Dig it up

Qin Ming followed behind the Ban Lan Rat and arrived at a three-way intersection.

"Squeak, squeak." Colorful let out a cry and burrowed into the ground.

Qin Ming thought for a moment, took out a purple Medicinal Pill and swallowed it, then pulled out a pair of Daggers and began to dig the soil.

The purple Medicinal Pill was a Breath-Holding Pill, a Medicinal Pill that allowed a person to go without breathing for a long time. He used a perfect stage Breath-Holding Pill, which could hold one's breath for a whole day.

After digging for a certain distance, Qin Ming used the soil to bury himself.

He did this for safety, in case Qin Ming was digging underground and was discovered by the Martial Artists above.

As long as the people above had malicious intentions, they could easily trap and kill Qin Ming.

"Digging with Daggers is too slow," Qin Ming lamented.

There was no other way; before Qin Ming entered the Secret Realm, he did not know he would need to dig, so naturally, he had not brought any digging tools.

As for tools made of ordinary iron, they could not be used here at all; just a bit of loose gravel could break the tools.

This pair of Daggers were Grade 5 Divine Weapons, which was why he could dig here without any worries.

After digging for about five hours, just when Qin Ming was getting impatient and planning to go back up, Colorful's voice came through.

"Squeak… squeak."

Looking at Colorful, who was jumping up and down in front of him, Qin Ming asked, "Are you saying we are almost there?"

Colorful nodded excitedly.

Joy appeared on Qin Ming's face, and he began to dig even harder.

"Clang." A crisp sound rang in Qin Ming's ears.

"What's going on? Isn't Colorful finding the way? How could we hit a rock?"

Colorful had been leading Qin Ming forward, bypassing many rocks. It was precisely because of Colorful that Qin Ming's progress had been so smooth.

If not for Colorful, he would never have been able to dig so deep so smoothly.

During the process of digging, he had dug into rock on the sides, but he had never encountered any directly in front of him.

"Did Colorful lead us the wrong way?" Qin Ming shook his head and began to clear the soil off the rock.

"What is this?"

Qin Ming was shocked; the rock in front of him was clearly man-made, completely different from naturally formed rock.

"Squeak." Colorful scurried out from the rock.

"What impressive claws and teeth!" Qin Ming touched the hole that Colorful had chiseled out.

He had just tried hacking with his Dagger, and only managed to make a tiny mark, yet Colorful had directly dug a hole.

"Colorful, you help me dig. If I keep hacking with the Dagger, who knows how long it will take." Qin Ming took a bottle of candy beans from his space ring and placed it in front of Colorful.

Colorful, who had been a bit reluctant, immediately became excited upon seeing Qin Ming's candy beans.

After seeing Colorful begin to dig the stone, Qin Ming stopped paying attention and began to Cultivate right there in the soil.

Four hours later, Qin Ming finished Cultivating. Although Colorful's digging speed was fast, its body was, after all, too small, so digging a hole large enough for Qin Ming to pass through was clearly not easy.

Although he still could not pass through, Qin Ming could already see the other side through the Passage it had dug.

"It's empty inside. There is something mysterious here. What could it be? Why would an ancient Sect set this up here?"

Qin Ming was full of doubts and began to dig even more vigorously.

Seeing that Colorful was becoming a bit lazy, Qin Ming took out another large jade bottle and poured out the candy beans inside.

"Come, Colorful, these are all for you. Put in some effort, and soon you'll be able to let me through."

Colorful sat on its bottom, picked up the candy beans from the ground, and began to gnaw on them.

Watching Colorful's hardworking appearance, Qin Ming stroked its little head.

"You've worked hard this time. If there are good things inside, once we get up there, I will definitely refine a lot of candy beans for you, enough for you to eat your fill at once."

"Squeak." Hearing Qin Ming's words, Colorful squeaked happily.

After eating the candy beans, Colorful rested for a while longer and then dug along with Qin Ming.

Without Colorful's help, Qin Ming could only dig a little over a foot in an hour, but with Colorful joining in, the speed immediately soared.

"This ancient Sect is truly something. Not only is it hidden so deep, but they also made the walls so thick. I must see what exactly is hidden inside."

Qin Ming felt a surge of determination, and at the same time, was filled with interest in this place.

In ancient times, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was abundant, and spirit plants were everywhere. Because of the sufficient quantity of spirit plants, research into the Dao of alchemy took off.

Various Pill Formulas emerged one after another, and many of the Medicinal Pills that Qin Ming refined were improved based on ancient Pill Formulas.

Qin Ming also possessed ancient Pill Formulas, but he had never refined them.

This was because ancient Pill Formulas were simply too extravagant. Even in his previous life, when he was the Pill Emperor, he could not bear to use that many spirit plants to refine Medicinal Pills.

After millions of years of improvement, current Pill Formulas could now refine Medicinal Pills with the same efficacy as ancient ones while consuming very few Materials.

Even for testing a Martial King Disciple, high-grade spirit plants were used.

One can imagine just how numerous the spirit plants were in ancient times.