Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 361 0360: Fifteen Spiritual Veins!

Time flies and a month goes by in a flash.

After completing the careful reconnaissance, information collection, and formation arrangement of eighteen first-grade, second-grade, and third-grade spiritual veins, Cheng Zongyang finally officially started the spiritual vein collection plan!

He first fixed his sights on a first-grade spiritual vein.

Cheng Zongyang knew that if he wanted to quietly obtain the spiritual vein, he had to be fully prepared. And this level was just his practice method.

Now, in the hills a few miles ahead, there is a one-star small family force that has occupied this spiritual vein for more than five years.

During this month's scouting, he had also inquired about the situation of the forces in the spiritual vein. He had a basic understanding of it.

Without waiting any longer, he put on a magic weapon that could block divine sense detection and quickly headed towards the family manor.

"Come out."

At the foot of the mountain, he waved his hand lightly and two mole beasts appeared in front of him.

The mole, which had also been prepared, immediately dug a small cave in an area at the foot of the mountain where few people approached, following Cheng Zongyang's signal.

Afterwards, Cheng Zongyang set up a simple array to conceal the aura. Even if someone happened to pass by here, it would be difficult for them to detect the secret operation going on underground.

The small cave quickly took shape. Cheng Zongyang took out the spirit-detecting plate, detected the main direction of the spirit vein, and began to order the mole to dig.

The moles dug at an astonishing speed, as if they were two tireless small excavators. After a short while, a deep passage led directly to the location of the spirit vein.

Cheng Zongyang followed carefully behind, and when he discovered the warning formation set up by the family, he took out a fifth-level formation entry order that he had purchased for 50,000 points.

With the order to enter the formation in hand, formations below the sixth level are nothing.

When he finally arrived near the spiritual vein, he immediately felt the very rich spiritual energy.

His spiritual sense carefully observed the environment of the underground spiritual vein and every corner around it. After making sure that there was nothing unusual, he began to concentrate on arranging the sixth-order formation and the range it covered.

The arrangement of a sixth-order formation is an extremely delicate job, and it is done in someone else's basement, so you need to be careful.

Although this was his first time doing it with the intention of practicing, Cheng Zongyang did not dare to be careless at all.

It's not a good idea to compromise once and every time.

By the time he had placed the center of the formation steadily in the most suitable position, two days had passed. The sixth-level formation was extremely complicated. When the formation was completed, he cast a series of spells at the center of the formation.

As the spell was cast, the formation slowly started to activate. Mysterious runes emerged like bright stars, tightly covering the spiritual vein.

"Very good, very smooth!" After Cheng Zongyang rewarded the two mole beasts with red blood pills, he put them into the realm of all races.

Then, Cheng Zongyang took out the Dibao gourd.

This earth treasure gourd is the key item for collecting spiritual veins, and it has an extremely powerful ability to collect spirits.

Cheng Zongyang aimed the Dibao Gourd steadily at the center of the spiritual vein, and then carefully injected a trace of spiritual power.

Suddenly, the Dibao Gourd emitted a dazzling light, as if something was awakened, and began to greedily absorb the spiritual energy of the spiritual vein.

Seeing this, Cheng Zongyang set up the teleportation array with confidence. Finally, he sat cross-legged and meditated, waiting for the Earth Treasure Gourd to finish absorbing.

Through more than a month of study and understanding, he also understood what spiritual veins are.

It can be seen as a channel for the gathering and flow of spiritual energy in nature, just like the meridians in the human body, transporting spiritual energy to various places.

Spiritual veins are usually formed by the condensation and precipitation of pure spiritual energy over a long period of time under specific geological conditions. These geological conditions may include the combined effects of special mountain directions, groundwater distribution, and mysterious geomagnetic fields.

Moreover, spiritual veins are usually distributed in a vein-like manner underground, with different shapes and sizes.

Some spiritual veins may be like a thin silk thread, stretching for miles; while others may be like a huge dragon, running through an entire mountain range.

The depths of spiritual veins also vary. Some are close to the surface and are easy to be discovered and utilized; while others are buried deep underground and require special means to be detected.

As these spiritual veins exist for a long time, there is a great possibility that they will evolve into spiritual stone mines and spiritual spring water with some jade or water sources.

It is precisely because of the different concentrations of underground spiritual veins that they are differentiated into grades.

For the immortal cultivation sects and families, spiritual veins are the foundation of their survival and development.

A sect or family with a spiritual vein can attract more immortal cultivators to join and strengthen its own strength. At the same time, the spiritual vein can also provide a stable supply of spiritual energy for the sect or family to ensure the cultivation and development of its disciples.

