Chapter 1254Yunze's Feeding, Meng Hongchen: Do You Like This Kind of Sister?
The Necromancer Black Gold Mine that Old Wang mentioned was located about two thousand meters west of where Yunze and the others had just been.
The distance wasn't particularly far, but the surrounding environment was constantly changing.
Originally, the outer edge of the forest was covered with strangely shaped trees, but as Yunze and the others arrived to the west, the trees gradually disappeared.
Moreover, without Ilex's reminder, Yunze could clearly feel the aura of death around him growing increasingly dense.
The soul beasts here were similar to those he had seen earlier, each with a peculiar shape, looking like decaying creatures, but they didn't seem to be very aggressive. Perhaps it was because of the strength of Old Wang and the other two that these soul beasts were extremely wary of them.
"This is..."
When they crossed the swamp and stepped onto flat ground, Yunze discovered that there was a small valley not far away.
Because the trees in the forest were too tall and had very strange shapes, he hadn't noticed the existence of this valley when he was on the outside.
There wasn't a single tree growing in this valley; it was bare and looked extremely empty.
"This should be the location of the Necromancer's Black Gold Mine. The terrain here is somewhat different from the rest of the Death Forest," Old Wang said.
Yun Ze narrowed his eyes. In the valley, there seemed to be pits of varying sizes, but there were no traces of humans, or even soul beasts.
Something was strange.
Yun Ze thought to himself.
"Sister Meng, you must stay close to me later. If there's any danger, don't worry about me, just leave this place," Yun Ze said softly, holding Meng Hongchen's hand.
After hearing this, Meng Hongchen smiled and shook her head, "I won't leave you alone. We'll go together!"
"You—"
"Xiao Ze, the reason I came with you is because I don't want you to be in danger alone. Perhaps I can't share the burden of those potential dangers with just one more person, but at least I can face them with you."
Hearing Meng Hongchen's soft yet firm words, Yun Ze felt a warmth in his heart.
On the surface, he nodded slightly, agreeing to Meng Hongchen's words, but he had already communicated with the Demon Spirit King that in case of danger, his first priority would be to ensure Meng Hongchen's safety.
He had also prepared the Emperor Sword Frozen Ice, ready to activate it immediately should they encounter a danger that even Elder Wang and the other two couldn't withstand!
"Hehe, little guy, just stay in the back. Let us old men handle the clearing and covering," Elder Sun said with a chuckle, naturally walking in front of Yunze.
Elder Wang and Elder Jiang protected Yunze and Meng Hongchen in the center, forming a triangular formation as they headed up the mountain.
The ground of this mountain was somewhat cracked, a stark contrast to the surrounding swampy terrain. But from these cracks in the ground, a dense aura of death emanated.
"Come and take a look!"
Suddenly, after a short while, Elder Sun, who was walking in front, beckoned to the people behind him. They immediately stepped forward and came to Elder Sun's side.
In front of them was a small pit, around which were densely packed, stone-like metals exposed. These metals appeared dark, but not particularly deep; beneath the darkness was a peculiar shimmering gold.
"What a peculiar metal. Is this the Necromancer's Black Gold described in the books?" Old Wang curiously examined the metal in the pit. He turned to look at Yun Ze. "Is this our goal for this trip?"
"Yes, senior." Yun Ze nodded. He first instructed Elder Jiang to protect Meng Hongchen, then exchanged a glance with Elder Sun before sliding down into the pit one after the other.
The pit wasn't deep, at most seven or eight meters. With their cultivation levels, they could easily escape in an instant.
Although the pit wasn't large, the amount of undead black gold inside was considerable, roughly at least several dozen pieces.
Yun Ze enveloped his palm with his soul power, then grabbed an exposed piece of undead black gold. With a squeeze, cracks instantly appeared around the black gold, and the entire piece was pulled out and placed in his hand. The
black gold felt bone-chillingly cold to the touch. Even with Yun Ze's soul power attribute, he could feel a slight chill, demonstrating the high level of the undead aura permeating the black gold.
"You're wasting too much energy and soul power doing this. Use this," Elder Sun chuckled, handing Yun Ze a soul tool.
