AWB Chapter 191 He went through great lengths, even fighting someone, to steal the Soul-Suppressing Ston
Chapter 191 He went through great lengths, even fighting someone, to steal the Soul-Suppressing Ston
The shattered dragon slowly dissipated into the air.
Zhong Lingxin's storage ring vibrated. A phantom image of a dragon hovered outside her storage ring.
Zhong Lingxin hurriedly took out the "Heaven" character plaque.
The phantom of the giant dragon slowly landed on the back of the "Heaven" character plaque, merging with the dragon on the back.
The "Tian" character plaque lay quietly in Zhong Lingxin's palm once again.
This time, Zhong Lingxin put the "Heaven" character plaque into the Nine-Story Pagoda.
Her communication talisman beeped; it was a message from Liu Qiang, telling her that they were almost able to dig through the spiritual vein.
Zhong Lingxin smiled and replied that she would go back after making one more round of inspections.
Looking at the communication talisman in his hand, Liu Qiang's mind flashed back to Zhong Shimei's earnestly fabricated excuses, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart. His family was pressuring him to get married, so perhaps he could have more opportunities to communicate with Zhong Shimei.
Zhong Lingxin was surprised that a romantic opportunity had blossomed in her life so quickly. She put away her communication talisman and hurried back as fast as she could.
Along the way, she carefully avoided remnant souls and cultivators, and rushed back before the Qingyun Sect disciples broke through the mine.
Liu Qiang smiled and called Zhong Lingxin back to the team, enthusiastically explaining their mining achievements over the past few years.
Zhong Muyuan was the first to discover Liu Qiang's secret.
Because the way he looked at his older sister was exactly the same way his older brother looked at Liu Wanqiu.
This made Zhong Muyuan extremely unhappy.
With her own sister being so wonderful, how could Liu Qiang possibly be worthy of her!
Zhong Muyuan was extremely angry and dragged his sister to mine every day.
Whenever Liu Qiang came over under the pretext of patrolling, he would push his sister in front of him and then use his back to block Liu Qiang's nagging.
Once or twice, Zhong Lingxin didn't realize it, only assuming that her younger brother's dark face meant he had a problem with Liu Qiang.
But after it happened several times, Zhong Lingxin finally realized how awkward Liu Qiang was when he touched his nose.
Zhong Lingxin couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She hadn't even considered it, but her younger brother immediately stepped in to protect her.
Judging from Liu Qiang's behavior, it's better to nip his idea in the bud as soon as possible, lest he think that his younger brother is behind it all and start to hate him.
Liu Qiang also realized that with Zhong Muyuan around, he couldn't talk to Zhong Lingxin properly anymore, so he immediately changed his behavior and stopped trying to talk to Zhong Lingxin.
He visited less often, and even when he went to the mine where Zhong Lingxin and her brother lived, he would just say hello to Zhong Muyuan and leave with a smile.
Both he and Zhong Lingxin were elite disciples. After returning to the sect, they would have to go to the secret training ground. Even if Zhong Muyuan wanted to stop them, he couldn't reach into the secret training ground.
The Qingyun Sect disciples, having broken through the spiritual vein, returned to the middle of the mine and began digging elsewhere.
They had a clear plan: they would spend the next ten years in this mine.
Time passed quickly, and the name tags on everyone's identification plates finally began to glow and heat up, reminding them that it was time to leave.
Disciples from Chaoyuan Sect and Zixia Sect invited the disciples from Qingyun Sect to go out together.
They had been mining for nearly ten years, and everyone's storage equipment was fully stocked. It would be safer for everyone to go out together.
The disciples of Qingyun Sect were naturally welcoming, and the group chatted and laughed as they left the ancient battlefield.
As for the cultivators from various sects waiting at the entrance of the ancient battlefield, their explanations were all the same: they had been mining for ten years. The Blood Shadow Sect had discovered another spiritual vein, and the other cultivators were mining there.
Many sect leaders waiting at the exit didn't want to believe their words because their disciples' soul lamps had all gone out.
