Chapter 17: Seeking Spirits and Treasures, Knowing the Waterfall and Finding the Forest

While on the road, golden runes flashed in Wei Zhong's eyes, and the surrounding scenery suddenly had a different color.

Some are dull like grey stone, while others have various shades of colour.

This is exactly the effect of soul-seeking.

[Spirit Hunting·Mastery (68%)]

In less than two years, Wei Zhong had mastered this technique from entry level to mastery. In such a short period of time, he had reached a level that many cultivators could not reach in decades.

Spirit Seeking, strictly speaking, is a special spell that condenses runes in the eyes. Activating this rune allows you to glimpse the surrounding spiritual energy. The more spiritual energy there is, the darker the color.

Glancing at a hint of light red on the edge of the cliff, it was the fire-attributed spiritual fruit commonly seen among these mountains and rivers, the Yanjiang Fruit.

It tastes bitter, but it contains quite a lot of spiritual energy and is quite good for making wine.

Wei Zhong had already picked a large piece and stuffed it into his storage bag.

Therefore, when he encountered this fruit on the road, he did not stop, but continued to rush towards his destination with the clouds.

While on the road just now, Wei Zhong had seen several beams of light, all of which seemed to be heading towards the Wuling Cliff.

"It seems that there are too many monks coming in."

Wei Zhong sighed and continued to look at the road. He could only hope that he could discover the 'Jadeite Ganoderma' first with his spiritual advantage.

As they got closer to the Wuling Cliff, the number of escaping lights gradually increased. There were seven or eight people, most of whom were disciples of the Qingmu Sect wearing blue and white Taoist robes, gathered together.

It is rare to see independent practitioners.

"Could it be that the Qingmu Sect knows what treasures are there, and the information left by the last batch of people who entered there?"

魏钟
He turned a corner and used the breath-concealing technique to follow the monks from the sect among the woods and rocks below.

At the same time, halfway through the journey, he discovered that there were some independent cultivators who had the same plan as him.

It was a pity that their tracking was a bit rough, and the movements they made were quickly discovered by the disciples above.

"Brother, there are some independent cultivators following us."

The disciple at the back said to the leading cultivator who was at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

The 'Qingchuan Secret Realm' not only has the 'Jade Marrow Ganoderma', 'Thousand Knot Flower' and 'Golden Ginseng Essence' needed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, but also various spiritual medicines needed to refine other pills.

Therefore, not all the cultivators who entered the secret realm this time came for the purpose of building their foundation.

Among this group of inner disciples, there is only one who is at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and the others are at the seventh or sixth level of Qi Refining.

After discussing for a while, they stopped their flight and said directly to the people behind them:
"The fellows who are following me, would you please come out and talk?"

Seeing their whereabouts were exposed, all three of them showed up.

His spiritual pressure was actually at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

The Qingmu Sect disciples' hearts sank slightly, and the leader spoke first:
"I think all of you seniors are here for the foundation-building elixir. Unfortunately, we don't know where the elixir is. Could you please stop following us?"

Among the casual cultivators, an old man with sunken eye sockets laughed and said:

"The old men and I are not following you, we are just passing through here."

The other two casual cultivators also echoed the same sentiment.

Several young Qingmu Sect disciples' eyes seemed to be blazing with fire, and they were about to take action, but were stopped by the leading disciple.

"Don't worry, although we have more people, our realm is not as good as theirs, and we can't defeat them."

"Then, Brother, what about the elixir?"

"Let's go to the nearby gathering place first. There should be a senior brother of our sect who is at the ninth level of Qi Refining there. Invite him and make plans together."

"That's all we have to do for now!"

After communicating with each other through voice transmission, several people quickly came to a conclusion.

Although such contribution would be shared by them, there was nothing they could do about it. Several casual cultivators followed them all the time, and they were unable to collect the key spiritual medicines.

Wei Zhong was watching the confrontation between several people from below. The disciple of Qingmu Sect was communicating with them constantly. He knew that he would suffer no good consequences if he followed them.

So he secretly changed his direction and rushed towards the suspicious resource point marked on the intelligence map.

Behind him, the inner disciples disappeared and no longer paid any attention to the three independent cultivators behind them.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, are we still following?"

The one who answered was the old man with sunken eyes:
"Follow, why not? What if those people are just bluffing? Wouldn't we miss out on a precious spiritual medicine?

And with the cultivation of you and me, who else in this secret realm can defeat us?"

Afterwards, the three of them transformed into light and continued to follow. The difference was that after being exposed this time, the three of them no longer hid at all and followed behind those disciples openly.

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It seemed as if the few monks he had just met were just a coincidence, and Wei Zhong did not meet any other monks on the rest of his journey.

'Wu Ridge Cliff' is a very large area. It is not a single cliff, but a series of mountains connected together.

The area got its name because it is located on a high mountain and is shrouded in clouds.

The fog blocked the view and it was impossible to see far away. Even the spiritual consciousness was almost useless here and it was difficult to extend it out of the body.

At this moment in Wei Zhong's eyes, even the clouds in the air had a bright color, and the concentration of spiritual energy in this area was extremely rich.

No wonder there are spiritual creatures like 'Jadeite Ganoderma' growing here.

But it would be troublesome to find it, so Wei Zhong casually cut off the head of the demon snake that was sticking out from the crack in the mountain above his head.

Even the number of monsters in this area is much greater than that in other places.

Wei Zhong searched for spiritual objects along the edge of the cliff, one mountain after another, with various spiritual lights flashing in his eyes. After searching for a while, he found a lot of common spiritual medicines, but he didn't see any trace of "Jade Marrow Ganoderma".

"Alas, it is not a good idea to keep searching like this. If we keep searching like a headless fly, I am afraid we will not get anything even when the secret realm time is over."

The 'chalcedony ganoderma' was originally an ordinary ganoderma that grew on a decaying spiritual wood. It transformed because it absorbed the essence of the spiritual wood. The jade in its stem is the essence, so it is named chalcedony.

Then in my eyes it should look like white jade.

There were also rotten spiritual trees, which I had never seen in my long search. At most, they were spiritual plants as thick as hemp stalks.

"I don't know how those sect disciples found it."

Wei Zhong looked around and suddenly heard the sound of water. Following the sound, he unexpectedly found a waterfall in the mountains.

The waterfall is not big, only two meters wide, but such a small waterfall carries abundant spiritual energy.

The stones below emitted halos of various colors.

"There is so much spiritual energy here. If I practice here for one day, it would be equivalent to ten days in the outside world."

Wei Zhong was a little envious, but he knew that this was not the time to practice.

Near the waterfall, two tree trunks grow on both sides, slanting into the waterfall.

"It is indeed a spiritual tree."

Wei Zhong was delighted and went up the waterfall. The fog became thicker and thicker.

I can just barely see the faint trees ahead.

When I walked forward, I realized that it was a forest of spiritual trees.

'You've found the right place!'

Wei Zhong gripped the magic sword in his right hand tighter, and at the same time, he gripped the black ball with his left hand. His whole body was tense, ready to activate the Golden Body Technique at any time.

With extreme caution, Wei Zhong stepped into the woods.

(End of this chapter)

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