Chapter 32: Spirit Stone Vein

  Gu Chen stored the spiritual energy into the Qian Kun bracelet, patted Xiao Bai's head and said: "This thing has a great use for me, can't let you eat it."

  "Chirp, chirp......" Xiao Bai called out while rubbing her head against Gu Chen's neck, with a somewhat spoiled tone.

  Gu Chen was tickled by Xiao Bai's fox fur and held him in his arms, saying: "Don't worry, once I catch the Zhu Hu, I'll let you eat this spirit."

  "Rustle rustle?" Xiaobai stared with wide eyes, excitedly calling out, her expression somewhat questioning, as if asking in return.

  Gu Chen smiled and said: "When have I ever deceived you? I will never speak falsely."

  "Squeak squeak squeak..." Xiaobai suddenly let out a happy cheer.

  After taking a glance at the corpse of the giant Soul Devouring Beast, Gu Chen shifted his gaze to his surroundings. The most valuable thing about the giant Soul Devouring Beast was its Spirit Essence, which had already been stored in the Qian Kun Bracelet by Gu Chen.

  Secondly, its blood had already surged out and merged into the ground.

  The skin is tough and leathery, but it's useless now.

  This giant Devouring Beast escaped to this place and didn't escape again, the Spirit Stone vein should be nearby, it's possible that this giant Devouring Beast is about to return home, if it escapes again it will enter the Spirit Stone vein, so it fought a decisive battle with Gu Chen.

  The Nether Beast would rather humans not discover the existence of the Spirit Stone veins, that is their food, their life!

  Gu Chen has been in the Beitaishan mine for more than three days and nights, and has already gone deep into the mine. To say nothing of dozens of miles, at least hundreds of miles have been walked.

  Some of the tunnels in this mine were dug by miners, but within tens of miles of the entrance to the Beitaishan Mine, a large part of the mine was also dug by the Soul-Eating Beast.

  The Soul-Devouring Beast dug tunnels much faster than miners, and when Gu Chen encountered two Soul-Devouring Beasts in battle, he had already entered the tunnel dug by the Soul-Devouring Beast, which was much wider and more spacious than ordinary mine tunnels.

  Later, Gu Chen chased after the giant Devouring Beast for a very long distance, and was already very far away from the entrance of the mine.

  The giant devouring beast has been killed. Gu Chen urged the energy of the Suppressing Spirit Symbol within his body, and the symbol transformed into a stream of clear light that gathered in the palm of his hand.

  The spiritual energy of the talisman has weakened a lot, it seems that the spiritual power contained in the talisman has been consumed almost completely, and can only be used for about one more time, and it won't last for too long.

  Put the Spirit-Sealing Charm into the Qiankun Bracelet and keep it safe. This Spirit-Sealing Charm is Gu Chen's trump card, without it, no matter how high his cultivation is, he can't kill the giant Devouring Spirit Beast.

  Killing Liu Huaheng and the giant soul devouring beast was all thanks to the effect of this Spirit Descending Seal. Although the main reason for killing Liu Huaheng was that low-grade Exploding Flame Symbol, if it weren't for the Spirit Descending Seal enhancing Gu Chen's cultivation to the Xiantian realm, Gu Chen would have been unable to use the low-grade Exploding Flame Symbol even with its power.

  He glanced around the cave and saw that there were two tunnels connected to it, one was the tunnel where Gu Chen had just come from, and the other was the tunnel where Gu He had escaped.

  The mine cave that just came was clear, and there was no spiritual stone vein at all. Gu Chen immediately walked into the mine cave where he escaped from the ancient river.

  At the same time, he thought to himself: Could it be that Gu Hei was so panicked that he didn't choose a path and instead of escaping towards the tunnel leading outside the cave, he actually ran deeper into the mine?

  If the spiritual stone vein is right in front of him, wouldn't he be a blind cat who ran into a dead mouse? How did he manage to find that spiritual stone vein first?

  Gu Chen immediately quickened his pace.

  As he entered this passage, Gu Chen's keen senses detected that the air seemed to have a hint of spiritual energy, and as he moved forward, the concentration of spiritual energy grew thicker.

  Gu Chen's heart was filled with joy, and he knew that the Ling Stone mine vein was probably just ahead.

  Smelling the aura of spiritual energy, Xiao Bai suddenly took a few deep sniffs, and his emotions became increasingly excited.

  From the mineral structure in the mine, Gu Chen could also see that as he went further forward, the impurities in the minerals became less and less, and the color became more and more uniform. The various colors of the minerals gradually changed to a bluish-green stone.

  The further forward they went, the more pure and uniform the color of the stones became, and the bluer they were, which was a sign that they were approaching the Ling Stone vein.

  Only in the pure azure mineral vein can the spiritual stone mineral vein be formed. At present, it is certain that there must be a spiritual stone mineral vein ahead, but the size of the spiritual stone mineral vein is unknown.

  However, even the smallest spiritual stone vein would have a spiritual stone content that would delight Gu Chen. The amount of spiritual stones in a spiritual stone vein was absolutely not less than the small amount in his Qian Kun Ring.

