Among the ninth-stage spirit treasures, there were the Stately Painting and the Sunset Bow to choose from. Qin Di had never used the former, and he didn't know if it could be used to subdue enemies. The latter was powerful, but he didn't have a matching arrow.
The bow was a ninth-stage treasure bow, but the ebony arrow was only a fourth-stage one. The only eighth-stage immortal arrow hadn't been subdued yet, so it couldn't be taken back. If he didn't solve this problem, he couldn't rely on the Sunset Bow.
As for the eighth-stage spirit treasures, the Green Firmament Sword and the Taibai Radiant Light could be used to deal with Dao Integration cultivators and low-level Earth Immortals. But against experts of the late Earth Immortal stage, the eighth-stage spirit treasures might be a bit difficult. If they could be upgraded to the ninth-stage, their power would increase a lot.
However, it was not an easy task to advance a Spiritual Artifact. The God Suppressing Pagoda was originally a Grade Three Celestial Artifact, but because it was injured, its grade dropped. The Phoenix Zither was originally a Grade Two Celestial Spiritual Wood of Heaven and Earth, but with the addition of Grade Six Celestial Silk, it became a Grade Four Celestial Artifact. He had also spent a lot of effort on the small cauldron. He had helped the various sects wash their cauldrons, swallowed countless spirit herbs, and refined many pills before it became a Grade One Celestial Artifact. It was already a miracle that the Green Firmament Sword and the Taibai Radiant Light could be upgraded to eighth-stage spirit treasures in just five hundred years. If they wanted to upgrade further, it would take a long time.
The Green Firmament Sword and the Taibai Radiant Light were both killing weapons. Only by killing people and drinking blood could they upgrade. It seemed that he had to kill a few more Dao Integration and Earth Immortals.
The God-suppressing Pagoda spat out the seven people after spinning for a day.
"Master, this Earth Immortal Huang is called 'Huang Helou'. The Four Imperial School is an orthodox sect on the surface, but in fact, they have done a lot of bad things. I helped you turn them into puppets, which is a good thing!"
Qin Di snorted. "I don't care if they are orthodox or not! Since they threatened to kill me, I won't let them go! "
"Master, although I erased Huang Helou's memory, it's only for three thousand years. He's like Feng Wuji, you can't keep him by your side for a long time."
"Alright, I understand. You can keep these people in the pagoda space. It won't be too late to release them when you need them."
Thereafter, Qin Di flew out of the valley and continued his search for more immortal spirit veins.
Now that he had proven his strength, there was no need for him to be afraid anymore. Therefore, he decided to just charge around in the Skypiercing Ark without any fear.
He noticed that among the cultivators who came out to search for the spirit veins, the strongest were only at the fourth or fifth level of the Earth Immortal Realm. There were very few experts above the sixth level of the Earth Immortal Realm. Those people were all suffering the torment of the astral winds on the Spiritual Mountain's Sky Pillar! All they wanted was to climb to the Spiritual Realm through the Heavenly Pillar as soon as possible before the Spiritual Mountain collapsed. How would they have the time to help the sect find the Immortal Spirit Veins?
It was fine for Qin Di to fly around randomly, but a series of violent clashes had occurred!
Regardless of whether it was Dao Integration or Earth Immortals, they all had their own domain space. Some people felt that a five-kilometer radius was their domain, while others felt that a hundred-kilometer radius was an insult to their dignity. Therefore, it was very easy for them to retaliate.
Qin Di flew past at a low altitude and was focused on searching for the spirit veins. Suddenly, he saw a flying sword flying toward him from his left like a shooting star!
Without hesitation, he released the Green Firmament Sword to meet the attack!
The Green Firmament Sword flew swiftly with a silvery-white glow. With just a flash in the air, it sliced the opponent's flying sword into two! Then, a tragic cry came from the forest on the left!
"Ah, how dare you destroy my Spirit Sword! I, Perfected Lord White Malevolent, will definitely seek revenge on you!"
Before he finished speaking, a blood-red streak of light fled into the distance!
Qin Di did not care where his opponent was from. Since he had encountered him and even attacked him, he had to kill him!
Thus, he chased after him on the Skypiercing Ark and released the Green Firmament Sword and the White Radiance Sword. One was bright while the other was dark. One was sharp while the other was sharp.
That person unleashed the Blood Escape Technique several times but was unable to escape the pursuit of the eighth-level spirit treasure. In the end, he was slashed three hundred kilometers away.
The two spirit treasures drank blood and absorbed Spirit Qi before flying back briskly.
Qin Di flew among the mountains for three months and only searched less than one percent of the space. He found twelve immortal spirit veins and killed seventeen Dao Integration cultivators. Apart from Huang Helou, he also captured an Earth Immortal named Hong Zelei. Hong Zelei was an itinerant cultivator who was somewhere between good and evil. It was hard to say whether he was good or bad. He had no choice but to fight with Qin Di for an immortal spirit vein, so he was captured by the God Subduing Pagoda.
