I Have Countless Clones

However, if one looked carefully, they would discover a cave in the corner of the mountain wall, but the opening was covered by fallen tree vines and was easily missed.

"The source of the spiritual essence is inside!" Ai pointed at the cave and said.

Lin Shen nodded and walked a few steps quickly. After thinking for a while, he stopped and took out a Guiding Talisman. He pointed it in the direction of the cave and shook it hard.

The talisman ignited on its own!

The name of the Guiding Talisman contained the word "guiding", but it wasn\'t used to guide the way. Instead, it was used to distinguish the dangerous aura of evil spirits or demons in the surrounding area so that people could avoid it in time.

As the talisman burned, a strange fluctuation instantly swept out. With Lin Shen as the center, it spread to a radius of 100 meters, transmitting all the aura fluctuations into Lin Shen\'s mind.

There was no reaction!

This meant that there were no ghosts, evil spirits, or demons within a hundred meters.

Lin Shen was still on guard. He let Ai return to the Beast Taming Pouch first. Then, with a thought, a clone immediately separated from his body and carefully walked toward the cave.

The cave wasn\'t big. Behind the opening was a passageway that could only accommodate three people. There were some unknown ores emitting fluorescent light embedded in the walls on both sides. This was the only light source in the cave.

The dim light made the passage a little blurry, and it looked quite scary.

Looking up, the darkness ahead was like a beast\'s mouth waiting for an uninvited guest to barge in.

Fortunately, the passage was only about a hundred meters.

After passing through it, the clone walked into a rather spacious cave.

The moment the clone walked in, its gaze was immediately attracted by the golden light in the depths of the cave.

When it looked again, it saw a sparkling golden sand vein, winding through the cracks in the mountain wall like a golden belt.

There was also a lot of golden sand scattered on the ground. It was as bright as gold coins and was extremely eye-catching in the dark cave.

"That\'s..."

Lin Shen controlled his clone to take a few steps forward and take a piece of golden sand to examine it carefully. He was pleasantly surprised.

"It\'s Treasure Gold Cloud Sand!"

Treasure Gold Cloud Sand was a type of spiritual sand.

The so-called spiritual sand referred to the mineral sand that contained the abundant spiritual essence of the Five Elements. It had a wide range of uses.

It could be used on cultivation techniques of the corresponding attributes.

It could also be used to refine powerful treasures and weapons.

In fact, when cultivator masters broke through, they would also use a very small amount of special spiritual sand.

Because of this, spiritual sand was very expensive.

Even the lowest grade spiritual sand was much more expensive than the gold of the same weight.

Treasure Gold Cloud Sand was light in texture, but it was as hard as black iron. It naturally contained Metal energy and was a material used to refine many offensive enchanted armaments. Needless to say, it was very valuable.

There was a mission to collect Treasure Gold Cloud Sand in the Mission

Hall.

The reward of 5kg of Treasure Gold Cloud Sand was a minor merit!

Although the mineral vein in front of him was only five to six meters long and a meter wide, he could easily dig out 150 to 200 kg of Treasure Gold Cloud Sand!

Maybe even more!

At the very least, it would bring Lin Shen 30 to 40 minor merits. How could he not be overjoyed?

"I\'ll be rich!"

Outside the cave, Lin Shen took a deep breath and suppressed the ecstasy in his heart. He controlled his clone to carefully investigate the cave.

There were many small footprints on the ground nearby. From the shape, they should have been left by Cunning Hare.

There were also some wild beast feces scattered in the corner of the cave.

Other than that, there were no other traces.

It was obvious that this was a treasure trove that had yet to be discovered!

"Who would have thought there was a vein of Treasure Gold Cloud Sand hidden here!"

Lin Shen sighed.

If it weren\'t for Ai, he wouldn\'t have found this cave.

After entering the cave, Lin Shen put away his clone and glanced back and forth a few times before picking up some sand from the ground.

The cloud sand wasn\'t a big chunk, but it was full of spirituality. It was smooth and full, almost giving him the illusion that it was alive.

"Good. It\'s superior-grade Treasure Gold Cloud Sand!"

Lin Shen nodded to himself.

The spiritual sand needed to be dug out with a special jade-pick talisman weapon so that its spirituality wouldn\'t be harmed. Lin Shen didn\'t expect to find a sand vein in advance, so he didn\'t prepare the tool. He could only put away the Treasure Gold Cloud Sand that was scattered on the ground first and prepare to come back to dig up more after he returned to the academy and gathered all the tools.

