In the Fire Source Stone vein, there indeed emerged some small creatures.
I want to see what kind of creatures they are!
Led by Lu Ping, Lu Yuanshan quickly headed towards the entrance of the vein.
At the entrance of the vein, many mortals were fleeing in panic, some even crawling on hands and knees.
Mortals were continuously running out of the mine, displaying expressions of lingering fear.
Lu Yuanshan and Lu Ping moved against the crowd and walked for a while in the interconnected mine tunnels, quickly finding the culprits.
There were three Fire Source Spirit Monsters.
Fire Source Spirit Monsters are fire-attribute creatures born with the emergence of Fire Source Stone veins, reaching a Tier One level, with strength around the Seventh-Layer Qi Cultivation.
They were roughly human-sized, entirely crimson, appearing like stone sculptures carved from Fire Source Stones, with roughly defined facial features, and only their legs remained in a stone heap form.
On top of each of the three Fire Source Spirit Monsters’ heads, wisps of red flames were burning fiercely, burning constantly, emitting intense heat and casting a fiery glow in all directions.
After seeing the three Fire Source Spirit Monsters, Lu Ping’s vision showed the system prompt.
[Fire Source Spirit Monster: Tier One Top-Grade ×3 (Seventh-Layer Qi Cultivation)]
[Monsters born after the Fire Source Stone vein upgraded, for ensuring safe mining, please clear out the monsters promptly]
Little monsters, not too troublesome.
Even if there were ten, they wouldn’t pose any threat to Lu Yuanshan.
"Immortal Master, save us!"
While Lu Ping was looking at the system prompt, urgently, a cry for help sounded.
Six miners carrying bamboo baskets and holding small iron spades were currently being chased by the three Fire Source Spirit Monsters, each fleeing in terror.
Seeing Lu Yuanshan, they felt like grabbing a lifeline and ran frantically towards him.
One of the Fire Source Spirit Monsters was using an earth element technique, summoning rocks from the ground to gather into millstone-sized stones, fiercely hurling them at a miner lagging behind.
Under such an attack, a mortal couldn’t possibly withstand it, and would certainly meet an untimely end.
"Immortal Master, save me!"
Feeling chills down his spine, when he turned to look back and saw a massive stone hurling forcefully towards him, the miner’s face turned pale with fright, even dropping the small spade from his shaking hands, shouting aloud.
"Immortal Master, quickly save me!"
A glow of watery brilliance unfolded, transforming into a water element shield glow, accurately blocking between the miner and the massive stone, emitting a dull sound.
In the nick of time, Lu Yuanshan deployed the Water Element Shield, saving the miner.
Then, the Qingyin Flying Sword flew out from the storage bag, flashing with a hint of sword aura.
To deal with these three Fire Source Spirit Monsters, Lu Yuanshan didn’t need to use the Taiyi Celestial Ruins Sword Technique.
Nor did he need to deploy the Taihe Cave Heaven Heart Method for power amplification.
He directly wielded the flying sword with pure magical power from the Foundation Establishment Stage, slicing through the air, reaching the utmost speed, cutting towards the foremost Fire Source Spirit Monster.
Made from rock, the Fire Source Spirit Monster had strong defense but was very inflexible.
Upon sensing the threat of the sword cutting swiftly towards it, it couldn’t dodge and hurriedly used an earth element technique, forming a stone wall before it, trying to block.
But the disparity between the Qi Cultivation Stage and the Foundation Establishment Stage was too vast.
The sword cleaved through the stone wall, the Qingyin Flying Sword having overpowering strength, slicing through the air in a darting flash amidst rock dust.
The flying sword continued forward, with no stone wall to block, the Fire Source Spirit Monster couldn’t evade, and was split in two, crashing to the ground.
With one sword strike, a Fire Source Spirit Monster was chopped down, Lu Yuanshan pushed the attack.
The Qingyin Flying Sword changed direction in the air, altering its course, slicing towards the remaining two Fire Source Spirit Monsters with silvery streaks of light.
These two Fire Source Spirit Monsters also had strength at the Seventh-Layer Qi Cultivation, with identical attack and defense methods, showing no distinction.
They were far from being Lu Yuanshan’s opponents.
The Qingyin Flying Sword moved freely, slicing the remaining two Fire Source Spirit Monsters in just three moves, leaving them unable to resist.
With a sword, the three Fire Source Spirit Monsters were cut apart, losing their combat capability, while still trying to utilize earth element techniques to restructure their bodies, Lu Yuanshan remained relentless.
He wielded the Qingyin Flying Sword, continuously unleashing sword qi, shredding the bodies of the three Fire Source Spirit Monsters into fragments with several cuts, causing them to fully perish, extinguishing the flames atop their heads.
The light within the mine dimmed accordingly.
The three Fire Source Spirit Monsters didn’t stand a chance against Lu Yuanshan, not lasting even ten strikes; they were completely defeated.
It was a crushing victory.
The battle was won with ease by Lu Yuanshan.
"Well done, just three minions, it serves as practice for you."
Lu Ping’s communication sounded: "The vein here is now safe, you can return to the Cyan Mountain Sect."
"Let me tidy up these three monsters’ bodies first."
Lu Yuanshan put away the Qingyin Flying Sword, and cleaned up the bodies of the three Fire Source Spirit Monsters, storing them in the storage bag.
The bodies of the Fire Source Spirit Monsters, composed of Fire Source Stones, can be used for refining magical artifacts.
It was then that a figure arrived belatedly—it was Li Daoxuan, who was guarding the vein.
Lu Yuanshan, with Lu Ping guiding, quickly found the location of the Fire Source Spirit Monsters.
But upon hearing about the vein incident and the emergence of the monsters, even though Li Daoxuan had found a miner to lead the way, he was delayed for a while on the road.
Upon inquiry, learning that the three Fire Source Spirit Monsters had already been dealt with by Lu Yuanshan, Li Daoxuan’s expression showed surprise, thinking the Sect Leader acted so ruthlessly?
So swiftly eliminated the opponents?
Lu Yuanshan’s promotion to Foundation Establishment Stage was known only to Lu Changfeng, Lu Zhiwei, and Lu Ping.
It was not announced publicly.
So, in Li Daoxuan’s eyes, Lu Yuanshan was still a Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation Cultivator.
Lu Yuanshan said little, having already subdued his aura, taking Li Daoxuan out of the mine.
He assembled the group of mortals miners, informing them that the Fire Source Spirit Monsters had been slain, calming their fearful hearts, and then set off to return to the Cyan Mountain Sect.
The incident with the Fire Source Stone vein came to an end, and Lu Ping no longer paid attention to it.
His focus returned to the System Mall.
In the Mall, there were four three-star items that Lu Ping was quite interested in.
[Three-star - Cultivation Cave Mansion] needless to say, the redemption price is 300 Reputation Points, Lu Ping has already built one, building another one is all the better.
Training Lu Yuanshan, and even new Foundation Establishment Cultivators, the Cultivation Cave Mansion is an indispensable link and must be properly set up.
Deducting 300 Reputation Points, Lu Ping redeemed the [Three-star - Cultivation Cave Mansion].
The construction site was still chosen next to the already built Cultivation Cave Mansion in the Back Mountain Forbidden Area.
The other two items, Lu Ping began examining them one by one.
[Transparent Sword Body: Three-star]
[Effect: Bestows upon a sect member the Transparent Sword Body, improving efficiency and speed in comprehending Sword Cultivation Techniques. In combat, using sword techniques can increase physical damage by 20%]