Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty First: Spiritual Qi Chongxiao
In the valley where the "Thunder Rhinoceros" lives, the most valuable thing is naturally the two third-order "Oak Thunderwoods". These objects have been assembled together with the "Thunder Rhinoceros" skull and rhinoceros skin that Zhou Yang had previously obtained.
A complete set of materials for refining the third-level thunder attribute formation.
In addition to the two "Oak Thunder Trees", Zhou Yang also discovered a second-level spiritual fruit tree in the valley that also had the aura of thunder attributes, and collected dozens of mature spiritual fruits.
Generally, this kind of spiritual fruit with the aura of thunder attribute has the function of tempering the physical mana of the immortal cultivator, and it is also a quite useful spiritual object.
In addition, after Zhou Yang searched the entire valley, he also found more than twenty elixirs, including two third-level elixirs. The harvest was quite fruitful.
After searching the valley, he didn't stay any longer and immediately released his flying sword and flew to the next place.
This rhinoceros horn continent is a very large oasis, and there must be more than one third-level spiritual vein on it. Of course, he must take this opportunity to search it carefully.
But just after he had flown far, a shocking explosion suddenly came from the direction of the "Holy Mountain", and at the same time, there was a destructive wave of spiritual energy.
"That's... couldn't that be the self-destruction of the golden elixir?"
Zhou Yang's expression changed, and he seemed to be familiar with this scene.
When he was outside the oasis where the ruins of the Yin Puppet Sect were located, and the Blood Netherworld exploded the golden elixir, he also felt such devastating spiritual energy fluctuations.
"The one who self-destructed the golden elixir was definitely not Cao Laozu, so it could only be the remaining [Golden Horned Rhinoceros]. I didn't expect that this demonic beast would be so strong and willing to self-destruct the demon elixir that he had worked hard to condense for thousands of years.
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Monsters can condense demon elixirs starting from the fourth level, so the demon elixirs of most fifth-level demon beasts are actually things that they have worked hard for thousands of years to condense.
It is not easy to make up your mind to give up something that is vital to your life and will be with you for thousands of years. It can even be said to be harder to accept than death.
If a golden elixir monk is given the choice between losing all his cultivation and death, he would definitely choose death!
Mortal high-ranking officials in the secular world feel more uncomfortable than death after tasting the taste of power and losing it, let alone the immortal cultivators who have powerful power.
The intelligence of fifth-level monsters is close to that of normal adults, and they know how to think and learn. Although the animalistic instincts in their bodies are still there, they are suppressed by wisdom just like humans.
Therefore, they also care very much about their own strength and the power to gain wisdom. Many times they would rather die than lose this power.
Zhou Yang didn't know what made the "Golden Horned Rhinoceros" decide to self-destruct the demon pill. He only knew that with the "Golden Horned Rhinoceros" self-destructing the demon pill, this war should come to an end soon.
As long as Cao Wenjin is not so severely injured by the self-destruction of the demon elixir that he cannot take action, otherwise, with the strength of his late-stage golden elixir, it will be no more difficult to deal with those fourth-level demonic beasts than to chop melons and vegetables.
"It seems we can only go back first!"
He let out a long sigh, decisively gave up the idea of continuing the treasure hunt, and decided to go back and "report in" first.
Compared with the little harvest that may be obtained on Rhinoceros Island, leaving a good impression on Cao Wenjin is obviously more important.
Now that he is back, even if he is found to be temporarily away from the battlefield, he can still find several reasons to explain perfectly.
But if he waits until the war over there is completely over before going back, unless he stabs himself and says he was seriously injured and ran away to recuperate, there will be no explanation.
However, he had just returned about half way when he suddenly stopped the sword light and looked at the sky to the northwest with a shocked face.
Suddenly, a colorful spiritual energy light pillar appeared in the northwest sky. The light pillar soared into the sky, exuding extremely strong spiritual energy fluctuations.
He looked at the colorful spiritual energy light pillar with a shocked face, and couldn't help but murmur to himself: "The spiritual energy is soaring into the sky, and the colors are colorful. This means either a strange treasure has been born, or someone has discovered a spiritual stone mine!"
Before he finished speaking, a light flashed in his eyes. Without saying a word, he patted the spirit beast bag on his waist and released the griffin. Then he stepped on the griffin's back and ordered the griffon to rush towards that place with all its strength.
Originally, Zhou Yang was only a few hundred miles away from the location of the colorful light pillar. With the gryphon flying at full speed, it took only two quarters of an hour to carry Zhou Yang to the scene.
At this time, after the release of the seven-colored light pillar for two quarters of an hour, the spiritual energy in it had dissipated, and the sky returned to normal.
When Zhou Yang arrived at the scene, he saw a hole several feet wide in an empty grassland leading to the ground. The pure spiritual energy emanating from the hole proved that the colorful spiritual energy beam just emitted from this place.
out.
He looked at the entrance of the cave that was constantly emitting rich spiritual energy, resisted the idea of diving in, and said in a high-pitched voice: "I am Zhou Yang, the patriarch of the Zhou clan in Yuquan. I wonder which fellow Taoist is inside?"
Unfortunately, after he finished speaking for a while, no response came from inside, and the other party seemed to ignore his meaning at all.
This made Zhou Yang's face darken, and he couldn't help shouting coldly: "Since fellow Taoist refuses to say anything, don't blame Zhou for being rude."
Before he shouted, he put away the gryphon and plunged directly into the cave.
