Chapter 48

Ye Lingyue slid into the well and found that the well was only ten meters deep. When she fell to the bottom, she saw a path to the right.

After lighting up the fire starter, Ye Lingyue looked around and found that the soil nearby was frozen.

In such an environment, even Ye Lingyue, who was already at the eighth level of body reforming, felt cold. She had to use the medicinal power of Bright Sun Ginseng she had stored in the Qian cauldron.

As soon as the fifth grade Bright Sun Ginseng exerted its medicinal effect, a fire sparked inside Ye Lingyue’s body and that warmed her up.

Ye Lingyue thought for a moment and swept her eyes around. She found that other than the path, there were no other ones.

The poisonous ants in the cave had a whiff of human scent, so they quietly crawled over while Ye Lingyue was observing her surroundings.

Squeaky, who was resting on Ye Lingyue’s shoulders, moved and caught a poisonous ant. Raising its paw, it swatted at the poisonous ant as if it were a fly.

Wasn’t it too cruel and violent?

“Squeak~” The little one had an attentive expression as it handed the poisonous ant to Ye Lingyue.

The poisonous ant did not affect Squeaky. By then, Ye Lingyue was even more confused about what kind of spirit beast the little guy was.

“Marvellous job. I’ll reward you with a roasted chicken leg after we get out of here.” Ye Lingyue patted Squeaky’s head in approval and the latter’s eyes brightened. It had a gluttonous expression on its face, too.

“The Yin energy inside the underground well is so thick.” Ye Lingyue quickly passed through the cave, and along the way she encountered poisonous ants. Squeaky would then kill those ants for her.

Without her knowing, Ye Lingyue had entered the deepest part of the cave. The Song family might have never been to this area before.

After the Song family discovered the well, they sent several people down one after another, but they could not stand the attack of the Yin energy and the poisonous ants, so they had no choice but to give up the idea of developing the well and sealed it up.

After running all the way, Ye Lingyue’s pace slowed down. She noticed that there were no poisonous ants around and it seemed that there was something there that made those poisonous ants dare not approach.

‘Rustle⁠—’

Ye Lingyue’s ears pricked up. There was a sickly sweet smell in the air and that meant an even worse poison was around.

Ye Lingyue did not dare to be careless. Holding the flying dagger, she leaned her upper body slightly forward as she ambled along, just like a beast ready to kill its prey at any time.

A scorpion appeared in front of her. It was white and a marble-like carapace covered its body. Its tail was long, roughly around half a meter long, and at the top of its tail, it had a sharp barb. There was a pair of big pincers in front of it that made it look even more fierce.

“Dark Yin Jade Scorpion?” Its sudden appearance surprised Ye Lingyue, but then her heart jumped as she remembered something.

Dark Yin Jade Scorpion was a first-grade spirit beast, and it lived by devouring Dark Yin Jade ores. With the presence of the Dark Yin Jade Scorpion, wouldn’t that mean that a Dark Yin Jade mineral vein is also present in the Seven Northern Hill mine?

This was a big discovery. Ye Lingyue had a piece of Dark Yin Jade the Qian cauldron had purified before. The price of a jade ore was several times higher than that of dark iron.

However, it was not the time to feel happy. Holding her breath, Ye Lingyue calmed herself first.

It was a first-grade spirit beast. Although it was at a lower level than the Golden Crow Snake, she had no other help this time and it was Ye Lingyue’s first time facing a spirit beast head-on.

The Jade Scorpion sized up Ye Lingyue. It had never met an outsider after dominating the well for so long.

Realizing that Ye Lingyue was just a weak martial arts practitioner, the Jade Scorpion, which had low spiritual intelligence, hissed. Its long tail nimbly stabbed towards Ye Lingyue.

Ye Lingyue stepped on the ground and jumped up and down the narrow corridor to avoid the scorpion’s attack.

The Jade Scorpion’s body was extremely flexible as it had been devouring Dark Yin ores all year round. Its tail was as flexible as a whip.

“Flying dagger, go.” Ye Lingyue observed for a moment and mapped out the Jade Scorpion’s attack pattern. Her call made the flying dagger cut towards the Jade Scorpion’s tail.

For a while, the Jade Scorpion seemed to be fighting with two martial arts practitioners.

The flying dagger with psyche was sharp that it cut the Jade Scorpion’s tail off with a puff.

The Jade Scorpion was in great pain. A pair of pincers waved towards the flying dagger, and when they collided, sparks flew around.

The flying dagger was very agile. With a turn of the blade, it stabbed the Jade Scorpion’s eyes.

Ye Lingyue gathered elementary force and cast out Twisting Flower and Crushing Jade. With a few cracks, she had smashed the Dark Yin Jade Scorpion’s head, and soon, its body broke into several sections.

After killing the Dark Yin Jade Scorpion, Ye Lingyue collected the body of the Jade Scorpion and moved forward.

Walking for a while, a jade-ribbon mineral vein appeared in front of her. The jade quality of the vein was excellent and it was lengthy. It rested on the surface, like an elevated river suspended on the ground, running through the whole mine cave.

The glittering white jade light lit up the whole tunnel as bright as the day.

“It’s a Dark Yin Jade vein.” Ye Lingyue looked down and picked up some ores. The quality of those ores was slightly worse than the Dark Yin Jade she had purified previously.

Depending on the situation, they could mine this jade vein for at least three to five years.

If the head of the Song family knew that there was a Dark Yin Jade vein in the Seven Northern Hill mine he had lost, he would be furious.

At that moment, the sound of footsteps echoed in the mine cave. Ye Gu had rushed over with his sons.

“Lingyue is reckless.” Ye Gu had learned about the underground well from the miners. Lingyue had just gone into the well that the Song family did not dare go to. If anything happened… at the thought of it, it frightened Ye Gu.

“She asked for it.” Ye Fengcheng was sharp-tongued. He was eager for something to happen to Ye Lingyue.

As soon as Ye Gu arrived at the mouth of the well, he saw Ye Lingyue climbing out. It looked like she did not lose a strand of hair, let alone hurt.

“Lingyue, you are too reckless.” Ye Gu relaxed slightly, but he still had a fierce expression on his face and was about to scold Lingyue.

“Grandpa, there is a Dark Yin Jade vein under the well.” Ye Lingyue had just finished speaking and Ye Gu and the others gaped at her as if lightning had struck them.

Dark Yin Jade vein. It was a Dark Yin Jade vein!

Not only did the Jade vein produce Dark Yin Jade, but when martial arts practitioners below the Connate stage cultivate near the jade vein, they would absorb the natural Yin energy released from the vein and that would greatly accelerate their cultivation speed.

“Lingyue, are you sure that it’s a Dark Yin Jade vein?” Ye Gu asked with disbelief, his voice trembling. The people from the Ye family regained their senses after a while, too.