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Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Top-Grade Spirit Stone
"Let’s go and have a look at those ruins!"
The Third Elder patted the green and red armor on his body, which he had forged himself as a low-grade Spiritual Artifact.
To ensure its powerful efficacy and compatibility, he specifically used the blood sacrifice method.
With the enhancement of the Green Jade Armor, it is enough to help the Third Elder walk on air and significantly enhance his combat power.
His astonishingly strong physique complemented this advantage well.
"Hall Master, the Situ Family over there has several Qi Refinement Ninth Layer cultivators, I’m just a small fry, do I really need to join the excitement?"
Li Quanqing’s face was full of resistance, as his nature has always been to cherish his life and avoid any potential dangers.
"I’m asking you to lead the way; once we find the place, you can go wherever you want."
Li Kunli slightly lifted his chin with an imposing aura: "I’m wearing a Spiritual Artifact; below the Foundation Establishment, I’m invincible!"
"What if by chance, we encounter some idle Foundation Establishment cultivator?"
Li Quanqing asked curiously.
The Third Elder glanced at the youth with an unfriendly look: "Even then, I won’t lose. I’d risk my life and fight them one on one!"
What else could Li Quanqing say?
Simply proclaiming the Elder as incredible would do.
"Come, I’ll take you flying up to the sky for a spin!"
Uncommonly, Li Kunli revealed his true nature, mischievous and ruffian-like.
He didn’t seem like a reserved elder, but more like a hot-blooded youth who would fight at disagreement and view life and death lightly.
"Hall Master, if you take me away, what about this Demon Beast Meat?"
Li Quanqing was still reluctant, pointing at the seven or eight Thunder Horn Pythons, plus the massively ten-meter-long Thunder Horn Python King, which couldn’t fit in the Storage Bag.
The Third Elder then took out a treasure-filled Storage Bag and with a light wave, the ground was clean.
"A top-grade Magic Artifact level Storage Bag?"
Li Quanqing stored the Longevity Turtle in the Spiritual Beast Bag, his eyes lit up: "Elder, Elder, there’s also a Spirit Tree in the Snake Nest, let’s dig it up together!"
"Too much hassle!"
Although Li Kunli said this, he still grabbed the boy and flew to the center of the island.
Since the Snake Nest was an open cave, they immediately saw the lush Thunder Peach Tree.
"Hey, this place is extraordinary, it can even induce changes in celestial phenomena, there must be treasures buried here!"
Li Kunli, wise with age, spotted something amiss from the gathering storm clouds and lightning in the Heavenly Vault.
Li Quanqing didn’t expect such a pleasant surprise.
They carefully dug up the peach tree and indeed discovered something extraordinary.
The soil at the root of the tree was light purple, like sticky mud, and white silver lightning streaked through the soil, creating a bizarre scene.
The Third Elder searched for a moment, and eventually extracted a purple jade stone the size of half a palm from the earth’s veins.
"What is this, a Spirit Stone?"
Li Quanqing looked curious, noting its resemblance to low-grade spirit stones, but its size was much larger.
Li Kunli, holding the purple stone, said with a complex gaze: "I even suspect that you, my boy, have a towering luck. Not leaving home for years, but the moment you do, you come across Golden Core Relics! And you even stumble upon a Top-Grade Spirit Stone!"
"What?! This is a Top-Grade Spirit Stone!"
Li Quanqing’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Spirit Stones also have levels of high, middle, and low grades.
A Top-Grade Spirit Stone is worth tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones, which even many Foundation Establishment cultivators have never seen.
"Indeed, it’s a Top-Grade Thunder Spirit Stone, but it has been consumed by someone and only an empty shell is left."
The Third Elder pointed at the silver-purple soil: "A Top-Grade Spirit Stone can actively absorb the free Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth and slowly recover. Give it a thousand years, and a Second Rank Spirit Vein could form here."
Li Quanqing was amazed, but the time was too long.
"Take it with you, bury it in your Fish-Dragon Island; it can enhance the Spiritual Energy density, a treasure that many desire but can’t obtain."