It is worth mentioning that within any spiritual stone mine, there will be a special force field that suppresses the spiritual consciousness of the cultivators.
The strength of this special force field is closely related to the reserves of spiritual stones. The larger the reserves of spiritual stones in a spiritual stone mine, the greater the suppression of the spiritual consciousness of cultivators.
It is said that in a super-large spiritual stone mine with reserves of hundreds of millions, even if a monk in the Yuanying stage is in it, his spiritual consciousness cannot be transmitted thousands of feet away from the main body.
Therefore, generally speaking, after cultivators discover a spiritual stone mine, they will recruit a large number of low-level Qi-training monks to work as miners.
As for why monks in the Qi training stage are required to work as miners, firstly, it is because the rocky sand in the Lingshi mine has been nourished by rich spiritual energy for a long time, and its hardness is comparable to that of steel, making it difficult for ordinary miners to mine in it.
Secondly, even if the monks in the Qi training period cannot separate their spiritual consciousness from the body in the Lingshi mine, they can still use the "Sky Eye Technique" to observe the strength of the Lingqi, making it easier to dig Lingshi in the mine.
But don’t think that being a miner is a hard and embarrassing thing.
In fact, being a miner in the Lingshi Mine is hard work, but the abundant spiritual energy in the Lingshi Mine is also unparalleled in its appeal to many low-level casual cultivators who do not have a fixed place to practice.
Therefore, whenever the several Lingshi mines controlled by Huang Shamen want to recruit miners, the casual cultivators who sign up will fight for a spot. Many casual cultivators will even pay the recruiting managers benefits for a spot.
bribery.
Zhou Yang has never been to the Lingshi Mine, but he is very clear about the existence of special force fields in the Lingshi Mine.
So after entering the cave, he found that his consciousness had been suppressed, and his expression was not surprised but happy.
After he exerted all his strength to sense his spiritual consciousness, he couldn't help but whisper to himself: "The strength of my spiritual consciousness is already comparable to that of a monk in the Zifu period, but now I was suppressed to the point where I was less than three meters away from my body not long after entering the cave.
At the level of one hundred feet, it can be seen that this spirit stone mine is definitely not a miniature spirit stone mine, at least it is a small spirit stone mine with a reserve of millions!"
A small spirit stone mine not only represents the reserve of millions of spirit stones, but also shows that there must be high-grade spirit stones in it.
If he could dig up a high-grade spiritual stone, even if it was just one piece, Zhou Yang's trip to Rhinoceros Continent would be a profit even if there were no other gains.
Even if you can't dig up high-grade spiritual stones, digging more mid-grade spiritual stones will still be in vain.
As for whether he should hand it over to Cao Wenjin after he dug up the spirit stone now, Zhou Yang never thought about this issue at all.
Unless Cao Wenjin was really crazy, it would be impossible for him to do such a thing.
After all, how can you tell whether the spiritual stones in someone's storage bag have just been dug up or whether they already exist?
And if nothing else happens, this spiritual stone mine will definitely be occupied by Huang Shamen in the end.
If you are eating meat yourself, and you are not even willing to give soup to the people who discovered the spirit stone mine in front of you, then it will not just look ugly.
It was precisely because of these thoughts that Zhou Yang rushed here without hesitation after discovering the strange phenomenon of spiritual energy rising into the sky.
The immortal cultivator rushed over to check the situation because "a strange treasure was born". This is a reason that no one can blame.
Of course, Zhou Yang has not forgotten the existence of the person who actually discovered the spirit stone mine.
So after he entered the underground mine not very deep, his eyes flashed, and instead of following the mine deeper, he used his flying sword to open another mine on the wall and started digging.
By doing this, firstly, he had no intention of making enemies with others, and secondly, time was precious. Instead of wasting time fighting with others, it would be better to dig up a few more spiritual stones before Cao Wenjin arrived.
The person inside must have thought the same way, that's why he didn't even bother to respond to his previous words.
The sword light danced, and the hard soil and rocks in the Lingshi Mine were cut through as easily as tofu under the sharp edge of the third-level flying sword.
Although Zhou Yang's spiritual consciousness was severely suppressed, it was not completely unable to be released from the body, so he did not have to worry about the spiritual stones buried in the soil and gravel ahead being damaged by him.
While he was digging the mine tunnel with his divine sword, he kept using the "Photography Technique" to collect the excavated spiritual stones into the storage bag.
These excavated spiritual stones vary in size and need to be cut before they can be turned into pieces of universal standard spiritual stones.
But of course Zhou Yang won't waste time doing this now, or in other words, if it's just a low-grade spiritual stone, it's not worth it for him to do this.
Even if he handed over the low-grade spiritual stone, he would not lose much, so he would not waste time doing such a thing at this time.
While Zhou Yang was mining in the Lingshi Mine as a guest miner, Cao Wenjin was also taking a precious fourth-grade high-grade healing elixir to suppress the injuries caused by the "Golden Horned Rhinoceros" self-exploding demon elixir.
Started to clean up the remaining fourth-level monsters.
By the time he cleared away all the fourth-level monsters, nearly an hour had passed since the spiritual energy beam appeared.
"Zhengnan, you are responsible for leading people to clean up the remaining monsters and collect the loot. I will go there first to check the reason for the spiritual energy rising to the sky!"
With a tired look on his face, he glanced at the direction in which the spiritual energy beam appeared. Cao Wenjin took a deep breath to cheer up, and directly handed over the finishing work to Li Zhengnan, and then with a movement of his body, he flew to the location of the spiritual stone mine.