Chapter 53 - The Deep Mines (1/2)

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The Deep Mines truly was deep. When they were brought beside one, he looked down and could feel a sensation of endlessness and despair. The sheer darkness of it was extraordinary. If one had keen senses, they could hear painful moans, repetitive groans, and death throes from time to time. He could feel that the number of lives in this one deep hole likely exceeded the millions. He couldn't even imagine the others.

They were ushered into a small box where they had to cluster together, and Tao stood next to him. His expression had a slight smile. This calmness was a stark contrast to the tears of the children, women, and even the men who were with them. As for him, he didn't believe he could be held by something like this. He looked up to that massive formation that spanned miles, and couldn't help but grow curious.

Being as perceptive as always, Tao explained, ”The formation is categorized as being a rank nine. However, its strength is closer to the rank eight. The reason for its rank nine is because of its sheer scope and uses. It's called the Deep Mine God Formation. It was dubbed that by the residents of the Deep Mines, as it stays there like a god looking down at them from up high. There's even a cult group that believes in the spirit of the Deep Mine God Formation. Lunatics.”

Tao's knowledge was rather useful to him and answered many of his questions. If it wasn't for him, he would be wildly ignorant about many things, including the dao.

They kept descending in the small box. An initial-Qi Unification Cultivator was escorting them downwards. As they got further and further, it got darker and darker. It was like someone was slowly extinguishing the lights, and despite the sun still being as high as it could be, it seemed to slowly vanish as they descended deeper.

1 li.

10 li.

100 li.

They stopped at about 320 li down. This was terrifyingly deep inside the earth. It took an entire seven days of descension to do so. That was the length of the distance of the basilisk forest. Luckily, the box they were in was like a flight armament and soared down quickly. One thing he felt from these mines was that it truly felt endless.

As they kept descending and the light disappeared, the box lit up in violent brilliance. He could see small lighting crystals embedded into the walls that seemed to be connected to a formation. There was a 100 around every meter of depth. Despite this, the light wasn't very intense. It did reveal tunnels and in these tunnels were haggard people going in and out with various tools. Every so often, there were groups of individuals who were carrying dead bodies, and instead of sending them up, they would just throw them deeper into the mine.

It was a depressing sight. Their bodies would fall and there would be no sound, as if endless. ”What is at the bottom?” He couldn't help but ask softly. However, his words captured the attention of the Qi Unification Cultivator, and the man couldn't help but sneer with a trace of disdain and contempt. ”If you're so curious, jump and see.”

Even though the man said it as a way to mock Yan Zaizen, he genuinely felt tempted. He felt like there was something living down there. His understanding of the life law reached the force-level, and he could sense lifeforce signatures. When he looked downward, he felt a faint one that seemed exceptionally vague. However, as he descended downwards, the signature grew clearer. He didn't know how far he was from that odd lifeforce, but it urged the natural curiosity in his bones.