Too late.
Qin Ming said coldly, and then cast the Soul-Searching Technique on Sha Kang.
"Ah ah ah!" A shrill scream echoed in the sky. That kind of endless pain from the soul level made people shudder just listening to it.
After a few breaths.
Qin Ming had already obtained all the information he wanted from the other party's mind.
He cast the Thorns Technique on the corpse of Demon Lord Thousand Illusions and the corpse of Old Devil Sha Kang, obtaining two Blood Pearls and Storage Pouches, and then threw the corpses into the Small Spirit Realm as fertilizer.
The matter of Top Grade Spirit Stones was of great importance, so naturally, the news could not be leaked.
As for those Low-Rank Disciples of the Sha Family, they were all wiped out by Demonic Cultivators, which conveniently saved him the trouble.
After doing all this.
Qin Ming then came to Mo Lingwei and the others, and bestowed them a few Healing Pills.
After taking the Spirit Pills, their facial expressions also improved a bit.
"Thank you for saving us, Island Master. Fortunately, you arrived in time, otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable."
Mo Lingwei almost thought that she was going to be kidnapped by a Nascent Soul Old Monster.
At the same time, they were also shocked by Qin Ming's ruthless methods.
Killing a Mid-Nascent Soul Stage cultivator was as simple as eating and drinking in Qin Ming's hands.
It seemed that their Island Master's strength was far more than it appeared on the surface, and they became even more awed of him.
They were also happy to have such a strong backer.
Qin Ming said indifferently, "It's alright, it's good that you are all fine. Let's go take care of business first."
Afterward.
He then took the three of them and flew towards the Mineral Vein of the Sha Family.
Qin Ming learned through Soul Searching that this Old Devil Sha Kang was secretly trading with Perfected Person Qing Chen in secret. The Ancient Sword Sect only had him as the sole Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, and his disciples probably didn't know about such things.
Moreover, as the Sha Family's excavation and mining progressed, they had only just begun to see clues and had not yet mined any real Top Grade Spirit Stones.
The reason was that under the earth vein, there was actually a layer of rock with astonishing hardness, greatly slowing down the miners' excavation progress.
They had only successively mined a small portion of Flame Marrow Ore at the edges.
Before long.
Qin Ming and the others had already arrived before a huge Mine Pit located in the Black Sand Mountain Range, which was two to three hundred meters in size.
"The three of you guard outside. If there are any situations, send a Message Transmission to This Seat."
"Yes! We respectfully obey your orders, Island Master!"
Mo Lingwei and the other two followed Qin Ming's instructions and guarded outside the Mine Cave.
The Sha Family miners inside the mine were also slaughtered by the Demonic Path, and those Demonic Path Cultivators seemed to have received news of a major change and had all run away.
Qin Ming followed Sha Kang's memory and quickly arrived at Deep Underground along the Mine Tunnel.
Afterward, a thick layer of black Black Iron Stone rock blocked his path.
"It's your turn to go on stage."
He immediately had the Devouring Heaven Rat start digging. This fellow used Divine Ability, and those black Black Iron Stone rock layers were like cutting tofu.
Moreover, it had a Treasure-Seeking Bloodline Talent, and its nose was extremely sensitive.
After digging for only a short while, the Devouring Heaven Rat said excitedly:
"Master, I smell the scent of treasure! Hehehe!"
"And this time it must be a big haul!"
In just half a day, the Devouring Heaven Rat had dug out a Mine Cave passage of more than five kilometers.
Qin Ming also revealed a look of anticipation, because the further they went inside, Flame Marrow Mineral Stone continuously appeared, indicating that they were already very close to Top Grade Spirit Stones.
Boom! As the Devouring Heaven Rat frantically burrowed, the rock layer in front of them suddenly collapsed, unexpectedly revealing a Space.
Qin Ming lifted his foot and followed, not expecting that there would be a Grotto Heaven under the Mineral Vein.
After they entered it, they discovered that this was unexpectedly an extremely hidden Ancient Era Cultivation Abode, with a size of more than two hundred meters in circumference.
It was just that the various furnishings inside had long since decayed and were beyond repair. It seemed that it had a rather long history.
