Chapter 78

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The tribal chief, elders, major leaders, Yi Tian, and others who were either cultivating or resting in the village were all alarmed.

When they saw the surging primordial energy radiance bursting into the sky, they couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "It's bad."

The place where the primordial energy radiance surged into the sky was precisely the location of the large primordial vein mine they had been mining. Such a significant disturbance made them feel uneasy. At this critical moment, it was likely that all the forces in Black Dragon City and the top-tier forces that had not yet left would have noticed this shocking anomaly.

Fortunately, the surging primordial energy radiance gradually disappeared after a dozen breaths.

Even if human-stage experts sensed something, they wouldn't be able to reach the outskirts of the Dragon Subduing Mountains in such a short time to find the source of the eruption.

At the ancestral temple, the tribal chief, the great elder, and others looked in the direction of the large primordial vein mine, their faces showing a mix of excitement and deep concern. They couldn't have imagined that mining the core of the primordial vein would cause such a significant phenomenon.

"I hope we can keep this a secret from others!"

A glimmer of hope appeared on the tribal chief's face.

It turned out that the large primordial vein mine had already been mined to the inner core area, yielding a large amount of high-grade primordial stones.

According to the timeline, Yi Zhen and his team had already reached the core area, the central region of the large primordial vein mine where the primordial crystals were formed, where the concentration of primordial energy was extremely high and the pressure was terrifying.

"The primordial vein mine is in the deepest crack of the Peach Source Valley; no one should be able to discover it!"

The great elder quickly calmed down.

They could imagine that when Yi Zhen and his team reached the core of the primordial vein mine where the primordial crystals were formed, a massive shockwave erupted, and a vast amount of primordial energy was released. They didn't know if it had caused any casualties.

At the same time, their hearts were not at ease.

After more than a year of excavation, they had finally reached the core of the primordial vein mine and could obtain the primordial crystals they had long desired.

With the help of the primordial crystals, the tribal chief, the great elder, and others were confident they could break through to the human stage in just one or two months.

However, for safety's sake.

The tribal chief and the great elder summoned Yi Tian that night.

After a brief discussion with Yi Tian, the tribal chief and the great elder sent him away from the ancestral temple. Yi Tian led the five members of the Reincarnation Squad and quietly left the village, heading rapidly toward the Peach Source Valley.

On the way, Yi Feng, Yi Shan, and others of the Reincarnation Squad did not ask many questions. Combining the previous anomalies, they had already vaguely understood the reason.

Each member of the Reincarnation Squad was a ninth-stage warrior, and their mastery of the Feather Flight Technique allowed them to move as fast as lightning. They covered a distance of dozens of miles in just a few hundred breaths, arriving at the Peach Source Valley. They drifted down the cliffs and slowly landed at the bottom of the valley.

Yi Tian and his team quickly entered the primordial vein mine.

After more than a year of arduous mining, Yi Zhen led over a hundred tribal warriors to dig a long underground tunnel wide enough for three people to walk side by side.

When Yi Tian and his team entered the tunnel of the primordial vein mine, they were noticed by the tribal warriors on duty.

This was the first time Yi Tian and his team had returned here in over a year.

The underground tunnel was now very long, stretching over a hundred miles, the result of the efforts of over a hundred tribal warriors over the past year.

Yi Tian and his team were led to a large cave in the underground mine tunnel, where the tribal warriors gathered. On both sides of the tunnel were smaller caves where the tribal warriors usually cultivated.

In this large cave, Yi Tian saw many injured warriors, and others were helping to apply medicine.

Clearly, the primordial energy disturbance had a significant impact on the tribal warriors mining the vein, causing many injuries.

"Deputy Leader, the tribal chief has asked us, the Reincarnation Squad, to guard the primordial vein mine."

Yi Tian said to Deputy Leader Yi Zhen, who was checking the injuries of the warriors.

