novelE2F Chapter 188: Strange Phenomena of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 188: Strange Phenomena of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 188: Heavenly and Earthly Phenomenon
If it were the previous Li Lan, his heart would probably have been quite excited upon hearing this.
After all, the reason he risked stationing himself at this low-grade Spirit Vein was for the cultivation qualification of the Medium-Grade Spirit Vein.
But now,
After accidentally discovering the secret beneath Lin'an Stronghold,
Li Lan didn't value it as much.
However,
He still feigned a look of surprise and clasped his fists in thanks.
Elder Chi seemed to be just an image,
As if he hadn't seen Li Lan's actions, he continued to say with a smile:
"Furthermore, in view of your meritorious service in guarding the Lin'an Stronghold Spirit Vein,
And having sincerely worked for the Guangji Sect all these years,
Several Elders, including Zhao and Gong, have praised you highly.
After repeated consideration by this old man,
I also believe it is indeed time to establish a new role model among the registered disciples.
Therefore,
I will make an exception and allow you to become an inner disciple, and give you an opportunity to become my disciple.
What do you think?"
"Is that true?! This—Thank you, Elder Chi, for your kindness, this disciple is willing!"
Li Lan pretended to be flattered,
But his heart was secretly pondering.
On the surface, this seemed like a good thing,
But it was strange in every way.
Putting aside other things,
How come Elder Chi didn't mention a single word about him single-handedly fighting and defeating eight cultivators of the same level?
He was just talking about trivial matters like guarding the Spirit Vein.
Isn't he curious,
How exactly did he do it?
The matter of accepting a disciple was also strange.
While chatting with Su Hongying and her siblings, he had occasionally heard them mention it.
This Elder Chi holds a high position and power,
And is extremely strict with his disciples.
He wouldn't even look at ordinary cultivators with a three-spirit root aptitude and a little talent.
Only for cultivators with a dual-spirit root would he make an exception.
Since it was just to set an example and become an inner disciple by exception,
It would have been enough to just find an inner Elder at the Foundation Establishment Stage to accept a disciple, there was no need for him to personally step in.
In short,
No matter how you look at it, something is not right.
Although Li Lan was puzzled by this,
He didn't feel surprised.
As early as when he started to act against Wang Chi and others, he had already anticipated all possible subsequent events.
Attracting the attention of the Guangji Sect was naturally within expectations.
For this, he had already made several plans to cope.
"In two months, it will be the new Dust Washing Ceremony.
If you have no objections, come back before then.
This old man will announce this result at the ceremony."
After Elder Chi finished speaking,
Li Lan immediately nodded in agreement.
Subsequently,
Elder Chi's ethereal image flickered and disappeared from the spot.
At the same time,
On the only road from the Guangji Sect to Lin'an Stronghold,
A snow-white immortal boat was traveling at an extremely fast speed.
Inside the immortal boat cabin,
Elder Chi stroked his white beard, constantly recalling all of Li Lan's reactions before and after,
Without missing a single subtle change,
This child's performance seemed very normal, consistent with how a Qi Refining disciple would react when suddenly obtaining an opportunity.
But precisely because it was too normal, Elder Chi's suspicion in his heart deepened.
The other party had no family background and was in the Qi Refining Stage.
He should not have come into contact with this image-recording jade slip before,
He shouldn't know the true effect of this jade slip.
Most cultivators, upon receiving a sound transmission or image-recording item,
Knowing that the other party cannot see them, will more or less relax their vigilance and expose their true nature.
Elder Chi also seized on this point,
That's why he chose to use this item as a medium to personally observe the other party's behavior.
Li Lan didn't know,
While he was analyzing Elder Chi's true intentions,
The other party was also analyzing him at the same time.
After reading the information in the image-recording jade slip,
Li Lan prepared to return to the mine tunnel to continue the unfinished business.
At this moment,
That image-recording jade slip flashed with a brilliant light,
This item looked different from the sound transmission talisman, it didn't seem to be a one-time use item,
It looked like it could be used multiple times.
The information had been conveyed,
Will the Guangji Sect still take back this image-recording jade slip?
Li Lan didn't delve too deeply into this matter,
He didn't have many friends in the Cultivation World and rarely used this item.
He casually threw the image-recording jade slip out of the cave dwelling,
Then turned around and entered the mine tunnel.
After half a month,
Under Li Lan's full excavation,
The wood-attribute magic tool was getting closer and closer to the mysterious stone coffin.
But as the distance shortened,
The speed at which the middle-grade spirit stones were repairing also increased,
This caused Li Lan to expend a great deal of mental effort for every inch he advanced.
With the slightest carelessness,
The middle-grade spirit stones would instantly block the path just excavated, rendering his efforts futile.
As the distance closed,
Li Lan finally understood where the repair ability of the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine came from.
All of this was indeed related to that stone coffin.
Whenever the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine was missing,
The spiritual energy flowing out from the cracks on the surface of the stone coffin would increase in purity by several times.
It seems that,
This pure spiritual energy is the key to repairing the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine.
After reaching this conclusion,
Li Lan's heart immediately burned with excitement.
He wondered if this effect would still exist after the stone coffin was taken out.
If so,
That would mean that in the future, as long as he carried this stone coffin,
Even without relying on a sect,
He could have a cultivation environment with a Medium-Grade Spirit Vein anytime, anywhere.
Such a great opportunity in the Cultivation World,
Is enough to make any cultivator go crazy!
With this thought,
Li Lan sped up.
