Chapter 27 (1/2)

Lin Xun had no idea of Qian Qi and Lu Ting’s primary plan, in which he would be killed and his body would be thrown in this very abandoned mine.

However, Qian Qi and Lu Ting never thought that they would lose their lives instead.

This abandoned mine was so deep that one could hardly see the end of it.

After looking at the mine tunnel carefully, Lin Xun walked into it carrying two dead bodies.

The mine was winding and dark, and the wall was covered with jogged rocks of grotesque shapes in the color of blood. Many places had already been excavated.

Here ever hid a minitype lode of Feiyun Fire Copper, which must have already been caverned out given the place had been abandoned for more than one hundred years. However, Lin Xun didn’t come here for fire copper.

He zigzagged down the mine for 15 minutes and stopped in front of a pot hole.

After dumping Lu Ting and Qian Qi’s corpses here, Lin Xun didn’t leave; instead, he walked along the pot hole.

The deeper he went, the colder and damper the hole was. In total silence, this place was terrifyingly horrible.

Zhi***

With a sharp whistle, an obvious line like fire shot from the deep hole, breaking the darkness.

Just as he expected! There was a touch of smile appearing on the corners of his mouth.

Pu***

Lin Xun waved the sharp dagger in his hand at the moment and the coming firing line was split, turning into fire rain and falling down.

Bending over, Lin Xun found it was a bat in fact, head cut off.

With extended fangs and bulged eyes, it looked so hideous. The wings were suffused with blood, as if they were made of it.

Ruddy Blood Bats!

When he was young, Lin Xun ever read the Documentary of Spiritual Creatures, an ancient book Master Lu collected, which had recorded this kind of bat.

It was a kind of mutant. Hiding by day and coming out by night, ruddy blood bats fed on blood. People who were bit by them would be subjected to blood poison, which, if not being treated timely, would kill the victim within three days.

However, Lin Xun didn’t care about that. According to the book, where ruddy blood rats appeared hid blood marrow grits, which were actually the teeth of ruddy blood rats.

Ruddy blood rats would throw their mouth against the stones and smash their teeth and fangs every three years. After one month, new teeth would grow out completely.

For practitioners, blood marrow grits were highly valuable spiritual materials, which could be used in medicines or refined for spiritual inks. Best of all, it could help practitioners wash muscles and bones, as well as refine marrows.

If practitioners who were going to break through Marrow Washing, the fifth level of Martial Realm, got blood marrow grits, the chance of success would be improved by 20 percent.

So blood marrow grits were a kind of expensive spiritual materials.

When hearing there was a lode of Feiyun Fire Copper in this village, Lin Xun had suspicion in the heart. He knew it clearly that ruddy blood bats like to inhabit in places with Feiyun Fire Copper which could provide a natural barrier for them.

That was why Lin Xun intended to visit this place. However, he couldn’t make sure whether those powerful people had discovered it or not.

But now, coming across this bat, Lin Xun could tell there were still a lot of blood marrow grits hiding in the deep mine.

Lin Xun could not help but quicken his steps with this thought.

As a valuable thing, blood marrow grit could be sold at a high price. If he could collect a few, he would gain a considerable fortune.

Being poor and blank at the moment, Lin Xun could not go to Ziyao Empire without money.

If only for his cultivation and development in spiritual tattoo, Lin Xun needed to make money hard. Without a large amount of wealth, cultivation, as well as refining his ability on spiritual tattoos, could not be possible.

There was a saying that went like this – A spiritual tattooist was cultivated with golden and silver mountains.

It was not overstated because inscribing spiritual tattoo required inscribing pens, spiritual inks and carriers, none of which could be dispensed with. Among them, spiritual inks were the most costly since each spiritual ink was refined with various spiritual materials. The higher a spiritual tattoo’s rank was, the higher the requirements would be, so the materials used to refine spiritual ink were more valuable.

This was only for spiritual inks. Concerning more about the selection and requirements of inscribing pens and carriers, one would never make it without money.

Furthermore, sometimes spiritual tattoo would not be inscribed as planned, which meant a large sum of money was wasted. However, no spiritual tattooists could ensure they would make a successful inscription every time they try.

So to be a spiritual tattooist required a good deal of money besides gift and intelligence.