A farm that breeds gods and demons
Chapter 333 - 267: Life Ore (1st Update)

Chapter 333: Chapter 267: Life Ore (1st Update)

Upon hearing this, everyone was slightly taken aback. Meng Ting quickly made a decision, "Dragon Kid, first go down and check if it really is the Life Ore. If it is, we will immediately take these ’Life Ores’ away and then leave this place."

Encountering the "Life Ore" was a rare opportunity. Even Meng Ting was tempted and instructed Dragon Kid to go down and verify its authenticity.

Dragon Kid nodded, then jumped onto Su Yu’s shoulder and said, "Take me down to check."

Below was a mass of darkness. Currently, Dragon Kid didn’t have the ability to see in the dark. Armed with the experience of his first trip, Su Yu soon descended into the hundred-meter deep cave with Dragon Kid. He conjured golden lightning to illuminate the surrounding darkness as they delved deeper into the abyss.

Meanwhile, Meng Ting and the others anxiously waited above. As soon as Dragon Kid confirmed the existence of the Life Ore, they were ready to enter the cave, take as many Life Ores as possible, and then immediately leave the place.

The preciousness of the "Life Ore" goes without saying. It was the raw material for crafting "Time Coins". Having "Life Ore" meant the potential to produce their own Time Coins, the item they needed most at the moment.

Following the dark fissure back into the vast chamber, Su Yu released waves of golden lightning. In the glow of the lightning, Dragon Kid spotted the enormous skeleton lying across the room, and the dark rocks embedded within that Su Yu suspected were "Life Ore".

Indeed, Su Yu had felt traces of life energy coming from these dark rocks, weak as they were, they certainly existed.

"Are these black rocks the Life Ores used to make Time Coins?" Su Yu pointed at the black rocks sprouting from the skeleton and asked.

Dragon Kid hopped down, its nose twitching as it took in the scent and its paw touching each rock. Its eyes sparkled and it nodded profusely, "The black rocks growing from a skeleton like this, there’s no mistake, these must be Life Ores. Su Yu, we’ve made it! These rocks are the raw materials for making ’Time Coins’."

Relaxing a bit, Su Yu listened as Dragon Kid shouted in excitement, "This is fantastic! We’ve found the ’Life Ore’."

Su Yu nodded, "Go up and inform the others."

Dragon Kid acknowledged and immediately jumped down. Su Yu discharged a large amount of golden lightning that enveloped him continually. Borrowing the faint glow of the lightning, Dragon Kid quickly hopped off, leaping away and climbing up the cave wall using its tiny claws.

Su Yu, on the other hand, started pondering on how to transport the black rocks out as quickly as possible.

The hole was hundreds of meters from the surface, the entrance and exit barely big enough for one person, leaving their best option as manual labor.

While Su Yu thought, he began crushing the black rocks into fragments roughly the size of grinding stones. When the time came, each person should be able to carry one up.

Soon, light appeared from above as Meng Ting, Meng Jun, Ma Ziye, and the rest entered. Meng Ting was enveloped by eight-sided crystals, infusing the power of the "Light Sphere" of the Primordial beast into them, causing the crystals to gleam and illuminate the dark cave.

Everyone except for Ada, who was stuffed with Jade Yellow Crystal Mine, had come down.

In his excitement, Dragon Kid urged, "Quick, everyone take these Life Ores away and leave this place immediately."

Everyone had heard from Dragon Kid and Ada, that in this world, special devices sensitive to Life Ores existed. The golden metallic lid seemed to be some sort of seal that could isolate the aura of the Life Ore. Now that the lid had been removed, the Life Ore here could be detected by others with such special devices. They feared others would arrive soon.

Su Yu shrugged, "Everyone grab a piece. Once it’s up, I’ll shatter it entirely. At that time, Ada can spit out the Jade Yellow Crystal Mine and swallow these Life Ores."

Su Yu offered his solution, which was already the best and fastest method he could think of at this point.

Meng Ting nodded, "I was thinking the same. Ada just

told us that once it swallows the ores, no one or device would be able to detect them. Right now, our primary concern is to get these Life Ores up quickly."

Qin Jiagui frowned, "If each person carries one piece up, wouldn’t that be too slow? Isn’t there a better method?"

Ma Ziye asked, "Su Yu, could you bring me up?"

Su Yu was taken aback, not quite understanding her meaning. Ma Ziye stamped her foot, and black steel tendrils shot from her feet, activating the "Heaven Siege Array" and "Earth Net Array" with full force. They twisted and twined together, quickly latching onto chunks of Life Ore.

