"You should head over first!"
Thus, Zhang Xuan instructed the Myriad Anthive Anthive, which was wearing a storage ring, to fly discreetly along the surface of the ground toward the cavern.
"Why has Hong Yuan been gone for so long? Why isn't he back yet?"
Before Zhang Xuan could reach the cavern, he heard a voice.
Not too far away from the cavern, two saint beasts were chatting.
"Who knows? I heard that it's a Saint realm 1-dan intermediate stage human. Don't worry, we should be able to subdue it. Most likely, it wants to play with it for a while. After all, it has been a long time since a human came to cause trouble for it!" the other saint beast harrumphed.
Even though they were conversing in the Beast Language, Zhang Xuan could still hear their words clearly.
"Indeed... Knowing that we are around, the humans are tactful enough to not come here," the first saint beast replied.
"Let's head in!"
Seeing that the two saint beasts were too engrossed in their conversation to notice him, Zhang Xuan swiftly dived into the cavern.
Had it been any other soul oracle, even if the saint beasts hadn't cultivated their souls, they would have been able to notice the yin aura emanating from their body. However, Zhang Xuan cultivated the Heaven's Path Soul Art, so his aura was as natural as a breeze. As such, it wasn't that easy for the saint beasts to notice it.
On top of that, the two saint beasts were completely oblivious to the fact that Zhang Xuan had already dived into the cavern right before their eyes.
The cavern was spacious and humid. Zhang Xuan waited for a moment before the Thousand Ants flew in. With a light wave of his hand, the storage ring landed on his palm, and he walked in with widened strides.
The further in he walked, the more humid the spiritual energy became. Compared to the spiritual energy here, even Vice School Head You's residence paled in comparison, let alone the Elite Sector.
Without a doubt, this was a blessed land for cultivation. If one were to cultivate here, they would be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort.
"It's no wonder the saint beasts have been monopolizing this place. No one would be willing to let go of such a blessed land..."
Zhang Xuan nodded.
Not only was the spiritual energy here concentrated, it was also extremely pure. Even for someone like him, who had high requirements for spiritual energy, it was sufficient for him to cultivate here.
Proceeding forward, Zhang Xuan soon arrived at the end of the cavern.
It was a massive round pool that was around eight meters wide. The jade-green liquid within the pool exuded a refreshing aura, as if one would be able to advance their cultivation by leaps and bounds with a single sip.
"This is the Earth Vein Spirit Essence? Impressive indeed … "
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
Even though she knew from the Ancient Ape's memories that the effects of this item were immeasurable, she still found it hard to believe when she saw it with her own eyes.
Although the purity was not as good as that of a high-grade spirit stone, there were simply too many of them. Even if hundreds or even thousands of spirit stones were added together, it would still be incomparable.
"The surrounding mountains form a Spirit Gathering Formation, and this is the very core of the Cloudmist Ridge. The spiritual energy gathered here is shrouded by clouds, preventing it from dissipating into the surroundings. Thus, over time, it formed a spirit liquid …"
Zhang Xuan nodded inwardly after combining the terrain he had seen along the way and the situation before him.
These spiritual liquids were not formed in a single day. They had probably accumulated for at least ten thousand years.
"If I take all of them with me, not only will I not have to worry about breaking through into the Saint domain, but even Zheng Yang, Wang Ying, and the others will have a much easier time..."
He chuckled.
With so much spiritual liquid, it would be very easy for the master and disciple to break through. They would no longer have to worry about spirit stones.
"But … how do I pretend?"
There were at least several dozen tons of spiritual liquid in his storage ring. Even though he could store it all in his storage ring, he didn't have a container for it.
Even though he had brought a few wine gourds with him, there were only a dozen or so of them.
What should he do?
After all, he couldn't possibly return with just a small portion of the treasure mountain.
