"The three of you stay here and don't run around!"
After Sun Mo instructed Xuanyuan Po, he followed the papaya girl's lead and headed to the place she mentioned.
The spirit qi roaming dragon coiled into a circle and lay on Lu Zhiruo's head. In truth, it was leading the way, but Sun Mo observed it for a long time and didn't discover how it communicated with the papaya girl.
"It might be an alien language!"
Sun Mo's art of spiritual beast control was at the grandmaster-grade, but he was completely unable to deal with such a situation.
"She seems to have a special affinity with small animals!"
Li Ziqi mumbled softly.
"Well, I can't do it. Even old hens are afraid of me!"
Ying Baiwu felt that she had no affinity with animals.
Sun Mo and Li Ziqi immediately cast a glance at the iron-headed girl. (Back then, you were very poor, okay? You were so hungry that your eyes were green. The little animals must have sensed your 'hunger'. If they didn't run further away, they might be eaten if you caught them.)
Very quickly, a huge rock wall appeared in front of everyone, and the spirit qi roaming dragon entered through a half-meter-wide crack in the rock wall.
Sun Mo and Li Ziqi hesitated, worried that there might be some danger. However, the naturally adorable Lu Zhiruo walked in without a care in the world. She had absolute trust in the spirit qi roaming dragon.
Sun Mo and the other two turned their bodies sideways and entered the crevice. After walking for another tens of meters, a natural karst cave that was formed due to an earthquake appeared.
Jiji!
The spirit qi roaming dragon roared.
"Little loachie said to hurry up!"
Lu Zhiruo translated.
"Should we make sufficient preparations before coming down?"
Li Ziqi frowned. Everyone brought torches with them, but it was clear that they had to walk for quite a long distance in this karst cave. There shouldn't be enough torches.
"Let's go down and take a look first!"
Sun Mo didn't wish to waste any more effort. This round trip would waste quite a lot of time.
"Zhiruo, why don't I lead the way?"
Ying Baiwu suddenly spoke up and ran to Lu Zhiruo's side.
Although Sun Mo's combat prowess was the strongest, he definitely couldn't let him be the scout. Ziqi was too stupid, and Zhiruo's strength wasn't good enough. In that case, he was the only one who was up to the task.
Jiji!
The spiritual energy roaming dragon turned around and called out.
"Little loachie said that there is no danger!"
After Lu Zhiruo reported, she added, "If there's any danger, I'll shout. You guys run first!"
Upon seeing this scene, Sun Mo was very satisfied. Between martial sisters, they should care for each other.
"Alright!"
Ying Baiwu returned to the back of the group, but it wasn't because she was afraid. Rather, she wanted to guard this place and prevent others from sneak attacking her.
The karst cave led downwards, and the slope was very steep. There were even some vertical rock walls that were three to four meters high. Fortunately, everyone was a cultivator, and their physical fitness was off the charts. Otherwise, without tools, they would not have been able to descend.
Although Ying Baiwu and Lu Zhiruo were little girls, they could walk very easily. Li Ziqi wasn't able to do so. She stumbled and stumbled and even fell twice, hurting her knees.
Huala!
Li Ziqi's feet slipped again and she fell.
"Be careful!"
Sun Mo grabbed the little sunny egg's clothes.
"Boohoo, why am I so clumsy?"
Li Ziqi was so angry that she wanted to cry. However, when she saw Sun Mo's concerned gaze, she squeezed out a smile. "Teacher, I'm fine. There's no need to worry about me!"
"How much longer do we have to walk?"
Sun Mo asked. He estimated that they had walked for over 40 minutes.
Lu Zhiruo and the spirit qi roaming dragon mumbled to each other using unknown syllables. After that, they called out, "Little loachie says we're almost there!"
They were indeed almost there. After walking for close to ten minutes, the karst cave suddenly lit up with a blue glow.
"What's this?"
Ying Baiwu was astonished.
On the rock walls, there were some crystals. These were the things that were glowing.
"They're spirit crystals, crystallized spirit qi essences."
Li Ziqi, who had read many books, immediately explained, "When the spirit qi is too dense, it would crystallize and form a type of ore."
This thing could also be considered a type of spirit stone and could be used to absorb the spirit qi from it for cultivation. However, it was a little more expensive compared to spirit stones.
Spirit stones were minerals. Because the way they were formed was the same as coal, there would usually be some impurities inside. However, these spirit crystals were crystallized after the spirit qi was too dense. There were no impurities. Hence, the purer they were, the more expensive they were.
The further they walked, the more glowing crystals there were on the rock walls. Also, the glow was getting brighter and brighter.
"The spirit qi here is so dense!"
Ying Baiwu took in a deep breath, feeling so comfortable that she wanted to cry out.
"There can't be a spirit qi mine nearby, right?"
Li Ziqi's expression changed. Other than this reason, she couldn't think of any other reasons for now. But no matter what, she would definitely strike it rich.
Lu Zhiruo suddenly stopped walking. Instead, she headed toward a crack on the rock walls and jumped down.
"I'll go down first!"
Sun Mo raised his hand to stop Li Ziqi and jumped down first.
Pak!
Sun Mo landed almost noiselessly. When he landed, he rapidly turned his head and took in the surrounding scenery.
After that, he was astonished.
This was actually a gigantic corridor. There were murals carved on the walls, but because of the passage of time, the murals had already become blurry. Also, because of the large amount of spirit qi, many places had crystallized spirit qi essences.
"This time around, I mustn't fall down again!"
