Qing Xuanzi looked at Rong Jiaojiao: "Did you sense a spiritual object again?"
Rong Jiaojiao nodded: "Master, there should be some high-quality jade down there."
Qing Xuanzi looked around and said, "It must be a jade mine from decades ago. It seems it hasn't been fully mined."
He turned to Rong Jiaojiao and asked, "Jiaojiao, do you need us to dig?"
Rong Jiaojiao shook her head: "No need, I just need to let it out. But Master, is it okay if it absorbs the spiritual energy in the jade mine? What are the bad consequences?"
Qing Xuanzi pondered for a moment and then said, "Can you control it and prevent it from absorbing all of it?"
"I'll give it a try."
She tried to communicate with the little secret realm, but only received its urgent desire for spiritual energy.
Rong Jiaojiao told her master, and Qing Xuanzi said, "If it's just absorbing spiritual energy, it won't have much of an impact. Let it go."
"good."
As soon as Rong Jiaojiao finished speaking, a blue light flashed between her brows, and then she rushed into the ground and disappeared.
Qing Xuanzi looked at the spot where the blue light had disappeared, a hint of worry in his eyes.
Underground, the small secret realm was like a greedy little beast, devouring all the surrounding spiritual energy after entering the jade mine vein.
The spiritual energy within the jade continuously flowed into the small secret realm, causing it to emit a satisfied "humming" sound.
Rong Jiaojiao could sense the emotions within the secret realm; it seemed to be joyful, yes, joyful.
She was overjoyed. Perhaps the little secret realm could give birth to a spirit of the secret realm after it grows up. It was something to look forward to.
"Little one, don't be too greedy." Rong Jiaojiao conveyed her thoughts to the little secret realm, "Stop when you've had enough, don't drain all the jade."
The little secret realm seemed to understand her words, slightly slowing down its devouring speed, but still greedily absorbing spiritual energy.
As the spiritual energy within the jade was continuously extracted, the jade, which originally emitted a soft glow, began to gradually dim.
"Enough!" Rong Jiaojiao's voice rang out again, "If you keep sucking, the jade will be ruined."
The little secret realm seemed somewhat reluctant, but it still stopped absorbing.
Although most of the spiritual energy in the jade has been extracted, it still retains a trace of vitality and is not completely depleted.
“That’s more like it,” Rong Jiaojiao said with satisfaction. “Jade has a life of its own; we can’t drain it dry.”
The little secret realm seemed a bit aggrieved, but it still obediently stopped.
It weaves through jade veins, absorbing spiritual energy and transforming it into its own power, constantly strengthening itself.
Rong Jiaojiao communicated with it, "Don't be greedy. We still need to find jade mines in other places. If you make a big commotion, you'll be hunted down."
The little secret realm seemed to understand her words, emitting a cheerful "buzzing" sound in response to her instructions.
Before long, the little secret realm flew up and immediately entered Rong Jiaojiao's brow.
Rong Jiaojiao quickly sent it a telepathic message, "Don't transfer spiritual energy to me yet, let's wait until we find a place to rest."
Whether it was Rong Jiaojiao's words that had an effect or something else, the small secret realm remained completely still. Rong Jiaojiao probed the small secret realm with her divine sense and saw that the spiritual energy within was abundant, but there were no signs of spiritual herbs or growth within the secret realm itself.
When her consciousness returned, she saw that Qing Xuanzi and Zi Ling were both looking at her. Rong Jiaojiao awkwardly explained the situation of the small secret realm.
Qing Xuanzi said, "It took a small spiritual vein to grow from the size of a fingertip to the size of a glass bead. The spiritual energy we just used was probably not enough for its growth. Let's continue."
"Okay, thank you for accompanying me, Master!"
Qing Xuanzi waved his hand: "What are you saying? You are my disciple, so of course I will accompany you. Let's go and continue searching. Maybe we can find an even better opportunity."
