The Great Fortuitous Opportunity in the Dragon-Gazing Lake Desert

Without hesitation or turning back, Tang Tiansong took out an explosive talisman, infused it with spiritual power, tossed it behind him, and continued his mad dash.

Boom!

Thump!

The explosive talisman detonated behind him, and Tang Tiansong was blown more than ten feet away by the shockwave.

With a faint burst of spiritual fire in his left hand, Tang Tiansong sat on the ground and looked back.

The mine shaft had been blasted down by the explosive talisman.

After taking out a few pills and swallowing them, Tang Tiansong looked at the four exploding talismans in his hand and smiled sullenly: Three days ago, on the advice of his fourth Tiandong, he spent one Spirit Stone to buy ten exploding talismans.

Luckily, I brought five cards with me today just in case, otherwise I would have been eaten by the demon rat by now.

Rumble, rumble.

The sound of falling rubble came from the collapsed rocks in front of them.

Listening closely, Tang Tiansong immediately sensed something was wrong: the demon rat was digging through rubble, and it wouldn't be long before it dug through the mine shaft.

It seems this monstrous rat won't give up until it eats me up today.

Tang Tiansong frowned and took out a map of the mine.

Looking at the crooked lines on the map of the district, Tang Tiansong was even more grateful that he had asked the surviving old miners in the village about the terrain of the coal mine tunnels yesterday.

Looking at the black and red markings, Tang Tiansong smiled: Maybe we can use the traps in the mine to kill the demon rats.

After all, just ten miles north of this coal mine lies the Three Graves Mountain, teeming with Demon Beast.

Before the arrival of the demon rats, occasionally ferocious beasts and small Demon Beast would come to the mines to harass the miners.

Therefore, there are also many shelters and traps inside these coal mine shafts...

... Carefree Cave.

"Second sister, I plan to find some craftsmen to add two more rooms to Carefree Cave as side chambers another day. At the same time, I'll divert the spiritual spring water from the cave so that it flows through the two side chambers as well." Tang Tiandong drew diagrams on the ground with a twig.

"That way, each person will have their own room. The three of us can cultivate without disturbing each other."

Tang Tianlan nodded approvingly, "Not bad."

That's a good idea.

"Waaaaah, my brother's going to die!" Tang Tianya, who had run into Carefree Cave to watch the commotion, suddenly ran out crying loudly.

"Peace be with you at the Tianya."

"Calm down, calm down." Tang Tianzi and Tang Tianshu followed behind, tears welling in their eyes.

Tang Tianlan frowned. "Tianzi, what's wrong?"

"Big sister, I don't know what's wrong with me either."

I didn't pay any attention when Tianya and Tianshu ran into the cave to play.

Suddenly, Tianya shouted, repeatedly saying, "Big brother, danger!" Tang Tianzi gently patted Tang Tianya's back with a loving expression, trying to calm him down.

"Tianya, tell Fourth Brother slowly."

"Did you sense that your elder brother was in danger?" Tang Tiandong tried his best to speak softly.

With tears streaming down his face, Tang Tianya nodded. "I was silently watching my third sister meditate when suddenly an image flashed in my mind: my eldest brother covered in blood, being chased by a giant rat..."

Waaaaah...

Brother, danger.

The big rat wanted to eat the older brother...

Tang Tianlan frowned. "That shouldn't be the case."

That Demon Beast was only at the Meridian Opening Sixth Layer Refining stage, and it had hired a guest cultivator from the Cui Household. Shen Kun's cultivation was at the Qi Refining First Layer.

Logically speaking, Qi Refining First Layer cultivator should absolutely crush Meridian Opening Sixth Layer demon rat, right?

"Could it be that Cui Xueyong is up to no good? Is he trying to harm my elder brother?" Tang Tianzi said angrily.

"Won't.

"Cui Xueyong must genuinely want to help us." Tang Tiandong shook his head. "Although my elder brother has already instructed us not to go to the coal mine to look for him, no matter what."

"But things are urgent now, and we have no choice but to disobey our eldest brother's arrangements." Tang Tiansong pondered for a moment, "Just in case, Second Sister, you shouldn't go this time. Third Sister and I will go."

"Should we also inform Tang Miao? He's been cultivating immortality for a month now," Tang Tianlan suggested.

"No.

Because the Spiritual Qi here is too thin, Tang Miao has not yet successfully drawn Spiritual Qi into his body and cannot be considered a cultivator. Facing the demon rat, he can only cause trouble.