Li Ziqi took in a deep breath and prepared to land in a beautiful and elegant posture. In the end, before she could exert any strength, her feet slipped again and she directly fell down.
"Ah!"
Li Ziqi screamed in shock. After that, she felt a pair of strong arms hugging her, and she fell into a warm embrace.
The little sunny egg had an ashamed look on her face. Just when she wanted to find an excuse to cover up the awkwardness, Sun Mo had already put her down and took the initiative to change the topic.
"What place do you think this is?"
"An underground palace?"
Li Ziqi casually replied, her heart filled with gratitude toward Sun Mo. Her teacher was really very understanding!
Pak!
Ying Baiwu landed. Her beautiful posture would cause even girls to fall in love with her.
The spirit qi roaming dragon continued to lead the way. This time around, they were very close.
At the end of the corridor, there was a damaged door. The dense spirit qi came from inside, so the hole was almost filled with spirit qi crystals.
Sun Mo smashed those crystals and entered.
The three girls followed behind. After seeing the environment inside, their faces were filled with shock and they almost forgot to breathe.
Li Ziqi was born with a noble background and had seen mountains of silver and gold before. But now, she also had a dumbfounded look on her face as if she had picked up a treasure.
It was because there was a great hall behind the door that was roughly the size of a football field. Right now, it was filled with spirit qi crystals that emitted a resplendent glow.
Those crystals, one after another, were like blooming flowers.
"Teacher, I feel a little dizzy!"
Ying Baiwu kneaded her glabella.
"This is the phenomenon of spirit intoxication. Quickly meditate and digest the spirit qi in your body. After that, control your body and don't absorb the spirit qi!"
Li Ziqi hurriedly reminded.
"Spirit intoxication?"
Ying Baiwu had a dumbfounded look on her face. As a self-cultivating cultivator, she didn't know anything about these basic knowledge.
"It's just that the spirit qi is too dense and the body can't absorb it all at once. This phenomenon is similar to a headache and dry mouth after a hangover. However, it isn't too harmful."
Li Ziqi explained, feeling very rueful.
Cultivators in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces wanted nothing more than to have spirit qi to absorb even when they were eating or walking. However, there wasn't any because the spirit qi in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces was too sparse. Some cultivators with inferior aptitudes had to prepare alchemy pills or a large amount of spirit stones to break through. If not, they wouldn't be able to gather a large amount of spirit qi based on their own capabilities. This would result in them failing in their breakthrough.
Right now, in this great hall, just a casual breath would cause spirit qi to enter one's body. How luxurious was this?
If people were to know of such a treasured land, they would definitely go crazy over it. No, it wasn't just crazy over it. It was enough to trigger a war between countries.
"There are so many spirit crystals. How much are they worth?"
Ying Baiwu's eyes shone. She discovered that she didn't have such a unit in her mind.
"Junior martial sister, you have to set your sights further. To peak-level cultivators, what does money count for?"
Li Ziqi smiled.
"Money can buy a lot of things!"
Ying Baiwu didn't understand.
"You're wrong. The reason why money can buy things is because someone created a credit system. After that, they chose to use gold and silver as currency to conduct trade. If you can create a credit system, you can casually create a type of currency. In ancient history, the earliest form of currency was various kinds of shells."
Li Ziqi explained.
"Shells can be used as currency? As expected, the ancients are all fools. "
Ying Baiwu's lips twitched. She couldn't understand what Li Ziqi was talking about.
Sun Mo glanced at the little sunny egg in astonishment. (My heavens, you even know such economic knowledge?)
"Then how can we create a credit system?"
Lu Zhiruo was curious.
"You have to have the strongest military strength. You have to conquer the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces, and you have to conquer a country. After that, you have to create a currency system!"
Li Ziqi spoke frankly with assurance.
"Alright!"
Sun Mo saw that Li Ziqi was speaking excitedly and hurriedly interrupted her. After that, he sighed ruefully. The little sunny egg might be able to become a finance minister.
"To put it simply, if you have money but no military strength to protect you, your money will be snatched away. Hence, these spirit crystals can be used to help cultivators improve and build an army of cultivators that belongs to you!"
Sun Mo added.
A great man once said that political power came from the barrel of a gun. But where did the barrel of a gun come from? Naturally, it came from the accumulation of money and food.
"I understand!"
Ying Baiwu nodded. "It's to use the resources here to nurture an army. After that, we will rob whoever has more money!"
"So this is the case!"
Lu Zhiruo was enlightened.
"..."
Sun Mo was speechless. (I say, Ying Baiwu, although there's nothing wrong with what you said, do you have to be so simple and crude?)
(As humans, we should still have some face!)
Jiji!
The spirit qi roaming dragon cried out after being ignored. After that, it swam toward Sun Mo with a complacent look on its face. (Do you see it? That's how valuable my gratitude is!
(Remember, I'm not some loach. I'm a noble spirit qi roaming dragon.)
"Ah? You can fly? "
Ying Baiwu screamed.
(Oh no, I've been exposed!)
The spirit qi roaming dragon was immediately shocked and hurriedly retracted its flying ability. Hence, it fell onto the ground with a thud.
Jiji!
The spirit qi roaming dragon cried out. It was so painful!
"Little loachie, are you alright?"
Lu Zhiruo hurriedly squatted down and stroked the spirit qi roaming dragon.
Jiji!
The spirit qi roaming dragon immediately used its head to rub against the papaya girl's hand, looking aggrieved. (However, the name 'little loachie' sounds really nice when it's called out by this big-breasted girl.)
(I've decided. When I'm in front of you, I'm little loachie!)
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