"Fortunately, this place is relatively hidden. No one should discover this cave for the time being."

Lin Shen muttered to himself.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps outside, followed by a deep voice.

"There\'s a cave here."

Another cold voice followed.

"This place looks quite hidden. That\'s good. Stay here for the next few days and try not to go out to avoid being spotted."

"How much longer do I have to be out here?"

"What\'s the hurry? Since we\'ve promised you, we\'ll definitely let you return to Dragonside City. However, the Martial Enforcement Hall seems to be planning something recently. The higher-ups suspect they\'re targeting us, so don\'t act rashly for the time being. After the storm passes, we\'ll help you arrange a new identity and bring you into the city."

"I hope you won\'t go back on your word!"

"Don\'t worry. We didn\'t spend so much effort to help you enter the city to hand you over to the Martial Enforcement Hall." The cold voice laughed softly.

The deep voice snorted.

"I heard you\'ve been secretly using cultivators to refine Blood Spirit Pills!"

Blood Spirit Pills?!

Lin Shen was shocked.

Could these two people be in cahoots with Luo Yi?

Just as he was feeling bewildered, he heard the cold voice continue.

"Don\'t worry. We won\'t use our own people to refine pills. Moreover, after joining us, as long as you make a great contribution, you might be able to obtain a Blood Spirit Pill to try. Hehe..."

The deep voice didn\'t refute, but his breathing became slightly heavier.

Clearly, the Blood Spirit Pills were quite tempting to him.

To cultivators who were still in the third mortal stages, as long as they didn\'t mind the source of the pills, the Blood Spirit Pills were undoubtedly extremely precious and nourishing!

After a moment, the deep voice said in a low voice, "Alright, I\'ll wait for your news here!"

"Very well, then..."

The cold voice was interrupted by a hissing sound.

It sounded like a snake flicking its tongue.

Before Lin Shen could figure it out, he heard a furious voice coming from outside the cave.

"There\'s someone in the cave!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sizzling noise that sounded like scales rubbing against the ground quickly approached.

In less than a second, a thick black shadow rushed into the cave.

Under the dim light, Lin Shen quickly saw what it was. It was a huge python that was as thick as a bucket and covered in black scales.

Hiss! Hiss!

The black python quickly discovered Lin Shen in the cave. Without hesitation, it opened its bloody mouth and pounced over.

A fishy smell immediately filled Lin Shen\'s nostrils.

His expression turned cold as he left the spot like a whirlwind.

In the next second, the black python crashed into the stone wall of the cave like a cannonball. With a bang, the wall cracks like a spider-web, and countless pieces of sand and gravel were scattered on the ground.

The black python only shook its head before continuing to attack Lin Shen.

"An Ascension Stage spiritual beast!"

Lin Shen\'s eyes flickered.

This black python was almost as strong as the tiger he had killed previously!

Fortunately, the black python\'s huge body was clearly too big for the cave, and it couldn\'t attack as freely as it wanted. Its movements were obviously hindered.

Considering there were still two enemies outside, Lin Shen didn\'t delay. He directly switched to his Pure Yang Body talent. Taking advantage of the moment when the black python turned around and slowed down, he circled behind it and leaped up. He waved his palm, bringing with it an incomparably scorching air wave that slammed down heavily.

Thump!

The black python couldn\'t dodge in time and suffered a blow to its head from Lin Shen.

The hard scales that were strong enough to crack hard rocks without any damage were as fragile as tofu in front of Meltdown which had its power doubled. The scales were instantly melted and charred by the extreme temperature, and rolling blazing spiritual essence entered the black python\'s head.

The scales around the black python\'s head instantly exploded, and a blood mist filled the air, dyeing the monotonous cave red!

The huge python swayed a few times before falling to the ground with a bang, motionless and lifeless.

At the same time,

A large amount of information appeared in Lin Shen\'s mind. It was about Meltdown\'s comprehension.

Moreover, the information density far exceeded the previous two times.

He summoned the interface and saw the cultivation progress of Meltdown had changed from "Proficient 86%" to "Mastery 1%"!

In an instant, his cultivation progress increased by 15%!

Lin Shen was overjoyed.

At this moment, two people suddenly rushed into the cave.

When they saw the badly mangled head of the black python lying on the ground, their expressions changed.

One of them looked at Lin Shen in shock and anger and gritted his teeth.

"Where did this little bastard come from? How dare he kill my Black-Scaled Python!"