The Guangji Sect's attitude towards him was a bit strange,
For the sake of safety and caution,
He had already planned to leave this sect again.
Therefore, this stone coffin was of paramount importance to Li Lan.
Another half a month passed in a flash.
On this day,
Li Lan controlled the wood-attribute magic tool with his mind and finally dug to the side of the stone coffin.
A green sword shadow flashed past,
The stone coffin revealed its ancient surface.
But immediately,
A rather viscous transparent liquid instantly flowed out from those cracks, completely covering the surface of the stone coffin again.
In just a few breaths,
These liquids quickly solidified, turning into crystals filled with spiritual energy.
So this was the real reason why the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine could self-repair.
It seems that if he takes this stone coffin, he can really create a Spirit Vein cultivation environment anytime.
Li Lan's heart was filled with excitement.
But soon,
A new problem was before him.
The liquid flowed out too quickly, almost without interruption,
Often, before the wood-attribute magic tool could land, they had already formed and solidified.
How could he dig out the stone coffin and take it away under such circumstances?
Li Lan thought for a while and tried many methods, all of which failed without exception.
However, he did not give up.
Soon he thought of another way.
The green short sword magic tool scraped open the surface of the stone coffin again, and at the moment the liquid just flowed out,
He stabbed straight in,
Poking the tip of the sword into that crack.
He didn't know what material the stone coffin was made of,
Under such brute force, it was still undamaged.
This move was indeed effective,
With the wood-attribute magic tool blocking it, the crack no longer flowed with spiritual energy-rich liquid.
Seeing this, Li Lan's heart was filled with joy.
He used the same method with the other magic tools to block the cracks on the surface of the stone coffin one by one.
It was also fortunate that among the eight Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivators,
Three of them cultivated wood-attribute cultivation methods.
They had enough fourth-tier wood-attribute magic tools, otherwise,
Even if this method could work,
Li Lan wouldn't be able to find so many magic tools to block those cracks for a while.
After blocking the last crack,
The self-repair of the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine completely stopped.
Just as Li Lan was about to control the Spirit Bean Soldier to step forward,
To carefully examine if there was any danger with this stone coffin, a sudden change occurred!
The originally calm surroundings suddenly rippled with violent fluctuations!
The stone coffin, which had been motionless,
Suddenly burst out with a dazzling light,
Immediately after,
All the surrounding spiritual energy, like rivers flowing into the sea, surged towards the stone coffin.
The force was so strong that the space next to the stone coffin even began to twist and deform.
In an instant,
The surrounding spiritual energy was completely absorbed.
But the stone coffin showed no sign of stopping,
Instead, it intensified.
Soon,
The Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine trembled incessantly,
The spiritual energy contained within it was forcibly extracted.
Even the outermost low-grade spirit stones also suffered.
The stone coffin seemed to have become the eye of the storm, gathering all the spiritual energy in the entire underground space in one place.
Seeing this situation, Li Lan was already somewhat stunned.
He really hadn't expected,
This stone coffin would suddenly produce such a big reaction.
Li Lan instantly realized the problem,
It must have been because all the cracks were blocked that this happened.
Thinking of this,
He immediately prepared to pull out one or two magic tools,
To quickly suppress this commotion.
However,
The moment the stone coffin underwent a drastic change,
It had already extracted all the surrounding spiritual energy, including the Spirit Bean Soldier and those magic tools.
Li Lan could no longer control them remotely.
At this moment,
Li Lan couldn't care less about anything else,
He immediately took out another low-grade wood-attribute magic tool and struck the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine.
Fearing the power of the stone coffin,
This time he didn't dare to let this magic tool leave his hand.
With a crackling sound,
A large chunk was immediately削去 from the surface of the spirit stone mine.
The earth-attribute spiritual energy in these spirit stones had already been largely depleted under the absorption of the stone coffin,
Now they were almost reduced to ordinary stones, naturally no longer as tough as before.
This was a rare piece of good news.
Seeing this situation,
Li Lan no longer hesitated and immediately sped up.
Excavating this kind of spirit stone was significantly easier than before.
In a few breaths,
Li Lan's main body had already arrived in front of the stone coffin.
At this time,
The other party had already absorbed most of the spiritual energy beneath Lin'an Stronghold.
The stone coffin changed again,
Suddenly stopping the absorption of spiritual energy.
Many dense runes appeared on the surface of the stone coffin,
These runes constantly changed and combined, and each change was accompanied by a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation that spread outwards.
The light emitted by the entire stone coffin also became increasingly bright,
That light pierced through the thick layer of soil above and shot straight towards the sky.
The originally clear blue sky with white clouds,
Was instantly swallowed by rolling dark clouds.
The dark clouds surged and churned like boiling ink,
Silver snake-like lightning bolts weaved and leaped within, illuminating the dark sky with a pale white light.
Li Lan's heart sank with a thud, and he inwardly cried out that it was bad.
He had thought before,
This stone coffin that could give birth to the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine must be an extraordinary object.
Perhaps it would also cause a phenomenon, just like refining the seventy or eighty-year-old Spirit Bean Soldier.
Therefore, he had set up some restrictions in advance and made some preparations.
But he really hadn't expected,
The phenomenon caused by this stone coffin would be so intense,
That it would even change the color of the entire world.
This directly resulted in the concealment restrictions Li Lan had set up being completely useless, having no effect at all.
Now,
Even an ordinary person without magic power, as long as they weren't blind, would definitely be able to guess that something big was happening here.