Chapter 523: What is Caution?

Chapter 523: What is Caution?

This enormous Cave, and the Mine Tunnel connected to it, might be hiding some secret.

Next, when exploring this Mine Cave, I probably need to be more vigilant.

Such thoughts flashed through his mind. He Song's mind stirred, and the Low-Grade Spirit Tool Starfall Pearl was instantly activated by him. A screen of light instantly enveloped his entire body within it.

In addition to this, a seal quietly appeared in He Song's hand.

This was a Low-Grade Spirit Tool, the Purple Lightning Spirit Snake Seal.

The Purple Lightning Spirit Snake Seal, like the Starfall Pearl, was a Low-Grade Spirit Tool personally refined by He Song.

These two Low-Grade Spirit Tools were both selected by He Song from Perfected Lord Silver Moon's treasures previously.

Able to be treasured by Perfected Lord Silver Moon, a refiner whose Cultivation Level had already reached the Late Golden Core Stage and who could refine Mid-Grade Spirit Tools, the power of these two Low-Grade Spirit Tools was naturally not weak.

They could even be said to be extremely powerful.

Now that they were fully activated, it represented that He Song had already completely entered a battle state, and could launch an attack against an enemy at any time.

After activating his two Low-Grade Spirit Tools, He Song's mind turned, and Spirit Pills and Spirit Talismans within his Storage Bag that could be readily taken out also quickly appeared in a place where He Song could easily access them.

After completing all of this, He Song circulated the Magical Power in his energy center, and two screens of light extremely similar to the screen of light formed after the Starfall Pearl was activated also appeared around He Song's body.

Golden Core Secret Art, Earth Spirit Body Protection Art.

And Golden Core Secret Art, Eight Desolations Return to Origin Technique.

The screens of light formed after these two Golden Core defensive Secret Arts were cast.

Also quietly enveloped He Song's body at this moment.

After these two Golden Core Realm defensive Secret Arts were successfully cast, they did not require a continuous consumption of He Song's own Magical Power.

After forming an indestructible barrier, only when the barrier was attacked would these two Golden Core Secret Arts continuously consume He Song's own Magical Power.

When the barrier was not under attack, these two Golden Core defensive Secret Arts would not cause the Magical Power within He Song's body to dissipate over time.

In this way, casting these two defensive Secret Arts first before encountering an enemy would not waste He Song's Magical Power.

It could also ensure the Safety of He Song himself.

When the light around his body became dazzling.

And several screens of light completely enveloped him.

When a strong sense of Safety began to envelop his heart, He Song then breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then, He Song turned his head and saw An Ning, who was currently dumbstruck, looking at him blankly.

An Ning at this moment still did not know what had happened.

Previously, she had been delighted that the Mine Tunnel had been opened.

But in the blink of an eye, she saw several screens of light suddenly appearing on He Song's body, and a delicate seal also appearing in his hand. Furthermore, powerful Spirit Pressure surged from He Song's body.

In An Ning's eyes, the screens of light around He Song's body appeared extremely dazzling in this dark Mine Cave.

The seal in his hand also looked very much like a Magic Tool prepared to be activated to fight someone.

Even the Spirit Pressure on He Song's body faintly gave her a feeling of being unable to breathe.

However, this feeling was only fleeting. When she sensed it carefully again, the Spirit Pressure on He Song's body was no longer as tyrannical as before.

She, who did not know He Song's true Cultivation Level at all, was still confused in her mind until now.

If she did not know that He Song was with her and there was no need to attack her, perhaps she would have already turned around and run when she saw this unusual scene before her eyes.

He Song's appearance at this moment, at first glance, was him arming himself to the teeth, ready to fight enemies at any time.

But.

In this Abandoned Mine Cave, where would enemies come from?

Dumbstruck, An Ning's mind was filled with doubts at this moment.

But it was also at this moment.

He Song's voice also came from beside her ear.

"What are you standing there blankly for? Where is your defensive Magic Tool?"

"There might be danger here. You'd better activate your Magic Tool to protect yourself for the best."

"Let's go."

Following He Song's urging, An Ning, who had not reacted yet, also quickly reacted.

After taking out her defensive Magic Tool and activating it to surround her body, a trace of gratitude flashed in An Ning's gaze as she looked at He Song.

In her view, He Song's actions were clearly not to guard against dangers in the Abandoned Mine Cave.

Instead, it was more like Teaching by Example, teaching herself how to protect herself in an unfamiliar environment.

Like her previous entry into a Place of Opportunity without any defenses, if there were real danger, she would probably die on the spot in an instant.

At that time, not only would her entire Cultivation Level be lost, but she would probably also encounter terrible things.

