Chapter 166 They even came to steal the spiritual vein.
The Shattered Star Mountain Range stretches endlessly, often shrouded in clouds and mist, like a scroll painting unfolding into the distance, with no end in sight.
The constant fighting has destroyed the original beauty, but places rich in spiritual energy never lack plant growth and living beings.
Various spells were unleashed, emitting colorful lights amidst the mountains, clashing from the sky to the ground and from the ground back to the sky. Today you occupy this place, tomorrow I'll occupy this place, the day after tomorrow I'll steal your place, and the day after that I'll steal his place. As long as the spiritual vein remains here, the friction will never cease.
“Hey! I say stop arguing, all of you. My Qingxuan Sect has brought a special magic artifact, so this spiritual vein should rightfully belong to our Qingxuan Sect,” a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Qingxuan Sect said to the others.
"Pah! You shameless old bastard, the spiritual vein just appeared here out of nowhere. Does it have your Qingxuan Sect's name written on it, or has the spiritual vein developed consciousness and recognized your Qingxuan Sect as its master? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror? Do you really think you're so great that you think you're the sect master of Qingxuan Sect?" Elder Pei retorted immediately.
The disciples of the Immortal Firmament Sect following behind Elder Pei remained silent, only nodding repeatedly.
While most cultivators valued their manners, only Elder Pei dared to speak so freely, saying whatever he wanted, practically acting as their mouthpiece.
"You! You! You!"
Elder Pei rolled his eyes. "What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'don't talk nonsense'? If you're so capable, call your sect leader out and say it. I want to ask you, is the name of your Qingxuan Sect written on the spiritual vein?"
Elder Pei spoke toughly, but he was uneasy inside. Could it be that the Qingxuan Sect had really refined a special magic weapon? If so, then the cultivators from all the sects present would be unable to stop them from taking away the spiritual vein.
If we miss this new spiritual vein, we don't know how long we'll have to wait for the next one to appear.
"If Elder Pei wishes to see me, then I have no choice but to speak with Elder Pei in person." As the voice rang out, a group of people from the Qingxuan Sect made way for a male cultivator in a white and gold robe. He appeared to be in his thirties or forties, but was actually a thousand years old. He had an upright and dignified appearance, and was calm and generous.
Elder Pei's smile froze. The sect leader of Qingxuan Sect had actually come to the Shattered Star Mountain Range in person. "When did Sect Leader Helian recover from his injuries?" Wasn't he on the verge of death a long time ago? Qingxuan Sect was in complete chaos. I never expected that he would be able to come back to life in the end.
Sect Master Helian of the Qingxuan Sect smiled, "Thanks to the heavens for sparing my life. Can I interpret Elder Pei's words just now as meaning that as long as the name of my Qingxuan Sect is on the spiritual vein, it belongs to my Qingxuan Sect?"
How shameless! Elder Pei: "Whether it is right or wrong is not up to me alone, but up to all the sect cultivators in the Shattered Star Mountain Range."
Sect Master Helian of the Qingxuan Sect blatantly lied: "Hey, I took a close look, and the name of my Qingxuan Sect is on the new spiritual vein. It is my Qingxuan Sect's spiritual vein." The Qingxuan Sect urgently needs a new spiritual vein more than any other sect, so he will not let this new spiritual vein go.
With Sect Master Helian backing them up, the Qingxuan Sect cultivators suddenly felt much more confident. The Xianxiao Sect cultivators were furious; these shameless bastards!
"Haha." Elder Pei chuckled twice. "Sect Master Helian has a good eye."
Sect Master Helian smiled.
Elder Pei muttered under his breath, "His eyesight is so good that he worships his enemy as a senior, and in the end, he caused the Qingxuan Sect to fall into chaos."
Every cultivator present had excellent hearing and heard Elder Pei of the Immortal Firmament Sect's soft cricket chirping. For a moment, the entire room fell silent.
The smile on Helian Sect Leader's face froze.
The members of the Immortal Firmament Sect exclaimed: "Wow, such powerful attack!"
Meanwhile, the two secretly communicated telepathically underground.
Song Yin transmitted her voice: "Why is there no movement on the ground? Has the fighting stopped?"
