Chapter 419 Devouring Spiritual Power
"Is there anything else?" Yun Qingqing was somewhat surprised.
Qingpingzi nodded, stood up and said:
"Little Daoist Fellow 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 swords can be said to be a major watershed in realm, and those who can fly swords are all top figures in various sects.
In large sects like the Tianxuan Sect and the Qixing Palace, all the elders can wield swords, which is a great reflection of their strength. However, many small sects would be very lucky if they could find one or two sword-wielding masters among their entire family.
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 from the Imperial Capital to here on a sword, 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.
Qingchenzi looked at this place, was stunned for a moment, and could not help but exclaimed:
"Master, isn't this a forbidden area?"
Qingpingzi nodded, and seeing that the elders were all looking at him in confusion, he began to explain:
"It's true that this is our sect's forbidden area, but have you all 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:
"Master Brother, what you mean is... this Miss Yun can actually awaken the Void Butterfly?"
Qingpingzi nodded and looked at Yun Qingqing in the surprised eyes of the elders.
"Little Daoist Fellow 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 were no lights, there were always spots of light on the cave wall. Yun Qingqing's eyes flashed with a clear light and she looked for a few times. The thing that glowed was a special kind of moss, which contained a faint spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Although it was not a treasure from heaven and earth, it was very convenient to use 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 beside the pond and a life-size statue.
The entire statue is carved from white jade and depicts a Taoist priest standing tall and graceful, 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 Daoist Fellow 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 clear light appeared in her eyes.
The stone is round like an egg, with a dull and inconspicuous surface.
The strange thing is that there is no spiritual energy in the stone itself, and the spiritual energy in the area around it is 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:
"Our sect's unique Void Butterflies are all born 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 thin, and the proportion of incomplete eggs produced 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 also popped up in her mind.
Qingpingzi nodded and said:
"Actually, before you, the Void Butterfly was only capable of single use. It would seek out the person with the best luck within a designated area and dissipate before reaching that person. What happened to you yesterday was a first, and even in the records of our sect, no one has ever achieved this."
"...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, "Fellow Daoist Yun, please pick it up and try it."
Yun Qingqing raised her wrist and looked at the pale pink mark that the virtual butterfly had transformed into. She saw 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 seems as if it has no effect at all, but if this unknown object continues for a long time, who knows what other changes will occur.
And the "Egg of the Void Butterfly" 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 stared at the statue for a moment, nodded, walked forward, and placed her hand on the black egg.
As soon as they made contact, he felt a suction force that began to continuously grab his spiritual power, and the spiritual power in his qi sea surged 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 adhering her palm to the surface of the stone egg.
"What... is going on!" Qingpingzi was shocked.
The other elders were also shocked. With their cultivation level, they immediately realized that the stone egg was absorbing Yun Qingqing's spiritual power, but this had never happened before.
Qingpingzi looked worried and stepped 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 lightly, 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 several 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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