Chapter 9: Exploration
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Chapter 9: Exploration
The map had marked a place where the mines had caved in previously that was quite far to the east side of the mountain above. Sage knew that there was a canyon to the east side of the mountain, and he was hoping that the recent quake may have shifted the old cave in. If this was a bust, then he was going to start digging!
The constant combat with the spiders, living a solitary life with only insects and lizards for company, had quite a drastic effect on his cultivation. Sage feared he was going to be down here forever unless he grew strong enough. It had been the catalyst for him to advance more in these six months than he had in the previous six years since he arrived in this new world. His whole body was much stronger than it used to be, every last bit of him had improved with every level of cultivation. Even his senses were much stronger and now it was like he saw the same distance with the glow-stick as he used to be able to see with a torch. That last torch had been used up long ago and now he merely had a pair of sticks that he covered in Azure Moss and used as torches.
Another tactic hed used was to put moss and the strange mud onto rocks and leave them along the path traversing the vertical tunnel. He traveled this route often and so the spiders left the glow-moss alone. This made the trip a bit more bearable, it made it more like the dimly lit paths in a movie theater instead of the terrifying descent into the abyss it used to feel like. By far though, the best benefit of his current cultivation level was that his Mantis was now fully two feet long and it stood a good three feet tall. She wasnt quite strong enough to lift Sage, but plenty large enough for the silk to be very useful.
Prepared to make his assault upon the most promising, and the deepest, portion of the mines. Sage held onto the Mantises thorax (the chest area) and they leapt off the edge into the vertical tunnel. The Mantis strung a heavy line of silk behind them, the line holding them up and slowly spooling out of its spinneret as they descended to the bottom of the mines. Having already explored this area and use this technique more than once there was nothing really to worry about. His hunting had mostly pushed the spiders out of dominating the central vertical tunnel and having to set up webs down the tunnel routes he rarely traveled.
Now, I just have to get past these nasty little things.
These Bloodsucking Flatworms were similar to leeches that latched on and drained their targets blood. Where they were different is that instead of just biting onto the skin and slowly drinking blood these flatworms actually burrow their way into the skin of their prey. Biting themselves an entrance and squirming their way under the skin. It was many times harder to remove them than it was to pull off a leech, but having read about them before, Sage knew how to handle them. There was a few possible treatments, neither of them pleasant. One option is to climb into a tub of cold water until the person began to shiver. The coldness seeping into their bodies affects the flatworms and causes them to slip into a hibernative state. From there youd have to find each worm and made an incision in order to grasp hold of their body and slowly pull them out inch by inch from under the skin.
The second choice was to poison ones own blood which the flatworms are feeding upon. Once the flatworms are poisoned they will crawl out of the body on their own and the cultivator can then take an antidote to the poison. The rest of the methods werent suitable for everyone as they were used by powerful cultivators to inject their qi into the body to target the worms directly. Usually those with elemental qi or special skills sent flame into their veins or froze out the worms without the need for water. In Sages case, he could really only use the first method as he had no blood poison to use nor a powerful qi technique to attack the worms with. So if he was caught hed have to suffer quite a bit to recover.
Time to give this a go!
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Chapter 9: Exploration
The map had marked a place where the mines had caved in previously that was quite far to the east side of the mountain above. Sage knew that there was a canyon to the east side of the mountain, and he was hoping that the recent quake may have shifted the old cave in. If this was a bust, then he was going to start digging!
The constant combat with the spiders, living a solitary life with only insects and lizards for company, had quite a drastic effect on his cultivation. Sage feared he was going to be down here forever unless he grew strong enough. It had been the catalyst for him to advance more in these six months than he had in the previous six years since he arrived in this new world. His whole body was much stronger than it used to be, every last bit of him had improved with every level of cultivation. Even his senses were much stronger and now it was like he saw the same distance with the glow-stick as he used to be able to see with a torch. That last torch had been used up long ago and now he merely had a pair of sticks that he covered in Azure Moss and used as torches.
Another tactic hed used was to put moss and the strange mud onto rocks and leave them along the path traversing the vertical tunnel. He traveled this route often and so the spiders left the glow-moss alone. This made the trip a bit more bearable, it made it more like the dimly lit paths in a movie theater instead of the terrifying descent into the abyss it used to feel like. By far though, the best benefit of his current cultivation level was that his Mantis was now fully two feet long and it stood a good three feet tall. She wasnt quite strong enough to lift Sage, but plenty large enough for the silk to be very useful.