Li Kunli handed the Thunder Spirit Stone to the youth, and also collected the Thunder Peach Tree and the silver-purple mud, all into the Storage Bag, effectively digging three feet into the ground.
The two circled around the island once, and the Third Elder suddenly sighed: "I understand now!"
What do you understand?
Before the youth could ask, the elder spoke the answer himself.
"A great cultivator with a Thunder Spirit Root had once opened a Cave Mansion on this island, either for healing or seclusion, and had exhausted a Top-Grade Spirit Stone, casually burying the empty husk here."
As for how powerful this great cultivator was, whether Golden Core or Nascent Soul, they did not know.
"Hall Master, if we take this Spirit Stone, will we incur any karma with the other party?"
Li Quanqing immediately felt somewhat cowardly.
Li Kunli spoke irritably, "If this senior really cared, he would at least have left an Array or a stele as a warning to later generations, not something that can be dug out so easily?"
"The methods of those great cultivators are not as rough and casual as you think, just take it with peace of mind!"
Upon hearing this, Li Quanqing immediately relaxed.
He discerned the direction, leading the Third Elder directly to the Golden Core Relics.
This was his first time flying between heaven and earth.
He felt an indescribable, wonderful experience surge into his heart, as if the whole world was unfolding under his feet, with the wind whistling by his ears, both nerve-wracking and exciting.
Li Kunli, out of consideration for the youth, intentionally flew not too high, very stable, and not very fast.
Li Quanqing looked around, his field of vision unprecedentedly broad, capturing the contours of the sea and the distant horizon.
It was like being freed from all restraints, merging with the entire heavenly vault.
"Hall Master, it’s in that direction!"
As soon as Li Quanqing pointed, he saw at the end of the sea, a huge beam of light erupted into the sky, illuminating a hundred li.
The pillar of light penetrated the heavens and the earth, its brilliance as dazzling as the red sun that had just risen.
The astonishing essence of heaven and earth dispersed, turning into waves of Spiritual Energy tides, sweeping across all directions, stirring the sea, and spreading into the void.
"What a rich essence qi!"
Li Quanqing took a deep breath; even from such a distance, he felt his pores opening and his body immensely relaxed.
"This fluctuation is indeed from Third Rank Spirit Veins; the immense Spiritual Energy suppressed for a thousand years, burst out in an instant."
A glint of fervor flashed in Li Kunli’s eyes: "This relic has just been opened by someone, manifesting in the world, and I have arrived at just the right time!"
Moo—
Accompanied by a deep and melodious roar, a blue whale phantom suddenly emerged from the pillar of light.
The whale was as massive as an island, its fins like clouds hanging from the sky, its blue body stirring up turbulent waves, gliding in the void with a magnificent momentum.
"Could this be the Canghai Whale?"
Li Quanqing was not entirely certain, having seen records about this king of the sea’s demon beasts in ancient texts, rumored that each of its tail sways could raise huge waves.
The Third Elder nodded, "It looks like the Canghai Whale; it seems, this Golden Core Relic has a deep connection with the Canghai Whale!"
Moo—
The Canghai Whale roared towards the sky, dancing around the heavenly vault several times, and finally exploded with the light pillar, turning into countless points of light scattered across the sky.
The Golden Core Relics, truly opened.
"You go back to Fish-Dragon Island by yourself, old man is going to beat someone up!"
"Alright! Bye-bye!"
Li Quanqing executed a free fall, rotating 1800 degrees in the air.
He landed steadily on the sea surface, his feet bobbing in the water, causing only a few splashes.
Perfect dive!
Just as Li Quanqing took out the Aquatic Shuttle, he saw two talismans and that superior Storage Bag fluttering in front of him, the talisman paper pulsing with a terrifying power comparable to Foundation Establishment.
"Take care, consider this a compensation for the Spirit Talisman you gave to Quanmo."
Before the Third Elder finished speaking, he directly activated the Green Jade Armor, transforming into a fleeting shadow and darting away.
Leaving only the deafening sound of sonic booms, echoing endlessly over the sea.