"Okay!" Rong Jiaojiao nodded; she was also looking forward to it.
The two people and one animal set off again to continue their search for jade mines in the mountains and forests of Myanmar.
Over the next seven or eight days, the small secret realm absorbed jade veins several more times, and the spiritual energy within it condensed into mist, but the small secret realm still did not show any growth.
They hadn't encountered any jade mine owners or monks in the past few days.
In response, Qing Xuanzi guessed that since Myanmar was still embroiled in civil war, and the civil war was not yet over, no one wanted the jade mines. Rong Jiaojiao felt that they had just caught a good opportunity.
The next day, they arrived at a deep mountain canyon.
The canyon is filled with a rich spiritual energy, as if it were a natural gathering place of spiritual energy.
"The spiritual energy here is so rich," Zi Ling exclaimed. "Master, is there a spiritual vein here?"
Rong Jiaojiao shook her head: "I don't know, but we are indeed very eager for the treasure."
She released the small secret realm from her sea of consciousness, and the small secret realm transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the bottom of the canyon.
Rong Jiaojiao was happily absorbing spiritual energy in the small secret realm when suddenly, the once silent forest was filled with the roars of beasts.
Qing Xuanzi's expression changed drastically, and a talisman appeared in his hand: "Jiaojiao, the spiritual energy here is dense, it seems that a high-level demon beast is lurking here."
Before the words were finished, a loud explosion erupted from the depths of the canyon. Blood mist rose from the bottom of the canyon, and a giant python with bone wings on its back burst out of the ground. At its seven-inch mark, there was a human face covered with fangs!
"Human-faced Soul-Devouring Python!" Qing Xuanzi's pupils shrank sharply. This was a fourth-tier demonic beast, and its strength was probably above his own.
The giant python's eyes were blood-red as it stared intently at the two men and the beast, letting out a deafening roar.
A voice rang in their minds. Strangely, the two could not understand what it said, but they understood its meaning: "You insignificant ants, how dare you covet my spiritual vein!"
Zi Ling leaped into the sky, let out a long howl, and transformed into a majestic sable with wings on its back.
It opened its mouth, and a bolt of lightning struck straight down, hitting the scales of the human-faced soul-devouring python and exploding into a blinding flash of lightning, but only leaving charred marks on the python's body.
The giant python swept its long tail, which Zi Ling narrowly avoided, and the resulting shockwave snapped the surrounding ancient trees in half.
Rong Jiaojiao also drew her Lingyuan Sword, "Nine Revolutions of Subduing Demons, First Form: Sword Transforms into a Swimming Dragon!"
The Lingyuan Sword, imbued with sharp sword energy, swung like a dragon through the void, directly targeting the Human-Faced Soul-Devouring Python.
The giant python neither dodged nor avoided, but instead revealed a mocking smile on its face. Its bone wings flapped violently, and countless black scales carrying a corrosive aura shot towards the crowd like a torrential rain.
The talisman of Qing Xuanzi flew out and transformed into a golden light barrier, but the moment the scales touched the barrier, they emitted a piercing corrosive sound.
"Watch out! Its attack is poisonous!"
Before Qing Xuanzi could finish speaking, Zi Ling's lightning bolt struck the giant python once more.
The python trembled violently, roared angrily, and spat out a cloud of blackish-purple poisonous mist. Wherever it passed, the grass and trees instantly turned into black water.
Rong Jiaojiao channeled her spiritual power to create a shield in front of her, but felt her spiritual power rapidly draining away like sand in an hourglass.
"Form the array!" Qing Xuanzi roared, summoning eighteen high-grade Heavenly Thunder Talismans from his hand, instantly forming a high-grade Heavenly Thunder Soul Annihilation Array.
Rong Jiaojiao also summoned eighteen mid-grade Heavenly Thunder Talismans, instantly teleporting to the other side of the giant python, and a Heavenly Thunder Soul Annihilation Array was immediately formed.
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