The Alternative Way of Enlightenment

Chapter 37: Fairy in the Stone
"These stones look very special, I wonder?" Liu Shan asked directly to the elder of the holy land who was leading the way.

The elder smiled and said proudly, "Young man, you have a good eye. These stones are not ordinary. They were mined by the great elder of our Daoyi Holy Land, who personally led people to mine them from the ancient mines around the Taichu Ancient Mine. Each piece has gone through hardships and has its own story. It is definitely not something that those small sects outside can have."

After listening to this, Liu Shan nodded. He knew that the elder's words must be exaggerated, but he didn't know how much truth there was.

The Taichu Ancient Mine is one of the seven forbidden areas of Beidou, and it is also the most mysterious one with the most ancient emperors and supreme beings.

However, because it is filled with various precious minerals and magical objects, it is also the most explored of the seven forbidden areas.

These stones were probably brought out by the mysterious power in the Taichu Ancient Mine, such as the Black Wind. After all, it is impossible for a powerful person to risk his life to dig stones from the Taichu Ancient Mine.

Or maybe it was brought back by a higher-level saint or saint king who went to explore the forbidden area. Liu Shan didn't know the specific situation, after all, the gap in strength was too big to imagine.

Liu Shan walked slowly in the stone yard, pretending to examine the stones carefully. He was recalling which stones had been deciphered in the original text and which ones had yielded important things.

Liu Shan first looked at the impressive nine-orifice stone man in the original text. Inside the stone was a small black-gold sword with dragon patterns, a treasure that had interwoven Tao and reason.

It turned out to be the Nine-Hole Stone Man, the companion treasure of the Holy Spirit, but it was mined too early and not fully nurtured. When it was cut out in the original text, it still had a terrifying evil spirit and resentment.

If this nine-orifice stone man had not been mined too early and nurtured for a million years, it would definitely be like the female saint in the Yao Chi Holy Land. As soon as it was born, it would be able to compete with the emperor and protect a holy land for tens of thousands of years.

As the sons of heaven and earth, the Holy Spirit is loved by heaven and earth. Unfortunately, it takes too long to gestate, and often it is mined before it has grown into a climate.

Even if one becomes a powerful figure, he will be targeted by the Ancient Emperors and Ancient Kings in the Forbidden Zone, and few can truly grow up and become an emperor. Perhaps this is also a calamity on the road of Holy Spirit cultivation.

Human beings are also children of heaven and earth. Although they are not like the Holy Spirit, as long as they grow up without any disasters or difficulties, they will definitely become emperors.

However, through their own efforts and gradual cultivation, humans are now able to stand on equal footing with any powerful creature.

The fact that humans are the masters of the world today is the best proof that other creatures can only unite to compete with humans.

Liu Shan admired this nine-orifice stone man. It was indeed born with nine orifices. It was truly magical, naturally formed by heaven and earth, worthy of being a supernatural world.

The stone man lies there motionless, looking like an artificial ornament. If you don't know, you would really think it is a human sculpture.

The elder of Daoyi Holy Land saw Liu Shan looking at the Nine-Aperture Stone Man, so he stepped forward and explained: "This is a strange stone in human form created by heaven and earth. If it has enough time to absorb energy, it will turn into flesh and blood and become a holy spirit of the spirit of heaven and earth."

"Then how did he turn from stone into flesh and blood?" Liu Shan asked curiously.

“This… contains the secrets of heaven and earth. If you comprehend it thoroughly, you should be able to achieve the position of the Great Emperor.” The elder of Daoyi Holy Land said profoundly.

Liu Shan knew from the look on his face that he definitely didn't know either, so he didn't make things difficult for him.

"How much is this piece of source?" Liu Shan asked.

"This piece of stone is the most expensive in the inner courtyard. It requires 90,000 kilograms of source. Many people have come to see it, and they are all sure that there must be good things inside." The elder said with a smile.

"Oh? It must be something good? Then why did you stay?" Liu Shan asked with a smile.

The elder smiled awkwardly. He was not lying. Many people had come to see this stone and knew that something would be found inside. But no one knew whether the thing inside was worth 90,000 kilograms of source stone.

"Okay, I'll take this one. I'll see about the others and pay for them together." Liu Shan didn't wait for his reply and walked towards the next stone.

Liu Shan stopped in front of a stone as tall as a person and asked, "This one looks very big. How much does it weigh?"

