Chapter 1702 Entering Into The Mine District
Without any more hesitations, Austin immediately left the Rudimentary Holy Land. He was heading
towards the Northern Mine District in the East Maind.
The Northern Mine District was thousands of miles away, so Austin had to use the teleportation arrays
frequently during his travel.
Many of the teleportation arrays located in the big cities were open to everyone. Everybody could use it
as much as they wanted as long as they could afford to pay for it.
Days and nights had passed by as Austin kept on his journey. After spending almost a month on the
way, he eventually arrived at the Northern Mine District.
A wild and barrennd weed Austin as he arrived. It looked like a vast red sea as the red soil
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covered the ground. Austin scanned the area and saw nothing but the red turf with lumps of reddish-
brown rocks of different shapes and sizes.
Without any living things wandering around, the district looked empty and deserted. More barren stone
mountains stretched across the skyline.
There was not a living creature or nt around. Humans often avoided the area and rarely passed by
it. Without anything but the wide destednd, it was like a dead zone.
The freezing weather apanied the emptynds. A film of frigid mist covered the ce all the time.
The mist was cold enough to send chills to those few people who walked in this area.
Despite that, Austin knew that underneath this cold, barren ground lied treasures every cultivator would
long for. A great number of crystals were hidden somewhere in this wildnd.
The treasures that awaited him were not only those vital energy crystals but also different kinds of rare
and special crystals. It was said that the Northern Mine District contained all those kinds of fortune.
Because of the riches it contained, many sects and ns in the East Maind wanted to take full
advantage of the area for their interests. A long time ago, the three strong holynds, the three
powerful ns, and some other supreme sects had already entered the Northern Mine District. They
had divided the area among each of them. Every sect and n separately controlled a part of the
district they owned as they started to excavate their turfs for those crystals.
The Northern Mine District was also one of the reasons why the holynds, the ns, and some of the
supreme sects became powerful and stayed strong for a long time in the East Maind.
Controlling a mining district meant that they had full ess to a mountain of gold. That was enough to
provide strong financial support for the whole sect and help it grow stronger.
However, the vastnd seemed endless. No one ever saw or knew the end of it.
The Northern Mine District covered almost half of the area in the East Maind.
As a result, even though the three holynds, the three ns, and other supreme sects had started the
excavation for crystals for a long time, they still had not uncovered the whole area yet. The huge area
still contained a great amount of treasure that was left untouched.
Despite their control over some parts of thend, there were still many mysterious and extensive areas
left unknown.
Aside from that, it was said that some unknown and horrible areas lied deep within the Northern Mine
District. These areas were rumored to be so dangerous that no one dared to explore them. Even the
holy lords and the reclusive elders of the holynds had not ventured too far in the miningnds in fear
of what lied ahead. Neither did the owners and the elders of the ns. The risk was too much for them
because they had no idea what to prepare for when they went deep within thends.
The danger it posed scared those weaker sects and ns. That was why only the three holynds, the
three ns, and supreme sects could excavate in the Northern Mine District.
These holynds, ns and supreme sects were strong and powerful enough to handle a part of the
were faced with danger.
Those less stronger sects did not have enough strength and enough number of strong cultivators to
protect them. Death would most likely be inevitable once they were faced with danger they could not
handle.
It was said that in the East Maind, there once were two or three secondary sects that had the
courage to try and enter the Northern Mine District. Their elders led them to explore those unknown
areas in the Northern Mine District, which had not been explored by the holynds and ns.
However, nobody came back. Everybody assumed that they were all dead. No one knew what really
happened to them in those unknownnds.
After that, those weaker sects in the East Maind never dared to send anyone to excavate for
crystals in the Northern Mine District anymore.
Standing in the Northern Mine District, Austin frowned when he saw that this area was as barren as the
rain shadow desert-- Gobi.
"Why is it like this?
What the hell is this ce?
