Ling Yun sunk into the ground of the valley and activated the Earth's Gate. He followed the traces of spiritual energy and went deeper underground.
Compared to when he went against the current and plunder the sea of jade stones, his current speed wasn't as fast. That was because he was constantly absorbing the spiritual energy within the range of his Divine Will.
Ling Yun realized that the spiritual energy around him was already very dense when he was only a few dozen meters underground. He knew that this was the spiritual energy naturally emitted by the spiritual root. Of course, he wouldn't waste it.
Apart from that, there was another more important reason. Spiritual Roots were completely different from the tree roots that ordinary people knew of. Mature high-grade Spiritual Roots not only possessed spiritual intelligence, but they could also change their shape. What was more impressive was that they could even use their own Spiritual Root's attribute to display remarkable abilities!
This was the reason why Ling Yun didn't bring Paul down. He didn't even know the attribute and grade of the Spiritual Root. If he were to startle the Spiritual Root and let it escape, wouldn't he be looking for trouble?
Therefore, Ling Yun took his time underground. It could be said that he was searching carefully, as if he wasn't paying attention. His route was like a trumpet's mouth, one round after another, moving downward in a spiral shape. However, the area of the circle was gradually shrinking.
"Collect!"
When he was about two hundred meters underground, Ling Yun found a dense distribution of jade stones. These jade stones weren't even covered by the outer layer of rock. They were just embedded in the rock, colorful and full of spiritual energy.
There was no reason not to take them. As long as Ling Yun saw them, he would take them all.
After going down for a distance, Ling Yun suddenly felt his Divine Will relax.
"Eh, there's actually another space under this valley!"
Ling Yun came out of the rock wall and came to an underground river. Even though the flow of the river wasn't large, the underground space wasn't small. It was enough for Ling Yun to stretch his body.
"It seems like this underground river is one of the sources of the river that I went against the current."
Ling Yun made a judgment in his heart.
The reason was simple. There were many mountains in Northern Myanmar, and the valley that Ling Yun chose to enter was formed by three peaks. The valley was more than two hundred meters above the ground. Going two hundred meters underground from the valley was equivalent to returning to the surface.
Therefore, it was normal for there to be an underground river here. If Ling Yun went further down, he would really be underground.
"Looks like I've found the right place."
The spiritual energy in the underground space was so dense that it was about to turn into mist. Ling Yun almost couldn't resist the urge to open up the Yin-Yang True Qi vortex and absorb it without restraint!
It was a pity that he couldn't do that. If he really did that, it would cause too much of a commotion and would definitely alert the Spiritual Root. The loss outweighed the gain. Therefore, Ling Yun could only rely on his heaven-defying physique to absorb the spiritual energy quietly.
"Something's wrong!"
However, very quickly, Ling Yun felt that something was amiss. He realized that there was actually a violent and ferocious aura within the dense spiritual energy!
"This doesn't look good!"
A hint of worry appeared between Ling Yun's brows. He was already here. Although the surrounding spiritual energy was rich, it had become impure. This could only mean one thing.
The Spiritual Root was most likely contaminated by something dirty, or it was contaminated by something extremely ferocious.
"Moreover, the intensity of this ferocious aura is comparable to my Blood Dissipating Blade. If it was someone else, even a cultivator above the Foundation Establishment Stage, they would probably be affected."
Ling Yun naturally wasn't afraid of the baleful aura because of his physique. Furthermore, he cultivated the Yin-Yang harmony balance, which allowed him to convert Yin and Yang. This baleful aura was also a great supplement to him, so he wasn't bothered by it.
Moreover, Ling Yun had the Yin-Yang Five Elemental Flames in his body. Any aura that entered his body would be quickly refined by the Yin-Yang Five Elemental Flames.
With a nature-defying physique, the nature-defying Yin-Yang harmony balance, and the support of the Yin-Yang Five Elemental Flames, Ling Yun wouldn't go berserk even if he cultivated in an even more terrifying ferocious aura.
However, if it were any other cultivator, the longer they stayed here, the more difficult it would be for them to extricate themselves. Even if they were lucky enough to leave this place, they would go berserk sooner or later.
This was really dangerous!
Ling Yun started to be cautious. He quietly followed the flow of the underground river and traveled upstream and downstream for two kilometers. He only stopped when the spiritual energy in the river became very thin.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, which made Ling Yun feel slightly more at ease.
"I have to continue going down. This spiritual energy is coming from the underground river."
"Whoosh!"
Ling Yun dove into the water and used the Yellow Springs Earth Emperor Technique again. He slowly sank into the ground and gradually increased his speed as he rushed towards the depths of the earth.
Even though there might be some extremely powerful ferocious creatures beside the spiritual root, Ling Yun was now able to break through to Qi Cultivation Stage Nine at any time. He was confident and fearless!
Below the river, there were obviously fewer rocks and more soil. This made it much easier for Ling Yun to travel through. He could also clearly feel that the spiritual energy in the surrounding soil was so thick that it couldn't be dispersed.
Moreover, the deeper he went, the more soil he realized had also become "spiritual soil". This was the result of long-term contamination of the soil with spiritual energy.
Looking at this precious soil, Ling Yun wanted to keep it all in his Universe Ring!
This place was not far from Miaojiang, which was deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. If Ling Yun brought this soil over, he could casually sprinkle it and it would become a spiritual field. He could save a lot of effort.
However, the only flaw was that the deeper he went, the stronger the ferocious aura!
"Luckily, the spiritual root and the ferocious creature are only companions. They haven't been contaminated yet."
Ling Yun was knowledgeable. He could see that although the ferocious aura was entangled with the spiritual energy emitted by the spiritual root, they maintained a clear separation. Naturally, he knew what was going on.
He couldn't help but be curious. What kind of fiendish thing was down there to be able to contaminate Spiritual Roots?
Thinking about this, Ling Yun decided to stop absorbing the spiritual energy and ferocious aura at the same time. He focused on using the Earth Gate Wide Opening Technique to speed down towards the place where the spiritual energy was the strongest.
"Hmm!"
After going down another three hundred meters, Ling Yun stopped abruptly. His eyes were cold.
Within the range of his divine senses, there were finally things blocking his way a hundred meters underground. They appeared in piles. Their figures were illusory and formless. It was obvious that they were formed by the condensation of gas. However, they had a head and a body. Strangely, there were only two eyes on their heads and an exaggeratedly huge mouth. Their crimson eyes were incomparably ferocious as if they were about to devour someone!
Of course, Ling Yun knew what they were.
They looked like demons but were not demons. They looked like spirits but were not spirits. They looked like ghosts but were not ghosts. These things were evil spirits or ferocious spirits. Anyway, ordinary people definitely wouldn't be able to see them on the surface.
Ling Yun stopped temporarily because he hadn't found the spiritual root yet. He didn't want to disturb it until the last moment.
He was confronting those evil spirits to see if they had discovered his existence.
Dozens of pairs of crimson eyes flashed at the same time and stared at Ling Yun. Not long after, they opened their bloody mouths and slowly rushed towards Ling Yun.
"You can indeed discover me!"
Ling Yun laughed coldly. "Unfortunately, you can only blame your bad luck for meeting me today!"
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