The reason why he was able to successfully retrieve the spiritual liquid this time was due to the saint beasts being careless. Once they raised their guard, it would be difficult for him to retrieve the spiritual liquid again.
Thus, he had to collect as much spiritual liquid as he could in one go. Otherwise, he would be wasting his opportunity.
"I can use beast skins!"
Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment before an idea popped up in his mind.
There were quite a few beast skins in his storage ring, and he could use them as containers.
Without any hesitation, Zhang Xuan flicked his wrist and took out a few massive beast skins.
With a tap of his finger, he formed a thread of soul energy and tied the beast skins together to form a massive container. With a wave of his hand, the beast skins flew into the lake.
Gugugugugu!
The beast skin container quickly filled to the brim, and it contained more than twenty tons of spiritual liquid.
"Store!"
Zhang Xuan said as he stowed the beast skins into his storage ring.
"Not even half of it …"
Zhang Xuan lowered his head to take a look, only to realize that there was only less than half of it left. Zhang Xuan rubbed his lower jaw.
Since he was already here, if he didn't clean everything up, he would feel as if something was missing.
This was how helpless his obsessive-compulsive disorder was!
In any case, these saint beasts were hostile toward mankind, and there were countless humans who had died in their hands. Keeping them alive was no different from nourishing one's enemies.
However, since he had already used up all the beast skins, he didn't have any other huge containers on him.
Even if he wanted to, he couldn't!
"Let me see if there's anything in the surroundings that can hold the spiritual liquid."
Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, but he couldn't find any suitable containers on him. Thus, he could only walk around the cavern to see if there was anything he could use.
"Hmm? What's that? "
Taking a few steps forward, Zhang Xuan walked around the pond when a pile of items suddenly appeared before him. His eyebrows shot up.
"These are … human bones?"
What appeared before him were piles of human bones. There were at least several hundred of them.
"Aren't humans forbidden to enter this place? Why would there be human bones here? "
Zhang Xuan was perplexed.
According to the rules set by the saint beasts and spirit beasts, humans were forbidden to enter this place. So, why would there be so many bones here?
Perplexed, Zhang Xuan lowered his head to take a closer look at the bones.
They were all male bones, and there were a few weapons scattered around them. They didn't seem to be too high-tier, only at Spirit intermediate-tier.
Zhang Xuan casually picked one up, and with a light jolt, it broke into two.
The weapon was decent, but it seemed to have gone through some kind of battle that had damaged its foundation, causing it to lose its tenacity.
It seemed like they had barged in at some point in time, and in the end … they were all wiped out.
"Hmm?"
Zhang Xuan casually flipped through the pile of bones, and suddenly, a storage ring appeared before him.
Zhang Xuan immediately immersed his consciousness into it.
"There's nothing here. Everything should have been taken away …"
Zhang Xuan shook his head.
The storage ring was empty, and there was nothing in it at all.
It was no wonder why spirit beasts were unable to decipher the storage ring, but saint beasts could. There were so many saint beasts in the area, so if there was anything valuable in there, they would have already taken it away.
"These are books?"
Just as Zhang Xuan was about to withdraw his consciousness from the storage ring, he suddenly caught sight of a bunch of inconspicuous objects. With a jolt of his consciousness, he realized that they were all books.
Saint beasts had their own heritage, and they were unable to cultivate the cultivation techniques of humans. As such, these books meant nothing to them.
Zhang Xuan swiftly collected all of the books into the Library of Heaven's Path.
"To think that they are all cultivation technique manuals and battle technique manuals …"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up in excitement.
Most cultivators had the habit of copying their cultivation technique manuals. As such, most human cultivators would carry around dozens of cultivation technique manuals with them.
The storage ring before him was no exception. With just a casual flip, there were over a hundred cultivation technique manuals in it.
There were cultivation technique manuals for Cosmos Bridge realm, Perfect Harmonization realm, and Ethereal Treading realm cultivation technique manuals as well. However, due to the limited number of cultivation technique manuals, it was impossible for him to compile a Heaven's Path Divine Art.
