Chapter 8: Night Investigation

  The night is deep, the moon is on the willow branch, Luofu Mountain, one of the 72 blessed lands of Taoism, has a unique scenery of fairy houses. The cold wind blows, and the misty air surges, the entire mountain peak is shrouded in mist, making it hazy and unparalleled.

  In the distance, an unknown beast wailed mournfully, adding a touch of eeriness to the mountain peaks in the darkness of night.

  The mountains are full of auspicious beasts, and the wild forests are inhabited by spirits of grass and trees.

  On this peaceful night, in the desolate mountain forest, a black figure appeared, slowly moving through the vast and uninhabited woods.

  Sometimes up, sometimes down, walking with caution.

  This figure was none other than Bafeng Han. At noon, on the mountain peak, the mountain wind blew up his fluttering ribbons. He flashed with inspiration, and an idea flickered in his heart.

  All along, he has been searching for methods from his own body. The flying ribbons made him see another possibility. The entire Geng thirteen mountain, even the entire upper peak, has more than a hundred medicine fields like Yutian Mountain. Among so many peaks, it is unknown how many five-metal mines are produced every day.

  The ore of the five metals, born with spiritual energy, is exceptionally solid. In the mortal world, it might be the material for divine weapons, but to cultivators, it's too impure, mixed with the spiritual energy of the five metals, difficult to purify. It's tasteless to eat and a pity to discard, really a waste. Therefore, these ores of the five metals were cleared out by miscellaneous disciples and casually thrown into the mountain stream, waiting for disposal.

  The places where they are processed are no more than two, one is to put them into Dan Ding Mountain and become the fuel for the earth fire, and the other is to put them into Zhu Jian Ge, after a slight refining, as top-grade materials, flow into the secular world, with the former being more.

  The two places mentioned above, Danding Mountain and Zhuxian Pavilion, are not places that a humble disciple like Baofeng Han can enter. Therefore, he has only one choice left: to take a risk and search for it in the mountain stream.

  In the medicine field, the five-metal mine may reunite with the earth's veins under the influence of spiritual energy. However, in the mountain stream, the spiritual energy of Luo Fu Mountain is greater than that of the outside world but has not reached the density of the medicine field. The five-metal mine flowing down will accumulate and be buried deep in the soil. Digging it up would be much easier than in the medicine field, to the point where recently discarded ones can be directly taken away.

  Geng thirteen mountain peaks, at night the white fog that pervades will not envelop the entire mountain valley. This way, there is a chance to obtain these five metal mines. For the Luofu Sect, having more or less of these five metal mines won't attract anyone's attention. In half a year's time, on over a hundred medicine mountains, the five metal mines are probably in the tens of thousands. Even if several hundred were missing, no one would notice.

  Bafeng Han parted the grass and trees, cautiously sizing up everything around him, confirming that it was safe before slowly making his way towards Geng Thirteen Mountain.

  Even if it's an unattended metal mine, not even a outer sect disciple dares to steal openly, once discovered, lightly they will be expelled from the sect, heavily their body and soul will be destroyed.

  Geng thirteen mountain, is a single peak mountain, one side is low and gentle, the other side is steep, the steep side faces the sun, most of the medicinal fields are opened on this side, if you want to find the mine of five metals, you have to choose the sunny side.

  In the mountain stream, the steep and cold peaks have never gone down before, it's a bit strange. Fortunately, Mount Geng thirteen is an obvious landmark. Within two years, every day climbing the mountain, I've already memorized the route by heart. With it as a comparison, I found my way in the mountain stream.

  As he approached the thirteenth peak of Mount Geng, Ba Fenghan slowed down his pace. In front of him, in the forest, there were patches of white mist, which was the scattered cold air that lingered here, much weaker than at the summit, and not something he could withstand.

  Beware of the cold, being extremely careful, walking very slowly, bypassing one after another cold air, finally arrived at the foot of the mountain stream, with the help of the faint moonlight in the sky, layer by layer flashing five-colored flowing light of the five-metal mine, scattered all over the ground, a feeling of happiness came flooding in, let out a strange cry and rushed forward.

  He picked up a piece of metal ore with his hands, opened the diagram of??? with his refined blood, and threw it in with a whoosh. In his consciousness, there was a soft sound, then two, three, four... The sound did not stop, he completely forgot everything, all his attention was on the metal ore, and the numbers jumped continuously in his consciousness.

  The night slowly deepened, and no one knew that under the dark mountains, there was still a person working hard here. The mountain wind blew strongly, dispersing the cold air in the forest, but Ke Feng Han, who was concentrating on his work, didn't notice it at all.

  A chill ran over him, slowly enveloping him from all sides, forming a circle of encirclement. When the chill approached within 30 meters of his position, he felt a sense of coldness, and looked up in terror at everything before him. The white mist was thin, but it shrouded everything around him, a vast expanse of whiteness that seemed to have no end.

  Bai Fenghan's face changed suddenly, such a large amount of cold air, still at night, Qi Zhi Xiao's experience, was right in front of him. Unfortunately, here in the mountain stream, even if it were Lu Shu, at night, would only patrol the top of the mountain peak and wouldn't bother with the stream below. He bitterly smiled as he looked at the five-metal ore in his hand, the number in his mind had already jumped to 432, just a short distance from 500, unfortunately, he didn't have long to live.

  The mountain wind howled again, and the cold air from all directions rushed towards Bafeng Han. He closed his eyes, and the piercing chill made him numb all over. The only thought that flashed through his mind was: Is this really going to be the end?

  "No, I won't give up!" Baofeng Han roared in anger, but the cold air quickly froze him, and he fell to the ground like a wooden stake, yet even as he fell, his body was still leaning forward.

  The cold air slowly rose, shrouding the surroundings. For Mount Luofu, especially the Medicine Mountain, the greatest danger was this cold air that had been generated by heaven and earth. There were not many animals in the mountain forest, also due to it. The adventurers who came forward with courage, instead put themselves in danger. Just as they were about to be shrouded in the cold air, the Qiankun diagram on their arms flashed with a spiritual light, golden rays flashing out, and a vortex was produced once again.

  A whirlpool shimmering with golden light, like a black hole, absorbed the cold air around it. The mist that was slowly flowing by itself suddenly boiled up and then surged into the whirlpool like a tidal wave.

  Before long, this cold air was completely absorbed by the whirlpool, and in the rotation of the whirlpool, it turned into a white light and entered the Qiankun diagram.

  The whirlpool absorbed the cold air around it and slowly merged into the Qiankun diagram. The Qiankun diagram flashed a white light, then returned to its broken state. In the forest, an eerie silence prevailed, with only the sound of heavy breathing echoing through the trees...

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