Shi Heming transmitted his voice: "I don't know, but we need to hurry up and take away the spiritual vein. Do you know what a spiritual vein looks like?"
Song Yin transmitted her voice: "I probably know... I guess." In fact, after obtaining the Langhuan Cave, she had specifically investigated the spiritual veins, and it turned out that the spiritual veins were not physical objects.
Those who haven't seen one might assume that spiritual veins have a physical form, but that's not actually the case. Trying to find spiritual veins using methods for finding physical forms might result in never finding them in a lifetime.
Sensing the subtle difference in spiritual energy, Song Yin continued to transmit her voice: "About twenty kilometers ahead, I will try to absorb the spiritual vein." She hoped that Langhuan Cave Heaven could withstand a large spiritual vein.
After traveling at high speed for twenty kilometers, the two flew out of the ground.
This place is not safe, but it is an excellent place to collect spiritual veins.
"You cover for me, and make sure no one finds us," Song Yin instructed Shi Heming.
Shi Heming took out an array plate and set up a small array to completely hide the two of them. "Go ahead and do it. Leave the rest to me."
Song Yin nodded, took a deep breath, squatted down, placed her palms on the ground, and felt the damp cold of the soil seep into her palms. She slowly closed her eyes.
Just like a drop of water falling into a calm surface creates ripples, the impact is there, but it quickly returns to calm.
On the Immortal Cloud Sect's side, Elder Ji stopped and focused on sensing the changes in spiritual energy. "Have you felt any changes in the spiritual energy?" he asked his eldest disciple.
Han Wuyue: "Master, my cultivation level is too low to sense it. However, with the appearance of the Shattered Star Mountain Range's spiritual veins, the spiritual energy here has been constantly changing, so it's normal for Master to sense the changes in the spiritual energy."
Elder Ji's gaze fell on one spot. "It's different."
The change in spiritual energy caused a gust of wind, small enough to lift a leaf into the sky. The leaf eventually flew far away and landed in his sect's camp.
High-ranking cultivators of the Northern Continent's Heavenly Stem Sect are discussing the ownership of the spiritual vein.
“The spiritual vein appeared at the border of the Eastern Continent and the Central Continent. The two sects already had the advantage. We were already behind, not to mention that we still have no definite information about special magical artifacts.”
"Let the Immortal Cloud Sect and the Azure Profound Sect fight it out first. Once they are both severely weakened, we will then step in and reap the benefits."
"Wait, I think I'm sensing another change in spiritual energy."
“The spiritual energy changes every day, so don’t make a fuss about it.”
"Hmph, I'm a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, do you think I can fool you? This change is different from before, but it's very short-lived." His expression changed. "Could it be that a sect has brought out a special magic weapon?"
Another cultivator placed a cup of hot tea in the hands of the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. "Relax, you and I both know that the Qingxuan Sect's claim of bringing a special magic artifact today was a lie. In my opinion, after all this fighting over the spiritual vein, the only option left for everyone is to relocate their sect. Have some tea to soothe your throat, and come with me to look at the terrain later to see where it would be suitable to build the new sect."
"Is that so..." The Nascent Soul cultivator looked down at the teacup in his hand. The tea reflected the sky, and a bird flew across the cup.
The birds flapped their wings and flew high, passing over Elder Pei and Sect Master Helian, heading towards the Qingxuan Sect camp.
Inside the Qingxuan Sect camp, Yuwen Li was talking with his disciple Qiu Shan, who had become a ghost cultivator.
Qiu Shan: "Master, the spiritual energy has changed again." As a ghost cultivator, he was even more sensitive to spiritual energy.
Yuwen Li: "The sect leader has come to the Shattered Star Mountain Range in person, but I don't know what the situation is like within the sect."
Qiu Shan: "Master, you should give up the position of sect leader. You taught me to be single-minded and pursue the Great Dao. Do you still remember that?" He wouldn't normally say these things, but after experiencing death, his master changed, and he adapted to the change.
The change was good; it brought the master and apprentice much closer, and they began to say things they wouldn't or dare to say before.
