The giant mole left with the things Xue Fuyao had given it. Watching their retreating figures disappear, she hoped her plan would proceed smoothly.
After all, if she could take away such an enormous demon crystal vein, even just part of it, she would never lack materials for setting up formations again.
Only after about half an hour did Xue Fuyao sense the approximate location of the tracking talisman.
"Looks like it's arrived."
A formation faintly appeared beneath Xue Fuyao's feet, and her figure vanished in the blink of an eye. When she reappeared, she was already in the giant moles' burrow, ten thousand meters underground.
The air around her was very damp and carried the distinctive smell of earth.
She seemed to be in a room specifically used for storage. The monster cores and other things they had just traded for were placed around her, along with quite a few sizable top-grade demon crystals that seemed to be used for lighting.
"How extravagant," Xue Fuyao marveled.
They actually used top-grade demon crystals as lamps. There probably weren't many people in the world who would do that.
After leaving the room, Xue Fuyao took out the Compass.
Perhaps because the top-grade demon crystal deposit was too deep, the Compass had been completely useless aboveground. Now that she was underground, its needle finally began to turn.
Following the Compass, Xue Fuyao headed deeper, and soon a clinking and clanging reached her ears.
To avoid being discovered, she transformed herself into a giant mole and swaggered inside. Soon, an immensely vast underground cavern appeared before her.
Xue Fuyao looked around. The cavern did not look as though the giant moles had dug it out; it seemed more like a natural formation.
Farther ahead, an underground river appeared before her, making her even