After standing at the mine entrance in thought for a moment, Li Dalong still decided to begin investigating the area where the last elder had fallen.
He set up a defensive formation at the entrance. As his cultivation improved, his skill with formations had also advanced considerably. The defensive formations he set up now could at least withstand attacks from mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivators.
Setting up formations before taking action was also one of his life-preserving habits. Such caution had helped him escape danger many times.
Once the formation was ready, Li Dalong headed deeper into the mine, using his divine sense to scout ahead. Whenever he reached an intersection farther along the main tunnel, he set up a defensive formation and placed a High-Grade Flying Sword bearing his divine sense inside it.
He had given some of the High-Grade Flying Swords rewarded by the system to his mother-in-law, Ke Meili, for use as Cloud Glow Sect mission rewards, but he still had quite a few in his Storage Ring.
This way, he could both control the flying swords with his divine sense to attack any enemies that might appear and use them as underground trail markers, making it easier to quickly find places he had passed through.
He kept heading into the mountain and deep underground, finding nothing along the way except howling wind and dense immortal spiritual qi.
There were only scattered rocks and raw ore lying in disarray, along with damaged mining tools.
He had already gone at least several dozen li deep and still found nothing. Li Dalong's brows knitted tightly together.
Apart from a few scattered deposits of raw low-grade immortal stone ore in the tunnel walls, there were no bloodstains, no other auras, and no traces of battle anywhere he passed.
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