Spirit Cave Effects and System Rewards
Qin Ruqing held her breath, but still felt a cool and strange fragrance permeating her nose, which made her feel refreshed.
Although she didn't recognize the Spiritual Milk Jasper, it looked like this should be it.
"Ancestor, is this Jasper?"
No one dared to speak, as if they were all waiting for the ancestor to make the final decision.
The ancestor exhaled slowly, staring at the green with a burning gaze, and said in a deep voice: "This is indeed chalcedony!"
The second elder plucked a handful of his beard fiercely, his eyes showing ecstasy, and he said excitedly: "Ancestor, with chalcedony, your injuries, if not completely healed, at least they can be restored a little!"
Qin Ruqing was puzzled: "Ancestor, chalcedony can't heal your injuries completely?"
The ancestor smiled, "Didn't I tell you before that in order to completely heal my injuries, I need two extremely precious spiritual objects of heaven and earth: a mild extremely cold object and a spiritual object with both extreme heat and extreme cold properties. Apart from these two, no matter how precious other spiritual materials of heaven and earth are, they can't heal my injuries. Even chalcedony can only alleviate them at most."
Qin Ruqing seemed to understand what he heard, But she also understood that the injury of the ancestor seemed to have some tricks, and it would not be easy to heal.
Qin Ruqing, who had heard about it before, only understood half of it, and Qin Luwei was even more confused, but she knew one thing, that is, the chalcedony in front of her was useful for the ancestor's injury. It's okay as long as it
's useful.
The ancestor was the person she admired most in the family, and she hoped that the ancestor could get better as soon as possible. So she looked up and said seriously: "Then, ancestor, since this chalcedony is good for your injury, you should take it quickly."
The ancestor looked at Qin Luwei gently, but shook his head.
"I can't use this chalcedony."
"Why!" Not only Qin Luwei, but almost everyone around here asked such a question that went straight to the bottom of their hearts.
The old ancestor's face was very calm: "You think a stalactite cave of this size can be formed casually. The chalcedony here is equivalent to the core of the stalactite cave. Once the chalcedony is taken, the entire stalactite cave will be destroyed. In the future, the cave will no longer produce spiritual milk, and the spiritual energy that has turned into smoke will gradually fade until it dissipates. Now, do you still want me to take the chalcedony?"
Qin Dexin frowned: "Why not? Ancestor, you have devoted yourself to the Qin family, Don’t we need a small piece of chalcedony?”
Qin Deming also said: “Grandmaster, today’s incident is just like the four-leaf Ganoderma lucidum before. It was originally an accidental discovery and an unexpected gain. Why should we take it so seriously? Even if the chalcedony is taken out by you and most of the spirit cave is destroyed, so what? The remaining ones are enough for the Qin family to eat.”
The ancestor shook his head slowly: “The significance of this spirit cave to the Qin family is somewhat different from that of the four-leaf Ganoderma lucidum.”
“At that time, there was only one set of materials for refining the foundation-building pill, and there was a considerable risk of failure. The Qin family could not guarantee a profit. But this spirit milk cave——”
“The spirit milk produced can be diluted to refine the marrow cleansing spirit liquid, and it can be sold in the pharmacy, which is a huge and stable source of income.”
Qin Deming’s lips moved, obviously wanting to refute. He is the patriarch of the Qin family. He knows very well whether the Qin family needs this money and where the money is needed.
The old ancestor glanced at him and said with a smile: "I know what you are thinking. You think that the Qin family now has a spirit stone mine and is not short of money for the time being. The matter of spirit stones is another matter, but these marrow cleansing spirit liquids and spirit milk are both excellent materials for nourishing the spirit. With these, the qualifications of the future young generation of the Qin family may be upgraded to a higher level. In this case, do you still think it is not important?"
"If all this is not enough... do you know the biggest effect of a stalactite cave with formed chalcedony? It can speed up cultivation, which is especially useful for cultivators below the fifth level of Qi training."
The ancestor smiled lightly, as if she didn't know how shocking the news she threw out was, and added lightly: "Why didn't you find it for so long when this place is so close to the spirit stone mine? It's because this stalactite cave has almost formed a semi-enclosed secret realm. If it is given some more time, it can even form a small enclosed space. By then, the aura of this spirit cave will be completely shielded from the outside world. Even if Qingqing, an innate great perfect body, comes over, he won't be able to detect any traces."
"Now, do you still think that this chalcedony can be used at will?"
