After being attacked by two disciples of the Weapon Martial Sect, Qin Xin became more cautious in the iron mine.
Using his spiritual perception, Qin Xin also discovered several low-grade spirit stones.
While collecting a low-grade spirit stone, Qin Xin encountered a centipede that devoured other creatures. Fortunately, the beast was not yet mature, and Qin Xin managed to sneak up on it and take it down with a single sword strike.
After all the spirit stones in the surrounding area were completely swept away, Qin Xin curiously walked deeper into the iron ore mine.
Danqing, who was recovering his spiritual body in the fragmented map space, suddenly transmitted his voice to Qin Xin, "About one kilometer from here, there is a strong spiritual energy there. I guess it should be that top-grade spirit stone."
"A top-grade spirit stone!" Qin Xin's heart also revealed a hint of joy.
If I could obtain this top-grade spirit stone, I wouldn't have to worry about cultivation resources for a long time while cultivating in the Heavenly Profound Sect. If I sold it for money, I could probably buy several small cities in the Central Continent.
Faced with the temptation of these top-grade spirit stones, Qin Xin naturally wouldn't give up, so under Danqing's guidance, he headed deeper into the iron ore mine.
Along the way, Qin Xin saw many traces of fighting in the mine, and even some dried bloodstains.
Judging from the damage to the surrounding stone walls, Qin Xin deduced that the people fighting here were martial artists at the third stage of the Core Formation realm.
Because if a powerful cultivator at the Dharma Aspect Realm has their own domain, they can shatter a hill with a wave of their hand. If they use martial arts, they can shatter everything around them. Fighting in this iron mine would be tantamount to destroying the entire mine. If they want to enter again to search for spirit stones, they would need to reopen the passage.
Looking at the deep pits left by the bombardment of Yuan Power and the ravines left by the impact of sword energy, Qin Xin felt uncertain for a moment.
Clearly, a struggle had broken out here because of a spirit stone that had been there before. Moreover, based on the residual spiritual energy in the surrounding area, Qin Xin could roughly guess that the spirit stone was of a high grade.
"boom!"
A loud roar suddenly reached Qin Xin's ears.
The intense fluctuations in Yuan energy caused Qin Xin to quickly hold his breath.
He stealthily moved toward the direction from which the sound came, and a fierce battle scene appeared before Qin Xin's eyes.
Qin Xin glanced at the group and saw that they seemed to be divided into two factions, one of which was gradually losing ground due to its smaller numbers.
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"Ling Hanyan, my Xuantian Sword Sect is determined to have this top-grade spirit stone! I advise you to take this trash from your Tianxuan Sect and leave quickly!"
A man with an imposing presence and an arrogant expression held a blue longsword in his hand, looking at Ling Hanyan with disdain in his eyes.
After a brief exchange, the two were locked in a stalemate, unable to determine a victor for the time being.
"Gu Beichen, I never expected your Xuantian Sword Sect to be so despicable. This time you actually sent two sword disciples. If Hong Ye were here, would you still dare to spout such nonsense!"
Ling Hanyan was also finding it somewhat difficult to fight Gu Beichen. Although both of them were at the eighth level of the Yuan Dan realm, Gu Beichen was skilled with the sword and his martial spirit was also a sword martial spirit, making his attack methods extremely fierce.
Ling Hanyan's headache was that although she was quite skilled at alchemy, she was weaker in attack. Moreover, Gu Beichen knew the power of her flames and had taken some precautions.
Upon hearing Hong Ye's name, Gu Beichen's face darkened slightly, as if he deeply disliked him.
Gu Beichen shook his head and looked at Ling Hanyan, saying, "Hmph! Among your Tianxuan Sect disciples, only Hong Ye is worth mentioning, while you are nothing but a bunch of worthless scoundrels!"
"Oh? You call someone who can take on all ten of your sword masters by himself 'not bad'?" Ling Hanyan said coldly, deliberately raising her voice.
"Shut up!" Gu Beichen's face immediately darkened.
Hong Ye's single-handedly defeating the Ten Sword Masters was a disgrace to the Xuantian Sword Sect. Moreover, Hong Ye did not use any honorable means to defeat them. However, this incident has nailed all the disciples of the Xuantian Sword Sect to the pillar of shame. How could they remain silent when Ling Hanyan so blatantly exposed this wound?
"Buzz!"
As the sound of Gu Beichen's sword rang out, countless sword shadows appeared behind him and rushed towards Ling Hanyan.
The sword was drawn so fast that Qin Xin couldn't immediately see its trajectory.
However, Ling Hanyan was not to be outdone. With the flick of her Fire Tassel Overlord Spear, she continuously deflected the attacks of the longsword. For a moment, the sound of metal clashing echoed all around.
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Seeing that everyone was fighting, Qin Xin knew that he, a mere lowly henchman at the first level of the Yuanfu Realm, had no right to get involved.
Since it was just a martial artist at the Void Core Realm charging at him, he could only flee quickly. If he was too slow, he might even lose his life here.
To avoid being discovered, Qin Xin completely concealed his aura and continuously scanned his surroundings with his spiritual sense.
Upon discovering a fist-sized blue stone exposed on a rock wall, Qin Xin's eyes were immediately drawn to it.
The spiritual energy fluctuations on this blue stone were extremely strong, and there were also several golden streams flowing within it.
"Top-grade spirit stone!"
Qin Xin made a judgment instantly.
At this moment, disciples from various sects around were engaged in battle, and an idea began to form in Qin Xin's mind.
Taking advantage of the group's inattention, Qin Xin instantly activated his martial spirit and mobilized all his Yuan energy, transforming into a black shadow. As the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword in his hand approached the stone wall where the top-grade spirit stone was located, it quickly cleaved the surrounding rocks.
Although Gu Beichen was constantly fighting Ling Hanyan, he still paid some attention to the top-grade spirit stones.
He never expected that there would be such a fearless brat who would try to steal the top-grade spirit stone while they were fighting.
Just as he was about to turn around and charge at Qin Xin, Ling Hanyan directly blocked his way, saying, "Want to leave? Defeat me first."
"Ling Hanyan, didn't you see that the top-grade spirit stone was stolen?" Gu Beichen was somewhat angry at Ling Hanyan's obstruction.
Ling Hanyan said nonchalantly, "I saw it. As long as it's not your Xuantian Sword Sect that gets this top-grade spirit stone, it doesn't matter who gets it."
"You're asking for it!"
With a fierce glint in his eyes, Gu Beichen unleashed a surge of Yuan Power and launched another attack on Ling Hanyan, this time clearly employing his trump card.
Ling Hanyan was forced to retreat step by step, but she was able to keep up with him, which gave Gu Beichen a headache.
Fortunately, at this moment, a figure dressed in a white robe broke free from the battle and charged directly towards Qin Xin.
Seeing this, Gu Beichen slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
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