Chapter 257: Chapter 257: Return to the Mine, Array Spirits Welcome!

Lu Tianren remained silent for a long time.

"Being fast isn’t bad, like me, running slowly and getting caught, dragging you into this situation for so long."

Though this confession came from the heart, it silenced Li Qingyao as well.

The two stared at each other, motionless for a long while.

And just as Li Qingyao had predicted, Lu Chen ran all the way to the top of the mining mountain.

Having been here once before, Lu Chen wouldn’t blindly keep running upward.

He stopped at the foot of the mountain, and finding no one behind him nor any traces of pursuit, he finally gathered his wits.

"Xiaohei, what do you think happened to those two at the Core Formation Stage, what kind of outcome will it be?"

Upon hearing Lu Chen’s question, Xiaohei poked its head out, tilted it slightly, and flicked its snake tongue, "They’re probably both injured. Otherwise, one of them would definitely have pursued us!"

"No matter whether the Xuanji Sect Master is dead or not?"

Lu Chen was unaware that the other person was his birth mother, Li Qingyao.

In his haste at the time, he didn’t even have the chance to use the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique.

Moreover, the fact that Li Qingyao struck without revealing herself meant she intended to kill the Xuanji Sect Master directly!

Such a sneak attack was certainly not a good sign!

Unbeknownst to Lu Chen, he had categorized his own mother as one of the villains.

"Having them both injured works in our favor," Lu Chen quipped with a twist of his mouth, "If one of them is unharmed, they’d definitely come after us, which would be bad for us!"

Xiaohei agreed deeply and prodded a bit more of its body out but then raised its head to look up the mountainside.

"Master, this mining mountain seems kind of magical, could it be like the Mysterious Iron Cliff?"

With the previous experience in mind, it was also thinking of Lu Chen’s interest. If possible, obtaining some spiritual ore could help in forging that spear for Lu Chen.

It clearly knew that Lu Chen was significantly stronger with a spear than without.

"Don’t be fooled by the mountain," Lu Chen said helplessly, "but inside these mine tunnels lie paths of life and death."

He spread his hands and continued, "Actually, this is also a formation within the mining mountain! I have no idea who set up such an ingenious formation; there’s even such a formation within the formation!"

Thinking back to how he couldn’t find the bottom after climbing the mountain, Lu Chen couldn’t help but worry again. That was also his reason for not climbing the mountain hastily.

"So what should we do now? We’re not really going back, are we?"

Lu Chen chuckled and said, "Don’t worry, didn’t we meet the formation spirit of this mountain? If we can find that little monkey, it might be of great help to us! If we could use the formation to our advantage, and it can restrain someone at the Core Formation Stage, we wouldn’t need to run so desperately."

"Indeed," Xiaohei nodded earnestly, "Otherwise, we wouldn’t even be able to refine that spear!"

"Right," Lu Chen was also looking forward to the possibility. Now that he had the Spiritual Fire, coupled with Xiaohei’s further hammering, he was curious about how the spear would turn out.

Could it be...

Like that platform within his Dantian?

The thought of the platform made Lu Chen’s eyes light up.

Maybe, if the spear was forged in the shape of the platform, could it have extra special effects?

As of now, the Mysterious Iron Spear was just a relatively sturdy Magic Artifact with no additional effects.

For Lu Chen at the moment, it was sufficient.

But what if...

The one at the Core Formation Stage was still alive?

Throughout his journey, he had constantly faced opponents of a higher realm than himself.

Without having some tricks up his sleeve, it was unlikely he would ever meet Qin Yaotiao again.

The Hateful Heaven Spear Technique was very useful.

Unfortunately, he had also reached a bottleneck.

"Should I focus on cultivating the spear technique next?"

Lu Chen touched his chin in thought but then abruptly pulled back his thoughts and quickly looked up the mountain.

He saw a dark shadow rushing down from the stone steps on the mountain path!

It was the formation spirit!

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