The surroundings were silent, and Qin Deming's face turned red, and he was speechless.
Qin Ruqing knew that her father was not convinced by the ancestor at all, but he was not good at speaking and didn't know how to refute the ancestor. It seemed that the demeanor of other people was not much better than that of her father.
Qin Ruqing pursed her lips, and a surge of anger surged in her heart for no reason, but she didn't know what she was angry about. Glancing at the ancestor's calm face, Qin Ruqing thought that he was probably angry that the ancestor ignored her and always put the Qin family first.
In the silence, Qin Ruqing suddenly spoke: "Ancestor, chalcedony is important to the Qin family, are you not important to the Qin family?"
The ancestor's eyes moved and looked at her.
"Without you, the Qin family would not be able to take root in Nanling, let alone become a noble family. Without you, the Zhang and Han families would be eyeing us covetously, and the Qin family would have been divided up by them long ago... Oh, speaking of the Zhang and Han families, our Qin family has gained such a great advantage in the Wangfu Secret Realm, can they be willing to do nothing? If the ancestor's injury has not healed yet, and the Zhang and Han families attack by then, how can the Qin family scare the villains?"
Qin Ruqing frowned, held his chin, and said to the ground: "Ancestor, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the Qin family!"
Qin Ruqing almost said: Ancestor! How can the Qin family survive without you!
After Qin Ruqing's lecture, the expressions of the people around him were naturally very interesting.
Qi Rong secretly gave her a thumbs up;
Little Fairy Lu Wei was deep in thought, with a look full of "So you can say it this way, tuition fee";
Qin Dexin glanced at her with a smile in the corner of her eyes;
the second elder nodded from time to time, thinking that Qin Ruqing's words touched his heart. That's right;
as for Qin Deming, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he was not good at talking nonsense, so he left it to Qingqing, very good, very good.
After a moment of silence, the ancestor chuckled. She did not comment on what Qin Ruqing said. Instead, she looked at Qin Deming and said with a smile:
"I didn't expect that you, who are not good at speaking, could give birth to a daughter like Qingqing."
With a daughter like Qingqing, what kind of person is Qin Ruqing - of course, she can make the dead appear alive and black appear white!
Qin Deming was not angry but happy, and Qin Ruqing also laughed.
The ancestor closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then said, "Forget it, let's not talk about anything else. Qingqing is right. The Qin family has gained such a great advantage in the Wangfu Secret Realm. The Zhang and Han families will not let it go. I still need to recover from my injuries as soon as possible and make some plans for the future."
The ancestor looked at the chalcedony in the center of the stone pillar. It was a stunning green color, as if it was illuminated by moonlight, warm and shiny.
"I'll take half of this chalcedony first."
Qin Ruqing frowned on the spot. Why only half? The ancestor smiled at her and said, "Look at you, you're anxious again. It's still unknown what effect the chalcedony will have on my injuries. Take half first and see how much you can refine. If it's not enough, take more."
Qin Deming and the others heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what the ancestor said. Qin Ruqing's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything else.
The next question is how to deal with the entire stalactite cave. This is a major event related to the development of the entire Qin family. It is not something that can be decided easily with just a few words. They need to go back and hold a clan meeting to discuss it.
Before leaving, the ancestor and the second elder carefully checked the entire cave to make sure that there were no other entrances to the cave except the entrance they dug at the beginning.
In addition, the ancestor and the formation master from the Qin family arranged a secret formation. In addition, the location of this cave is too close to the previous spirit stone mine, so the ancestor simply upgraded the formation around the spirit stone mine.
Now the Xiya Mountain Range area with the spirit stone mine as the center has become the core of the Qin family, no less than a forbidden area.
After the group had completed a series of tasks and were finally ready to return to their homeland, Qin Ruqing walked with the ancestor.
Qin Ruqing whispered, "Ancestor, you won't take the remaining half of the chalcedony, will you?"
The ancestor glanced at her and smiled softly. She was not at all surprised that the child had noticed her thoughts.
Qin Ruqing immediately understood the ancestor's look. Oh, I knew it was like this. When the ancestor said before that he would only refine half of it and see the effect, Qin Ruqing knew that this must be an excuse for the ancestor to appease everyone.
Spiritual milk is something that can be used for children in the spiritual period, and the chalcedony concentrated from its essence will only be more gentle. Therefore, since it is said that the chalcedony is useful for the ancestor's injury, then all of it must be useful, so why only take out half of it.
When the ancestor said this, Qin Ruqing knew that the ancestor would never take the other half.
