Zhou Shu put away the roll and looked thoughtful.

It seems that there are probably no monsters in this cave, but some kind of spiritual creature rich in aura. This is good news and worth exploring.

Zhou Shu took out a few spirit stones, set up a simple spirit gathering array, and continued to restore his spiritual power.

If you decide to go in, you must be well prepared and your body must be in perfect condition. And there are no monsters, which does not mean there is no danger. There are probably traps and the like, so be extra careful.

When cultivators restore spiritual power, they usually use spirit gathering arrays, and then use auxiliary elixirs to speed up the recovery. Of course, there are also elixirs that can quickly restore spiritual power, the kind that can also be used in battle, but most of those elixirs are

It is of level three or above, and is very expensive, so it is not affordable for ordinary cultivators.

Zhou Shu couldn't afford it either.

About half an hour later, Zhou Shu walked towards the entrance of the cave.

The Zhuyun Sword cleared the way, carefully cutting through the surrounding soil and rocks, and moved forward slowly.

The cave is very deep, and the deeper you go, the narrower you get. After walking nearly a hundred feet, the entrance to the cave in front is only about a foot wide.

This is a bit strange. Maybe this cave is not an entrance, but more like a temporary vent.

Zhou Shu became more cautious and walked slower.

After walking for a while, some lights suddenly appeared in front of us, indicating that we had reached the end.

After expanding the hole, Zhou Shu looked forward, his eyes suddenly froze. He finally understood why Xiao Gun was so eager.

Here is actually a vein of spiritual stone.

Spiritual stones are the biggest temptation that Xiao Gun can't resist.

There is a large open space in the naturally formed cave, and crystal light is shining everywhere, whether it is around or up and down, illuminating the cave as if it were daytime.

Each pure spiritual stone is like the stars in the sky, half-hidden in the rocks or soil, emitting a thick or light light.

Unexpectedly, there is such a place hidden under these ruins.

If there is a spiritual stone mine, there must be spiritual veins. The spiritual energy here is very rich, much better than Shaking Wind Garden. There should be a third-level spiritual vein below.

The discovery of spiritual veins and spiritual stone mines is a big opportunity.

Zhou Shu put away his excitement and continued walking inside.

Not long after walking, he made other discoveries. There were traces of fighting in many places, and there were also many broken bones and discarded magic weapons on the ground.

He walked towards a pile of bones and wanted to pick them up, but as soon as the bones touched his fingers, they quickly fell into ashes.

Obviously, these bones have been lying here for who knows how many years, at least for thousands of years, and have long been weathered and decayed.

Those magic weapons were similar. Although they were not weathered, they did not respond to the spiritual energy input by Zhou Shu. It was obviously because they had not been used by cultivators for too long, and the spiritual energy gradually dissipated. They had lost the characteristics of the magic weapons and even had no value as materials.

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pity.

Zhou Shu felt quite regretful. At a glance, he saw at least a dozen storage bags and various magic weapons, but none of them were usable.

In addition to magic weapons, there are also many broken formation talismans revealed on the ground. Judging from the talisman patterns, they are quite mysterious. Most of them are formations that can even block out the foundation-building cultivators. However, after so many years, the formation talismans have long been lost.

The effectiveness and formations no longer have any effect, and nothing can stop it.

Time is ruthless. Thousands of years will defeat many things and turn them into nothingness, such as magic weapons that are not used by cultivators, formation talismans that are not supplemented by spiritual power from spiritual stones, cultivators who have not reached the Nascent Soul realm, etc.

But it is only a low-level thing. If it is a higher-level thing, it can not only withstand the invasion of time, but also can continue to grow. For example, magic weapons, magic weapons of fifth level and above do not need to be used by cultivators, but can absorb the surrounding aura to nourish themselves.

Itself, as long as it is placed in a place with spiritual energy, it will look like new no matter how long it takes.

The same is true for magic weapons, and the same is true for cultivators. If you break through the Nascent Soul, thousands of years will only make your cultivation more profound, instead of losing to the ruthless years.

Zhou Shu sighed for a while and continued walking deeper into the cave.

When he was almost at the end, he stopped.

There was a pile of white bones in front of him, half leaning against the wall of the cave. There were many obvious scars on the bones. There was even a left hand missing. At its feet, lay a crystal-clear bone jade staff.

The bone jade staff is about three feet long, as thick as a child's arm, its body is green, its texture is extremely exquisite, and it is inlaid with a deep red gem like fire on the top.

The spiritual energy is exposed and the brilliance can be seen. If it is a magic weapon, it obviously still retains its original function.

Is it a high-level magic weapon?

Zhou Shu felt ecstatic and reached out to pick up the bone jade staff.

He put it on his hand and looked at it carefully, and after inputting a trace of spiritual power, he was suddenly disappointed. This was definitely not a high-level magic weapon, and it didn't even look like a magic weapon, because the spiritual power in it was very thin, and even he could easily enter and master it.

If it is a high-level magic weapon, with the spiritual power of Zhou Shu's Qi Refining Realm, it is impossible to enter the magic weapon and use it.

It is strange that this bone jade staff can remain here for such a long time and withstand the invasion of time. There may be other reasons.

His eyes fell on the gemstone at the top of the bone jade staff. The gemstone was crystal clear, like a spiritual stone, but the surface was covered with a layer of light white smoke, and in the middle, there seemed to be raging and fervent flames burning continuously, vaguely revealing many things.

The allure of the monster is so magical that people can't help but want to touch it and take it as a treasure.

But Zhou Shu looked at it and did not enter the spiritual power test or touch it with his hands.

This gem gave him a very strange feeling. He rarely felt this way. Every time he felt this way, it was always followed by danger.

Put it away first and talk about it later when you get back.

He stood beside the bones and turned around to look.

Looking at the bright spirit stone mines, the bones and magic weapons everywhere, and the traces of fierce battles on the cave wall, Zhou Shu couldn't help but picture a picture in his mind.

Thousands of years ago, there used to be a small family here. They relied on the spirit stone mines and spiritual veins to establish their territory and gradually grew and developed. But one day, a powerful enemy broke in and wanted them to surrender and make friends.

Naturally, they refused to leave the spirit stone mine. As a result, the family territory was destroyed by brutal enemies and turned into ruins.

The small family finally led the enemy into the most heavily defended spirit stone mine, where they fought to the death. In the end, the enemy died, but the family also perished.

This is really a sad story.

Zhou Shu put away his thoughts and began to carefully observe the spirit stone mine.

He has only been to the Lingshi Mine once, and that was when he was in Wuhuan Sect. However, the Lingshi Mine in Wuhuang Sect is a little smaller than this one, only the second level. Looking carefully, there are mostly medium-grade Lingshi here, and there are very few.

There are low-grade spiritual stones, and there are a lot of them. There are at least 40,000 to 50,000 of them exposed.

There are no high-grade spiritual stones, and it is impossible for third-level spiritual stone veins to produce high-grade spiritual stones.

This wealth is not small.

But it's not easy to get. This is a vein of minerals rather than a mined spiritual stone.

Mining spirit stones requires a lot of manpower and energy. Digging spirit stones is different from digging other minerals. The process is much more complicated. Spirit stones are small and buried deep in rocks, so they are easily broken. If they are not handled carefully, the spiritual energy in the spirit stones will be destroyed.

It may dissipate or even explode.

Zhou Shu thought for a while and soon came up with an idea.
Chapter completed!