AWB Chapter 136, with its occasional commentary, still makes a lot of sense.
Chapter 136, with its occasional commentary, still makes a lot of sense.
An eerie calm descended upon Flying Dragon City.
The probing battles between the two sides gradually came to a halt.
Zhong Lingxin tried several times to use the trapping formation to deal with the evil cultivators, but she gave up because the time was not right.
The heretical cultivators, who were left idle in the camp, engaged in various petty squabbles.
Zhong Lingxin used her injury as an excuse to hide in her room and cultivate.
During this time, several evil cultivators from the Wuyun Sect came to Zhong Lingxin to borrow fragments of spiritual treasures and spirit stones. Zhong Lingxin simply placed her tattered storage bag by the door, and whoever took a fancy to something could take it.
As for the several heretical cultivators who wanted to invite Zhong Lingxin out, she refused them all.
That guy clearly had bad intentions; he probably wanted to rip her soul out of her body.
If she weren't afraid of being exposed, she might have gone out and killed them.
For now, let's forget about it and wait for an opportunity. She's remembered these evil cultivators and won't let any of them go.
The peace was finally shattered by a piece of news.
While some heretical cultivators were rummaging through the city for lost treasures, they accidentally knocked down a house.
After the house collapsed, a rich spiritual energy soared into the sky.
The spiritual energy was so pure and sharp that it created a huge pillar of light in the dim sky above Flying Dragon City.
Ironically, this place brimming with spiritual energy is located right in the middle of the conflict between good and evil.
The cultivators from both sides quickly rushed to the pillar of spiritual energy.
Zhong Lingxin followed the evil cultivators of the Wuyun Sect to the pillar of spiritual energy.
The forces of good and evil were separated by a pillar of spiritual energy, each wary of the other.
Inside Zhong Lingxin's Nine-Story Pagoda, Zhong Chun's voice trembled with excitement: "Xinxin, take it! Take it quickly! This is a spirit stone mine! Our Nine-Story Pagoda is in dire need of spirit stone mines right now."
Zhong Lingxin gave a bitter smile.
How to collect it?
With so many cultivators here, how can she possibly take them all in?
Zhong Chun gradually calmed down, then collapsed to the ground and remained motionless for a long time.
The Nine-Story Pagoda is desperately short of spirit stone ore.
The Nine-Story Tower is so lifeless and dull; it's desperately short of spirit stone ore!
If it were to absorb spiritual energy slowly, bit by bit, the Nine-Story Pagoda would take forever to absorb it!
Soon, the good and evil sides reached an agreement, and each side sent three people into the room to investigate.
Of course, Zhong Lingxin couldn't be among these three; she could only wait silently on the periphery for the six to bring out the news.
About half a day later, the six cultivators who went in to investigate came out with exciting news.
There is a spirit stone mine beneath that house.
The entire Flying Dragon City was built around this spirit stone mine.
As for the size of the mineral vein, they cannot determine it yet.
In short, the vein is larger than they can currently see.
Separated by the mineral vein, the two sides became like cross-eyed chickens.
Xuefeng stood in front of the evil cultivators and said in a deep voice to the cultivators of the righteous sects, "Senior brothers, it is really not advisable to continue fighting at this point. We haven't yet investigated what happened at Lingyun Sect a few days ago. Now, such a large spirit stone mine has appeared. Perhaps that remnant soul used this spirit stone mine to cultivate. If we continue fighting, I'm afraid we will end up like our senior brothers and junior brothers from Lihun Sect and Lingyun Sect, with our fates unknown."
Speaking of the losses of the Li Hun Sect and the Ling Yun Sect, the Li Hun Sect actually suffered greater losses. Eight or nine out of ten of the entire sect were wiped out, with only a small team of evil cultivators surviving.
The Lingyun Sect was different. Although only a few of its own cultivators who were on business outside escaped, none of its affiliated sects were missing and all were alive and well.
Moreover, Bloodwind had an unspeakable reason: their leader died, along with the Blood Fiend Pool.
He didn't want to continue fighting; if they did, the evil cultivators would definitely suffer losses.
The righteous sects also have their own difficulties.
They cannot cultivate at all on this ancient battlefield.
As for evil cultivators, their cultivation techniques inherently contain malevolent and yin energy, so they can cultivate a little bit of it here.
If they could dig out the spirit stones below, it would be extremely beneficial to the cultivation of their righteous sects.
Finally, the forces of good and evil reached their first cooperation agreement.
The two sides used the hut as a boundary, dividing the Chu-Han border, and each chose a place to mine spirit stones.
During the mining process, both sides agreed not to attack each other. If they encountered a large remnant soul, they would also provide support to each other.
After a simple treaty was drafted, both sides retreated a hundred miles each and began mining.
The Wuyun Sect was allocated a piece of land.
Wu Wudao quickly mobilized manpower to start mining.
In order to save time, all the disciples of the Wuyun Sect started digging, and no one was allowed to slack off.
Even without him saying it, none of the disciples were lazy; everyone was eager to dig out the spirit stones as soon as possible.
I'm afraid that if I dig too slowly, someone else will dig up the spirit stones.
Zhong Lingxin was called to Wu Yuanshan's side to mine with him: "Brother Yuanwei, come with me. Let's dig in this direction together and try to find spirit stones as soon as possible."
Zhong Lingxin nodded: "Okay, Brother Yuanshan, I'll do whatever you say."
Several other heretical cultivators from the Dark Cloud Sect also followed.
With more people, it'll be easier to dig. Besides, Wu Yuanwei is sickly; once they find the spirit stone mine, he'll be their laborer.
Zhong Lingxin pretended not to know and picked up the hoe to start digging. As she dug, she said happily, "Brother Yuanshan, the spiritual energy here is so rich. My headache is gone, and my hands are strong again. Let's dig faster and find some spirit stones to cultivate with, so I can get better sooner."
The group of evil cultivators all burst into laughter.
This Wu Yuanwei, despite his seemingly dull and simple-minded demeanor, occasionally utters a very insightful statement.
With such abundant spiritual energy here, it's no wonder my headache has disappeared and my hands are full of energy.
Ten days later, a wicked cultivator exclaimed in surprise that he had unearthed a spirit stone.
The evil cultivators dug even harder. Several powerful evil cultivators quickly pushed the other evil cultivator aside and began digging along the tunnel he had dug.
On Zhong Lingxin's side, the spiritual energy was also becoming increasingly abundant.
With a crisp sound, a low-grade spirit stone appeared before everyone's eyes.
This time, the evil cultivators were smarter; none of them uttered a sound, and they all kept their heads down and dug deeper.
Zhong Lingxin was squeezed to the very edge, swinging the hoe with all her might.
At first, the evil cultivators were watching to see if Zhong Lingxin had dug out any spirit stones.
But as they unearthed more and more spirit stones, they stopped paying attention to Zhong Lingxin and all swung their hoes, digging again and again.
Zhong Lingxin, however, had no interest in mining. She was focused on finding out how big the spirit stone mine was and whether it could be stored in the Nine-Layered Pagoda.
But Huanhuan poured cold water on her: "Xinxin, in my experience, this vein is huge, much bigger than the one you dug in the Tianyuan Secret Realm. You probably can't take it in."
Zhong Lingxin sighed. She knew it. Good things never come easy. It wouldn't be so easy for her. She had just made the Nine-Layered Pagoda look like a space and now she could move the entire spirit stone mine in.
Zhong Chun, however, became interested: "Xin Xin, don't rush. There must be more than one mineral vein in this ancient battlefield. Let's search again. If we can't find this big one, we can look around. We're sure to find something nearby."