After his spiritual power was enhanced, Yang Ling saw a mysterious scene.

  On the ground, a stone forest rises from the earth, with thousands of strange and wonderful shapes. Some resemble a lush green pine tree, some look like a clouded leopard descending a mountain, while others even look like a giant dragon with its teeth bared and claws outstretched...

  Through the nimble angle of the beast, one can even see that the Stone Forest is covered with dense and intricate patterns. Faintly visible, they seem to resemble small tadpoles, yet also bear a resemblance to the mysterious symbols on talismans. After repeated glances, Yang Ling couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity.

  What is this thing, a stone monument, or...?

  Yang Ling was perplexed and couldn't figure out what was going on, but one thing was certain - these stone steles were absolutely not natural products. This strange stone forest must be hiding some secret.

  The more life energy absorbed, the stronger the spiritual power, and the flower patterns on the stone forest will also become clearer. After observing for half a day, Yang Ling became more and more suspicious, the flower patterns on the stone forest were really too similar to the symbols on the talisman, only more complex and larger in scale.

  Is every stone a huge talisman with the stone as its medium?

  Under suspicion, Yang Ling expanded the exploration range of the horned beast, hoping to find some clues. Soon, a horned beast was found on the left side of the mountain wall, and a huge cave was discovered, an eerie cave.

  The cave was very large, but for some reason, it emitted a seven-colored glow inside. The horned beast used all its strength to charge in, but it seemed to have encountered a layer of seven-colored glass.

  Isn't this a unique defensive cloak?

  Originally, Yang Ling was going to carefully study the strange seven-colored light, but just as he concentrated all the horned beasts at the entrance of the cave. A low roar suddenly came from inside the mountain cave. Where the sound waves passed, a mysterious ripple appeared in the air, and the goose feather-like snowflakes were instantly vaporized.

  In an instant, more than a dozen horned beasts let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground powerless. It seemed that they had suffered a severe blow from the sound wave, and soon lost contact with Yang Ling.

  At the same time, Yang Ling felt a loud "boom" in his head, dizziness and vertigo, a wave of nausea and suffocation that couldn't be shaken off, almost to the point of being unable to breathe.

  After forcing his eyes open, Yang Ling took a difficult breath. Whether it was an illusion or something else, the feeling of being peeped at after entering the valley became even more pronounced, as if a snake was coiled nearby, staring coldly at him.

  "Sir, are you alright?!" Just as Yang Ling's face suddenly turned pale. Agu Su was shocked and lost color.

  After waving his hand, Yang Ling made a great effort to adjust the breath in his body for a long time. Only then did he take a deep breath and say: "Agu Su, pass on my order, no one is allowed to leave the formation without permission, and it's even more forbidden to go behind the chaotic rocks!"

  "Yes, sir!" Seeing Yang Ling's serious expression, Agu Su didn't dare to be careless and immediately turned around and left.

  A strange stone forest. What secrets can it hide?

  What kind of monster is lurking in this eerie cave?

  Looking at Agu Su, who was shouting loudly not far away, Yang Ling's face became more and more solemn. With just a few roars, he used sound waves to kill more than a dozen horned beasts, making himself almost suffocate. The horror of the monsters in the cave can be imagined!

  Before he figured out what was going on, the stone forest in the depths of the mountain valley was a forbidden area. Yang Ling did not want anyone to rush in and get themselves killed. Even he himself had suffered a loss due to his own carelessness, let alone ordinary barbarians and elven archers.

  Except for the stone forest in the depths of the valley, there are no more dangers and monsters elsewhere. Yang Ling ordered everyone to set up camp in an open area. Firstly, it is convenient to explore the mysterious stone forest nearby; secondly, it is also convenient to excavate the sulfur mine on a large scale not far away.

  In the valley, there was nothing else, but stones were abundant, unfortunately, there were no suitable tools, and with heavy snowfall, progress was extremely slow. After a whole day of hard work, only one stone foundation was built. Fortunately, on the second day, the elder of the fox tribe arrived upon hearing the news, bringing not only a large group of strong and powerful dog-headed people but also a large batch of tools.

  Looking at the dense corpses of giant crab spiders in the valley, and then looking at the cocoon-like evolved wolf spider, the half-beast people were shocked, even the experienced old fox tribe was no exception.

  At first, they formed an elite team of three hundred people to explore, but were also surrounded by a group of giant spiders. In less than half a day, they almost suffered a complete defeat. Unexpectedly, there were tens of thousands of giant spiders in the Tardon Valley, and unexpectedly, Yang Ling not only withstood the strong attack of the giant spiders, but also thoroughly eliminated them, worthy of being the notorious Lord of Visen.

  Treading on the corpse of a giant spider, crossing the blood-stained snowy ground, when they arrived in front of the huge sulfur mine, the half-beasts were stunned one by one!

  Shocking, it's really too shocking!

  They thought there was a large sulfur mine in the valley of Tardon, but they never imagined it would be this big. Even for the swift Dog-Headed Men, it's unlikely that half a time unit wouldn't be enough to run around the edge of the mine, and what's more, this is an open-pit sulfur mine, extremely easy to exploit.

  "My lord, we want fifty percent of the sulfur mine's output. From excavation to transportation, everything will be handled by us half-beasts!" The Fox tribe elder was excited as he looked at the massive open-pit sulfur mine.

