Chapter 1012: Chapter 1009: Top-grade Purple Spirit Crystal
Entering the cave, Yang Fei clearly felt that the spiritual energy concentration inside was even stronger, far exceeding that of the Gathering Spirit Array he had just enhanced.
Moreover, the Five Elements of these spiritual energies were distinct, seemingly allowing the cultivator to selectively absorb different attributes of spiritual energy.
It truly was an extraordinary sacred place for cultivation.
Qin Yanyang and Yang Fei held hands, their minds connected, able to sense this state of spiritual energy, silently amazed.
She couldn’t help but say, "For a cultivator, this is simply a Feng Shui treasure land."
Yang Fei hummed in agreement and continued forward with Qin Yanyang.
The entire cave path led towards the depths of the mountain range, constantly sloping downward. Many places lacked a pathway, replaced by high ledges, but this did not hinder the two of them.
Soon, they arrived at a more spacious cave.
"There are signs of excavation here."
Yang Fei shone his flashlight around the cave and saw numerous excavated areas, speaking up.
Qin Yanyang wondered, "It should be those Outer Realm Cultivators who dug here, but what were they digging for?"
Yang Fei thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I don’t know, maybe some kind of treasure. If they came from a powerful cultivation civilization, they should have tools to detect and locate cultivation resources. Unfortunately, we know nothing about it and can’t detect if there’s anything good in this cave."
Qin Yanyang said: "The abundance of spiritual energy here might be related to what they dug up."
Yang Fei’s heart stirred and he said: "How about we try digging too?"
Qin Yanyang shook her head and said: "Forget it, they’ve already dug this place up. Even if there was a treasure, they must have taken it away."
Yang Fei thought the same and said, "Then let’s keep moving and see what’s going on in here."
The two continued to advance towards the depths of the mountains. After a while, Yang Fei suddenly stopped and frowned: "Something’s wrong."
Qin Yanyang curiously asked, "What’s wrong?"
Yang Fei pointed his flashlight at the road ahead: "There are no footprints of those people here, as if no one has ever been here."
Qin Yanyang observed for a while and said: "Could they have been using Sword Flight, not leaving footprints behind?"
Yang Fei said: "The space here is too narrow for Sword Flight; it would be more effort than it’s worth. They would have walked like we are. Even though they’re cultivators with light steps, it doesn’t make sense not to leave any trace where so many have walked. Most importantly, there are no more signs of excavation along the way."
Qin Yanyang nodded silently and said: "You’re saying they didn’t go deeper?"
"Let’s go further and see," Yang Fei thought aloud.
The two walked a long way more, observing carefully, concluding that no one had been here before.
"Strange, where did those people go then?" Qin Yanyang said curiously.
Yang Fei was also puzzled.
After thinking, he said: "Since there’s the cultivation resource they wanted here, logically they should have kept digging. Even if they went elsewhere to explore, someone should have stayed behind to guard."
Qin Yanyang said helplessly: "Unfortunately, all satellite surveillance is down. We have no idea what happened afterwards."
What they didn’t know was that the eight disciples of the Lingxiao Sect, after entering the White Jade City stone gate for the second time, triggered the powerful barrier left in the cave and got trapped in that array barrier.
When they arrived, the array barrier was already sealed, which is why they weren’t sucked into it, but ended up inside the mountain of top-grade spiritual ore.
The place they were now in had not been visited by the eight from the Lingxiao Sect.
With questions in their minds, they wanted to explore the massive mountain’s true nature and figure out where such abundant spiritual energy was coming from, therefore continued to delve inside.
"Wait a moment."
Suddenly, Qin Yanyang stopped Yang Fei.
Yang Fei asked in confusion, "What’s the matter?"
Qin Yanyang said: "Turn off your flashlight first."
Though Yang Fei didn’t know her intentions, he complied.
The cave instantly plunged into darkness.
After adapting their vision to the pitch-black cave, Qin Yanyang pointed to the upper left side of the cave wall and said: "Look there."
Yang Fei looked up and saw a faint crystalline glow flickering.
The light was difficult to notice if not looked at carefully, and only because they were Foundation Establishment Cultivators, with eyesight far exceeding ordinary people, could they see this faint glow.
"It seems to be purple," Qin Yanyang said.
Yang Fei hummed, his voice slightly excited: "This glowing thing is definitely related to the abundance of spiritual energy here. I can feel spiritual energy emanating from that side."
Qin Yanyang, upon his reminder, quickly sensed it too and said delightedly: "Let’s go check it out."
They lifted off the ground and flew to the flickering light.
Yang Fei moved aside some dirt, instantly making a purple glow that was several times brighter than before.
"It seems to be a purple crystal stone, so rich in spiritual energy," Yang Fei said, touching the crystal and clearly sensing the rich spiritual energy it emitted, full of surprise.
Qin Yanyang took out the entrenching tool from her backpack and began digging.
Soon, a bowl-sized rhombus-shaped purple crystal stone was dug out.
With the stone fully exposed, they could feel the rich power emanating from it when touching it.
Qin Yanyang said in shock: "Such a rich energy fluctuation, could this be some kind of new energy crystal?"
Yang Fei shook his head: "The energy it emits belongs to the spiritual energy element, perfect for cultivators to carry. It’s unlike petroleum or coal for developing technological civilizations."
"Yes, it indeed greatly benefits cultivators, yet I think its emitted spiritual energy benefits all living things as well," Qin Yanyang said.
Yang Fei nodded and said: "Store it away. I feel that as long as the spiritual energy within this purple crystal is absorbed into the body, it could advance an Inner Strength Martial Artist to the Innate Realm. The innate spiritual energy contained in this crystal is just too abundant."
Qin Yanyang said with some distress: "But it’s continually releasing spiritual energy into the environment, which is wasteful. Why don’t we absorb it directly before leaving?"
Yang Fei’s heart stirred, and he said: "Okay, you give it a try first."
The two had no knowledge of this top-grade Purple Spirit Crystal and only felt it wasteful that it was constantly releasing spiritual energy.
What they didn’t realize was that the spiritual energy in this Purple Spirit Crystal was immensely vast. The energy leaking out was only the tip of the iceberg. A cultivator who truly understood how to absorb the spiritual energy would find that a night’s cultivation with this crystal equaled a month’s worth of regular practice, or even more.
For cultivators, even an ordinary Spirit Stone was a precious cultivation resource.
This Purple Spirit Crystal variety of Spirit Stone is considered an extraordinary cultivation resource in the Cultivation Realm.
Without exaggeration, the top-grade Purple Spirit Crystal they acquired would make even a Golden Core Stage cultivator possess a greedy desire and murderous intent to claim it.
They were obliviously carrying a treasure of immense value.
However, as Qin Yanyang began cultivating and absorbing the spiritual energy from the Purple Spirit Crystal, she quickly opened her eyes in astonishment.
It’s unbelievable!
Upon running her cultivation technique, she found that with just a single breath, the amount of spiritual energy she absorbed equaled the effect of practicing one circulation.