressed her excitement, held the orchid in her hands, walked up to the two men and asked for credit: "Nine catties and thirty-two ounces of orchid, how about that? I told you I'm very reliable!"
Ji Chuan glanced at Qiu Shiyin and said in a deep voice, "Take us to the place where the old man of your Qiu family died."
“No!” Qiu Shiyin was frightened by Ji Chuan’s words and quickly shook her head. “The source monster that killed Elder Qiu is very likely still there. If we go there and run into that source monster, won’t that mean we’re sending ourselves to death?”
"That's a terrifying source monster that even Elder Qiu couldn't defeat!"
"Take us there." In the darkness, Ji Chuan's voice was firm.
Qiu Shiyin looked pitifully at Lu Qingshan standing beside her, hoping that this easy-going cultivator could stop the cold-faced swordsman's proposal.
"It's okay, just take us with you. Don't worry, we are not stupid and we won't do anything to die in vain." Lu Qingshan comforted him.
Qiu Shiyin glanced at Ji Chuan again, and seeing that Ji Chuan still had no emotion, she pouted her lips, muttered something softly, then turned around and led the two of them to continue walking inside.
The three of them walked only a short distance.
With a loud roar, another source demon pounced on the three people from the darkness.
This source monster has a ghost head, a snake body in the lower half, and is covered with yellow scales.
"boom!"
A sword light rolled out, cutting the source monster into pieces, with blood splattering.
