ebookland Chapter 320 Your claws are about to be worn bare.
Chapter 320 Your claws are about to be worn bare.
Zhong Lingxin remained unmoved.
The immortal realm is full of cruel things. If you can't even handle this, what will you do when you encounter even more cruel things in the future?
Zhong Chun advised, "It's just helping those two spotted rats. It won't affect any major karma, and it'll make the friends happy. It's no big deal."
Zhong Lingxin nodded: "Okay, just this once, and don't let it happen again!"
The children cheered and rushed out of the defensive formation, heading straight for the rat king who was tearing at the ground.
The Rat King was no match for its friends. Yueyue's single burst of real fire burned it until its skin was torn and it lost its fighting ability.
Then, all the rats rushed over and killed the rat king and all his minions.
The slender female spotted mouse and the injured spotted mouse knelt on the ground, not daring to move.
After a long while, seeing that Zhong Lingxin and the young men had walked away, the injured Five-Colored Rat squeaked and ran over, rolled on the ground and transformed into human form. It knelt in front of Zhong Lingxin, blocking her way, and said, "Thank you, Fairy, for saving my life. Thank you, Fairy, for granting my request. I have a treasure to offer you, Fairy."
The friends who had done the good deed were feeling great, and when they heard about the treasure, they felt even more that they had done the right thing. They all crowded around: "Five-flowered rat, what treasure is it? Tell us quickly!"
The injured five-colored mouse pointed to a tall mountain in front of it and said, "Fairy, this little mouse was born with the ability to dig holes. A while ago, in order to escape for my life, I dug a very deep hole under that mountain. The deeper you go, the denser the immortal energy becomes. This little mouse doesn't know what treasures are down there. Please go down and explore for yourself, Fairy."
Zhong Lingxin looked at the high mountain in front of her. The mountain was covered with lush trees, and a gentle breeze blew by, bringing a refreshing feeling to her face.
She looked down at the five-colored rat and asked, "Why did you tell me? Wouldn't it have been better if you had gone down and collected it yourself after we left? Maybe you could have even used that immortal essence to advance your cultivation."
The injured spotted rat crouched even lower: "Please, fairy, take me in! Please, fairy, take me in!"
Zhong Lingxin asked curiously, "Oh? Why are you begging me to take you in?"
The injured five-colored mouse kowtowed three times and pleaded, "This little mouse has been here for hundreds of years and often hears you immortals who come in talk about how wonderful the outside world is, how there are endless immortal cities to visit, endless trade fairs to attend, and all kinds of immortal treasures."
The little mouse also wanted to go out and see the world.
To be honest, the little mouse was born different from them, and because of this, it was disliked by the Rat King, who always wanted to kill it.
The little mouse had become adept at reading people and could tell that the fairy was not a bad person, so it begged the fairy to take it in.
"Don't worry, fairy, the little mouse is extremely sensitive to fairy energy; it certainly won't let you take it in for nothing."
Zhong Chun suddenly transmitted his voice to Zhong Lingxin, saying, "Xinxin, it has the bloodline of the Treasure-Seeking Rat. Let's take it. Besides, having a local guide in this secret realm will allow us to collect more good things."
Zhong Lingxin nodded.
The injured five-colored rat was overjoyed and quickly pulled the slender five-colored rat beside him. At the same time, he used his divine sense to let Zhong Lingxin mark him with the master-servant seal.
The five-spotted rat entered the nine-story pagoda, squeaking and scurrying about happily for a while before remembering its purpose: "Xinxin, I'll take you down to the bottom of the mountain. My cave is really deep. The reason I can cultivate so quickly is because I cultivated at the bottom of the cave. The deeper we go, the harder it gets, and I really can't dig any deeper, otherwise I would have dug even deeper."
Zhong Lingxin smiled, and with a wave of her hand, the five-colored rat transformed into a tiny one, standing on her shoulder and guiding Zhong Lingxin downwards.
