Insufficient balance

  Along the way, they encountered several places where stones had turned into spiritual stones, but all were low-grade spiritual stones. After all, the conditions for forming mid-grade spiritual stones were extremely harsh, requiring both extremely high spiritual pressure and extremely dense spiritual energy, neither of which could be lacking. Generally, it was impossible to form mid-grade spiritual stones on the surface of the earth.

  Even so, Tang Hao and the other four were considered to have made a small fortune, with 10,000 low-grade spirit stones in their storage bags. After all, during the Qi Refining stage, low-grade spirit stones were used as currency, and no one dared to use mid-grade spirit stones openly, which had once led to Tang Hao's lavish spending nearly causing him to fall into a financial crisis. The current harvest could allow Tang Hao to live without worrying about food or clothing for the rest of his Qi Refining stage, but only if he could get out of here.

  Tang Hao, Qin Xuan and Qin Si Ruo were fine, but Wang Qiu and Zeng Lian were like they had been possessed by a demon, whenever they saw a place with a glow, they would rush towards it as if they had found treasure. Everyone no longer proceeded in a spiral pattern, but instead headed directly for the center, because the closer to the center, the more densely packed the spiritual stone mines appeared.

  Everyone was busy collecting spiritual stones, but forgot where they were until they saw a white jade altar. This altar is located in the central area of the city pool, but not in the center. The altar has been constantly emitting blue light, which spreads outwards and enters the still operating protective array, so it seems that this altar should be the eye of the protective array here.

  However, the blue light that Tang Hao and others saw in the outer city was probably also emitted by the altar. What is the relationship between this altar and those dry corpses? Why did people here leave in a hurry? Tang Hao didn't know.

  "What is that?" Qin Si Ruo pointed at the altar and exclaimed in surprise. Tang Hao looked towards the altar, only to see dozens of white jade pedestals arranged on it, each with a blue crystal stone floating above it, constantly emitting a blue glow, as if providing energy for the entire protective array.

  "Top-grade Spirit Stone!" Wang Qiu couldn't help but exclaim. Top-grade Spirit Stones were born when the heavens and earth first opened, and legend had it that they were the only Spirit Stones that could emit their own light. Moreover, they could also automatically recover their spiritual energy, so even if all the spiritual energy inside was depleted, they wouldn't turn to dust; at most, they would just need a very long time to recover their spiritual energy. This blue stone continuously emitted a blue glow, and after nearly ten thousand years it still functioned - what else could it be but a top-grade Spirit Stone?

  If it were a low-grade spirit stone, Zeng Lian and Wang Qiu could grit their teeth and decide to divide the five people together. But now they encountered an extreme grade spirit stone, which is said to be rare even in the immortal world. For such precious things, Wang Qiu and Zeng Lian would feel unbearable pain even if they got one piece less, let alone share it with everyone.

  As expected, Zeng Lian ignored everyone else and directly activated the Lingtai to rush towards the altar. Wang Qun was also straightforward, transforming into a meatball and shooting towards the altar.

  Qin Huan also wanted to go and fight for it, but seeing Qin Si Ruo's serious face, he stopped advancing instead, looking at Qin Si Ruo, wondering what she was thinking.

  Tang Hao didn't move, although he hadn't been in the Cultivation Realm for long, but he had heard Yun Xie say before that even if it was the Heavenly Court, there weren't many top-grade spirit stones. Even on her hundredth birthday, the Immortal Emperor only gave her one, which was enough to prove how precious top-grade spirit stones were.

  Ling Xian Pavilion was once the number one sect in the mortal world, but compared to the Heavenly Court, it's just a drop in the ocean. Where did they get so many top-grade spirit stones? Moreover, top-grade spirit stones only come in five colors: white, green, black, red, and yellow. How can there be such an eerie blue color?

  The altar was surrounded by a five-colored light curtain, which seemed to be the formation that sealed the blue light. However, this powerful formation was like an ordinary water curtain in front of Zeng Lian and Wang Qiu, allowing them to pass through easily.

  Zeng Lian used the Ling Body, and was naturally the first to touch the blue stone. Wang Qun seemed a bit slower, but there were multiple stones on the altar, and he quickly grabbed one of them as well.

  Zeng Lian took the stone down from the jade platform, but unexpectedly the stone suddenly turned into a blue mist that wrapped around Zeng Lian's body in an instant. Zeng Lian suddenly found himself unable to move, his body controlled by the blue mist. Zeng Lian floated above the altar, forming a large character with his body, although he couldn't move, his mouth could still speak.

  "Oh, save me! Come and rescue me, I'll give you everything I have here if you just save me!" Zeng Lian begged.

  This altar is too eerie, Tang Hao and others will not risk their lives for the Spirit Stone, they start to retreat voluntarily.

  Zeng Lian's face flashed with a thread of anger, but was soon replaced by panic, because the blue mist surrounding her began to drill into her body from various holes on her body.

  Zeng Lian's expression gradually became dazed, and when all the blue mist had entered Zeng Lian's body, she also returned to the ground, her hands propped on the ground, her head lowered, making it impossible for anyone to see her expression.