Even the Formation protecting the Abode set up on the periphery had completely become ineffective.
Qin Ming used Divine Sense to carefully Observe the entire Abode. According to some textual information on the stone walls, he unexpectedly discovered that this Abode was possibly left behind by cultivators from the desolate Ancient Era.
At the Same Time, he also Sensed an extremely rich Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth.
"Master, we've struck it rich here!"
The Devouring Heaven Rat had already smelled the Aura of Treasure and followed it all the way to the depths of the Abode.
As the view before their eyes suddenly brightened.
A Five-Colored Dazzling Treasure Light, swirling and intertwining without dissipating, filled the depths of the Abode.
They only saw that on a boulder extending from the earth Spirit Vein, there were unexpectedly three Spirit Stones the size of chicken eggs.
The astonishing richness of Spirit Qi contained within them was rarely seen in the world.
Even Qin Ming couldn't help but have his Attention light up, and he suddenly said with joy, "They really are Top Grade Spirit Stones!"
"We've struck it rich, we've struck it rich, Top Grade Spirit Stones!" The Devouring Heaven Rat was also extremely excited. It quickly dug down the Spirit Stones, fondled them lovingly, and then handed them to Qin Ming.
"Master, here."
Qin Ming took the three Top Grade Spirit Stones, feeling the Spirit Qi within them that was almost materialized, a smile appeared on his face.
He immediately carefully checked around again, but found that there were only these three.
"It's a pity, it seems that the scale of this Mineral Vein is not very large, perhaps it's also because the era is too Ancient Times, there are only these three Top Grade Spirit Stones." Qin Ming said with a slight sigh.
Just then.
Old Demon Qing Yang in the Bloodflayer Pagoda heard this and almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, explaining to Qin Ming:
"Little Friend Qin! With such large three pieces of Top Grade Spirit Stones, you should be content. Even in the Ancient Era, this thing was extremely precious. Even a piece the size of a fingernail would count as a Top Grade Spirit Stone."
"Moreover, even in a Fifth Tier Spirit Vein, Top Grade Spirit Stones may not necessarily Exist. It requires a certain amount of luck."
"Top Grade Spirit Stones in the Human Realm are also extremely limited. Being able to obtain one or two is already a great blessing and good fortune."
"Such rare things are all controlled by those Old Monsters in the Late Core Formation Stage and Spirit Transformation Stage."
"They are all used for breaking through Realms/States, and of course, they can also be exchanged for top-tier Spirit Materials."
After listening to Old Demon Qing Yang's explanation, Qin Ming also suddenly understood.
"In that case, it seems that I, Qin, have really struck it rich and picked up a bargain."
"Isn't that so? In This Old Man's opinion, the place Little Friend Qin is currently in should be the Formation eye location of some Ancient Era Formation." Old Demon Qing Yang began to analyze, "The place where Top Grade Spirit Stones were just dug out should be the groove for Placed Spirit Stones, but I don't know Why Reason, this Formation was not activated."
Hearing Old Demon Qing Yang say this, Qin Ming couldn't help but feel curious, "An Ancient Era Formation that needs to be opened with Top Grade Spirit Stones, what kind of grade would that be?"
Immediately, Qin Ming took that boulder as the center and began to clear away the surrounding sand and rocks.
After a short while.
A Formation Patterns that occupied half of the Abode appeared in Qin Ming's sight.
It was just that the Formation Restrictions in several key places were destroyed. No wonder the Formation was not successfully activated.
In addition to this, Qin Ming also discovered an ancient cultivator's Corpse in the corner of this Ancient Times Grand Formation, but it had already turned into a fossil.
Several porcelain bottles were Placed beside it, but the Pills inside had already turned into powder, and their Medicinal Power was completely lost.
This ancient cultivator didn't even have a Storage Pouch on his body, completely alone.
Suddenly.
The sharp-eyed Qin Ming Suddenly discovered a pale yellow Jade Scroll on the edge of the fossil that was unexpectedly perfectly preserved.
In the entire Abode, it was estimated that only this Jade Scroll had survived.
Immediately, Qin Ming released Divine Sense and browsed the information in the Jade Scroll.
After a moment.
