txolops Chapter 100 The Fountain of Spiritual Eyes
Chapter 100 The Fountain of Spiritual Eyes
Chapter 100 The Fountain of Spiritual Eyes
The shopkeeper was overjoyed and quickly brought out a wooden box engraved with array patterns, packed several sets of array equipment into it, and quoted a reasonable price after calculating the cost.
Without hesitation, Luo Ming took out spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them over. After checking that the array equipment was correct, he put them into his bag.
After leaving the Treasure Alliance, Luo Ming rode his escape light and flew away from Tianxing City towards Lingwu Island.
The journey that took Luo Ming more than half a year before he formed his core was completed, but only two months after he formed his core, he had already arrived in the waters of Kui Xing Island.
"I wonder how my Lingbang Island is doing?" Luo Ming suddenly thought of the days when he was the island's owner.
After all, that was the most comfortable time Luo Ming had spent in the Chaotic Star Sea. Back then, fearing retaliation, he packed his things and ran away. Now, he was no longer a Foundation Establishment cultivator who could be easily manipulated, so he thought of going over to take a look.
Before long, the outline of Lingbang Island came into view. The island was not large, and although its spiritual energy was not top-notch, it was peaceful and undisturbed. Luo Ming had quietly cultivated here and spent several years of peaceful cultivation time.
He concealed himself and landed outside the cave where he had once lived. He saw that the island was covered with well-organized defensive barriers, and the aura around it was calm and heavy, indicating that cultivators had been stationed there for a long time.
With his gaze piercing through the restrictions, Luo Ming quickly located his former cave dwelling, where a woman dressed in a light green dress was directing several low-level cultivators to reinforce the restrictions.
The woman had a beautiful face and a graceful figure. Her body was surrounded by pure Foundation Establishment stage spiritual energy fluctuations. She was Mingyue, the disciple he had taken in by chance years ago.
Luo Ming was slightly surprised. When he left, Mingyue had just begun to cultivate, but now she was already firmly standing at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, with a refined aura. Clearly, she had not just advanced.
"As expected of a pure wind spirit root, his cultivation speed is indeed exceptionally gifted," Luo Ming thought to himself.
Wind spirit root is a talent second only to heavenly spirit root. In addition, Mingyue has a good temperament. She has made such progress in less than 20 years. Although she has the support of the stable environment of Spirit Clam Island, she is still far superior to ordinary cultivators.
He followed the scent and sensed the presence of mortals on the side of the island. They must be Mingyue's family. Upon seeing this, he understood most of the situation—this girl had stayed behind to protect her family after she reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
"He's quite filial."
Knowing that Mingyue had chosen to stay here and protect her people, Luo Ming felt quite gratified.
In the cultivation world, most people choose to distance themselves from the mortal world in pursuit of the Great Dao. Mingyue's ability to balance the path of cultivation with family shows her strong sense of loyalty and righteousness, a quality that is especially rare in chaotic times.
He had no intention of disturbing them; he only wanted to take a quick look from afar and then leave. But at that moment, the spirit beast pouch at his waist suddenly trembled slightly, and a small, delicate thought came through. It was the Wind Fox Beast, filled with urgency and intimacy. It had actually smelled the moon's scent.
Luo Ming summoned the Wind Fox Beast and gently comforted it, while thinking to himself: Next, I need to go to Spirit Mist Island to collect the Spirit Eye Spring, and then I need to go to the outer sea to hunt monsters. I should not disturb its peace.
He initially saw that she had excellent spiritual root aptitude, so he casually gave her some pointers. After all, this girl had great potential, and if she could cultivate to the Core Formation stage, it would be of some help to him in the future. However, what happened later forced him to leave this place.
Although he has now advanced to the Core Formation stage and has a certain ability to protect himself, the things he will encounter in the future will become increasingly dangerous, so it is not suitable for him to bring along a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Thinking this, Luo Ming glanced down again at Mingyue, who was methodically directing the reinforcement of the restrictions. He nodded slightly, then activated his escape light, silently bypassing Lingbang Island and speeding towards Lingwu Island.
Not long after Luo Ming left, Mingyue passed by the spot where Luo Ming had just stood and suddenly frowned.
"The Purple Moon Rat sensed an unfamiliar presence; it seemed someone had just been here..."
Mingyue patted her spirit beast pouch, and a cute little mouse with purple fur and a long, thin nose was summoned. She had found this mouse by chance on a deserted island. It was extremely sensitive to auras and had helped her escape several crises.
After the Purple Moon Rat emerged, it began to tremble all over, as if it had sensed something extremely dangerous.
"You mean there was a wind-attribute beast nearby just now?"
Mingyue's beautiful eyes flashed; she had just received a piece of information from the Purple Moon Rat that stirred her heart.
Luo Ming was unaware of what happened after he left. Several days later, he arrived near Lingwu Island.
Concealing his presence, he headed directly to his hidden cave dwelling. Seeing that the Spirit Eye Spring was still there, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, no one has discovered this place yet. It seems that the Core Formation cultivators I sensed when I left this island did not find this place," Luo Ming thought to himself.
If he had gone through all that trouble to get here only to find the spiritual spring was gone, Luo Ming estimated he would have the urge to go crazy.
"Collecting this spiritual spring will cause quite a commotion, so it's safer to set up an array outside."
Luo Ming made up his mind and decided to set up an array first before taking action to collect the Spirit Eye Spring, since he didn't know if that person had left or not.
He planned to set up the Xuanbo Soul-Trapping Array in this cave just as it had been before. Although this array was not the strongest array he had, he was already familiar with it and it had been able to withstand ordinary Core Formation cultivators before, so it was definitely sufficient for defense.
"Liu Shi, you and the other four stay here to defend the outside. You must not let anyone disturb me from collecting the spiritual spring," Luo Ming instructed Liu Shi, who was in the Bloodthirsty Blade.
"Yes, Master." Liu Shi's voice came respectfully from the Bloodthirsty Blade.
Although he has no physical body, he can still easily control the power of the formation by relying on his divine sense. Moreover, he is actually more familiar with this formation than Luo Ming.
The Azure Dragon and other spirit beasts also hid around the formation, watching the outside movements warily.
Seeing that everything was ready, Luo Ming began to set up the formation to collect the spiritual spring according to the description in the jade slip.
"This spiritual spring is connected to the underground spiritual veins; hopefully, the disturbance will be minimal later."
Luo Ming activated the array with his magic power. The array patterns slowly lit up, and a gentle yet irresistible suction force emanated from the array, continuously pulling at the Spirit Eye Spring.
The Spirit Eye Spring was slowly activated, gradually flowing away from the spring below. However, the underground spiritual veins seemed to resist strongly, emitting a powerful invisible suction force that blocked Luo Ming's actions.
At this moment, Luo Ming resembled a robber, trying to seize the treasure from the earth vein.
"rise!"
Seeing such great resistance, Luo Ming no longer cared about the noise level and had to exert all his magical power, pushing the formation to its limit.
Just as Luo Ming was collecting the spiritual spring, the ground beneath his feet began to tremble slightly, and the spiritual energy began to become disordered. Even the market town dozens of miles away could sense it.
At this moment, a gaunt old man sitting cross-legged in a cave suddenly opened his eyes, his brows furrowed, and said, "The spiritual energy is abnormal, in... in that direction, could some treasure be born?" The old man looked at the location of Luo Ming's cave, and with a flash, rushed in that direction.
Such an unusual situation with spiritual energy could mean either that a cultivator is practicing some kind of cultivation technique or that a rare treasure has appeared. In any case, some cultivators would want to go and investigate.
After all, what if it's a rare treasure?
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