A Mortal's Journey: Starting as the Young Master of Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 82 Ghost Spirit Gate

"Sigh," another Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn't help but complain, "Senior Brother Fei and Junior Brother Zuo, we're really unlucky this time. We've been sent to this godforsaken wasteland to guard the mine and supervise these mortals mining spirit stones."

The male cultivator called Junior Brother Zuo saw through his thoughts, chuckled, lowered his voice, and said with a mischievous glint in his eyes, "Senior Brother Jiang is afraid that if you stay here for ten years, Junior Sister Fan in the sect will fall in love with someone else, right? Hahaha! I heard that Senior Brother Zhao from the Enforcement Hall also has the same idea recently."

Seeing that his thoughts had been exposed, the cultivator surnamed Jiang hurriedly explained, "Nonsense! My family and Junior Sister Fan's family have been friends for generations, so of course I wouldn't worry about that. But this desolate place is nothing like the lively atmosphere of the sect. It's quite boring, and we won't be able to drink any more spiritual wine in the future."

The scarred cultivator in front said, "Alright, this place may be a bit remote, but it has many advantages. How many spirit stones we mine, we can report as much as we want, right?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang and Zuo exchanged a glance, their eyes flashing with joy.

They came here for those spirit stones, didn't they?

At first, I wasn't sure about Senior Brother Fei's attitude, but now it seems we're kindred spirits.

As long as the amount of money involved isn't too excessive, and the authorities turn a blind eye, who would actually come to investigate the accounts?

The two black-robed cultivators remained silent and led the group to another passage.

The passage slopes downwards, seemingly leading deeper underground.

The black-robed cultivator said to the group, "Uncle-Masters, Uncle-Master Wu and the others are inside."

After saying this, the group followed the black-robed cultivator into the passage.

After walking along winding paths for the time it takes to eat a meal, the group finally stopped in a sizable stalactite cave.

Countless glistening stalagmites hang from the cave ceiling, and the ground is flat.

There were several other Foundation Establishment cultivators in the cave. One of them, a white-robed male cultivator, greeted the three scarred cultivators with a gentle smile: "Senior Brother Fei, I didn't expect it to be you who came to guard the spirit stone mine this time. Elder Li was willing to let you out?"

The scarred man sized up the group of people in front of him. Apart from the white-robed cultivator, the other two were a pretty female cultivator and an old man-like male cultivator, both at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Junior Brother Wu, it seems your cultivation hasn't lagged behind. You're already at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. I got into some trouble recently, so my master sent me here to hide for a few years."

"I see!"

The man in white smiled, without asking what it was about, and then introduced the two people behind him to them.

After some pleasantries, everyone became somewhat familiar with each other.

The cultivator surnamed Zuo asked curiously, "Senior Brother Wu, why do you insist on coming here to hand over the mission? It's just guarding those mortals, what's there to hand over?"

The pretty woman spoke up, "Junior Brother Zuo, you don't know this. Our mine is different from others in the sect. Look at other mines in the sect, they are only guarded by a Foundation Establishment cultivator and some Qi Refining disciples. But here, we need three Foundation Establishment cultivators to guard it."

The group was curious upon hearing this, wondering what was different about this place.

The pretty woman chuckled, "There's nothing different. Look over there."

She pointed to a corner of the cave and spoke to the group.

Following her gaze, everyone saw a simple, hexagonal teleportation array in the corner of the cave.

"What's this? A teleportation array?"

The man surnamed Jiang seemed to have some knowledge of formations, recognizing it as a teleportation array, but it was quite different from what he knew, so he was somewhat uncertain.

The white-robed cultivator nodded. "Indeed, this is an ancient teleportation array. I didn't expect Junior Brother Jiang to be so knowledgeable about arrays."

The cultivator surnamed Jiang walked a few steps to the teleportation array, circled it several times, and examined it carefully.

"No, I just glanced at it randomly. I wonder where this teleportation array leads?"