Yi Zhen looked at Yi Tian, Yi Feng, Yi Shan, Yi Kuang, and Yi Hong, the five members of the Reincarnation Squad, and said with satisfaction, "That's good. I've often heard about your achievements, especially Yi Tian, who has become the strongest in Black Dragon City. With you here, I feel much more at ease."

"Uncle Yi Zhen, your strength is also impressive, don't be too modest!"

At this moment, Yi Hong spoke up.

His father, Yi Ke, and Deputy Leader Yi Zhen were close friends and brothers-in-arms, so he and Yi Zhen were very familiar, and there was no need for formalities.

Yi Tian and his team had already noticed that Yi Zhen had broken through to the ninth stage in just over a year, a few months faster than Chief Yi Ke.

At the same time, the tribal warriors mining the vein had all broken through to the high stage.

Among these over a hundred high-stage warriors, at least thirty had reached the eighth stage, effectively doubling the tribe's strength.

This was because their cultivation speed in the primordial vein mine was much faster than outside, constantly absorbing the dense primordial energy around them, continuously improving their potential, and accelerating their cultivation speed.

From Deputy Leader Yi Zhen, Yi Tian and his team learned that the primordial energy disturbance had not caused any deaths.

This was a fortunate outcome in an unfortunate situation.

The tribal warriors selected to mine the primordial vein had all made significant progress in cultivation over the past year, with the weakest being seventh-stage warriors, and their physical strength was very strong. During the primordial energy disturbance, their true qi had resisted most of the impact, allowing them to narrowly escape with their lives.

Even so, at least thirty warriors who were mining in the core area were severely injured.

After understanding the general situation, Yi Tian and his team immediately opened up several caves on both sides of the primordial vein mine tunnel to serve as their temporary living and cultivation places.

As for the core area, after the primordial energy disturbance, Deputy Leader Yi Zhen had everyone seal it off.

They would only officially start mining the most precious primordial crystals when conditions permitted.

Day by day, Yi Tian and the other tribal warriors cultivated in the underground caves of the primordial vein mine.

For the first time, cultivating in a cave surrounded by countless primordial stones, Yi Tian and his team felt as if they were in an ocean of primordial energy. Their cultivation speed was no less than the speed of absorbing primordial stones.

Even without cultivation, the primordial energy would constantly refine their flesh and blood.

Fortunately, their location was hundreds of feet underground, with layers of rock and soil blocking the spread of the primordial energy.

Otherwise, if the concentration of primordial energy in this area became dense, it would attract fierce beasts and predators, and various plants would grow rapidly, causing unusual phenomena that might draw the attention of others.

In the days that followed, Yi Tian's Reincarnation Squad guarded the primordial vein mine.

Due to the primordial energy disturbance, various forces had become vigilant and began searching. Deputy Leader Yi Zhen also prohibited all warriors from going outside, even out of the Peach Source Valley, to avoid being discovered by those forces and warriors, which could reveal the location of the primordial vein mine.

"Uncle Yi Zhen, how long can our food last?"

One day, while eating with Yi Zhen and the others, Yi Tian noticed that the food seemed to be running low.

Yi Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "The meat of fierce beasts stored deep in the caves can last for a long time, and we still have about 100,000 pounds left. However, we have over a hundred people, all high-stage warriors, and we can eat dozens of pounds in one meal. At this rate, we can only last for less than ten to twenty days."

"Less than a month?"

Hearing this, Yi Tian's brows furrowed.

This was a very bad sign. Once their meat supply ran out, they would have to go hunting.

For high-stage warriors like them, each meal required a large amount of food to replenish their bodies. Even with their strong resistance to hunger, they still needed to eat.

The true qi in their bodies, although a form of energy, could not compensate for the energy they consumed.

These were two different types of energy, and at their cultivation level, they could not convert one into the other.

True qi was a pure form of energy, but the body consumed life energy. Only by absorbing life energy from plant seeds and the flesh of fierce beasts could they replenish their consumption and avoid feeling hungry.

Only when their cultivation reached a certain level could they absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth to convert it into life energy, allowing them to truly abstain from food and drink.

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