Although he had killed so many people, Qin Di did not make a big name for himself in the vicinity. One reason was that he either did not attack or killed when he attacked. The other reason was that during the Spirit Tide, there were killings everywhere around the Spirit Mountain. It would be strange if he did not kill people while robbing the spirit vein. Since he dared to come to this mountain to search for the spirit vein, he had to be prepared to die. Others did not care if you were good or evil. As long as you saw the immortal spirit vein, you would speak with your strength!
On this day, he was flying at a low altitude when he suddenly heard the little peach tree's voice. "There is a second-level immortal spirit vein five thousand kilometers ahead! Many cultivators are fighting there! "
Qin Di was shocked. "There really is a second-level immortal spirit vein? I've been searching for a few months, yet I've never encountered it! "
He flew forward hastily and quickly arrived at a place over 1,500km away from his target. When he looked over, he saw 30 to 40 people gathered in the distance. There were at least 10 Earthly Immortals and 20 to 30 Dao Integration Ancestors amongst them, and they fought to the point the heavens and the earth darkened, day and night dimmed, and every single move they made caused mountains to collapse and the earth to crack!
When he saw the horrifying slaughter, he didn't dare move forward anymore!
Just as the God Subduing Pagoda had said, even though he possessed two Immortal Artifacts, his cultivation was limited and he was unable to bring forth the might of the Immortal Artifacts, so he was unable to go against so many Earthly Immortal Realm experts. He could only hide and watch from afar because once he fell into the fray, it would be his death.
Qin Di stopped the flying vessel and stood on the peak of a mountain in the distance as he watched silently. He hoped that there would be an outcome to the battle between these people, and then perhaps he would have the opportunity to reap the benefits of the third party's struggle.
But three days had passed, and the battle was still going on. Even though a new batch of people had been replaced, not only had the number of people not decreased, it had increased instead! There were many spectators in the surroundings, at least 200 to 300 people, and merely the Earthly Immortal Realm experts numbered over 40!
Qin Di couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this. Forget it! There's utterly no chance! All of you continue fighting here, I'll go look for my spirit vein!
One month later, he found another two first-level immortal spirit veins, yet when he turned around, he found out that the second-level immortal spirit vein had been seized by the Spirit Cloud Hall that was ranked at the top of the four great sects!
It couldn't be helped, the strength of the Spirit Cloud Hall was formidable. Not only did it possess 30 Earthly Immortal Realm experts, it even possessed a Lord Spirit Immortal that held down the fort in the minor world, so the other immortal sects weren't a match for it.
After another two months, Qin Di arrived at a place that was less than 10,000km away from Spirit Mountain's Heavenly Pillar. Logically speaking, the grade of the spirit vein that appeared here ought to be even higher, but there were many people that had come here to search for spirit veins. If the location of the spirit vein wasn't concealed enough, then it would be quickly noticed by others as soon as he came out.
As he was flying, he suddenly heard the voice of the little peach tree sound out. "There's a tiny crack beneath an expanse of overlapping enormous rocks in the mountain ahead, and there's spirit energy faintly seeping out from within!"
Qin Di followed the guidance of the little peach tree and spent a great deal of effort before finally finding a crack that was only the thickness of an arm beneath a few enormous rocks that were over 100m tall.
His nose twitched as he sniffed, and he felt that the spirit energy below seemed to not be very abundant.
But since he'd found it, he had to go down and take a look.
He transformed his figure and bore into it, and after going down for a kilometer, he was obstructed once more!
Meanwhile, he felt the spirit energy in the surroundings had become much more abundant, and presumably, there was a spirit vein below!
He tried to execute the Earth Escape technique that he'd learned not long ago, wanting to bore into the ground, but the rocks below were extremely hard, and he didn't know what sort of spirit rock it was, but he was actually unable to bore into it!
Qin Di could only take out the Azuresky Sword and dig with all his might on the ground.
As an 8th-grade spirit treasure, the Azuresky Sword wasn't as easy as cutting tofu with a knife. He spent six to eight hours before he was only able to dig 6m down, and a narrow crack once again appeared before him as he went further down.
At this moment, Qin Di suddenly smelled extremely abundant spirit energy, and it seemed to exceed the scale of the spirit energy at the peak of Immortal Summit.
His expression was excited as he hurriedly continued down along the crack, and after another 700-800m, the scene before his eyes suddenly became clear!
There was actually a spirit stream beneath the ground that flowed with green spirit liquid. The spirit energy in the surroundings was exceptionally abundant, and it was even to the extent that it was two to three times more abundant than the Immortal Summit he resided in!
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