Prepared to make his assault upon the most promising, and the deepest, portion of the mines. Sage held onto the Mantises thorax (the chest area) and they leapt off the edge into the vertical tunnel. The Mantis strung a heavy line of silk behind them, the line holding them up and slowly spooling out of its spinneret as they descended to the bottom of the mines. Having already explored this area and use this technique more than once there was nothing really to worry about. His hunting had mostly pushed the spiders out of dominating the central vertical tunnel and having to set up webs down the tunnel routes he rarely traveled.
Now, I just have to get past these nasty little things.
These Bloodsucking Flatworms were similar to leeches that latched on and drained their targets blood. Where they were different is that instead of just biting onto the skin and slowly drinking blood these flatworms actually burrow their way into the skin of their prey. Biting themselves an entrance and squirming their way under the skin. It was many times harder to remove them than it was to pull off a leech, but having read about them before, Sage knew how to handle them. There was a few possible treatments, neither of them pleasant. One option is to climb into a tub of cold water until the person began to shiver. The coldness seeping into their bodies affects the flatworms and causes them to slip into a hibernative state. From there youd have to find each worm and made an incision in order to grasp hold of their body and slowly pull them out inch by inch from under the skin.
The second choice was to poison ones own blood which the flatworms are feeding upon. Once the flatworms are poisoned they will crawl out of the body on their own and the cultivator can then take an antidote to the poison. The rest of the methods werent suitable for everyone as they were used by powerful cultivators to inject their qi into the body to target the worms directly. Usually those with elemental qi or special skills sent flame into their veins or froze out the worms without the need for water. In Sages case, he could really only use the first method as he had no blood poison to use nor a powerful qi technique to attack the worms with. So if he was caught hed have to suffer quite a bit to recover.
Time to give this a go!
Chapter 9: ExplorationThe map had marked a place where the mines had caved in previously that was quite far to the east side of the mountain above. Sage knew that there was a canyon to the east side of the mountain, and he was hoping that the recent quake may have shifted the old cave in. If this was a bust, then he was going to start digging!The constant combat with the spiders, living a solitary life with only insects and lizards for company, had quite a drastic effect on his cultivation. Sage feared he was going to be down here forever unless he grew strong enough. It had been the catalyst for him to advance more in these six months than he had in the previous six years since he arrived in this new world. His whole body was much stronger than it used to be, every last bit of him had improved with every level of cultivation. Even his senses were much stronger and now it was like he saw the same distance with the glow-stick as he used to be able to see with a torch. That last torch had been used up long ago and now he merely had a pair of sticks that he covered in Azure Moss and used as torches. Another tactic hed used was to put moss and the strange mud onto rocks and leave them along the path traversing the vertical tunnel. He traveled this route often and so the spiders left the glow-moss alone. This made the trip a bit more bearable, it made it more like the dimly lit paths in a movie theater instead of the terrifying descent into the abyss it used to feel like. By far though, the best benefit of his current cultivation level was that his Mantis was now fully two feet long and it stood a good three feet tall. She wasnt quite strong enough to lift Sage, but plenty large enough for the silk to be very useful. Prepared to make his assault upon the most promising, and the deepest, portion of the mines. Sage held onto the Mantises thorax the chest area and they leapt off the edge into the vertical tunnel. The Mantis strung a heavy line of silk behind them, the line holding them up and slowly spooling out of its spinneret as they descended to the bottom of the mines. Having already explored this area and use this technique more than once there was nothing really to worry about. His hunting had mostly pushed the spiders out of dominating the central vertical tunnel and having to set up webs down the tunnel routes he rarely traveled. Now, I just have to get past these nasty little things.These Bloodsucking Flatworms were similar to leeches that latched on and drained their targets blood. Where they were different is that instead of just biting onto the skin and slowly drinking blood these flatworms actually burrow their way into the skin of their prey. Biting themselves an entrance and squirming their way under the skin. It was many times harder to remove them than it was to pull off a leech, but having read about them before, Sage knew how to handle them. There was a few possible treatments, neither of them pleasant. One option is to climb into a tub of cold water until the person began to shiver. The coldness seeping into their bodies affects the flatworms and causes them to slip into a hibernative state. From there youd have to find each worm and made an incision in order to grasp hold of their body and slowly pull them out inch by inch from under the skin.The second choice was to poison ones own blood which the flatworms are feeding upon. Once the flatworms are poisoned they will crawl out of the body on their own and the cultivator can then take an antidote to the poison. The rest of the methods werent suitable for everyone as they were used by powerful cultivators to inject their qi into the body to target the worms directly. Usually those with elemental qi or special skills sent flame into their veins or froze out the worms without the need for water. In Sages case, he could really only use the first method as he had no blood poison to use nor a powerful qi technique to attack the worms with. So if he was caught hed have to suffer quite a bit to recover.Time to give this a go!
