Chapter 170: Blessings and Disasters (Subscribe)
After obtaining the Heart of Earth Marrow, Lin Mu decided to return to the main path of ice and continue to explore the situation below.
The fork cave was still freezing cold, with gusts of cold wind. There was no ice around the cave, but it was so cold that even the soul could be frozen.
The Tailong Creation Code was constantly running, and the dragon energy became active as the skills were running, allowing Lin Mu to resist the invasion of the cold air outside his body. Based on his experience in his previous life, Lin Mu slowly infiltrated the dragon energy out of his body and formed a thin layer of Qi Gang outside his body.
This is a trick to use the internal force after practicing internal skills. This is not a skill, but a simple use of internal force. This is not a skill that a novice should have. It takes years of immersion in the use of internal force to learn it.
Before, Lin Mu did not have enough dragon energy to use. After taking stalactite, the dragon energy increased a lot before he could use it.
Studying the first level of Tailong Creation Classic, the dragon energy is formed for the first time, with 1000 points. After that, it is promoted to the second and third levels, and each increases 1000 points of dragon energy. After taking stalactite, it increases 250 points, a total of 3250 points of dragon energy, which can initially maintain a gas barrier outside the body for a short period of time, just like a golden bell to protect oneself. This is one of the advantages after practicing internal skills.
In the green gas barrier, Lin Mu looked normal and ran quickly into the depths.
Is this nether spring really the Yellow Spring River in the underworld?
I have never heard of this information in my previous life. After the system was updated, the player died once and needed to enter the underworld to reincarnate. Is this underworld the same as the other underworld?
After running for an unknown period of time, Lin Mu roughly felt the amount of green dragon energy in his dantian. Half of it had been consumed. He only needed to leave a small half to return. In this way, he would walk for a while. If he had not reached the bottom, he would temporarily give up the exploration.
This fork is not a straight horizontal line, but continues to extend underground and meander.
After walking for a while, Lin Mu had the idea of returning, because it was too deep and too cold here. He frowned and turned around a curve again. Suddenly, he saw a huge cold pond in front of him. A vortex appeared in the center of the cold pond, rotating counterclockwise.
The cold pond was about twenty feet in radius, and the cold mist was curling. Lin Mu took a deep breath, and his throat felt extremely cold. The coldness of this cave should be caused by this cold pond.
The water in the pond was not frozen at all. If someone dived into the cold pond, they would be frozen instantly.
What surprised Lin Mu the most was the constantly rotating vortex, which was three feet in size, deep and mysterious. Although it rotated very slowly, if you looked carefully, it seemed to suck your soul into it.
Lin Mu walked along the edge of the cold pond and tried to get close to the vortex. I thought the system would give a prompt.
Unfortunately, Lin Mu walked around the cold pond, but the system did not give any prompts, and the vortex did not change at all, but kept rotating. This was really worrying.
When playing games, the system prompts are very important, which can be said to be concise and to the point. Now there is no system prompt, so we must judge according to the information in the classics.
Blessings and disasters are hidden, Lin Mu thought of this sentence.
Since there is no system prompt, Lin Mu has no experience in this regard in his mind, without wasting time, Lin Mu resolutely turned back.
Good and bad are all good, as long as you are strong, there is no need to worry too much.
...
Back to the entrance of the netherworld secret road, Lin Mu saw Xu Yuan and others who had recovered. After a rest, everyone was in good spirits and no longer felt dizzy.
"Lord, you went down to see, how is the situation?" Xu Yuan asked.
"Nothing special, there is a cold pond deep in the fork road, and there is a whirlpool in the cold pond. It should be the netherworld spring you mentioned." Lin Mu smiled and said.
"It is very cold in there. Don't go in if you don't have enough cultivation in the future. On the tenth day, with your cultivation, you should be able to go in. It is very simple there. I can't see the mystery. You need a professional geomancer like you to explore it." Lin Mu shook his head.
"Okay, I'll take a few backbones in later and try to find a solution. Even if we can't completely eradicate the hidden danger, we have to try our best to seal it for a while." The confident and calm look on Xu Yuan's face appeared again. He had come out of the dilemma.
"Okay!" Lin Mu walked around, Feng Zhong and Chang Yin were also there. They should have heard the report.
Lin Mu didn't tell him about the situation of the Netherworld Secret Passage before because he was afraid that they would worry. Now seeing their relaxed expressions, he knew that he thought too much.
"By the way, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, did the colorful silkworm breeding cave in Xufu Town change because of the churning of the earth veins?" Lin Mu asked.
The colorful silk in Xufu Town is a specialty. It was an accessory to the acquisition of the nine-color dragon silkworm that year. It was brought back by Xu Fu and others.
The colorful silkworm breeding cave is in another huge cave in the Netherworld Secret Passage. They eat the mulberry leaves of the [Earth Spirit Mulberry Tree] growing in this cave.
The colorful silkworms need someone to take care of them. Otherwise, if they don't have mulberry leaves to eat, they will turn into butterflies by spinning cocoons. If they have sufficient mulberry leaves, they will continue to spin silk and will not turn into butterflies. It is very magical.
This secret passage was called the Demon Disc Secret Passage in the previous life, probably because of the seven-colored silkworms turning into butterflies.