  He had been practicing the Soul Devouring Technique for a very long time.

  This means that Gu Chen's cultivation will continue to grow rapidly for a long time, how can this not make Gu Chen happy, and involuntarily quicken his pace, walking towards the depths of the mine.

  Gradually, in the front mine cave's pure cyan mineral, a pale cyan green stone slowly appeared. The spiritual energy in the mine cave was emitted from this pale cyan green stone.

  The cyan color of these stones is very light, the spiritual energy content is very rare, and it can't be called a spiritual stone. However, compared to ordinary ore, it's much more precious. Collecting such stones and refining them can also produce spiritual stones.

  The further forward they went, the more of this pale greenish-blue stone there was in the ore, and the color also gradually deepened, and the spiritual energy became thicker.

  This is indeed a spiritual stone vein.

  And... it seems like there's still quite a bit of spiritual energy left.

  These spirited stones have not yet fully transformed into a cyan color and cannot be considered spiritual stones, however, the Soul Devouring Beasts will also use these stones as food.

  Gu Chen knew that the real spirit stone must be ahead, looking at the trend of this spirit vein, there must be many pure spirit stones in the central area.

  Although there were many spiritual energy stones in the mine, Gu Chen did not stop his footsteps and continued to run forward.

  The pale greenish-blue color of the stones was getting deeper and deeper, the spiritual energy contained within them becoming thicker and more abundant. Finally... Gu Chen saw the first pure green stone, its spiritual energy having reached a very high level.

  This is a true spirit stone.

  However, Gu Chen still did not stop his footsteps and continued moving forward. He knew that there should be more in the mine tunnels ahead.

  The further forward they went, the more frequently they saw spiritual stones. At first, they would see one every tens of steps, then every ten or so steps, and gradually... until they saw one almost every few steps.

  Finally...

  Gu Chen took a step and saw a piece of Ling Stone.

  This unexcavated and undivided spiritual stone is called the original spiritual stone, which differs in size from the spiritual stones used by cultivators. A piece of original spiritual stone can be large or small, and a small one may not even be as big as a single spiritual stone.

  And a large yuan ling stone may be able to split out dozens or even hundreds of ling stones.

  There are some huge Yuan Lingshi. It's even possible that over a hundred pieces of Lingshi can be split out from them.

  "There must be a denser distribution of yuanling stones ahead." As he ventured further forward, the yuanling stones became more and more numerous, Gu Chen judged in his heart.

  As more and more spirit stones appeared in the mine, Gu Chen gradually walked to the central area of the spirit stone vein, and every step he took allowed him to see several pieces of original spirit stones.

  "Nails...... nails...... nails......"

  Suddenly, a sound came from the front, listening carefully, it seemed like someone was mining!

  If one word could describe Gu He's current mood, it would be: overjoyed.

  Delighted, utterly delighted, Kogawa was overjoyed to the point of madness.

  The ancient river had been driven to desperation by the giant devouring beast, but Gu Chen's sudden appearance allowed him to escape from the jaws of death.

  Finally, Gu Chen also set up a trick, but he escaped and his heart was already delighted to the extreme.

  But he never thought that his good luck had just begun.

  Just starting a desperate escape, and didn't pay much attention to the situation in the mine, until running for a long time, the light in the mine became brighter and brighter, Guhe suddenly reacted.

  The mine we are in now has undergone tremendous changes.

  The ore in the cave was no longer a mixture of various substances, but a kind of pure blue stone.

  And in the midst of the pure blue stones, there is also a large distribution of bluish-green stones.

  The moment he saw these greenish stones, Hei's eyes lit up immediately.

  Ling Stone

  It's actually a spirit stone...

  Ku He's heart almost jumped out, looking around, the spiritual stones distributed among the monochromatic rocks next to him were less than a hundred blocks, and what's more, the distribution of spiritual stones was still spreading in all directions. The light in the mine was weak, and it was impossible to see far away.

  But judging from the trend of the spiritual stone's spread, the distribution of spiritual stones in the mine is absolutely not a small number.

  Inside the Beitai Mountain mine cave.

  There is actually a spiritual stone vein that exists only in legend?

  Kogawa was shocked for a moment, and then came extreme joy.

  Spirit Stone Vein...

  That's a vein of ore that only a legendary sect of cultivators has the qualifications to possess.

  Kogawa had a postnatal nine-layer cultivation base. In order to let him break through the prenatal boundary as soon as possible, every month the family would send him a piece of spiritual stone for cultivation.

  How many spiritual stones are there in this spiritual stone vein? Gu He dared not imagine, he felt his heart was pounding, he wanted to laugh loudly and wildly, so that he could release the joy in his heart.

  He pounded his chest with force, and Kogawa stopped the urge to laugh wildly. He didn't forget that there was a huge monster in this mine, if the laughter attracted the monster, it would be bad.

  "I wonder how long that little waste can hold off the demon beast?" Kogawa thought, "With his strength, he shouldn't be able to last for too long, maybe he's already been eaten by the demon beast, I don't know if it has chased after us."

