"It doesn't seem like this place was opened up by someone."
"It's more like it was formed naturally."
Qin Xin surveyed his surroundings, lost in thought.
After entering the magma passage, Qin Xin found that it was like a natural cave. Although it was quite hot, the underground provided space for some plants to grow, and the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth also allowed a lot of vegetation to grow in this natural cave.
"Huh?"
"It seems someone has already been here."
After seeing a patch of medicinal herbs that had already been harvested, Qin Xin confirmed that someone had been there before.
Continuing to explore this vast natural cave, Qin Xin was unable to detect the boundaries of the cave using his spiritual sense for a time, indicating that the cave's area was extremely large.
However, due to the underground location and the obstruction of rock strata, Qin Xin's spiritual sense detection range was greatly limited.
Following the direction sensed by the Spirit Devouring Stone, Qin Xin continued forward and discovered that the closer he got to the center, the more lush the vegetation and the more abundant the spiritual energy became.
After reaching the center of the cave, the Devouring Spirit Stone's sensation was extremely strong, but then that sensation vanished instantly.
"here it is?"
Qin Xin arrived at a depression and found that many black patterns had emerged there. These patterns were almost identical to those that had appeared on the stone pillars when he found the Fire God Stone on the main peak of the Kunmen Gate in the inner courtyard of the Eastern Wilderness Academy.
"What a pity, everything here has been taken!"
Qin Xin's expression showed some regret. He knew that his cultivation of the Supreme Divine Evolution Technique was closely related to the Spirit Devouring Stone. Moreover, after the Spirit Devouring Stone absorbed the Fire God Stone, this spiritual cultivation technique also yielded cultivation methods for the Spirit Body Realm and the Spirit Pattern Realm.
Although somewhat disappointed, Qin Xin still arrived at the pit.
The black patterns that had been spreading outwards seemed to be terrified of Qin Xin's aura, and they all receded as he approached.
Just as Qin Xin was about to investigate what was in the pit, the ancient celestial phoenix that was originally in the futon space became unusually violent.
Qin Xin, unaware of the reason, released it on a whim.
"twitter!"
The ancient celestial phoenix's high-pitched cry sounded somewhat urgent.
"Xiaofeng, do you mean this thing can't be touched?"
Qin Xin heard the ancient phoenix chirping and seemed to understand some of its meaning, so he immediately withdrew his hand that was about to explore the pit.
At the same time, the ancient celestial phoenix flew directly up from Qin Xin's shoulder.
Surrounded by a myriad of colorful, misty currents, golden patterns began to appear on the wings that were originally a pale red color.
"Heavenly Phoenix Martial Spirit Mark?"
Qin Xin was amazed when he sensed the patterns emerging on the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. He could feel that the patterns on the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix were more profound and mysterious than those on his Martial Spirit, and he felt a little envious.
"puff!"
As the Martial Spirit Pattern was activated, the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Nine was like a sun bathed in golden light, with golden flames shooting directly into the crater as it flapped its wings.
"Jie!!!!"
The moment the golden flames touched the black patterns, a strange sound was emitted.
Moreover, the voice seemed to possess a strange allure; if Qin Xin hadn't been a spiritual cultivator with a powerful soul, he might very well have been affected.
After the mysterious black patterns disappeared, the ancient phoenix retracted its wings and landed back on Qin Xin's shoulder, though it appeared somewhat weak.
"twitter!"
The ancient phoenix cried softly, as if to tell Qin Xin that there was no danger now.
Qin Xin gently stroked the head of the ancient phoenix and then put it into the futon space. It had not yet been able to fully absorb the two Heavenly Spirit Crystals given to it, so it obediently returned directly to the futon space.
As for the young Golden Tiger, Xiao Jin, after absorbing the beast crystal of the seventh-level tiger-type demon beast, its size is now larger than before, and Qin Xin can sense that its strength has reached the level of a sixth-level demon beast.
Compared to the ancient Heavenly Phoenix, this Broken Gold Tiger cub was much quieter, obediently lying in the futon space practicing breathing exercises, just like a human martial artist cultivating.
After regaining his senses in the meditation cushion space, Qin Xin went directly to the center of the pit.
Burned by the flames of the ancient celestial phoenix, the black patterns here had completely disappeared, so Qin Xin felt quite at ease and landed directly inside.
Looking at the large missing piece in the central rock and the lingering aura of martial artists around it, Qin Xin knew he had arrived too late.
Just as Qin Xin was about to turn and leave, he suddenly noticed that a faint red light was emanating from the missing spot.
Because of the obstruction of the rock layer, Qin Xin's spiritual sense was unable to penetrate it for the time being.
With a thought, the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword appeared directly in his hand. With the blessing of the Heavenly Phoenix Martial Spirit Pattern, blue flames instantly rose up on the sword.
"break!"
Through the control of spiritual consciousness, the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword burst forth, far more powerful than when wielded through the physical body—a characteristic of spiritual cultivators.
Qin Xin estimated that with just this one method, if a Void Core Realm martial artist underestimated the opponent, they would be severely injured.
"Ding! Clang!"
Through the constant stimulation of the Nine Flames Immortal Sword, Qin Xin finally discovered the hardness of this rock layer.
Qin Xin continued to dig downwards from multiple angles. When he reached a depth of about several tens of meters, a powerful surge of spiritual energy from heaven and earth rushed towards him, causing Qin Xin's lips to curl into a smile.
At this moment, the shape of a huge Heavenly Spirit Crystal slowly appeared in front of Qin Xin. However, this Heavenly Spirit Crystal had a very solid outer shell, and even using the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword, it would take a lot of effort to break it open.
After clearing away all the surrounding rocks, Qin Xin was finally able to see the full picture of the Heavenly Spirit Crystal.
This Heavenly Spirit Crystal was even taller than Qin Xin, and even if three people surrounded it together, it would be difficult to hug it directly for a short time.
The thing that was taken away from here earlier seems to be located on the upper half of the crystal because this Heavenly Spirit Crystal can replenish its spiritual power.
Of course, the formation of this Celestial Crystal may also be related to that stone.
"This Heavenly Spirit Crystal is too large to be easily retrieved using a spatial ring. Moreover, it can continuously gather the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth. If it were placed in the space of the mysterious fragmented map, it might be of some help to Danqing's recovery."
Qin Xin pondered for a moment, then immediately made a decision. With a thought, the enormous Heavenly Spirit Crystal in front of him fell into the mysterious fragmented map space.
As the Celestial Crystal was collected, the surrounding rocks all fell, completely burying the space.
"It looks like someone has come in."
Qin Xin, who was just about to cultivate in place, immediately sensed someone entering the lava passage with his spiritual sense. He then moved and left directly from the pit.
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