The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 1003 Spirit Radiance, the Origin of Spirits

One of the six forbidden lands of the Wilderness Realm, the Eternal Mineral Plain?
Lin Chen's eyes widened. He had just run from Death Valley, one of the most dangerous places, crossed the void, and fled for half a day, only to find himself in the most dangerous place in Dongpeng Prefecture.
"Is this place, our current location, a Jedi?"

The bearded man shook his head: "The Eternal Mine covers a very large area. The area known as the Desolate Land is the central area of ​​the Eternal Mine, but it has a special name: the Eternal Graveyard."

"Although everyone outside says that the Eternal Mine is a dead zone, in reality, a large area outside is not a dead zone and is safe. Only the central Eternal Graveyard area is extremely dangerous."

Lin Chen asked, "Are we being sent to mine? Are we mining in the safe periphery or the dangerous central area?"

The man smiled wryly and said, "I heard it's in the central area. The size and intelligence of humans are destined to be more suitable for mining than that of demons. So the demons have always captured and enslaved human cultivators to mine for them. It is said that in the past year or two, the speed of mining by the demons has greatly increased, so they are short of a lot of manpower."

"There are hardly any humans left in Dongpeng Prefecture, so they go to the extremely chaotic Zhongshen Prefecture to capture cultivators. There, some human bandits even robbed people and then sold the captured cultivators to the demon race..."

Lin Chen asked in surprise, "Isn't Zhong Shenzhou the territory of the human race? Isn't it the most prosperous place?"

The bearded man gave Lin Chen a strange look: "Who told you that?"

Lin Chen didn't answer, but humbly asked, "Isn't that right?"

The bearded man replied, "If you're talking about ancient times, then Central Divine Continent was indeed the most glorious region for humankind. However, during the war between the human and demon races ten thousand years ago, the ancient families were swept away, and even the Human Emperor Scripture, which they were guarding, was stolen by the demon race. Central Divine Continent was reduced to ruins after the war between the two races."

"Although the Human Emperor led the human cultivators to fight back and drive the demon race back, both the Human Emperor and the Demon Emperor perished one after another, and the Central Divine Continent was in chaos, becoming a place where humans and demons coexisted."

"Over the past ten thousand years, although the demon race has gradually withdrawn from the Central Divine Continent, the Central Divine Continent has always been a chaotic and disorderly place. Cultivators and demons mingle among them, and bandits roam freely. Where is there any trace of its former glory?"

Lin Chen suddenly realized.

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder when I took the flying boat to the True Dragon Secret Realm of Central China, I didn't see any majestic cities along the way; everything seemed quite desolate.

"Brother, how were you all captured?"

The bearded man sighed, "I was a bodyguard for a merchant caravan, but I ran into some ruthless bandits. They stole all the goods, killed all the ordinary people, and captured all the cultivators. They were then sold off twice, and ended up on this ship."

"I guess my life is ruined. It is said that once you enter the Eternal Mine, you have to mine until you die. In the end, to the demon race, we are not free people, but slaves they have captured or bought."

Once those three powerful demons leave, find a chance to run away. Before running, try to find out where the Demon Emperor's successor is. Lin Chen has a feeling that the rapid increase in mining speed over the past year is related to the appearance of the Demon Emperor's successor.

"By the way, after talking about mining for so long, what exactly are we mining?"

The bearded man was used to Lin Chen's ignorance and explained, "Lingyao is an extremely pure source of spirit. When it is mined, it emits white light and is incomparably pure, hence the name. The Eternal Mine produces this stuff."

"The Primal Spirit?"

Lin Chen immediately became interested: "Is this thing useful for human cultivators?"

"Of course it's useful, not only useful, but extremely useful. However, this is the territory of the demon race, and human cultivators cannot enter. In the mines, there are powerful demons guarding the area. If any human cultivators are caught sneaking in, they will be killed without mercy."

"Human cultivators have considered taking it for themselves, but their strength doesn't allow it, so they can only watch as the demon race mines and enjoys the spiritual essence on their own."

"The reason why the demon race is so powerful is inseparable from the contribution of the Eternal Mine. However, after ten thousand years of mining, the surrounding areas have been almost completely exhausted. Moreover, it is said that the closer to the central area, the more spiritual energy there is."

Lin Chen's interest immediately grew even stronger.

Is the Spiritual Radiance useful to human cultivators?
Although I'm currently stuck at a bottleneck and can't use it for the time being, once I break through that bottleneck, won't I need it then?
He had messed with the true dragon's blood in various ways, leaving a considerable amount for his senior sister Qiao Wei to temper his sword bones and body. Now, he didn't have much left.

If you want to quickly improve your strength, you have to think of another way.

This Lingyao is definitely a good thing!
Lin Chen changed his mind again. Since there were three powerful demons watching over them, running away would still be risky. He might as well go to the mine to take a look.

So, I guess I've finally made it into the ranks of frontline miners?

This plot sounds so familiar!

Just like when I infiltrated the team digging for the Water and Fire Mirror without anyone knowing.

He was just a small miner; surely he wasn't being watched by several powerful demons all the time. If he really wanted to run away, he could just do it when no one was looking. If he had the chance to swindle Lingyao out of some more money, that would be even better.

That’s it!

(End of this chapter)