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Clatter, clatter, clatter a sound came from the darkness.
Jiang Xuan, without a word, pulled Ganyu behind him.
Ganyu, who had been startled by the sudden arrow, felt the figure in front of her.
The slight fear in her heart vanished without a trace.
Keqing also threw down her pickaxe and rushed over.
In this world, her Stellar Reunion effect was terribly weak, so running on her own legs was better.
The two, one in front and one behind, blocked Ganyu. Ganyu, after all, was a seasoned warrior.
Although startled by the sudden attack, she quickly reacted.
Standing between the two large shields, she drew her bow and arrows.
Jiang Xuan had also said this.
Currently, they hadn't encountered any spiders, so they couldn't make bows and arrows. Ganyu was their only ranged power.
Naturally, she had to be protected in the middle.
"Did you hear the sound of bones clashing?"
Jiang Xuan whispered. Keqing and Ganyu both nodded seriously.
"That's a skeleton archer. I usually call it 'Little White'."
"Judging by the sound, there's only one. Don't be afraid; it has no melee ability, it can only shoot arrows."
"So, if we advance with shields, we can easily deal with it. But if there are too many Little Whites, we'll have to hide."
Little White's shots, though seemingly not fatal, depended on who it was shooting at.
The great Steve...
The ultimate creature of strength and constitution.
If it were anyone else, wouldn't they be shot through by an arrow from Little White?
Keqing and Ganyu stared intently into the darkness. The clattering sound in their ears made them a bit nervous.
This was the first monster they had encountered in Jiang Xuan's world.
Jiang Xuan, however, calmed down.
In this year, he had not failed to encounter Little White.
He could evade it even as an ordinary person. Now, with Steve's physique, there was no reason he couldn't defeat it.
Jiang Xuan held his shield, and took out a torch with his other hand.
"Ganyu, help me take care of ranged attacks. Keqing, protect Ganyu. I'll go deal with it."
Ganyu and Keqing didn't object, only whispering a cautious remark.
Jiang Xuan walked into the darkness, placing torches as he went.
That was deeper into the mine shaft. Jiang Xuan hadn't explored there before.
After walking over ten meters, Jiang Xuan was about to place the third torch.
A whooshing sound came. Jiang Xuan immediately raised his shield.
A dull impact sounded on the shield.
Jiang Xuan didn't feel any recoil, in fact, he didn't feel anything at all.
"So you're also this weak!"
Jiang Xuan sneered, his heart greatly reassured.
This past year, he had fled from zombies and Little Whites countless times.
This time, he finally had a chance to fight back.
The torch lit up the surrounding space.
In the dim light, Jiang Xuan clearly saw Little White's location.
It was a large mine shaft.
There was a tunnel on the left and another on the right, both pitch-black, leading to who knew where.
But Jiang Xuan estimated that such mines, backed by mountains, often had monster spawners deeper inside.
Choosing the wrong direction could easily lead to trouble.
He wasn't afraid alone; at worst, he could always dig a 3x1 hole anywhere.
He could even expand it and move a bed in to sleep.
But with Ganyu and Keqing, it was a no-go.
They probably had to stop here today and wait until they were fully prepared to explore later.
But now was not the time to think about these things.
Jiang Xuan stared intently at Little White. After confirming there were no other monsters around, he immediately charged.
Little White swiftly shot another arrow, but Jiang Xuan merely raised his shield effortlessly, blocking Little White's attack.
Little White's attack frequency wasn't very high.
Taking advantage of this lull, Jiang Xuan had already gotten close to it.
He swung his sword with great force, and Little White was immediately sent flying.
After landing, Little White raised its bow again, intending to shoot at Jiang Xuan.
But Jiang Xuan stomped his foot, using the momentum to leap up, and then fiercely chopped down with a "Power Slash" that could split a mountain.
After landing, he swiftly swept several more times with his sword.
Little White immediately collapsed straight to the ground.
Ashes flashed, revealing a bone.
Jiang Xuan felt a bit regretful.
This time, it didn't drop a bow and arrow, which was a pity.
However, spiders weren't hard to find. He could just go out tonight and look around.
He surveyed the surroundings, and after confirming there were no other monsters, Jiang Xuan first went to check the two tunnels.
One was silent, but the drop was very steep, and torches couldn't illuminate very deep.
The other had faint sounds of bones rubbing and zombie groans.
Presumably, there were many monsters.
So, Jiang Xuan took out some dirt and sealed the mine entrance.
Sealing it with dirt would also prevent monsters from coming out and distinguish it from the surrounding rocks.
Jiang Xuan had made up his mind to explore this mine thoroughly.
This mine was close to the village, so with some future planning, the village boundaries could be extended to include this area.
For the early stages, the resources from one mine shaft would be enough for Jiang Xuan.
After taking care of all this, Jiang Xuan didn't have time to check for ore around.
He called out.
"It's safe, come over!"
With that, Jiang Xuan put away the bone on the ground.
This scene happened to be seen by Keqing and Ganyu.
The two clearly saw that Little White was a skeleton.
The bone dropped by the skeleton was undoubtedly its own.
The bones of a humanoid skeleton, just thinking about it, made them nauseous.
Keqing suppressed her discomfort and frowned:
"Jiang Xuan, why are you picking up that bone?! It's disgusting."
Disgusting?
Jiang Xuan looked at Keqing with amusement and said softly:
"Don't think this thing is disgusting; it's very useful."
"Useful?"
Ganyu patted her chest, feeling a bit nauseous.
"How can that thing be useful?"
"You're thinking wrong this time."
Jiang Xuan shrugged.
"To some extent, bones are much more important than coal. Bones can not only be used to tame the wolves in this world."
"They can also be ground into bone meal, and the uses of bone meal are beyond imagination."
"The most powerful use is as fertilizer!"
Hearing this, Ganyu and Keqing felt even more nauseous.
Seeing this, Jiang Xuan said with a chuckle:
"Bone meal for accelerating growth isn't as weak as you imagine. Let me put it this way: as long as you plant seeds and use bone meal, the newly planted seeds will instantly mature."
"Ignoring the time factor, it takes effect immediately. Do you still think bone meal is bad now?"
Ganyu and Keqing were somewhat surprised by the magical effect of bone meal.
But having seen so many bizarre things in this world, they weren't as shocked anymore.
"If that's truly the case, bone meal is indeed very important to us. Perhaps, Liyue will completely bid farewell to food problems from now on."
"Worth close attention..."
Keqing looked at Jiang Xuan thoughtfully, but after a moment, she frowned and said:
"But it's still disgusting..."
"The monsters in this world are too strange... Can skeletons also attack people?"
"If Director Hu knew, she would definitely rush over, fuming, to uphold the balance of life and death."
Hearing Keqing say that, Jiang Xuan also smiled wryly.
What Keqing said really made sense.
Once Hu Tao saw the zombies, skeletons, and evil spirits of this world...
She would probably loudly demand to open Wangsheng Funeral Parlor here to maintain the balance of yin and yang.
Perhaps...
Hu Tao could even become an anti-wither warrior.
Ganyu didn't pay much attention to the monster. After recovering from her nausea, she surveyed the surrounding space.
In the dim light, Ganyu vaguely saw a whitish wall.
Immediately, Ganyu walked over with some curiosity.
Focusing her gaze.
Ganyu was overjoyed and immediately turned to shout:
"Jiang Xuan! Come quickly! I found lots of iron ore!"
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