Upon hearing this, the pretty woman replied, "Junior brother, I'd like to know too. This teleportation array has been abandoned for a long time and is completely unusable."

"If that's the case, then why send us to investigate?"

The white-robed cultivator rubbed his fingertips and slowly said, "It's not that it's unusable; this teleportation array is actually intact. The reason it can't be activated is most likely because the array on the other side is malfunctioning. The fact that this place is guarded was personally ordered by Young Master Wang Chan of the sect. Any unusual activity must be reported immediately without error, so the sect has assigned several Foundation Establishment cultivators to guard this place."

"Young Master Wang Chan!" The scarred cultivator and the others were somewhat surprised.

"That's right, but we don't know the specific reason either. More than a hundred years have passed, and it seems that this teleportation array will hardly be opened again. It seems that Young Master Wang Chan herself has forgotten about it."

A hint of admiration flashed in the pretty female cultivator's eyes, and her voice softened unconsciously: "Young Master Wang Chan is already a Core Formation cultivator at such a young age. The elders in the sect all say that she will definitely become a Nascent Soul cultivator in the future. Perhaps she can lead the Ghost Spirit Sect to a higher level, and maybe she will become the leader of the demonic path in the future."

Clearly, this woman is interested in Wang Chan, or rather, she is more interested in his identity and future.

However, she herself was just an ordinary Foundation Establishment female cultivator in the sect and had no contact with Wang Chan.

After giving his instructions, the white-robed man said, "Alright, Senior Brother Fei, that's all. Just leave the guarding of these mortals to those Qi Refining disciples. This place is far from where cultivators gather, so it can be considered a quiet place for cultivation. Perhaps next time we meet, Senior Brother Fei will already be a late-stage cultivator."

"Haha, then I'll take your kind words, junior brother. See you next time!" the scarred man laughed upon hearing this.

The white-robed male cultivators were about to take their leave and prepare to depart from the cave.

Just then, a low hum suddenly came from the ancient teleportation array behind them, which had been silent for a long time.

Everyone turned around abruptly.

The entire magic array flashed with white light, and the teleportation array activated on its own.

This sudden turn of events left everyone present completely dumbfounded.

What's going on? Wasn't this magic circle supposed to be unusable? Why is it suddenly activated now?

However, since the magic circle has been activated, it must mean that someone is being teleported over from the other side of the magic circle.

Without a second thought, the white-robed male cultivator shouted, "Destroy the magic array immediately! No matter who is being teleported here, they are definitely not someone we can handle!"

This teleportation array is so important to the sect's young master that it must be extraordinary. If a Core Formation cultivator were to be teleported here, their lives would be in grave danger.

Regardless of whether the visitors are friend or foe, it's best to destroy the magic array first.

The scarred monk was the fastest. He finished his move and sent a flying sword flying straight at the center of the magic array.

The others snapped out of their daze and unleashed their magical weapons, attempting to destroy the ancient teleportation array before the other side could teleport over.

However, a faint spiritual light barrier appeared on the surface of the magic array, and all attacks were like mud oxen entering the sea, without even causing a ripple. The ancient teleportation array was completely undamaged.

This is also due to their lack of knowledge. Before the ancient teleportation array was activated, even a random Qi Refining cultivator could easily destroy it.

Once the teleportation begins, the spirit stones embedded in the magic circle will provide spiritual power to construct the magic circle's barrier.

Even a Core Formation cultivator would need some time to destroy the formation, and everyone present was a low-level cultivator at the Foundation Establishment or Qi Refining stages.

Even if they attacked together, they couldn't affect this spiritual energy barrier.

"Damn it!"

Seeing that their attacks were ineffective, no one dared to stay any longer.

They immediately used their magical implements to fly away from the cave.

Before everyone could escape, several spirit bees with purple-black crystal armor on their backs appeared in front of them.

"Buzz!"

A buzzing sound reached everyone's ears, followed by a sharp pain in their heads and their vision going black. They all fell off the magical artifact.