Qin Ming's Facial Expression became extremely strange, because the Jade Scroll recorded some life events of the person who passed away in this place.
He Learned that this place was originally a hidden stronghold belonging to the Ancient Times "Grand Heaven Dao Palace". This cultivator was responsible for guarding this Grand Formation.
But due to some Reason, he had to destroy the Formation and was trapped and died here.
It should be known that this person was a Great Cultivator with Late Core Formation Stage Cultivation Level before his death.
The Jade Scroll did not clearly state where the other end of this Grand Formation specifically led to.
However, it did mention some information about Primal Peak Mountain.
This immediately piqued Qin Ming's interest!
But the more Qin Ming read, the tighter his brows furrowed.
"Primal Peak Mountain was unexpectedly called the 'Land of Demonfall' in the Ancient Era. It was a true Ancient Times Demon Realm invasion, and a Great War broke out with the three Great Dao Palaces of the Human Realm at that time."
"Even the Spirit Realm was involved in it, which is fundamentally not comparable to a small realm like the Blood Realm."
"Not to mention Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, even Spirit Transformation Venerables have fallen within it."
"No wonder it would possess Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures and Spirit Transformation Spiritual Objects and other such heaven-defying Fortuitous Encounters Existence."
"Treasures are good, but it is also a truly well-deserved ominous place!"
"Alas! It seems I still have to persuade Brother Su and the others."
Qin Ming finished reading the entire Autobiography, but did not see the method to enter Primal Peak Mountain that Su Yuqing and the others had been painstakingly searching for.
Instead, it was more like a deathbed testament.
However, more or less, he also Learned some accurate information about Primal Peak Mountain.
Qin Ming immediately took out an Image Recording Jade Slip and recorded all the Formation Patterns of the Formation here in detail.
Having obtained Top Grade Spirit Stones, his trip could be considered worthwhile.
Afterward, he used Divine Ability to reseal the entrance he came from, and used the Nine Heavens Azure Origin True Talisman to leave a Void Coordinate Imprint here.
When he deciphered the secrets of this Ancient Era Formation in the future, it might be useful.
Afterward.
Qin Ming then brought the Devouring Heaven Rat back to the ground.
Mo Lingwei and the others saw that Qin Ming came out so quickly, so they stepped forward to greet him.
"Master, has the purpose of this trip been achieved?"
"Yes, let's go." Qin Ming nodded slightly. He discovered that many cultivators from Sha Family Fort were gathering, probably having heard the previous commotion.
So he released the Lofty Sky Treasure Carriage, took the three of them, and quickly left the Mineral Vein.
Not long after, when Tian Jizi of the Bitter Bamboo Sect arrived at the Black Sand Mountain Range with his disciples, his Facial Expression couldn't help but change drastically when he saw the tragic state of Sha Family Fort:
"What… what happened here?"
"Reporting to Supreme Elder, Sha Family Fort was bloodbathed by the Demonic Path army…"
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Half a month later.
Qin Ming brought Mo Lingwei and the other two back to Moon Gazing Island.
He took out a few Spirit Pills and Magic Treasures to Reward the few people, and then dismissed them.
"Thank you for the Reward, Island Master!"
Shi Jin held the Pill in his hands and took it, unexpectedly discovering that it was actually a Third Order High-Grade Spirit Pill Divine Wood Pill. His Facial Expression was extremely excited.
With this Pill, it was very likely that he could break through to the Late Golden Core Stage.
Qin Ming returned to the Small Spirit Realm and took out Demon Lord Thousand Illusions' Storage Pouch to look through it.
This Demon Lord, after killing Nascent Soul Cultivators, liked to refine their human skin to transform and disguise himself.
In this Old Guys' Storage Pouch, besides his own collection of Treasures over the years, there were also Storage Pouches of several other Nascent Soul Cultivators.
The Foundation of these Old Monsters also Entirely Fall Into his hands.
In addition to these, Qin Ming also discovered a dark and dull Black Wood Token in Demon Lord Thousand Illusions' Storage Pouch, engraved with strange Runes, which even he could not understand.
Qin Ming studied it for a long time but could not figure out what it was, so he had to put it away.
