Chapter 419 Devouring Spiritual Power
"Is there anything else?" Yun Qingqing was somewhat surprised.
Qingpingzi nodded, stood up and said:
"Little Daoist friend Yun, please follow me. I want to show you something."
Yun Qingqing looked at his slightly serious expression, nodded, stood up and followed him out of the hall. Several elders including Qingchenzi also accompanied them.
Qing Pingzi took out his sword and flew directly towards the back mountain. Yun Qingqing followed him, and several other elders also followed immediately.
Qingchenzi followed behind, and his heart was unsettled as he looked at Yun Qingqing's back.
Last time at the Seven Stars Palace, the people from the Tianxuan Sect did not see Yun Qingqing flying the sword.
Looking at the entire Xuanmen today, flying a sword can be said to be a major watershed in the realm, and those who can fly a sword are all top figures in various sects.
In large sects like the Tianxuan Sect and the Qixing Palace, all the elders are able to wield swords, which is a reflection of their strength. However, in many small sects, it would be a great honor if they could find one or two experts in wielding swords.
However, if he had heard in the past that a little girl like Yun Qingqing could fly a sword, he would have thought it was nonsense. Not to mention, this little girl actually followed the master all the way, flying on a sword from the Imperial Capital to here, and the journey of hundreds of miles did not seem difficult at all!
It's just... it really feels like I've never seen this before.
Not only Qingchenzi was surprised, the other elders thought similarly.
In addition, they were also wondering about another thing, why did the leader suddenly become so polite to Yun Qingqing after he went out?
Soon, Qingpingzi led a group of people to a cave in the back mountain.
Qing Chenzi looked at this place, stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Master, isn't this a forbidden area?"
Qingpingzi nodded, and seeing that the elders were looking at him in confusion, he began to explain:
"It is true that this is our sect's forbidden area, but have you forgotten that our Tianxuan Sect has a secret order that only elders and above can know."
The elders remembered the secret order and nodded at first, then suddenly looked at Yun Qingqing with doubt.
Qingchenzi was surprised and said:
"Master Brother, what you mean is... this Miss Yun can actually awaken the Void Butterfly?"
Qing Pingzi nodded and looked at Yun Qingqing in the surprised eyes of the elders.
"Little Daoist Yun, please come in." He gestured towards the cave and walked in first.
Yun Qingqing followed. The cave was very winding, but fortunately it was not too deep.
Although there was no light, there were always spots of light on the cave wall. Yun Qingqing's eyes flashed and she looked for a few times. The light that glowed was a special kind of moss, which contained a faint spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Although it was not a natural treasure, it was very convenient to use it to illuminate the cave.
We are all practitioners with sharp five senses, so this little bit of light is enough.
After the group walked forward for a while, the view ahead suddenly opened up.
This is a spacious cave. The luminous moss almost covers the entire cave wall. The soft light illuminates the entire space, reflecting the pool of water at the bottom of the cave, which is colorful and mysterious.
There is a natural stone platform and a life-size statue beside the pond.
The entire statue is carved from white jade and depicts a Taoist priest standing tall, holding a whisk in his hand and looking into the distance with a solemn expression.
Qingpingzi and others showed great respect to the statue and bowed to it.
Yun Qingqing looked at the statue and raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Little Taoist Yun, come this way." Qingpingzi interrupted her thoughts and led her to the stone platform.
There was a black stone on the stone platform. Yun Qingqing looked at the stone and a bright light appeared in her eyes.
This stone is round like an egg, with a dull surface and is inconspicuous.
The strange thing is that there is no spiritual energy in the stone itself, and the spiritual energy in the area around it is also extremely thin compared to other places in the space.
It was as if this stone was a bottomless pit, sucking away the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth.
Not only that, Yun Qingqing stared at it for a while, and suddenly saw a black shadow slowly overflowing from the surface of the stone. After a while, a small black thing emerged, flapped its wings, flew around it a few times, and then suddenly disappeared.
"Is this...Xu Die?" Yun Qingqing recognized the black, insect-like little thing.
Qingpingzi nodded and said:
"The unique Void Butterflies of my sect are all produced from this egg. However, to produce a complete Void Butterfly, a large amount of spiritual energy is required. Moreover... the spiritual energy in this world is becoming increasingly thinner, and the proportion of defective products produced by this egg is also increasing."
When he finished speaking, he sighed and turned to Yun Qingqing.
“Little Daoist Yun, our Tianxuan Sect has passed down this secret from generation to generation. If we can find someone in this world who can awaken the Void Butterfly, we must bring him here and give this egg to that person.”
"Wake up?" Yun Qingqing seemed to understand a little, but more questions popped up in her mind.
Qingpingzi nodded and said:
"In fact, before you, the Void Butterfly could only be used once. It would find the person with the best luck within a specified range and then dissipate before it came into contact with that person. It was the first time that it happened in your hands yesterday. Even in the records of our sect, no one has ever done this before."
"...So you think that I am the one who awakened the Void Butterfly in the secret legend?" Yun Qingqing said.
"That's right." Qing Pingzi replied, "Please ask Little Daoist Yun to pick it up and try it."
Yun Qingqing raised her wrist and looked at the pale pink mark that the virtual butterfly had turned into, only to find that its color seemed to be darker than before.
This birthmark-like thing was still slowly but continuously absorbing her spiritual power and merits.
It feels as if it has no effect at all, but if this unknown object continues for a long time, no one knows what other changes will occur.
And the "virtual butterfly egg" on the stone platform was like a black hole, constantly devouring the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth.
If it were based on Yun Qingqing's usual style, she would not agree to Qing Pingzi's strange request when faced with something of unknown origin.
But she looked at the statue steadily for a moment, nodded, walked forward, and placed her hand on the black egg.
As soon as it came into contact, he felt a suction force beginning to continuously grab his spiritual power, and the spiritual power in his sea of qi rushed towards the stone egg like a flood.
Her brows furrowed slightly, and she tried to raise her hand, but found that the force was firmly attaching her palm to the surface of the stone egg.
"What... is going on!" Qingpingzi was shocked.
The other elders were also shocked. With their level of cultivation, they immediately realized that the stone egg was absorbing Yun Qingqing's spiritual energy, but this had never happened before.
Qingpingzi looked worried and went forward to help her escape, but Yun Qingqing raised her hand to stop him.
"No need, let's wait and see." Yun Qingqing glanced at the stone statue next to her indifferently, and continued to let the stone egg grab her spiritual power without restraint.
This thing swallowed up 30% of her spiritual power in one breath, and finally moved, suddenly emitting a dazzling light.
At the same time, the mark on Yun Qingqing's wrist also glowed. The mark came alive again, flew away from her wrist, circled around the stone egg for a few times, and then plunged straight into the ball of light.
The suction finally stopped and Yun Qingqing withdrew her hand.
Qingpingzi and others stared at the scene with wide eyes, holding their breath and unable to speak.
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