The group of friends all speculated whether there was a magic stone mine underground. One by one, they all took out their compasses. Some stood on Zhong Lingxin's shoulders, some landed on her head, and Huanhuan even jumped directly into her arms, accompanying Zhong Lingxin all the way down.
After navigating countless twists and turns and moving one huge rock after another, Zhong Lingxin spent half a day in the pilgrimage, but still didn't feel her immortal energy increase much.
The friends were a bit annoyed and started chattering, saying that the five-spotted rat was causing all sorts of trouble and getting in the way.
The five-spotted rat stroked its whiskers sheepishly and chuckled, "If we hadn't taken a few more turns and blocked a couple more rocks, all the spiritual energy from underground would have surfaced. We couldn't have waited until today, hehe, hehe!"
Zhong Chun followed behind Zhong Lingxin, smiling and praising him for doing the right thing.
The spotted mouse was even happier and comforted its friend, "Almost there, almost there, we'll be done in another day."
Huanhuan, who was enjoying Zhong Lingxin's embrace, suddenly exclaimed, "The compass! The compass is moving!"
The group of friends all picked up their compasses and examined them closely.
Sure enough, the compass needle spun wildly downwards.
Yueyue breathed a sigh of relief: "Hurry up, hurry up, we have the magic stone now."
Pingping and An'an stood on the back of Zhong Lingxin's neck. The two little ones turned their heads to look at Zhong Chun at the same time: "Thank goodness, Xiao Chun, the compass you made can be used."
Huanhuan snorted angrily: "Hmph, it's just that the level is too low. It can't detect anything if it's a little far away. It's better not to have it at all."
Zhong Chun was too lazy to speak.
Is it his fault for having such a low grade?
A bunch of little guys blame him for everything whenever something goes wrong.
Forget it, I won't stoop to their level.
Don't get angry over trivial matters.
As Zhong Lingxin descended underground, the compasses in her companions' hands began to glow, especially the pointers, which shone like crystal and pointed directly ahead into the earth.
There is no road here.
The five-spotted rat jumped off Zhong Lingxin's shoulder, scratched the ground with its paws, leaving several white marks, and said, "I can't dig anymore, otherwise I would have kept digging."
Huanhuan jumped out of Zhong Lingxin's arms, raised her little paws, and proudly tilted her head: "Watch me!"
Yueyue jumped off Zhong Lingxin's head, raised her little paws, and proudly tilted her head back: "Watch me."
After the two little ones finished speaking, they looked at each other and shouted at the same time, "Catch!"
Two enormous, magical claws slashed violently at the ground in front of them, tearing a three-foot-long hole in the earth.
The two little ones exclaimed, "Wow, that's really tough! We've only managed to pry it open a little bit. I'll pry, I'll pry, pry, pry!"
The two little ones simultaneously raised their paws, scrambling up mud and rocks from the ground.
Zhong Lingxin followed behind the two little ones, collecting all the mud and rocks into the Nine-Story Pagoda.
Zhong Chun, holding a compass, followed behind Zhong Lingxin, occasionally exchanging a few words with the Five-Flower Rat to determine their location.
Two days later, Zhong Chun called for a halt.
Huanhuan and Yueyue asked in unison, "Is it okay?"
Zhong Chun laughed and said, "That's enough. If you don't, you'll scratch your hands raw."
Huanhuan and Yueyue nodded. The deeper they went, the harder the ground became, and their little paws were indeed almost worn out.
Zhong Lingxin released her divine sense and slowly probed out.
After a long while, she withdrew her divine sense with a happy expression: "Not bad, this is a medium-grade immortal stone mine. Although it was a bit difficult for me to collect it, I was able to manage it. Luckily, it wasn't too bad, otherwise I would have had to mine it."
She collected all her companions into the Nine-Story Pagoda, then used her divine sense to envelop the entire Immortal Stone Mine, and shouted, "Collect!"