“Qiu Shan, your master understands what you mean. Looking back over the past few hundred years, I have indeed gone astray in many ways.” Yuwen Li sighed. “But you know the situation of Qingxuan Sect. For various reasons, it has been declining in recent years, so the sect urgently needs a new spiritual vein. Without a new spiritual vein, the decline of Qingxuan Sect is only a matter of time.”
Even though he didn't vie for the position of sect leader, he still couldn't let go of the Qingxuan Sect.
Qiu Shan: "What if someone else steals the spiritual vein?"
Yuwen Li laughed out loud: "No way, who can steal a spiritual vein? The five major sects were all built on spiritual veins, not by bringing them back to the place where they were founded. Our people have already begun to explore the Shattered Star Mountain Range and will choose the best place to establish a new sect."
At this moment, Qiu Shan noticed the silvery-white specks of light floating from the ground. These specks were not very noticeable during the day, but they became easy to see when there were many of them.
"What's this?"
Yuwen Li glanced at it casually, then froze, before suddenly standing up. "Spiritual veins!"
"Spiritual veins?"
Not only did they see it, but Sect Master Helian and his group also saw it.
Elder Pei saw it, as did everyone from the Immortal Firmament Sect. The Heavenly Stems Sect members in the distance saw it, and so did the Myriad Swords Sect members who had come to join the fun…
Everyone in the Shattered Star Mountains saw it.
Those who knew the person changed their expression, while those who didn't were still curious about what it was.
Song Yin silently expanded her divine sense to its limit, carefully enveloping the entire spiritual vein within it, avoiding everyone else. Sweat beaded on Song Yin's forehead, sliding down to her eyes, nose, and chin, blurring her closed eyes, but it couldn't stop her from seeing the complete spiritual vein with her divine sense.
Shi Heming used a handkerchief to wipe away Song Yin's sweat, while his other hand continuously drew talismans in the air. The talismans surrounded Song Yin, providing her with continuous blessings.
Prolonged and intense use of divine sense not only depletes mental energy but also spiritual energy. Song Yin's Pure Spirit Body was operating frantically at this moment, and the spiritual energy lost in her body would soon be replenished along her spiritual meridians.
The spiritual energy dissipated and was absorbed and circulated, constantly tempering Song Yin's meridians. When no one was paying attention, Song Yin's cultivation became more and more stable.
Now! Song Yin mobilized all her spiritual energy and began to transfer her spiritual veins into the Langhuan Cave Heaven.
Like moonlight, invisible silver "silk" was continuously drawn into the Langhuan Grotto-Heaven, while also scattering much of its radiance. After losing its spiritual veins, this radiance began to disperse, some penetrating deep into the earth to nurture the land, while others drifted to the ground and flew into the air, never stingy with its help to living beings.
Song Yin quickly opened her eyes, grabbed Shi Heming's arm, and shouted, "Quick! Use the teleportation talisman to escape to Central Continent!"
It has been discovered that this is the place with the greatest changes in spiritual energy, and many high-level cultivators have come here.
The closest to this place were Sect Master Helian and Elder Pei, who appeared here in less than a few breaths.
As soon as Sect Master Helian arrived, he looked around. When he didn't see anyone, he used his divine sense, but even with his divine sense, he didn't find anything unusual.
The absence of anything unusual is the biggest anomaly. The spiritual energy here is unusually concentrated. He reached out, and a leaf fell into his hand. He twirled the leaf between his fingertips and said, "Why is there dew at this time?"
Suddenly, Sect Master Helian opened his eyes wide and examined it carefully. "This is not dew, but spiritual liquid formed when the spiritual energy is concentrated to a certain degree!"
More and more people are arriving here.
"Sect Master, the spiritual vein!" Yuwen Li said anxiously.
Sect Master Helian: "That's right! The spiritual vein!"
Elder Ji arrived and also observed the surrounding environment. "Have you sensed anything...?"
Elder Pei pressed further, "What?"
Elder Ji: "The concentration of spiritual energy is dissipating rapidly."
Elder Ji's words awakened everyone present.
"The spiritual energy is really dissipating!"
The Heavenly Stems Sect members arrived, asking, "What happened? Who disturbed the spiritual vein?"