In addition, the existence of spiritual veins will also have an impact on the surrounding regional environment. The land near the spiritual veins usually contains more abundant spiritual energy and is suitable for growing various spiritual herbs and spiritual medicines. These spiritual herbs and spiritual medicines can not only be used to refine elixirs, but can also be used as a cultivation resource for the family.

The spiritual vein here is classified as first grade because of its insufficient concentration.

The first-grade spiritual vein has the lowest spiritual energy content and the lowest value; while the ninth-grade spiritual vein is the most precious spiritual vein, with extremely high spiritual energy content, and can even breed precious spiritual objects and treasures. This is why the higher the grade of the spiritual vein, the more it is fought over.

But even if it is a first-grade spiritual vein, it is not a common commodity in the world of immortal cultivation. Once someone discovers it, there will still be many low-star forces fighting for it.

Under the cover of the sixth-order formation, the process of collecting the Earth Treasure Gourd went extremely smoothly.

The spiritual energy of the spiritual vein was continuously sucked into the gourd like a rushing river, but the surrounding environment did not change at all, as if nothing had happened.

But only Cheng Zongyang could clearly feel that the concentration of spiritual energy in this area was rapidly decreasing.

The small family that owned this first-class spiritual vein seemed to have noticed that the concentration of spiritual energy in the manor was decreasing. However, it did not attract much attention at first.

Cheng Zongyang stared at the Dibao Gourd nervously, his heart full of anticipation and excitement.

As time went by, the spiritual energy in the spiritual vein became less and less, and finally, the entire first-grade spiritual vein disappeared completely like the water in a pool was drained, and was completely collected in the Earth Treasure Gourd.

"It's quite fast." Cheng Zongyang looked at his watch and was surprised.

The speed of collecting a first-grade spiritual vein only takes one hour.

Cheng Zongyang carefully put away the Earth Treasure Gourd and the teleportation formation. This teleportation formation was originally intended for escaping if discovered.

Since it has not been discovered, there is no need to waste it.

After finally taking away the sixth-level magic circle, Cheng Zongyang quickly left the scene.

After leaving the cave, he quickly drove away on the Feiyun Shuttle.

Silently! After successfully collecting the first first-grade spiritual vein, Cheng Zongyang's confidence increased greatly.

After returning to the county town and taking the corresponding teleportation array, continue to the second place.

As for the spiritual veins in the Earth Treasure Gourd, Cheng Zongyang already had something to store them in. This was also what Luo Dingran had purchased after asking around, and it was called the Spirit Storage Bead.

It is specially used to store and collect spiritual veins. A first-grade one costs only 5,000 points, which is not expensive.

It was because of this question that I learned that there were people in the Yuzhongshi Market who were doing the spiritual vein business and could purchase spiritual veins.

A first-grade spiritual vein is worth 100,000 points, and is purchased with a first-grade spiritual storage magic bead.

When the Spirit Storage Bead is placed underground, it will gradually release the spiritual energy of the Spiritual Vein, and then use the Spirit Gathering Array to supply it to the area. It is far more efficient than the Spiritual Vein.

But the higher the grade, the more expensive the points are, so Cheng Zongyang naturally can't just leave something for free and spend his points to buy it.

Unless all the spiritual veins are exhausted in the future.

But he also knew that the previous people in the Realm of Ten Thousand Races had purchased spiritual veins to transform the underground world into an ice and fire cultivation world.

In the following time, he continued to use the two mole beasts and the small hidden formation according to the established plan, collecting other first-grade spirit veins one by one. He also tried not to set up the sixth-grade formation, after all, it was too time-consuming. And the force where the target spirit vein was located was not strong.

During each collection process, he was extremely careful and cautious, ensuring the utmost secrecy so that no one would discover his secret actions.

In this challenging and exciting process, Cheng Zongyang continues to accumulate experience and improve his collection efficiency.

Some families only discovered that their underground spiritual veins had dried up after two or three days.

After all, the spiritual energy of the first-grade spiritual vein is not stable, and the formation set up by the family has never been triggered, so it is not taken seriously.

By the time they discovered it, two or three days had passed.

In the past two or three days, Cheng Zongyang has completed the collection of fifteen first, second and third grade spirit veins!

The collection of these spirit veins takes an average of two hours, which is equivalent to sixty hours, or less than three days.

As for why three of them were not moved, it was because it was discovered that some local families had opened up caves at the underground spiritual veins, which were specifically used for spiritual practice and retreat.

For a family cultivating immortals, spirit veins are one of the most important cultivation resources. The rich spiritual energy contained in the spirit veins can accelerate the cultivation speed of immortal cultivators and improve their cultivation realm.

