Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 525: Chapter 281: Temple and Divine Statue (Part 3)

At the same time, he had Luo Dingran bring over the Soul Slaves. Pointing to the edge of the area at their feet, he said, "Mei Yan, dig down from here. Then work your way around in a circle."

"SQUEAK SQUEAK!" Mei Yan nodded, then raised its front paws, revealing claws as sharp as knives.

Afterward, Cheng Zongyang had the Soul Slaves remove all the dirt excavated by the Mole Beast.

As everyone sprang into action, Cheng Zongyang and Luo Dingran watched from the side. Cheng Zongyang, however, would still periodically use his Spirit Tester to check for fluctuations in the Spiritual Qi.

He was worried the digging might disturb something, causing the Spiritual Power to fluctuate as a result.

But thankfully, everything remained stable.

Time ticked by, second by second. The Soul Slaves continuously used their tools to haul the dirt away. Meanwhile, Luo Dingran instructed them to inspect the excavated soil for anything out of the ordinary.

To that end, Cheng Zongyang also tested each basket of dirt as it was removed.

Every half an hour, Cheng Zongyang would go underground to take readings. He discovered that the deeper they went, the more concentrated the Spiritual Power became.

「Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.」

"STOP!!"

On his fourth descent to take readings, Cheng Zongyang discovered that the Spiritual Qi’s concentration was decreasing instead of increasing. He knew they had arrived.

"Old Luo, how deep are we?" Cheng Zongyang yelled upward.

"Four hundred eighty-five meters!" Luo Dingran called back.

Cheng Zongyang nodded upon hearing the reply. ’That’s quite deep.’ He immediately returned to the surface and had the Mole Beast start clearing away the central pillar of earth, digging straight down.

The pillar of earth had a surface area of about thirty square meters—not particularly large. The excavated dirt was simply pushed into the surrounding trench.

As they cleared the area, digging down meter by meter, Cheng Zongyang and Luo Dingran, who were following right behind the Mole Beast, grew progressively more tense.

Half an hour passed, and they were more than halfway through, but Cheng Zongyang knew this still wasn’t the point with the highest concentration of Spiritual Power.

A few more minutes passed. Then, without needing a prompt from Cheng Zongyang, the Mole Beast seemed to sense something and, with great excitement, began to dig frantically at one particular spot.

After a dozen breaths, the Mole Beast abruptly unearthed a thumb-sized, perfectly round, crystalline bead the color of earth. It stared at the bead, its eyes glinting as if it wanted to swallow it whole.

"Give it to me!" Cheng Zongyang immediately shouted to Mei Yan. He could sense the creature’s desperate craving for the bead.

Hearing this, Mei Yan hesitated, clearly conflicted.

But Cheng Zongyang was its master. The command engraved upon its soul ultimately overrode its desire, and it begrudgingly handed the bead to him.

In return, Cheng Zongyang gave it a Pill Bottle containing ten Red Blood Pills. "I have a use for this, so you can’t eat it," he said with a smile. "This is your reward."

As he spoke, he took the bead and passed the Pill Bottle over.

The moment it touched his hand, Cheng Zongyang felt a profound weight, as if holding a kilogram of Gold, along with a refreshing coolness that permeated his entire being.

It felt as if the bead had just been taken from a freezer.

He couldn’t wait to appraise it.

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[Earth Spirit Pearl]

Description: The Earth Spirit Pearl is an Earth Element Spirit Pearl created through an exquisite Array that harnesses the power of the natural environment; it is not an Innately formed Treasure. It contains an extremely abundant amount of Earth Element Spiritual Power. It takes one hundred years to reach the First Grade and one thousand years to fully form. Once completely formed, the Earth Spirit Pearl can continuously emit Earth Element Spiritual Power while also automatically absorbing Spiritual Power to replenish itself. It can be used by Cultivators or Demon Beasts for Cultivation, or in the forging of Arrays and Magical Treasures. Additionally, it can be used with the other Four Element Spirit Pearls in a Five Elements Transformation Array to construct an Artificial Spirit Vein.

Grade: Fifth Grade (Unformed)

Restrictions: Limited to the forging of Arrays and Magical Treasures of the Fifth Grade or lower.

Points: 150,000

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