Book Synopsis
Book Tags
Donation Rankings
Comment
0 Comments
You May Also Like
墨書 Inktalez
The one who secretly infiltrated the mine was none other than the disguised Xu Feng. With his Golden Core Mid-Stage cultivation, it was easy for him to evade the spiritual senses of the Foundation Disciples.
Wuhua Island, having defeated the New Moon Sect, now dominated Qinglong Mountain. The other sects were too preoccupied with their own affairs to consider Qinglong Mountain. With ten Golden Core Disciples stationed there managing hundreds of alchemists mining, it was a foolproof operation.
Before leaving Mist City, Xu Feng had instructed Lin Fangxin on several matters, one of which was to create a false impression of Hua Du's escape. While Lin Fangxin kept Wuhua Island's forces occupied, Xu Feng would make his way to Qinglong Mountain, catching Wuhua Island off guard. If Qinglong Mountain were attacked, Wuhua Island would inevitably have to split its forces to respond, thus buying time for Xu Feng and alleviating pressure on the Five Faction Alliance.
The ten Golden Core Cultivators were idly gambling in their rooms while thirty Foundation Disciples supervised the vast Qinglong Mountain. With a slight disguise, Xu Feng easily slipped into the mine.
The mine had been excavated for hundreds of meters underground, with a three-meter-wide passageway. Every ten meters along the walls, a Low-Grade Spirit Stone was embedded, illuminating the mine as if it were daytime.
Occasionally, mortals entered and exited the mine, each carrying a large cloth bag filled with spirit stones of varying quality, mostly low-grade. Occasionally, they would find a few Mid-Grade Spirit Stones; however, since mining began at Qinglong Mountain, only two High-Quality Spirit Stones had been unearthed.
Xu Feng restrained his spiritual energy and brushed past the burly miners. The mortals lacked Spiritual Roots and could not sense Xu Feng's power; they merely regarded him as another miner.
Three miners finished delivering their load and headed back inside with empty bags when they encountered Xu Feng.
"Hey, brother! I haven't seen you before; are you new here?"
"Yes, I'm... I'm that guy's brother."
"Oh, you must be Wu Zongqing's brother! You two look quite alike. He’s injured and couldn’t come; you’re filling in for him, right?"
"Exactly! You have a keen eye; I am Wu Zongqing's brother. My name is Wu Zongxian."
"So it's Xian Ge! Nice to meet you."
Xu Feng fabricated a name and quickly became familiar with the miners. During their conversation, he learned that this Spiritual Ore Vein was extraordinarily large; after six months of mining, they had extracted less than one-tenth of the Spirit Mine. At this rate, they could continue mining for at least another five years.
With over two hundred people working day and night and still able to mine for five more years, it was indeed an enviable Spiritual Ore Vein.
Following the miner's guidance, Xu Feng entered a branch tunnel that was the hardest to excavate. This area was filled with hard rocks, and the spiritual stones were relatively scarce, having already been abandoned by the miners. Xu Feng chose this branch cave to avoid drawing attention.
This was a branch tunnel opened off the main shaft, with an entrance just over a meter wide. Xu Feng crouched to enter, winding his way for more than twenty meters. The sounds from behind gradually faded away, and the tunnel came to an end.
Xu Feng took out the Superior Spirit Sword, which served as his Flying Sword, and made several cuts in the tunnel. The hard mixed stones were easily sliced open. After digging for over ten meters, he only found a few pitiful Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Xu Feng embedded those stones into the rock wall, thought for a moment, then turned around and piled up the mixed stones and dirt behind him to block the passage. This way, if anyone entered this branch tunnel, they would be stopped and think it was an empty cave.
Estimating his general direction, Xu Feng began digging toward the area where Spirit Mines were more abundant and of higher quality. The Superior Spirit Sword sliced through rock as if it were tofu, and more Low-Grade Spirit Stones appeared at Xu Feng's feet. However, he was too lazy to pick them up and continued digging forward.