Yunze took it and discovered it was a small, multi-functional soul tool. The tool's opening was a specially designed drill, several of them, with a soul guidance array encased in the center.
Yunze tried using it and found it to be highly efficient.
The drills were extremely destructive, instantly shattering the rocks surrounding the Necromancer's Black Gold, while the soul guidance array was a suction array, firmly holding onto the Necromancer's Black Gold that fell due to the falling rocks.
This soul tool wasn't of a high rank, only level four, and was a functional soul tool; even some level 30 soul masters could use it easily, let alone Yunze.
For the Sun Moon Empire, with its powerful soul tool industry, such a thing was practically cheap junk, but the soul tool Elder Sun gave Yunze was produced by Mingde Hall, and its effectiveness, quality, and duration of use were far superior to the Empire's standard soul tools.
Seeing there was no danger below, Meng Hongchen jumped down from the edge of the pit. After being caught by Yunze, she also took a soul tool from Elder Sun and helped mine the Necromancer's Black Gold.
Even Elder Wang followed, leaving only Elder Jiang to keep watch above.
With the four of them working together, and the effects of the soul tools themselves, the mining speed was extremely fast.
Before long, the Necromancer's Black Gold in this small pit was completely mined out.
"Elder Yi, do you think this much Necromancer's Black Gold is equivalent to the hundreds of Necromancer materials you mentioned?" Yunze asked with a smile as he put the Necromancer's Black Gold into his storage pendant.
"No, although these metals possess high-grade Necromancer's aura, the amount of energy is too small. At most, it can only be equivalent to a few pieces of materials. Just using this kind of Black Gold as material, at least several thousand, or even tens of thousands, of Necromancer's Black Gold would be needed," Ilex replied.
Upon hearing this, Yunze's lips twitched.
Holy crap, several thousand? Tens of thousands?
However, compared to hunting soul beasts, this method, though somewhat tedious, was not inefficient.
Of course, Yunze did not intend to keep all the undead black gold for himself; some would definitely be given to Elder Jiang and the other two so they could return to Mingde Hall for research.
It wasn't that Elder Jiang and the others necessarily needed the undead black gold, but regardless, Yunze still felt that keeping it all for himself was slightly against his conscience. The quantity given away would definitely be small, since they were highly unlikely to need it anyway.
After finishing digging this mine, Elder Jiang had already used his spiritual power to explore the surrounding area.
As everyone expected, the valley was full of these undead black gold mines, but most of them were small mines. Mining them wasn't a problem, just a bit time-consuming.
Yun Ze didn't care. Watching Meng Hongchen excitedly digging with her soul tool, a smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.
"What are you laughing at?" Noticing Yun Ze's expression, Meng Hongchen reached out and gently patted Yun Ze's head. She definitely wouldn't hit him hard; she would be heartbroken if she hurt him!
"Sister Meng, don't you think it's especially funny to see you mining?" Yun Ze said with a smile.
"Really?" Meng Hongchen chuckled, leaning closer to Yunze, her breath sweet as orchids. "Then, Yunze, do you like this kind of older sister?"
Yunze nodded without hesitation. "Of course I do."
"Hehe~"
Meng Hongchen laughed incessantly, like a child who had received candy as a reward.
After mining in several mines, Yunze told everyone to take a break. There was still plenty of time; there was no need to finish mining all at once. Yunze
took the food Meng Hongchen had prepared herself. The delicate dishes and rice were packaged in a pink food box, which looked somewhat comical as Yunze held it, but he didn't care about such details.
He scooped up a spoonful of the food and rice and held it to Meng Hongchen's lips. She obediently opened her little mouth, made a soft "ah-oh," and ate the food clean. After
taking a bite, she even stuck out her tongue like a kitten and licked the area around her lips.
Yunze smiled slightly and scooped up a spoonful for himself as well.
The rich aroma of vegetables and meats blended exquisitely with the rice. Meng Hongchen's culinary skills were superb. Although there were maids in the villa, Meng Hongchen herself loved cooking and had a natural talent for it. So, despite her young age, she was already a master chef.