The Wan Jian Sect members chased after them, demanding, "Where's the spiritual vein? Where's such a large spiritual vein?"
Yuancang Sect, Wuji Sect, Shuiyue Sect... more and more people are coming to this place.
After everyone investigated, they came to a conclusion.
"The spiritual vein...it's vanished!!!"
The disappearance of the spiritual veins has caused the Qingxuan Sect to be the most anxious and frantic.
Sect Master Helian demanded of everyone present, "Who? Who took away the spiritual vein?!"
"You ask us, but I want to ask you too. Didn't you say that the Qingxuan Sect has crafted a special magic weapon that can take away the spiritual vein? It must be that your Qingxuan Sect is dishonest and steals the spiritual vein!" A sharp voice pointed at Sect Master Helian.
Helian, the sect leader, is indeed the head of a sect, but the others are not to be underestimated either. They all have an entire sect behind them to be here.
A large pot was poured over the head, and Sect Master Helian's face was covered with a thin layer of red. He was both angry and embarrassed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "That was a lie that my Qingxuan Sect deliberately told to deceive people."
"But here's the problem: what about the spiritual vein? Only you guys said that, so you're the prime suspects!"
Elder Ji gave a look: "Wu Yue".
Han Wuyue immediately understood, "Yes."
Han Wuyue landed on the ground and carefully examined every possible clue, leaving no stone unturned.
Han Wuyue's actions calmed down the crowd who were arguing heatedly. When people calm down, they can think about many things.
"Everyone, let's look for clues! Whether it disappeared naturally or was stolen, it will leave clues! I refuse to believe that a spiritual vein can become sentient and grow legs to run away!"
"That's right! Quickly, find clues!"
A group of high-level cultivators went mad, searching everywhere for clues. The disciples from various sects who followed them were confused and wanted to help, but were stopped by the high-level cultivators.
"All of you step back. Cultivators at the Golden Core stage and below, retreat. Do not disturb the scene."
All the disciples retreated in unison.
“Here! There are traces of teleportation talismans here! I’m a talisman cultivator, I recognize them!” said a Nascent Soul stage talisman cultivator from the Wuji Sect.
"Can you analyze the traces to determine which direction they went?"
"They should be able to." The talisman cultivator carefully analyzed the situation, finally pointing towards the Central Continent, "They went in that direction!"
Sect Master Helian: "Chase!"
All the high-ranking cultivators from various sects were mobilized, using all sorts of methods to hunt down the petty thief who stole the spiritual vein.
At this point, Song Yin and the others had already used multiple teleportation talismans.
Teleported to the vicinity of a city, the two put on exquisite masks, changed into new robes, and suppressed their cultivation to the early stage of Foundation Establishment, becoming ordinary rogue cultivators.
In order to avoid attracting attention, Song Yin even transformed herself into a male, with dark skin.
Song Yin's heart was still pounding wildly. She laughed and said, "How was it? Was it dangerous and exciting enough?"
Shi Heming's heart was also pounding. Whether it was from running too fast, nervousness, or something else, he replied with a smile, "Dangerous enough, exciting enough."
Song Yin's eyes gleamed slyly as she said, "They must be catching up. Let's go, let's get into the city first. We'll blend in with the crowd; we're not in a hurry to use the teleportation array to leave."
The two had barely stepped into the city when the aura of a high-level cultivator enveloped the sky above them.
"You all go and take control of all the teleportation arrays. They will definitely use them to leave. Find out where everyone who entered the teleportation arrays during this time went," Sect Master Helian said angrily. "Find the thieves at all costs!"
Stealing the spiritual vein was bad enough, but they even pinned the blame on the Qingxuan Sect! Heaven knows that as he chased them closer to the Qingxuan Sect, the eyes of the other sect members behind him seemed to be able to cut him with their own knives!
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Author's Note: She ran, they chased; she's a master at escaping, and they could never catch her. [doge emoji]
Song Aotian: Hehe, running away~ [Sprinkling flowers]
Sect Leader Helian, who took the blame: Thank you so much! [Clown]
Qi Zibo, far away on the ancient battlefield: Let you taste the provocations of this rebellious disciple! [heart emoji]
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[Empty bowl]
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