"Everything is fine in the seven-colored silkworm breeding cave. In fact, because the spiritual energy inside has become richer, the [earth spirit mulberry tree] has grown more vigorously, the number of mulberry seedlings has doubled, the mulberry leaves are more nutritious, and the colorful silk threads spit out by the colorful silkworms are darker and more colorful. The changes in the cave are all good!"
"Well, that's good news!" Lin Mu nodded. He was so busy recently that he didn't have time to inspect all the new specialties in the territory. He only read them from the paperwork reports.
Lin Mu was not particularly surprised by the various industries in Xufu Town, because they had such a deep foundation that there was no need to make a fuss.
"Okay, you guys get busy first. I'll go back and ask Yuan Zhi if he can make a sacrifice." After Lin Mu talked with Chang Yin and Xu Yuan, they went straight to Yuan Zhi's residence.
Lin Mu obtained the nine-color dragon silk, stalactites, and the heart of the earth. The materials he currently possesses should be able to meet the conditions for casting a magic weapon.
…
Seeing Yuan Zhi again, Lin Mu first exchanged greetings, then mentioned the collection of materials and asked if the conditions were met.
"Lord, you have acquired so many rare items in such a short period of time. You are really lucky." Yuan Zhi was very surprised to hear that he had collected so many rare items in these days.
"There are enough materials to make sacrifices. Congratulations, Lord, for finally getting a magic weapon. You will be good for everything in the future!" Yuan Zhi praised.
"Congratulations to everyone, your merchant level should be upgraded with this sacrifice transaction, right?" Lin Mu said with a smile.
"Yes, it's no problem to upgrade from Huang level to Xuan level." Yuan Zhi had deep eyes and a smile on his face.
"Sir, how should the sacrifice be performed?" Lin Mu asked.
"Lord, prepare the materials and leave the rest to me!"
Lin Mu prepared the sacrificial materials: 300 grains of nine-color dragon silk, 300 units of eighth-level [Deep Sea Fine Gold Stone], 1 drop of ten thousand-year stone stalactite, 10 drops of thousand-year stone stalactite, and three pieces of [Yinglong Dragon Scale] , five drops of [Yinglong’s blood], 20,000 destiny gold coins (obtained from the increased reputation of Daojiu Seal)
Casting materials:
Lin Mu’s [Original Essence and Blood]: (Spirit, Lin Mu’s 100 points of original attribute).
A drop of [Yinglong Essence and Blood] (spirit).
[Marrow of the Earth's Core] (inscription carrier, obtained from the Yellow Spring Ice Cave in the secret passage).
[Ying Long Ni Scale] (Spear Skull, Ying Long’s reward).
[Yinglong Dragon Scale] Two pieces.
100 units of [Nine Heavens Black Iron] (gun body, Yinglong’s reward).
100 pieces of nine-color dragon silk (gun tassel, obtained from Xufu Town's secret warehouse).
There was no problem with the other materials, but Lin Mu was helpless as for his own essence and blood.
The forged magic weapon needs to be condensed with the owner's essence and blood to form a spiritual fit, and to inscribe the soul and its spirit, so that it can be used freely. This is Yuan Zhi’s explanation.
"100 points of original attributes! But I don't have so many original attributes." Lin Mu said doubtfully.
"It doesn't matter, just consume your own potential to condense the essence and blood for the time being. Don't you still have a thousand-year stone stalactite? Then take another drop to restore the consumed potential. It only consumes the potential essence and blood, not yours. There is no need to worry about the upper limit of potential, and it is easier to replenish consumption than to replenish the upper limit," Yuan Zhi explained.
"For example, suppose you have 1,000 points of potential essence and blood, and the upper limit is 1,000. Now you need to consume 100 points of potential essence and blood, so you only have 900 points of potential essence and blood, but your upper limit is still 1,000 points, but the amount is small. It’s just 100 points. Drinking one drop of Thousand-Year Stalactite can restore that 100 points. If you want to increase this limit by 1 point, the effect cannot be repeated. "
Lin Mu heard this theory and nodded to express his understanding. At the same time, he also had a better understanding of the direction of his own strengthening.
"Okay, then the sacrificial ceremony will begin!" After saying that, Yuan Zhi began to whisper, as if he was reciting some mysterious incantations, or as if he was inviting the gods...
After a while, a majestic aura enveloped the world. The sacrificial materials slowly turned into white light and disappeared, while the main materials were also wrapped in light, forming small light groups.
At this time, Lin Mu heard a system prompt:
"Congratulations to player Lin Mu, the sacrifice was successful and you received a [Power of Blessing]!"
"Do you want to use this [power of blessing] to forge weapons?"
Lin Mu said "Yes!" without hesitation.
"Please select a weapon type!"
"Choose a gun!"
After Lin Mu made the selection, the materials wrapped in light slowly gathered together, and after a while, they formed a larger light group.
The light of the large light group slowly disappeared as time passed, and slowly a 190-centimeter magic gun appeared in front of him.
"Ding!"
"——The system prompts, congratulations to the player Lin Mu for successfully using the power of blessing to cast the magic weapon."
"——System prompts, player Lin Mu, you have obtained the [Power of Wishes and Blessings] information: By sacrificing high-level rare items, you can obtain the power of wishing blessings and fulfill a corresponding wish."
(Second update, please vote and ask for rewards!)