Chapter 68: High-Grade Spirit Stone

  In the mysterious cave, Ling Luo sat cross-legged beside the transmission array.

  Calculating the distance and effect of each location on the transmission array, deducing the effects of various patterns on the white jade stone through known knowledge of array methods. Ling Luoyu was originally extremely intelligent, and had already studied the transmission array for so long that most places were basically already well understood.

  "Although there are still some unclear parts, as long as I can grasp the last part of this formation, I should be able to activate the transmission array!" Ling Luoyu muttered to himself while continuously calculating.

  Time slowly passed by, and I don't know how long it has been...

  "Ah, I see! I understand now!" Ling Luoyu's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened wide, and she stood up, walking to the center of the transmission array where a white jade stone was located. She stretched out her hand and gently patted it, and to her surprise, a small hole suddenly appeared on the seemingly solid white jade stone.

  Ling Luo Yu took a step forward, stretched out her hand and gently scooped up a crystal clear, translucent stone that radiated light in all directions, which appeared in her palm.

  "This must be the Spirit Stone! This thing is probably the key to the entire transmission array operating normally!" As for the Spirit Stone, Ling Luoye had already seen it in Tongxian's tomb from Chen Kong's hand and was not unfamiliar with it. Moreover, as a core disciple of Xuanxiu Sect, Ling Luoye could receive several Spirit Stones every month. However, since Ling Luoye couldn't cultivate, he naturally didn't have any use for them, so he hadn't gone to collect the Spirit Stones even once since entering Xuanxiu Sect.

  "I heard that the Ling Stone also has a ranking, this piece of Ling Stone is much larger than what I saw from Chen Kong's hand before, and it's more crystal clear, it should be of a higher grade, but I don't know what level it is?" Ling Luo Yu said to himself while playing with the Ling Stone in his hand.

  "This transmission array can't operate normally, it should be because the energy in this spirit stone has been exhausted!" Ling Luoyu didn't know what difference a complete spirit stone and an energy-exhausted spirit stone had, this was purely just his speculation.

  "These fellow disciples, all of them are only concerned with showing affection to that senior in the Sea Sky Pavilion, none of them are willing to pay attention to Qiao Er, none of them want to play with Qiao Er!" Just as Ling Luo Yu was thinking about where to find such a spirit stone, Qiao Er's complaining voice suddenly appeared beside Ling Luo Yu's ear.

  The falling feather startled him, and it was already too late to think about hiding again. Besides, there was no good place for him to hide in this cave.

  Looking back, Ling Luoyu smiled wryly and gazed at Qiao Er, who was walking in with a wronged expression.

  "Ling Shidi, how did you end up here! I've looked for you many times, but you were never around. So it turns out you snuck away by yourself to come play here, without even letting me know, let alone inviting me along!" Seeing Ling Luoye, Qiao Er's face lit up with joy, but immediately afterwards his mouth pouted, clearly showing that he was unhappy about being left behind and Ling Luoye coming here alone.

  "But, however, I'm a magnanimous person, as long as you accompany me well these few days, I can let bygones be bygones!" Qiao'er said with a serious face after stealing a glance at Ling Luoyu.

  Ling Luo's eyes fell, and she smiled wryly, remaining silent.

  "Hiss, junior brother, how did you get this top-grade spirit stone? Even I, your senior sister, have only one after being in the sect for so long. And that was only because Qiao'er managed to coax it out of Master's hands with great difficulty!" Chao'er looked at the spirit stone in Ling Luoyue's hand, clearly shocked.

  "Is this a high-grade spirit stone? You have one of these spirit stones? Chao Er Shijie!" Ling Luoyu exclaimed in delight.

  Qiao'er puffed out her chest and said in a dignified tone, "Of course I have one. Don't you know who I am? This top-grade spirit stone is rare even in the entire Xuanxiao Sect. Only those at the level of the elders are qualified to possess it!"

  "You've only been in the sect for a few months, how could you have this? Ling Shidi, quickly confess honestly, is this top-grade spirit stone something you stole from your master?" Qiao'er walked to Ling Luoyue's side and patted his shoulder, saying: "But don't worry, with our relationship, even if you really did steal it from your master, I won't speak out of turn!"

  "Master!" Thinking of his master's increasingly cold attitude towards him over this period of time, Ling Luoyu couldn't help but feel a wave of bitterness.

  "Ling Shidi, the spiritual energy in this top-grade spirit stone has all been used up. I was wondering how you managed to get your hands on a top-grade spirit stone, but it turns out it's just an empty top-grade spirit stone! You must have picked it up somewhere!" Cui'er snatched the spirit stone from Ling Luoyu's hand, took a look, and with a disappointed face, put it back in his hand.

  "Ah! The spiritual energy in this spirit stone has indeed been depleted!" Ling Luoye sighed, gazing at the transmission array and shaking her head lightly.

  "Sister Master, is this top-grade spiritual stone difficult to obtain?" Ling Luoyu asked with a hint of hope.

  Qiao'er nodded lightly and said, "The higher the grade of the Ling Stone, the purer the spiritual energy it contains, and the larger the quantity. Generally speaking, one hundred low-grade Ling Stones can only be exchanged for one mid-grade Ling Stone, and one hundred mid-grade Ling Stones can only be exchanged for one high-grade Ling Stone. Moreover, very few people would exchange a higher-grade Ling Stone for a lower-grade one. If you really want to exchange it, you might need far more than one hundred mid-grade Ling Stones to get one high-grade Ling Stone. Tell me, isn't that precious?"

  "Our Xuanmie Sect's disciples don't receive a certain amount of spiritual stones every month? What rank are they?" Although Ling Luoye knew that the spiritual stones he would receive were definitely the lowest grade, he still hoped to get accurate news from Qiao'er.

  Qiao'er curled up the corner of her mouth, smiled and said: "Ordinary outer door disciples get one piece of low-grade spirit stone per month. Inner door disciples get three pieces, and even core disciples like us only get five pieces of low-grade spirit stone per month. As for high-grade spirit stones, don't even think about it unless you're at the elder level!"

  "It seems that even if I go back to the sect, I can only get a few pieces of low-grade spirit stones. I don't know if this transmission array can be used with low-grade spirit stones." Ling Luoyu sighed, having worked hard for a month and finally had some understanding of the transmission array, but there were no spirit stones available, and her mood was understandable.

  "Qiao'er Shijie, do you have any spiritual stones on you? Can I borrow one for a use? Let me show you something good?" Since high-quality spiritual stones were too hard to come by, Ling Luoyu still hoped to try and see if low-quality spiritual stones could have some effect.

  Qiao'er smiled and said, "I do have a few inferior spirit stones on me, brother. You can take them if you want. As for the high-quality spirit stone, I do have some, but I'm not willing to give it to you. Don't blame me for being stingy!"

  Qiao'er's hand somehow touched something and a few spiritual stones appeared in her hand.

  Ling Luo's feathers fluttered lightly as she smiled, took over the spiritual stone, and walked towards the transmission array.