Heading Beyond Kunlun
After some time... their car entered Wangyang Post Station, which meant they had reached the foot of Sun Ridge Mountain. Sun Ridge is composed of more than a hundred mountains of varying sizes, and its altitude is much higher than all the surrounding mountains and ridges. In the height of summer, under the scorching sun, the heat is trapped by the mountains, making the temperature of the highest peaks in the center of Sun Ridge extremely high, making it difficult for ordinary people to approach.
Moreover, there is a legend that more than 300 years ago, a meteor streaked across Sun Ridge and struck it, forming a giant fiery pit that is completely hidden among the majestic mountains. The formation of the Fire Vein is not a matter of one or two years; it requires too many accidental factors of nature to come together, which makes various elemental veins precious and rare. Mu Guangqing's knowledge is indeed remarkable. Through some local legends and historical records, he found the Fire Vein in the extremely complex terrain of Sun Ridge and even marked the specific year of its formation.
This Fire Vein, over three hundred years old, may not have been of a high level for a long time, but now, with its abundant resources and the unique intense sunlight it receives, it has become such a fiery Earth Vein...
The things that can be born from the Fire Vein are far more than just Spirit Seed and Soul Seed. Even the most inconspicuous little stones in the Fire Vein are refined through countless trials and tribulations. They can be made into Guiding Stone, used as energy output, and can create a large number of Fire Element mages.
With the rise in sea levels, mages have become exceptionally precious and scarce. But mages aren't something you can just acquire; to enable more people to awaken, elemental Earth Vein like these are truly crucial.
Because Awakening Stone are used to awaken magic, and elemental Earth Vein like these, regardless of their elemental attributes, contain an awakening source of power drawn from and refined by nature. After being specially shaped by the Magic Association, they can be used to awaken the magical stardust within a person's body.
Elements are also known as nature, and it is precisely because the Awakening Stone issued to schools by the Magic Association are obtained from these elemental Earth Vein that the vast majority of magicians awaken their elemental element for the first time.
Because of the rarity of fire and lightning Fire Vein, the number of mages who awaken Fire Element and Lightning Element is relatively small.
Therefore, if this Fire Vein could truly be mined, everyone knows how enormous the profits would be.
It's only because the Mu Family couldn't handle it themselves; otherwise, the Mu Family would never have shared this Fire Vein with any other aristocratic family!
Of course, the cake is too big to eat alone, so it's best to share it. Real businessmen understand that money should be earned together. Earning together is multiplication, while going it alone is addition, which will never amount to anything!
That night, the group rested in a nearby town. The next morning, the group consisted of about twenty people, but only nine of them were responsible for setting up the Fire Vein: Tang Miao, Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, Qi Shan, Mu Zhuocheng, Dongfang Xifeng, Dongfang Linlin, and others.
Those responsible for controlling the area near the Fire Vein were Dongfang Mo, Mu Guangqing, Dongfang Ming, and others.
The mountain road was still quite far. Mu Guangqing, who was the first to discover this Fire Vein, summoned his mountain beast mount. The beast carried everyone across the dangerous peaks of Sun Ridge at top speed, gradually approaching the Fire Vein area of Sun Ridge.
"See that Burning Stone Peak? That's the highest peak in Sun Ridge, where the overlord of Sun Ridge resides. After a long period of observation, we've found that Burning Stone Peak is perpetually shrouded in a layer of orange volcanic ash cloud, which almost never dissipates. This volcanic ash cloud has become our perfect cover; no matter what commotion we make in the Fire Vein, that overlord won't see us," Mu Guangqing said, pointing to a high peak ahead.
The peak was buried in a huge, rolling cloud. The cloud was orange and occasionally showed some flame-like light. It was probably because there was a high-altitude vortex there, which constantly absorbed the volcanic ash, flame particles and fire breath erupting from the Fire Vein. Over time, it turned into such a huge and spectacular volcanic cloud!
These clouds are not ethereal; instead, they give a sense of weight and solidity. They complement the mountains here, making it seem as if the vast sky and earth have been compressed into a horizontal rift valley, carrying a sense of closed-off oppression!
"Doesn't that overlord have any interest in the Fire Vein?" Mo Fan asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Based on my speculation, it's more concerned about this volcanic cloud. However, I've heard from some locals that this overlord isn't exactly peaceful, so Brother Mo, you should be careful," Mu Guangqing said, looking at Dongfang Mo.
Although Tang Miao was also very powerful, in his opinion, he was ultimately just an Advanced Mage. Only a Super Level Mage Demon Beast deal with Monarch Level demon.
Of course, apart from Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan, almost no one here knew that Tang Miao was actually a Super Level Mage.
Even Mu Nujiao was unaware of this matter; after all, all they did when they met was have sex...
"This is one of the threats to us. Brother Mo and his men will keep an eye on that overlord and will inform everyone of any developments... So, everyone, please follow me to the Fire Vein Cave." Mu Guangqing continued.
After passing through several valleys, the terrain suddenly rises, with mountains sloping towards the sky and the volcanic clouds, giving the feeling that walking up the mountain would lead directly to the world above the clouds.
Tang Miao didn't feel anything, after all, he already possessed three kinds of flames within his body. Although two of them were from Flame Ji, as long as he sensed the same element igniting, those two flames would automatically merge into his body.
That's why, even though the place was hot and bothersome, Tang Miao acted as if nothing was wrong.
Come to think of it, in his previous life, he had unwittingly arrived in this world from the Kunlun Mountain. Although not from the outer reaches, if he had enough strength, he really wanted to go back to the place he had once visited to see if he could find what the Qilin had lost.
But right now, there's definitely no chance. After all, Kunlun is also home to a Demon Beast empire!
Although Kunlun isn't among the top three of the world's largest forbidden areas, this doesn't mean its Demon Beast empire isn't powerful. Besides, this ranking is merely a designation given by humans...
As for the true strength of the Kunlun demons, Tang Miao felt it was definitely not as simple as humans imagined. After all, according to what the Qilin told him, this place also seemed to be the dwelling place of the totems!
As Tang Miao pondered, the terrain rose higher and higher. Just when everyone thought the mountain path would lead straight to the clouds, they suddenly crossed a vertical ridge, and the view opened up before them. Tang Miao snapped back to reality. To put it bluntly, the Kunlun region was not something he could set foot in at his current level. So, the matter at hand was more important!