What Xu Feng lacked now was not Low-Grade Spirit Stones but High-Quality Spirit Stones that could be used to activate his Puppet Ultraman. He currently had fewer than thirty High-Quality Spirit Stones in hand; if he wanted Ultraman to fight for an extended period, he needed a sufficient quantity of High-Quality Spirit Stones.
After digging for ten minutes, Xu Feng sensed through his spiritual awareness that he had entered the forefront of a high-quality Spirit Mine area, leaving the mortals far behind. With each meter he advanced, a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone appeared beneath his feet, yet Xu Feng still did not bother to pick them up; instead, he quickened his digging pace.
Thus, Xu Feng moved deeper into the mountain like an armadillo, unearthing a large number of spiritual stones that were ruthlessly trampled into the ground.
As the quality of the spiritual stones increased further after half an hour, each swing of his sword unearthed a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone. The surrounding mixed stones became fewer and fewer until only large patches of black soil surrounded the spiritual stones. There was no need to use his sword; he could simply reach down and collect Mid-Grade Spirit Stones with a light touch.
At this point, Xu Feng began to gather the spiritual stones on the ground. The green ring left by Xiang Ge had a space as large as a football field; Xu Feng tossed them inside as if picking watermelons from the ground—he could easily reach down and grab them along the way.
Spirit Mines have their own veins; Xu Feng knew he had found the heart of this Spiritual Vein. Following the route where Mid-Grade Spirit Stones appeared, he quickly collected tens of thousands of them into his space.
The black soil on the Spiritual Vein became less and less until finally there was no dirt left in sight—only crystal-clear Mid-Grade Spirit Stones filled his view. As Xu Feng walked and collected them, countless Mid-Grade Spirit Stones rolled into his ring, while the appearance rate of High-Quality Spirit Stones also increased significantly. Eventually, his ring was nearly full, with over a thousand High-Quality Spirit Stones inside.
Suddenly, Xu Feng's vision brightened as all the Mid-Grade Spirit Stones vanished at once, replaced by fist-sized High-Quality Spirit Stones. Without time to think further, Xu Feng activated the Golden Blaze's Fiery Ambition Ring as well. With a wave of his hand, a batch of High-Quality Spirit Stones disappeared; with another gesture, another batch was collected.
Soon both rings were filled with High-Quality Spirit Stones, yet there seemed to be no end to the spiritual stones before him.
"Come on, Azure Dragon Mountain Spirit Vein; today I will put an end to you."
Xu Feng finally found the core spiritual source of the Azure Dragon Mountain Spirit Vein. The purpose of his long journey was to locate it and then refine it!
Wuhua Island could also reach this place, but for the long-term development of Wuhua Island, they could not exhaust the Spiritual Vein all at once. Because of this, Xu Feng seized the opportunity.
The reason spirit stones can serve as currency for Modern Clerks is that they can be used for cultivation and emergencies, equivalent to an energy stone. When one is depleted, refining a piece can temporarily replenish lost spiritual energy.
Now, Xu Feng was at the core of an energy source, surrounded by High-Quality Spirit Stones. This was the head of the Azure Dragon Mountain Range; refining this place would cause the entire Spiritual Vein to wither instantly.
Xu Feng gently sat down on the ground. His Meridian opened up, and a massive amount of Spiritual Energy surged in, eagerly rushing into Xu Feng's body.
Time flowed silently.
"Thousand Miles Kill, Fifth Layer, Break!"
"Weak Water Three Thousand, Fifth Layer, Break!"
"Mu Ling Dao, Fifth Layer, Break!"
In just one go, Xu Feng broke through the fifth layers of the Gold, Water, and Wood elemental Cultivation Methods, completing the Wood Element Great Perfection at the Golden Core Mid-Stage.
The High-Quality Spirit Stones within a twenty-meter radius turned to ashes and vanished.