The Northern Mine District should be full of spiritual energy since there are massive precious crystals
buried under the ground. This ce should have been lively.
Why does it look so wild and barren? What happened on thisnd?" Austin said to himself as he
continued to scan the endless red desert.
Everything in the area made Austin feel very strange.
As he walked on the vastnds, he could vaguely feel the sense of danger.
Beforeing here, Austin had already pinned the location of the area that was controlled by the
Rudimentary Holy Land here in the Northern Mine District. As soon as he arrived, he headed directly
towards that location.
After traveling for several weeks, Austin was finally able to see some tents popping on the skyline in
the distance.
''That must be the area where the Rudimentary Holy Land is, ''
Austin thought to himself.
Austin immediately exerted the bodily movement skill he created on his own and instantly became
invisible.
He then continued to move forward without making any noise.
After a while, Austin finally arrived at the Rudimentary Holy Land''s location.
A number of tents scattered everywhere like piles of houses in the middle of the desert. Atst, Austin
was finally able to see other people in the wild and barrennd.
There were many huge holes on the ground. Some of them were deep enough and looked dark from a
distance. One thing was for sure, under these holes were the crystal mines.
Many people were busying walking in and out of every crystal mine. These people were the ones in
charge of excavating the crystal mines. They all had some tools to use in digging. Their clothes looked
dirty from all the dust that they got from mining.
From the look of it, they were from different areas in the East Maind. These people were hired to
These hired people were usually the poor ones who either had never cultivated or those whose
cultivation bases were very low. They came here to do thebor work to earn a decent living enough to
survive their everyday lives.
All of them were busy as they hustled in and out of the mines. Each of them worked tediously and
mechanically like stiff robots. Their faces were void of any emotion.
On the other hand, the stewards and the principal disciples from the Rudimentary Holy Land were
responsible for the management and ensuring the safety of the crystal mines.
Since the crystals were precious to every cultivator, they stayed alert because it could attract some
bandits.
It was widely known that from time to time, some bandits wandered the areas where the holynds,
ns, and superior sects were. The bandits scouted these ces more often to steal the crystals that
they had mined.
As a result, they would send out their strong cultivators to safeguard the areas under their control in the
Northern Mine District.
Still invisible, Austin stealthily moved forward and secretly wandered in the mining district.
After a while, he suddenly felt a strong spiritual sense that was quickly moving close to him from a
distance.
''It must be an elder from the Rudimentary Holy Land, '' Austin thought.
It all happened so fast!
Austin was surprised, but he acted immediately. He exerted the spatial power and vanished into thin
air.
The surge of the strong spiritual sense came a split second after Austin had vanished.
It passed by the location where Austin had been standing and swirled back and forth in that area. From
the way it moved, it seemed that the owner of the spiritual sense was trying to find something in that
spot.
On the other side, inside one of the big tents in this mining district, an old man was sitting quietly with
his legs crossed. His eyes were closed as if he was busy focusing his attention as he searched for
something.
"It''s so strange. I am sure that I sensed someone sneak into this area. But that person was gone
suddenly. Is it just my illusion?" the old man said to himself.
He was an elder of the Rudimentary Holy Land, who was in charge of the security and management in
this mining district.
He used his spiritual sense to sweep the area dozens of times, but he could not find anything.
Eventually, the elder grew tired and gave up.
Meanwhile, as soon as Austin vanished entirely, he went into the void of chaos and hid there.
After more than an hour of staying there, he came back to the mining district when he felt that it was
safe to get out.
''I should figure out a way to go into this mining district without being found. Otherwise, there would be
no other way for me to find Will, ''
Austin thought carefully.
Austin knew that there must be many powerful cultivators from the Rudimentary Holy Land who were
supervising and safeguarding the mining district all the time. They were surely keen on doing their jobs
to ensure the safety of the crystals. If Austin made any mistake, they might find him and cause him
trouble. He must think of a discreet n to get through and avoid the danger.