Chapter 392

Chapter 392: The Nest of Red Fire Ants

Ji Yang focused on a piece of secret silver ore and then placed his hand on it.

In the next moment, the secret silver ore glowed brightly, clearly opening up a new world.

“Do you know where other high-quality secret silver ores are located?”

Ji Yang’s consciousness inquired.

“Abba abba?”

“Where are the things that are just like you?”

“Abba abba…”

Listening to the answer from the secret silver ore, Ji Yang fell into silence.

Then he withdrew his spell, muttering that he disliked using this ability!

How could he expect a piece of ore long buried deep in the ground to provide him with answers?

Moreover, these secret silver ores were of ordinary quality and showed no signs of spirit intelligence. If they were top-grade secret silver ores, he might have been able to ask them some questions.

Just as Ji Yang was preparing to dig honestly, he looked down and saw the densely packed tunnels in front of the mine.

These tunnels had been excavated by the Red Fire Ants, and they were extremely intricate. It was difficult for cultivators, or even other spiritual beasts, to navigate through them, and occasionally, they would encounter a Red Fire Ant. Even small puppets and other methods would struggle inside there.

For this reason, no cultivators would be foolish enough to explore these tunnels.

But Ji Yang was different; he had the Wandering Spirit Commanding Energy spell.

This spell was originally intended for gathering information, but if one was underground, the primordial spirit phantom’s movement would be hindered, let alone in this secret silver mine.

Moving through those tunnels would consume a lot of mana and would even make it impossible to gain an overview.

So Ji Yang hadn’t considered this idea before.

But now, with these tunnels, it was a different story.

These tunnels were interconnected, and Ji Yang’s spell could freely navigate through them, allowing him to look wherever he wanted!

Moreover, the primordial spirit phantom wasn’t limited by size; he could shrink it down to the size of the tunnel entrance and use the spell’s power to search for more secret silver ores.

This was practically tailored for his spell!

Ji Yang’s face lit up with joy, and the next moment, he activated the Wandering Spirit Commanding Energy spell.

As the spell took effect, a palm-sized primordial spirit phantom materialized before Ji Yang.

He controlled the primordial spirit phantom to dive into the tunnel below.

At the same time, his perspective shifted accordingly.

As soon as the primordial spirit phantom entered the tunnel, Ji Yang saw a massive creature approaching him, its face twisted and fierce, with sharp fangs.

This was no other creature but a Red Fire Ant.

However, from Ji Yang’s shrunken perspective, this seemingly unremarkable Red Fire Ant appeared quite terrifying.

Ji Yang paid it no mind; these Red Fire Ants had low intelligence and weak primordial spirit power, so they wouldn’t notice him.

Ji Yang’s primordial spirit phantom passed through its body and continued along the tunnel.

However, not long after he walked, the tunnel began to diverge, revealing multiple paths that were difficult to distinguish.

But Ji Yang did not mind; he used his spell to search for secret silver mines, not to find the nest of the Red Fire Ants. He decided to follow the paths where more secret silver mines appeared, noting the routes for later digging.

Along the way, Ji Yang spotted numerous secret silver mines.

These secret silver mines were scattered throughout the tunnels, sometimes accompanied by mixed ore.

Most of the tunnels excavated by the Red Fire Ants bypassed the secret silver mines, possibly because these ores were quite hard and difficult to dig.

By observing the distribution of the secret silver mines in the tunnels, Ji Yang clearly understood which direction had more mines.

Following the trail of the secret silver ore through the tunnels, Ji Yang advanced steadily.

As Ji Yang passed through a deep tunnel, his eyes suddenly brightened.

A slightly larger tunnel entrance appeared before him, and what caught Ji Yang’s attention was that the secret silver mines surrounding this tunnel were much more abundant than those he had seen before, including several high-quality secret silver ores.

Each piece of high-quality secret silver ore represented cultivation points in Ji Yang’s eyes, which made him eager to act.

Ji Yang moved forward and entered this tunnel.

Unlike the previous chaotic tunnels, this one had not been excavated with any other exits by the Red Fire Ants; it seemed there was only this single path.

Even in the darkness, the high-quality ores buried underground still shone brightly.

The secret silver mines on both sides of the tunnel illuminated it with a lightly silver glow, making it quite eye-catching.

Seeing this, Ji Yang felt joy and quickened the pace of his primordial spirit phantom as he went deeper into the tunnel.

He wanted to see if there were even more secret silver mines at the end of this path.

“Chirp chirp chirp.”

After flying a few meters along the tunnel, Ji Yang suddenly heard a faint noise near his ears, similar to the sound of mice, but not as sharp.

This puzzled Ji Yang; as social spiritual insects, the Red Fire Ants generally would not coexist with other spiritual beasts. Anything they could overpower would be their food.

Moreover, Ji Yang was surprised to see that there seemed to be no Red Fire Ants present in this tunnel.

Not thinking much of it, he knew he would soon find out what was going on.

Ji Yang increased his speed and flew forward.

Soon, a bright silver light appeared ahead in the tunnel; that was the exit of this passage.

The shining silver light of the exit excited Ji Yang; there must be many secret silver mines inside.

As the primordial spirit phantom passed through the tunnel, the scene outside the tunnel’s exit came into view.

It was a wide open space located beneath the entire mountain.

Ji Yang’s first gaze was drawn to the dense secret silver mines surrounding him.

These secret silver mines hung from the ceiling like stalactites, sparkling with dazzling silver light.

As for the other accompanying ores, they had already vanished.

However, when Ji Yang looked down, he was taken aback.

Countless Red Fire Ants resided in this area, their shiny armor reflecting the silver light from the secret silver mines, creating a mingling of red and silver.

At that moment, the Red Fire Ants moved in a well-organized manner, weaving through the other tunnels leading to this location.

Many of the Red Fire Ants touched each other’s feelers, producing the “chirp chirp chirp” sounds he had just heard.

Initially quiet, when the numbers added up, the noise grew quite chaotic in the silent mine.

Ji Yang felt a stir of interest.

He had clearly arrived at the nest of these Red Fire Ants.

However, he hadn’t anticipated that the quantity of secret silver mines here was so great; it seemed to be the central area of the entire secret silver mine.

Of course, it was also possible that when the Red Fire Ants excavated, they took away the other accompanying ores, leaving only the hard secret silver ores behind.

The appearance of Ji Yang’s primordial spirit phantom did not disturb the Red Fire Ants; evidently, they had not detected his arrival.

Upon closer inspection, Ji Yang quickly discovered that many of the Red Fire Ants were biting down on cut pieces of secret silver ore.

Clearly, there was a specific reason for these Red Fire Ants to build their nest here, not without cause.

Moreover, these Red Fire Ants were not excavating the nearby secret silver mines but instead were transporting them from other locations, which made Ji Yang quite curious and eager to investigate further.