Li Lijun has never raised a gopher, but she has heard of this monster.

The burrowing rat can be regarded as a strange species. In two of the worlds of cultivation she has experienced in the past, there are such creatures. In the world where she was a novice in Qi refining, she had heard of a rogue cultivator who relied on a

A burrowing rat made a fortune and became a well-known wealthy cultivator. In the Ziwei world where she was an alchemy disciple, this creature was a spiritual beast raised in large numbers by a certain refining sect that owned various spiritual mines, specifically for them.

The disciples dig various spiritual mines, almost with one hand per person.

As the name suggests, gopher rats are good at burrowing into the ground and are excellent for mining or burrowing. Although they are not as precious as treasure-hunting rats, they can only be used to find treasures hidden in rocks and soil.

But when there is no treasure hunting mouse, it is a very practical little helper.

Perhaps because they are often raised by human cultivators, burrowing rats have a relatively mild temperament, are not bloodthirsty, and are omnivorous. Depending on the attributes of each rat, there may be various cultivation techniques, but they are basically the same.

, there is only a slight difference in the choice of training medium.

Li Lijun remembered that the mouse in front of her had said that during its daily practice, it lay on a piece of gold spirit. It was estimated that the gold spirit was the medium for its practice. Its gold spirit was snatched away by the giant snake. No wonder it could no longer practice unless

It can find another piece of gold essence of the same level, otherwise it is more practical to snatch back what was taken away.

Li Lijun thought for a while: "So, you only need the piece of gold essence that was taken away? If the gold essence is really in this cave, then it's okay for you to take it back. But the damage you caused to the people in the village,

You must double the compensation! You must release those you catch safely and give them full compensation. As for Liu Dalang...just send him back to the Yamen. What will happen to him will be decided by the government."

The mouse was overjoyed and looked at Li Lijun with his eyes wide open in disbelief: "Little fairy... are you serious? You won't steal my golden spirit?!"

Li Lijun rolled her eyes at it: "Isn't it just a piece of gold? I don't need it, so why should I take it from you? But you have to promise me not to hurt anyone's life in the future! Just practice in Taibai Mountain honestly. Like

As in the past, you dig gold mines and exchange daily necessities with the mountain people, and practice on your own at night. If you make progress, the people around you don't need to panic, isn't it mutually beneficial?"

The mouse was shaking with excitement. At this time, it would agree with whatever Li Lijun said: "The little fairy is right! The little fairy couldn't be more right! I am an honest monster and never harm others! This time it's all about force.

It has no choice!" Then it paused, suddenly remembered something, and asked Li Lijun cautiously, "Little fairy...don't you plan to accept me? I just said that I am willing to accept you as my master..."

Li Lijun twitched the corner of her mouth: "What are you going to do? Apart from getting bigger and smaller, blowing a little wind, and slapping someone with your tail, what else can you do? Now that your tail is broken, you can't swat anyone, and your claws are also injured.

I can't dig the soil. If I take you in, I have to pay for food. Am I losing money?!"

The mouse was shocked by these words. He looked down at his right forearm, his bald paw, and half of his tail that had just stopped bleeding, and he couldn't help but whimper.

Where does Li Lijun have time to accompany it to mourn the spring and autumn? She still has to rush: "Hurry up. Release the people in the cave so that we can go into the cave to find your golden spirit. Let's make a deal first, if the golden spirit is not here

, you are not allowed to mess around! It took you more than half a year to catch up with your injuries. God knows what the giant snake did with your golden spirit? What if it was given to other monsters? What if it was lost and broken?

?If you want to settle accounts, go to it, don’t take it out on innocent people!”

The mouse lowered its head in response. What else could it do? It was now a mouse with no tail and bald paws. How could it be a match for the big devil in front of it? If it didn't want to be struck again, it had no choice but to obey.

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Although the two people in the cave were emaciated, they could not escape from the small hole where the mouse entered and exited. They could only reopen the original entrance and exit door. According to the mouse, this small hill originally had several openings, and the official cave door had already been opened.

It was sealed. When the giant snake lived here, it mainly entered and exited through a three-foot-square hole. The hole was at the foot of the west mountain, exactly where the gravel piled up. After the mouse caught Liu Dalang and entered the hole,

Just now, they used the wind to blow up the gravel and blocked the entrance of the cave to prevent Liu Dalang from escaping.

In addition, there are several small holes for ventilation in the cave, which are almost the size of the mouth of a bowl of sea. Even the giant snake has difficulty getting in and out, let alone a person. In the middle of the top of the mountain, there is a three-foot square

The circular hole was originally blocked by a stone slab, and there were carvings on it. Perhaps because of the passage of time, the stone slab broke into several pieces, forming several gaps of different sizes. The mouse just emerged from the largest one.

came out of a gap.

It is estimated that only it can take this "road" to enter and exit the cave in the middle of the mountain.

Li Lijun listened to the mouse's narration, found the location of the cave entrance on the top of the mountain, pushed aside the scattered gravel and mud, and looked carefully under the moonlight, and indeed found traces of carvings, and they looked like some kind of runes.

, very much like it is used for sealing.

Could it be that... this cave was a ruins used by a senior practitioner to seal something? It was just that it was too old and the seal failed, so the ruins became a nest of giant snakes?

Then we really need to observe it carefully.

Li Lijun asked about the topography of the mouse cave. It is said that the mountain is almost hollow, but the walls are thicker. There is a larger hemispherical cave in the middle, surrounded by four smaller caves like petals surrounding the core of a flower. However,

Due to the huge size of the previous owner, the giant snake, and lack of care, many parts of the cave collapsed and were damaged. As a result, only three of the five caves are safe to enter, and the rest are almost like ruins. The mouse asked himself:

Even though he was made of copper and made of iron, he didn't dare to go in easily for fear of being hit by falling rocks, so he basically only moved around in those three safe caves.

Today, Liu Dalang and the other two are digging soil in the hole near the entrance and exit of the giant snake. It is also the daily living place of the giant snake. The mouse lives in the big hole in the middle. There is also another place used to place it in the hole.

Some of the so-called "treasures" found there were originally intended to be packed away after the gold essence was found.

The giant snake robbed it at first, and now it has to rob the giant snake again before it can breathe out its evil breath.

The mouse tremblingly explained all the information he knew, and looked at Li Lijun cautiously: "Well... little fairy, what should I do now?"

Li Lijun glanced at it: "What else can be done? Of course, we need to remove the piled rubble first and let the two people escape! Do you think I will meet them?" She is the owner of this place, so she is the only one who can do it.

Don’t let the banker know your true identity!

The mouse whispered: "But they escaped...who can dig up the gold spirit for me?"
Chapter completed!