Immortal cultivation families build caves near spiritual veins to allow the family's talented children or ancestors to absorb the spiritual energy emitted by the spiritual veins and practice cultivation. The effect is often several times or even dozens of times better than practicing in ordinary places.

That was why he gave up on collecting those three spirit veins, so as not to alert the other party and cause unnecessary trouble.

But overall, he had perfectly completed the first planned goal of collecting spirit veins.

Fifteen spirit-storing magic beads!
There are five first-grade ones, six second-grade ones, and four third-grade ones.

The original plan was to have six locations for each grade, but in the end there were three less.

But it didn't matter to him, the action plan was a perfect success.

"According to the price at the Yuzhongshi market, the first-grade item is worth 10 points, the second-grade item is worth 20, the third-grade item is worth 40, and the fourth-grade item is worth 80. This means that this time, we have earned 330 million points!"

Cheng Zongyang looked at the fifteen spirit-storing beads and felt very happy.

Although according to this method of calculation, the ninth-grade spirit vein has reached a terrifying price of more than 50 million points, the higher the grade of the spirit vein, the higher the concentration, purity and stability of its spiritual energy, and the greater the help to the cultivation of immortal cultivators.

Not to mention that it might breed precious spiritual objects of heaven and earth, which is the spiritual vein that all super-large sects and forces dream of. Even the eighth grade can't reach this level.

"Let's wait for a while before going again. This way, infrequent actions won't attract the attention of larger forces."

Cheng Zongyang was not going to continue collecting them, as it would be easy to be discovered if he collected them too frequently.

Even if he collected fifteen spiritual veins, the distance between them was more than thousands of miles.

There are still more than two years left, and he plans to collect as many first, second and third grade spirit veins as possible in these two years.

In the world of cultivating immortals, there are not many spiritual veins of high quality, and any one that is discovered is a target of competition. However, there are more monks than porridge, so the number of records is also limited.

After returning to the Immortal City, Cheng Zongyang thought about how to use these fifteen spirit storage beads.

"The first-grade ones are used for martial arts families, the second-grade ones are for powerful families..." Cheng Zongyang was planning in his mind. "The third-grade ones are used for Qi training families, the fourth-grade ones are used for foundation building families, and the fifth-grade ones are used for golden elixir families. The sixth-grade ones can be deployed in large caves and mountains. As long as the formation is well arranged and evenly distributed to caves of different realms, it will be enough to supply thousands of Qi training, foundation building, and even golden elixir casual cultivators.

The last seven and eight-grade immortal cities are for their own use. After all, immortal cities also need a huge supply of spiritual veins... Well, let's use this division method for the time being."

Cheng Zongyang made the decision very easily.

However, the renovation plan of Xianshan is still in progress and cannot be arranged at present.

Of course, this kind of transformation is just a slight arrangement of the situation of each mountain. For example, draw the general appearance of the mountain, the surrounding environment, the size, whether it is suitable for the transformation of the cave, or for the family power, or the gang station, etc.

Afterwards, they were registered and made into a booklet that could be directly viewed by people. As for the Soul Storage Bead, a first-grade soul gathering and protection combination array, Luo Daoren had already made it by imitating the original. The subsequent production was still in progress.

Once he has fully understood the principles of the first grade, he will probably be able to try to make the second grade.

Currently, all the fairy mountains are only rented and not sold.

Although he won't collect the spiritual veins, it doesn't mean that Cheng Zongyang will just stop and do nothing for the next two years.

Therefore, in the following days, Cheng Zongyang spent six hours a day practicing in the world of immortal cultivation, and the remaining six hours was spent studying the second, third, and third batch collection plans - exploration, scouting, and deployment of formations.

Cheng Zongyang marked every high-quality spiritual vein. Even the spiritual veins of the five major immortal sects were included in the plan.

At the same time, he also paid attention to the reactions of those families after they had collected the spiritual veins before.

The result was not beyond his expectation. After all, there were traces of underground excavation. It was not difficult to think that someone had stolen the spiritual vein.

However, the targets chosen by Cheng Zongyang were all within a certain distance, and the families with other spiritual veins were safe and sound. This led to the families whose spiritual veins were stolen turning their attention to the hostile forces.

Otherwise, within a radius of 3,000 miles, the spiritual veins of so many immortal cultivation families were intact, but only his own family was wiped out. Who wouldn't think too much?
Therefore, this also led to fighting between some forces, and it can be said that new and old grudges were settled together.

But to outsiders, this was just a reason for war and annexation, and it did not cause any major problems.

(End of this chapter)