The others didn't object. Next, they explored several nearby mine tunnels, discovering more low-grade Icefire Jade and quite a few ancient cultivator remains.
These remains were identical to those found above, without any storage bags, clearly low-level cultivators.
Zhang Ling guessed that these low-level cultivators might have been miners extracting Icefire Jade. But judging from the current situation, this Icefire mine seemed to have been abandoned.
However, upon observation, the jade mine didn't seem to be abandoned due to depletion, but rather due to some kind of accident. The remains of these low-level cultivators also proved this, indicating that something had happened.
Old Daoist Yangshan and the others also frowned, all thinking the same thing. They continued through several tunnels, cautiously advancing towards the deepest part of the mine.
Before long, as they rounded a fork in the road, they heard a gust of wind.
Here, the divine senses of everyone were not restricted, so they immediately discovered the source of the wind, which was a strange hurricane rising in a nearby tunnel.
This was a special storm carrying icy cold air and fire spiritual energy, rushing towards them at an extremely high speed.
This strange storm came quickly, instantly reaching the tunnel where they were. Everyone's expression changed slightly, and they quickly set up defenses.
In an instant, everyone was submerged in this strange two-colored storm.
Zhang Ling immediately felt the spiritual energy shield around him trembling slightly. This made him frown, and he quickly mobilized some spiritual energy to stabilize the defense.
The storm outside was like a giant wave, one wave higher than another, and the ice and fire power contained within it was several times stronger in an instant. The whistling in his ears overlapped, turning into a sharp, piercing sound.
Suddenly, an urgent cry came from the side, and several Foundation Establishment cultivators who were with them shouted.
"Ah, seniors, help! We can't hold on anymore!"
"Don't panic, gather to the side." Then Old Daoist Yangshan's voice was heard.
The old Daoist flicked his hand, and a white pearl appeared in front of him. He gently tapped the pearl, and the pearl shone brightly, emitting a white light that covered the three or four zhang of space next to the stone wall.
Immediately, several Foundation Establishment cultivators quickly flashed into the white light.
Of the Foundation Establishment cultivators that Old Daoist Yangshan brought, only a few were left. Naturally, he wouldn't let them fall in the strange wind for nothing.
The Golden Core cultivators like Zhang Ling didn't have too much worry.
Although the storm outside was very violent, like an attack released by many cultivators, not weaker than a large-scale second-order spell. Foundation Establishment cultivators in it would definitely not be able to hold on for long. But they could resist it with their spiritual energy shields alone.
This was the difference in strength.
Of course, Zhang Ling also frowned. If this strong wind continued, although he could resist it, his own spiritual energy would be consumed several times faster.
However, this worry didn't last long. The sudden strong wind came and went quickly. After more than ten breaths of time, the wind pressure gradually weakened until it disappeared without a trace.
The Foundation Establishment cultivators were all pale, secretly relieved.
"Hehe, if I'm not mistaken, the strong wind just now seems to be the Yin Yang Wind recorded in the classics. I didn't expect us to encounter it." The bald old man Shen chuckled.
"It does look like a kind of Yin Yang Wind. This place is also very suitable for the formation of this strange wind. There's nothing surprising. Let's continue to go deeper." Old Daoist Yangshan nodded and said, then took the lead in continuing to explore along the mine tunnel.
The strong wind just now contained two conflicting spiritual energies of ice and fire, which is the so-called Yin Yang Wind. Although it is not common, it can indeed be encountered in some special places. Like the Icefire Jade mine they are in now, it is this special spiritual mine.
Continuing to explore in this way, the few people deliberately maintained their speed, and the detection was not too fast, but Zhang Ling and others had strong divine senses, and the range of exploration was not small because it was not restricted here.
In half an hour, they explored at least three or four hundred li, but the mine was not yet at the end, which shows that this Icefire Jade mine is not small. However, the few people are all high-level cultivators, and they still have this patience.
After a few more hours, the group explored many more areas. Suddenly, Old Daoist Yangshan's body flashed with spiritual light, and he increased his speed.
Zhang Ling and the others also had a thought, their divine senses condensed, and they explored forward. Then they also seemed to have discovered something, and their faces showed joy. They also accelerated their speed, and soon came to a large space.
Several spiritual lights flashed, and the few people rushed out of a mine tunnel on the stone wall. Looking around, there was a lot of fire light on the left, and a hot fire spiritual energy came. That side was black and red, and there was a popping sound from time to time. The ground was also red lava, like being deep in an underground magma area.
On the right side, white mist弥漫, a large amount of ice mist slowly flowed, the ground was covered with white frost, and countless large and small smooth ice pillars were condensed. The bursts of ice cold power made them feel like they were in a land of ice.
The two kinds of cold and hot breaths filled the entire space, which gave everyone a strange feeling. For a while, no one spoke, and they were all looking around.
The feeling of hot and cold came from this space, which made everyone have some strange expressions. However, after looking around, their eyes all looked at a stone wall on the opposite side.
The opposite wall was different from the Icefire Jade mine they had just passed through. Instead, it was a blue-black color, like another kind of rock.
A sweep of divine sense revealed that it was just ordinary rock. At the moment, a square stone door more than two zhang high was opened on the rock, covered with a layer of spiritual light.
The spiritual light first showed a layer of earth yellow, but in a blink of an eye, it turned into a fiery red, and after a moment, it turned into an ice blue.
The three-colored spiritual light constantly changed, making the stone door appear somewhat special, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Old Daoist Yangshan showed joy when he saw this, and with a flick of his sleeve, he rolled up Chen Qing next to him and flew to the stone door first. Zhang Ling and the others also looked at the stone door on the opposite stone wall with glowing eyes.
After landing in front of the stone door, Chen Qing used the array plate to examine the restrictions on it. Soon after, he had a way to break it, and took out more than a dozen array flags of different colors. He said to everyone.
"Senior Yangshan, the restriction on this stone door looks complicated, but like the restrictions above, they all belong to the formation formed by using the ice and fire power of this place. Now that this formation is not presided over by anyone, the power it exerts is only about half of what it should be. As long as we use the Spirit Restriction Formation to temporarily block the earth vein energy of this place, we can cut off the spiritual power source of the formation, and then we can easily break it with brute force."
Chen Qing explained the method of breaking this formation to everyone. Naturally, no one objected. Although they were not very proficient in formations, they all knew that any formation must have energy to drive it. Once the energy disappears, the formation will naturally not be able to exert much power.
