The Supreme God of Martial Arts novel Chapter 1702

Without any more hesitations, Austin immediately left the Rudimentary Holy Land. He was heading towards the Northern Mine District in the East Mainland.

The Northern Mine District was thousands of miles away, so Austin had to use the teleportation arrays frequently during his travel.

Many of the teleportation arrays located in the big cities were open to everyone. Everybody could use it as much as they wanted as long as they could afford to pay for it.

Days and nights had passed by as Austin kept on his journey. After spending almost a month on the way, he eventually arrived at the Northern Mine District.

A wild and barren land welcomed Austin as he arrived. It looked like a vast red sea as the red soil covered the ground. Austin scanned the area and saw nothing but the red turf with lumps of reddish-brown rocks of different shapes and sizes.

Without any living things wandering around, the district looked empty and deserted. More barren stone mountains stretched across the skyline.

There was not a living creature or plant around. Humans often avoided the area and rarely passed by it. Without anything but the wide desolated land, it was like a dead zone.

The freezing weather accompanied the empty lands. A film of frigid mist covered the place all the time. The mist was cold enough to send chills to those few people who walked in this area.

Despite that, Austin knew that underneath this cold, barren ground lied treasures every cultivator would long for. A great number of crystals were hidden somewhere in this wild land.

The treasures that awaited him were not only those vital energy crystals but also different kinds of rare and special crystals. It was said that the Northern Mine District contained all those kinds of fortune.

Because of the riches it contained, many sects and clans in the East Mainland wanted to take full advantage of the area for their interests. A long time ago, the three strong holy lands, the three powerful clans, and some other supreme sects had already entered the Northern Mine District. They had divided the area among each of them. Every sect and clan separately controlled a part of the district they owned as they started to excavate their turfs for those crystals.

The Northern Mine District was also one of the reasons why the holy lands, the clans, and some of the supreme sects became powerful and stayed strong for a long time in the East Mainland.

Controlling a mining district meant that they had full access to a mountain of gold. That was enough to provide strong financial support for the whole sect and help it grow stronger.

However, the vast land seemed endless. No one ever saw or knew the end of it.

The Northern Mine District covered almost half of the area in the East Mainland.

As a result, even though the three holy lands, the three clans, and other supreme sects had started the excavation for crystals for a long time, they still had not uncovered the whole area yet. The huge area still contained a great amount of treasure that was left untouched.

Despite their control over some parts of the land, there were still many mysterious and extensive areas left unknown.

Aside from that, it was said that some unknown and horrible areas lied deep within the Northern Mine District. These areas were rumored to be so dangerous that no one dared to explore them. Even the holy lords and the reclusive elders of the holy lands had not ventured too far in the mining lands in fear of what lied ahead. Neither did the owners and the elders of the clans. The risk was too much for them because they had no idea what to prepare for when they went deep within the lands.

The danger it posed scared those weaker sects and clans. That was why only the three holy lands, the three clans, and supreme sects could excavate in the Northern Mine District.

These holy lands, clans and supreme sects were strong and powerful enough to handle a part of the land. Moreover, they had many extremely formidable cultivators who could help them whenever they were faced with danger.

Those less stronger sects did not have enough strength and enough number of strong cultivators to protect them. Death would most likely be inevitable once they were faced with danger they could not handle.

It was said that in the East Mainland, there once were two or three secondary sects that had the courage to try and enter the Northern Mine District. Their elders led them to explore those unknown areas in the Northern Mine District, which had not been explored by the holy lands and clans.

However, nobody came back. Everybody assumed that they were all dead. No one knew what really happened to them in those unknown lands.

After that, those weaker sects in the East Mainland never dared to send anyone to excavate for crystals in the Northern Mine District anymore.

Standing in the Northern Mine District, Austin frowned when he saw that this area was as barren as the rain shadow desert-- Gobi.

"Why is it like this?

What the hell is this place?

The Northern Mine District should be full of spiritual energy since there are massive precious crystals buried under the ground. This place should have been lively.

Why does it look so wild and barren? What happened on this land?" Austin said to himself as he continued to scan the endless red desert.

Everything in the area made Austin feel very strange.

As he walked on the vast lands, he could vaguely feel the sense of danger.

Before coming here, Austin had already pinned the location of the area that was controlled by the Rudimentary Holy Land here in the Northern Mine District. As soon as he arrived, he headed directly towards that location.