Chapter 33 The Mystery of the Spiritual Vein◇
◎Pull into the small dark room◎
Kong Shuang fell into a wave of entanglement and self-doubt. Based on her understanding of Tongtian, she knew that this guy had a strong desire to win. This was the first time he was so easy to talk to about winning or losing. After thinking about it for a long time, she felt that he was pretending to be profound.
After not seeing him for a long time, his rank has improved again.
Kong Shuang cleared his throat: "I won't take this bet."
If you don't fight, you won't lose.
"Have you figured it out?" Tongtian made a strange "tsk" sound and said, "If that's the case, let's just forget about it."
As he spoke, he smiled lightly, as if relieved. "I didn't expect you to be so calm and composed. You can accomplish great things."
Why is he still talking nonsense? The more Kong Shuang thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. It seemed that after he made various requests, Tongtian agreed with a good temper, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that this person had been leading him by the nose.
She quit.
"Forget it, forget it. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let you have it this time. This bet is settled."
Tongtian was surprised: "Oh?"
"The bet is that if you win, we'll go to the Undying Volcano, and if I win, we'll go to Kunlun Mountain?"
She reached out her hand, grabbed him, and before he could react, she rolled up his wide sleeves and quickly high-fived him to swear an oath.
Tongtian had no time to resist during the whole process. Of course, his magic power had not recovered yet, so he could not resist.
A thunderbolt suddenly appeared in the sky, acknowledging the bet between the two.
Kong Shuang chuckled and looked at him proudly. In fact, the conditions she changed were perfect. Although she would go to Kunlun Mountain if she won, she would have won a reputation, so it was not a loss.
If she loses, then it won't be a loss at all. She can finally lure her into the immortal volcano, drag her to the small dark room, and make a killing... It's a sure win.
Tongtian raised his eyebrows: It’s not certain who will make the profit?
This is the scene that Zhunti saw when she came down to lead the people. Kong Shuang was smiling mischievously and holding the hand of fellow Taoist Tongtian, and Tongtian was also smiling gently and dotingly.
Zhunti had a long face and thought that you were going to do something to my precious spiritual vein, but I didn't expect that you were secretly hiding and having a love affair.
We two brothers are determined to cut off all ties of love and dedicate ourselves to the great cause. Do you have any shame in openly doing this and that in our territory?
Could you please consider the owner's feelings?
Over there, Kong Shuang and Tong Tian were still immersed in their own world. Kong Shuang said sincerely, "I hope you are the winner, really."
Tongtian smiled and answered with his usual all-purpose words: "Anything is fine."
Kong Shuang: "No, no, no, you still win."
Zhunti couldn't stand it anymore, so he took out his six pure bamboos and tried to separate the two people who were in love with each other.
Jie Yin grabbed him and reminded him that Kong Shuangshuang was still holding the Zhuxian Sword in his hand. You have seen the power of that sword. It doesn’t matter if it hits the two of us, but what if she loses control and hits the spiritual vein?
Zhunti reacted, fearing to anger Kong Shuang, and threw away the six pure bamboos, saying with great sorrow: "Brother Tongtian, you are my dear brother, why are you helping Kong Shuang to harm my West?"
When these words came out, Jie Yin frowned and felt a little embarrassed. This silly brother, why hasn't he realized that Kong Shuang is just a small follower, and the person who really wants to mess with the West has been hiding behind the scenes.
He should have thought of it long ago. After they met Tongtian that day, Kong Shuang was missing and Lingshan was destroyed. All the coincidences pointed to one person. Kong Shuang was injured and had no ability to split Lingshan, but the same could not be said for Tongtian.
He could never forget the sword that split the world apart when he was fighting with Kong Shuang. The Lingshan Mountain was probably split in half by this sword.
Jie Yin silently suppressed the gloom in his eyes and returned to his usual sad expression. He wished he could kill Tongtian to avenge himself, but he understood that now that he had become a disciple of Daozu, Daozu had accused him and Zhunti of not cultivating their moral character and thus bringing disaster upon themselves, which meant that he was biased towards Tongtian.
He knew that he would never have the chance to take revenge in his lifetime.
Since there is no opportunity, just pretend you don't know, keep it tacit, and there will be no trouble between the two sides.
Kong Shuang is still committed to making Tongtian win. What is he betting on?
It is the spiritual vein of the West.
Regarding the issue of the Western Spiritual Vein, Kong Shuang held a negative attitude from the beginning. Although the merits were very tempting, she hoped that the Western duo would have a hard time.
Even though she had previously promised Tongtian not to cause any trouble and would do her best to deal with this matter, it did not affect her hope that the Western Spiritual Vein could not be repaired.
The two are not in conflict for her.
After seeing Tongtian move mountains and fill the sea, and call the wind and rain to bless the creatures in the west, she felt that he was so powerful that he would definitely be able to successfully repair the spiritual veins of the west.
But now when she saw how disappointing Lingmai was, she thought, Tongtian is not Pangu's father, how could Lingmai listen to him so much.
Now that the bet had been made, she could throw all her previous thoughts behind her. She was willing to disregard her principles and sincerely hoped that the Western Spiritual Vein could be restored soon, so that she could take Tongtian to the Undying Volcano sooner...
It’s no better than quarreling with those two in the West!
After figuring it out, Kong Shuang wanted to repair her spiritual veins even more than Tongtian did. She urged, "Next, how can I help you?"
Tongtian stopped smiling, looked at the spiritual vein under his feet, and said solemnly: "Attack the spiritual vein."
Kong Shuang frowned. The spiritual vein was so weak that if he chopped it down with his sword, would the only remaining spiritual vein in the west still be intact?
She seriously suspected that Tongtian did this because he didn't want to fulfill his promise to go to the Undying Volcano.