Furthermore, I plan to invite [Mystic Spoon Immortal Venerable].

"The fact that my family has a magic spoon is something only we ourselves know." Tang Tiandong shook his head.

"But Mystic Spoon Immortal Venerable clearly stated that we should not disturb Him." Tang Tianzi said with a worried expression.

Tang Tiandong gave a wry smile, "Among us siblings, we've only discovered that our eldest brother has Earth Spirit Root."

Didn't Mystic Spoon Immortal Venerable say he wanted to possess the body of one of us siblings? It seems that only our eldest brother has a chance of being possessed.

I think the Spoon Immortal Venerable wouldn't want our eldest brother to die now.

Furthermore, isn't half of our soul and half of our spirit in His hands? Perhaps He sensed that our elder brother was in danger, so He directly used mystical magic to show Tianya a warning.

Never mind, saving my brother is the most important thing!

Without further hesitation, Tang Tiandong and Tang Tianzi immediately cast Divine Travel Talisman on themselves, first descending the mountain to retrieve the Mystic Spoon and Seven Stars Sword from their attic, then rushing off towards the northeast...

When Tang Tianzi and her brother arrived at the coal mine, panting, Tang Tiandong hesitated upon seeing the dark mine shaft filled with the stench of blood. "Although we have Mystic Spoon," he said, "My elder brother said there are some bottomless traps in this mine. If we rush in, let alone save my brother, my third sister and I might also be in danger."

"Big Brother!" Tang Tiandong called out towards the mine.

"Fourth brother?" Tang Tiansong's voice came from inside the mine.

"Big brother!" Tang Tiansong exclaimed with delight, "My third sister and I have come to help you."

"Hmph, I told you not to come, but you still wouldn't listen." Tang Tiansong walked out of the mine with a sullen expression.

"Big brother, are you alright?" Tang Tianzi greeted him joyfully.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, just some minor scratches."

Damn it, Shen Kun didn't kill the demon rat at all.

"It forced me to use a mine trap to kill that demonic rat." Tang Tiansong looked relaxed.

"I have lured the demon rat into a trap with steel spikes. I estimate that in less than half an hour, the demon rat will bleed to death."

Hehe, I'm waiting for it at the cave entrance so I can go dig out its beast core later.

"Hmph, that vicious guest cultivator from the Cui Household almost harmed my elder brother."

"I'll definitely make sure Cui Xueyong doesn't get away with this later," Tang Tianzi said angrily.

Tang Tiansong waved his hand, "It shouldn't be Cui Xueyong's problem, it's Shen Kun's problem."

When I was dealing with this demonic rat just now, it was actually able to utter a few simple human words.

Judging from its words, it was deliberately lured and arranged here by Golden Yang Gate, with the aim of weakening the strength of the dozens or even hundreds of villages north of Gazing Dragon Lake.

"A hundred miles north of Gazing Dragon Lake lies the Three Graves Mountain, stretching for thousands of miles, a Three Graves Mountain of Demon Beast."

Golden Yang Gate is located over a thousand miles north of Three Graves Mountain, and has hundreds or even thousands of disciples.

There are five sects and nine schools of immortal cultivation in the world that have names and titles.

I've heard that the Golden Yang Gate is also among the Five Sects and Nine Schools.

The area around Gazing Dragon Lake is a place lacking in Spiritual Qi, and no cultivation sect would consider it a good place. However, it is nominally still the territory of the Azure Cloud Sect.

The Azure Cloud Sect is ranked among the Five Sects and Nine Schools, and it is also closely connected with the equally powerful Azure Palace.

"What exactly did we mortals north of Gazing Dragon Lake do to provoke the Golden Yang Gate to travel thousands of miles, risking offending the Azure Origin Sect, to send this demon rat to wreak havoc on us?!" Tang Tianzi's face was full of anger.

Tang Tiandong and Tang Tiansong exchanged a glance; both brothers guessed the reason: Golden Yang Gate was also preparing for the great fortuitous opportunity that would appear near Dangwu Village ten or twenty years from now.

In his letter, the father, Tang Yuan, didn't mention the "great fortuitous opportunity" that would appear in Dangwu Village in the future. He only mentioned that regardless of whether the Tang Household Tang Yuan cultivated immortality or not, it would be best to cultivate an oasis on the Dragon-Gazing Lake Desert as a safety net for future generations of the Tang Household...