In contrast, her twin brother, Xiao Hongchen, was completely useless in all aspects of life, except for his exceptional talent in soul tools.
The three elders, Wang Lao and his companions, watched the young couple feeding each other, smiled slightly, and tacitly went to rest.
How youthful!
The food in one lunchbox wasn't enough for Yunze, but because he possessed the characteristics of a high-level soul beast, he didn't need to eat every day like a human.
Most of the food was deliberately fed to Meng Hongchen by Yunze, who didn't refuse. Although he had been told to eat more, Yunze didn't listen and instead sped up the feeding.
"Mmm," Meng Hongchen rubbed her tummy, looking at Yunze with satisfaction, "You've fed me so much!"
"How much?"
"Hehe, guess?"
Yunze, "..."
After finishing their meal, the group rested for a while before returning to mining.
The surrounding mines had been almost completely mined. Yunze and the others exchanged glances and headed up the mountain. Yunze and
his group started mining at noon, and it wasn't until the afternoon that they had finished mining about 60% of the mines in the entire valley.
"If the Death Forest weren't so much more dangerous than other soul beast forests and valleys, and if we didn't have any use for this Necromancer Black Gold, we could have easily emptied this place out using the power of the Mingde Hall," Old Wang couldn't help but sigh.
"However, although this metal has a certain degree of danger, if a Death-attribute soul tool were made, it might have unexpected effects on the strategies of countries like Xingluo," Old Sun said.
Yun Ze nodded. "Senior Sun is right. Even among Soul Masters, those with the Death attribute are extremely rare. Even among the notoriously evil Soul Masters, the number of those with pure Death attributes is probably small. If successfully developed, it would indeed be a very important strategic weapon." "
But if such a Soul Tool is successfully manufactured, it might have some unimaginable dangers," Elder Jiang sighed softly. His personality was rather gentle; otherwise, he wouldn't have given up his prestigious title and family status to stay at Mingde Hall as a researcher.
Elder Jiang was also correct. Death—the very word evoked many negative thoughts, let alone its use as a weapon in war.
While a Death attribute Soul Tool might be incredibly powerful, it could also be extremely cruel, potentially causing mutations and affecting the surrounding environment, just like this Death Forest.
Of course, the group was only discussing it; they didn't intend to directly develop such a Soul Tool.
"Have you noticed that the higher we go up the mountain, the denser the death aura in the Necromancer's Black Gold becomes? This means the quality of the Necromancer's Black Gold ore on the mountain is better. Why don't we go to the top and take a look?" Elder Sun suggested.
The group exchanged glances, and Elder Wang frowned, saying, "Don't you think it's a bit strange that such a valley full of Necromancer's Black Gold ore is completely devoid of any living beings?"
"It's too quiet!"
Yun Ze agreed, feeling something was amiss.
However, in his mind, Ilex hadn't detected any dangerous fluctuations, so Yun Ze hadn't taken it seriously at all.
After thinking for a moment, considering that the Demon Spirit King was waiting nearby, and with her cultivation level, she shouldn't be in any great danger unless she encountered a Limit Douluo-level expert, Yun Ze pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go up and take a look, but before that, we need to prepare for our evacuation."
Elder Wang and the others nodded and immediately handed Yun Ze and Meng Hongchen each a flying soul tool.
This was a purely military-grade soul tool, generally only equipped by major soul master regiments. However, these individuals were senior researchers at Mingde Hall, so it was quite normal for them to possess several flying soul tools. After
equipping themselves with their flying soul tools, the group began their ascent of the mountain.
The mountain wasn't particularly high; although it covered a considerable area, its highest point was estimated to be less than a hundred meters, even shorter than some of the oldest trees in the forest.
Upon reaching the summit, they discovered that the center of the valley was a sunken, circular clearing, filled with densely packed metal—all Necromancer Black Gold!
However, Yun Ze immediately sensed something amiss.
Not far below, a figure sat cross-legged on the ground with their back to them, utterly devoid of any aura or life force. Yet, for some reason, Yun Ze felt a chill run down his spine!
(End of Chapter)
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