The Heavenly Water Beast pointed to a cave entrance, gesturing for the two to go down.
The entrance to the cave wasn't very large compared to the Heavenly Water Beast, but it wouldn't be a problem for Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian to get in.
The entrance was blocked by a layer of water film, and the Heavenly Water Beast gestured for the two to go straight in.
The two passed through the water membrane and entered, where a rich spiritual energy rushed towards them.
Qi Zhiheng was dazzled by the sight before him.
"I think I might be dreaming," Yang Yitian said, rubbing his eyes. "I actually see a huge pile of spirit stones on the stone wall here! This is too unbelievable, hahaha!"
“These are genuine spirit stones.” Qi Zhiheng took a deep breath to calm himself down.
I was prepared to pick up a bunch of trash and take it back, but what happened when he came to me with a mine of spirit stones?
The Heavenly Water Beast gestured for the two to hurry up and dig.
The outer layer of water film seemed to be used to isolate spiritual energy, and this spirit stone mine was hidden so well.
"Tools! Tools!" Yang Yitian quickly found two short swords. "Use these, they should be easier to use."
The short sword was indeed easier to mine; spiritual energy covered the blade, and the mining began.
After digging for a while, he suddenly realized that what he was doing seemed a bit wrong...
So, Qi Zhiheng placed his hand on the earthen wall, circulated earth-attribute spiritual energy, and expelled the spirit stones embedded in the earthen wall.
Yang Yitian tossed the short sword aside, picked up his storage bag, and began to collect the fallen spirit stones from the ground.
This speed is much faster than before.
After a day of this, Qi Zhiheng's spiritual energy was exhausted. He then began absorbing spiritual energy to cultivate.
The air was filled with a very dense concentration of elemental spiritual energy, after all, it was inside a spirit stone mine!
The spiritual energy in the spirit stone mine is purer than that in the air, and Qi Zhiheng felt that his cultivation speed was much faster than usual. Especially when his spiritual energy was exhausted, his progress was extremely rapid.
After cultivating for one night, Qi Zhiheng successfully entered the tenth level of Qi Refining, his cultivation level comparable to that of a Spirit Master.
After his breakthrough, he started a new round of mining.
Yang Yitian watched Qi Zhiheng advance another level and secretly envied him, saying, "Why don't I have an earth elemental root? I want to break through quickly too."
Qi Zhiheng was speechless: "You should draw more talismans." The higher your skill in drawing talismans, the better your cultivation will be. How dare you say you envy him for such a good thing?
Moreover, the Ice Spirit Root is a mutated spirit root. Countless people would envy a mutated Heavenly Spirit Root. Generally, no one with a Heavenly Spirit Root would enter the Dao through talismans; they would mainly cultivate their own spirit root.
However, Qi Zhiheng speculated that Yang Yitian's path to enlightenment through talismans was likely due to his past life as a powerful talisman cultivator.
Yang Yitian suddenly realized, "What you said makes a lot of sense! I should draw more talismans." As he spoke, he began to draw talismans.
Qi Zhiheng was somewhat speechless. He had said he was going to draw talismans, but he hadn't said he was going to draw talismans now. Mining was the priority right now.
Yang Yitian quickly drew a talisman and affixed it to the stone wall inlaid with spirit stones. Soon, spirit stones began to fall down, which was much faster than digging with his sword.
Qi Zhiheng asked in surprise, "What kind of talisman is this? It's quite useful."
Yang Yitian picked up the talisman brush and continued drawing, replying, "This is an earth control talisman. Although it doesn't have much offensive power, it's really useful for mining."
Qi Zhiheng had to admit: "It really works very well."
Working together, the two dug deeper and deeper into the earthen wall.
Seven days later.
After Yang Yitian drew an enhanced version of the earth-attribute talisman, his cultivation broke through, and he became a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.
At this moment, the Heavenly Water Beast returned to Qi Zhiheng's space. Its transformation period had not yet ended, and it directly spat out saliva in Qi Zhiheng's space.
Outside the Tianshui Beast Cave, many people are still waiting in vain.
"It's almost been ten days, and the Heavenly Water Beast still hasn't appeared? I've been waiting here for five days!"
"Who isn't? Last time I managed to snatch a dozen or so Illusionary Azure Glasses, and I was planning to go all out this time. Why haven't they appeared yet? I was thinking of focusing on finding the mission target after this one."
"Why is it taking so long this time? I've waited for so many days, I can't bear to give up now!"
Waiting is a waste of time; they've waited so long, and now they're reluctant to leave! What if the water beast comes out the very day they leave? Many of those still waiting here share this thought!
The Heavenly Water Beast, which everyone was thinking about, was flying in mid-air when it sneezed loudly!
Its saliva splattered everywhere, like a small-scale rain shower.
Water droplets fell to the ground, bouncing a few times before settling down, leaving a thin layer of ethereal blue glass on the ground...
The Skywater Beast sniffed, as if it had just moved to a new place and was experiencing some discomfort from the change in environment, even sneezing more often!
Five more days passed, and the two were even able to dig up some mid-grade spirit stones.
Qi Zhiheng guessed, "We're probably almost at the bottom here."