"Three thousand kilograms of source." The elder of Daoyi Holy Land replied quickly.

"It's so cheap, I'll take it." Liu Shan said happily.

Continuing to pick, after Liu Shanyong checked all the stones with Yuan Tianshen, he bought three more stones. There were good things in each stone.

The rest were just some ordinary stuff, and Liu Shan was not interested. He had to leave some scraps for others, otherwise it would be too ugly. And Liu Shan didn't want to be targeted by Daoyi Holy Land. Liu Shan was not Ye Fan, who could be hunted down by the Holy Land and become stronger and stronger.

After selecting the stones, Liu Shan paid the money and then handed all the stones to the stone-cutting master.

The stone-cutting master first placed the stones one by one on the altar and worshiped the source god.

After doing this series of actions, Jie Shi's side also had three or five more onlookers. In the world of the Great Ruler, there was always a crowd of onlookers.

The stone cutter took out his knife and started to cut the stone. When the knife cut through the stone skin of the Nine-orifice Stone Man, the stone skin slowly fell off, and a black thing like a cocoon slowly emerged. As the black thing was revealed, a terrifying evil spirit rose up into the sky, and a suffocating resentment filled the air.

The evil spirit combined with the resentment rushed out of the stone cocoon and rushed to the surroundings. With a crackling sound, the stone cocoon began to break, and a sword tip was exposed.

The crackling sound continued, and the entire black stone cocoon completely broke apart, and a small black sword appeared in front of everyone.

It was trembling slightly, it wanted to escape, it soared into the sky.

There were several old men who were originally practicing on the meditation mat.

He instantly came in front of Liu Shan and others. He just stretched out his hand lightly, and an invisible force spread over, easily suppressing the restless black sword, and it slowly calmed down.

Only when it calms down and has lost its murderous aura will everyone be able to see it clearly.

"This is black gold with dragon patterns." Someone said in surprise.

“The Dao and the Principle have been intertwined.”

"It's a pity it's a bit small."

"My friend, are you interested in selling this black gold sword with dragon pattern?" The elder of Daoyi Holy Land, who had acted like a master before, now asked Liu Shan with a kind smile.

"Thank you for your help just now. But I haven't made a weapon yet because I lack the divine materials. So I have no plans to sell this dragon-patterned black gold sword for the time being." Liu Shan refused with a smile.

"Forget it. A gentleman does not take away what others love. My friend, quickly put away this black gold sword with dragon pattern." The elder shook his head regretfully.

Upon hearing this, Liu Shan stepped forward and took the dragon-patterned black gold sword into his body, then suppressed it with the Lihuo Divine Furnace.

When the others saw Liu Shan reject the elders of Daochu Holy Land, they stopped talking. Liu Shan didn't care whether these people had really given up or planned to snatch it later. At least now he was safe in front of the crowd.

"Continue to cut the stone," Liu Shan asked the stone-cutting master to continue cutting the stone.

The several elders of the holy land who had helped before have not gone back to continue their practice. They are also curious about what good things Liu Shan can cut out next.

As the stone-cutting master raised his knife and chopped it off, the stone skin fell off piece by piece. A dazzling light blinded everyone's eyes, and even the Daoyi Holy Land elders with profound cultivation couldn't help but squint their eyes.

The elder who had helped suppress the dragon-patterned black-gold sword before, waved his hand again this time, and a curtain of light enveloped the entire stone courtyard. The entire space was sealed off by him to prevent the divine object in the stone from being too mysterious and possibly escaping.

Before the light covered his eyes, Liu Shan vaguely saw a colorful figure flying in the sky.

"Flying fairy in the stone." Liu Shan guessed.

As the stone was completely opened, a cold breath blew in, and the temperature around them dropped rapidly. What appeared in front of everyone was a crystal clear blue source stone, which was completely different from ordinary source stones and looked like a transparent ice cube.

"An alien source of ice and snow." Wow, that's the good thing about "Zhetian", no matter where you go, there will always be someone to explain it.

Liu Shan looked at the source of ice and snow. There was a stump of a plant in it, which looked like a pair of human feet, but it was very small and still had roots.

"Is this the human-shaped immortal medicine mentioned in the original text? It still has a little life. I wonder if the holy spring water I got in the ancient forbidden land can revive it?" Liu Shan suppressed his excitement.

(End of this chapter)