And He Song's actions were clearly meant to tell her to always maintain Vigilance, otherwise, the consequences would be unpredictable.

However, what An Ning did not know was.

He Song did not have the leisure to Teach by Example to her.

It was only because the enormous Cave behind the Mine Tunnel instantly raised He Song's Vigilance.

He activated Magic Tools to protect himself and cast Secret Arts to condense barriers. Everything, everything, was only to make himself safer.

Apart from this, he had not thought of anything else.

Even An Ning's Safety had not been considered by He Song.

He only told her to activate her Magic Tool and protect her own Safety herself.

As for letting An Ning come to his side and use his Golden Core Secret Arts and Low-Grade Spirit Tools to protect her, He Song had not even thought about it.

Letting others enter the protective barrier generated after his Golden Core Secret Arts and Low-Grade Spirit Tools were activated, and being in an undefended area with him.

If that person had malicious intentions, He Song would probably suffer heavy damage in an instant.

Even if An Ning's Cultivation Level was only Early Foundation Establishment Stage, for He Song, whose Cultivation Level had now reached the Early Golden Core Stage, she posed almost no Threat.

But it was better to be safe than sorry.

What if?

For He Song, his own Safety was the most important thing.

As for An Ning?

As a Foundation Establishment True Person, protecting herself was not a difficult thing.

With such thoughts, after seeing An Ning activate her defensive Magic Tool, He Song also moved and headed towards the Mine Tunnel ahead.

In the enormous Cave at the end of the Mine Tunnel ahead, He Song used his Divine Sense to scan and discovered that there were many Signs of Cultivators being present within.

The existence of these Signs represented that this enormous Cave had also been entered by Cultivators before.

At least, before this Mine Tunnel was buried by Mountain Stone, there had been Cultivators present.

However, for some unknown reason later, a large amount of Mountain Stone fell, completely burying the Mine Tunnel leading to that enormous Cave.

Where He Song's Divine Sense swept, he even discovered that in this enormous Cave, someone seemed to be trapped inside, and even wanted to open up this Mine Tunnel from inside the Cave.

Unfortunately.

That person did not seem to be a Golden Core Perfected Person, and their Divine Sense and strength were not comparable to He Song's.

In addition, at that time, the Mountain Stone here might not have been as solid as it was now, but instead seemed to be very loose.

Therefore, when the person inside wanted to open up this Mine Tunnel, Mountain Stone continuously fell from above, filling in the place they had opened up again.

After repeating this process.

That person ultimately failed to open up the Mine Tunnel, and was trapped and died in this enormous Cave.

When He Song's Divine Sense swept over, he had seen the location of their corpse.

Now He Song was leading An Ning forward all the way, and naturally also wanted to see what secrets were hidden in this enormous Cave.

The entrance to this enormous Cave had long been blocked by Mountain Stone.

If He Song had not come here and completely opened up this Mine Tunnel with the might of a Golden Core Perfected Person, perhaps this enormous Cave would not have been discovered for who knows how long.

Now that He Song and An Ning had opened up the Mine Tunnel and entered it, perhaps they could also find some Fortuitous Encounters within it.

However, He Song did not place too much importance on the Fortuitous Encounters here in his heart.

His purpose in coming here was only because he valued the complexity of this place, wanting to find a secluded place for himself to cultivate in seclusion.

As for other things, they were all just incidental.

Even this enormous Cave, in He Song's view, was just an Unexpected Event.

As the two of them went deeper.

An enormous Cave finally appeared in front of the two of them.

The Cave was extremely large, but it was pitch black and without any light.

However, both of them were Cultivators. Even An Ning, whose Cultivation Level was the lowest, was a Foundation Establishment True Person, and He Song had already reached the Golden Core Stage.

Therefore, just relying on the light emitted from the barriers around He Song's body, the two of them could also take in everything before their eyes.

The current He Song, wrapped in the three barriers of the Starfall Pearl, Eight Desolations Return to Origin Technique, and Earth Spirit Body Protection Art, was like a huge light bulb in the darkness, shining with rather dazzling light.

When the two of them entered the Cave, the originally pitch-black Cave also quickly lit up under the illumination of the light around He Song's body.

When the scene within the enormous Cave before their eyes was fully revealed under the illumination of the light.

An Ning, who followed He Song into the Cave, immediately let out a cry of surprise.

"Hiss, after this Mine Tunnel, there is actually such a large Cave."

"This place looks like it hasn't been visited for a long time."

"But looking at the Mountain Stone and soil that has been dug away in large quantities around, before this place was buried by Mountain Stone, there were actually Cultivators trapped here?"