She glared at Tongtian fiercely, and casually slashed the Zhuxian Sword on the spiritual vein with her hand. Although it was just a casual slash, the power of a Daluo Jinxian using the Zhuxian Sword was extraordinary.
The moment the giant sword came into contact with the spiritual vein, there was a sound of metal colliding, accompanied by sparks and lightning, but the spiritual vein did not change at all, not even a scratch appeared.
Kong Shuang became suspicious. She looked at her fair hands and suspected that her strength had been weakened. She exerted some strength and chopped hard while Zhunti Jieying's eyes were bloodshot.
The sound of metal and stone colliding became louder, and the sparks and lightning became brighter, but the spiritual vein remained unchanged.
Kong Shuang looked at Tongtian suspiciously, and saw that his brows relaxed slightly, and there was a bit more interest in his eyes: "Are you unhappy?"
Of course she was happy. The fact that the spiritual vein could withstand her repeated attacks showed that it was not as fragile as she had imagined, and the possibility of repairing it was greater.
She decided to try again and raised the Zhuxian Sword high.
Since it didn't break even when attacked by Hongjun and Luohou, it's even less likely that it would be broken by her.
Seeing Kong Shuang's full-strength posture, Zhunti glared, his heart almost in his throat, and shouted loudly: "Kong Shuang, how dare you."
"Shut up. Do you think I dare?" Kong Shuang snorted lightly and swung his sword at the same time.
Although she did not use her full strength in this sword, it should not be underestimated. At least the sharp sword wind pushed Zhunti Jieyin far away.
Being attacked one after another, the spiritual vein became unhappy and rebounded with a strange force, which made Kong Shuang's mouth numb and he took several steps back.
"How?" Tongtian asked.
"Happy." Kong Shuang raised the corner of his mouth, looking very serious.
Who asked about your own mood? He obviously wanted to ask about the spiritual vein.
However, looking at her expression, Tongtian could guess that this spiritual vein was far from being as sluggish as it appeared. So, what exactly caused the spiritual vein to not produce spiritual energy?
He recalled the time when he split the sacred mountain with a sword. The spiritual energy in the spiritual vein at that time surged out. Although it was not as strong as Kunlun Mountain, it was definitely not as sluggish as it is now. What happened in the meantime?
Tongtian frowned and thought for a while, then his eyes fell on Jie Yin and Zhunti, who was standing aside and wanted to skin Kong Shuang alive, but was hesitant to move forward because of the Zhuxian Sword in Kong Shuang's hand.
He waved at the two of them and asked, "After the spirit vein appeared in the world, what did you do with it?"
This questioning tone made Zhunti very dissatisfied. The spiritual vein was their lifeblood. They almost held it in their hands for fear of dropping it, held it in their mouths for fear of melting it, and even dared not let it produce too much spiritual energy for fear of tiring it out.
If they didn't need spiritual energy for cultivation, they really wouldn't want to let this ill-fated spiritual vein produce spiritual energy.
So they drove away other creatures in the west and prevented them from absorbing too much spiritual energy. Others scolded them for being shameless for monopolizing the spiritual vein, but who knew their difficulties? Everything they did was to protect the only remaining spiritual vein in the west.
Thinking of this, Zhunti felt more and more unlucky. You three brothers are in Kunlun Mountain, with no worries about spiritual energy. You are blessed by nature and are surrounded by stars. How do you know the difficulties we are facing in the West and even question us like this?
He snorted angrily, "Spiritual veins are delicate, so they must be carefully protected and not allowed to work too hard."
Tongtian seemed to be smiling. He had lived along the spiritual vein of Kunlun Mountain for hundreds of thousands of years. This was the first time he heard that the spiritual vein should not be allowed to produce too much spiritual energy, otherwise it would be tiring.
The spiritual veins he saw were the kind that couldn't rest every day, and would get angry at you if you didn't let them work.
"What? Is there something wrong?" Kong Shuang couldn't help but feel puzzled when she saw the strange expression on Tongtian's face. She felt that there was nothing wrong with what Zhunti said.
The spiritual vein is like a machine. If you let it work all day without proper maintenance, it will malfunction.
Tongtian patted her head and asked, "The spiritual veins produce endless spiritual energy. Do you know the reason?"
"What's the reason?"
The reason could not be explained in a few words, so Tongtian simply demonstrated it with his actions. He simply sat cross-legged on the ground, made hand gestures with his fingertips, and began to meditate and practice.
Kong Shuang scratched her head, not sure what Tongtian meant, but soon she discovered that as Tongtian practiced, the spiritual energy around her seemed to become much richer.
This was not an illusion. As time passed, she could feel the spiritual veins under her feet gradually becoming excited. More and more spiritual energy flowed into Tongtian's body and was absorbed by him.
Tongtian had exhausted his magic power earlier and needed to replenish it quickly. He accepted all the spiritual energy, as if he felt that someone knew its value. His spiritual vein was like meeting a close friend, and the speed of producing spiritual energy became faster.
Zhunti felt extremely sad when he saw this. The spiritual energy that Tongtian absorbed was enough to feed so many people in the West.
The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became. He simply said, "Brother, these are all our Western spiritual energies. How can we let outsiders get them for free?"
Jie Yin nodded, and the two of them immediately followed Tongtian's example and sat on the ground, and then began to cultivate this spiritual energy.
With two more people absorbing spiritual energy, the spiritual veins became more cheerful.
Kong's eyes were fixed on the invisible yet omnipresent spiritual energy flowing into the cultivator's body, and then being refined and absorbed by the cultivator to transform into the required magic power.
Her eyes lit up, and she said excitedly, "I understand. I understand what you mean."
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