"Let's see if there are any other storage rings. If I can find a few more cultivation technique manuals, I might just be able to compile a cultivation technique manual …"
Zhang Xuan continued rummaging through the storage ring. Not too long later, he found more than twenty storage rings.
There were hundreds of skeletons, but there were only so many rings. The rest were probably divided among the Saint Beasts.
The valuable items in these rings had long been taken away, leaving only a few worthless books.
He gathered all these books together.
"More than a thousand Perfect Harmonization realm cultivation technique manuals, five hundred Ethereal Treading realm cultivation technique manuals, and two hundred Chrysalis realm cultivation technique manuals …"
His eyes lit up.
He didn't have enough Ethereal Treading realm and Chrysalis realm cultivation technique manuals, but with a thousand Perfect Harmonization realm cultivation technique manuals, he would be able to compile them into a Heaven's Path Divine Art.
"Correct!"
Zhang Xuan stowed the book into the Library of Heaven's Path.
Soon, a Perfect Harmonization realm Heaven's Path Divine Art appeared before his eyes. With a touch of his finger, the knowledge regarding the Heaven's Path Divine Art flowed into his mind.
"Since I can't take the Spirit Essence with me, I might as well cultivate here and save as much as I can …"
He looked around and saw that there were no suitable containers. Since that was the case, he might as well take this opportunity to cultivate and break through to the next realm.
As a person, one should be diligent and thrifty in managing the household. If one could save on one's own things, one should save on one's own things.
With a thought, his physical body appeared before him. He dived his soul into it, and with a flick of his wrist, his clone appeared before him as well.
Just like his main body, his clone had only cultivated to Perfect Harmonization realm advanced stage. Since there was so much Spirit Essence here, he could use it to absorb as much as he could.
Informing his clone of the current situation, Zhang Xuan leaped into the lake.
Tzzzzzzzz!
Driving his Perfect Harmonization realm cultivation technique, the Spirit Essence in the surroundings immediately flowed into his body through his acupoints.
Hong long!
A crisp sound echoed from his body, and his cultivation immediately broke through Cosmos Bridge realm pinnacle to reach Perfect Harmonization realm.
With the advancement of his cultivation, the rate at which he absorbed spiritual energy increased. It was as if he had become a massive water pump, absorbing the Spirit Essence so quickly that it formed a massive vortex.
Perfect Harmonization realm primary stage!
Perfect Harmonization realm intermediate stage!
Perfect Harmonization realm advanced stage!
…
In just an hour, he had already broken through his bottleneck and reached Perfect Harmonization realm pinnacle.
"My soul …"
While his zhenqi cultivation was advancing, Zhang Xuan didn't stop. He drew out his soul and continued absorbing the Spirit Essence.
Since his soul cultivation had already reached Perfect Harmonization realm advanced stage, it only took him around ten minutes to reach Perfect Harmonization realm pinnacle.
Having achieved a breakthrough in both his zhenqi and soul cultivation, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief. Feeling the overwhelming energy coursing through his body, his eyes lit up in excitement.
Had it been any other time, it would have taken at least several dozen high-tier spirit stones to achieve a breakthrough in both his soul cultivation and zhenqi cultivation. However, he had sufficient Spirit Essence at this moment, and it was as good as free.
"I'm done …"
Standing up, Zhang Xuan lowered his head to take a look at the Spirit Essence. Just as he was about to check how much was left, he suddenly froze.
At this moment, the Earth Vein Spirit Essence had already been depleted from the seven to eight meter wide lake that was exposed to the ground.
"How is this possible?"
He had only achieved a breakthrough to Perfect Harmonization realm, so how could he possibly use so much Spirit Essence?
Zhang Xuan turned to look at his clone, and with a single glance, his eyes narrowed, and he cursed furiously.
"The heck, you wastrel …"
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