Su Yu’s eyes lit up, asking, "Ziye, can you hold them?"

Ma Ziye nodded, "If it’s just these, I can manage." There wasn’t an overwhelming number of Life Ore in sight. Ma Ziye had encased them all in the net woven from her "Heaven and Earth Net".

Ma Ziye said, "Although I’m confident I can hold these ores, I can’t spare any attention. I can’t climb up myself. Su Yu, I need your help."

Su Yu responded with acknowledgment, "I understand."

Zi Yu quickly spread seeds all around, saying, "I’ll help from behind. You guys go first, just in case."

"Alright, me and Zi Yu will be last. The rest of you climb up first." Meng Ting answered, everyone else understanding the urgency of the moment, no further words were exchanged. Qin Jiagui and Meng Jun immediately began to scale the cave upwards.

Su Yu embraced Ma Ziye, who put all her effort into stabilizing the "Heaven and Earth Net", channeling her special power into it ceaselessly to hold the black rocks. Su Yu held onto Ma Ziye, dragging the Life Ore while Ma Ziye elongated the net to allow it to pass through the narrow hundred-meter cave.

Holding onto Ma Ziye and so many pieces of Life Ore, and then attempting to climb further, only Su Yu had such capability. Though Ma Ziye was confident she could hold onto the ores, but she had no strength left to climb.

Su Yu mustered all his strength. With a long shout, black scales appeared on his body. His feet pushed off the ground, carrying Ma Ziye upwards. His Golden Claw, wielded heavily, embedded itself into the rocky wall of the cave. The force from his arm alone held the weight of him, Ma Ziye, and all the life ores. Even Su Yu felt the creaking in his arm, his special power surged to its peak.

Ma Ziye had already shut her eyes, completely focused on holding onto her "Heaven and Earth Net". Behind her, Zi Yu kept spraying seeds, growing a large number of vines and branches around them. These provided additional support to the Life Ore, reducing the burden on Ma Ziye.

Soon, Zi Yu figured out a method. She used the strength of the vines and branches to cover the entire cave. The Life Ore was suspended on top of them while she continuously climbed upwards, the plants pushing the ores upward.

In this way, Zi Yu turned out to be the most crucial. The pressure on Su Yu and Ma Ziye above was greatly reduced. Su Yu quickly climbed up while holding Ma Ziye. Bringing up the rear, Meng Ting, along with the Dragon Kid, followed behind Zi Yu, their Eight-sided Crystals shining brightly, illuminating the surroundings.

Finally, with the help of Zi Yu, Su Yu managed to get all the Life Ore out of the cave in one go.

Su Yu was fine, but Ma Ziye and Zi Yu behind him became pale and breathless from exhaustion.

"Quickly, hurry up... I sense something ominous... Some huge danger is approaching." Up above, Ada had spat out all the Jade Yellow Crystals and was urging Su Yu anxiously. It knew that Life Ore was taboo and that in this world, Life Ore and Time Coins were controlled by some special forces. Smaller factions were forbidden from touching them.

Su Yu didn’t waste any time and immediately put the Golden Claw to work. He fiercely attacked the black rocks, pulverizing them into minute particles, which Ada then swallowed up.

At this moment everyone had made it up. Everyone was waiting anxiously. A thought crossed Qin Jiagui’s mind, and he replaced the metal cap that was inscribed with special symbols back onto the cave entrance.

The expressions of Dragon Kid and Ada were tense. Dragon Kid kept looking upward, making everyone even more anxious, feeling as if danger could descend at any moment.

Qin Jiagui couldn’t help but speak up, "If obtaining the Life Ore is this dangerous, do we really need to take such risks for them?"

Meng Ting looked at him, saying, "Earning Time Coins is just too hard. Since fate has given us this opportunity, I won’t rest until I’ve tried. My dream is to turn Freedom Village into the eleventh metropolis. If we never dare to take risks, we will always remain just a village."

With that, Qin Jiagui had nothing more to say. Su Yu had already quickly finished crushing all the Life Ore, and Ada swallowed them all up.

"Alright, let’s go quickly. We’ll worry about the Life Ore after we’ve gotten it back." Dragon Kid let out a sigh of relief. As long as Ada swallowed it, it was safe. Inside a Category 5 Lifeform, other instruments could not detect the Life Ore.

There are, in fact, many ways in this world to mask the aura of Life Ore, including the power of Category 5 Lifeforms, certain seals, or even other ores could cover it up. (To be continued, to find out what happens next, please check out www.qidian.com. More Chapters available, support the author, support proper reading!)