  Zeng Lian suddenly lifted up, a lewd and evil smile appeared on her pretty face, which shouldn't be seen on a woman. "It's almost 10,000, I'm finally free again! Unfortunately, it's a girl, but it's better than being locked in here."

  Zeng Lian stood up somewhat stiffly, twisted her neck, and seemed to still be getting used to this body. She then touched her own slender waist, and smiled lewdly: "Not bad, if I can't be the world's number one flower thief, being the world's number one female demon is also quite tasty."

  "It's indeed a Soul Calming Stone, everyone hurry and run." Qin Si Ruo said, unconsciously speeding up her pace.

  Zeng Lian looked at Tang Hao and the other two, a sly smile spreading across his face. "There are actually two good-looking ones, what great luck! Let me... no, let this immortal take you in as my disciples."

  Just as he finished speaking, he was about to approach Tang Hao and the others when Wang Qun suddenly blocked Zeng Lian's path, shouting: "Zhao Hongxin, you demon head, how many lives do you need to take before you're satisfied!"

  Zhao Hongxin! It's Zhao Hongxin, the mid-term cultivator of Yuan Ying who was raped and killed Xu Jia's fourth miss in the vegetable market!

  Zeng Lianwei smiled and said, "Who is Zhao Hongxin? My name is Zeng Lian. But aren't you, Wang Xuanshan, also a murderer? What qualifications do you have to scold me?"

  Wang's face turned green with rage, and he shouted: "I had no choice, besides I ended up taking my own life, I have no regrets about the Ling Xian Pavilion, unlike you, a traitor."

  Zeng Lian sneered, "Don't mention the Ling Xian Pavilion to me. If it weren't for those few elder Taishang who look like heavenly immortals, I wouldn't have come to this inexplicable sect. Today, I've made it clear to you that if you don't interfere with this trivial matter, I'll spare your life out of camaraderie as fellow disciples. Maybe when I'm in a good mood, I'll even come to serve you. But if you're obstinately ignorant, don't blame me for making your soul scatter."

  Wang Qiang coldly smiled and said: "In the past you were not my opponent, now it's still the same."

  Zeng Lian took out a jade comb and said, "I admit that I couldn't beat you before, but I've killed so many people, absorbed their souls, and my soul strength is far above yours. Moreover, we both have bodies at the fifth layer of Qi Refining, do you think I would still lose to you?"

  Wang Jun naturally knew this situation and didn't force it. He directly transformed into a meatball and rolled towards Tang Huang and the other two, saying: "Follow me."

  Tang Hao had no other choice but to believe that Wang Xuan Shan, who possessed the physical body of King Wu Ku, was indeed the real King Wu Ku.

  Zeng Lian let out a cold laugh and stepped out of the five-colored light screen. In an instant, a powerful soul pressure came forth.

  Wang Qun hastily said: "This lustful demon is only slightly stronger in terms of soul power, its cultivation is no different from that woman's, as long as you all maintain your original heart and aren't controlled by her, there won't be any problems."

  Tang Hao was still okay, but he felt extremely uncomfortable. However, Qin Xiao was different, his face had already turned bright red, and the hand that was originally holding Qin Si Ruo's directly wrapped around her waist, as if there were even more intimate actions to follow.

  Qin Si Ruo's eyes had become distant, and her hands unconsciously placed themselves on her chest. Wang Qun hastily said: "Quickly wake them up, if they lose their sense of self, they will really become that lustful demon's puppets."

  Wang Du pointed at Qin Guang, and Qin Guang suddenly regained consciousness. He looked at himself doing such an obscene thing to his sister, and he pushed away the sister who was clinging to him.

  Tang Hao took advantage of the situation and pressed down on Qin Si Ruo's Renzhong, and when Qin Si Ruo regained consciousness, she discovered her own actions, her face instantly turned bright red. However, Zeng Lian was still chasing after her from behind, so she didn't dare to slow down either, and hurried along the road.

  I don't know why, but this demon was able to use Zeng Lian's ability. Fortunately, they were beyond the range of Zeng Lian's soul-absorbing technique and their distance from Zeng Lian grew farther and farther apart.

  "You can't escape now," Zeng Lian sneered. "All the people outside are my puppets. Even if you manage to evade me, you won't be able to get out. Just wait and starve to death."

  Tang Hao and the others would never surrender like this, Zeng Lian saw that the threat was not working, so he summoned three gray swords from the sea of consciousness to shoot at Tang Hao and the others.

  Soul attack! The speed of this gray sword is not something that Tang Hao and the others can match. Seeing that the gray sword is about to enter the trio's sea of consciousness, attacking their spiritual awareness.

  Suddenly, a cyan light burst out from the headband on Tang Hao's forehead, directly blocking the Grey Sword below. Zeng Lian's face showed a look of surprise, and then he licked his tongue, smiling slyly: "The hairband of the Supreme Elder Qing Yi, I'm getting more and more interested in you guys."