Golden morning light spilled down, while the mountain wind bit sharply along the sheer cliff.
Wild grass stood crookedly from the cracks in the rock, accustomed to enduring the battering of the cold wind.
Ji An and his companion floated in the air. The raging gale around him lowered its banners and ceased its drums, turning from wild and unruly into meek obedience.
Before him was an irregular oval cave entrance, ten zhang high from top to bottom and roughly fifteen zhang wide from side to side.
The rocks around the entrance had no sharp edges and were blackish-red, utterly different from the stones outside.
Wuyue Sanren flew down near the entrance, reached out to stroke the rock wall, and said, "This color was formed by bloodstains soaking into it over a long period. It was likely left behind after several beast tides."
The Primordial Ancient Mine had two exits. This one was located on the sheer cliff, and the main force of the beast tides consisted of bat-like bloodsucking demon beasts.
The beast tides in this ancient mine differed from the demon beast herds in the mountain ranges. They erupted abruptly, almost without warning.
Ji An landed afterward and said, "Beast tides are nothing to fear for us. Let's go in."
A beast tide was simply a massive surge of demon beasts. There could not possibly be many demon beasts at the Three Flowers Realm level, and no matter how numerous the lower-tier demon beasts were, they were merely a breeze brushing the face to the two of them.
Wuyue Sanren extended his divine sense to examine the texture of the stone, then said, "My Lord, the aura within the Primordial Ancient Mine is mixed and chaotic, making the Five Elements Evasion Arts difficult to use. This is even