Seal at the Bottom of the Ling Province Mine

Wulin Marketplace, residence.

After a night of cultivation, Li Yuan finished his practice, rose to his feet, and headed to the Tianyue Sect outpost.

As a formal offering, Li Yuan had to complete certain missions.

Li Yuan took out his formal offering Token and swept it before the stone wall. The light quickly stopped on one of the entries.

Investigate an abandoned spirit mine in Ling Province and confirm whether any demonic path seals or Secret Passages remained. Mission difficulty: medium. Contribution Points: substantial.

Li Yuan accepted the mission.

The record on the Token changed, and he immediately obtained the coordinates and the location of the Mine Tunnel entrance. Li Yuan left the outpost, transformed into a streak of Evasion Light, and flew toward Ling Province.

Two hours later.

Ling Province, abandoned spirit mine.

The Mine Tunnel entrance was a natural rock fissure, roughly three zhang wide and less than two zhang high. Chisel marks from past excavation still remained on the stone walls on either side, while the lingering spiritual energy had faded to the point of being nearly imperceptible.

The Mine Tunnel led all the way downward. The deeper he went, the heavier the air became.

Li Yuan followed the Mine Tunnel inward. Void Domain Profound Mastery swept across the spatial structure ahead, while Dark Fiend Insight remained alert to the surrounding demonic qi.

Upon reaching the Third-Order level, Dark Fiend Insight caught a wisp of exceedingly faint demonic qi.

That trace of demonic qi clung to the rock layer within the Mine Tunnel wall, like a mark left behind months ago. It had long since lost its vitality. Yet the direction of its lingering trail remained fairly clear: a narrow side passage branched off from the main tunnel, and the demonic qi at the end of that