txolops Chapter 154 The Great Geng Sword Formation! High-grade Spirit Stone Mine!
Chapter 154 The Great Geng Sword Formation! High-grade Spirit Stone Mine!
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However, with Lin Chuan's current cultivation level, he can only control a maximum of thirty-six flying swords at the same time. Any more than that, and his divine sense will become somewhat strained.
Even so, the Great Geng Sword Formation, formed by thirty-six flying swords, is far more powerful than the natal magic weapon of an ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
He also completely refined the Azure Ice Flame and stored it in his dantian, ready to unleash it at any time.
……
On this day, Lin Chuan found Yuan Yao.
"Yao-mei, I need to go out to sea for a while. I'll come back to pick you up later."
Yuan Yao looked at him, didn't ask any questions, and just nodded.
Be careful.
Lin Chuan smiled slightly, gently hugged her, and then transformed into a streak of light, leaving the cave.
……
Several months later, Lin Chuan appeared on Silver Shark Island in the outer sea.
After making inquiries from various sources, he finally managed to borrow a teleportation array from a medium-sized power.
He had visited Silver Shark Island once more than thirty years ago. At that time, he was only at the peak of the Core Formation stage, hunting demonic beasts and searching for opportunities.
Now, when he returns, he is a Nascent Soul cultivator.
His destination was a giant island.
The island was located hundreds of thousands of miles north of Silver Shark Island, and in the original story, it was not discovered by chance until hundreds of years later.
Hidden on the island is a massive high-grade spirit stone mine with astonishing reserves.
Even for a Nascent Soul cultivator, such a long distance would take one or two months to fly.
Lin Chuan left Silver Shark Island and sped north.
Along the way, he encountered many monsters.
Level 5 and 6 demonic beasts sensed his aura and kept their distance, not daring to approach.
However, some foolish, peak level seven demons saw that he was alone and wanted to take advantage of him.
The first one I encountered was a level seven Azure Scale Python.
The giant python was coiled on a deserted island. Sensing Lin Chuan's presence, it suddenly rushed out, transforming into a streak of green light and hurtling straight towards him!
"court death!"
Lin Chuan sneered, raised his hand and waved, and thirty-six Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords shot out!
Golden sword light swept across the sky, instantly enveloping the Azure Scale Python!
The giant python was shocked and desperately tried to use its demonic power to resist, but how could a level seven demon beast like it withstand the Great Geng Sword Formation composed of thirty-six flying swords?
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
A flash of sword light, and the enormous body of the Azure Scale Python was cleaved into several pieces, its blood splattering across the sea!
Lin Chuan pocketed a bright green demon core.
The second one they encountered was a level seven roc.
This bird was incredibly fast, transforming into a golden streak as it swooped down from the sky, its claws like hooks, aiming straight for Lin Chuan's head!
Lin Chuan frowned slightly, and the light from the Void Shuttle beneath his feet shone brightly as his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.
Feng Peng's claw missed its mark, and it was about to pounce again.
A blue flame erupted from Lin Chuan's hand!
Dry Blue Ice Flame!
Wherever the flames passed, the air seemed to freeze.
The Golden-Winged Roc screamed in terror, desperately flapping its wings to try and escape, but the blue flames were faster and instantly enveloped it!
"Awooo—!"
With a mournful scream, the Golden-Winged Roc, its body covered in blue ice crystals, plummeted from the sky, crashing onto the sea and creating towering waves.
Lin Chuan stepped forward, took out the demon core, and put the pair of golden wings into his pocket—these were excellent materials for refining flying magic weapons.
……
Heading north, they encountered and killed demons and monsters.
A year later, Lin Chuan finally arrived at his destination.
A majestic giant island appears on the horizon ahead.
As the distance closed, the outline became clearer and clearer, eventually transforming into a colossal structure towering in the endless blue sky.
It is called a "giant island" because its area is so vast that it is beyond imagination!
Lin Chuan roughly estimated that its diameter was thousands of miles long!
This size is almost the same as that of Tianxing City, where the headquarters of Tianxing Palace is located!
However, in stark contrast to the bustling scene of Tianxing City, with its spiraling, densely built buildings and soaring spiritual energy, this giant island presents a primitive, desolate, and even somewhat eerie appearance.
The island has no densely packed pavilions and palaces, nor does it have a magnificent mountain like the sacred mountain of Tianxing City that soars into the clouds and serves as a hub of spiritual energy.
But on the island stand several equally tall stone peaks!
Each of these stone peaks is nearly ten thousand feet tall, making them veritable pillars supporting the sky, a rarity even in the chaotic star sea.
What's even more peculiar is that these peaks are so steep they are almost vertical, and their surfaces are as smooth as mirrors, giving them a grayish-white color.
From a distance, not a blade of grass grows there; the trees appear as if they were several stone pillars cleaved by a giant axe of heaven and earth, piercing straight into the sky.
Starting from the mountainside, the upper part disappears into the thick white clouds that never disperse in the sky, making it difficult to see the whole view.
The island is extremely monotonous in color; as far as the eye can see, it is all gray and white, with no green vegetation in sight.
The island's surface is rugged with jagged rocks and crisscrossed with ravines, yet strangely, there is no trace of any flowing water or lakes.
What surprised Lin Chuan even more was that, despite his powerful divine sense, he couldn't detect any spiritual veins on this giant island.
This island is like a "waste island" without any spiritual veins!
Generally speaking, spirit stone veins are often found alongside spirit veins.
In places with spiritual veins, it takes a long time for spirit stone mines to be formed.
In places with spiritual veins, it takes a long time for spirit stone mines to be formed.
Conversely, places with large, high-quality spirit stone mines almost always have powerful spiritual veins.
And this island has absolutely no spiritual vein fluctuations?
Lin Chuan hovered above the edge of the giant island, gazing at the desolate, lifeless, and utterly devoid of any spiritual energy of the massive island before him, yet his eyes gleamed with an irrepressible excitement.
He understood.
It was precisely this extremely abnormal appearance that kept the earth-shattering secret buried here unknown for a long time, until it was accidentally discovered hundreds of years later!
Imagine, if such a huge island still had the fluctuations of top-grade spiritual veins, it would have been discovered and occupied by the Star Palace or those Nascent Soul old monsters and transformed great demons long ago. How could it be the turn of later generations hundreds of years later?
"It seems... this is the place."
Lin Chuan suppressed his excitement, concealed all his aura, and landed silently on the edge of the island like a ghost.
His divine sense spread out like mercury, carefully examining everything around him.
Sure enough, the island was not entirely devoid of life.
Many strange beasts live in some rock crevices and shady ravines.
However, their levels are generally not high, mostly being low to mid-level monsters ranging from level three to five.
The species appear to be mainly drought-resistant and adapted to barren environments, such as stone armored beasts, sand scorpions, and rock pythons.
The aura of level six or higher monsters is extremely rare.
Lin Chuan did not disturb these "natives".
Because once action is taken, the stench of blood and the shockwaves of battle could very well attract even more powerful monsters that may exist deep within the island, or even alert other transformed beings who happen to pass by.
That would expose the anomaly of this place, attracting unnecessary trouble and covetousness.
He took out an earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of talisman) and affixed it to his body. His figure slowly sank into the hard, gray-white ground.
Traveling underground is more concealed than flying in the air.
He fled towards the highest stone peaks in the central area of the island.