Chapter 499 Visiting the Mine (1)
Ji Rong recalled the eight great witch bodies and placed them on the third floor of the Guardian Palace, where she added inscriptions.
Jiaojue and the others then stored these extraterrestrial spirit crystals into various sizes of storage rings.
Finally, there was still a pile left that couldn't be stored, so Gu Qingqing dug out all the old storage bags she had kept over the years to fill them.
Qingpingzi quickly stopped him, saying, "Young friend Qingqing, even ordinary storage rings might be damaged if you go through that spatial inscription path. This kind of storage bag certainly won't be able to return to the Nine Provinces Realm."
Gu Qingqing then picked out the newest one, packed it in a bag, and asked Ji Rong to take it back and take a look.
After Ji Rong finished repairing the inscriptions on the great shamans, she carried piles of storage rings and bags and flew towards the Ascension Platform.
The starry sky was silent, and only Ji Rong walked alone.
Since they were in a hurry, Ji Rong naturally took a shortcut, crossing the sky above the sun and heading straight for the Ascension Platform.
Upon arriving at the Ascension Platform, Ji Rong took out the array token given to her by Qing Tanzi, opened the spatial inscription path, and leaped into the passage, leaving a trail of white light.
Inside the inscribed path, as the airflow entered, the wind blew fiercely.
Ji Rong's roots extended, clinging skillfully to the array base on the inscription path like tentacles, lest the storage ring on her back be damaged by the wind blades emanating from her body due to excessive speed.
At the entrance to the Space Inscription Path, the guards, having heard the unusual activity above, had already informed Qing Tanzi.
Therefore, as soon as Ji Rong landed at the entrance, Qing Tanzi swiftly swam over.
Because Ji Rong and Qing Pingzi were going to explore for minerals and treasures in the outer heavens, she and Qing Yangzi gave their array tokens to Ji Rong and Qing Pingzi respectively, so that they could return at any time.
Only three of these array tokens were forged; currently, Wu Hao still has one array token with spatial inscriptions in his hand, just in case.
Therefore, they had not been to the Ascension Platform for many years, so how could they not be excited when they heard the noise?
As soon as the door opened, Ji Rong saw the giant snake in front of her and exclaimed, "It's Senior Sister Gaotan! Quickly bring me the largest storage magic artifact. My storage bag and some storage rings on my back are about to break."
Upon hearing this, Qing Tanzi immediately transformed into her half-beast form. She took out a storage jar, emptied all the contents of it to the side, and then quickly grabbed the storage bag from Ji Rong's back and put it into the jar.
Then, the spirit crystals in the pouch popped out of the weathered pouch like water droplets.
Immediately afterwards, Ji Rong took out six large storage rings filled with items from under her wings. She took out one of the large storage rings and put the other storage rings into the jar, saying, "Senior Sister Gao Tan, you and Senior Brother Gao Yang should quickly call some disciples with good character and transfer these extraterrestrial spirit crystals into the new storage rings."
"But please don't use them yet. Let me show them to the Mountain and Water God Lord to confirm that these extraterrestrial spirit crystals are harmless to the cultivators here before we distribute them."
Upon hearing this, Qing Tanzi quickly realized that Ji Rong was worried about these extraterrestrial spirit crystals flowing out of the area. He immediately nodded and said calmly, "Junior Sister is very thoughtful. I'll go right away."
After saying that, he told the guards to take the tired Ji Rong down to rest, while he himself carried the magic vat and quickly swam back to the cave.
In just two days, Qing Tanzi invited Ji Rong over. She pointed to the spirit crystals that had been neatly arranged and placed into her storage ring in the artifact room and said, "Junior sister, they're all here."
Aside from the initial storage bag, about half of these storage rings were damaged, with about ten having severe internal damage, making it impossible to extract spirit crystals from them.
Ji Rong nodded, took out a storage ring, and then pointed to the rest, saying, "Senior Sister, you've worked hard. These will be temporarily stored here with you for safekeeping. We'll discuss their fate after you send me news."
Then, she took out the large storage ring she had previously put away and took out dozens of jade bottles containing soil, saying, "This is soil. Please take this soil to Elder Shen and let him see if it can be used to grow spiritual plants."
She then took out about ten jade bottles containing minerals and said, "Senior Sister Gaotan, these are some minerals we encountered along the way."
We lacked magical tools while mining in the outer realms, so Brother Wanfa used the local materials to forge a magic pickaxe and build a stone-tempering array.
These are for you, Senior Sister, and Senior Brother Gao Yang.
After explaining the mineral matter to Qing Tanzi, Ji Rong did not linger and flew straight to the Dragon and Phoenix Palace.
The Dragon and Phoenix Palace was as busy as ever. Ji Rong entered the main hall, dismissed all the officials and servants, and then went to the back of the hall with Shan Shui, showing Shan Shui the spirit crystals.
Shan Shui took a small handful of extraterrestrial spirit crystals and examined them closely in his palm. He then took down the bowl from his head, put the spirit crystals into the bowl, and let them sway inside. He said, "Lord Ji, please go and rest at the Source Regeneration Pool. I will come to find you once a conclusion has been reached."
Ji Rong nodded, then found a piece of jade and lay down on it to sleep.
Five days later, Shan Shui found Ji Rong and said, "Lord Ji, these extraterrestrial spirit crystals are usable, but if you use them for cultivation for a long time, it will cause your meridians to become blocked."
Ji Rong then asked, "Is it just blocked meridians? Can these extraterrestrial spirit crystals make up for the lack of spiritual energy in this world?"
Shan Shui nodded and said, "Lord Ji, these spiritual energies are essentially the same, but these crystals contain a lot of impurities that need to be purified before they can be used to replenish the spiritual energy of our land."
Judging from your description, the Blue Balance Realm must have produced a lineage similar to ours.
But I imagine that no one with your great perseverance was born in that place.
They allowed the spiritual energy in the realm to become increasingly scarce, making it increasingly difficult for the beings to maintain their cultivation levels. Each generation was weaker than the last, and coupled with a great calamity, none of them survived.
"Lord Ji, it's clear that if you don't lead everyone to build the Spatial Inscription Path and fly out, we might end up like the Blue Balance Realm in hundreds of thousands of years."
Ji Rong deeply agreed, and then asked, "If the spiritual energy in these extraterrestrial spirit crystals dissipates completely, will the remaining residue affect you? Will it affect the living beings here?"
Shan Shui nodded and said, "Things from the end times should exist."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong felt that there was indeed no such thing as a free spirit crystal in the world. Oh well, when problems arise, we should solve them!
Ji Rong thought for a moment and said, "Before I left, a spiritual fruit sprouted under the concealment formation that Senior Brother Wanfa created for us."
"My Lord, once the spiritual energy of this land is replenished, would you like to ascend to the outer heavens and take a look?"
Shan Shui looked longingly at the mountain and said, "Of course I want to, but I have already merged with the power of the land, and my body is too heavy, I'm afraid I can't go up."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong immediately smiled and said, "As long as you are willing to pay a certain price, there will definitely be a way; when the solution comes out, the Divine Lord can then decide whether to go or not."
Looking at the tiny spirit crystals rolling in the bowl, imagining what the outer world looked like, Shan Shui slowly nodded and said, "Okay."
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