Yang Yitian held a handful of spirit stones and said, "Hey! We're almost done mining already? I'm really a little reluctant to part with them!" Although mining is tiring, it's great to dig out spirit stones! And in the end, these spirit stones will belong to them, which makes him very happy.
"That's about it. There should be a spiritual vein later on, so we can grab it and put it in our spatial storage." They have already dug up nearly ten million spirit stones during this period, something Qi Zhiheng had never dared to dream of before.
After the two of them dug out about ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones, the vein was basically exhausted.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Stand aside a bit, I'm about to seize the spiritual vein."
Yang Yitian obediently stood behind Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng made a hand seal, and the mine trembled. Just then, a dragon shadow flew out from the abandoned mine.
Qi Zhiheng silently recited the incantation and made a hand seal.
The dragon shadow was bound by an invisible force and could only writhe in place.
Qi Zhiheng quickly stepped forward, reached out and grabbed the spiritual vein that had transformed into a dragon shadow, and pulled it into his spatial dimension.
Outside the nest of the Heavenly Water Beast.
"It's finally here! All these days I've been waiting for haven't been in vain!"
The ground is trembling! That's it! The Heavenly Water Beast is about to emerge!
There are not many people left who have stayed. Now there are only a dozen or so left.
"Ha! Those disciples who left early were far too short-sighted! I told you long ago that as long as we persevered, we would definitely be able to wait for the Heavenly Water Beast to appear!"
"Huh? Weren't you just planning to leave right away?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Someone with such a strong will as me will naturally persevere to the very end!"
"..."
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian returned to the space.
After selecting a hill, the spiritual vein was implanted into it!
This hill is very close to the lake, which is perfect for the Heavenly Water Beast to absorb some of its spiritual energy.
After dealing with the matters concerning the spiritual vein, the two saw that the ground was covered with a layer of Illusory Azure Glass. There were at least several thousand of them, densely packed together.
Yang Yitian exclaimed in surprise, "How can there be so much saliva from the Heavenly Water Beasts in this place? What's going on?"
Qi Zhiheng was relatively calmer: "The Heavenly Water Beast must have sneezed again; its transformation period isn't over yet."
The two were not interested in this cacophony of words for the time being; they were people who controlled tens of millions of spirit stones!
Yang Yitian stretched and said, "We've finally finished mining. Are we going back to the ice field?"
Qi Zhiheng said, "We still have some time, so we can go and take a look. We should rest for the next few days and soak in a medicinal bath before setting off."
"Okay." Yang Yitian waited for Qi Zhiheng to prepare the medicinal bath.
Qi Zhiheng prepared the medicinal bath, and the two of them soaked in the tub.
Outside the Tianshui Beast Cave.
"What happened? Wasn't the shaking quite strong just now? Why has it stopped?"
"Do you think the Heavenly Water Beast might have finished its metamorphosis?"
"Impossible! It's only been twice, how could it have passed?" This was the thought of the disciple who had just said to leave—a short-sighted fellow. He was now completely stunned by the fact that the Heavenly Water Beast had already passed its transformation period.
He was already planning to leave! Then suddenly there was this tremor! What's the point? Are they just playing with him?! He's not having it!
"Everyone, let's all go home. If we don't go find our mission target soon, we'll be at the bottom of the pack!"
The crowd dispersed. It had been more than ten days; over ten days had passed. Those that were supposed to emerge would have already done so. The fact that the Heavenly Water Beast hadn't emerged meant that it had either completed its transformation or was already dead.
Three days later, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian re-consumed the Concealment Pill and affixed invisibility talismans. This was to avoid unnecessary trouble. It wouldn't be good if they encountered other people in the inner area.
After cleaning up any traces of their presence in the nest, the two left the nest.
Qi Zhiheng headed towards the ice field, but he still needed to leave the inner perimeter for the time being.
After several days of travel, we finally left the inner perimeter and entered the middle perimeter.
The area around the center was quite large, making it difficult to encounter other people along the way. The two of them made their way to the outer perimeter without any obstacles.
The first thing they saw was a field of lightning.
Lightning flashed all around, and bolts of lightning as thick as an arm struck down. The entire area smelled slightly burnt.
Qi Zhiheng glanced at Yang Yitian and asked, "Are you scared?"
Yang Yitian said in a panic, "Such a big lightning bolt, will it burn me to a crisp?" He didn't want to be covered in dust!
"It's alright, just consider it an early experience of the tribulation," Qi Zhiheng comforted him.
Yang Yitian shook his head and said, "The reason why people have to endure lightning tribulations is because it is a test given by the Heavenly Dao, which cannot be avoided. But the lightning here is not tribulation lightning, which can be completely avoided."
"You're quite knowledgeable, aren't you? When did you read any books?" Qi Zhiheng himself didn't know these things.
Yang Yitian was taken aback, scratched his head and said, "I don't remember either."
Qi Zhiheng didn't dwell on these things, and simply said, "Let's go. We'll take a look at what mission objectives we have."
Yang Yitian took out a talisman brush and talisman paper and followed behind Qi Zhiheng.
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