Afterward, Qin Ming took out the three Top Grade Spirit Stones again and Observed them. Inside the crystal-clear crystal, there flowed a Five-Colored luster, and the Spirit Qi content and purity inside also reached a terrifying degree.
He Pondered for a moment, and Plan to first take a Top Grade Spirit Stone to try to upgrade the Cultivating environment in the Small Spirit Realm to the Fifth Grade Level.
In this way, it would be possible to meet the Fifth Grade Level growth needs of Spirit Plants.
That Seven Wonders Treasure Tree might be able to reach this step.
Immediately afterward.
Qin Ming came to the depths of the Spirit Vein in the Small Spirit Realm, looked at the mountain of flesh that was the Spirit Marrow Tai Sui, and took out a Top Grade Spirit Stone.
The Spirit Marrow Tai Sui seemed to have also Sensed the incomparably pure Spirit Qi, and rarely revealed extremely eager emotions.
Qin Ming threw a Top Grade Spirit Stone the size of a chicken egg directly over.
The Spirit Marrow Tai Sui swallowed it in one gulp.
In an instant, they saw the Aura on the Spirit Marrow Tai Sui's body continuously rising, and the pure Spirit Qi in the Top Grade Spirit Stone was continuously absorbed by it.
After half a day, the Spirit Qi on the Spirit Marrow Tai Sui's body surged, and it began to produce dazzling Spirit Marrow, injecting it into the Spirit Vein.
Qin Ming could feel that the environment of the original Fourth Grade Top-Quality Spirit Vein in the Small Spirit Realm was rising with an extremely terrifying Aura.
"It's started, it's started, the Spirit Qi has become richer!" The Devouring Heaven Rat looked up at the Sky and twitched its sensitive nose.
According to Old Demon Qing Yang's statement, ordinary Top Grade Spirit Stones are only the size of a thumb, but the one Qin Ming threw in this time was quite large, at least the size of seven or eight thumb-sized ones.
When this Top Grade Spirit Stone was Consumption completely, the Spirit Marrow Tai Sui stopped excreting Spirit Qi.
"It seems still a bit short." Qin Ming gritted his teeth, and once again took out a Top Grade Spirit Stone and threw it to Tai Sui, continuing to upgrade the Spirit Vein level.
Rumble! Suddenly, a strange Spirit Qi fluctuation echoed in the Small Spirit Realm, causing countless Spirit Plants to Resonance one after another, rejoicing endlessly.
At this moment, the Spirit Qi concentration and purity in the Small Spirit Realm underwent a qualitative change, rising to a completely new height.
It unexpectedly reached the environment of a Fifth-Order Low-Grade Spirit Vein.
Such a scarce Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, even in the Human Realm, would be considered top-tier, and only those Spirit Transformation Sects with Inheritance of tens of thousands of years might have them.
"Such a rich Spirit Qi environment, I feel that even if you threw a pig in here, it could Cultivating into a Great Demon." The Devouring Heaven Rat revealed an extremely excited expression, intoxicated by it.
Little Silver Fox also had bright eyes, deeply breathing and feeling the changes in Spirit Qi inside, Refreshed and Energetic, and extremely comfortable in body and mind.
"This place is really too good, This Little Girl is also enjoying the good fortune."
Various Spirit Plants of all sizes in the Small Spirit Realm also absorbed this astonishing Spirit Qi one after another, and began to burst forth with Life Force, with luxuriant foliage, and stretching out.
Even Qin Ming's Natal Spirit Plant Evergreen Immortal Vine at this moment, seemed to have reached some condition, and began to erupt with silver Runes one after another, and new buds sprouted again from the black Branches between the vines.
Between the dancing vines, the entire Spirit Plant frantically absorbed Spirit Qi, and suddenly grew taller by several meters in size.
In addition to this, dozens of Azure Scale Dusk Fish swimming in the Void Space, seemed to have also Sensed the sudden changes, swimming even more joyfully, and their sizes suddenly grew much fatter.
Qin Ming came outside, watching the various changes with a smile on his face. He reached out and slightly Sensed the Spirit Qi.
"As expected of a Fifth Tier Spirit Vein. In this way, my Cultivating Speed will be accelerated again. I expect that it won't be long before I can break through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage Realm/State."
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