Xu Feng moved forward a hundred meters and continued his cultivation.
Large quantities of High-Quality Spirit Stones were consumed in batches, causing Xu Feng's Fire Elemental Power to rise rapidly.
However, something felt off when they began excavating spirit stones in the cave. In places where spirit stones should have been found, they couldn't even dig up a single piece with their tools. After much effort, they only managed to unearth a few pitiful Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
For ten consecutive days, this finally caught the attention of the Miner Disciple. A Golden Core Cultivator rushed into the mine with five Foundation Disciples to check the situation inside.
On the eleventh day, Xu Feng found himself surrounded by darkness, all the shining High-Quality Spirit Stones had been completely consumed, leaving only a captivating glow not far away.
"Dragon's Fury, Sixth Layer, Break!"
With a loud shout from Xu Feng, after consuming countless High-Quality Spirit Stones, he finally broke through to the sixth layer of Dragon's Fury, and his Fire Element Technique advanced to the Late Stage of Golden Core as desired.
Xu Feng's eyes still reflected the fiery red of his advancement. The spirit stone passage around him had turned into a pile of white debris. With a gentle punch, the power of his Late Stage of Golden Core sent the debris flying, creating a flurry like a thousand piles of snow.
Xu Feng walked towards the dazzling light not far away.
On a one-meter square spirit stone platform lay a super spirit stone the size of a basin, wrapped in visible Spiritual Energy, mysterious and serene.
Spirit Crystal! This is a Spirit Crystal! A Spiritual Ore Vein only has one Spirit Crystal; if the Spirit Crystal is taken away, the entire vein will never regenerate.
"Who is it? Hurry, go call someone to seal off the entrance; something has happened!" A furious shout from the Golden Core Cultivator echoed through the mountain's interior. Urgent footsteps were rushing this way.
Xu Feng coldly smiled, "You are too late." With a wave of his hand, he collected both the stone platform and the Spirit Crystal into his Spatial Ring.
At the moment Xu Feng collected the Spirit Crystal, the entire Qinglong Mountain mine suddenly darkened, and those unmined spirit stones rapidly lost their Spiritual Energy.
"Bang!" The stone wall was smashed open as an angry Golden Core Cultivator barged into Xu Feng's training cave, followed by four Foundation Disciples.
"It's over; it's all over." The Golden Core Cultivator looked at the ground covered in white debris and realized that the Spiritual Vein had been destroyed by Xu Feng. He let out a painful wail; if Wuhua Island pursued this matter, his life would be forfeit.
"Who are you! What audacity..." Before he could finish his last word "dare," a fiery red Spiritual Arrow pierced through his throat, taking his life.
A thud echoed as the Golden Core Cultivator fell to the ground. The four Foundation Disciples behind him trembled in fear; shooting down a Golden Core Cultivator was far beyond their capability.
One disciple, shaking his legs, stammered, "I recognize you, you are Xu Feng. I have no grievances with you, please spare me..." He thought he was being reasonable, but the other three looked at him as if he were an idiot.
The other three spoke in unison, "We don't know you. We didn't see anything. Please, senior, let us go." Upon hearing this, the first disciple fainted on the spot.
You recognize this Killer God and still want to live?
Xu Feng snorted coldly and lunged forward. The three of them closed their eyes, waiting for Xu Feng to slap them to death. After a while, they realized they were still alive. They opened their eyes to find Xu Feng had passed through the stone cave they had broken open and disappeared without a trace.
One person tugged at his soaked clothes and asked, "Did he leave?" Turning around, he saw that the other two had also fainted from fear.
"Tch! Cowards." He glanced disdainfully at the three lying on the ground and quietly made his way outside.
A startled Mountain Mouse jumped over his feet, squeaking softly. The man immediately shouted, "Senior, spare me! I didn't see anything! Please don't kill me! Ah!" His head tilted as he fainted as well.
Comment 0 Comment Count