Chapter 350: Forming a Battle Beside the Spiritual Spring
As Zhuang Moxing became more and more wary of the interior of the cave, Taoist Bansheng could no longer suppress the excitement that he had hidden deep in his heart!
His purpose of opening the spiritual spring this time was not simply to save his beloved disciple's life, but also because his cultivation had been stagnant at the twelfth level of Qi training for a long time.
No matter how he practiced or how much spiritual energy he absorbed, he could not make any progress.
After failing twice in his attempts to establish his foundation, he could not help but think of the opportunity when the spiritual energy from the spiritual spring helped him break through the eleventh level of Qi training.
If he is allowed to do it again, he will definitely be able to successfully build the foundation!
However, activating a spiritual spring is extremely dangerous and will inevitably result in the loss of many Taoists. He cannot be held responsible for such karmic sins.
It just so happened that at this time Jiang Qingsi's cultivation level regressed and his meridians were damaged, which was exactly what he wanted. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was God helping him!
He could let Jiang Qingsi enjoy the first wave of spiritual energy from the spiritual spring first.
After he was cured, he, as his master, could not waste the vigorous spiritual energy that was extracted, so he naturally absorbed it all with reluctance.
By then, this cause and effect will not fall on him for the rest of his life.
His wrinkled palm stroked Jiang Qingsi's bloodless face again and again.
The disciples behind him were also moved by his sincere and heartfelt "master-disciple friendship" and felt envious many times in their hearts.
However, if Jiang Qingsi knew everything and woke up at this moment, he would probably shout at the two of them: "Do you want this blessing?"
However, it was impossible for him to wake up, and the team continued to move forward.
The further they went in, the stronger the stench became, and the ground gradually sank. Sometimes they would accidentally step on some strange soft and rotten substances.
It looked red and dark in the dim light, and it looked disgusting anyway.
In the silent and cold cave, only the sound of their group's footsteps could be heard. The silence was so quiet that it made people feel uneasy.
At this moment, Wang Tao, who was walking in the front, suddenly made a gesture to stop. The people behind him were startled and immediately held their breath nervously.
The dark and thin man who had been following closely behind the captain plucked up the courage to tiptoe and look forward, and suddenly found that the narrow entrance in front of him suddenly became larger, revealing a huge cave.
He instantly exclaimed, "We're here!"
However, as soon as he shouted, Wang Tao gave him a fierce look and stopped him from shouting.
Wang Tao looked past him and towards Taoist Bansheng behind him, and said seriously, "Master Bansheng, please come over and take a look."
Taoist Bansheng frowned, then walked forward through the narrow path made by the guards. When he saw the situation in front of him clearly, he took a breath.
He turned around and scolded Wang Tao in a bad tone.
"Didn't I tell you to dispose of the body properly? Can you bear the consequences if the spiritual spring is contaminated?!"
Hearing this, Wang Tao's heart sank. Was the reason for disposing of the corpse just because he was afraid of polluting the spiritual spring?
Taoist Bansheng blurted out his inappropriate remarks a few seconds later before realizing that he had spoken the truth. He lowered his eyelids and added slowly, "These are all heroes who have proven the effectiveness of the spiritual spring. How can we not deal with them properly?"
Wang Tao looked towards the cave that suddenly opened up in front of him. In the innermost part of the natural cave, which was nearly a thousand square meters in size, there was a sparkling round spiritual spring.
In a corner farthest from the spiritual spring, there were countless corpses piled up densely.
The corpses had rotted away to the point where only the skeletons remained, with only a few pieces of blackened rotten muscle remaining around the tibias of the lower legs.
Their clothes were exactly the same as the navy blue robes worn by the people from Detian Temple, but their colors were corroded and discolored by the corpse fluids that oozed out of them.
Wang Tao's pupils trembled for a moment, and he narrowed his eyes, fixated on the bones. "We did bury them properly. Look at the soil piled up like a small slope next to the bones. The soil elsewhere doesn't have this pattern. It's like these bones... were pushed out from the ground."
Taoist Bansheng's eyelids twitched after hearing this, and he looked at those strange corpses with a hint of fear in his eyes.
But this opportunity to open the spiritual spring is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he must not interrupt it because of this abnormality!
He is not young anymore. If he cannot break through the foundation-building stage and extend his lifespan, he will definitely not live for many years.
By then it will be too late!
Thinking of this, a ruthless look flashed across his eyes, and he urged Wang Tao to send people to check if there was anything wrong with the corpses.
The guards tried several times and found that except for the strange fact that the corpses came out from underground, everything else was normal.
They were just some rotten and smelly skeletons that would break with a single blow of the sword.
Upon hearing this, Taoist Bansheng no longer had any worries. He waved his arm and let everyone enter the cave.
Zhuang Moxing, who had been observing the compass, immediately put the brass compass back into his sleeve when he saw the crowd in commotion.
However, because of this, he did not notice that the compass needle suddenly moved, and the needle was pointing directly at the dazzling spiritual spring.
One second after the pointer pointed to the direction of Lingquan, it suddenly vibrated violently.
This state lasted for less than two seconds, and then it seemed as if it could not withstand the pressure of some powerful force and broke straight in the middle!
As soon as the brass compass needle broke, the spiritual energy swirling inside instantly lost its container and dissipated.
Only then did Zhuang Moxing, drawn by the spiritual energy, notice something unusual. He avoided the surrounding sight and picked up the brass compass to see that it was completely damaged.
An indescribable uneasiness immediately arose in his heart.
The apprentices who followed him were captivated by the beautiful naturally formed cave the moment they entered it. The stalactites hanging everywhere were extremely beautiful.
When they looked towards the open space on the right, they suddenly discovered a pile of rotten bones that looked like a small mountain. They were so scared that they stepped back.
It was not until I heard the hushed discussions of the surrounding Taoists that I realized so many people had died the last time the Taoist temple used the spirit gathering formation.
The apprentices swallowed hard and suddenly lost their previous desire to learn the formation.
In times of crisis, people always turn to the strong or the people they trust most.
Sure enough, a minute later, more than a dozen pale-faced apprentices gathered around Zhuang Moxing.
"Everyone at Detian Temple! Line up beside the spiritual spring!"
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