However, Qin Ruqing could understand what the ancestor meant by doing this. The stalactite cave... was too important to the Qin family.
Money aside, the spiritual milk inside could improve the qualifications of the entire Qin family's future young generation. Based on this alone, the ancestor was unlikely to take out all the chalcedony, which would lead to the destruction of the cave. Not to
mention that the speed of cultivation in the cave could be accelerated. Although the effect would certainly be discounted after half of the chalcedony was taken out, it would still be effective for cultivators below the fifth level of Qi training.
In this way, cultivators below the fifth level of Qi training who cultivated here would be equivalent to greatly increasing the middle-level strength of the Qin family. Who knows if there are a few of these middle-level cultivators who are lucky enough to build a foundation? In this way, the upper-level strength is also increased.
Based on these two points, the other half of the chalcedony is destined to be kept safe in the spirit cave.
After thinking it through, Qin Ruqing also secretly made up her mind. She stepped forward and held the ancestor's hand, whispering:
"Ancestor, Qingqing will definitely find a healing elixir for you. What, a mild extreme cold elixir, and a spiritual object with both extreme hot and extreme cold properties, Qingqing will find both for you!"
The ancestor smiled and glanced at Qin Ruqing, not thinking she was childish at all, and only said: "Okay, the ancestor is waiting."
Back to the clan, Dad and the others had of course urgently convened a family meeting, so Qin Ruqing had time to return to her room to sort out her gains.
What gains? Naturally, it was the gains of the system.
The stalactite cave is of extraordinary significance to the Qin family. With it, the system will definitely reward her.
Sure enough, the green progress bar of the family prosperity value actually moved forward significantly. I remember that the last time she drew Qi into her body and truly awakened her Tao body, the system was stingy and gave her ten points.
This ten points is reflected on the progress bar as a thin line. But now, the progress bar is like a gate has been opened, and it is directly filled up to the third grid.
You should know that the total progress bar of this prosperity value is only ten grids.
Qin Ruqing's heart skipped a beat, and she felt that her life was a little stronger.
In addition to the family prosperity value, the branch three, [Top Combat Power], which has been silent for a long time, finally has progress!
Qin Ruqing: Tears welled up in her eyes.
It was really because of the ancestor's injury that she had no idea where to start, causing the progress of this task to be put on hold. The progress of this task today should be related to the ancestor taking away the other half of the chalcedony.
Qin Ruqing quickly clicked on the progress bar of this character, wanting to see to what extent the other half of the chalcedony could help the ancestor recover from his injuries.
When she saw the result, Qin Ruqing frowned fiercely. She didn't expect the chalcedony to heal the ancestor's injuries by half, but she thought that it should be able to heal one-third or one-quarter.
As a result, nothing! Looking at the progress bar, it was only one-fifth, and it was a bit barely enough.
It seems that just as the ancestor said, the chalcedony is not completely suitable for her injuries, and can only alleviate them - this may be one of the reasons why the ancestor was unwilling to take away all the chalcedony. Even if all of it was taken, the ancestor's injuries would not be healed.
Qin Ruqing sighed, and it seemed that she was just thinking of another way. At present, the most likely way is still through the system. She calculated that the reward this time was generous, and she had also saved up a lot of points before. All the points added up, so she had a little confidence to exchange things with the system. She
only hoped that the elixir that could help the ancestor heal his injuries was in the system mall.
Now there is still a most critical problem. She doesn't know the specific name of the elixir she needs! The ancestor told her before that something mild and extremely cold was just a characteristic.
With only this description, the system cannot search for the corresponding thing.
Therefore, she still has to find a way to figure out the specific and accurate names of the two kinds of spiritual materials of heaven and earth that the ancestor wants. It would be best to find out how the ancestor got this strange injury.
After all, she still remembered that she had a side quest [Untie the ancestor's heart knot] to be confirmed. Without knowing the past, there is no way to confirm whether the ancestor has a heart knot, let alone untie it.
Oh, by the way, the stalactite cave found here is very important, and the system will naturally not be stingy in giving her a chance to reward her with a lottery.
However, considering that the things she drew last time were too good, and based on her bad luck, Qin Ruqing intuitively felt that the things she drew next time would definitely be rubbish!
Therefore, Qin Ruqing decided to collect the lottery opportunities this time, and it would be best if she could collect ten! She didn't know if she could hold back and not draw in the middle, but maybe she would succeed.
By the way, can there be a guarantee for ten consecutive draws?