Lin Qian has already planned to cultivate the mountain wind; his previous idea of occupying territory and becoming king was not just a thought.
However, this idea requires not only sufficient strength but also capable subordinates; otherwise, if you occupy territory but cannot manage it, it's better not to occupy it at all.
Compared to the chipmunks, Yamafu is undoubtedly the best candidate to be the 'housekeeper'. Although Yamafu has been living like a wild man during this period, his intelligence as a young man has not been buried.
Lin Qian could confirm that this was a young man with an outstanding mind and spirit. With proper training, he would definitely become a good subordinate.
The mountain breeze, basking in the spiritual energy, was unaware that its future had already been perfectly arranged. The boy, holding a chipmunk and wrapped in its thick fur, was already dozing off.
The spiritual energy emanating from the spirit stone was enough to bring warmth to the boy, and the cold of the night would no longer wake him up.
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Time flies, and like a chipmunk's magic stone, more than half of it quickly disappears.
Lin Qian and his companions did not only travel at night, but also spent their days resting, eating, and absorbing spirit stones.
With the aid of spirit stones in their cultivation, coupled with Lin Qian's daily spirit-gathering effects, the strength of all the spirit beasts has improved considerably.
Eight days later, Lin Qian and his group finally reached the spiritual vein area.
Although it was a primary spiritual vein, Lin Qian was still very cautious and sent the Golden Eagles to explore first, to understand the surrounding environment before proceeding to the next step.
Tiger Dad looked at the small hill in front of him with some excitement; he really loved spirit stones!
The mutated vine still looks like a vine ball. Since the temperature reached 70°C, it has stopped showing its flower buds, so Lin Qian and the others don't know how the flower buds are doing.
However, since the mutated vines could provide some answers and confirmed there were no problems, we left them alone.
"Lili—"
A loud chime rang out, signaling that the Golden Bell Leader and its companions had completed their survey and confirmed that there were no hidden dangers in the surrounding area.
Lin Qian immediately led Tiger Dad and the others to run up the mountain. Even though the sun had already risen and the scorching sun was gradually rising, they no longer sought refuge from the heat and chose to face the challenge head-on.
After all, the allure of spirit stones was simply too great! The Golden Eagle leader and his wife followed Lin Qian, while the other two Golden Eagles remained on the mountaintop to patrol. The two level-two spirit beasts took turns patrolling, so even under the blazing sun, they wouldn't have any problems. It was just that using their spiritual power to block the heat of the sun was somewhat taxing on their spiritual energy.
However, with a spiritual vein right in front of them and plenty of spirit stones beckoning, they wouldn't mind this small expense.
The small hill looked somewhat desolate, with few trees, just a few scattered ones, making it look very dilapidated and desolate.
Fortunately, the ground was covered with a layer of fairly lush vegetation; otherwise, this place would have nothing to do with a 'spiritual vein' at all.
Furthermore, upon entering the hill, Lin Qian and his companions did not detect any difference in spiritual energy. Logically, with a spiritual vein present, this area should be rich in spiritual energy. Even a small, low-level spiritual vein should have some variation.
Despite his doubts, Lin Qian resolutely walked forward. He believed the map was correct and, more importantly, he trusted the big tiger.
Once inside the hill, Lin Qian had no choice but to conduct a thorough search. The spiritual markers on the spiritual vein map could only guide him to the hill; he would have to find the more specific location himself.
It's not that the spirit markers aren't accurate enough, but rather that the spirit veins are obscured by the formation.
This is one of the reasons why the big tiger had Lin Qian and Yong Qi learn formations before. Even though the two brothers had mastered the skills and successfully escaped, it didn't mean they were fooled.
But in reality, the formations they learned were specifically designed for spiritual veins, and mainly focused on breaking formations; otherwise, Lin Qian and Yongqi wouldn't have learned them so easily.
After all, the art of formations is extremely profound, and even talented players cannot master it in a short period of time.
Although the array formations he learned were very basic, they were sufficient for Lin Qian's current needs, since he only used them to find spiritual veins.
Lin Qian focused his spiritual energy into his spiritual sense and quickly detected a trace of an array.
"Roar!" A tiger's roar echoed, and the tiger father and the panda mother and cub, who had been scattered in all directions, were called back.
As for the chipmunk, that little guy has always been with the mountain wind.
When everyone arrived, Lin Qian was already standing on one of the array's key points.
The Jin Diao leader and his wife also flew over quickly.
"Aww!" Everyone, attack this point with all your might! Wait for my command.
The method to break the formation is very simple: just break the formation itself. It's not for any other reason than that this formation is a one-time use formation, and there is no other way but to break it.
Despite its crude and simple method, Lin Qian would not have been able to detect the formation at all if he hadn't studied the relevant knowledge of formations, let alone find the formation's core that could break it.
The group of spirit beasts immediately nodded excitedly; they couldn't wait!
Lin Qian leaped out and stood at a distance from the several spirit beasts.
"Roar!" Attack! With a tiger's roar, several spiritual energy attacks came crashing down!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A violent collision rang out, like a muffled thunderclap!
The small animals on the mountain were terrified and scattered in all directions.
After the roar, the mountain shook slightly, though the vibration was not strong, it was still quite noticeable.
Lin Qian's keen spiritual sense immediately detected something different: spiritual energy was appearing! Underground!
The colorful tiger head instantly lowered its head to look at the mountain range below. The other spirit beasts had also sensed the dissipation of spiritual energy, and their eyes lit up with excitement.
"Whoa!" Dig!
Lin Qian immediately gave the order to start digging on the spot.
There were no caves or similar structures on this mountain. His spiritual sense probed downwards but found no underground cavities; it was all solid mountain rock. He could only dig a tunnel from scratch.
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