"Could it be that there are other Fortuitous Encounters in this Cave?"

The place where He Song and An Ning entered the Cave had already been dug into a huge opening.

Large amounts of Mountain Stone and soil were piled up on both sides, forming two towering piles of Mountain Stone and earth.

But unfortunately, even though this place had been dug into such a shape, the person who caused all of this had still failed to open up the Mine Tunnel and escape from this place into the Mine Tunnel.

Following An Ning's cry of surprise.

He Song's gaze swept across the surroundings, and he quickly saw a corpse sitting cross-legged not far away.

Even though they were already dead, this corpse still maintained a cross-legged sitting posture, and even the Magical Robe on their body had not been damaged in the slightest, still as new as ever.

This was a Magical Robe for Cultivators. Unlike ordinary Mortal Realm clothing, it possessed many practical functions.

Among the precious ones, small Array Formations were even engraved, which could resist Cultivator attacks.

Seeing this situation, He Song's gaze swept across below the corpse.

After seeing that no Golden Core had fallen to the ground, a stone in his heart also fell to the ground.

Without a Golden Core, then naturally it was not a Golden Core Cultivator.

Moreover, if it were a Golden Core Cultivator, this person would probably have already escaped, so how could they be trapped and die in this kind of place.

The Mine Tunnel that He Song and An Ning had walked through previously, although it was blocked by Mountain Stone, at most, it would only trap and kill some Qi Refining Cultivators.

Even Foundation Establishment True Persons might not be blocked by these Mountain Stone.

Not to mention Golden Core Perfected Persons?

He Song entering this place was very simple.

Even if the Mountain Stone collapsed again, it was equally simple for him to get out.

Such thoughts flashed through his mind, and He Song also had some guesses about the Cultivation Level of this corpse when they were alive.

This person was most likely only a Qi Condensation Stage Cultivator.

At most, at most, they were an Early Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator.

With such thoughts, He Song's mind stirred, and his Divine Sense probed out, quickly probing into the Storage Pouch beside the corpse.

However, as his Divine Sense probed into it, He Song's eyes also moved slightly.

Inside the Storage Pouch.

The number of Spirit Stones was not small, as many as hundreds of thousands of Low-Grade Spirit Stones, which was the normal wealth of a Foundation Establishment True Person.

This amount of Spirit Stones made He Song feel slightly surprised in his heart.

But apart from this, the other things in the Storage Pouch were completely unlike the Storage Pouch of a Foundation Establishment True Person.

Not a single Foundation Establishment Spirit Talisman.

Not a single Foundation Establishment Spirit Pill.

In the vast space of the Storage Pouch, apart from hundreds of thousands of Low-Grade Spirit Stones, the rest were all miscellaneous items.

Scanning the various things in the Storage Pouch with his Divine Sense, He Song quickly came to a conclusion in his heart.

It seemed that the Cultivation Level of this corpse when they were alive was actually truly a Foundation Establishment True Person.

However, he did not know why they were trapped and died in this Cave.

With doubts, He Song's gaze looked towards the location of the corpse.

Wherever his gaze reached.

He Song quickly noticed something was wrong.

The corpse before his eyes was not particularly complete. Some bones had obvious signs of fracture, and many ribs in the chest were broken.

It looked like this corpse had experienced an extremely fierce battle before they were alive.

Such a guess arose in his heart, and the various things in the Storage Pouch instantly flashed through He Song's mind.

If He Song remembered correctly.

In their Storage Pouch, there was a huge Monster Beast corpse, which seemed to be a Foundation Establishment Monster Beast, and had previously been classified by He Song as miscellaneous items.

But looking at it now.

That huge Foundation Establishment Monster Beast corpse might be the fundamental reason why this Foundation Establishment True Person was trapped and died here.

However, he just did not know whether it was this Foundation Establishment True Person who, after slaying that Foundation Establishment Monster Beast, was seriously injured and died here.

Or whether that Foundation Establishment Monster Beast had been constantly preventing that Foundation Establishment True Person from leaving, and eventually a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, the Monster Beast was slain, and the Foundation Establishment True Person was also unable to recover.

Or perhaps, it was a situation where both sides were injured, and that Foundation Establishment True Person barely held on until the Monster Beast died, but in the end, they were also seriously injured and unable to open up the Mine Tunnel again, and were trapped and died here.

Various guesses about the cause of death of this Foundation Establishment True Person flashed through his mind.

He Song's gaze looked around.

And indeed, he discovered many signs of fighting within this enormous Cave.

Seeing this scene, He Song was certain in his heart.

It seemed that even if his guesses were wrong, they were probably not too far off.

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