  "Elder, this is what we've risked our lives for, and at most, we can only give you 10%!" Yang Ling shook his head and continued, "Besides being able to cultivate the Black Sap Tree, sulfur has many other uses. Unfortunately, from Visen Town to each of the empires, the distance is vast, and transportation costs are extremely high. If I calculate it for next year, we'll hardly make any money. If I give you 50%, I'll be losing money!"

  At most one percent?

  Although he had long been prepared to haggle, the Fox tribe elder was still shocked. He never thought that Yang Ling would directly press down to 10%. The black melon is the key to the prosperity of the half-beast people, and whether they can get a large amount of black melon depends on the sulfur that promotes the growth of the black melon tree. In any case, he must obtain a large amount of sulfur.

  "Sir, I know you're planning to expand the road from Visen Town to Arslan's Pass, but labor is in short supply. Just give us orcs 40% of the mining rights and we'll take care of it!" The fox tribe elder paused, then continued: "Although our tribe isn't large, there are many orc tribes throughout the entire Radak Mountains. For a common future, I can summon them all!"

  Bring all the half-orcs from the Ladakh mountain range?

  Look at the expectant Fox tribe elder, and then look at the strong and powerful dog-headed people around him. Yang Ling fell into silent contemplation. Although sulfur mines are very important, as long as they can indirectly obtain a large amount of free labor in a short period of time, giving the other party a little more sweetness is not a bad deal either.

  The orcish race is numerous, possesses various kinds of special abilities and has a large population. Not only are they cheap labor, but they can also be concentrated to form a powerful mercenary army, perhaps...

  He thought of the undulating Ladakh mountain range, the vast wilderness outside the Alashan Pass, and then the mysterious stone forest and eerie caves, his heart moved, and he came up with an idea.

  After the most intense haggling, Yang Ling finally agreed to give up 20% of the mine's output in exchange for six thousand robust half-beasts. Among them, two thousand were responsible for mining and transportation, three thousand were responsible for expanding the road from Weisen Town to Alashan Pass, and the remaining one thousand directly joined Yang Ling's army.

  After the discussion, under the command of the Fox tribe elder, the half-beasts took action one after another. Some were responsible for building a base in the valley, some were responsible for contacting nearby half-beast tribes, and others were responsible for exploring the entire Tartarus Valley.

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  Before long, the half-orcs in charge of exploration discovered a strange stone forest and caves. But what surprised Yang Ling was that they were all unscathed. Nothing unusual was found inside the caves.

  Is it possible that the strange creature in the cave is targeting itself?

  After shaking his head, Yang Ling was puzzled and couldn't figure out what was going on. However, looking at the half-beastman's retrieved Angle Worm beast corpse, he could confirm that the terrifying sonic wave was definitely not his own illusion.

  Yang Ling was puzzled and couldn't understand, after learning about the strange things in Shilin and the mountain cave, even the knowledgeable and experienced Fox tribe elder couldn't figure out what was going on. In order to ensure safety, in case some monster suddenly rushed out and attacked the mining tribesmen in the future. He decided to go take a look himself.

  The Dog Head Tribe elder led the main force to arrive, and the Fox Tribe elder no longer hesitated, leading an elite team to the strange stone forest. With hundreds of half-beasts opening the way, Yang Ling also no longer hesitated.

  However, for safety's sake, he gathered all the demon troops and followed the half-orc army with Brasga, a two-headed troll, and several other trolls as guards. Before leaving, he ordered Agus to be fully vigilant and not to act rashly.

  After trekking through the rubble and redwood forest, they soon arrived at the strange stone forest.

  The stone monument was covered with mysterious patterns, like a complex tadpole script, and also like a unique talisman. The entrance had a layer of seven-colored light, similar to the light emitted by the magic beast crystal core when building the Spirit Gathering Array, and no matter what, it couldn't be rushed in.

  "Lord, have you ever seen this strange stone monument and cave?"

  After the shock, the old fox's face was solemn. For some reason, he always felt that something was not right, as if there were hidden dangers and crises lurking nearby.

  "No, it's because of this cave that the earthworm beast died mysteriously!" After swallowing hard, Yang Ling continued: "If I'm not wrong, there must be some terrifying monster or demon inside the cave. If we don't get rid of it today, we won't be able to excavate sulfur ore on a large scale!"

  Approaching the cave and mysteriously dying?

  Recalling the corpse of the horned beast brought back by his tribesmen, the elder's face turned even more solemn. It wasn't until now that he understood why Yang Ling had agreed to give him 20% of the mine's output. However, sulfur was too important for them, and even though they knew the situation was severe, they couldn't help but grit their teeth and face it head-on.

  He placed his right hand on the seven-colored glow, and after injecting a thread of magic to probe for a moment, he had an epiphany. He recalled an ancient book he had read many years ago and said, "Lord, if I'm not mistaken, the glow in the stone forest and mountain cave should be two ancient magical arrays passed down from the Upper Ancient!"

  Anciently transmitted magic formation?

  Under the reminder of the Fox Clan elder, Yang Ling's heart moved. After cultivating witchcraft to a higher level, the main focus is on cultivating the perception and control of one's soul, touching the most mysterious source power between heaven and earth. In the process of cultivation, various witch arrays are indispensable, perhaps these two so-called ancient magic arrays passed down are a kind of witch array that he has not yet come into contact with!