However, everyone's story was too consistent. With sects of all sizes and disciples numbering in the tens of thousands, it was impossible for them to fabricate the same lie.
That can only mean that something unexpected happened to their disciple.
The one who came to pick them up from the Qingyun Sect was none other than the Venerable Qingyang.
Others could only watch enviously as he brought all the Qingyun Sect disciples back.
The disciples of Qingyun Sect were incredibly lucky this time. Not a single one of them returned, and each of them had been mining for nearly ten years, earning enough cultivation resources for hundreds of years.
Upon returning to her master's cave, Zhong Lingxin first presented the two fragmented treasures to her master and Uncle Xuanyuan. Then, she took out the rectangular block that had fallen from the two large remnant souls—a block that was neither gold nor iron—and the "Heaven" character plaque. She also recounted how the flying dragon had landed behind the plaque.
Qingyang Zunsheng examined the two rectangular blocks and the "Heaven" character plaque over and over, but couldn't figure out what was going on.
Xuan Yuan, being a large black dragon, focused his mind on the dragon behind the "Heaven" character plaque but didn't notice anything.
After thinking for a moment, Venerable Qingyang summoned the nine Buddhist beads that were being nurtured within the formation.
The nine prayer beads were almost fully healed, and even the broken one had been put back together and was beginning to shimmer with light.
Upon seeing the "Heaven" character plaque, all nine prayer beads flew over, circling the plaque and creating a strange rhythm.
The rhythm is like a sorrowful cry, like a long-awaited reunion.
Buddhist prayer beads can actually bring joy!
This is Zhong Lingxin's true feeling.
Even Venerable Qingyang and Xuanyuan felt the joy of the Buddhist beads.
The prayer beads were still fluttering around the "Tian" character plaque.
Gradually, the "Tian" character plaque seemed to come alive.
The character "天" (heaven) on the plaque seemed to float faintly, and the flying dragon on the back of the plaque let out a mournful roar before flying out of the plaque and swirling and dancing with the nine Buddhist beads.
At this moment, the flying dragon was no longer missing half its head and half its body. It was a complete, whole phantom.
The "Tian" sign slowly floated up and hovered quietly in front of Zhong Lingxin.
Zhong Lingxin stretched out her hand, and the "Tian" character card fell into her palm, disappearing from everyone's sight.
All nine prayer beads emitted a dazzling golden light, strung together to form a beaded string, which slowly floated down onto Zhong Lingxin's head, forming a headband, and disappeared into Zhong Lingxin's sea of consciousness.
Before Zhong Lingxin could figure out what was going on, something floated out from between her eyebrows.
Xuan Yuan took it and saw that it was the Soul-Suppressing Stone that he had gone through great hardships and even fought with someone to steal.
This infuriated Xuan Yuan, who pointed at Zhong Lingxin's brow but couldn't utter a single word.
Golden light shone brightly between Zhong Lingxin's eyebrows, and Buddhist verses floated in the golden light.
Xuan Yuan stood there, feeling dejected.
Well, the Soul-Suppressing Stone he painstakingly found was indeed not as effective as the Buddhist prayer beads in protecting Zhong Lingxin's consciousness.
Zhong Lingxin hurriedly ran forward, hugged Xuan Yuan's arm, shook it, and said coquettishly, "Uncle Xuan Yuan, you are the best! This is a treasure you found for me when I first started cultivating. I'm so grateful for your protection all these years."
Xuan Yuan was immediately comforted by Zhong Lingxin.
Even the finest broken prayer beads can't compare to his love and care for Xiaoxin'er.
Qingyang Venerable Saint smiled and said, "There's still a dragon here; he hasn't put it away yet."
With a wave of her hand, the flying dragon entered Zhong Lingxin's palm and disappeared into Zhong Lingxin's body.
Golden light flashed and spiritual energy rippled around Zhong Lingxin's body.
Her aura rapidly increased, rising directly from the early stage of Golden Core to the Great Perfection of Golden Core. She was only one opportunity away from advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.