  "What if the monster chases after me, can I still escape?" Remembering the terrifying power of that huge monster, Gu Hei's heart trembled with fear.

  "Perhaps I should leave here quickly and escape from the mine."

  "But with so many spirit stones here, how can I enter the treasury and return empty-handed?"

  "I can't move the entire spiritual stone vein, but I have to dig up some spiritual stones to take back. If that demon beast really chases after us, we'll just abandon those two puppet talismans and as long as we're not on a dead-end path, there's still hope for escape..."

  ……

  Kogawa's mind wavered for a moment, but in the end, greed overcame reason. He picked up the Xuan Tie sword in his hand and began to dig out the Ling Stone.

  "Ding......Ding......Ding......"

  This azure mineral is much harder than ordinary ore. When Guhe's Xuan Tie sword chopped at it, a loud noise was produced.

  However, the cyan mineral was still unable to withstand the sharpness of the Xuan Tie sword. Before long, the cyan mineral was chopped out by Gu He, and a piece of Yuanshen stone was dug out.

  This piece of Original Spirit Stone is equivalent in size to two pieces of Spirit Stones.

  Kogawa was overjoyed and put the Original Spirit Stone into his storage bag, continuing to dig.

  The second block...

  The third block...

  Not long after, Guhe had dug up over a dozen yuan ling stones, only two of which were relatively small and not even as big as one ling stone. Most of the yuan ling stones were roughly the same size as ling stones, but there was one that was enormous, about ten times the size of a ling stone.

  Put all the excavated spiritual stones into the storage bag, Gu Hei's eyes were emitting red light, and he continued to dig.

  Block after block of yuan ling stone was dug out by the ancient river, he had long forgotten the existence of the demon beast, forgot the danger in the mine.

  Spirit Stone... another Spirit Stone...

  His eyes were filled with madness, revealing an endless desire.

  Some things, before they start, can still keep a calm mind, but once started, it's easy to get lost in them and be controlled by desires, unable to extricate oneself.

  Another piece of Ling Stone was dug up, and Gu He burst into a mad laugh, completely losing it this time.

  "These spirit stones, they're all mine, haha... All of them are mine..." He dug out another original spirit stone equivalent to ten spirit stones in size, and Gu He went crazy with laughter and shouting.

  "Huh?" Suddenly, Furukawa's laughter stopped.

  A young man with a white fox sitting on his shoulder appeared in his field of vision.

  "Gu Chen? You're not dead?" Gu Hei exclaimed, his face suddenly changing color, a chill running from the base of his spine to the top of his head. His gaze hastily shifted to behind Gu Chen, and he cocked his ear to listen for a moment.

  No sign of the monster was seen, nor its voice heard, and Gu River's face quickly returned to normal.

  Looking at Gu Hei, Gu Chen shook his head and sighed: "Gu Hei, you really shouldn't have taken the wrong path."

  "Did I take the wrong path?" Gu He looked at Gu Chen sideways, raised the huge Yuanling stone in his hand and laughed: "What is this? A spirit stone! If I took the wrong path, haha... would I have discovered a spirit stone vein? Haha ha ha..."

  A burst of maniacal laughter, and a fierce glint flashed in Gu He's eyes as he said: "You're the one who took the wrong path. You shouldn't have come here. Since you weren't killed by the demonic beasts, why don't you hurry up and escape out of the cave? Truly... when there's a way to live, you don't take it, but instead you recklessly charge into a dead end."

  "Hehe, hehehe...!" Xiaobai held his stomach with one hand and continuously patted Guchen's shoulder with the other, bursting into laughter.

  Scoffing, naked scoffing.

  "Die, you fox spirit! You can't escape either. I'll flay your skin and extract your tendons, slowly torturing you to death..."

  This is already the second time Xiao Bai has ridiculed him, and both times he was ridiculed by a fox, Gu He's anger erupted like molten lava.

  Xiao Bai was not affected by Gu He's anger at all and laughed even more wildly.

  "This spiritual ore vein is mine... all of it belongs to me, no one can take it away. Gu Chen, you will die...!" Gu He roared, raised his hand and threw out a spell, transforming into a giant over three meters tall standing beside him.

  "Kill him..." Kogawa's eyes stared at Koten like a venomous snake, saying coldly.

  Kogawa had already experienced Koshin's strength in the small village, and compared to him, there was still a huge gap. One puppet symbol would be enough, and the giant transformed by the puppet symbol had the strength of the First Heaven layer.

  Although the puppet is not as good as a cultivator in controlling magic weapons, with just the physical strength of the Innate First Layer, it is enough to kill Gu Chen.

  "Being able to escape from the monster's hands, Gu Cang must have given him a lifesaving treasure. Hmph, everything belongs to me now... The treasure is mine, the spiritual stone vein is mine... Everything is mine..." Gu He thought with joy.

  As Guhe's command was issued, the puppet giant's lifeless eyes flashed with a hint of vitality, and its legs moved as it immediately charged towards Guchen. A fist the size of an adult human head came crashing down towards Guchen's skull.