72: The Secret of the Spiritual Mine

Outside the door, Lin Xuanfeng stood there calmly, with Lin Kai, bracing himself, coming up to him and respectfully saying, "Ninth Elder, what if that kid finds out the secret?"

Lin Xuanfeng looked at the Spirit Stone mountains not far away, his eyes sinister as he said, "Then kill him."

Lin Kai's heart trembled.

No wonder the Ninth Elder agreed to let him stay in the room alone; it turned out he was already prepared to deal with the other party.

Thinking of this, Lin Kai's worries vanished.

Meanwhile, in the room, Zhou Luo's mind was a jumbled mess, unable to find a way to break the situation.

Because under absolute power, all schemes are useless.

Even if he still had a pile of poisons, and even the Second Order Low Grade Bone Erosion Powder, they were meaningless.

"Never mind, let's heal him first."

Zhou Luo looked at the old man on the bed and made up his mind.

The other party hadn't made a move yet, perhaps fearing the Great Elder. If so, contacting the Great Elder's people might offer a glimmer of hope.

Thinking of this, he took out a pile of spiritual talismans and pasted them all over the room.

These First-Order mid-grade spiritual talismans were refined by him early on and could block perception and seal aura, preventing outsiders from investigating.

With so many spiritual talismans, even a Qi Training Ninth Layer person would find it difficult to know what was happening in the room.

After doing all this, looking at the glowing spiritual talismans, Zhou Luo came to the bed, took out a crimson Pill, and put it into the old man's mouth.

This was the real antidote.

The moment the old man took it, a gentle power instantly spread throughout his body, and his previously weakened body gradually improved. His perception quickly returned.

The old man's right hand moved slightly, and a familiar feeling surged in his heart.

Ah—

He opened his mouth, attempting to make a sound.

After a long while, he fully recovered, and a conflicted expression appeared on the old man's aged face.

"You shouldn't have come."

Looking at Zhou Luo, the old man's first words were not gratitude, but helplessness.

"Originally, I had some regrets earlier, but now I have no way back," Zhou Luo said, taking a deep breath.

Saying this, he briefly told the other party about poisoning him earlier to enter the Second Level.

After listening, the old man was shocked: "You actually dared to do that?"

Zhou Luo showed a bitter smile: "I thought this wouldn't be discovered."

He had indeed done it very discreetly. If the Zhou Family hadn't sent Lin Xuanfeng, with Lin Hui's case-handling ability, it would likely have ended up unresolved.

"Alas, you still underestimated how much the Main Family values this Spirit Mine," the old man sighed.

"Isn't this just a new mine?" Zhou Luo asked, confused.

In his understanding, besides being newly developed and having more Spirit Stones, was there any other difference from other Spirit Mines?

"Precisely because it is a new mine, it has a secret," the old man sat up straight, leaning against the headboard.

"A secret? What secret?"

Zhou Luo couldn't help but sit up straight, his eyes becoming serious.

It seemed he was about to learn the reason why the Main Family had been preventing him earlier.

But the old man suddenly asked, "Do you think you can leave the Spirit Mine?"

Zhou Luo thought he was worried about his safety, so he said, "A month from now, I will go to Azure Origin Sect to study, so as long as I am safe within this month, I can leave."

"No wonder the Great Elder sent you," the old man suddenly said such a sentence.

Zhou Luo frowned slightly.

He thought, didn't the Main Family ask me to come?

However, he didn't think too much and continued to ask, "Senior, what is the secret of the Spirit Mine?"

The old man looked at him deeply and began to tell the story slowly.

The old man's name was Lin Xianlong, and he was a First-Order Upper Grade Array Formation Master.

After the Zhou Family occupied the Spirit Mine, he was sent here to maintain the operation of the Array Formation and construct new Array Formations.

Besides him, there was another Array Master on the Second Level.

As one of the Great Elder's people, Lin Xianlong knew that his duty, besides maintaining the Array Formation, was also to monitor the Main Family.

Because after obtaining the Spirit Mine, through multi-party negotiation, the Great Elder gave up the contest for this new Spirit Mine. In exchange, he simultaneously gained control of the Zhou Family's other Spirit Mines.

This was also the reason why a large number of Array Masters went to other Spirit Mines some time ago.

The Great Elder felt that the Main Family attached so much importance to this new Spirit Mine, it must be because there was something more important here.

So Lin Xianlong's mission was to find the secret of this Spirit Mine.

However, he never expected that the Main Family had no intention of hiding it from him.

Soon, he and another Array Master were dispatched to the fourth layer of the Spirit Mine.

"There's a fourth layer?"

Hearing this, Zhou Luo was shocked.

According to Lin Shi earlier, didn't this Spirit Mine only have three layers?

"That's right, the fourth layer is not open to the public; only core members of the Main Family can enter," Lin Xianlong said.

The Main Family brought him to the fourth layer and had him start constructing defensive Array Formations, the purpose naturally being to conceal this layer and prevent others from entering.

It wasn't until he reached the fourth layer that Lin Xianlong finally understood why the Main Family was so insistent on controlling this new Spirit Mine.

Because it actually possessed a small Spirit Veins.

Spirit Veins are divided into six types based on size: micro, small, medium, large, giant, and unique Spirit Veins.

Among them, micro Spirit Veins are suitable for individual Cultivation and are the most widespread; the vast majority are used by Immortal Family Immortal Sects as Spirit Mines for mining.

Next are small Spirit Veins. This type of Spirit Veins has more abundant and purer spiritual energy, often suitable for establishing a Immortal Family.

The Lin Family's Spirit Veins is a small Spirit Veins.

Above that are medium Spirit Veins, which have higher concentration and purity of spiritual energy and are generally occupied by Immortal Sects.

It is said that Azure Origin Sect was established on a medium Spirit Veins.

Above that, large, giant, and even unique Spirit Veins are extremely rare and are often controlled by royal great Immortal Family or major Immortal Sects.

It can be said that a small Spirit Veins means a new Immortal Family can be born; its spiritual energy is enough to allow Immortals to advance rapidly.

Zhou Luo was greatly shocked upon hearing this secret.

No wonder he found that when cultivating on the first layer, absorbing spiritual energy was so fast.

Initially, he thought all Spirit Mines were like this, but it turned out it was merely because this Spirit Mine possessed a small Spirit Veins.

"Why doesn't the Main Family announce this news? This could completely strengthen the Immortal Family's power," Zhou Luo couldn't help but say.

A new small Spirit Veins could completely make the Lin Family the head of the Five Great Evergreen Families, and even give birth to another Foundation Establishment Expert.

"Heh heh," Lin Xianlong sneered.

"I used to think that although the Main Family was strong, they would always consider the Immortal Family's interests, but I never expected them to be so shameless in order to maintain their own status."

"When they discovered this small Spirit Veins, their first thought was to seal the news and then dispatch a large number of Main Family disciples here to cultivate, with no intention of announcing this to the Immortal Family."

Zhou Luo fell silent.

No wonder when he went to this Spirit Mine, the Great Elder specifically sent Lin De to remind him.

It seemed the Main Family had lost their bottom line for the sake of Immortal Family conflict.

At the same time, Lin Xianlong's words stirred up huge waves in Zhou Luo's heart.

Because he now seemed truly doomed to kill.